The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-12

THE SEM NV
| lGoNTANA'o tUTUR0.
Those who have lived In Montana
from IT, early settlement, and Wit
nesei its almost impe'cs'ptib'e
gsowth are somewhat skeptica1 about
any extravaxaut future Tor this par
,i..ular portion Of the domain Of ouT
common country. There has really
l,een no time In the history II The
Territory that It would mt have
comfortably supl"rted q much larger
population than 1t had; f,r the resi-
dents were Tar m re pruaper"us and
the opportunities f"r the accunu'ar
tion Of wealth far greater here during
the pest eighteen years tina" in the
n,ors favored portions IT our con'-
mon country. Those who have failed
to make fortunes c:.n lODk bark and
see where they have neglected 4"
make the most Of theiropportunt,tes.
The reasons Why we have not ('ee"
overcrowtled snd why there has been
ro0m in the various avocAtions fssr
remun. rative eiiort have cen that
many people did not care tn subject
themselves to the i,rivaii"ns incident
to new country, and that the means
III transportation and loes'n,"tion to
and frosn the Territory has b..en At
tended wit:' some difficulty and hard
ship. Perhaps there has teen no
country In the world that has been
~ completely governed BY the inilcx-
lille laws If uprly aud de-
maud. ~ this has been up to this
stag~ Of it, history. 1t has received
no adventiti"us aid from tourists and
pleasure aeekcrs scattering money In
their wake; from Immigrants bring
Ing To this region the ORGANIZATIONS
heapsd together In other localities. ar
capitalists seeking Investment In
our promi In: mineral RESOURCES. In
fact, the Territory has been yearly
drained Of wealth ~ men who have
gone elsewhere with their acclmu!a-
t;Ons to build up homes or 10 sl'erd
their wealth In other localitie~. II
all the gold that has been dug out of
Montana l.a.l bsen allowed to remain
here, with the natural aud Lex iti,nate
increase that would come from safe
investment, this would nOw i,c one
Of the foremost Territories in the
Union. We have been staggering
along under these disadvantages,
and have bee': sending away yearly
millions for goods Of every d.scrip-
ton, wi.hCu! factory in the Terri
tory for the manufacture ola single
article Of the most ordinary daily use.
Our chief industry has seen mining,
and just enough agricultural. gov
erned BY the rigid rules oe supply
and demand, to furnish the miners
with the bare necrssari.s of lie.
Our condition could not have we'll
heen otherwise with oar past sl.,rse
population. Men cannot aff'rt; to
put up expensive manufacturing
establishments for u han.ltu .:
people. The growth If r'anutac-
tories here will be IA It has l*eu in
The 0l.!er Stat. s-accclcra,c'l Ivy the
gnwth Of population. The tendency
from now on will be in the direction
Of increasing the facilities for retain
ing the wealth produced here, and
witt. the increase Of transportation
and travelling facilities and the
means for obtaining the comforts Of
life here, our wealthy people will
have greater Inducements to max.
permanent homes, ard cnlarg" the
avenues tor the el"l'l". n,tnt Of the
i:,lOrcr and mechanic. 1t will prob
ably b. u long time before this region
becomes largely exporting, but II
can certainly r"is.. up industries that
will al's1,r;, tie entire agricultural
productions If tile Territory for ear,
IL come.
Montana possesses, III her summer
climate, M element os wealth that
has hitherto l,ecn lost tigl,tOf. When
the facilities a:nund for reaching the
Territory and travelling uln,u: within
her borders, tourists and health aud
pleasure seekers will inslimctively
turn their face, toward this niatclllcss
climate during the heated term. And !
they will not bc slow In finding out
that they :s,nnot pass the months ri
July, August anl September more. /;
anywhere. Take any of
our own population, with means suf-
ficient to 20 to place Of their cl,o-ce !
during the summer, and they would !
not swap Montana for Saratoga.
Newport, Long Branch or any ofihe |
other famous summer resorts, with. ;
nut some boot. And other people
will eventually come to take the !
sane view IT the matter. FL, the
ton to slend the summer In Montana
will no doubt kcnme in after year :!
rs Ny Lord Dun,lrcary would re !
mark, the ''ecrrect idea" Mo1tana's !
as an iat reiment 1T wea III, !
will at no distant day Ou:rival her .
mines. :
The mines "f this re- ion may get
an occasional black eye Through the !,
man !rula.:Ons Of moneylcss a.lv.n-
'urcrs and unprcinipled operators;
but they will continue to pour out
heir wealth. and localities that arc
not now known will help to swell the
grand aggr gate. The whole coun-
try II scanned with miner.l, and.
like the famous geyser hahn. you
''cannot almost always ttil'' where it