Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-07-25
HARD TIMES, AND WHY.

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ness is prostrate' Why is it? We have kept
up party organization for party purposes.
when there were no issues to diride the tax
PAYERS into political parties and factions
We have permitted lew designing tricksiers
and oflice-seekers to furnish the candidates
for whom We should vote. How have they
been furnished. By caacuses commonly
called conventions Of the people, by means OF
which men have been placed in Office, who
never could or would, ON their merit, many
of whom pay no taxes and have no Interest
at stake. but to make all the money they can
while In power. Hence, we see and feel such
enormous taxation a. no laboring. sweating
man should be required to endure. High
salaries, fees, taxes aud licenses, fixed by the
laws OF Montana, have saddled debt on the
Territory and nearly all the counties, that is
equal to such a mortgage on all the property
in the Territory. personal and real, rs to
make it Il doubtful question whether it would
he lrtter to abandon all the property we
have and leave the country, OF take our own
cause into our own hands and make this (if
not for lis. for orr chiltlrcn,) one Of the best
countries ON earth, by frowning down party
conventions, letting every man run for Off
who deires to- and voting for none but those
we think honest and capable.
The cry OF measures and not men may do
10 force us 10 vote for all unworthy asl irant
against our better judgment. ut for the re-
maindtr OF my time propose to vote for the
best men who are before the people. reg:trd-
less of party names, and take chances on the
measures. No man. in MY opinion, is wor-
thy ut the support OF the opPressrdan over
taxed people OF tie Territory, who is in Ia
vor of increasing the taxes TO subaieiize either
a railroad Or an individual. IF 20. crnnlent
of the people can be sustained. it can only be
done by cleeting to office the best men.
Another cause of hard tines is, in my
opinion. attributable 10 the course pursued
BY the business men of the Territory i'm OBJ
tanning ami filling contracts to furnish for
the Indians and Government troops, grain.
flour and h5cei srra we're a., plea Ell when
troops were sent to the Territory IL keep the
hair on the top OF our heasls. and all sup.
posed IT would furnish a market for the pro-
duep At home. Aud 81 ii has; but 1T such fig
ures rs TO ruin every interest If the .rmer anil
stock-raise.. RE contracts have been taken
nj prices 60 low that II hankrnpts the pro-
flncers tn furnish AT such prices. and then
every effort has been used by fire contractors
to plt the price Of grain. flour and reef
down. The merchants have much 10 do IN
governing the price of produce. and the
butchers. that OF beef. II Is not the Interest
Of the usiness men Of this country that
produce should sell so low as to ruin tie
producer. II had a Government contract
If such prices as SOME are taken M here. and
hal to fill it hv aoeiohsng out.it would Hjdre
mr. eau flour and beef lie furnished ii this
Ter itnry at ST so per hundred without
weighing some Of il more than once and the
contractor make money? Think about If
producers. AVID if any more such contracts
arc taken. LET the cotifracrars GO somewhere
else to ger The grain and beef TO fill them.
The Government contracts rule the prices
here. and "a sci; at such prices will neither
enahla Won To pay your debts nor educate
vour chill re1,. and say don't sell at any
such figures. The M reliant will give you
one cert per Mound for COOL wheat and sell
Won sugar for SIS 90 per l,lndre,l: so thar 80
bushels of wheat will pa for FOO pounds of
uoa.--@And from -fwnrta ri rrft hundred
pounds ri buffer will bring van 100 pounds
If Java cnffre Three hundred aid fiftv
bushels IF potatoes Will hnv Your wife GfI
YOU have o,,e) a respectahle dress. or a fair
sewing machine. But not 10 be- tedions Is If
the interest of In mess men to pHt tho pro-
due of the farmer and stock raiser down or
ta endaavor to keep II at a fair price anil sell
their goods and groceries af reasonable prof. |
IFS? It does not require a philosopher or
statesman to seq that the laboring man will
he driven to bIv nothinu that he can do With |
ont. if prices are permitted to range as AT
nresent Supply and demand has much 70 I
10 in regulating prices. but in this country
corners and rings have had more Tba.eon-
tractors ard butchers with honorable eycen-
tions. have done all in tl.air power tn nuf
down the price o. cattle; but have failed to |
rorresnoniis civ PIT meat down mt the.hllck I
They have encouraged the brlngina in of
wild cattle from Texas. and will give as,auct |
for them as for home raised which Is NOT the |
rasr in any other State or Territory. II live
stock must ne sold for two cants. beet must
not he retailed for Is TO 20 cents. IF the men
IN the business cannot see that the b,syinv T
and selling prices must come u little closer
together. Tet others be encouraged to hutche-
who will sell at reasonable and remnnerafive
rates: credit no fleah-heads or hnmlners. and
nav all they can afford for the cattle, A man
who will not work has no right toeat a BUTCH
.r's meat. nor has butcher RIGHT to make
he man who does work. and NIL paw. foot
he bill for the hummer nv charging the paw
ng customer more than his meat should sell |.
or. H n
Money 1oaning is an honorable and lepiti-
ate business: Init the money that has been
oaned in Montana has been loaned on Al, ay-J
rage. at not less han three times tile INTEREST
my legitimate business iIIfhe Territory will
,ear. Then, If money cannot be borrowed at
IN interest that can be borne without ruin. Il
,etter let yonr property, if necessary to pay
rour debts. all GO Commence in the new
md work for yourselves. 4ss 81
There is enough money thrown away I'M T.
he Territory for whisls- ard tobacco 10 nav
II the taxes. Ii man would light green
Jack or a pic"e Of calico to see fbn smoke
nrlng toward Heaven. he would he thought
fit subject for the 1nnatfc asylum, but he
nav light A roll of tobacco and suck the other
nd until he trembies in every nerve. causes
Indigestion. enlargement of the liver, mental +
tseathand bankruptcy, and that
$ all attributed to other causes Men claim i
hat they have 4 right to use whisky and ~.
acco. because they saw they have q riphf ia I
10 as thew please with that which belongs ia /
hem. Then II you are not willing to make i
calculation of what amount ron spend for
Whisky and tobacco. Stop to l1sas fbe common
ensn with which you were by the Gnl of the
Universe endowed. abandon the use of that
Which Is not only useless. bllt hnrtft.st to soul.
ady and Tssirse, so as TO make the sellers Of
Whisky and tnDaecos embark IN some useful ,
ecnpation, then hush pratipg about hard
ines.
IN conclusion. I see movement III The East
hat looks like the IaWning Of day for the !
lborine man. and especially Tor the farmer.
While it is true that every calling and pro-
,ssion Is dependent on the filters of the soil
n their food and to the Iah0ring man for
1xuries and raiment. it Is also trle that the
lrrner and.tlie farm er's son. while with his 1
lther on the farm. have been treated with
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