Gunnison news-champion., 1914-10-30
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Heaehau. state commissioners -
usIues, hut We print t~slos the
sallaui i.atures of the address.
In vbew af Jhe pFe-eat revsval ii
mining and revival ct interest w
u.lning. this II a matter whnh
should rec..ive the close attentisU
of every cstIzea, NO matter W
what business engaged.
Abraham Llncoln- fsther, $
sand Mr.. kenelan, was a good
farmer. like his ne'ghbors, Yet ~
and his neighbors lived IN a Ieg
cabin. wore bome-sPsn and ate
salt pork They we're the I'ioaeerr
oi Kentucky aud Illinois. They
could make a living on their
farms. vet they could not make
wealth. After Illinois became q
Misunderstanding state the farmer
iousd a market tor hl. saryAus
products aud then he tegaR to
pay OH his mortgages. build ian
cv homes, wear fine clothes, send
his children to college, and sub
scribe for magazines.
The Colorado pioneer farmer
did not have to live in a log
cabin. The miners here ahead II
him offered him a splendid mar
ket for his crops, and it took the
farmer nine months to spend the
money he had made on his farm
in three months. Gradually the
farmers increased and the misers
decreased until conditions were
reversed. The crop Of 1919 tells
the story. The crops were sold
at a sacrifice or left to rot on the
ground or on the trees. II you
want the farmer to get good pay
for his crops you had better en-
courage corned beef and cabbage
eaters to come to this state, but
first Of all give them somethiAg
to do.
There are two fields open to
us, mining and manufacturing.
We have not touched our mineral
resources. There are scores Of
good mines in this district await
ing development. In Colorado
we have millions Of tons Of low
grade ores blocked out and only
awaiting an economic treatment.
II these mines were all working
we would have $4,000 more
miners employed and the popu-
lation of the state would double.
The federal government has solv-
ed the problem of the farmer and
stockmen. 1t has taught him
how to plow, cultivate and har-
vest, how to fight the pests which
destroy his crops, how to ward
of crop diseases, how to fertil-
ize, in short, how to make two
blades of grass grow where only
one grew before. The govern
ment has spent millions upon
millions in this work. 1t has
even built great irrigation sys-
TENS for the farmers and drained
lowlands for them that they
might gain new lands. Now we
ask the federal government to
render similar aid to the miner.
We want the government to ap-
point metallurgists to study our
complex low grade ores and tell
the miner how to treat them pro-
fitably. The burden is too heavy
for the individual miner, but the
government can afford to make
the investment since it will be re-
paid many fold in the output OF
our mines. Some of the wealth.
Ter companies, particularly in
the Cripple Greek district, have
solved their own problems. These
companies are now treating at a
profit ores which ten years ago
we're thrown on the dumps as
unworkable.
The miner also needs the en-.
T couragement of our commercial
bodies. If We talk well of our
, mining resources and encourage
capital the mining industry will