Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-10
A SHINING
EXAMPLE OF A
LIVE PUBLIC
SPIRIT
Albuquerque Man Back from
Extended Stay in North
west, Says Energy and
United Action Alone Built
Great City.
SEES OPPORTUNITIES
FOR DEVELOPMENT HERE

= James D. Eakin. Of tho Consolidated
Liquor company and one OF the plo-
necr business men OF Aibuqucrquc.
has just returned home from an *
tended stay IN the Seattle district OF
the northwest. AR. Eakin's family
will remain for a month or more az
Eagle Harbor. eight miles acrgss the
sound from Seattle, where Mr.. Eakin
has acquired large real estate hold
ings, when they will return 70 their
Albuquerque home.
Albuquerque IL my home" said
Mr.. Eakin yesterday, "and { intend 20
remain right here. While there are
.fp'endid opuortunities VA tae north
west Tor investment lhefo arc equal
opportunities here, ana month or
two In the year IN the northwest coun-.
try ~ enough for me The climate
there Is 40 Tar inferior to our own.
and there are 70 many years OF ass
sociatl0n here. that Albuquerque win
remain home with me and most OF
my time will be spent here"
business conditions IN the north
west differ little from those Ia other
sections Of the country The small
merchant IN Seattle had no advantage
over the small merchant In the south.
west and business thoro as here is.
crowded In some lines sun the
northwest. because Of harbor and IA
vorabie transportation facilities BY
sea and rail II growing rapidly ana
this Is especially true OF Seattle when
I first visited Seattle twenty years
ago Il had only about the population
Of Albuquerque today. Now II has
three hundred thousand people and
Is growing like the proverbial weed.
Yet seattle. aside from Its harbor ia
ciliti4s and its splendid railroad adj
vantagee has nothing over Albuquer~
que IN the way Of resources, Seattle,
like Albuquerque. has TO ship In prac-
tlcally ali OF it's food stuffs and man
ufacturing and other materials. II
has not even the immediate agricnl-
tural resources that Albuquerque has.
Seattle. IN fact, Is a shining ex-
ample Of what a united public spirit
and persistent publicity. or boosting.
will do. That city. now one Of the
greatest In the country. has been built
largely upon the nerve. the union ana
tho aggresslveness OF lta people.
"EveH now, whqh streets are being
graded ont, not for blocks. but for
miles when sixteen and eighteen story
sky scrapers arc going up on every
hand. and when the streets are pack.
ed az night seattle people have not
lessened their efforts for further
growth one whit Right now they arc
preparing 90 vote $40. 100000 bonds
for terminals. and this "a but one Of
many great financial burdens which
the people have taken up not only
willingly but cheorfully, backing their
faith In seattie's future with their
money.
"Of course the cases are in no way
parallel but those OF is who will co--
slider conditions carefully will admit
that II we get together here In ALEU-
Querque, work together, pun together
and back the work with faith and the
publicity that seattle has forced upon
tho whole country, we must have pro-
portionate growth"
SANS THE RECALL HAS
E'EW ADHEItI1NTs NOW
'rhe recall has been given thor
ouch trial in Seattle" said AZ. Eakiu.
land Il o. conservative assertion 90
state that tho people are disguised
with It. II Ia the general expression
among citizens of all classes, tax
payers and especially business men.
that the recall Is false alarm; that
Il results not III correcting evils but
Ia intensifying them and adding % the
evils which may exist constant tur-
moll and agitation which r. disastrous
alike Go business and social develops
ment. There has been no better dome
onsratlon OF the faults of the recall
,thnn IN soaUe where the people az
FIRMS coui9 lcaYr have hnf 1n thc1