Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-27
COL D, C, Collier Addresses
Joint Session of Senate and
House Presided Over by Gov,
w, C, Mcdonald,
TOURIST TRAVEL KEYNOTE
TO OUR DEVELOPMENT 7
This State Has More Than Any
Other to Attract Visitors Who
VIII See and Then Invest in
Resources of Country,

! tspecini Dispatch to the Morning Journal. !
Santa Fc ~ NJ, March 26.--The
morning sessions of the senate ana
house until noon We're given over al
most entirely To listening to the lee
ture OF Colonel y. G, Collier, on the
Panama California exposition. at San
| Diego, and the reasons why New
| Mexico should have an exhibit there.
The senate and house met In infor-
| nal joint session and Governor Nc
| Donald presided He appointed com
mittee consisting of senator Mccoy
and Representative Toombs and Rog-
| ers to escort Colonel Collier to the
| stand The speaker was introduced by
| the governor. who said that he felt
| sure Colonel Collier would have some
thing interesting to tell the members
and that he would ask nothing Of them
that they would not be willing To
grant.
In opening his remarks. Colonel
Collier said he was no silver tongued
| orator. but he had something to pre-
sent that was of interest TO the mem-
hers of the legislature and To the peo-
pie of New Mexico. He said that he
had been born in log cabin In a
mining town in Colorado, had crossed
the continent from ocean to ocean
forty eight times and for fifteen years
had devoted himself to the study of
the conditions which make for the up
building of cities, states and sections
He declared that the organizers OF
the san Diego exposition had been for
two and one-haf years engaged in "A
gigantic campaign of publicity That
when they began the population OF
San Diego was about $4,000 while
now Il was between 81, 600 and $1,000,
while the building permits had In
creased from 100000 to $4,000, 600
per annum. He said they had already
obtained $1,000, O00 by popular sub
scrlption, 81 900. 600 from the city of
SAN Diego and 100000 from the state
OF California for carrying on the ex-
position and when the doors were
thrown open on January /. 1918, vi
would represent an outlay of between
$1,000. 600 and Si0,000.000.
He stated that the principal theme
Of the exposition would be the dem
onstration by exhibits of the evolution
of the arts from the time OF the pre-
niStbIN liib'Hs hf NipNNh Va i'NhN
from the friction of two sticks to the
electric globe and transportation from
the pole carriages borne by Indians
to the aeroplane and dirigble balloon, |
would be shown.
The speaker declared that san Di- |
ego hoped to become the future great |
port of entry for the southwest and
for that reason New Mexico and Ari- |
zona would be given chief considera- |
tion and could have almost anything |
they wanted from the exposition man
ayers.
As 20 what the nature of the New |
Mexico exhibit should be, Colonel Coll
Her said that he had discovered, after
careful study that the keynote for
great and rapid growth for this state
was the tourist travel The investor
and colonist. he declared. follow the
tourist ~. pointed to the fact that
the area around SAN Antonio. Tex
was less productive than any other
portion Of the state and yet san An
tonic was the largest city In Texas.
simply from capitalzing It's Alamo ana
old missions. He stated that circle
of fifty miles radius drawn around
Fresno. cal. would embrace u coun
try producing Eve or six times as much
ar a similar circlc drawn around Los
Angeles and yet the population Of Los
Angeles was sS0.000. while that OF
Fresno was $4,000. all because Los
Angeles had capitalized lts climate and
old missions
II am familiar with the trails and
bypaths of every county In California,
said Colonel COLLIER and | know the
state thoroughly, from end To- end aud
! feel no hesitation In saying and 60
ing on record as saying that New
MrXico has more 90 offer attractive
10 The tourist than any other state In
the union
ile suggested that this state send to
san Diego band nf Pueblo Indians
ami let them erect pueblo with the
native rites and allow the building 90
stand for IN, next twenty-five years
az permanent advertisement 81 this
state. lie said that he did not mean
thai the state should confne It's ex-
hrhn 20 prehistoric matters solely. but
that this should Ice the main feature
with which To- attract the visitors and
~ hen they had come to see these they
cotid be- shown IN, resources and adj
,anfaaes 81 the state.
tainne. r~ili.T sfssE S;ed that the
leeirlatur. appoint . commission To
,i-t SIN Di.ro 49, ronn ~ possible So
ices site and recommend what
amount ihs stat. should appropriate
for Hs exhibit he said that after :
looking the world over the exposition
managers had selected Dr Edgar l.. |
Heu iii. Of sante Fe, a. the man most !