The Dolores star., 1920-10-29
Western Slope Citizens Appeal
to Colorado for Fair Play

When Tom Devine the Pueblo attorney for the c. +
l.. strenu"uSly opposed the endorsement of the Tr
rumue Amendment before the Republican State Pntforr
Committee he did represent the interests TuehI
Colorado nor those OF the C. F. K l. alone but h
represented chiefly the special interests of his bionar
New York the United Railroad Trust Anerica
When Tom Dcvinc inspired the nd against the tunnel
thar was 10 fiji from one-qunrter one whole page il
every newspaper of Colorado he have known tina
wns ultimately from New York City and iron
this sam" ruted Iiairoad Trust.
Why does the United Railroad Trust oppose the Tri
lunnei Amendment? The answer is simple. The Rail
rmd lrns has no direct transconnental line traversin
Colorado; they have cornered they want to keep u
conered They want to build Salt Lake. Omaha Kansa
'HN ana other middle and far eIstcrn and cite
and their states becaus" they have their
ln"N already established there and these ceners
bei more remote from the point of production
raw materials all tonnuge be hauled
Ih' Railrond Trust destroy Colorado Its cte
anu communities because these communities close
the point ot production and therefore do permit
,wway cross country tonnage graft The Railroad
Is opposing the Tri-Tunne Amendment because knows
thai through this tunnel construction and the
coal power and natural resource thereby made available
Colorado manufactures will increase a hundred fold
the raw product will be finished point of produc
ton and the Railroad Trust will be denied thu
tw"-way freight toll. They know through independ
en isnScomnenal rarond competition freight
all Colorado will be reduced onethrd they
not he able I" rob us longer.
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
widely published and expensive ad of United Railroad
trust deceptive and deliberately false In the following
particulars:
Mr. Devine and his Millionaire masters delibera ely
So@ht to n!Sead the people of Colorado by representing
thar the Tunnel Amendment a Denver scheme fol
the building Of the Mofat Tunnel alone when they knew
ma" III" hill itself provided that the three tunnels must
he luilt concmponeousy that at the outset the tota
funds had be apportioned to the three tunnels accord
ng TO III" estimated cost of each that there
.>fer funds from one tunnel fund to another
uni The particular tunnel has been completed that
Northwestern nnd southwestern Colorado each has repre-
sen alton on the RnIro0d Commission, and that
Iuh"l can he butt unless all three tunnels built
Tom Deyine and his biIIionare New York masters
"u-nt !" mlSe:d me people by representing that there
WiS nor enough Tonnage in Middlewesern in South
WeN.en 'Gi"rl" l." enable sufficient charge against
ia" railroads To provide sinking which to uay
on ne principal and Interest the tunnel bonds when
iei Know that today there is tremendous and heavily
coi@ested tonnage, both in Middewestern and South
western Colorado, and that the saving railroads
fund sufficiently large OF all interests and
principal charge They located in their ad the portals
or the southwestern tunnel many miles from the Denver
RIO Gr,lnde Railroad when they knew that both the
East and West portals of the Cumbres Pass Tunnel as
fixed by the Denver & Rio Grande engineers md the
itai!i"ad Commission surveyors. within one
H mile distant from the roadbed Of the Rio
road MS now located.
The undersigned citizens residents of the West
ern slope want Mr.. Tom Devine and his Millionaire New
York masters t" know the enormty the injury they
10 ""cNiS thls constructive measure. The larger por-
Uol OF the workable coal of the Western Slope belongs
I" thr school FUND North and South Dakota and Min
n%S"1 as Wei as the manufacturing towns of the East
S" OF Colorado are in special need OF the bituminous
lntnNcte and semiantracite coal Western Slope
In" ROYALTY TO the School Fund from stimulated develop
ment OF these wonderful coal mines will quickly
up 10 many nlllons We beg Mr.. DpVine inform
nult-biHonaire New York masters that their fight
against this constructive they are exertng their
colossal financial might narrow the oppor-
'unes Of Colorados school children
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
Slope want Tom Devine and his mut-billonaire New
York masters know that nearly of the twenty five
billion feet of standing timber Colorado is upon the
West slope and that in fighting This constructive meas
ure they essenng the opportunity the Slope
citizen to build and to own his home.
The undersigned citizens and residents of the West
slope want Tom bevine and his mult-b millionaire
York masters know that when they building
W these three tunnels they also people from de-
\eloping the lands of the West Slope prevent build
Ing of reservoirs that they making possible the
PEOPLE of California to prior and vested
in the the Colorado River which are run off
from the Colorado water shed; and that a result
Of large portion of Slope and force much
Of that vast fertile empire to remain perpetual
irrignted productive desert. We them to know
that when they block the development of
they will concentrate for all time the main burden
maintaining the State Government upon the East Slope
taxpayer
The undersigned citizens and residents Of the West
Slope want Mr. Tom Devine and his multibillionae
York masters to know that they putting the jobbes
Of Pueblo in unenviabe light For the
md people of Southwestern Colorado given the Job
ers of Pueblo their trade for years. and while they
been required during all this time to ft every product
1t again, the jobbers OF Pueblo have attempted to
ome to their relief yet, vhsa Is offered.
hat promises Mddlewestern COLORADO another broad
lage road, reduction Of 1900 fest Of lift promises
"'hwestern Colorado broad gauge road, reduction