The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
THE TRAGEDY OF THE NEW EXC CENSUS;
AND OTHER STORIES
BY Arthur Sehgman.

Tho New Mexico census figures came along a few days ago. They
Showed a growth of $4,000 population in len years, most Of which
years wetr spent under democratic governors. 1t was n ten per cent
Increase as against u per cent for the nation. The census was taken
by Mr.. byron o. Beanl, secretary of the democratic state committee,
and Mr.. Schgmans right bower in this campaign. just how much
sttertion Mr.. Bcal gave to the New Mexico census we are not pre-.
political business. F.
However, MI. selisman S purveyors of publicity sraSped at those
census figures with o glad cry Of relief Here was something that
could be made definite, without any chance of being shown up as a
fasehood, New Mexico had only grown $4,000 in population in ten
years. Blame it on the mining companicsi the reaetionary, domi-
necring. prohteerng, t~axdodgng, nefarious, malicious, evil, sinister,
malignant, corlupting. corrupt and corrupted mining companies. The
word was sic EN- boys; bark at 'em.'-And everybody harked. "A
wild yelp cmansted from the dizzy pinnacle whercon is poised in lone
~ alosfness the Prophet of the Dawn of the New Day Colonel Gut
ting paused in the third reel Of the daily custard pie comedy and
hurled a Drumming bucket Of mud at the malefactors who monkeycd
with the states development and kept us from growing during the
past ten years. The selgman press bureau let go ~hafpagc adver.
tisemcnts about the outrage Of our arrested development. It is true
that q careless press agent incautiously committed Mr.. Hanna to a
definite charge in one of these advertisements Mr. Scligman had to
back up prccipitatcly and the whole state gggled. But here was Q
fake argument that couldn't be proved a lie" so Mr.. Hanna har.
angued about it from the stump and Mr.. Putney stopped soliciting
subscriptions for the Morning Journal and explaining his 20 per cent
our growth.
II was great while it lasted but again the stubborn populace be-.
gan TO inquire into the propaganda and demand facts.
And the facts are coming along.
We have been at some pains to investigate the population move.
ment in various sections Of the state. Here is a curious fact;
In Grant county where Mr.. Hanna S pet menace, the Chino Cop
per company, crCuehes in its lair, three towns show a growth Of a liz
tie more than lo5OO people during the past ten years,
In other words, one-third of the state total population increase
in the last ten years has occurred in Tyrone, a town built up around
the Phelps-Dcdse mining properties; and in Hurley and Santa Rita
towns created by the operations of the Chino Copper company.
These, mark you, are the malignant carbuncles upon the body
polite which have blocked progress, prevented development and
checked population increase in New Mexico during the past ten years.
as Mr.. Seigman, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Magee and Colonel Cutting have.
doped II out.
A brief estimation of the facts will satisfy any intcresed invcsti.
gator that 5000 more of the population increase has occr|fed in Col
fax county and that about the same increase has developed in Nc.
Knisy county. These two latter counties, like Grant county, arc in
Tested by wclfsh corporations which block progress and prevent
growth.
IL Is a terrible, terrible story is II not, My Childrenf
4 will serve to scare our grandchildren with when they are
naughty.