Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-15

yeIopnens ct the heal tanning II Is
'tu. The addition Of the resulting
tvkses being srsn, locally would Be an
Iiucerae beoeSf 10 this coEmrnify-
We have seTsrzl sap factories here.
utilizing the local t.llou, etc, and
making both handry and toilet soapA
Yet Colorado eontinues TO purchase
imported soap 10 the extent Of eonsid-
erably over sl06000 I<r anpun, and
in the month Of December last nine
ears OF soap 10 the vxlue OF about
$40, 0O0, from one eastern factory we're
rnloaded in this city VIII that $40, :
000 ever come back 70 Colombo. Ii is
Nc; likely -
Time does no; permit notice Of
nunesoa. other articles, such as
broons. candies. cotton goods crack
ers- HaToring e1ttacts. -four. fringes
and pzssementerie, mzcAroni, stone
uare, tiprAre. trunks. etc, umbrellas
and vinegar. It. will, however. be
readily seen that IN butter. cheese,
lard, cured meats and shoes alone the
women of Colorado could very easily
make difference during 1894 Of 81
600. 90 In favor Of Colorado, which
would maintain 300 families or about
5, 900 persons, and in benefit to the
state would exceed sereral gold mines
While calling these matters to the
attention Of the housewives Of Colo
r.do, it i. only fair 70 say that the men
can very materially assist in tie same
patriotic work of upbuildinz the state
and keeping money al home. Por in
stance, Colombo uorkingmen and
ranehmen, and others use every year
about t300, 900 worth Of orerall., etc.
hitherto mostly obtained from other
states, including factories operated by
Chinese labor on the Pacif: coast
Colorado firms are making oyeralls Of
a superior qt . ity at competing prices,
and if every overall vearer in Colorado
would give the preference TO Colorado
made oyeralls and buy no other, en-
ployment would be furnished to 100
Colombo girls the year round. Again,
Colorado has over dozen breweries.
yet Colorado beer-drinkers send $50, :
900 per znnum TO distant states for
beer, thereby furnishing employment
to barley growers, vorkingmen and
others in those states instead Of in
Colorado. Many other similar in
stances could be given.
1t is self-evideut that in their pur-
chases the Colorado housewives can
exercise an immense beneficial infu-
ence ON the future prosperity Of the
state. II the home products. are not
as good and as reasonable in price as
the competing goods, the housewives
are not asked to give them preference.
The home product must stand that test
to entitle it to preference. Samples
| Of the home products are here for dis
tribution. In testing, however, the
housewives should be fair and just,
removing from their minds any lean
ing fthe result. possibly, Of years Of
use Of special brandy, in favor Of
that particular competing imported
! article. Such = fair-minded and un-
prejudiced test will, in practically ev-
cry case, result in demonstrating the
equality, and in some cases superiority,
of the Colorado product, and thereby
entitle it to preference on the part Of
the Colorado consumer. Our manu-
facturers will welcome, and indeed they
ask for, legitimate criticism from the
consumers, provided always it is made
direct to the manufacturers, as their
one desire is to suit the home trade in
every particular. 's
The women of Colorado are now po-
litically enfranchised. Increased pow
er is ever accompanied by increased
responsibility. Our new citizenship
calls for corresponding patriotism. In
the recent and present commercial de-
preston, with the comparatively large
i number of unemployed persons, We
can each Individually do something
to restore local prosperity and increase
the money in local circulation by Civ
ing the preference to home products.
1t is childish to complain Of hard times
and yet neglect one remedy within our
power; to mourn that money is scarce,
yet continue thoughtlessly to send
money out Of the state unnecessarily
The best help you can give apoor man
or woman is work. By patronizing
home industries you enable the pro-
ducers of raw material as we'll As the
manufacturers to employ more labor.
Every purchaser Of Colorado goods
therefore increases the demand for ID
Dor, making it easier to secure profita-
BILE employment, and times are always
prosperous when labor is steadily en-
4 ployed.5 More factories mean more
coal miners, farmers, gardeners, re-
tailers, tenants and work people in
other lines Of business. The good
work must, in many lines Of articles.
be done the housewives, who are
the purchasers of the household sup
plies. If they insist, time after time,
il necessary, on having Colorado goods,
the retailers will eventually keep them
in stock, and the wholesalers will be
glad to obtain them from the manu-
facturers. A persistent public demand
will inevitably result in the requisite
supply.