Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-10-26


anal energy designed and erected il
for the American ii.et Sugar Company
in the Incredibly short sl'ar. al n Few
months What in any other country
would have been tn. work ~ Two
years has issn accomplished 10y them
working continuously lay day ana
night, ia tie heat of III. sun ani The
glare Of the electric light. in siS
months. II seems like magic. hut th.r-
il stands. as perfect as II can u. made.
u monument That ! iloi.- will long
stand To- hiring prosperity To this valley
AMI iIs Inhabitants, nni repay them
for ia. har,i work that they did Ia
make II u possibility.
when ! wis in Ventura counIy. Cal
iforiiin. u few days aso, an my way ouI
herr. friend frnn San Francisco who
iiad bong wanted to the sugar fac
iory ihrr-. accompanied me. lie itad
known the s.etion many years pr-vi-
ou,ly. wh.n il WIS iiiii. MARI than u
,itti- runrh. and ~ We iroN. M Z"
the factory in III. .y'nlns. ani u burst
upon Ills sight. abinz. with light. the
whirr II the machinery niiin- III. air.
nnd the building n L.. hive VI Indus
tTl0li- MurkitI.ii. h- WIS completely
ia1,n aisack, His delight Knew no
hounds, aud lie said to ue: 'DSnar'i. ~
I s.-. 70 sight liz. tli--tlir wilderness
turned tniu "A work shop wish that !
could gather together all the I-.Ipi- III
this -.-'Iion nni -siy I" them, 'Wl-n
i.Nopl.. come inio your land nn'l bring
{" y1n Hn Industry like this. my ':o'i.
sinni Ia with them
And -. gentlemen. I'ariphfnsins the
wonis ~ my friend. ! LAY 10 YOU to-
night. mrn III tile Arkansas valley. men
- "A. a.
stand Ia with H.. and with oiIT Industry
NJ home grown sugar.
The i--is arr herr. the factory l.
here: yuu gentlemen uf this valley
have ,Innc yuur part. We have irir,l to
io uurs. and II We stand together moth
ins can prevent "ur rus1'~~.
lin cnn-iusion. gentlemen. | want to
-Spr-s- my -inr,'r.. thanks io our h1siS.
one nni all. for the homer they have
'ion- Us. and for their princrly hospital
~ Tonight.
II b's ilint you WIN nii JOIN ~" Ia
drinking health and prosperity L. the
business men III i;"c.y Ford
Mr.. Hamilton said lie Ind met most
nt tile gentlemen present nfor-tinv.
much discouraged about the l-','t sugar
prospects. Some i've years asO. Nj.
Davis. Industrial commissioner VI the
Sauin Zee, cGim- To- the ONnar'i office la
New York City. io know what con'li-
lions wCn' necessary to Induce capital
&" iocsiir la n community Tor the pnn.
ductinn al beet sugar. The representa-
tions 81 MIR. Davis Were sncll TINT lie
prevailed un the manager OF our China
factory Ia come back To California 10y
the santa F- ruad. That manager re-.
ported To- the New York office wlInI lie
had learned. aud THE result was that
seed WIS supplied Ia growers along the
ARKANSAS valley In order to verify tile
statements that had been made by Mr.
Davis. The company was no, ready
after that test OF seed had been made.
Ia build another factory. hut last year
they did decide upon building another
factory The company was very de
sirous uf trying the production OF
hc"ts under irrigation: IL was deter
mined. therefore. I" build In the .ArlSau-
sa> valley rs the mos; promising plnc.
for the nth factory. But we knew that
the most perfect factory would h. -
failure II 1t could not get the bcris To
run IL, 81 they came into the valley Ia
see what could h. done. They wcr.
told that the beet contracts would Just
shower In ON them, hut II did not
prove So. We visited up and down the
this valley. not once or twice. hut two
dozen times. The people. OF course,
met us with open arms, but when IL
came to the farmers who were to grow
the brcts we were not so cOniidrnl. but
WE met here In Rocky Ford n man WIN
deserves tile lifelong regard of this
community, and whose absence tonight
Is deeply regretted. That man was son
ator Swlnk. tApplnuscl That man
commanded the attention of the proplr
of this valley, and under his leader.
ship they found II unanimity of feeling
throughout the valley for factory.
without reference To the town In which
1t was to he located. But when II came
to the actual signing of contracts the
promises of acreage in this town and
ilat dwindlcd from promises of 300
acres To an actual showing of ten to iif-
teeh. This made them doubtful
whether the time had yet come for ::
factory In this valley. But at this stage
of the proceedings another gentleman
stepped to the front and said: "GcutIe.
men. we ARE going to get you rhcs,
beeis. That gentleman was the tonst-
master tonight - Colonel Lockilart.
Great applauscJ
One night when we We're sidctrnckrd
III our car between here and the Kan.
Sas line. we got desperate and decided
to call up Rocky Ford and get old man
Swink. We could not call up any one,
so we came up. The car arrived here
nj IL u. IN. The town was dark. but
we found our way over to Swink's res
idence and knocked. Mrs. Swink an
swercd the knock. We asked her
where Mr.. Swink was, and she said
he was down mt II beet sugar meeting.
what! ut this time of night" Yes"
she said, hes always mt beet meet
liiGs now day and nisht-hc's there all
the time. So we came back down
town and found linn with II company
OF business men at the club rooms. and
they were all looking awful blue. II
seemed MS If there had been forty fun