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<br />C:ontrolling Our Destiny
<br />By H. V~ce Austin
<br />WE CAN OOliTROJ; MORE 01,/ OUR OWN DI!lSTINY
<br />Col<.>rfW<.> was devel<.>ped as a "oolony" <.>f both f~ countrIes and <.>f
<br />the eastern pari of the UnJted S_tares. CoIoradO'i1 mbJhlg Was, much of It,
<br />fol'tllgn owned. and many of the biggest and most fam:ous mInes that al'e
<br />still in operation al'e stm OWJIed In the British IlIIes. Many of the bluest
<br />of the ~e spl'tlads were owned by forelg. capital, and the Matador oattU
<br />-one of the most famous and one 01 the bJ&'gest 10l! many, man.y years and
<br />eVeJl now-becatne American owned only In the last cOuple 01 years,
<br />Colorado, at the present tiMe, Is galning- indus-
<br />trial stature very rapkUy. Unfortunately, this de-
<br />velopment too Js following the pattern. Most of ~e
<br />big real estate developments In: Denver are New
<br />YorlC or Texas owned; many of the big cattle
<br />ranches In Colorado are being transferred to the
<br />ownership '01 OklAhomans and Texans; and most 01
<br />the manutacturl.... plantS and big ininlng and -mUl.
<br />big OperaUOIllI now being established are owned by
<br />blgllallteroflOtporatlone.
<br />Without question, It Is better that there be such
<br />development, rather thaI) no development.. But,
<br />here In Colorado we have eVl!rythlng we need to
<br />:doa~re of Colorado's own development. for Colo- V-ance ~ustin ,
<br />. ColOrado- has the natural resourCt.'l8-1grtcultul'al, mineral, tourist attrac-
<br />tions, Umber, efc., and we practically have a corner on the only big reserves
<br />01 oU shale In the world, We have great untapped quantities 01 gas and
<br />011 and some 01 the greatest coal reserves In ijl.e world.
<br />We've stlll got quite a bit of hydro-electrlc, powl;}r ,tlotentla1 that stili
<br />Msn't been harnessed, - ,
<br />INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION COMING HERE
<br />This corner ot tile United States-New- Mexico, ArIzona, Utah and COI....
<br />rado--has the biggest cbunk ot uranlwn kn/JWR In the world.
<br />Where ,that uranlwn Is, where that 011 shale Is, where that coal Is--
<br />where all of these. resources happen to be-that Is where there Is going to
<br />be IndWltrl!l-i developmen~l And, that means that we are going to have an
<br />l.ndustrial development here in Colorado. , _'
<br />The Western Slope has most of the mlnerals, the uranlum, ~d.perhaps
<br />most 01 the oU and gas reserVes., However, both sides 01 the Continental
<br />DJvide have great quantities ot coal, /lnd both sides ot the Continental DIvide
<br />have great attractions In sc:enery, and both sides ol.the Divide have great
<br />potential In agriculture and In IndustrIal development!
<br />MONEY, SEEMS TO BE THE KEY
<br />But, oUr system Is such that the ones who lurnlsh the capital tol' de.
<br />velopment are the ones who retain control ot the development, In Colorado
<br />we have all 01 the elements that go to make up thIs Industrial revolution,
<br />l:JUt we are getting people from the outside bring in their money and put It
<br />with our natural resources; and they then 'assume the COD_IroJ.
<br />.' ActualJy, thIs Is not necessary, for In Colorado banks, savings and loan
<br />asaoclatlons, Insurance companies and all other Institutions that are gather.
<br />ers 01 money there Is plenty ot, money for: Col.orado to actually control Its
<br />own llevelopment.
<br />But" somewhere along the line we seem to have lost faith In our own
<br />state, 'to _the extent that our money is put into the banks and into the In-
<br />surance companies and Is generally funnelled out of the state through very
<br />reg\lllll" ,and legal channels, and then that mOJley and other money lrom else-
<br />where Is brought back into the .state to- control our ,,Industrial dfwelopmeflt-
<br />with the control In the hands of outslders, .
<br />. NO STATE IN THE ,UNION HAS A BRIGHTER-PROSPECT
<br />THAN COLORADO
<br />That's right! In fact no spot 01 like sk<) on the face 01 the earth has
<br />. brllhtet prospect than Culorado. We have natural resources here, many
<br />yet untapped. at aU, that place ColOl'ado absolutely In the forefront of the
<br />areas 01 the world for lmmedlllte and intensive development.
<br />OOLORADO BtrnAL ELECTRICS PLAY A' .PART
<br />The 22 Colorado-based rural electric cooperatives are- playing <an Impor.
<br />tant part In this development, for they have taken central station electric
<br />powel':-8.nd In big quantities-to almost every' remote area of Colorado_
<br />All of these Industrial developments need power, and the rural electrics have
<br />seen to It that power Is there fO_f tbe mines, the mills, the factories, the tlm.
<br />berlng operations, the tourist resorts, and the lood processing plants-----and,
<br />in lact, everything else that needs power,
<br />W1thout the easy availablllty of the power, this devet()pm/;'nt would be
<br />much slower In coming.
<br />WE NEED SELF OONFID:JllNCE
<br />:. AU the elements for a' great Industrial development are here In Colorado.
<br />. .. The only real question Is whether ColoradoatUl will develop It for tbelr
<br />greatest ~netlt, or whether Coloradoans will sit by and let- outsiders come
<br />In and control the development, bleeding off Immense profits to absentee
<br />owner&
<br />Coloradoans have the money" they ~ve the know-how, they Come 01
<br />plonoorlng, coungeous stock, ana they own ~e resouroos. '
<br />The 'only: big remaining question Is,: Wlll':Coloradoans have the,courage
<br />to put their own money_ Into tfIeir' own development, and then have the
<br />owne1'llhlp and control of thelr own development?
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<br />Colorado Wins
<br />Grange Convention
<br />The National Grange will hold Its
<br />convention In Colorado In 1957 for
<br />the first time In 00. years. It has been
<br />scheduled for Colorado Springs for
<br />. next November.
<br />, The National GrAnge convention
<br />was last held In Colorado, In 11100,
<br />In Denver. Colorado delegates to the
<br />19&6 wnvootlon, h'etA in mid-Novem.
<br />ber In Bochester, N. y" carried C/)I....
<br />rado's invitation with them tOr IOO?
<br />and Were suooesstu:I In their mission.
<br />At the New York session, Glendale
<br />Grange east of Denver W/lS honored
<br />again In the ,nation-wide community
<br />service contest sponsored by the
<br />Grange and the Sears-Roeb\-lck Foun-'
<br />Ql!tton, receiving honorabie mention.
<br />Winner of the first prim $10,000 In
<br />this contest' Was Harmony Granie of
<br />Westover, Penn.
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<br />Sauce far
<br />The Goose
<br />Dc you see anything, wrong with
<br />the Stanfud, 011 Company's owning
<br />and operating its own 011 wells? I
<br />don't. '!'hey have a perfect right.
<br />We are told that Standard on
<br />operated lor Il)any years as refiners'
<br />and distributors, buying allot their
<br />crude 011 from other companies.
<br />When. they decided It was to theIr
<br />advantage to do so, they started drlll-
<br />ing their own wells Instead of buyJng
<br />longer from other legItimate oper-
<br />ators., That's just like fanners de.
<br />cldlng ~o provide th,elr _ own electrtc
<br />servIce, or Jnsurance, or fert1llzers-
<br />instead at buying longer frOm other
<br />legitimate operators.
<br />Sauce for the goose Is_ sauce for
<br />the gander_
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<br />-EdItor John Ford
<br />in the Alabamn
<br />Rural Elootrlc News
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<br />ULet's li8t him and test the mettle of our Power-Use Department!'
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<br />Nucla RuralElecfric Helps
<br />Get Area Ambulance Service
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<br />Hete is the ambulance now av8.nable in the Nucla~Naturjta.Ura.
<br />van area in Southwest Colorado, the funds for which were proVided
<br />by the work ()f the San,MigueI Power Association of Nucla in Q$ing
<br />all member-consumers by letter to send in $4. The request was, sent
<br />with the regular monthly bill,
<br />As State Association President, COLORADO
<br />~~~~:;:~ ~e=:e~' r~~~u~ RURAL ELECTRIC NEWS
<br />ncation last'month, this, Is a cheap
<br />. ~d ettectlve_ way to' proVide .rest. Yol. '8, No.4
<br />dents with ambulance servlce.- ThQSe &Iltor":"_~_,,_... .
<br />not contrlblj.t1ng will pay mUeage ex.
<br />pense _ to and from, Montrose Ll an
<br />emergencyarlses.
<br />shown bt, the' photo are the volun.
<br />tooi:' Nucla flremen who drive the
<br />ambulance, left to riS"ht, Malcobn
<br />WIlson, Keith Thempson and FIre
<br />Chlel Ted Daniels,
<br />The l!ulldlng~ in background Is the
<br />historic old Colorado Cooperative
<br />Company, an irrigation ditch co-op,
<br />that was one 01 the first cooperatives
<br />In Colorado. .
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<br />Janary,'957
<br />_.V;r<Jil Co'y
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<br />Co-ops Pay
<br />Heavy Taxes
<br />The tact that Rural Electric Asso-
<br />Clatlc;IllS In Colorado are heavy tax.
<br />payers Js shown in a recent report
<br />by the Mountain VJew Electric As-
<br />sociation of Limon, managed by
<br />Ralph McMillan,
<br />The 1igui-es paid lor taxes are
<br />shown below for the years of:
<br />. 194'3-$3,296.1ll.
<br />1948---$11,809.2L
<br />1958~S,O?SJ)7.
<br />1956-$(8,284.51 (estJma~).
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<br />Edito,l.I, Busin,nOm.,.,
<br />1950 Curtis St'ut
<br />[lenvn'l, Colo,.do
<br />T.r.phon.KEy,tone".8IM
<br />PUBliSHED MONlHLY
<br />",the ColofClclo
<br />bred Electrlfkatloll AHoclatlOll
<br />TIle Co1oralSo IturaI &.etrle N_. II ow"ed,
<br />coatronedaadoperated,bJ' Rural_I:!:l..-u1c
<br />CoG_tlv"" In thel"tw<ilt ol-tb. e<:on9mle
<br />Jl<OJe-- .,t ",..I """"" opedllcal:I~.1Id t1uI
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<br />fo,monUn,onlklq,.I57SSl>o"".nSI..lle.vo,!
<br />Colo.
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<br />.nd Jo." C,o.., ~Oftl.nd_
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