HEBE IS AN ACTUAL DEMAND 



for nearly 20,000,000 pounds of flour, which must be filled from 

 somewhere, and nov7 is supplied from abroad. This demand 

 does not have to be created, nor does it depend on the crops of 

 Russia or India, but it exists right here in New Mexico. The 

 raiser of wheat therefore runs no risk. He is sure of a market. 

 And the market is at home. There is no long transportation in- 

 volved, and so the railroads can not control or overcharge. The 

 price is the price in Minnesota or Dakota, plus the cost of freight 

 from there. The freight alone constitutes an ample profit. 



And so of corn. The market is already here, and must be 

 supplied. Over 8,000 tons are necessary for that purpose, 

 and the man who produces up to that amount is sure of a sale 

 close to his farm, and at the prices in Missouri or Kansas plus 

 the freight and charges involved in bringing it from there. 



These are but examples. The same general facts exist as to the 

 other articles that have been mentioned. In every case there is 

 an actual home market existing in New Mexico, waiting for some 

 one to supply it from our soil, and meanwhile being filled from 

 abroad. All of the products named are among those most suc- 

 cessfully raised in the territory, and the only reason for the short- 

 ness of the supply is that no one is taking the trouble to raise 

 them in sufficient quantity. This inadequacy of supply is in- 

 creased in New Mexico on account of the large mining industry, 

 which employes great numbers of men, who continually consume 

 all kinds of food-products while producing none. 



Through most of the agricultural sections of the United States 

 the farmer has great difficulty in finding some article which he 

 can raise at a profit and with which the market is not already 

 greatly overstocked; and after a year of toil is liable to find the 

 general supply of his produce so great and the price consequently 

 so low, that he receives little or nothing for his labor and the use 

 of his land. Here the market is ready and ample, and only 

 awaits greater energy on the part of those already here and the 

 influx of intelligent and industrious producers to supply it. No- 

 where is the reward of agricultural and horticultural enterprise so 

 great and so certain. 



