The Ordway new era., 1921-01-14
SHOUP'S MESSAGE
TO LEGISLATURE
rwENTy-THlRp GENERAL ASSEM-.
BLY, HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
WAN7SBUDGET SYSTEM
GOVERNOR SAYS, "LET EVERY IN
oIviDUAL DO ALL HE CAN TO
HELP AND ENCOURAGE"
tw-sr. s.-,D.p.r Union Now. ssr,e.3

twe.sra Nsvspap~ Union News serries.)
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 is
not an exaggeration to say that this re-
sponsibility rests heavy at this time
both in state and nation. The situa
tion is hopeful rather than alarming,
but it must engage our most serious
thought and consideration.
I 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 therefore take the lib
erty of quoting it in full:
"The financial situation in the whole
country is cause for the gravest con-
Germ 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 national disas-
ter. The situation demands infinite
patience and forbearance and SUI
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
bor. Let there be a complete mObiliz-
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 united ef-
fort in every community to keep any
good man from being destroyed be-
cause he cannot Immediately meet his
oblipctions. 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 It Is no
time for a creditor to seize his debtor
by the throat and savagely say, Pay
mo vvhat fh0u Owcatsn
Farmer and stoet<raissr.
Colorado has not suffered out of
proportion to other states in the re-
adjustment of business conditions to a
peace time basis. What legislative re-
lief can be afforded must, for the most
part, come from the national Con-
gress. I desire to assure ysu, 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 for subsistence.
fo0efAI Ai0 TOT MINING.
The mining industry In our state did
not benefit as did other industries be-
cause of wartime demand. This is par
ticularly true of gold mining, which
has suffered severely because of in
creased costs with no possible corre-
spending increase In sale value. This
industry, after all, is the one to which
we owe the original greatness of our
state. and with the passing of the pros
pector Its future development is Sc
rious problem. 1t is inconceivable that
there should be opposition to the en-
couragement of the production of gold,
upon which rests the credit and none
tary stability of the world. I realize
that there is little that can be done
through local legislation that can be
Of help to this important industry, but
do most earnestly urge that in some
fitting and forceful manner the situa-
tton be brought to the attention Of our
national government and that our ma
tional representatives be assured of
our unqualified support in the effort
which they will make for Its revival.
Industrial Disturbances.
Serious Industrial disturbances have
given US deep concern In the past two
years. With single exception they
have been adjusted without loss Of life
or destruction Of property. In two
instances 1t was necessary to mobilize
the National Guard, and tbs organiza-
tion quietly but effectively protected
the rights and propGrty OF those on
both sides Of the regrettable contro-