Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

imprcs,ing the wage Garner that this is
his fight much as it is the manufac--
turer's. There isn't factory in the
state today that wouldn't be put out of
business ii our out-of state competitors
had their way. Supposng they did have
their way. What would become OF you.
men and women, who are now benefit
ting by the pay roll the manufacturers
have already created?
These are the primary purposes OF the
Denver Manufacturers associ I on
Growing out OF these are so many sub
sidiary purposes. objects to be accom-
plished thru these means, that it is diff
fcult TO cnumerate them. Here are
few which are as important and as much
to be desired as they seem to be oh
vious
First: The increase OF the volume OF
business of the Colorado manufacturers.
iobbers, wholesalers and retailers, and
thus contributing to the general com
mercial and industrial prosperity OF the
state.
Second: The stopping Of the great
stream of money that leaves Colorado
every year, and directing it into channels
Of trade inside the state. thereby ere
ating cheaper money supply. some
thing that is sorely needed.
Demand Colorado Products.
Third: The development of Colorado's
resources by creating home demand for
Colorado Made goods and supplying
cheaper money for financing such indus
tries.
Fourth The furnishing OF employ
ment for Colorado labor, thereby ere
ating a strong. happy and contentcd cit
izcn,hip and contributing to the general
prosperity of all.
Fifth: The fostering of the habit OF
educating our young men and women at
home, not only because it will contribute
to the growth of Colorado institutions.
but because it will be the means of ere.
ating a people drawn closer together by
lifelong association and common ideal.
and OF planting in the state a genuinely
Coloradoan civilization, which might
easily be expected to become one Of the
greatest in the world.
Success Has Been Gratifying.
There is nothing vague nor impractical
in any of this. 1t is intensely prac-
teal, and the realizatiou of it all is so
easily possible. with the individual help
of all welded into one common move
ment that our association feels that the
thousands of dollars spent annually in
carrying ON the campaign of education
is more than well spent. Our only re-
gret is that we do not command double
the sum, triple, or quadruple the amount.
in fact. in order to more quickly crystal
ize our work into the tangible results
that must cnsue
We are succeeding in our work to n
gratifying degree. Ultimately this as
socaton will be the means OF awaken
ing the citizenship of Colorado to
realization of the boundlcss opportuni-
ties that surround them.
Empire of the Future.
When the purposes OF the Denver
Manufacturers association will have
been achieved, Colorado will become an
empire Of such magnitude rs only com
paratively few dream of today. When
we will have succeeded in bringing about
the spirit of cooperation that will
prompt every person in Colorado to
think first of Colorado and her resources
that, she waits to pour into our laps
with prodigal generosity. we will extend
our welcoming arms to the nation and
say: Come, come to Characterization
you be the brilliant man or woman,
groomed by the university, whether you
be tiller of the soil and graduate of
Natures school and worthy of her breed
of greatness, whether you be the skilled
craftsman. or the 1owly unschoolcd and
undriled laborcr-come to Colorado and
find within her ample bosom sustcnance
for ALL"