The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-26


aud mctal minlnR fields at New
McNiCo THE author wa cpt-
ploNcd rs the NV NrNirp TnN
commission to make an appraisal
OF tlh, niincs oT this state under
the lnW at tp2s. lie ln~ is~'n
engaged utiun this w1rL fur
several ninntlhs aud has Just pr'-
~rntrti his report To- tlc com
mission
Though one may expect rather ron-
ndcutiN that tho average price aud
rust 81 commodities. measured Iu
gold dollars. viii decline Tor the nest
~ years or su. % h. probably not
reasonable to anticipate that tlry
will decline uniformly In many III
ractiuns the Am M prices has been
oVcrdunc. lu others u has hardly De-
gun Thus. though the tendency BE-
certainly downward, W. shan un-
dughtcdly have many Instance ut In
crease ~ priros ~ commodities that
have zlunpcd unduly. n only 20 Pc.
gain some balance with -commodities
that have remained az wal levels.
IL h. hardly too much to sty that
from the viewpoint Of many pro-
ducers We lave not yet obtained O
re-adjustmrnt OF prices but rather a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. For example. be-
tore the war. ANA even during the
war. a pound of copper in Sew Mexico
would nuy over 200 pounds OF run ui
mine coal. now 30 will buy only go
pounds So many examples % thus
kind have been cited that Is seems
useless to repeat them.
Preference Tor rhan Living
Conditions Creates Dinicult
Problems
So Tar Is amy one may Judge from
the comments oue reads n hear.
ID seems that the public has dis.
covered the chief obstacles IN the WAY
90 % more equitable scale both Of
prlr,f and Of casts In fuol trans
purlutiuu and city house rents. Di
thu last probably tt b. enough Co SAY
that the high rents result from uH
MISREPRESENTATION Of living accomml.
datIluz have said 'CitN house
rent, i'm the small towns and boz
"a. country there l~ mo- apparent
shortage uf room Back ~ the short
age ut house room In the cities ou'
must explain why so many people
wish fo live In the cities This ! shall
MOI attempt but merely mention b.
a. "re Of the prime ctuses of the
economic mtladjusiment
The abnormal price Of fucl and
transportation certainly finds no wa
port in under production. ON tlo
contrary, those commodities can %,
uversupplicd by 80 or SO per cent.
The true explanation lies in pre-,
ferring a%rtifice To nature building ui
an economic scheme which nature
does not approve 81 aud Will certainly
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