Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-06-11
THE INDUCEMENTS OFFERED.

business q L engage III Win ,aEOlt,
with a small capitaI?a are the usual
questions that are pouring into the
Montana newspaper offices at the pres
ent time by numerous eastern incais
itors who are desiring to change their
location A newspaper Office is not
exactly a bureau of information OF an
authority on the many industries Of
the. Territory which may be proftably
engaged in, as Il maj may make a
success Of a business while his neigh
Dor, engaged in the same calling, may
make a decided failure. The average
eastern man has a l~ankering for the
cattle business, probably because he
has heard Of the fabulous profits Of the
Industry; while others are enamored
by the success which has attended
those engaged in sheep husbaniry.
Others are content with a choice
one hundred and sixty acres Of Uncle
Sam domain on which to engage IN
the pursuit Of agriculture, ana still
there is another class Of inquis;tors
that want a Job" Of some kind-no
matter what
Now, as ageneral thing the ayera &c
Montana editorials nothing else to do
but to answer these inquiries, and
dodge his creditors. the latter occupa-
ton consuming more time than the
former. But with all his failings
he IS an accommodating and
obliglng Parsonage, and il a cor
respondent would ask him an even
bushel of questions he Nolld feel
dnty bound to answer one and I'll Of
them as trpthfully as possible, and
would tell the man with a small capt
tai that IL he has d will to work he
could not help but succeed in Mon
tim.
The cattle business which in The
past, and is at the present time pay
ing a profit exceeding that OF any
other industry in the Territory, VIII
do for a man to engage IN that has
the requisite amount Of capital, which
should not be less than from $4,000
to S100,O 900 The small owner has no
1,,c1rocr ~ +Ia a14t1n ,errro ~ -
tana to-day, the expenses incurred
will exceed the profits. Large COM
panies with capitals Of from 100000
to g, 100000 have absorbed all the
small owners, and control the ranges,
and can make it decidedly unpleasant
and Improbable for a stranger with
asmall herd who drives on what thew
I pleased to term their range. with
out their consent. They refuse to
roundup with the newcomer. and
annoy him in numerous ways, until he
is glad to get out Of the business by
disposing Of his band to his pecsecr-
tors. But a man with sufficient CAPT
tai to cope with the cattle lords, can
invest his money to no better adyan-
tage than in Montana range cattle.
The interest is 50 protected that the
loss, other than that Of the elements.
or the decline in price, IS reduced to a
minimum. But for the eastern man
with no experience, and q meager
capital, we would advise him to steer
clear Of the cattle industry, unless
confined to a small band. which he
can personally supervise and have
under his control at all times. Asso-
ciated with r~anching this would IN
douhtedly prove a lucrative industry,
as Stalled beef commands a high
price and a ready market.
Wool growing in Montana has
proved a success, despite our rigorous
winters. Our wool is rapidly gaining
favor among the large manufacturers
for its fine, strong fibre, and we conf
IDENTIFY expect to see it rival the Au-
trallan and New Zealand product in
a few years, At the present no wool
produced in the United States com
mands q picein advance Of the Mon
tana clip. The business is a safe one
as well as profitable. A start can be
made from a very meager capital, and
when once on q solid footing a man
with ordinary Judgment and manage
ment cannot fail to make It a success.
Considerable money has been lost IN
Montana IN the industry, we admit.
but N every case it can be traced to
management, not to any defect Of the
country. The only prevalent disease
is scab, which is successfully treated
IN its most virulent form by the care
tul master No business wiI take
care of itself, and tie man who en-
cages in the wool-groving business
must expect to give it his attention,
otherwise he will make a failure. An
eastern man with a capital OF from
$4,000 to $4,000 can make a very re-
spectacle start. The expenses to be
incurred the first year will exceed
those Of the next three. It is calcu-
lated the clip will pay all the ex-