Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-07-29
ruE SHEEP INDUSTRY.

The sheep industry OF New Mexico
Is one Of the important Industries OF
the territory, II not the most lmpor'
iant NJ our industries There are ap-
proximatcly s.o0o, 600 head Of sheep IN
the territory subsisting on the open
range and in the forcs, reserves and
utilizing pasturase that may not be
as profitahly utilized IN any other way.
Tho returns for the wool crop for this
year viii be some more than one dol
lar per head. Of over ss.000. 0o0. The
returns from the lamb crop for this
year assuming a Sa per cent crop, Will
be more than s7,peo.o .o0o. or a total
Of money coming from the outside FOR
this nne industry Of over $l0,0o0. .Oo0.
And this money remains Ia the ter-
rltory and adds 90 the permanent
wealth Of the communities for these
thousands Of herds OF sheep are
owned hy New Mexleans anG not by
mon-rcsidcnts The money goes into
the channels Of trade, for the cost OF
operation and TIE profits 80 into inn
proyements and Investments within
our bounds. The portion tina. goes
into the channels of trade In payment
OF supplies is principally for provi-
sions. great Tortion of which arc
NOW produced IN the territory, ana an
could be produced here and viii wish-
IN few years Only that portion
goes to the states through the mor-
chants for the provisions which We DO
rot produce. hut should produce. II
j. the one cash product that We have
that may he depended on year IN and
year out 10 bring into the territory
an enormous sum Of actual cash and
the cash Is paid before the product
lesvcs the growers hands. Il is an
Industry that We are proud of, that wc
encourage and seek TO protect Its
destruction would Earalyse. for time
AT least. all of our communities and
would work immediate ruin to thou
sanda I'D
The Roswell Record, staunch
democratic paper, speaking of the
SLOW sale Of wool, says, The high
tariff seems 10 have operated So as
10 close down the manufacturers
uslns wool and hence the sale of the
clip grown Ia New Mexico Is very
slow" And our evening oontempor-
arv IN the same vein says referring 10
the Records comment This hits
the nail squarcly on the head New
Mexico WOOL growers have been told
hy republican spcllhindcrs of the great
benefit that has accrued 10 them as
a result of republican hieh prices hut
the spcilhindcrs have said nothing
about the stagnani market as a result
Of these same high prices" The price
Offered the growers by tho buyers
when the clip was first on the market
was not satisfactory, bat the buyers
have increased their offer from time
10 time until they are now Offering
frum fifteen 60 seventeen cents. with
prospects 81 prices going higher The
actual market conditions have iusii.
lied Tho present. or even higher
price from tho beeinalne. bat it was
question of barter aud trade the
buyers being quite wiihne 10 bay at
e. low price as the growers would
take
our contemporaries would remedy
an The llls % thc sheep growers in-
glading drouth sgahblcs. markets.
etc. with free trade tariff taking off
the duts now imposed on wool and
woolcn geods apparently unmindful
oi the fact that the process would
viicctuaiy KIN this valuable Industry.
j. j. very true that thc tariff on wool
was retained ia republican tariff
measure and by republican votes. and
that therefore. the republican purity
el New Mexico must stand this and
similar democratic criticisms II the
wool tariff had been made a. tho
manufacturers wanted H. our sheen
industry would have been severely
crippled. 10 n had been mndo az the
wool gruwers wanted it. it would have
heen more to our benefit As it nov
stands. Il Is distinctly 10 our ad,sn-
tase and vi are for it and thas most
heartily
Ia the coming state election whom
members IT conercss are Co Dc elected.
eeih Cor the upper and lower house
thc deme7rafs pin 10 doubt assail
fac reruhllcans and make issue ulth
thsm o,eE the duiy on wool Ana tho
rspneliraus ~iH aocrri and meet the
issae and dsirrd the da,y en- wool
tfrm ettfs rcstrum ard pnbHc speak-
ins place ln the tsrgHcu- ana ii re-
puoileaHs are siecisa o. consresz. of'
sich ee have e. @ssst thsg siH So
thtrr pieesed a. segnert tariff On
Haoi d seems 10 us thst eaf drsn-
oetatic trethren are uadllr into ths
patcr tHadlolezs.