Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-23
Forward Keynote of BIG Get
Together Banquet Last Night
at the Commercial Club.
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| Get 10 the grass which naturally looks
good from a distance ana at the same
| time they are doing i. they are tramp,
ing over the same Kind of grass. SO
II is with some of our people, they fail
To see their opportunities here II are
attracted by The land schemes OF
big lana corporations of the north
west. some fellaw came around a
While back and tricd TO see me some
Of that S300 an acre apple land,
lie told how many millions of acres
of land they have up there and how
laree profits colfld be made OF apple
orchards. finally remarked that
such an enormous production OF APP
ules would result in low prices and
perhaps the time would come when
The grower could not get enough FOR
his apples to make q living. oh. he
answered. YOU need not be afraid OF
that. there will never DE as many APP
nles as an that. because only n out
| of every twentN-fVe who go up there
make ii stick. This argument being
rather convincing, | acted accordingly.
! and tho land is still there, The citi-
zen of Albuquerque should think OF
| Albuquerque first, last ana all the
time. With modern methods OF
farming. with spraying and smudging
of orchards. the Rio Grande valley
can be made = great producer of all
kinds OF fruit. You can buy alfalfa
lands at SIS or SO per acre, which
in a yeur or TIVE viii pay s per cent
on $500 Just see what market
gardeners like Mr.. Hlucher OF Mann
ana some others have accomplished.
The same opportunities are still here,
Let us advertise these things, They
cannot be denied. Now, as to u
wool. our wool Is 20 MS what cotton
Is to the people Of the south. Capt.
tai could be brought In here and nan
die our woods aud employ our labor
and could beyond q doubt dc here
what They DO in the south with cot
ton. We should be able and are able
70 produce blankets and other staple
wooden goods at Il smaller cost than
any place under the sun as we have
The material and the labor right here,
| but capital must be enlisted in this
enterprise. Let as make an effort IN
! the direction here outlined and il VIII
| not be long before we have other rail-
roads in here. Let ms bear in mind
that our resources instead of being
exhausted are hardly touched ms yet.
Organized effort however is necessary
to bring about these things. The
Commercial club as now constituted
is the only proper organization TO sys-
tematicalIY carry on this work n In
order to win. the Commercial club
must be supported by every man who
has the welfare Of our city AZ heart.
one or my friends remarked to me
the other day that the dues were too
high. But this is not so. The club
now, for the first time ian its history
belongs to its members, and every cit
isen should be proud OF being interest
ed in it. II We could obtain q large
enough membership Our dues could be
reduced. and IL we make Albuquerque
what it should be ANA earn be made,
We can i'm a few years get enough
rents out Of our property 50 that our
| dues can perhaps he abolished. But
at this time we must have the united
support OF all to build up the city.
Now let me ASK how many men there
are In this gathering who could mot.
easily and Without hnpairins their fhl-'
| antes spend the price Of q ten cent
| cigar a dny on this institution Not
hearing ann answer. / take il that
there ARE none. as ! well iknownf
Let me say in eonclnsion that
think the A~lbuquerquo citizens are al
| right. that Is, the majority Of them,
ana the rest just need a little fixing,
as the SAYING goes. An active mem
bership in this club will 70 a long way
in his fixing process. II Will again
imbue us all with the old time Albu-
querQle public spirit which knows no
defeat, and which under the leader
ship Of our present officers and direct
ors cannot fail 10 bring us to the point
| where to be u citizen or A|lhuquerQue
ana a member of its Commercial club
will be an honor TO any man.