The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-03
A BETTER TIME COMING,
To Supplement the Good Time Long Since
Here-What Business Men Say.

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Here-What Business Men Say.
If not to the ordinary traveller of the
walks Of life who weekly or monthly
draws his stipulated stipend, at least to
the business man who keenly watches
each cloud or flash Of light which comes
from the financial heavens, a change has
recently been evident. All summer
through, when the country generally has
suffered from stagnation and improve
ments have in many places been at a
standstill, Great Falls has come nobly to
the rescue and has by her two and a half
million dollars spent in improvements,
furnished not only her own people with
labor but has kept busy the many, who
in search Of employment have focked to
her borders. Each traveller returning,
whether from east or west, would only
say, "hard times and money tight" And
still through it all the city throve and
prospered and new houses went up and
stately edifices, worthy a city Of Great
Falls coming magnitude, grew steadily
toward the sky.
And now a new era is setting in and
the fruits of steady industry and untir-
ing business sagacity will soon become
manifest. Among other business men
whom the TRIBUNE reporter interviewed
yesterday was Mr.. A. E. Dickerman,
cashier OF the First National bank, who
pronounced the future very bright. He
said:
within the last ten days we have re-
ceived no less than $4,000 from cattle
shipments. OF course the immense
amount OF wool money also greatly in
creased the supply. A great many of
the wool men consigned their wool, tax
ing 10 cents, and the rest of this will
doubtless soon be here. Then, too, all
through the northwest crops have been
fine and before a great while through
this medium many old debts will be paid
and yet more money put into ~circula-
ton. Advices from the east are that
money is both plentier and easier, the
stringency of the money market having
been relieved. This, our advices state,
may tighten again temporarily in De-
cember, so it behooves all to be prepared,
but | hope and believe that in the spring
we shall start off with a rush. Indeed,
already know Of some building which
is to be DONE"
The reporter also called upon Mr..
Crowninshield, who has recently re.
turned from Boston, and he too re-
marked on the improved condition of the
money market. People, he said, no lon
ger feared to invest as they had until
lately. Bonds were looking up. Butt
Il Montana stock, par value S25, was re-
Gently offered in the Boston market at
SIG ard sold readily at s1S. A large
amount of Boston capital is already in
vested here and more yet is to come, for
no one has put money into the city who
is not at present abundantly satisfied
with his investment. One he mentioned
in particular as having invested in Kan
sas City as well as Great Falls. His
venture in the Missouri metropolis is
now paying him nothing, while his
money left here is doing well.
Eastern money will continue to come
west, where it meets quicker and larger
returns than in the already overdevel-
oped east. The only question for those
who are 80 fortunate as to possess it is
where is it safest and best? Moneyed
men, like those Of cOmmoner clay. learn
by experience. Once let them learn
completely that Great Falls has a
water power which could supply the ma
ton with manufactured articles and
utensils; that she is situated amidst
some of the most fertile and best pro-
ducing country of the land; that already
thousands of homes and great buildings
dot her surface; that within easy dis
lance and tributary to her are great
hills, within which lie awaiting mans
labor millions of dollars in gold, silver.
copper and iron; that her climate gives
life to invalids; lends strength and vigor
to her men and health and beauty to her
women-let but this lesson, the primary
ours of which is already passed. be
learned and the task is done. The city's
position as the great metropolis Of the
northwest is established.