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Newspaper
The Estancia News
Location
Estancia, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
Friday edition of Ketancia News published by PLA with Simoxmann as editor and proprietor. Subscriptions priced at $1.50 annually prepaid and 5 cents per issue. Second class mail status granted January 4 190 in Ketancia New Jersey under act of Congress March 3 1878.
The Estancia News welcomes 100 Albuquerque business men arriving by special train. The piece urges reciprocal trade, notes Albuquerque sends 800,000 yearly to Kansas for butter and eyes, and argues local merchants should capture that money by buying and selling within the Estancia Valley. It calls for a square deal and mutual markets as farmers learn to grow and market crops.
A Wenona Illinois local option fight reflects national shifts toward liquor control. Proponents of open saloons argue distilleries help farmers by sustaining corn markets, while opponents push temperance and bans. The piece cites official agriculture data on corn production shares and looming policy debates.
The Albuquerque Journal discusses a local taxation and licensing argument. It cites corn crop data from two townships, estimating 700 000 bushels and a 2 percent distilling share at 50 cents per bushel, yielding about 7 000 dollars to farmers. It contrasts this with 64 000 dollars spent in saloons, implying farmers bear higher costs than they gain. The piece argues public sentiment trends toward licensing debates and questions the value of high versus low license fees amid saloon patronage.
A rural observer recalls Professor Wiley’s humorous address The Chemist the People about farmers at their first institute The tale mocks ignorance about atmospheric nitrogen and the “knack” of legumes to fix nitrogen The farmer learns that peas clover beans store soil fertility and that manure and plowed soil feed crops through natural processes Exchange.
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