The Meeker herald., 1894-03-17
WORK Foa COLORADO EDITORS.
Paper Read before the Colorado State
Editorial Association, February 30,
1894, by Thomas Tonge,
Secretary OF tho Colo
RADIO Manufacture
ers' Exchange.


tion Of the title, We will start with the fact
that, as rule. the editors of this state are
ever found willing TO cooperate In any move
mcnt tending TO develop the resources and in
crease the prosperity Of the State, and that
In their various localities they are already
perhaps doing more In this direction than
most other citizens
Having, however, been requested TO read
paper before this meeting, no better subject
presented itself than an appeal for the con-
tinued and increased cooperation, more par
ticularly of the country editors, In the work
of the Manufacturers Exchange, itself
State institution in the widest sense and open
10 every manufacturer In the state.
Congressional action having ruthlessly
stricken down our leading industry, 1t has
become more than ever of paramount i'm
portancc TO develop our other resources and
build up new Industries. Fortunately Colo
RADIO possesses many other mineral treasures
besides the precious metals, in sufficient
quantity and OF high quality 10 justify the
investment of capitol and the employment of
labor. The search for silver and gold has
hitherto almost entirely monopolized the al
tention of prospectors to the neglect of other
materials, which are capable of calling new
and important local Industries into existence
The time has certainly arrived when greater
attention should be paid IN these materials,
hitherto passed over either unnotlced, or as of
little value. The Manufacturers Exchange
has been endeayorng for some time past,
liable samples OF such materials as have COM
mcrcial value and has already got quite n
collection, The only object of which is to
bring Into direct contact the persons owning
such materials and the persons needing
them; the persons needing capital for their
development and the persons able and willing
TO furnish such capital
Owing to such work by the Exchange, the
Denver paper mills ceased getting china clay
from Europe, costing laid down in Denver
ton l.a4 Ia
have got their entire supply in Colorado
while china clay deposits are now being
opened up In Custer county with every prob
ability that Colorado material can be sup
piled to the paper mills In Wisconsin better
and cheaper than the European china clay.
The Exchange is also cndeavorng to lind
In Colorado deposits OF kaolin of sufficiently
high quality for qucensware, and In sufficient
quantity, with view to the establishment OF
white ware potteries Of which IA yet there is
not single one west OF the Missouri river.
Such samples will be brought 10 the attention
OF Eastern pottery manufacturers.
Colorado possesses deposits of mica, graph.
ite and many other things, of which the
United States is importing lOge quantities.
In collecting samples and data the Exchange
meets with considerable difficulty Take
mica for instance. Small samples have been
sent to the Exchange from n dozen places In
Colorado, the scnders usually wanting pur-
chasers Tor what they are pleased to call mica
You'd prospects and the owners, for various
reasons, do not seem disposed 40 develop the
properties further. As soon as the Wilson
tariff bill is disposed Of one way or the other,
The Exchange VIII write to the leading mica
firms of The East and IL possible induce one
OF them To send an expert TO Colorado TO ir-
spcct the local mica deposits with n view to
tho establishment Of a manufacturing plant
In Colorado TO utilize the local mica. As to
graphite, samples have been sent TO the Ex-
bat h.. -
no trouble and Incur no expense to ascertain
the real commercial value. Certainly the
Exchange cannot incur the expense Of an
nlysis or astays of samples sent by private
parties. All It offers to do Is to place on per-
mnncnt exhibit and bring under the notice OF
visiting capitalists and others such reliable
samples AS are furnished TO II of the
undeveloped resources Of the State, the
owners of such properties at their
own expense first asccrtalnng the merits and
commercial value. The foregoing is mem
toned 60 that country editors urging their
nclghbors TO furnish samples may clearly un-
dcrstand what is expected OF the Exchange,
and what the senders first ought 10 do. The
Exchange charges no fee and is voluntarily
going out of Its way TO assist In building up
every section of the state.
AT the present moment, the Exchange has
an inquiry for nickel from n wealthy Eastern
firm, who oiIcr TO put up nickel smelter in
the ncighborhood OF any deposit OF nickel ore
worlds demand for nickel is greatly on the
increase and II Colorado has any large de
posit of good nickel ore, IL is very important
II should be known, but II is useless to send n
specimen to the Exchange with the simple
statement that It Is nickel. 1t ought to be
accompanied by the copy OF nm assaycts GER
tincatc, and particulars as 10 the extent, loca-
ton and ownership OF the deposit All coun-
try editors are cordially invited TO call at the
office of the Exchange and inspect the sam
Piles already collected.
IL Ia not necessary in this meeting to
dwell on the Importance Of keeping Colorado
money In Colorado circulation instead OF
sending II away for the purchase Of articles
no better or cheaper that those produced in
our own state. Every intelligent citizen will
readily admit that proposition even II he for
gets 10 put il la practice from thoughtless-
ness. But it may be permitted to call atten-
ton of the editors throughout the state to the
great as istance they can individually render
10 the 'homc industry movement" While
MS matter OF fact the greater part OF the
manufacturing enterprises are located in and
around Denver, IL by no means follows that
the increased patronage of home industries
means simply the patronage OF Denver manu-
facturcts. There arc creamcries, cheese fac
tories and Touring mills scattered throughout
the state outside OF Denver; yet those very
districts arc purchasing butter, cheese and
oleo from the East. Let the entire press of
the state fight the oleo which is being SO ex-
tenblVCIy bHlppeu SOlOTauO Dy tud
fSa t. p BSsr Of SSsrssBSnsg
is also purchasing nearly sl,000,0o0 worth OF
Eastern lard and cured meats, although pack
ing houses in Denver and Pueblo.are purchas-
ing hogs from all over the state, aud with in
creased Colorado patronage for their products
will offer an cyer-incrcasing local market for
all the hogs that Colorado farmers can raise.
So Also with canned goods; the canning fac
tories buy from the farmers and gardeners OF
Colorado irrespective of county. This pat
ronizing of home industries therefore is not
merely Il manufacturers question. but state
question affecting every part OF the state, and
every citizen, whether producer, wage-earner
or otherwise.
1t is said that one town in Colorado, in the
midst of an agricultural district and with an
elevator filed with grain, purchase compare
lively large quantities of eggs from distance
Surely every town in Colorado (outside min
ing towns at high altitudcs) should be en-
trely supplied with dairy and poultry prod
ucts from its own immediate vicinity. Fur
thcr. having regard to the large Colorado
consumption of fruit preserves obtained from
other states IL IL not pOssjblc to start fruit