Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-14
SHOUP'S MESSAGE
TO LEGISLATURE
TWENTY-THiRp GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
WANIS3UDCET SYSTEM
GOVERNOR SAYS, LET EVERY IN
DiWDuAL 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
not an exaggerntion to say that this re-
sponsibiiity rests heavy at this time
both In stnts and nation. The situn-
tion is hopeful rather than alarming,
but It 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-
ne4s Mans Creed. The sentiment Is
appealing and therefore take the lib
srty of quoting II in full:
"The financial situation In the whole
country is cause for the grnvest con-
csrn but not for despair. All lines Of
business are realizing heavy losses, but
me swift decline of prices Of farm
commodities to far below the cost of
production threatens a national disas-
tar The situation demands infinite
patience and forbearance and su-
prome 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
ernl ways:
"t1) Let every individual do all he
can to help and encourage his neigh
Dor. Let there be complete mobilis-
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
obligations. Under existing condi-
tions 1t would be the acme of inhu-
manity and of unwisdom to force any
debtor into bankruptcy II by the most
liberal Indulgence he would be ulti-
matCiN abip W pay onbIhCbo AahoA oo
do more than wreck business; they
ofttimes destroy man.
"(2) Liberal induigences and re-
nswals 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
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ne what thou owest-'"
Farmer and etockrsissr.
Colorado has not suffered out of
peoportion to other states In the re-
adjustment Of business conditions to n
peace time basis. What legislative re-
uef can be afforded must, for the most
part, come from the national Con-
gross. desire to assure you, however,
that any measure for the improvement
II the condition Of our people, upon
which the General Assembly may
agree, win be given sympathetic con-
sidsrntion when presented for my ap-
proval. Particularly, relief should be
afforded, II possible. to the farmer
end stockgrower, upon whom we all
depend for subsistence.
Federal Aid for Mining.
The mining industry In our state did
not benefit as did other Industries be-
cause of wartime demand. This Is par.
tculariy true of gold mining, which
has suffered severely because of in.
creased costs with no possible CORE
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 a Sc
rioas problem. 1t In 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. / realize
that there is little that can be done
through local legislation that can be
Of help to this important industry, bu,
do most earnestly urge that In some
hitting and forceful manner the situs-
ton 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 this organiza
ton quietly but effectively protected
ths rights md property OF those on
both sides of the regrettable contro.
versies. On another occasion the
newly .orn,cii panger force was dl.
rected to preserve order in strike
zone, but happily no serious trouble
developed. When lives were lost in