Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-25
AID TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.


JOHN ALBERT GLUBBs, a correspondent
of the MOnIauiai,, gets off some very sen
slble ideas occasionally. In speaking of
the Northern Pacific road and the que stiOn
Of Governmental aid to it, he utters the
following:
ITO say nothing about the benefit of
such highway already OVERLAPPING all the
robbery In the construction, 1t Is to he
supp ,sed that SO desirable u section as the
almost lImi,lcss Northwest mist be left TO
utter wOrliIieSsness because someDudy VIII
make money out of the operation? 1t
will be remembered that the government
was unposted rs to the probable Cost OF
such road, that the best informed Men
held the undertaking AS impractlcaOie;
that even the projectors could form no
approximate estimate of the cost, the dlf>
ficuity Of carrying road through sucn a
mountainous country being unknown to
them and 10 every Nov, the thing being
done. the cost known. 1t will be far
| more difficult task for the company 10
swindle than On that occasion. Loans
can be granted under such restrictions
q. to secure their proper use, and u is to
hoped that there yet remains Integrity IN
somebody.
La the narrow limits of newspaper
article 1t is impossible to say what ought
t. he sail-the opportunities Tor lmuii>
grants, the millions Of tine richest acres IN
the country, the inexhaustiDie mineral
wealth. the plains, valleys and mountains
awaiting the piow Of the farmer anu the
pick ana stamp Of the miner. Through
no worthless country docs the road pass
It is not bridge thrown over All empty
ch4sm. 1t can be shown that the country
= ~ -. q La, : ,,.,k,
$jU, 40 U,JO Tie Northern Pacific wants
Is that all? W. think il is, and more tnan
all. But listen. We economic .ayes of
phlan,hopic proclivities. FROM little
gulch, but sixteen miles ng-and Heav
en-, who they say owns all such things,
only knows how many more like il there
are here-this awful sum winch If loan is
by government would ruin the nation,
has been taken to he p the government
Yes, from one small guIch in Montana
came every cent of that small loan now
asked by Oregon, Washingt n. Idaho,
Montana, Dakoia and Others We may
say M,nhesosa, Wisconsin, Iowa and Iii
inois, for they must receive the benefit Of
such rush rs will he made TO thvt quart
er Of the United States as soon as way
is opened This is all the section asks,
which is fraction of what 1t has already
given. to the country in general Shall
she have il? To enter into statement OF
the resources of Montana, alone; to tell Of
the $3.50, OOO.OOO she has yielded Uncle
Sam, which, surprising the single state Of
New York couil have produced III pro
portion to its population, in the same
time, would have en- more than eighI
times sufficient TO cancel the entire nation
al debt; t. say how in time she Will have
no superior as a sock country, and doubt
|, IS n q mn ia! 'e; 20 show all this, and
10 OF other ,hinys just rs delightful,
would require a pa nph ct lary. as many
of he sta IS issues To show their advan-
a-es and secure immigration and wilicn.
just as large. Montana should haye, that
!, he world may know her just as she is a.
Having 50 many good things to give to
all who ak, al she wants i, u rail
road Snail she an e IS rs have it:''