Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-07
DURANGO MAY HAVE
SUGAR FACTORY
CITIZENS INTERESTED

/ Red Men hall was pretty well filed
with citizens Of Durango last Satur- !
day evening to hear Ward Darley ex-
plain the sugar factory situation. The
news had spread through the city that
Mr.. Darley could not agree with the
committee on the plan that should be
adopted for securing the factory, and
everyone seemed anxious to know ex-
actly what the points of disagree
mcnt were. The large audience that
greeted Mr.. barley shows that the
people in this community are taking a
great interest in the proposition, and
the close attention with which they
listened to his address proved that
they are anxious to see all differences
cleared up and the factory built.
About $3.50, when every seat was
occupied, Mayor Hood introduced Mr..
barley and he began his address by
reading a report he had prepared for
the promotion committee when he re-
turned from the east. In substance
his report was that he had found east
ern investors ready to take stock in
the Durango sugar plant as soon as
they were assured that it could secure
the beets. He said there would be
! no trouble in satisfying prospective
stock buyers that the beets could be
raised here, but on account of the
trouble other factories are having with
their beet growers, they were inclined
: to think that the same difficulties
) would be encountered here unless more
c satisfactory arrangements could be
a made with the farmers. He said it
= ..,es-the widespread doubt on this
n raise money for the Durango Iacuory
!, and that in order to dissipate that
}, doubt and establish harmonious rela-
d .ions between beet growers and stock
holders he decided to adopt what is
:. known as the Durango plan. His re-
port then showed in detail what that
plan is, but as our readers are al
e ready familiar with it we will not re-
peat il here.
i When Mr.. barley had finished read
o ing his report he stated that the board
e of trade committee did not agree with
t him that the money for the factory
could be raised on that plan and as he
t was not willing to give it up his res
ignition as promoter under that COM
nittee had been accepted. He init
: mated that the committees doubt in
t regard To his plan had been inspired
Q by the sugar trust, and he said it was
only one Of several attempts the trust
has made to prevent the building of a
!" sugar factory in Durango. He men,
k tioned certain kilograms that were
:. sent by trust managers urging the
business men to turn his plan down,
ard he was vigorously applauded when
o he declared that in spite of trust op-
n position he would build three or four
z sugar factories in the San Juan dis
trict by next year.
Mr.. Darley's stinging references to
o the Durango board of trade and its
s committees, induced Mr.. Buchanan,
y the president of the board, to ask if
. the promotion committee had not been
selected by Mr.. barley himself. He
!, admitted that Mr.. Buchanan had ap-
S pointed the men he had chosen, and
t then he stated that he had no quarrel
e with the committee or with any men,
ber of the board, and he urged every
man present to join that organiza-
. tion. He said that every good citi-
r zen ought to join it and work har-
moriously together, and then he asked
those who were already members to
arise. About twenty-five or thirty
business men stood up, and then he
asked every one who was not men,
Ler to rise. About 800 men and wom-
en- at once rose to their feet, some of
them looking grim and defiant, but
they all laughed when Mr.. Darley
told those who intended to join the
board to sit down.
Many questions were asked about
Tie Durango plan and when Mr.. Oar
ley had fully explained it, it was al
most unanimously indorsed by a rising
vote. Mr.. Isaac Cherry was greeted
with applause when he declared his
faith in Mr.. barley and his plan, and
STATE d that he would increase his sub
scription to see 1t tried. Mayor Hood
and several others announced that
they were taking chance when they
subscribed to the promotion fund, and
although they did not then know the
plan that was to be adopted they were
willing to let their money ride, for
they now think the plan is a coed one.
1t is not yet known how many Of the
present subscribers to the promotion
fund will take this view Of the mat
ter, or what the board Of trade or its
COMMITTEES will do with the money that
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