Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-15
WHAT COLORADO WOMEN CAN
DO FOR HONE INDUSTRIES.
ADDRESS sy Mrs- z h T~sge n . fas-
ne 1ssf1.g e Denr<r Hocs<rsrss
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1rish Il distinctly 1ndsrxtood in
the outset, that the spseixi object ot
/ the home Industry movement is No.
/ simply 10 benefit our mxrufzctursrx.
bat the whole eouuunity. Directly,
il will bepeft BOT only the nznutzc-
| t1re-s, but the prodresr. Of rxs ma
| ferialt, and more particularly the uzxe
ezrrsrs- Indireetiy, it viii benefit
erery other individual in the eenmun-
4 iiy. zs By keeping vast sum. Of money
IN the State noe unnecessarily se1f
away, il viii add 50 uueh TO the r,oneJ
10 local circulation Of uhieh eTery-
body gets 4 share -af -s
The women Of Colo-zdo, more par
tieulxrly the housewives, could easily
make difference o: FROM 81, ,0oJ, go
70 e, 90, 90 st least in favor Of the
home trzde Of the State during 1894.
which SUN instead Of going cut Of the
State, perer 10 return. would furnish
employment in Colorado 70 large sd-
ditisnal number. Of persons Gncluding
many uonsnJ and would go into the
pockets of our Own citizens-
Let u. briefly consider \ few in
stances.
We have several local firms manu-
featuring baking powder. Yet East
ern baking powder is brought 60 Colo
rzdo By the carload, no better or
cheaper thsa our home produets-
Biaeking Of superior quality is also
made here. Colorado uses between
SO, 001 and 50. 900 worth Of backing
per znnum, about three-fouths of
which actually comes from France,
and nearly ali the balance from New
York and Philadelphia. ~-,s +.
The high quality Of the tomatoes,
beans, peas, &c, canned by our Colo
rsdo factories, is fully admitted, and
the local market is head Of the local
supply. The more encouragement
given. however, the more will the man-
| ufactarerE try to meet the demand; the
more vegetables they require from the
| growers and the more the Colorado
acreage in vegetables will be extended.
During the past season our local can
ming factories contracted for 800 acres
Of tomatoes alone, to say nothing OF
other articles, from the truck growers
around Denver, Littleton, Aryada,
Golden, Longmont. Greeley and other
places. Think Of the money paid to
the truck growers, to say nothing Of
the money paid to the hundreds OF ex.
ira hands-almost entirely women and
| girls-employed in the fields during
the picking season and in the factories
during the packing season. OF every
dollar spent in Colorado canned goods
95 cents stays here. OF every dollar
spent in imported canned goods over
80 cents leaves Colorado forever 1t
is the, same with pickles, sauer kraut,
and table luxuries such as catsup,
horse radish, DC, while as to preserves
and fruit jellies, an increased local de-
mand will result in great local devcl-
opment of small fruit culture
Take dairy products. Colorado has
numerous crcameries and cheese fac
tories scattered throughout the State
from Larimer county to Conejos coun-
| ty, which are as much home industries
q the Denver cotton mill, yet we are
4 now sending from Colorado to other
states about 1000, 600 per annum,
for butter, cheese, condensed milk
and eyaporated cream. What differ
ence it would make If that 81 900, 900
was going into the pockets Of our but
ter and cheese makers and farmers.
Of course, you cannot expect to get
good creamery butter at the same
| priceras bogus butter, of which latter
article unfortunately large quantities
continue to be palmed of as. genuine
butter on our lopg-suferiDg public.
A more loyal patronage of our butter
| and cbaaaa rr.Lars wilt snnn bring a
condensed milk factory, and our far
mers, discouraged with wheat grow
ing, will turn increased atte ntion to
dairying. and hog raising, and big
farms now maintaining one family will
be subdirided<ahd maintain several
families, and so increase our popula
tion and the demand for other goods
4 1t is the same with eggs, table poul-
try, fruit and honey, for which we are
sending vast sums out pf the State in
stead Of spending them with our own
people. The more we encourage our
home poultry farmers, fruit growers,
and honey farmers, the more these
home industries will develop and fur
i nish employment for more people, cs-
pecially women. l.s s.ssa ~ f.-q
| Take coffee and spices. More than
one firm ip Denver roasts coffee Of su-
perior quality, and being obtainable
fresh, the quality is maintained. Ye,
many thousands Of dollars are sent out
Of the State every year for coffee made
up in tins and paper packages, there
fore comparatively stale, and actually
dearer and inferior to the Denver
roasted coffee. We have also several
local fih1s Of spice grinders furnishing
pure goods, yet of the annual Colorado
consumption Of spices, viz, about
$50. 900, at least ono third goes to
Eastern firms. ,Is., ot .....
As to lard and cured meats, we have
several local packing houses which
purchase all the hogs raised in Colo
RADIO, paying therefor large annual
sums to Colorado farmers. and are CIV
ing quite an impetus to hog raising in
this State. As yet, to meet their re-
quirements, they purchase large guam
title. Of live hogs from Kansas and
Nebraska. Yet Colorado is sending
$3.50, 900 per annum to. other states for
lard, bacon, ham. salt pork, sausage,
&c. "a
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