Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-21


|ns .l u ~ nsls s:tss
tossl42t DtFposel eurlng che last
laalsit t,its that enc sesivity OF shol
|4oAdt ~ belialf ~ the appropriation
wag fnsg1rea ~ thsa aesirp 30 the
pnembefa ~ rArtain q once and Ia
keal tho present secretary oe ehs
board IN once. The lnsrnhera Of this
beard nave eDyan. ., greet deal OtlvsrS
|valsln6 lima % Ahe WORT. ab6olntSlp
withcut compensation Of any otArnc-
Ger. TAsy arr an business men with
extensive blisineas affhlFs domandlng
constant attention. ThaRo ~ not =
memhcg who deeiFea 70 continue ac-
lively IN the work, Their activity has
been inspired solely By . desire 10 en-
courage and assist In the development
Of the state. THE secretary Of the
board has received q salary OF tl2b
per month. He has no desire 70 con-
tinue In the work at guch = SALARY,
and II would DO impossible for him
TO do 30. His desire and that Of the
entire organization has been merely
that the work should continue, that
y should remain In competent hands
and that II should be kept out OF tho
roundup of the average political Of
fee since the entrance az tho Office
into politics means 20 seriously Inn
pair It's usefulness.
With this statement an 10 our at
tltude, which we trust is perfectly
plain, We desired to point out to tho
development interests and the public
spirited citizens OF this state the ABB
sulutc Importance Of continuing the
| A,g Las 49,, "A 90,
viii tell YOU that within the past
q ninety days thcre has been "A decrease
Of hfty per cent IN the number Of
persons coming into New Mexico IN
search ut lands and location. This
applies 10 the entire state, with the
! exception Uf Unc or two small dis
tricts, which ar" CSpending large
sums of money raised LEGALLY for COM
munlty advertising. Even these dis
trictS have felt thu drop During this
pcrlud. since m" bureau OF immlgra-
tiun has ceased It's active advertising
the publicity work. the correspond
cncc NJ the once has decreased about
four-iifths from the average OF ninety
days ago. We have simply ceased to
20 after business, and ~ matter of
course We ARE not getting It.
, Sow here are The plain facts. The
] business men or Colorado have united
In d petition to their Legislature for
$4,000 per year for Immigration and
publicity. II Is absolutely certain
chat this viii he granted. Colorado
viii spend the output of u icn-nilllun
dollar bond issue Tor good roads ~
against New McNl"O's SiDO,uOO,
Utah viii spend $4,000 on publicity
work n'Nt year.
Wyoming and Montana will spend
$4,000 and $40. OOu. respectively.
Washington and Oregon will spend
approximately tl,OOO,uo0 on publicity
I In 1919.
Tho secretary ur the immigration
bureau finds In recent visit To- Kan
saB that tho legislature OF that state
IL disposed t. appropriate $4,000 FOR
publicity work exclusively. and this
" in addition To- more than u million
dollars per year which the state has
been expanding for years upon It's
agricultural and statistical depart
mcnts.--which are really nothing more
nor less than ono of the most effect.
"" advertising departments ever or
s,nizch.
THIS matter ~ straight ny 10 New
M"ylCU. W. have got 10 meet THU
competition. and meet It effectively
Or We have got 10 make W. our minds
Ia atHgnute,
You inrn who expect to Innkt
money out Of your New Mexico In.
Neslmcnts. yOu men who expect III,
Ohsucs Of your town lots your build
ing and your farm lands 60 incrCas"
have got ~ get into tho game and s",
To H. that the state aud your Cumlnuu,
lty docs tho right kind ~ puhllciiN
and Immigration work. II you fail iC
do II, YOU are not only going to stuI
going ahead, but YOU are going tn Sllg
backwards. ana you are going 10 sill
fast, This II plain talk; II ~ also
plain facts. ASK the avcrHg" land
operator and he viii tell you that
you are already slipping.
Thcr" are tWU things We want t.
urg" upon you IN view Of what IL
said above:
First, do Your share IT, -" that the
bureau Of immigration Ollie" remains
IN operation until tho legislature has
an opportunity To act; and. second
make /, YOUR business and the busi'
ness oi your community to gee tina
the members at ~" legislature from
your county go Ia Santa T." In Jan
unry pledged Ia stand for an adequate
and immediate appropriation for YOU
Immigration and publicity work.
Yours very truly,
THE NEW MENlCO BUREAU OI
IMMIGHATION.
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