The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
Western Slope Citizens Appeal
to Colorado for Fair Play

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Of hundred feet lift the shortening Of he road
several miles Of It's heaviest grade, the elimination q
the snow on Cumbres Pass promises them adequaoo
transportation outlet which the Rio Grande authorities
have long recognized as necessity, Tom Dsvine and biz
multiblionnre New York masters would lead the peo
pie of Southwestern Colorado 10 believe that the Pueblo
obbers have also Joined In the conspiracy to prevsat ~
people Of the Middle and Southwest Colorado from sscur
ing an adequate transportation outlet.
The undersigned citizens and residents of The West
Slope making this plea to Tom Devine and the fnan
cal masters of the railroad world with the hope that
when the state itself without asking their aid u
seeking to carry through this constructive they
may at the last moment reconsider and cease In their
cold selfish plot for the West Slopes destruction.
we call the C. f. 4 is special attention = the fact
that In 1914 when through the G. f. Is trouble with
Its employees million dollar lnsurrection debt was
fastened upon the people Of Colorado the West Slope
citizens universally loyal and stood their porton
Of his great debt which they had part In the making
without complaint.
But while plea is plea Of state unfication, Of
state development and we present to these powerful
financial covers because Of the very desperation sf
transportation need yet have little hope that II will
reach sympathetic For remember that It wss
the cold blooded United Railroad Trust that receny
crushed the little Denver Laramie that blocked to the
Colorado shippers and consumers the great Galveston
gateway that tore from Mr. Moffat the Holland and New
York Bankers after sufficient support had been pledgo
to build the Moffat Tunnel and complete the Noleag
road to Salt Lake. We believe that same coldbloods1
powerful combination controls the bond holders
mtee Of the Mofat Rond and prevents that Commtteo
from endeavorng to do anything to save the Aoffat real
from destruction We believe that that powerful CO..
bination In New York Is determined at the Unioa n.
clfic, passing with Its transcontnental line threueA
Wyoming to the North the Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific skrtlng Colorado to the South shall have no real
competitor We feel convinced that this multi bionalee
organization has decreed the nkng Of the Moat Rea1
from Denver to Oak Creek and decreed that for all times
the only outlet the people OF Northwestern Colorado shall
be allowed Is spur line from the Union Pacific II
Wyoming, down TO Craig and short line from Csais
to Oak Creek. We believe further that this powsrfd
railroad combination has deereed that the only real cut
let Southwestern Colorado shall be allowed is spur
line connecting with the Santa Fe in New Mexico
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
ern Slope beg that the people Of the East Slope be 10
prejudiced by the deceptive advertisement Of Tom De-
vine and his multtbllllOnare New York masters These
advertisements are not Colorado advertisements They
are against the pioneers and the home builders Of North
western, Mddlewestern and Southwestern Colorado and
solely In the interests Of the great railroad magnates q
New York, who have their established and competing
lines to the North and to the South They have forced
Tom Devine and the G. +. 4 l. to take up their cue
not alone because the O. +. l. owns coal mines on y
East Slope but chiefly because these United railroads
the purchasers of the rails and other output Of ths
great c. F. 4 /. Corporation But Of the West Slope
call attention that Governor Amnyns. Governor Buchtel
Hadley and President Charles Lory Of the Agricultural
College DR. NOran of the University John Morris Of the
State Grange and every other Colorado patriot and Colo
RADIO builder has endorsed this constructive
We citizens Of the West Slope most earnestly call
Colorado Springs Boulder, Fort Collins ind Greeley
the fact that they have had the benefit Of having the
great State Institutions located In their several cities
and that the West Slope citizens have most willingly pro
vided their proportion Of the taexs for the support Of
these great state institutions that have received
upon the West Slope scarcely state funds whatever for
such purposes and we ask you now not to listen TO the
appeal OF sectional prejudice eaatng from Wall Street
through the lips and pen OF Tom Devine but that you
consider your state Its closer uncat0n Its greater de-
veopment and our desperate transportation needs We
lo1n hat thnSn ttunal tfnal
feasible that there is sufficient tonnage without
further development to insure saving to the railroads
sufficient to take Of the tunnel bonds We con-
vnced from most thorough investigation that the state
will only have to lend Its credit for this tunnel construc
on and that will not add dollar Of taxes to the
taxpayers Of the State Of Colorado.
Citizens Of the East Slope our West slope will pro.
vide opportunity for your children just a. your
section provided opportunity for you yesterday We
Joined hands with you in providing funds and soldiers
when our common government was In peril We want
to be Joined closer to you economically and commercially
We Of the Northwest do not want to be for oil
time upon little spur line sent down from the Union
Pacific In Wyoming They Of the Southwest do not want
to be limited for all time to little spur line running up
from Ney Mexico We are glad to secure any Of these
roads but want primarily to be Joined to the great
industrial and commercial centers OF our own state on
the East Slope We want to have these csnters
ket for our fruit for our cattle our sheep our hogs and
the products Of mine well field We want also
the home and factory builder Of the East Slope to b
able to tap coal mines, to reach forests. w
to build the school fund In the interest Of the pub
lie schools We want to develop water and prop
srty values that may do much more In sustaining
the great state institutions Of the East Slope and ID
maintaining the expense Of our state government. W.
want Colorado to become greater manufacturing wei
greater agricultural and mining state We want yor
to Join with 10 the biggest constructive tina
was put before the State OF Colorado We residents
and citizens Of the West Slope. whose prosperity and
future depends upon securing adequate ansportaor
outlet ask you to disregard the shrewd and deceptvt
ads the powerful appeal to prejudice and sectional hat,
Of Tom Devine and his multibill0nalre New York
tsrs and vote Tor he Tri!Tunnel Amendment. AmssA
ment No. D.
or Rourv, MoFFAv AND GRAND oovNr,EA