The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-11
|I1GTANA IS lL[ RIGHT.
Huaneial Man Compares tho State
aI Win Some Of Our
VI Nsighbors.
II - tf,o More Prosperous While
helene e the Best City In
che Northwest
n rith ths coed wsAthsr buildings Under
C~enatructyon % he Pushed and
Now ODss started.

s.ror the psst three months" said W. II.
Miller. Of Philadelphia, yesterday. Il have
been travelling over the Western and north
waatarn states. In the interest OF persons
Tho are interested in western and north
5vsstssn mortgages. y used TO DO MAJ
Afustsos Of sststss and capitalists would
loan money on western mortgages without
much investigation. but they were deceived
~ ofteu lhat now they are more carefu'
ana ssnd agents out once . year to look
ever ths sections they may desire to loan
noney il. and also to look into she charac-
a 81 ~ security they have already loaned
man. This q my mission. have visited
KansasL Nebraska, North and south Da-
koAa. Idaho. utah. Washinoton and Mon
trna. DESPITE ths quist timer, ! md the
peopls il ali tAsss states fairly prospsrous.
IA ~ outlook for go0d crops wal never
bstter. But o. oil those states Montana
has most fsvorably impressed me. But a
small proportion Of her fasms are mort
gagged, and whore they are IL has been
20 increase ths business, either BY pur.
chasing cattle or sheep. Or seelaimtnR more
land 81 irrigation. ! have spent three weeks
Is ths staSs and have been pretty we'll
Iii over IL, I expected whom ] came
q ana the Depreciation n the price Of
silysr had paralyEsd the state, but ! ind
hnsineas II 6Settsr ali over Montana than in
~ neiehbosing state Of Warrington. do
MOI belieys that silver will 60 below the
nreaant prics. and % Montana has shown
81 oan hold her own with that product be-
lov 90 cents an ounce. I feel that she 10 oil
xicht. This proves TO my mind that Mon
tana Il NOT dependent exclusively upon her
M, induat,y. and that that ID but one of
y nrnher 81 roaoufcss she has. Merchants
~1hronehout Tho state tell me that business
n nuist. They should visit some OF the
nlscee / have IL the last three months and
Shsy would thank God that they are living
In Nontans.
Vicinity" said Nj. Miller. land II has i'm
preeaed me very strongly as . solid, sub
otantial business eentsr, such % could but
result from the conditions general through
ont the state. This was my frst visit.
Whsn ] Jaw the fns buildings on Main
street, the street car services large gas and
electric pisnss, big stocks Ct m~erohsndise
1hs town TO keep these things up. Beyond
Two Or three factories ! found the city had
no manufacturer and ! could not tell what
e va that made = business for the Helena
clearing house Of from $500. 600 TO $1,000
600 weekly. ! went out to East Helena and
/ found there was q big force OF men en-
ploysd there; I visited Marysviile and
found there were several thousand
paaple there. A further investigation has
1onyincsd me that there are In the mining
fcamps Immediately tributary to Helena.
within . radius Of mot 70 exceed twsnty-nve
milo. 1000 or 1900 wBge earnsrs. When !
compare Helena with some Of the towns I
have recently visited, I cannot bat conclude
shat II IL to-day the best town In the north
west. When I say this I mean that II Is on
solid basis, and has within and about II
all the elements of growth and prosperity.
When I get back l shall give . good report
of Montana In general and Helena in par
tieuIaE." &