Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-31
THEY AnE COMING oun WAY.

Here = a pointer. and one that
points positively In the direction Of
the better day a coming for New Mex
leo. We copy from an editorial in the
Kansas city Journal:
zone Of the best indications that
the financial %strlngency Is not deeply
rooted and wiz soon he a thing Of
the past Is the continued flow of
homeseekers through Kansas city 90
the southwest. one day this week
seven special rains were run from
Kansas city 10 the west over differ
rnt railroads 10 carry the heavy tide
Of homeseekers who are taking adj
vantage of the cheap rates of home
seekers day" Railway officials say
that this immigration Is larger now
thau IL has been FOR several months
past. These homeseekefs comprise
the bet classes OF American citizen
SHIP. the bulk OF them being spbstan-
tiai farmers from Ohio. Michigan. In
diana. Illinois ana other states Of the
middle wcscst who are embracing the
opportunity Afforded By tho low rates
20 spy out the land IN the great
empire OF the southwest. and few Of
them fall to ind what they seek They
md that hey can sell their high
priced farms at home and buy equally!
fertile iand IN a more satubrious eli.
mate IN Kansas, Oklahoma. Texas and
the low lands OF New Mexico and
Arizona. which. when Irrigated or sit
uatcd near running streams. are as
rich an the banks OF the Nile.
This great tide of homescekers has
been pouring through Kansas city for
several years Ia steadily increasing
volume. rising as high az 10000 peo-
piea month during the past year. II
" heavier IN numbers now than ever
before. and Il signifies two cheering
things-one that financial conditions
have not affected tho backbone OF the
nation, the farming classes. and the
other h a a periad of unparalleled
prosperity IL due in the south west
which viii add vastly more corn aud
wheat and cattle TO IN, nations store
and will make It's influence felt for the
better throughout the entire country.
Convincing evidence OF the entire
iruthfulncss Of the foregoing state
ment has been before the people OF
New Mexico for some time past.
During all the several years referred
20 by our Kansas city namcsakp.
this tide OF emmiEration has {
been setting 90 the southwest. our ter
Iitory has been attracting a small
portion OF It. though up to about the g
beginning OF the year that closes to- q
day. that portion was vcry small
he volume began to show a per !
ccptible Increase a little more than a &
axe and for the last twelve J
New Mexico has been having
q growth in population not strikingly
unlike that experienced by Kansas.
Nebraska. and the Dakotas. boz earlier ~
when a state would Dee evolved A.
rom the wilderness In a few months ~
The most convincing evidence upon l
hts point that The average reader q
have Is presented by the books
4 the Albuquerque postmaster. which q
how that the postage bills of The "
iorning Journal have Increased %
title more than three hundred Der VI
cni since the first OF January. 1907 WI
course. a large part OF this phc- y
omenal increase was due to the 10
ict hat the paper has waged UNI ~
easing war upon the rotten gang '
'hich has for years held the territory -
, rs grasp polio, approved and ''
ndorsed by men OF all parties. ana ~
factions-but at the same lime Dc
Ives unmisiaklc evidence or The in
Of q large volum, ~ new "
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