Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-01
Promoting Tourist Travel In Colo


RADIO.
The meeting of representatives of the
board of trade of Colorado Springs,
chamber of commerce on Wednesday, is
destined to have an important effect on
summer trade during the present season.
1t was held for the purpose of consider
ing the best means to secure the atten-
ton of manufacturing capitalists, and
others looking for investments, TO the ad-
yantages presented by Colorado in all
industrial lines, and to induce them to
extend their investigation to this state
during the Worlds fair tour. A commit
tee consisting of one from Colorado
Springs, Denver and Pueblo, each, was
appointed to secure from the railroads
the same round trip rates from Chicago
to Colorado common points as prevail
east bound from Colorado to Chicago,
and also to prepare concise statement
of the resources of Colorado and the in
ducements it offers for profitable invest
ment. The committee consists of Messrs.
Eddy, of the Colorado Springs Telegraph.
Graham, of Pueblo, and Atkins of the
Denver News, and will hold meeting at
Colorado Springs in a few days.
The News has already discussed tho
points involved in these proceedings, but
takes occasion to renew its hearty ap-
proval of them and to assure the COM
mittee of its candid cooperation in the
work outlined for it. To secure the
largest benefit possible from the Worlds
fair travel, efforts of this kind are in
order, and should be promoted by all
portions of the state. Once in Colorado,
the person looking for industrial invest
ments will not stop until he has visited
all of it's principal towns and cities and
closely examined all Of It's productive
industrial centers. Let the work of this
joint committee be encouraged. 1t could
very properly be increased by members
from Trinidad, Durango, Leadville, Aspen,
Grand Junction, and perhaps other
points.--Denver News.
KS
The Wool Clip.
Reports from Wyoming indicate that
this will be very successful year for the
wool growers of that state. There will
be large clip and good prices are ex-
pected. The fact that one flock will
average ten pounds and half from near
ly 10000 Heeces indicates that Wyoming
is good sheep country.
There has been great change in Wyo-
ming. A few years ago it was cattle
state and comparatively little attention
was given to sheep. But now the wool
business seems to have the lead, and it is
better, undoubtedly, for the state. There
seems to be favorable outlook for the
wool growers of this state also, and in
view of 10 recent rains in New Mexico
the sheep men of that territory have good
reason to be encouraged.
The wool business is one to which, with
all its enterprise, Denver has paid but
little attention. Colorado, Wyoming,
New Mexico and Arizona wool still goes
tu the east for market, whereas the
greater part of it might be collected here
either for consumption or for sale. st.
Louis is large wool market, and yet
there is no more in natural causes to
make it SO than there is to make Den
yer the market for the Rocky mountain
woods.
When it is considered that nearly all
the wool sent east is unwashed and that
freight has to be paid on all the dirt
it is strange that some man
or company has not established securing
works on a successful basis in Denver.
Several years age plant of this sort was
erected, but for some reason tho enter
prise failed. All the conditions seem to
be favorable, however, for this industry,
if backed by sufficient capital and con-
ducted by competent men,
1t is needless to repeat the arguments
in favor of the establishment of wooden
mills here. But apart from the considera-
tion of Denver as market for the con-
of wool in manufacturing, it
would be practicable to mike this CEN
ter of the wool trade. A large and well
conducted plant for securing wool would
almost accomplish this OF itself. Eastern
buyers would come to Denver in that
case instead of hunting up the wool
growers on their ranches and in the small
Republican.