The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-11-12

the people, and II should by all means
be set aside before the greedy hands Of
the timber hogs ear despoil II as they
have much in the Saersmentos. If any
very great part Of the reservation were
prime agricultural land Il would be diff.
%ferent, but it Is not, and the suggestion
to turn IL into a national park is =
mighty good one.
Food for the IDLE Rich
A correspondent, who ought to know
better, wants TO know how / explain
the high price Of ham and bacon. lie
draws attention TO the fact that the
best grade of buzzum sells on the Chi.
cage market at 40 cents a pound, and
the best ham at 30 cents, and gets nc.
tually i%ronical in deducting that there
IL something wrong somewhere, since
corr, is down to 80 cents n bushel. TO
be certain there Is something wrong,
though not 80 much in the Pecos Valley
as in Chicago. Here the best bacon
sells ~ the dealer at 30 cents o pound
and he retsils it at 371a cents-that is
unless YOU have him slice II, in which
ease he simply guesses ut what you
have on YOU and takes IL. The same
rule applies 10 ham, for which the deal.
or pays lac AID charges the customer
24c. Dressed hogs are worth here l5c
a pound, and pork chops sell for csc.
Accordingly the price of living is not
as much Of a problem here as in Chi.
cago, not nearly a. much with most of
US, for at these prices ham and bacon
and prok chops are foods for the idle
rich. Nest of W. are perfectly content
ed TO look at the pictures in the maya.
zines, and imagine hat we have the
said frizllings on our hot cakes and
sweet potatoes. In point OF nutrition and
toothsomeness neither compares to good
mutton, and a well.cooked iack.rabbit
is really more in class of the common
folk. As to the explaining-that is an.
other story. II ! have any explanation
il is due TO the fact that people eat too
much of the hog products anyhow. They
ought TO mix their drinks more. Few
people eat enough fish for example al.
though II is one of the most wholesome
forms of flesh food. A good pan of
baked beans is better than pork roast
any time so far Us nutrition il concern.
ed. As it is, everybody wants some
pork food and the supply is not equal
10 the demand. If they cut IL out for
u while there would not he any sky
prices for long, The people of Europe
met and settled this question these
many years ago, and reverting thereto.
was one of the greatest helps was in
the increase in the use Of fish. Fish
culture over there IS Just as much or
a practical business AS raising cabbage
is here, and fish forms q heavy portion
Of the market trade. There is NO rea.
son why il should not he here. There
are thousands of places in the Pecos
Valley where fish could the pro6tably
bred for the market, and some Of these
days when people get wiser every ono
will be utilized. The United States
government is helping in this work in
every way it can, and thousands of
paintings have already beer supplied
TO the people of this valley free Of
charge. As soon as New Mexico be.
comes a state il will follow the example
of Kansas in getting in behind the fish
culturist, and il will be n good thing
for the health and pocketbooks of the
people when that time comes. In tho
mean time, James, about ala that | can
see TO do in regard 10 the high prices
of pork products is 10 CUT THEM OUT.
The idle rich are entitled TO them il
they want them, but they are not for
the man who works, whose hands are
scratchy, and whose pants have patches
on them OF places where patches ought
to be. You have managed to get along
fairly we'll without booze since you
cut that out last April, and you can ger
along without pork steaks il you try.
Disputed Strip Of Bagstslie
I am obliged to the Las Vegas Optic
for stating my views in regard to tho
disputed Texas.New Mexico strip so
nicely, As the Optic says, the cash
value of the land involved Is q mere
bagatelle-8o0,o 900 acres at $50 per acre
only foots up to 100000, which is
not enough 10 ~auarrel over. Al thu