The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-11-01
MONTANA ASyT d.

We are grstified ~ notice the present tone
f the press "f Montana on cur material
,unditinr. 4 year ago il was u" w"rse 'hn"
is now. But in working up sentiment for
.ubsid'si"g a railroad Company. It w"s
iccmed proper by some If it, advocates Z"
.ay very ghmmy things Of Montana
We know that project still survives. and
. n,cipa,c it will tx sprung soon and ndv".
Gated a, the Regular Sessionof the Lesisls.
turc with more potential combinations.
betieS n,a'urcd schemes. mole lobbyists and
more rcsoluic determination 10 carry 1t
through. than were evidenced last winter.
The fact that local railroad bonds are not
now negotiable at any reasonable figure
does not seem Ia he glvcr consideration.
But. with all this. We do not See dispost
ton. either 10y the press opposing the
scheme. or 10y that fnvoring. 10 sing such
.lulrful dirgcs over Montana q went up like
the wall Of The damned q year ago. In
this We have joy. II We are 10 have our
bonds thrown an the make: II is best they
should not bc introduced a. the promises
10 paw Of q thoroughly dcmurnl,zed and
poycrty>.'rckcn community. and II We are
not (" bc put in bonds there is no benefit to De
derived from croaking. II is patent enough
these are not :" flush times" like those Of
G3 A. Miners. Merchants. Mechanics.
Stock Men, Farncrs--all have manifest
knowledge Of That Dollars arc not ST.
lo"s., II as plentiful. Less numbers OF min
crs are making money rapidly ana spending
/, foolishly. The supply Of brcadstuffs and
cattle las 'a,,cry heen III excess "f demand.
prices have dec incd and farmers have had
p-or markets for their products. Competi.
ton in mercantile pursuits has reduced
margins Of profit. and merchants have I"
handle more goods TO make the same am"nnt
If money.
To some degree each Of these compensate
the other. II VIC earn or produce hess il
costs less 10 live. and the net pr0ceeds.
which are the measure of prosperity. may
I've ~ great. But IL the general increase OF
wealth is not IA great NJ eight or ten years
ago. where can you do better? We believe
that TODAY. although 400 miles from a
milroal. although with SIX months of wins
ter. ard idlencss ny reason of no industries
developed to give general employment the
wear round. that tho people of Montana arc
rs prosperous. rs happy. and rs contcnted q
any on the continent. We growl. Of course
Everybody gr"wls. every wherc:
MAN never IL, always to he. blc.t.''
Occasionally there is u dry season when
the placer yield Is light and miners arc
caught out 4: occasionally season when an
over production of cereals cluts tho market,
knocks down prices aud the farmers have
TO "rustle" to pay taxes But have you
ever known country where 'hard times
did not come upon the people! Have you
ever known country where there was less
extreme poverty than here! Is there any
other country where laho.ers ran always
certainly find employment six months in
the year at compensation upon which they
can live comfortably the next six month.
without doing . stroke of work =? Is there
any other other country where capital com
n,nnds readily two or three per cent. a
month? Is there any other Country where
the plscers and farms arc ~ productive,
where industry temperance and frugall'y
are better rewarded. even under present
circumstances II you cannot answer these
questions satisfactorily I" your own mind,
ask those who have left M"ntsna in search
Of that bcitcr land and returned. or write
10 some Of those still away and IL they can
raise . postage stamp and stationery, they
will give you M uncertain answer. So,
whether you arrange tn market your pro
ducts carly in tho mining camps as urged
by the Missonsian whether you reach out
to make wagon road connection with tho
n T. Steamers "r RAilrOad as advocated by
tie Cuwis,; whether you go 10 work and
develop your quartz leads aud make prop
criy "f ,hc,n as advised by the Xsntsmi.n
or whatever you may d" or con-
template doing l." increase your prosper
ny as i, may he aud will tie increased. you
arr working from II hssis Of o. good genera
condition Ms any people ENJOY, and whatevcl
projects "rc herr after urged we hope to S.,
the pr So and public men maintain that fac
prominently that We shall! not hear falls,
witness to the Ic,rimert Of Montana.
Henry Ward Beecl,er shook up thu
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