The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-09-02
A LUUK Ar 1HE IlAkS.

q IN business way, and something TO lear,
from the situation.
In the first place times are not half 20 du!
~ would seem at first thought There hs
been more gold taken out this season thar
for several previous years; the crops ar,
broad in acres and abundant In yield atuv,
ANY preceding year. Here then We hav.
the essentials of life. and the money to %,
for them. With this condition 1T affairs al
the industries naturally thrive. snd steady
prosperity should he the sequence. IT it |.
not ~, there must l'e something out of Joint
In the condition snd economies Of the Ter
ritory. and Il Is well to consider what Il IL.
Of al the many We have heard discuss the
apparent deartl' If money. few If any have
psofessed ability ~ divine the cause. The
tr'utle Il that nearly all over. estimate the
dullness of the times. and f.'r what there Il.
seek tn fastcn 1t up'n one particular cause.
when in reality 1t 10 . transition from one
condition 10 another. and due to 4 multipli.
city Of natural and inevitable causes.
The dullncss apparent lies To great ex
tent with that class of businesses dependent
upon the hnshncss Of new. rich. mining
ca'nla-thc free money That the prdigal
miner who c"unts his days profit In ouncs's.
starts ~ frequently into the avenues Of cir.
...'.ss'i NJ the mar sno TIC faro hank, theucc
To be - unstint,nRly disburscd and find it,
way N the support Of industry. for condemn
~ We may. the prosperity of many trades.
man. merchant and mechanic In mining
camps comes IN large measures from Those
s"urces. The pIsccrs ut Montana arc pss
sing firm the hands 1T the traditional self
rising miners, and th,se miners ore ae..king
other fields There II nothing for many 1T
them In good. fair diggings They are sell
ing their possessions year after ye.r to the
steady. economical miners or lnrge com.
panics content with patient toll. or u Chi.
nesc, and drifting away from our placer
mines. Whcre ground Is purchased ny
white companies. those companies are com
pissed of men VIII" by economy have save!
'"fllc'e"t I" buy. and buying. propose to
ave more. When purchased by Chinese.
he means ut purchase 10 usually imported. |
n the purchase 10 made ION bed rock, ;" and |
u either case the product IL devoted to pay
nent, and after that Il, expiration. while |
he Cinnamon living on purchases from
heir own people, supporting only in the
most limited and necessitated way the in.
|"stries Of our citizens. occupy the places
4 liberal or ex'xvAgant men. and To oil
ntents and purposea withdraw the mines
rom the productive resources Of tho
Territory.
Thus 10 the adventurous, generous. rol.
cking, reckless 40 er element tina. ha.
'ade md spent money freely. il every g.md
Amp on the coast. gradually disappearing.
nd the avenues through which Its golden
lore found exit, clink less frequent with
Dwclled spur and 1.-THE money that makes
he mare g.. "Of ouch has been the princi.
81 eflux Of Montana population. The In
TX Is Of different character. Standing
Ie Chinese curse to tine side. II Is of that
able, industrious character that works for
!. cunning day, buys. builds and benefits
v permsncnce. LOk NJ our valleys
throughout the length ut them SCI the
my newly enclosed ranches Of recent act.
rrs. the new buildings that IRE being I
ccted ~ rap;dly In every direction. tba.
'cn VIC burgers are sstonished At the i'm.
"vemen's 1T a few months. Look ut the
md Entries on the Registers Books. quick &
flowing the extensive surveys going on =
Oughout the Territory. See the msgni.
cnt harveets that ore now being gathered.
d the increase # assesenblc property on
. Tax rolls. See the steady revival Ut h
artx interests and product. the immense q
voices of gn'ds frs'm Corinne. the great q
rsls Ut stock from South and West driven !, !,
Montana this season. the stage bills show.
the vast prelN'"dcrance Ut travel Is to
'ntana, the Bank shipments showing a. Z,
prccedented expiration Of bullion J,vm v
'ntans. and the immense snles Of the mer. p
atile firms throughout the Territory. Al, =
nc arc indices Of prosperity. And yet. :. :,
the face Of tl.is. aud FIR fac,. We ART /.
d 1T 10 dull times In Montana. !" and some
driven 10 the wall. There ure causes
this. The country Is In = transition. Al
m the flush, feverlsh, venturrsame. big d.
ut days of rich placer mining by the ~
we River kind OF miners tn = greater de
'dence upon the slower resources and
Ecr calculations Of agriculture. grazing.
'rtz mining. apd mechanical pursuits .
RE has been TIN mucl, credit business :,
70. and too much business carried IN Ill
N borrowed capital st three pcr csn, to
I'd the transition ar the new order Of ON
ngs. without here or there sail being -
wn away or ship foundered. Who ex-
10 It has mot n.'ted well the history IT vi
er western h'cali,ies, for Ill have passsl.
rave 10 pass. through the TRANSITION, thai ~
ntans Il in. But Nontans Is .f.v..rssI. |
ally the new order vt things follows ~
' upon the old. and dark peri,d of tn
70. like that which hes ovenhadowed
'rado. inservenes between the go,h times +
|u>h mininE and the het,er days of we'll -.
clipped acres snd hads. Isere, the new !
'0wding upon the old, In one Of the bes, ~
Ing years Montana has Ind. and befosr =.
The Northern PAci6c Rail -
n,s,f0 vlll have heen determined nr,a,n ~.