The Lamar register., 1920-10-27

l., strenuousy opposed the endorsement the rri
Tunnel Amendment before the Republican Platform
Committee he did not the interests Of i'~"
or Colorado nor those of the @. F. & l. alone. but ie
New York the United Railroad Trust Anrrj'-
When Tom Devne inspired the ad against the ulnn'i-
that was 10 fill from one-quarer TO one whole n=e IL!
every newspaper of Colorado he must have kn"nn tl
the provide for this tremendous expenditure
ultimately to come from New York City nnd from
this United Railroad Trust
Why does the United Railroad Trus, opposs The rrl
Tunnel Amendment? The answer is simple. The l:asl
road Trust has direct ransconnenta line tr,yerSns
Colorado; they have cornered they want 10 Keep
cornered. They want to build Salt Lake Omaha k.>'-
City and other middle and far eastern and western "l''-
and their states because they have their u1nsc"ninen.'
lines already established there and because thc" r'l'r,
being remote from the point Of production Of th"
materials all Tonnage must be hauled there and bach
The Railroad trust wants TO ues'r"y tol9 i'7 fi''">
and communities because these communities close 10
the point of production and therefore q" nor permit r
country tonnage graft The Railroad Trust
opposing the Tri Tunnel Amendment because knows
tiui through iis tunnel construction and Tie unlimited
:uai power and natural thereby made nyala"
colorado manufactures will Increase hundred f"d
product will be finished the point Of pro,uc
and the Railroad Trust will be forever denied r
rvo-wny freight toll They know thai through inIeperl
ransenntinenal railroad competition, freight rates for
nl Colorado Will he reduced onethrd and thai they will
uot be able TO rob us longer.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
slope want the people of Colorado to know that the
widely published and expensive ad Of The United Railroad
Trust is deceptive and deliberately false in the following
particulars
Mr. Deyne and his bIlIonare masters deliberately
sought to mIslead the people by representing
that the Tunnel Amendment was Denver scheme for
the building Of the Moffa Tunnel alone when they knew
bill itself provided that the three tunnels
be built ccntemporaneousiy that ut the outset the total
funds had be npportoned to the three tunnels accord
ing estimated of each that thcre can he N"
until the particular tunnel mas ne'h conihee' lhi'
Northwestern and Southwestern Colorado each has repre-
sentaton the Railroad Commission aud that M one
tunnel be built unless all three tun'es are built
Tom Devine his billionnire New York masters
was not enough tonnage in Middlewe,tern nnd in
western Colorado to enable sufficient charge against
the railroads to provide sinking fund with which t." pa!
off the principal and interest the tunnel bonds when
they know that today there is tremendous and heavily
tod hoth In pspru SDut
western Colorado the saving the railroads
In the of the tunnels Will easily provide sinking
principal charge they located In their ad the portals
Of tunnel miles from the Denver
Rio Grande Railroad when they knew that both the
East and West portals of the cumbrcs Pass Tunnel as
railroad Commission surveyors, each within one
mile distant from the roabcd of tile Rio Grnnde Rail-
road u located
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope Mr.. Tom Devne and his Millionaire New
know the enormity Of the injury they
are seeking do the people of the State Of Colorado
blocking this constructive The larger por-
workable coal of the Western Slope belongs
to the school Fund. North and Dakota Min
uesoa, well the manufacturing towns Of the East
slope OF Colorado are In special need OF The bumlnous
anthracite and semianthrace coal of The Western slope
NV ~ " ,nny 'ntIIions We beg Mr. Dcvine 10 inform his
uiultl bilOnaire New York masters that In their fight
against this constructive measure they are eNerns M their
tunltIes Of Colorado's school children.
The undersigned citizens and residents OF the West
slope want Tom Devine and his M Gnbonare ID I'LL New
billion standing timber in Colorado Is upon the
West Slope in fighting This constructive mems
they essenng the opportunity Of the East slope
citizen to build and to own his home
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
slope Tom Devinc and his multibiionaire Ne"
York masters that when they block the building
OF these tunnels they also people from de
velopng lands OF the West Slope, prevent the build
ing that they making it possible for the
people of California to secure a prior ana vested Hsh
In the waters the Colorado River which are run of
from the Colorado shed and that result OF
this policy they prevent for all times irrigation
of n large portion Western slope aud force much
of that vast fertile empire to remain perpetual non
non.producve desert. We want them TO kno"
tist when they block the development of the Nes Slope
they will for all time tile main burden oil
maintaining the Government upon The East Sop"
taxpayer
The Undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope want Mr. Tom Devine and his mu-bilionnre New
York masters that they putting the obbers
of Pueblo in a unenviable light For the merchants
and people Southwestern Colorado have given the job
trade for and while they have
beep required during all this time TO lift every product
Of field and mine many hundred feet in the air and lower
II again the obbers Pueblo have attempted TO
come to their relief; yet, when measure Is offered
that promises Middlewestern colorado another broad
guage road reduction of 1890 feet Of lift, promises