Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-14
SOME BEET
SUGAR TALK
BUSINESS MAN QUESTIONS
WORKING OF DARLEY'S
"DURANGO PLAN"

Wishing to give all sides fair
hearing in The Herald we have decided
to publish the following letter, writ
ten by one of the substantial business
men of the city, and to print in exact
form the beet contract which Mr.. Dar-
ley is offering to the farmers of the
San Juan basin. We do not want
any mistake made as regarding the
position of The Herald in this matter,
we are not taking sides with the board
of trade, or with Mr.. Darley, we want
beet sugar plant here, we care moth
ing at all about who builds the plant
just so it is built and operated.
meeting of the subscribers to the
promotion fund will be held tonight
at the Red Men hall and every sub
scriber, regardless of how he stands
on the proposition, is urgently re-
quested, by the committee, to attend
and voice his sentiments, and then,
when definite plan of action has been
decided upon, to either join in and
help do whatever seems best for the
good of the town, or to at least for
ever after hold his peace. Let's either
do something or change the subject:
A Business Mans Views
The writer has been very interest
ed follower of the sugar beet dis
cussion, at times taking one size and
then the other, and then wondering If
both sides are not off to a clltail
extent In one sense the situation is
se,ious--serious because sound, sar e
and sober judgment does not prevail.
There is no doubt but that big ma
jority Of the people, no matter whnh
side CT the discussion they assume,
are honest and conscientious in their
views and if it was not for the dis
turbing element, the Durango Demo-
crat, which is exerting every effort
to stir up strife among the people,
this being it's stock in trade, not only
at the present time, but since its ad-
vent in Duransp, never hning up with
The people For harmbny and advances
ment, the people would get together.
When thesboard of trade was backing
Mr.. Da1.ay the Democrat was fight
the proposition underhanded as
many paragraphs indicate, one par
ticularly stating that the promoter
could not have any of the Democrats
money and warning people to be care
full, then as soon as the board of trade
took the position that Mr.. barley was
wrong the Democrat began boosting
him for no other reason than to fight
the board of trade and create preju-
dice, ill-feeling and turmoil. Had il
not been for this disturbing element
the situation would have adjusted it
self before this. Pardon this digres-
sion for the moment. Now let us
take up the question by sections and
look at it in broad, honest manner:
-Misinformation and garbled
statements have largely been respon-
sible for the existing feeling. 1t may
be true that the committee appointed
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ing in some particulars but they tool:
the position that as trustees of pub
lie fund they should handle it the
same as they would private funds and
deal with Mr.. barley along the same
lines. 1t seems, to begin with, the
committee did not give much cred
ence to the opposition to Mr.. barley
at Monte Vista which without any ifs
or ands emphatically stated that Mr..
Darley was a disturbing element and
had not accomplished what he claimed.
The present management of the Mon
te Vista sugar factory states that Mr..
Darley is irresponsible and some that
wrote nice letters on the side say to
take Mr.. barley with certain al
lowance. At any rate there must be
something true on both sides or the
feeling would not be so great, and
here, perhaps, is where the commit
tee erred-they did not give cred
ence enough to the opposition of Mr..
Darley. The writer of this believed
that Mr.. barley was wrongfully ma
ligned and / still believe that he has
in him the elements for successful
promoter-providing he would be a
little more considerate of others and
that he is not the only one worth con-
sidering. Mr.. barley is certainly a
persuasive speaker. He can carry an
audience with him because he is well
posted and with an assurance that is
hard to overcome carries his point at
least for the time being. Now also
believe that Mr.. barley is honest in
his views, but he permits his en-
thusiasm to carry him into deep water
i. and thus does not give proper thought
80 the result. With Mr.. Darley's pleas
Il ing manners and assuring talk he is
able to carry the people with him, at
least as before stated, for the time.
It 10 the old saying over and over
home people are without honor when
1t comes to stranger, or to quote cor
rectly, Mathew 1857, "A prophet is
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