Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-03 | Page 6 | The Lesson

THE LESSON. All mining states can see a warning in Colorado's unhappy condition and learn a valuable lesson. For about four yoar.1 a strike of the Colorado minors has been in progress; for about four yoars the stato has not boon prosperous. prosper-ous. It seems to us that this is moro than a coincidence. In theory and in history thoso stato havo been moat prosperous, which havo enjoyed domestic domes-tic tranquillity and good order. In stricken Mexico wo can behold tho results re-sults of war and violence for about four years. Everybody in Mexico is affected af-fected by tho business doproasion. Tn Colorado hard timos have followed the strike and .it is scarcely open to doubt that prosperity will return soon af;cr good order is restored. Anarchy bloodshed, violence, intiinidntion, killing kill-ing of women and- children, destruction destruc-tion of proprtv, the defiant of Jaws- all have combined to bring distress na well as shamo upon tho 7coplo of Colorado. Colo-rado. To emphasizo Colorado's uufortun-ato uufortun-ato condition it is only necessary to cito thfl prosperity of Utah nnd Montana Mon-tana by way of contrast. Both of theso states enjoy, and have onjoyed for many years without a break, peaco and prosperity. It is true that strikes have arisen and that slight temporary depression has resulted. Theso strikes, however, havo not gone to tho limit of anarchy which, practically has abolished tho republican form of government iii Colorado.