Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-04-19
FROM HAMILTON.

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tho production Of my letter orr stock grow
inc because, | presume, some parts oil 1t
were not tlattcring to our representatives.;
and YOU send back my letter because IL don't
suit the desires Of the party in power. L
thought. by hearing you speak a re" years
aro the Fourth Of July at Central Parh, on
The spoilation of tax payers by spectators
and %monopolies, that your paper was surely
the representative Of the laborlhg classes
and tax payers in general. Inc interests Oh
that class of people are the only arguments
contained in my letter. l admit tilat hr.
Ford can write a great deal smoother letter
than I can. and that is the reason L trusted
to your generosity to correct my letter, ana
take the point into consideration winch OF
the two letters would be most agreeable 10
the eyes of the tax payers. Mi. I sad
this was the best bill we have ever yet had;
I don't believe it was a good bill. lie wants
a railroad to travel on. [ would like to have
one. too, if it could be built BY proper au-
thority, but / lei entirely opposed to its be-
ing built by those who would be compelled
to travel on foot after building q railroad for
the satisfaction and accommodation OF loose
footer. who would thus be able to pull up
stakes and leave the country in better shape,
as Mr.. Ford says in his letter. At the end
of Mr.. Ford's letter he proves exactly the
argument contained in mine, when he said
that a contest over a calf cost one OF the par
ties 1920. We don't know how much the
other party made or lost by the operation,
nor what ii cost the county. Also, that a
bull team, sold for 5000, was, iii III days,
under $500 expenses. This proves that our
administrations in Montana have been, and
are yet, q constant robbery to the people,
and that nothing ever was done for Montana
unless ~greenbacks were the foundation OF it.
You say my arguments are good, and might
be of benefit in the future. Who can they
benefit If sent back to be locked up in my
desk? The only benefit | can see would be
in showing our nearsightedness !. time to
guard against the fattcring combination OF
our leaders. When the few men that under
take to rule the country put a whip in our
hands it is time to use it right off, and let
them know that some of the common peo-
pie understand that they are wrongly repre-
sented by the more eminent ones that they
might get mad and be hard to drive under
the yoke. When you feel like producing
some of my articles, let me know bow you
| want them. CHARLES ANCENEY.
Hamilton, April 2.
During our brief career as a Journalist we
have adhered strictly to what we conceived
to be the best interests Of the tax payers,
and we shall continue to do SO without fear
or favor. We are always glad to have our
friends communicate their views through
our columns. and shall never refuse them
space whether their sentiments accord with
ours or not, but we reserve the right to use
our discretion in regard to whether or not
the subject matter is Of general interest to
our readers. We returned our correspond
ent's letter upon the North and South Rail
road question, without publishing it, because
the company had rejected the proposition,
and it was useless to burden our columns
with a lengthy discussion upon an issue that
was already dead. II our correspondent
will address his views on the railroad ques-
ton to the present condition of affairs, we
will publish them with pleasure.
We should also be pleased to hear from
him on the subject of stock growing. We
make this business our special study, have
a large number Of readers who are vitality
interested In the matter, and anything our
friend may have to suggest will be read with
unusual interest, since his long experience
in this line of hnshanlru maEaS him rnnd