, 1884-02-08
WYoMlN6'S WEALTH!
An Eloquent Lecture Delivered by the
President Of the Pueblo Cham
Der Of Commerce.
The Productive Industries the Hope Of the
Rocky Mountain Cities.

legislature and prominent citizens to
listen to an instructive lecture by DR..
Thomas D.. Worrall, president Of the
Pueblo Chamber Of Commerce. A fair
representation Of ladies was present,
and the speaker occupied n hour and
a quarter in the delivery Of the theme,
which was attentively listened to and
highly appreciated. The words of the
speaker were substantially as follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
l have travelled nearly a quarter of a
thousand miles to address you on tho
subject Of Productive Industry, the
Hope OF the Rocky Mountain Cities.
BY productive industry 1 mean that
class of effort which takes an article
per Sc, useless. and converts 1t into q
valuable commodity. My journalistic
friend, the late Horace Greeley, was
wont to make free use of the maxim,
'.He who makes two blades Of grass
grow where only one grew before, is a
public benefactor." a blade Of grass
is a very Insignificant thing, yet, when
multiplied by the million, can be con-
verted into hay; and the Implication, in
that case, mean two ton Of q useful
article made out out OF one by the
ski,lful application OF labor and
science.
In Wyoming you depend, not so
much upon the skill OF Mccormick
reaper and mower to utilize your grass
products, as upon the living animal
who mows down tine tender blade and
Immediately converts it into food for
the c~arniverous animal, man. This
cattle industry, with kindred rural
pursuits, lies at the foundation OF all
industry There must OF necessity be
a food producer before there can be a
food winner. Agriculture must, there
tries. Without 1t the mine must re-
tain its hidden treasures, which it has
concealed for ages. the blast furnace
emit no spark, the rolling mill remain
upon its immovable cogs, the factory
stand idle, the railroad rust for want
OF use, the telegraph cease its ticking,
the ocean remain u useless highway and
commerce perish.
While, however, manufactures, arts,
science and commerce depend upon
agriculture, the pillow a only be
kept bright and the cattle upon the fer
tile plains made valuable by the devel-
opment OF other esources. All men
cannot be farmers Dr. stockraiseIs. The
steam engine and the turbine wheel,
the spindle and the loom, the hammer
and the saw, the pudding furnace and
the forge, the pick and the shovel must
also be brought into operation as u
means Of earning bread and e~nriching
the world. There are but three sources
Of wealth-brains, muscle and raw ma
terial. The former operating upon the
latter have produced all the wealth
which the world enjoys. The pro-
Queer, or working bee of the human
hive, is the only creator Of wealth. The
non-producer may not be wholly a use
less member Of society. but, after all,
he is a dependent being who, without
the producer, would starve. II you
look abroad upon the face of the earth,
you find no nation 50 prosperous, 30
rich or great as u own mother coun-
try. Her ships cover every sea, her
commerce extends to every land. But
what is it that fills her ships2 What is
1t that creates her commerce? Need i
answer the products Of the million in
dustrial establishments AS with ma
tions, so with states, or communities.
Those who pay most attention to pro.
ductive industry are always the most
prosperous. Industrial establishments
are wealth producing establishments.
at this point DR.. Worrall used a Sc
ries OF graphic illustrations, showing
the comparative importance of pro-
ductive and distributing industry and
then continued, saying:
l have Travelled over the greater
portion Of the English speaking part OF
the world, both in Europe and America,
but nowhere have 1 seen such an abun.
dance, or such a variety OF natural pro.
ducts as are to be found in the states
and territories Of the Rocky mountains.
In Colorado, and probably In Wyoming,
there are more coal, iron, lead, copper,
FIRE clay, anthony, bismuth, mica, as.
bestos, marble, lime, manganese, mag
nesia, soda and other products, thar
there ever was in Great Britain; beside
we have the gold, silver, petroleum and
cattle IN such quantities as would stag,
ger the credulity of the average Eng
lishman. But it should be remember,
ed that these have existed for count,
less ages, and yet until very lately
the world o; man has been none the
richer because Of their existence. The
natural products have existed, how
long no man, no. not even my friend
Professor Bailey, your state geologist,
can tell, but the country has lacked
directing brains and active labor
otherwise they would have been long
ago developed.
The doctor here spoke at length Of
what had been done during the last
twenty-five years, but considered thi.
as but a dew drop in the ocean wher
compared with the great work of de
yelopment yet remaining.
The speaker answered the question
To whom is this development due, anC