The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-21
PRES. {. BENZ. andrews
Describes the Pitiful Poverty and
Distress In Colorado.
HE HEARD GOV. WAITE'S SPEECH.
How the People Feel About Those Wild
Utterances Towns Must Cease to
Exist Unless Congress Does Something

spent some weeks during the worst
OF the crisis in that section OF the couL-
Try.
lie WAS nm eye witness OF the scenes ia
Denver at the slv.r convention, whe
q yer or Waite mads his now famou.
spe, CHI H. VISITED all the imporl ant
mines. in ,.udins those at Aspen and the
had d-i.ee-s st tie works of
the smelters and refiners, visiting
among others the Onahl .ud Grant
Norks With all these opportunities to
examine the coadil ion OF tie country
md It's peopc. Or. Andre - has r.
iurhed prof, u ,diy Impressed with IA
ssverily If he business depre sion. Il
The appalling eo,Gition OF he people 10
Tho West
Il uas amazed" said IA Z. "at the char
acter of tie reports sen out from Colo
raGo ~ tie newsgathcrers. They
were wholly unr. liable. ana by no
mtnns represyns the safe of al
faiIs. All news seems to be doc.ored
hy those larse corporations, aud by h.
d stress. .They must coltinue o borrow
mo .cy IRON the East. hey viii be
rai ed if hey d nos. III the acouai iinau-
cia and popular condi O .sere kn..tn
no one would loan them money. Ca.~ a
20 IL absolutely fat.
Ioverty and Want.
Its peop,e are poor You s.e tramps
on every street. by ev, ny roadside. o.
the day Governor Waite made his spe, ca
he Dtu, er Tribune discharSed twe, "
four OF its comrositors. Men ave no
employment ,nvwaere.
''Of course / admire that loca patriot
ism thai iiruc sthe men out there 10
rcprese & tnin - bet than d ey are.
senator Walco ts recelt arlicle In tn
Ir bune WAS spir d by hat sp enuid
spin. But in its statement bout ihe
resources Of the state, / agriculture,
coal and cod liins, IL do.sn't
reach tue bltson of things. Those
statements are basel on I'll erficiai
igurss. IL is all very well Ia talk o
farming and of so macy lands
employed. but Colorado cau't
thlnk of competing agr1ee4tass.
with hose III t.suiiieent grai belts in
Kansas and Nebraska. The farmers ca > L
raise ton OF hay To- EXPORT,
MT mine god. rxc'ps' la 81.
few placer mines, I 20 d Is mostly got
zen from tn. silver or.
Industry ParaiyEed.
Every IN Us ry and every pursuit H.
Colorado is anciliary TO siv miniug,
and hen silver mining stops the sta
herrly comes To a standsiil.
- ha men who ctHe fr m the COM
munities 10 the ctnveution at D.aver
can g from peoples who ere hun-ry o
bread. You couldn't exp t en- TO be
temperate In their remarks They fet
the uetds # their towas, saw poverty aHd
starvation staring hsmt Tie face, and
no wonder, 70 r fellows, they id
I'VE things not qlite dig III ID aud r.
s,rved.
Railroads. -neuressed.
IL had exc .ptionnl opportunities for re-
search into the condition OF the rail-
roads, and they are in suca straits that
can see no help for them. They made
good earnings in NAV. uU they are now
on tie verge cf Le. pair. They need mo ey,
aud they can't borrow itanywhere. They
are run ing IN debt every day, aud
believe tina every ons Of the Rocky
VI uutain roads Will be in the hands uf
r,c iveIs ht fore niauG months h I'VE
PASSED. They can'5 continue at n loss
Without adding To their capital or IN
debie iness.
A Substantial People.
"But the people are remarkably intelli-
gent and substantial. Most OF them are
OF American descent, and they depre
cafe IN tue IuliesJ teTins the
Sc scless utterarces of some of
their supposed leaders. / am surprised
and poiued ut the manner in which SO
many Eastern papers crlticise the state.
Governor Waite's wild utterauces are
taken as il they represented Col1rado's
sound sense. They do not. Waite is a
Populist. AN agitator speaking largely
Tor buncOme. AT home people heavily
discount his utterances ! was preseno
at tue convention which he addr ssed,
and talked with great many deleg ties
and other citizens. Not one underst Dod
him seriously. Not one who did not re-
gret that he used language so uucalled
Tor.
Not Colorado Sentiment.
g The main part OF the speeches mt the
convention represents partly tie public
sentiment of Colorado, but not by any
means perfectly. HAD Wate's speech
been penned by the best heads in
the convention it would have been
far different. Much ought to be par
doned tc men coming from communities
ia the u I'll icted co di ion that Colorado
now is. II Is not u time TO weigh words.
1T is not too much 10 say that unless
the silver question can be soon settled so
as to romIse the continuance OF silver
mining, Colorado is ruin Il for at least n
tegin to appreciate the desperate stu
alton OF that state The veal or the
people depends at bottom on mining,
manly silver mining. all of which is
suspended, with no hope of beginning
a ain at present.
Leadviile and Aspen.
AT Leadville every silver mine is idle
So are all the smelters but three, which
will work n month or two to use the ore
VOW on hand. when they will close.
Arouni those mines, opened in
1873. has grown up veritable
city, one OF the busiest OF
its size on the continent It has been cal
culaied that the freight brought into
Leadville and carried therefrom siuce rs
would ill train Of cars reaching frop
New York to San Ert ESQ and forty
miles into the Pacific. Sine the shut
down orders for various supplies amo ant :
ing To 100 carloads have been resc nded.
Much mat has arrived cannot be paid
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