El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-26

Albuquerque house was preparing to
ship two carloads of New Mexico
beans to a Boston firm. He announced,
also,S that on Monday morning he had
heard OF a carload of beans at Laguna,
and had Immediately wired to secure
them, but in the afternoon he was no.
titled that the beans had been sold
and would be shipped out Of the
state.
Some doubt as to the governors
authority to make seizures was ex-
pressed, and Attorney Reed Hollo-
man, of this city, who was present at
the meeting, suggested that the exc
cutive might ask the mayor Of Albu-
querque to hold the two carloads of
beans now being prepared for ship
rnent to Boston until such time as the
legislature met and conferred on him
specific authority to make seizures Of
seed.
NeiI B. Field, Of Albuquerque, ex-
pressed the belief that as long as a
special session of the legislature was
in doubt such problems would be in
surmountable.
". A.. Hawkins, of Ell Paso, advised
the committee to be conservative and
not to recommend seizures. I'VE are
not alone in this fight" he said. "Other
sections are in need of seed, and at
some place in the east the ground
may now be ready for the beans that
ire being prepared for shipment from
Albuquerque. It's a common cause
and we should work in harmony.
While some damage might result to
us by the shipment of. these beans,
we might do even greater damage to
other sections by acting hastily"
Captain w. C. Reid, general attor-
ney of the Santa Fe railway, suggest
ed that the governor wire the Boston
buyers, appealing to their patriotism
and asking that they allow the beans
to remain in New Mexico for use in
planting. Also, that the Albuquerque
house be asked to hold the beans I'M
til a reply was received from Bos-
ton. IF the Boston people refuse"
he said, ut will then be time to con-
slider other action"
The committee members agreed that
Captain Reds suggestion was a good
one and should be carried out.
In connection with the question of
preparing land for planting, Mr.. Haw-
kins stated that the Federal govern
ment had at Ell Paso the tractors that
had been used in building roads in
Mexico for the exp%editionary force,
and that he believed these tractors
could be secured for use in New Mex.
leo.
M. L. Fox, editor of the Albuquer-
que Journal, told the committee that
New Mexico was at present producing
less than As per cent of the foodstuffs
consumed, and that unless production
was increased it would be necessary
to import 0,0OO,0 900 worth Of sup
plies to feed the people Of the state
the next year.
Big Job, Says Hare
Prof. R. F. Hare, formerly Of the
state College, and now in charge Of
New Mexico crop reports for the Blu
of Crop Estimates of the U. s.
Department of Agriculture, stated that
would be practically impossible for
New Mexico to support itself during
he next year, even with the greatly
increased production now planned.
Prof. Hare offered to cooperate with
he committee in any way, and the
plans to ask the depart
nent of agriculture to permit him to
give some of his time to the work of
agricultural preparedness.
M. r. Gonzales, San Miguel county
agricultural agent, who came here
rom Las Vegas yesterday, was invit-
ID to address the committee, and told
he members Of the strides that had
,een made in agricultural production
n San Miguel county during the last
wo years. He gave the committee
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