The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-20
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
OUTLOOK.

This state produces and exports gold
silver, copper, lead, wool, cattle ant
sheep. Its prosperity depends upon thu
production of these staples, and it's tax
able wealth is found in properties essen
tial to the development and mainten
ance of it's prime industries. The state
possesses great agricultural p~ossibilitie.
under favorable conditions, but in the
absence of these conditions it is largel,
dependent upon outside sources for the
neccssaries of life, home consumption OF
breadstuffs. fresh meats and vegetables
being partially met by home supplies
These disadvantages are being removed
as population increases and lands cult.
waited.
Silver is commanding the lowest fig
ures quoted in the history of the metal;
the copper market is greatly depressed
and wool Is abnormally low. But not
withstanding all this no state in the
union has a brighter outlook than Mon
tana. All of its industries are being pur-
sued with commendablc energy. A
slight faltering may be noticed in the
development Of silver properties, owing
to the extreme low market price of the
metal. but no falling off in outputs is re-
corded. Faith in the possibilities of the
state and in its promises for the future
remains mistaken. Its great natural
wealth and esource are too unmis-
takeablc to permit doubt or discourage
ment to intrude itself.
The year is pregnant with glowing
prospects. Several large enterprises in
course of completion will be in full
operation before midsummer and others
quite as important in their tendencies
will be i~naugurated. The Great North
crn extension will be running the full
length Of the state. A vast country will
be opened up to settlement and an inn
mense Immigration may be reasonably
expected. The tinbered regions of the
t'lathcad section will yield their first
riches and large areas of excellent farm
ing lands will be occupied and cultivated
in that neighborhoOd. each atfording new
fields for capital, labor and enterprise.
The Boston & Montana mammoth
smelling plant at Great Falls will be in
full blast, before the roses bloom, afford
ing employment for large numbers of
men all along the line of works. An
e%lectroiytic plant upon a large scale will
be commenced at this city and be pushed
10 speedy completion. six hundred
thousand dollars having been raised to
secure it's construction. The Great Falls
and Castle railroad will unite the two
points with bands Of steel before the
winter ~soistice, and train loads of the
rich ~carbonates of the latter will daily
roll into this city to be handled and re
duced to a commercial output. Hun
dreds of men will find employment upon
and at either end Of this road. A rail
road from Hamilton, on the Bitter Root,
to Anaconda is also among the new en-
terprises of the year. Large numbers of
men will lind work there.
In view Of all these pres Mt and pros
~gcctive enterprises the outlook for Mon
tana during the year 1892 is extremely
Hatterlng. Mining developments will
continue. An immense lumber field will
be opened: large areas Of agricultural
lands will be occupied and cultivated;
railroad enterprises will he forwarded;
new smelling plants will he employed;
cattle and sheep have passed, thus far,
through the winter with their fall flesh;
the beef and wool output promises to be
large and there is an entire absence of
fatal contagious diseases or epidemics.
The state is particularly favored, and
the prospects for the full f~ruition Of the
hopes of the most sanguine were never
more brilliant than they are in the year
Of our Lord 1892.