The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-24
HELENA, MONT, NAY II. 1891.
THE o " + WANT.

THE PEOPLE WE WANT.
A few days ago a gentleman from ths
east who has opened an Office IN this
city inserted an advertisement IN the
want columns OF TINE I-NnEeHNpENr eol
a competent man 70 attead to his cor
~respondence and office business. ST
salary of 800 a month. He receives
applications from seventy sight CORES
pondents by letter and al Leash bait Is
many more personal Inquiries were
made for the advertiser al Tue ENpE,
Office. The applications came
from Helena, from Butte, from Great
Falls. from Missouri. from Boulder.
from Bozeuaan, from kilssdcn, from
Granite, from White Sulphur >Pftngs'
from as far east as Minneapolis, a1d as
far west as Portland. Two a~ppilca1pans
came by telegraph, and several IeaHsrs
we're from ome who said they COULD
do the work as well AZ a nan Nearly
all the letters were neatly written And
eyinced that the wri5ers .srs we'll sda-
Gated.
We refer to this MATTER, moi To call
attention to the fact that every body
reads The ISDEPESDasr aHd knows its
value as an advertising medium, but to
point out what seems to Us the obvious
lesson of this incident. Had our adrer-
tiser called for a man skilled IN any
~. g. n arrnrr ataat-Tnfsr FOR "A
competent mining engineer. for a lawyer
with a special knowledge Of mining or
land law, for a thoroughly trained far
mer, for q man in any field Of activity
where peculiar knowledge and skill
we're required, how many unemployed
people would have responded? Possibly
six, probably two or three. perhaps not
me-.
The reason is not far to seek. The
market is overcrowded with the I'M
trained, the unskilled, the can-do-any-
thing-indifferently people. the can't-do-
neutrality-suspicious. sort. This is as
true Of Helena and Montana as it is Of
the rest of the United States-in fact
many of our western communities are
worse off in this respect than some OF
Of the older ones, for this field of virgin
enterprise, where peculiar qualities of
skill and ability meet with such sure
reward, has great allurements for the
unsuccessful and the unfortunate, who
expect to find here the missed opportu-
mites for which they have been wait
ing.
Now we would not say one word tc
discourage the hundred applicants fol
the place to which WI have referred
We hope none of them will be disheart
oned and leave the country, for Mon
tana needs all the good men and womel
who come here. We believe every on
of them who has patience and industr.
and adaptability will find employment
in some useful occupation where tn
beginning of a fortune may be laid. Blu
to persons Of this class who have no
vet come to Montana, to those withou
CAPITAL, or a skilled trade, or who are no
accustomed to hard labor, it is bu
honest to say-don't! That is, unles
you know what you are going to d
before YOU come here. 1t you hay
some money and understand farmin
and want to buy a ranch, all right.
YOU are a laborer and Injured to toll an
hardship and are willing to delve in IL
ground, all right. If you can cho
wood, drive teams over mountain road
or lay railroad tracks, all right. Con
on. You can get plenty to do at goe
wages, somewhere in Montana, il yc
are willing to rough it. But don't con
here with only money enough to brir
you, in the expectation of finding ligl
and easy genteel employment at b
wages, for you won't get it. Stay whe
you are, unless you have a place de
nitely secured before coming.
Montana wants a hundred thousal
more people in the next two years, al
intends to have them. She has roc
for millions. She extends a warm W,
come and offers boundless opportuniti
to all, but a word of friendly advice al
warning should go with the invitatic
Montana wants producers, wealth {
yelopers. She wants capital to op
new mines and skilled labor to VIC
them. She wants more farmers W
will find sur and profitable markt
for their products right at the min
She doesn't want to send SIX to t
millions of dollars out of her bord,
every year to buy grains, fruits, poult
eggs and vegetables that can be raif
at home. She doesn't need at prese
more professional men and bookkeep'
and clerks and mon for indoor occul
tions. She wants investors, she wal
farmers, she wants manufacturers, {
wants skilled labor OF every sort. A
to such she offers the greatest opp
tunities on the North American cont
emit to-day.
GLADSTONE WINS.
The persistent refusal of Harting
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