The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-04
LOCAL CONDITIONS ARE ENCOUR.
AGING.

Have the men of Great Falls who are
making as much ado as they possibly
can over the situation taken the trouble
to think Of the many circumstances that
combine to make the state Of affairs here
much better and more favorable than
those which exist in nearly all parts OF
the country today?
1t is evident from their language and
conduct that many OF them are COM
pletely %stampeded and have no reason
left for cool, sensible consideration. The
surest index to a man in such times is
his attitude toward his newspaper. A
man who thinks that the first thing to
retrench on when times become hard is
his newspaper and his advertising, is a
man to beware of. As a matter OF fact
Great Falls never stood in need of a
good, live newspaper as she does at this
moment. Such a newspaper is to acom-
munity in trouble what the rudder is to
a ship in a storm. Men who have not
the brains TO realize this are not likely
to promote their own or the community's
interests to any great extent. They are
fair-weather citizens, great men when
all goes well, but on their beam-ends the
moment a squall comes or there is the
f~aintest threat of disaster. 1t is men of
different stuff from this who build great
cities and great states.
Local conditions are most encouraging.
In a few days the machinery and wheels
for the Townsite company's great Gus
tom vater power plant. will be on the
ground and in operation. A temporary
arrangement has already been made for
elevating wheat preparatory to starting
the Royal mills, and a railway train load
of wheat will be here from western Da-
kota in a few days. As fast as the crops
come in from Montana firms it will be
bought and cash paid for it. We have a
market for wheat nova tirst-class cash
market. This means an immediate i'm
provcment IL our affairs here. 1t means
a cessation of money exports abroad for
flour. 1t means freight for the railroads
and Montana flour for Montana con-
sumers: it means the keeping at home
Of a large amount of money that now
goes abroad. But above all the starting
of this fine mill and elevator plant will
mark the Inauguration of general manu-
featuring at this place and the starting
of a plant that will be as regular and
constant in its operations as the b. ~ NJ.
copper smelter. The simple fact that
water power in quantities to suit will be
available will lead to the rapid incoming
of other branches of manufacture, and
the result must be in the very near flu
ture that every idle man will be employ
ed. and every interest will be promoted
and benefited.
August is always a comparatively
quiet month, but perhaps this month is
destined to be the most important one
in the history of Great Falls. If a free
silver bill shall pass, as there is good
reason for believing, Great Falls will
receive an impetus this autumn similar
to that given to Chicago by the worlds
fair, differing in degree, and also in the
fact hat ours will be permanent while
that of Chicago is merely transitory.
Stand by your c%olors, men Of Great
Falls, and by the newspaper which
fphts for yOur interests while Won sleeD.
Let no fool make you think you are
economizing when you draw away sup
port from the agency which renders a
forward movement possible. Without
the press you are lost.