The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03
PEOPLE NEEDED
COLORADO AND THE WEST HAS
ROOM FOR THOUSANDS.
EARNEST PLEA FOR ACTION
James 3. Young Says Cooperation Is
Foundation on Which Work Of
Advancement Must Be Built.

tion, writes the following letter:
Cooperation, "a pull all together"
is the foundation stone on which a
public work such as the Colorado
State Commercial Association is do
ing, must be built. The one aim and
object of the Colorado State CONNER
cial Association is the upbuilding of
this great state of Colorado. Not the
upbuilding of any particular part or
section of the state, not the favoring
of any particular industry at the ex-
pense of some other, but the upbuild-
ing of the state of Colorado as
whole.
Colorados greatest need at the
present time is people. Get the pop
uation and other things that go to-
ward making a magnificent common
wealth must of necessity, follow. Get
the people, the homeseekers and
homemakers, into the state and soon
will follow in the natural course of
events the manufacturing industries.
the great business houses, the lesser
business enterprises, the schools, the
churches and all other things that
come in the wake of growing and
enterprising state.
How, then, are we to get the peo-
pie to come to Colorado?
The answer is easy. By syste-
matte, well-planned campaign of pub
licity, a campaign that shall lay be-
fore the people of the United States
the advantages of Colorado as a place
of residence and the resources to be
found within her borders.
There are hundreds of thousands of
good, sturdy. men, honest citizens, ia
thers of families, the class of men
that are an honor and an addition to
any community, who are looking
eagerly for chance to better their
condition. Show to these men hon
estly and fairly without attempt to
paint in colors more glowing than
actually exist how in Colorado the
same capital that they have invested
in their present farms, their present
store, their present factories, Will
yield them far greater returns and
you find them ready and willing to
make a change.
What has Colorado to offer these
men?
Rare Opportunities Here.
Opportunities such as exist in no
other state in the Union. The man
who tills the soil for living has only
to take the latest yearbook issued by
the United States Department of Asr-
Colorados greatness as an agricul-
tural state. The yield an acre of
grains in Colorado, according to I'm
Gle Sans own tigures-which almost
everybody is willing to accepts
greater than in any other state in the
Union. The yield of sugar beets is
greater, the yield of alfalfa is greater,
the yield of potatoes is greater than
in other states. Colorado fruits and
vegetables command the highest prices
in the markets of the world. Colo
RADIO is still the greatest metal pro-
ducing state in the Union. Colorado
is destined to become one of the great
est stock raising states in the Union,
for this industry is yet in its swad-
ding clothes in this state. Colorado's
geographical position makes it a nat
ural manufacturing ground. Colo
radios climate is ideal.
The future growth of Colorado is
assured.
Will People Sit Idle?
But will the people of Colorado be
content to sit idly by and see Canada
see the states to the north of us, states
to the south of u.s. states to the west
of us, by systematic exploitation of
themselves, turn in those directions
the hundreds of thousands of people
who might become residents of this
great state? viii they be satisfied
with this slow growth?
Every man in the state is interested
in the growth of the state. Every new
settler in the state brings SO much
capital with him, whether it be in
the form of cash or chattels or
whether it be In the form of brains
| and two willing hands. Consequently
every resident of this state is going
to benefit proportonately from this
new capital added to the wealth of the
state.
Hence the necessity and the advan-
tages to be gained by Colorado by
! systematic and energetic campaign of
| publicity.
| But this cannot be done unless the
state as whole takes up the move
ment Spasmodic efforts will avail but
| little. The movement must be general,
backed by Colorado and Coloradans.
Big Gun Has Big Effect.
Train a fourteen-inch gun on an OBJ
| ject and the effect will be greater
than if 100 little guns were trained on
| the same object One thousand men
pulling on rope will accomplish
wonders. One hundred thousand eX-
| erting their strength on the same OBJ
| iect will have many hundred times the
effect that ! 900 has.
There must be a concerted effort
made to advertise Colorado if the best
results are to be obtained. Sectional
differences must be forgotten. There
must be a pull altogether. Then the
full effect for good soon will be ap-
parent.
| The Colorado State Commercial AS
sociation is body of public-spirited
citizens working for the best interests
Of Colorado as whole. The associa-
ton has been doing big work 1t
| can be made to do much greater