Image 4 of The chieftain (Socorro, N.M.), December 6, 1895
author: Anonymous
source date: 1895
availability: public_domain

Let congress make New Mexi co a state and the people will soon make that state an empire in 1L production that go to make an empire great except an emperor New Mexico has everything on earth that goes to make a man t comfortable contented and hap py and in this land of sunshine a iinaa can make a comfortable living and live better with less labor lhan anywhere else on earth STATEHOOD The reason we are in favor of statehood and always have been is because it will bring jicw blood into New Mexico and the coal iron salt lead marble and other mineral deposits in this Territory will c developed New men with new ideas will develop our water supply the waste places will be built up farming and fruit raising will be stimulated and an era of prosperity will set in that will never come to us while we are a Territory NEW MEXICO A land that has more coal within its borders than the state of Pennsylvania that has salt marble and building stone in endless quantities that has gold silver lead wd copper in its mountains the finest of pine tim ber end A