El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-01-13

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Il. $. Trumbull Of the FL Paso and.
Southwestern railway IN addressing
the New Mexico Farmers Congress.
The present conditions OF agricul-
ture ia the Southwest are, in many
respects far from satisfactory. !
speak especially Of the irrigated dis
t~ricts,T he said. and immediately his
auditors sat up with . start and paid
close attention. MT. Trumhul con-
tinued: "a large majority Of the set
tiers who came to the Southwest dur.
ing the past few years have made
financial failures. Land agents and
spectators have exploited the land
seekers in a most ruthless manner
and with a free hand. II anybody
opposed their methods, he was
promptly accused Of being a knoeker
and of Interfering with agricultural
progress. Conditions have been co.
ing from bad to worse and they Will
continue iii that direction for some
time yet IL you don't remedy the stu.
ation.i BY that time Mr.. Trumhull.
had the closest attention Of every one
and he gave It to the land Speculation
good and plenty, but also to All Of
those agencies which get the land
seeker into the state and then ADAM
don him to his fate, showing clearly
that the chamber of commerce that
helps the people Of the community to
raise products and market them IS do
ing more for it than by advertising
to catch more suckers. He described
the Course ofsthe rBack to the Land
movement. "A general but mistaken
feeling developed that too large q pro-
portion Of our population was drift
Ing 10 the cities and that the move
ment should be checked. The drift
ing to the cities was but the normal
working out Of certain economic
forces, among which ! might mention
the increasing cost OF farm labor; the
development Of agricultural machin-
cry which replaced much farm labor;
and the rapid development Of our oth-
er industries
Mr. TrumbnIl's time was up but
the congress urged him to continue,
THE law Of supply and demand regu-
lates the price Of land ais well ais the
price Of eggs or 9ny other commod-
ity, Land prices have been based in
part N the returns OF the pioneers,
and in part on what the land agents
made the buyers believe they could
sell for five years later. Soon the
supply of p~erishahle crops exceeded
tne ioeal demands ana ainerent as
tflcts began competing for outside
business, the prohts Iell' Il ~ tle
majority OF eases disappeared. lie
continued: Under present condl
llons ana present land prices, don't
peheye we can nope o. sell any cen
SIDERABLE amount 81 tnese lrrlgaDie
JANUS we are gettlng praetlcaiiy no
imWlgratlon excepting 4 tne dry
farming districts n the Northeastern
part q the STATE ana on me cheap
$3.50 aalius Lanp II N.Y. selhlns lno.e
reauiiy east q the onlo RIVER than ~
any part n tne West Quotlng zen
eral Coionazatloh AGENT 81 n sea
graves 81 the santa re- ne saiai
nere Are soine eommerciai organ
lxa1ions VINO are very pusy Iegulatlns
lhe railroads. ana Watereu STOCKS Dut
nessr 4 r~ssolutioh apOnk Wa1eTea iaho
Nainesi tna1 - 3 morse on announcer
eoior' a tle WAFER was squeezed OUT
ol M Vaiuess y ~oula De enough
20 M az the rivers the year
r0hhul MAXINE 4fflsatlon proJects IN
necessary.
Mr.. TrumbulL suggested the rem,
edy: We must see that the farmers
follow a system that will ct, not only
the soil and climatic conditions. but
viii also At the market conditions,
and It is there that the Agricultural
college is Of such great service to the
commonwealth. Then he spoke Of
the necessity Of a rural credit system
and financial aid ton the bona lde
farmer. ION the Success of the in
dividual farmers depends the success
depends your salvation, MI. Specula-
tor Farmers who are tempted to
pay exorbitant prices for lands are
usually not the shrewd. intelligent,
far-siehted fathers that are the most
desirable thus deceptive tactics au-
Eomatically operate to keep out the
class of farmers who are capable Of
obtaining the best results en- otr
! am firmly Of the opinion
IN our valleys the 40-acre farm
VIII prove too small as the average
init. All pioneering is practically /
lone by men of small means. say ST. [
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