Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-13
rwENTY.THIRp GENERAL ASSEM-.
BLY, HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
WAN7SBUDGET SYSTEM
GOVERNOR SAYS. "LET RvEaY IN.
piV0uAL DO ALL He CAN TO
HELP AND ENCOURAGE"
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To the Members of the Twenty-third
General Assembly Of the State Of
Colorado, Greeting:
Great responsibility at all times rests
On those charged with the duty Of
making and enforcing laws, and 1t 10
not an exaggsration to say that this re-
sponsibility rests heavy at this time
beth In state and nation. The situa-
ton Is hopeful rather than alarming,
but 1t must engage our most serious
thought and consideration.
recently had the pleasure person.
ally, and the great honor as Governor
Of Colorado, to attend the Governors
Conference at Harrisburg, Pa, where
there was promulgated what has since
come to be known as The Ideal Busi-
ness Mans Creed. The sentiment is
appealing and l therefore take the lib
erty of quoting it in full:
"The financial situation in the whole
country is cause for the gravest con-
corn but not for despair. All lines of
business are realizing heavy losses. but
the swift decline of prices Of farm
commodities to far below the cost of
production threatens q national disas-
ter. The situation demands infinite
patience and forbearance and su-
preme wisdom and courage. Nothing
but evil can result from anger or fear
1--WE believe that the tenseness Of
the situation can be relieved in sew
eral ways:
"Q) Let every individual do all he
can to help and encourage his neigh
alton of the financial and spiritual as
sets of every community. Neither God
nor the government ought to be asked
to help those who do not first make
every effort possible to help them
selves. There ought to be a united ef-
fort in every community to keep any
good man from being destroyed be-
cause he cannot Immediately meet his
obligations. Under existing condi-
tions it would be the acme Of inhu-
manity and of unwisdom to force any
debtor into bankruptcy If by the most
liberal indulgence he would be ulti-
mately able to pay. Business failures
do more than wreck business; they
ofttimes destroy man.
"(2) Liberal indulgences and re-
newals should be granted by the manu-
facturers to the Jobbers. by the Job
bers to the merchants, by the mer-
chants to the individuals. 1t is no
time for a creditor to seize his debtor
by the throat and savagely say, Pay
me what thou owest'"
Farmer and stockraissr.
Colorado has not suffered out Of
proportion to other states In the re-
adjustment of business conditions to a
peace time bnsis. What legislative re-
lief can be afforded must, for the most
part, come from the national Con-
grsss I desire to assure yeu, however,
that any measure for the improvement
Of the condition Of our people, upon
which the General Assembly may
agree. will be given sympathetic con-
sideration when presented for my ap-
proval. Particularly, relief should be
afforded, IL possible, to the farmer
and stockgrower, upon whom we all
depend Tor subsistence.
Federal Aid Tor Mining.
The mining industry In our state did
not benert rs dld other industries be-
cause OF wartime demand. Ihis Is par
ticuiarly true OF goid mihing' whlch
mas suitereu severely because OF IN
creased costs with no possible corre-
spoha'hg increase IN SAFE value. rms
INDUSTRY alter an, IS the one 10 wnlch
we owe .''e or,sih"' sreu'ness Oh our
sa.e' anu ~'.l' lie puss'hs Vi 'ne pros
pe.toi Ns iu'"'I ue'e'op'nent rs Sc.
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