The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-05-15
Woodland, Calf. April 27. 1913.
Mr.. Guy u. Hardy.
Editor Record"
Canon City. Colo.

about business proposition, IN clos
ing. said: why don't you lay on three
or four days and write your friends
and Nettielal received letter this
morning which said: I'VE hear that
you folks don't like California and arc
coming back"
Hence. l am writing you at thIs
hour. in order that we may reach our
friends at Canon City as we know they
all read your splendid paper. as We
do.
Ne have been watching your post
card campaign and hope It may result
in awakening your people to the i'm
pOrtanoe OF doing some OF The things
suggested Some of the things desir-
Cd or suggested Ia answers cannot v
brought about. In my estimation. and
the sooner We come to full reaiiza-
ton OF II the better. because the fact
. that certain things have not been
brough; about. really causes some
mighty good folks to not be In sym
pathy with things that can be done.
Let me speak frankly. which will
take less space. We are interested n
Canon City perhaps more than ever
before. Not tis=. we are disappointed
here No. not that. although l did
say TO Geo. Rockafeliow: we viii re-
. turn some day. probably in two or
three years" and that guess is stiIi
good.
q California Is all NE expected OF II.
and more. Yes. It's more than We
expected and We like our connections
here even better than =e anticipated
VIC would. There are big people here
and they DO THINGS In a big way.
That's wherein lies their strength
have been over a large part OF
California during the past three
months and every county have been
In Is doing big things. This is true
of every section of the state. and yet
what said OF Canon City and FIRE.
mon county. thousdands OF times i
nov say With more earnestness than
ever before: Fremont county has
more advantages and less OF the dis
advantages than any other county any
where
California Il great. but her great
meas Ia not In her resources Call
.fornia's greatness il in her people.
Not n man or woman but thinks this
the greatest State. and they all swear
by California No. California =, not
afraid OF Japan. but on the other hand
every true Californian thinks this is
white mans country" and the Jap
viii have to go.
Several OF your postal replies laid
stress upon the necessity OF having
factories. manufacturing plants. etc.
am certain that II you had manu-
featuring plants that employed 1000
men. that they would not run n year.
for the reason that conditions are not
right for them at Canon City.
when you are next In Pueblo take
trip around some of the plants en-
pioying labor and note the conditions
Take trip over to Bessemer; study
the man and the families and resi-
dence conditions and then think It
over.
was in two manufacturing towns
last week. both about the size Of Can
i. on City. Both the towns were built and
supported by Inhabitants either work
ing In the plants or depending upon
the plants In some way for a liyeiI-
hood. OF one OF you people would
trade your property for like property
In eIthor OF the towns and live IN
them. Your Industries are all right
and I wish. sincerely. that you had
hundred more. or course. a dinner
pail brigade is all right from mon
ssey standpoint. but there are other