The state herald., 1894-03-16
WORK FOR COLORADO EDITORS,
Paper Read before the Colorado stat.
Editorial Associ.tion, February 10.
1894, BY Thomas Tongs,
Secretary Of the Colo
fadp MauufactIr-.
ora ExchnnS.

ors' exchange.
70 preclude any possibility of misconstruc.
ton Of the title, We will start with Az fsc,
that, - rule, the editors Of this STATE sre
ever found willing to cooperate In any move
ment tending to develop the resources and in.
In their various localities they are already
pcrhape doing more In this direction IL A.
most other citixeus.
Having, however, been requested To road
paper before this meeting, no better subject
presented itself than an appeal for tho con.
tinued AND increased cooperation, more par
ticularly OF the country editors, In the work
OF tho Manufacturers' Exchange, Itself .
statc institution In the widest sense and oman
TO every manufacturer In the State,
congressional action having ruthlessly
stricken down our leading industry, It has
become more than ever Of paramount In
portance to develop our other resources and
build up new industries. Fortunately Colo.
RADIO possesses many other mineral treasures
besides the precious metals, In suffioient
quantity and Of high quality 10 Justify he
investment OF capitol and the employment Of
labor. The search for silver and gold has
nitaerlo almost entirely monopolized the A.
tenton OF prospectors to the neglect Of other
materials, which are capable Of calling new
and important local industries Into existence.
Inc time has certainly arrived when greater
attention should be paid 10 these materials,
hitherto passed over either unnoticed, or q OF
little value. The Manufacturers' Exchange
has been endeavoring for some time past,
more or Ice. SUCCESSFULLY, TO get together re-
liable samples Of such materials a. have com.
mercial value and has already got quite a
collection, the only object Of which IL 10
bri1g 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 milla ceased getting china clay
from Europe, costing laid down In Denver
s2 per ton, and for nearly two years past
have got their entire supply In Colorado;
while china clay deposits are now being
opened up III Custer county with every prob
ability that Colorado material can DO sup
piled to the paper mills In Wisconsin better
and cheaper than the European china clay.
The Exchange 10 also endeavoring 10 ind
In Colorado deposits Of kaolin Of sufficiently
high quality for Queensware, and In sufficient
quantity, with view to the establishment. Of
white ware potteries Of which ~ yet there Is
not single one west Of the Missouri river.
Such samples will DO brought to the attention
OF Eastern pottery manufacturers.
Colorado possesses deposits Of mica, graph
Ito and many other things, Of which the
In collecting samples and data the Exchange
meets with considerable difficulty. Take
mica for instance. Small samples have been
sent TO the Exchange from a dozen places In
Colorado, the senders usually wanting pur-
chasers for what they are pleased to call mica
mines. In no instance arc they anything be-
yond "prospects" and the owners, for various
reasons, do not seem disposed 70 develop the
properties further. As soon a. the Wilson
tariff bill is disposed Of one way or the other,
the Exchange will write TO the leading mica
firms OF the East and II possible induce ono
OF them To send an expert to Colorado 10 H.
spcct the local mica deposits with . view to
the establishment Of manufacturing plant
in Colorado 10 utilize the local mica. As to
graphite, samples have been sent TO the Ex-
change, but tho owners Of the deposits take
no trouble and incur no expense 70 ascertain
the real commercial value. Certainly the
Exchange cannot incur the expense Of an
alysis or assays Of samples sent by private
parties. All 1t Offers to do Is 10 place on per-
rnanent exhibit and bring under the notice Of
visiting capitalists and others such reliable
samples as are furnished to It Of the
undevcloped resources Of the State, the
owners OF such properties at their
own expense first ascertainlng the inertia and
toned so that country editors urging their
neighbour TO furnish samples may clearly un-
derstand what 10 expected Of the Exchange,
and what the senders first ought to do. The
Exchange charges no fee and Is voluntarily
going out Of Its way to assist In building up
every section Of the state.
AZ the present moment, the Exchange has
an inquiry for nickel from n wealthy Eastern
hrm, who offer 10 put up nickel smeitsr In
the neighborhood Of any dcposit OF nickel orc
sufficiently large and good to Justify IT, Tho
worlds demand for nickel 10 greatly on the
increase and II Colorado has any large de-
posit Of good nickel ore, Il Il very important