Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

has been created Tor their services under
such conditions the employment is al
most invariably steady.
When the mOv ement has gained the
pinnacle of success we will have real
lied Colorado's possibilities. | leave it
to you to conjecture when this time Will
come.
The prime objective OF the movement
that has been started by the Denver
Manufacturers association is to create
a larger financial resource for the bene-
fit of the people OF this state.
Possibilities of the State.
We have here the possibilities of man
ufacturing such as the people do not
realize exist. They are lying dormant
on account OF lack of appreciation. tWe
have factories whose facilities are many
times their output. This means that
there are only small percentage "r
people working in these factories today
in comparison with the number that
should be working there.
We contend that the sincere effort of
the people OF this state to give Colorado
manufactured articles preference over
the articles manufactured outside OF
Colorado. in competition, would mean
the employment of several hundred thou
sand more men and women in the fac
tories alone. Such volume OF business
would necessarily create a demand for
proportionate number OF additional en-
ployes in the purely mercantile call
ngs. and the accounting forces would in
crease many times.
Increase Denver's Pay Roll.
There is hardly a line OF merchandise
nor an institution OF learning that is
not represented in Colorado. 1t Is OBJ
vious that when Colorado people prefer
the goods made outside OF the state, and
the institutions of learning outside of
the state. they are placing a slight on
this state that is humiliating to say
the least
Two years ago the Denver Manufac
turers' association was formed for the
purpose OF cultivating better under
standing among the pople OF Colorado
of what their manufacturers mean to
them
We have shown the manufacturing
pay roll OF Denver alone to have been
more than a million dollars month.
We have increased that pay roll since
the organization has been working.
We have on file letters from nearly
every trades union in Denver indorsing
the work of our association, and we
have received from the members individ-
unlly, and collectively, Il splendid meas
ure of support.
Employ 1000 More Men.
The fact that there are now more than
two thousand people working in our fac
tories than we had employment for when
we started our work, can safely be
ascribad to the sentiment we have Gre
ated in favor of the Colorado manuiac-
turer. That this increase has called for
greater expenditures in all lines of en-
deavor wherein the labOring man must
figure as necessary unit, cannot be
denied.
Adequate employment begets content
mcnt. and where there is demand for
n mans services he is able to demand
in return his full salary return.
When / say that to bring the factory
pay roll OF Colorado up to its proper
proportion means the realization of prac
tically all Of the demands of better CON
ditions of union men and union women,
] base my assertion upon more than
theory.
Trade Unionists Benefited.
There is hardly II class OF trades
unionists in Colorado who are not ham
percd by the competition of Eastern con
Germs who are doing business in Colo
RADIO ! can rightly say that the Buy
Colorado Made Goods" movement is
your movement as much as it is that
of the manufacturer.
Wherever and whenever the Eastern