Gunnison news-champion., 1913-10-31
By Edward kesssaG-
aaesesraan -larse froo Cohsu4s

Washington. d ActsAG a. -
prosaise snsas ,a my bsss~s a -
week ] hsse sstroduc~d N sks bkpaD
sesolss.oa calling tor sH esAasassss
investigation of the Celassbs sad
strike. / have he'd soas< .expsslssD
with Ce,lossde's inds.srs~l wsss. Pee
t~ensy yesss. - g aesepsE.sr -. ]
have t<en called spoa ~ srpA
these usiortunsse eou6,css. I knoO
whst they have cost she stsAe -
blood, and money snd good sanus.
and IL makes me s'ck ss ksess Uhsn
! cousempIate the posssbAssy a ~
commonwealth beng plsHGsd INTO
anusi.er crsel. sesseless coaascs.
In Gods name hes Colossdo lsass-
ed noshsns fro~ Peabody ssd No.
body'sn? Is ii is P.'~ssble shss ~
people If the Centennial Sssse - -
bsnighsed or its sosernwest - Do-
potent thss whea differences sgiD
beswssn emplcyer and enpleysa -
appeal must be made 10 the sghsesop
nsspt u the gun asd the blsADssf
Have the vosers forgotten that sslv .
iew years ago they ssshosiasd .
bond issss 10 msst the expssO q
the Cripple Greek wsr"r Csa ~
afford " sqsasdes millioss - ~
dsstsial wars whils oSr stsAs inabi1s-
tious are appealing in vsis 1Os ~
iuads hooded 10 reader sAeo -
cisntY
Only the other day l reed 4 -
chine gu.s bsiaG imported isss Ca-
osado by . eorporstioa, end ! - -
fornssd thss hsnApsds Of - Gals1
"sunasa" hsse hssa bs0aGkA isss
shs sasas BY the ssne coesssa 80
its sasocisAss.
4 lsissA driviag ivoa Tsieilsd,
AssDsibss q ''ssoassA -" vhich
SAsss Runosn koss ooos1suCesA 80
which they expsOs V - u thsir
opsrssiops,
And THE in the tweatisth centory
snd Ne live in Whist % boast 10 the
most enlightened cosnnuawsslth in
the greatest rspsblic On eerth
In the same paper in which ! saw
the story Of the machine qua. read
the annual report ot the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. They said
last year IVES the most pro6tsble year
in the compAny's history. They
had cleaned up several millions, a
large part Of it from coal lands own
ed by the people Of Colorado and
operated by the company ct a low
royalty.
Yet in the fact Of this unpreceden-
ted prosperity, the company 10 pre-
pared to plunge the state into CON
dition bordering on civil war rather
than arbitrate the grievances which
have caused IS per cent Of it's miners
to quit work.
| hold no grief for the striking
miners. Their claims may or may
not be just, but they have offered to
submit their cause to an impartial
tribunal, and TO that extent their
position is sounder in morals than
that Of their opponents.
In addition, it is a matter Of COM
mon knowledge that industrial and
political conditions in Las Animas
and Huerfano counties have for
many years been q menace and a
disgrace to our state. For more
than ten years the companies have
owned every official in both counties.
Last year they lost the District At
torney and the District Judge, but
that has been their sole defeat. The
business men who have dared to
protest have been prosecuted and IN
many cases driven out Of the CON-
munity. The administration Of the
law became a hewling farce. As an
example-hundreds of men have
been killed in the Southern Colora-
do coal mines during those ten years
Yet no coroners jury, except in one
case, has returned a verdict holding
the Goa! companies responsible. La
evarv instance all fha hlaxna has