The daily sentinel., 1905-09-28
A NATTER ENTIRE1Y sELrIsH.


The passenger association of Den
yer, which has control of the pas
scngcr business coming into the cap
ital city of the state, will begin the
running of trade excursions from all .
parts of the west to Denver, as soon .
as the crops are harvested and they
think the farmers and people of the !
outlying country have their money
well in hand.
When these same excursions were
run last year this paper took the po-
sitioB tirat the railroads were doing
Il distinct injury to the tradesmen of
the smaller towns and cities of the
state. Our protest was quite wildly
copied at the time and commented
upon, our position assumed at the
time meeting the approval Of our con-
temporary publications throughout
/ the state.
But The retail trade interests of
Denver were too great to make on
/ protest of little consequence, seeming
lily. The excursions were run from
points in northern Colorado, Kansas
and Nebraska and large amounts OF
money spent in Denver. which should
and would have been spent with the
home merchant, had the railways
maintained the regular rates for pas
senger service. That those towns
and cities will suffer again, through
the policy of the passenger associa-
tion is unquestionable.
We, possibly, should have nothing
to say about the matter, because this
city is too far removed from Denver
TO make il profitable for our peo-
pie to run to that city to make their
retail purchases. On that princi-
pal however, we should stand for any
thing tlIat works to the injury of the
whole people and this has never been
the ScntincFs policy. As we cannot
protest sufficiently and as the other
state papers seem to he apathctiC to
the interests of the merchants of their
respective cities and towns. we almost
feel that we should begin TO be selfish
rs are the Denver papers and mer-
chants and believe that anything that
is good for us is what VIC should have
and the devil take care of the rest.
Such n policy is foreign to our
nature, but we must benefit ns best
we can, if no conscrtcd action can be
taken to prevent this manifest dis
elimination.
II the Denver & Rio Grande and
the Midland roads expect to join in
this movement to divert trade to
Denver. we want n piece OF the pie,
ON the selfish proposition that we
must help ourselves. Grand juno
IllOn btinE tiit Attltl toillihANAiAi
of western Colorado il is Just as
much the duty of these roads that
enter the city to run trade excursions
from points on the broad and narrow
guage to this city. as IL is for them to
join any movement that means the
running of many excursions from all
points within and out of the state to
Denver.
IT these roads believe they are
/ ffntItsp nlalip fnng In nanNats flnts
rule of reasoning will hold good for
Grand junction. This paper pro-
posed some time ago that the lines
entering this city should give "A rate
TO Grand junction from Friday
night over sunday. The rate need
not extend further than Rifle and
Delta and tiiS would throw lots of
business to Grand junction, afIording
the residents of those sections on
portunitics for purchasing those sup
plies, which the merchants i'm the
smaller communities don't generally
carry in stock.
We acknowledge this is selfish
manner of reasoning, hut IL is the
reasoning that i supplied to us by
the roads and DcnVcr's merchants
and what is good for the goose is
good for the gantlcr, even though Il
does not touch that high plane Of
equality to all, which we would like
at all times TO advocate and main
tain. Until the principle is made to
work everywhere, we must work
strictly for our own interests.
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II is stated that an organized ef-
fort viii be made in number OF the
states west of the Missouri river to
arouse Increased interest in dry
framing What is known as the
Campbell system has been attracting
attention for a year or two, and the
demonstrations made by the promul-
gator OF the system have been suf-
ficiently successful to result In the
attracting men who will put the
theory to test The Chamber OF
Commerce of Denver has invited Mr..
Campbell to address II, and then will
/ follow the organization. II Is said
i that Congressman Mondel and others
Of equal official prominence are in
teresting themselves in the project,
and that congress will be asked 20
encourage the work with favorable
legislation. IL is hardly within the
realms OF reason to suppose that gen
eral tanning can be carried on under
j this system. but no doubt, much OF
i the land in the semi-arid states can
4 be made to produce profitable grain
Z crops. when properly handled under
n the system. The work cut out and
its prosecution viii be watched with
interest throughout the West. Even
4 on the western slope, where we have
an abundance of water for irrigation
& there is large acreage difficult oi
u access, and the success Of the Camp
bell system would mean the feast
. bnity of farming these lands.