Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-05-30
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EDIrORs ARGUS: All are interested in tn
improvement and prosperity Of our terri
tory. The only question is, how is IL t.
he doae'' A is for settling up our aris
bench snds-starvation. Il thinks on
prosperity mast come from our mines, for
getting that many of the hest are ownet
abroad and all We get is thecost Of workin,
them. ~ small tax ON the net proceeds ant
q hole in the ground when they are worked
out. The writer, believing that no peopl,
can long hc prosperous who buy every thin,
abroad and make nothing at home, ha,
another pian f"r adding to our prosperity Y
that is. by raising and making as much %
what We nav buy abroad as we possibl,
fcan. Home markets are always the best
land help to Keep money in the territory.
All new countries are backward about
starting manufactures. hut none Of the
western states were rs backward ~ Mon
tana, beca,se they had lew mines and no
winterprasSed cattle or sheep to bring
them in ready m"ncy. The writer r~coI
lvts When plows in Moline, H., were made
by tn. common blacksmith; now Moline
plows made Icy machinery are sold in
.strica, Aust ralia and South America. lie
al-o rrcollects how he recommended home
manufacture then through the press, Just
as he does now.
We ought To- make all our own flour.
hams, bacon, lard, butter, cheese. wooden
goods, paper. beet sugar. canned meat.
| lea her Snsh Iears brnn,ns of. This
county 10 paying at least $40, 600 a year
for flour, brought from Dakota. where they
raise fifteen bushels of wheat to the acre,
paying railroad and team freight express
and merchants profits. when we can raise
over forty bushels of just good wheat to
the acre here at home by irrigation. We
need several ilonriug mills IN this county.
The thing at Lewistown is only an eye
sore and was "a fraud at She start.
We sell our wool ut au average oi. say
2o cents. II goes east. II pound Of il is
mixed with pound Of sho,ldy and pound
of sotton. il comes back and We buy il as
an all-w"ol overshirt for S3. Wheat is
selling ior "a cent. peas can lee raised for
less, while W. are paying lScents for bacon.
20 for ham and 13 for bogus lard, brought
from the states. just as much profit can
be made ON the growth and manufacture oi
other things now brought in from abroad.
Our merchants will quit bringing in such
products as soon as the supply can De met
at home. II they don't, then quit trading
with them and you will force them to doit.
Now who is the spirited citizen that will
build n Touring mill nj Lewistown for 'his
own and his country's good" II can he
built for $4,000. Nearly all the machin
cry ready made must come srom the states.
hut AN experienced mll-wright and miller
must be had to build and run it. Who will
put up IA packing house, buy the farmers
pork aud sell us nice fresh Montana hams,
bacon and lard? Who will interest them
sell ~ in woolep factory. or in any Of the
sS>qscr industries needed in this pa ri Of Mon
tana' These industries all bring in oper-
atives, who in their turn want -four, bacon.
etc, and so We grow. Last falls election
showed we were protectionists, in favor OF
home industries. Let MS live up to that
principle, and not pay out all the money
we save out of our mines and get for beef.
mutton, wool, etc, to railroads and east
ern manufacturers, and then complain OF
hard times. These industries will not in
tericre with raising horses, eat tie nd sheep.
bat rather be a help to them by furnishing
more home markets. one trouble about |
1.ewistown no one appears To- have any
fath-rly care over it, or take much interest
of l.,,s uxl.
pal owners will have In bestir themselves,
make some effort 1" build mp he place and |
hold out some indurem-ui Ia get u railroad |
Ia il, or the county seat will SO ese@ here |
big Spring creek is II tine mill stream. fed |
10y springs, never freezes and never gets low.
Now. il W. cant build these industries
ourselves. We must interest experienced |
men from abroad. Every one
has more ar less friends in the states: write
to them about these things; write through |
the ARGrs and send il Ia your friends;
write to the property owners see what |
They will do ask them to give lots. mill |
sites. etc; hold meetings, rnsile-d" some
hing.
l.. S.-'onsumers complain that they
rannot alwaysget good home made hut ter;
hat what they get from the stores often
tastes ri pine, cheese, cabbage, etc. II IL
rue, we have not rs many good butter
makers as where dairying is more of n bus
mess, but ". hay. as good material to
make butter from rs there is in the world.
,nd some very good butter-mak kers. But
no butter can be good long after it is kept
N pine box or amoWg cabbag.s. cheese,
bacon, etc, as il absorls all the smells and
lavors near it,
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