THE NEW DAY IN COLORADO 



Its two million acres of irrigated land add forty millions 

 more to the annual industrial product. Although man- 

 ufactures are in their infancy, they even now produce 

 goods to the value of thirty-five millions. Other busi- 

 ness transactions, represented by the commercial and 

 professional classes, represent considerably more than 

 one hundred millions each year. The live-stock indus- 

 try is difficult to estimate, but adds very largely to the 

 yearly production of wealth. 



Such are the results wrought out by the labor of a 

 single generation upon the raw resources of a new State. 

 Before glancing at the people who have organized such 

 an economic life in so brief a space of years, and at the 

 institutions they have created, it is important to con- 

 sider the material foundation on which they have built. 



Colorado owes something to its scenery, much to its 

 climate, yet more to its mines. The first of these made 

 it widely known as one of nature's wonderlands. The 

 second was a prime factor in attracting population. 

 The third poured a large and continuous stream of 

 wealth into the hands of the people, and a little further 

 on we shall see how loyally this has been used for the 

 benefit of the State. The grandeur of the scenery and 

 the charm of the climate are both matters of popular 

 knowledge. Neither is peculiar to Colorado, for both 

 are characteristic of the arid region as a whole. But 

 nowhere else do the ordinary paths of travel lead 

 through so grand a scenic region as in Colorado, nor has 

 any other locality been as fortunate in the energy and 

 intelligence bestowed upon the work of making this 

 phase of its attractions widely and favorably known. 



The Colorado climate is the product of high altitude 



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