Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-18
Estancia Valley SLandered, Declares
Torrance Development Association.
County Boosters Pass Further
Resolutions Denouncing the
Story That Agriculture Has
Proven Failure.

EstunCa y NJ. Dec. TIN uddi-
ton a. the strong rcSUlU' 'us p"-F'd
by IN" Farmers Business Issp,iau "a
at Muriurt,. thr TOrranC" County -,
Vclupmcnt ussociitiun at us m",rng
here passed tn" fUllOwing
Whereas. there appclrrd Ia the
Drawers Telegram Of Kansas cas-,
Mo. under date Of November -
l3l2, an uu,lr purpUrilus T." De- sol
interview with one q. v sharon "i
Morlarty. y NJ. and
Whereas the statements made ~
said purportrd interview ur" mlslrnd-
Ing ana tend To- give the reader the
Impression rhll the farmers of Tor
rance county AMI the Esilu.l1 Nrlly
had made Il dismal iailur, IN th".r
efforts at agricultural pursuits AMI
had abandoned the country on that
account. such impression being far
from the truth ana It's publicity being
to Ia" dctrImcnt uf the earnest, deter
mined men who nave come here 20
buIld homes and who are building
homes for Themselves and iamillcH.
making II harder tor them To live
ana "durat" their children white de
yclnpng m" uu"ralcd natural re-
sources hy which they are surround
ed, therefor" ~" II
Iicaul,rd. los the Torrance county
Development sHu,,Ltiuu, II nun.com.
mcryial uTgnnllati"u, ia" purpose Of
which rs to aid Ia the development
81 the resources referred ~ above, In
adjourned session assembled. that We
declare the statements made in the
said purpurt"d interview librluus ~
character and for the most part un-
true IN fact. that while IL IN true thus
is a Splendid Wu,N RAISING country, It
flrt wen known aud proven by ia"
nu'0'rs uf H.uDL Iutr'' Tor ia, past
furly N"drr, II r. not tr' that ,ti"rih
- fHrning are altogether iiIlurrg 81
thIt ia" farmers have lll l'u the
ruuutfv on that account Ih'r, hiN"
hrcn individual failuroH here, u D.
true. 80 have th"r" hcer IN EHn"rS,
IN oklahoma. in Nhas"ur, In OH,
ana all other parts ut the country,
but II IN a fact that spanish speaking
people, descendants Of tho Cunqu,Hta-
durcE, have nN'd IN what ~ now Tor
rance county since 1916 and that they
have always iirmrd 'hCiT lands ana
never made It failure, ana neither
their equipment nor methods are
modern, statement vhich is hardly
true NJ any other portion Ui the great
southwest Er II further
RcsulNC ed, that Wr recognize In the
raising uf llN"Stuck - very necessary
and desirable Industry and We pledge
ourselves to the cnruur trcmcni Of this
industry In every possible way. hut
we believe 1t should ru hand IN hand
with the cultivation 81 the soil and
We DO not believe thai tho one induy'
try should conflict win the other.
ana We further dccldr, that the state
nents made in the said purpurtcd In
tcrview do not represent the scntl-
ments at other men engaged in the
livestock industry IN Torrance cuun-
IS. but that the sentiments expressed
and implied are Individual aud that
the wish was father IT, the thought,
BE Il further
Resolved, that while It is true many
Of our earlier sCtilrrs have perfected
their entries and have gone else
where, this Is incidental To the de.
voiopmcnt of all new countries ana II
Is equally true that u great many OF
those who came, first came with the
Intention Of staying and they are
staying, ana We confidently believe
that those who have the necessary
stlck-tO-lt qualities and the energy
essential to success anywhere else,
will reap beautifully In the end, that
the development Of our resources,
especially that OF Irrigation by pump
Ing, has hardly begun but promises a
rich field for lntelllgcntly directed en-
ergy, and that the publication OF libel
Gus articles like the one referred TO.
or anything OF a similar character
which tends To retard. but which can
not prevent, development. can not be
too strongly condemned. Be II fur
ther
Resolved, that a copy OF these reso-
buttons be sent TO the Drovers' Tele-
gram with a request for lts publlca-
ton, with the same prominence given
the purported interview, and that
each paper In Torrance county and
the Albuquerque ana Santa re papers
he sent copies with a request 10 pub
lish tho same. lt.t &
TORRANCE COUNTY DEVELOP
MENT ASSOCIATION. t.t
HARRY J. FINCKE. President
Attstt;
II. L. INIT. secretary.