Show FROM THE PEOPLE our present difficulty DiRl culty and ioia to get over it ll 11 EDITOR in my first letter I 1 alluded in general terms to our present difficulty I 1 now bea before ore proposing a remedy intend to do fine this dif didi licul culty I 1 tho The scarcity of money which has h s paralyzed trade and left our merchants and anti dealers dealer 4 with shocks stocks on hand land fur for which there id is no market arises from first the tile total failure of our peach I 1 and partial failure fit iture of our out other fruit crow crows and second from our growing crops in excess of tho the local and outside dv demand inand the first which was exceptional could not be guarded against but might have been modified to a great extent by paying more attention alten lion to pruning and etc I 1 am decidedly loaid I 1 y in favor of making fruit farming a more distinct di and separ ate industry than it has been in this territory as it ia is in parts of california michigan ohio etc and in growing a variety of crops so as not to depend altogether on oil any one most descriptions indeed I 1 believe ve I 1 may say all descriptions of fruit arc are subject to alternations alternation sin in pro prod vert very large chopi bing b ing followed by small sma I 1 onti or almost total failures while the trees or are recuperating these can call be made a matter of almost exact cal eat emulations dilations di eu and provided for but in lift die caso case of tile peach crop in addition to periodical failures it is liable to be do troyed altogether by an exceptionally liard hard fruat fro t as for in tance this last seison this contingency tin gency can neither bo be prevented nor provided for except by not nut tristim tru trusting to it alone as a crop at present fr fruit dijt is generally brown rown as an addition tather to other crops crop feldon as a leading loading one and therefore dots tiles not receive that attention necessary cesary to insure insure a good crop either in ill quantity or quality or a should ali the numerous case of neglect lert to which I 1 alluded in ill my last letter in ili addition when people make fruit farming their aa sole employment abid study they will it oay more attention to the proper vari varieties aties to grow with a view to to 1 profit crofit and also mo to the tile 1 proper cultivation of these I 1 am ani satisfied that fruit of all do descriptions script ions will always command an market and if grown on a large scale would develop a new in justry amona among us of packing all and canning this latter once dished would always secure a it local market which would be bean all in seasons of great abundance my aly confidence conti dance in this arises from the fart fact that we have within our reach the b beet est markets in the world for canned fruits and vegetables vegetable which is in the mining districts by which we at arc 0 ur rounded in ever every direction and aich arc now largely andt indeed ed principally ci stipp stippled lid from front tho east and hartli artly from front california per for the aa leas cast us ns which apply to fruite fruits t would also urge the tile growing of Ice tables for canning purposes now with regard to our second lilli culty the 1110 fact is so evident ts not to require proof our farm eis els have as its a rule been running in the same saine groove growing wheat and potatoes as their leading crops mid now they have large stock on oil land hand for which they have no market or one at such prices g as will scarcely pay expenses this ardies from which might have been foreseen list a 3 ear there waa a large market in Cu colorado lorado for I 1 ota Lovs at paying prices I 1 which loes not exist this acar at ar colorado is ia becoming more independent every ear eat and will be much more so with the opening u up p of the uncompahgre valley by the denver deliver lk rio grande railway it is already an all exporting instead of an importing state as it lias has been heretofore ia f grain and will in a few years be at almost in os t if not altogether 1 independent with regard l to 11 fruit so a that for the tile future this territory no not t calculate on it for grain or potatoes at avat to any extent the enterprise ot peery mack will no lie doubt in outside market for flour in which they believe they can call coin compete pete awfully for fi fine I 1 ie quality wilh with the finest finet al eota sota lr arands ands but after all till they will not make wheat g 1 growing pay as its our leading vi ei op oil As I 1 cannot trespass too far upon your our valuable able space I 1 pu purpose to ibid this cl in ill my illy inot when 1 I believe I 1 shall be ubie able lo 10 make sonic 7 eions bilich I 1 hope inay keep u daout 1 out of future difficulties OLD flosi dec 13 |