The chronicle=news., 1913-07-22

raise larger and better crops. u.
spoke of III. advantage Of bringing
In the clerks. artisans and laiboring
men In the chamber Of commerce for
AN exchange OF Ideas and showed
how each member was cog In III"
great machinery.
"Ciiis"n~hip begins In III. school
rooni.' b" said. 1T is the teacher
that takes tn" raw material of youth
and makes of II useful ciiiycns.' II.
said that t.ar hers na n rule wcr. un-
dcrpaid and Il was u thnnklrs~ job.
~. scored the preachers Of the small
communities who he classified nm
''dcnomi nat ionni crnnks'' who w.r:
preaching u narrow gospel and main
tanning n silence ON matters Of civic
Importance.
Diycrtinx his remarks 10 III. news.
papers he said that the press was the
! strongest factor In any community.
incsa and stated that the merchant
should not complain oi the cosnIscti-
tion of III" mail order house. TIL"
mall order HOUSE exhibits better
sai'amanship. he asserted. when II Is
| able to take trade away from the To-
| cal merchant. lie went on To say
| that II the merchants would nivrr-
iisc their goods aud attract people
To their stores by the right Kind Of
| advertising In the newspapers tn.
mail order houses would not he for.
nidahlc rivals In business. Get
busy and ad,-r'irc.'' he shouted. Mr..
Gilmore favored the plan successful
" carried out In Texas Of ha,in.
the chamber OF commerce aid III"
advertisers In preparing copy nnd
xnRs'~tcd n correspondence cours'iI
In advertising for clerks.
Throughout Mr.. Gilmore pleaded
for cooperation among all classes Of
pcopl" that max. up u community
and urged more loyal support Of
tn. commercial body.
Nv V'N' SI"WN'V WI" l"N" Tsl-
lott. editor of III" Colorado Spring.
Telegraph. In referring to the re-
marks Of Mr.. Eimorc he recalled the
eleventh commandment which reads.
said. III" that biow.th not his own
horn. the same shall not he blown. -
He assured tn" people Of Trinidad
that Colorado Springs was with this
city In all things. Referring to his
home city he declared that the prin-
cipaI crop was tourists and that the
crop was good this year. lie voiced
a strong appeal for the advancement
OF the Get Together" movement
which he remarked was growing cv-
cry day.
!. r. Parsons briefly told Of ihs
trip over the old trail from Incd--
pcnd.ncc, Mo-. to Santa Fc In ls.s.
and described the course OF th. trail
as he remembered II. He told Of the
good roads movement in Kansas and
the benefit that has resulted from a
Systematic chain OF highways and
roads for automobilist and farmer.
= Frank $. IIoag OF the Pueblo Star
Journal took issu" with Mr.. Elmore
on the mail order house problem an !
said that the people of every town
saOuld patronizc tn" home merchant
who paid taxes. supported the schools
and institutions. Trc said that above
all people should buy as far az pos
siblc home made goods and that II
they could no, buy the goods they
wanted at home then to at least buy
II In Colorado
Speaking Of the good roads move |
mcnt he said that Trinidad was the
logical outlet to California and the
logical gateway to Colorado on the
south. He declared that the old |
Santa F'c trail was an asset. He re-
ferrcd to the cooperation that had
been manifested by Trinidad with |
Pueblo at the good roads convention !