The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30
THE TENDENCY OF CAPITAL.

THE DFNCN oF 0APIIAI.
The tendency of capital is always to-
ward commercial and manufacturing
c%enters. That natural, Interchangeable
the Modes and Persians, thus directs it.
The logic of the law is that money is
made where capital finds a field for
action and that the best field is found
where the conditions favor the Inaugural
ton and establishment of industrial
pursuits. Reasoning from these promises
it becomes clear that Great Falls is
destined to become the objective point
for capital for many, very many years to
come. 1t possesses all those prime essen
tials which unite to form a manufactur-
ing distributing and commercial center.
These essentials are found in it's prac-
tically unlimited water power. boundless
measures of coal, abundant and cheap
building material, i~nexhaustible supply
of pure water, beauty of location, %accessi-
bility from every direction, and health
~fulness of climate.
In addition to these it is surrounded
by IA vast grazing and agricultural u
try from which rises here and there
great mountains ribbed with gold and
silver and copper and iron and lead and
marble. each peopled with a hardy, in
dustrious population intent on unearth-
ing the great treasure houses which
await the presence Of intelligently di-
rectcd labor and capital to yield the full
ness of their riches. There is a stability
in the resources Of this city and its en-
vironments in the directions named
which under those natural laws referred
to will direct capital to the city.
1t is said that all things come to him
who waits. Whether this be true or not
it is certain that patience n Of the
cardinal virtues seldom ever goes unre-
warded, while the impatient, ~fretful
spirit is ever empty-handed. Develop
ment requires time. labor. capital, energy
and last though not least-faith. No
city founded upon wonderful resources
at it's full measure until the limit
their development be reached. These
propositions cannot be successfully con
troverted. What do we learn from them?
] ust this. The resources of Great Falls
are only IN the infancy of their develop
nent. Through the enterprise Of a few
men and the liberal application Of print
RS ink her u are becoming
Known to the world and AS they are
snown and appreciated they will receive
he attention of capital. When that is
earnestly directed toward the city
he rest will follow.
But these things are not brought
bout in a year or two. Time and pa
fence and an earnest presentation OF the
are the factors which
will make Great Falls one of the largest,
{ not the largest, city in the northwest.
L POSSESSES the elements Of success; it
S endowed with the attributes Of great
ness. But not until the smoke Of great
'eduction and refining and metal manu-
icturing establishments curl upward in
/, score or more Of places upon the banks
IF the river; not until the scream of
Whistles. the whirr of wheels, and the
Of machinery are heard for
miles below the city; not until the prod
lcts of its mills and factories and great
'eduction plants keep busy the half
iOzcn or more railroads which will run
n and out of Great Falls will the de-
'elopmcnt of its resources be under way
nd it's full stature be approximately
measured. the tendency Of capital is
oward such places. 1t is slowly but
urely moving in the direction Of Great
falls.