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HOME MARKETS IN NEW MEXICO. 



THE PARADISE OF THE PRODUCER. 



fln Address iDelivef ed at the Tewitornal Expo 

 sition, at Albuquerque, Sept. 16, 1890, 



- BY 



HON. L. BRADFORD PRINCE. 



Published by the Bureau of Immigration.] 



Seven years ago it was my privilege to address an audience in 

 this place, at the opening of the territorial fair of 1883. 



I then drew your attention to the manifold resources of New 

 Mexico, so varied and so abundant that it could be asserted boldly 

 that no other portion of the United States is so ricl^ endowed by 

 nature. As this seems such strong language as to savor, of exag- 

 geration, I proceeded somewhat in detail to make a comparison, 

 in order to show that the picture was not overdrawn. I showed 

 that the states east of the Mississippi, while well equipped in 

 most localities for agricultural and horticultural success by excel- 

 lence of soil and abundance of humidity, yet as a rule were 

 devoid of mineral resources. Along the Appalachian range there 

 were great deposits of iron, and in certain sections abundance of 

 coal, but of the precious metals the amount even in ISTorth Caro- 

 lina was so small as to be insignificant. Michigan contained 

 magnificent mines of copper, but had no other mineral wealth. 

 Crossing the Father of Waters, we found in Missouri great masses 

 of lead and zinc,- but of more valuable metals she had none. 



Ioceeding westward to the Rocky Mountain region, it is true 



