The Helena independent., 1893-08-26
Be LOYAL TO MON TANA.
No Time Nor Place Now for a Mar
row Spirit Of Section
alism.
Use Exclusively the Superior Pro-
ducts Of Montana Farms
and Ranges.
Not the Time to Reduce Wages Until the
Cost Of Living Comes Down
Likewise.


Cost Of Living Comes Down
Likewise.
To Tho Independent.
Referring to your interview with Hon. IL.
d. EdRerton. as published in The INDE-
PENDENT Of the 22d inst, and your able edi-
torial In the Same issue upon building Up
tho State" Now, to my mind shat IL the
! ne ring of the sentiment aud ambition
that at this time especially. should find it,
echo In every valley. in every Rulch. upon
every mountain top. In every metropolis
and every hamlet of Montana. There ID
now neither time or place for the narrow
and contracted feeling OF sfctionalism that
would destroy one place and build up an
other. When common calamity cvertnkea
. community IL 10 then they get nearest
each othsr, better understand each othor
and aot for individual and common good
with greater intelligence and for moro per-
mRnent benefit.
Given at this time . universal spirit
throughout Montana to make tho most,
each OF its local opportunities, for the crea-
tion of wealth and tho retention of as much
thereof as is not absolutely demanded from
other states and we may be, IN u few short
yenrs, comic tably settled In land whose
milk we have caused TO flow abundantly
and whose honey We have commanded to be
stored beyond all possible limits OF exhaus-
tion. On the other hand We may pursue
the fool practice, that because our swaddlin2
nj 1oAh Nd ~, - oVko
that therefore our meats. drinks, dominoes,
foors-caps, ETC., must from thence come
also. There is no surer way to convert
every ons OF tho beautiful and fertile Mon
tana landscapes lying between two hills
into veritable valleys Of the shadow Of the
sheriff" than the continued practice Of buy
ing in the other mans market that which
our own affords.
But corn, wine and oil. be they ever 90
plenty will not build mp . state unless We
secure the loyalty of the people to the COM
monwealth. Flour, beef and potatoes. the
tn ee great staples Of livinQ-indiQenous we
might say svery one of them in a superla-
tive degree TO the valleys, bench lands and
ranges of Montana, and yet! the untold
this state for those products and each Of
them. Tho incompatible excellence OF the
sweet nut-like flavor Of pale yellow bread
made from Montana -four over the white
insipidity Of Minnesota and Dakota patent
brands-the nutriment patented out-the
clear. juicy flavor Of cur range fed beef
over the stall fed greatness that we i'm
rolt-good only for whaling crews-the
white mealy potatoes Of our valleys over
the snponifed tubers of the east-exoellent
for cleaning out hogs-are facts unanswer-
able-da,ly testified to by thousands of
loyal Montanians who yet preserve that
bright ruddy palate Of the milk Of age
free from the discolorations OF eonfectioner
or chef.
Asking the further attention Of those
who shall read these lines to Mr.. Edger-
tons interview and your editorial, submit
they are replete with significant facts. II
mighty roast beef 10 the EnRlishmnn's 9
food and accounts for the freedom that
runs in his blood.' what is the matter with
throwing In plentiful supply Of excellent
-four and matchless potatoes with our range
fed beef and infuse universal spirit OF
loyalty into the Montanians blood for the
y oduota Of his state. Boy colt nobody; the
practice had an unholy birth; it was an ex-
pedient-a device to overcome obstacle by
by foroe OF intelligence. by loyalty. Let
the Dakota millers raise hogs with their
four-proving they want to lot the granger
who rnises potatoes with 80 centaa day
labor in his marches. ship his prod6ct 10
the great unwashed crowd of cheap labor
in tho eRst-water enough in 'em-and
while the sun shall shine and the rain shal
beef Of the monopolist packers find colde,
market.
Tho luxuries of life have somehow always
had way of taking care of the mse yes;
the necessities have always required nurs-
ing and tending. The "yellow" luxury ia
rassinR through the special session on ita
own bottom; the white necessity is. we
hope, in the hands of its friends. l have
not seen many people of late to whom Mon
tana is a luxury; to many OF us who have
d'opped anchor here during the last decade
she has become a-necessity-is she in the
hands OF her friends? Has sho friends ia
those who fail to embrace every opportu-
age her p. ons-emphatioally, no! II
the lavish sending of money to other states
for what Montana can and does produce
does not cut off overy possibility of . fu-
ture generation, the story of our prodigal-
ity will sound to them like fable and all
the suffering and privation. and the blood
that has flowed from the life springs OF her
ha dy pioneers. all the hardships endured
by tho merchant hnd mechanic who fol-
lowed his trail; all the plivations of the
brave women who Qraced those pioneer
homes will have been in vain.
While cannot view with any degree OF
pleasure the present state OF our finances
in Montana o. the condition of our mer.
camille or Productive industries. vet l am
sanguine enough to believe that with uni
versal spirit of loyalty to every local inter.
est We inny soon reach the "turn in this
lane;" do, however. look with alarm upon
the p esent attempt on the art of some
employers to reduce the wages of the en-.
ployed without first having considered thai
there II no material reduction in cost OF
living. prosl Gus and psrmanent state
cRnuot come out of diacon tented nnd
migratory people; a mining state 10 moi
looked NJ on as permanent until tho pro-
verbally stampedinR miner has createc
enough substance to AT act the husband
mnn, the mechanic, the merchant and the
banker.
Good farmers and good mechanics are a.
essential TO the state as wealthy banker,
and judicious merchants. country wher.
the farmer and mechanic is poorly pail
can never attract loval and energetic peo.
ple. Az an instance l may be pardoned fol
referring to the mechanics employsd a,
this place. nearly all of whom have 70.
mained here since the close OF busiues,
Inst winter. although this seu son the work,
have been practically idle. they have done
we'll here in the past and their prosperity
has given them faith in their adopted stat,
md its future. The suggestion Is sionif
cant; we'll paid labor 10 contented, learns &
become loyal and 10 satisfied to consum.
the products OF its own ket. Without
this great army OF consumers in who's.
general permancnoy the husbandman mus
have faith crs he sows and renps. Of whe
value to any the bounti nj crops of Mon.
tnna remain. Lot US cultivate the field ol
labor in Injunction with the development