The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-05-13
UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
ADDRESSES CITY COUNCILS


Albert A. Reed OF Boulder, secre-
tary of the state committee ON un
employment and relief has address
ed an open letter to every mayor and
city council in Colorado urging them
to make "a long pull, strong pull, a
pull altogether" for greater public
prosperity. The letter states. among
other things, that when a large mum
Der Of men are idle they constitute
drain upon the whole community
and their unproductiveness reflects
itself in every line of business by cut
ting down profits. Continuing Mr..
Reed says:
When Een are out Of work they
cannot purchase for themselves and
their families the things they would
purchase il they had employment
and. thereby, they lessen the demand
for all products of labor. When the
demand is lessened the opportunity
foc labor is lessened and more idle.
ness is created. The effect is cumu-
lative and the longer it lasts the
worse it becomes. finally generating
psychological condition that pro
longs the industrial depression.
"On the other hand when men are
working in all lines they are able to
purchase more than is necessary for
mere subsistence. They increase the
demand for the products of labor, and.
thereby. increase the opportunities for
labor. The effects here, also, are
cumulative.
When, therefore. a condition of
unemployment exists in community.
or state. the only way to cure that
condition is to find work for the job
less. 1t is, of course, difficult thing
to do, but only because there has
never been any united effort on the
part of all classes to provide work.
The great mass of business men, of
corporations, private and municipal:
of all employers of labor, is disorga-
nized and every individual is afraid
to act. because he doesn't know how
others are going to act But If every
business man and every corporation
knew that every other business man
and every other corporation were GO
ing to make a distinct effort to ex-
pand business confidence would be re-
stored and conditions would at once
become normal.
This, then, is what the Colorado
committee on unemployment and re-
lief is now trying to do SO as far as
this state is concerned. 1t is trying
to organize the mass OF Colcrado's
employers of labor. private and pub
lie. for prosperity. The appeal is
made to the whole state to provide
work.
Municipal officials can start the
prosperity ball rolling by ordering at
once, necessary public improvements
There is not a city, OF county. in
the state that cannot do something
There is not city. town. or village
that cannot improve its streets and
sidewalks. for example. If this is
done now the first and longest step
will have been taken towards abol-
fishing the unemployment problems
of the state.
I'VE ask you. therefore, to call a
meeting of your city council to con-
slider the problem of work and to
decide what you can do. Call meet
ing OF the business men of your COM
munity and let them discuss the prob
lem. Organize now for prosperity;
the whole state is behind you to
bring about solution OF the prob
lem. The whole state is being orga-
nized to Danish idleness from its bor-
ders. and, If you do your part now.
Colorado within a month, will be the
best and most prosperous state in
the Union. The results will surprise
you. Colorado calls you. VIII you
answer y
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