Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-02
PEOPLE NEEDED
COLORADO AND the WEST HAS
ROOM EoR THOUSANDS.
EARNEST PLEA For ACTION
James .. vsvns Says ceopssstien 10
Foundation On Which Work sf
Advancement Must D Built.

Foundation On which Work ef
Advancement Must D. 0viit.
James D. Young. secretary Of the
Colorado Stale Commercial Assoeia-
tion. writes the following letter;
Cooperation. "a pull all together.
IL the foundation stone on which
public work such as the Colorado
State Commercial Association il do
object Of the Colorado State CONNER
eiai Association is the upbuiiding OF
this great state Of Colorado. Not the
upbuiidins Of any particular part or
section Of the stale. not tho faSofing
OF any particular Industry at the ex'
penss OF some other. but the upbuiid-
Ing Of the stale Of Colorado as
whole.
coiofado's greatest need at the
present time IL people. Get the pop
ulation and other things that go to-
ward making q magnificent common
wealth must. Of necessity. follow. Get
the people, the homeseekefs and
homemak-rs. 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 tho wake of growing and
enteEpsisins state.
How. then. arc we TO get the peo-
pie TO come To coioradoT
The answer is easy. by q syn,c-
matte. ~eli-pianned eampaisn Of pub
licity. q campaign that shall lay bc-
forc the people Of the United States
the advantages Of Colorado as place
Of rcsid.ncc and the resources TO bc
found within her borders.
There are hundreds Of thousands OF
good. sturdy. men. honest citizens. IN.
theirs Of families. the class OF men
that arc an honor and an addition 10
any community. who are looking
eagerly for a chance to better their
condition. Show TO these men hon.
cs,iy and fairly without attempt TO
paint In coiors more glowing than
actually exist how In Colorado tho
same capital that they have invested
In shcir present farms. their present
store. their prcscn; factories. will
yield them far greater returns and
you IND them ready and willing 10
make change.
What has Colorado TO offer these
men?
Rare Opportunities Here.
Opportunities such m exist In no
other state In the Union. The man
who tiils the soil for living has only
to take the latest yearbook issued by
the United States Department OF A.ri.
culture and read therein the story OF
Coioradois greatness M m asrtcul.
turai state. The yield nm acre OF
grains In Colorado. according to un.
clc Sans own iiHurcs-which almost
everybody is willing TO ncccpt-iS
greater than In any other state In tho
Union. The yield OF sugar bccts Is
greater. the yield OF alfalfa Is greater.
the Yield Of potatoes Is greater than
In other states. Colorado fruits and
vegetables command the highcs; prices
In the markets OF the world. Colo
RADIO is still the greatest metal pro-
ducing state In the Union. Colorado
In destined to become one OF the great.
est stock raising states In the Union.
for this industry is yet In It's swad'
ding clothes In this state. Colorado's
geographical position makes II nat
ural manufacturing ground. Colo
RADIOS climate Is ideal.
The future growth Of Colorado IL
assured.
viii People Sit idIef
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 us, states to the west
OF us. by n systematic exploitation Of
themselves. turn in these directions
the hundreds of thousands Of people
who might become residents OF this
great state? Will they be satisfied
with this slow growth?
Every man in tn. state is interested
In the growth of the state. Every new
settler in the state brings SO much
capital with him, whether 1t be in
the form OF cash or chattels or
whether 1t be in the form Of brains
and two willing hands. Consequently
every resident of this state is going
to benefit proportionately 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 II 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
ject will have many hundred times the
effect that 1000 has.
There must be concerted effort
made to advertise Colorado IL 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 an.