Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-08
Gratifying Signs of Prosperity Are
Everywhere Manifest Extremely
Encour aging
CONFIDENCE IS BEING RESTORED EVERYWHERE
Department of Justice will Investigate Report of Violation
of Law..-Federal Court Decision

the ground Of inability, actual delays
in transmission. and extortionate pre-
shipping charges for icing" cars.
Fruit raisers in the Southern states
and in California are said to have
been refused cars until in many cases
they paid pre-icing charges as high
as $1l5 a car.
Millions of acres of cattle land in
Texas, the Dakotas, and other west
ern states are said to be held in the
name of individual members of the
packing corporations.
The most effective means TO the
practical monopoly on the food supply
is said to be cold storage houses.
During the late "butter famine" that
sent wholesale prices up TO 40 cents Il
pound, 20,000000 pounds We're in stoy-
age.
The grand jury will resume its in
vestigation on Monday.
The statehood workers are prepar-
ing their plans to get the house com
/ mittee on territories to report the
! statehood bill to the house at an early
! day. so as to get it through the house
and into the senate. Then the hard
est fight will be to get the senate com
mittee on territories TO report the bill
10 the senate. The statehood cause
I now has many supporters in the SEN
ate who formerly had been its most
persistent opponents. The friends of
the measure are working in a quiet
but indefatigable manner to secure
action at the earliest possible date.
4 All are hoping for favorable results.
County and city officials. commercial
clubs and boards of trade, officials of
all territorial institutions, and other
organizations may give some aid by
taking early action and sending resO-
! lutiOns to the vice-president and the
speaker to be flied with the senate
and house committees on territories.
1t is expected that the first business
of the territorial legislatures. after or
ganization, will be in favor of the i'm
mediate admission to statehood. 1t
will show that the people are earnest
and united in the good cause. and may
have a beneficial influence on the
house of representatives and the sen
ate.
/ Delegate Andrews is working hard
to get all of his bills passed by the
house and senate during the month OF
January and into the hands of the
president for his signature. for after
that time the great appropriation bills
and other matters of national import
ance will occupy most Of the time OF
the two houses to the end of the pres
ent short session Hence his desire
to get the earliest possible action or
all of his measures. Mark Smith is
taking a much-needed rest, after his
long and arduous labors. in his former
old-time Kentucky home.
Delegate-elect Ralph II. Cameron
of Arizona, has been in consultation
with President Roosevelt several
times since his arrival on matters OF
great moment to his people, and is
making many friends among demo
Gratis and republicans in both the
house of representatives and senate
and is preparing himself to do good
work for his constituents by making
friends in all the departments of the
government. If earnest, continuous
and persistent efforts will give good
results. he ought to satisfy his peo
pie. He says that he is the delegate
for all the people, and works just as
hard for the interests of democrats as
we'll as republicans.