25 May 1900
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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
1
The article discusses rapid deaths among Civil War veterans, Democratic expansion and annexation history, Rocky Ford mob incidents, and eclipse and Memorial Day plans. It notes Otero county labor issues, sugar beet labor, and local public notices including water management and community meetings.
At a crowded opera house Mayor McDonald convened citizens and Senator Swink to address labor shortages for beet harvesting. Speakers denounced mob influence and argued that American and Mexican labor are needed to prevent crop losses. farmers seek standard wages and support from American Beet Sugar Co. to recruit sufficient workers.
Local discussion centers on immigrant labor for a beet sugar plant in Rocky Ford. Citizens, farmers, and company representatives clash over wages, hiring practices, and whether Mexican workers should be brought in under company subsidies. A committee will hear both sides to decide on compensation claims.
Dr Parse in a sharp point against Mexicans citing two incidents in Otero County while Col Lockhart contrasts with a case of two Americans who killed their father at Fowler. M E Springer argues the protest is unjustified as Mexicans seek fair wages. The piece notes labor shortages and material delays at Oxpant Construction Co, blaming broader industrial conditions for unrest. It urges sympathy for the unemployed and questions how to provide work or aid, while advertising local goods and services and reporting a dissolution of partnership between A A Thompson and J C Fritz of the St James hotel.
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