The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-31
FOR HOME INDUSTRIES.
Resolutions Passed by the Farmers
in Convention al Brennan
Last Week
Why the Montana Markets Can
Be Freely Invaded by Out
side Competitors.
A Condition of AnAirs That the AErioui-
tural Sections would Liks to see
Changed IA the Future.

A. Abe farmers convention held at Bozs-
man last week the following resolutions,
| presented BY a committee representing the
leading agricultural counties Of the state.
we're passed. and the secretary was directed
20 furnish them 90 the Trsss for publioa-
/ ton.
Whereas Tho prosperity Of .he state Of
Montana largely depends upon the silver
industry. which has been depressed and
DESTROYED by abe Rold rover, manip ulaied
from Lombard and Wall street; and
Whereas. 1his great industry has inhnr
enced and stimulated the upbuildinR and
I development OF the Rocky mountain states,
| the great Pacific railroads. as we'll ae every
minor industry which together make mp the
vast whole which has made Montana fam
Qua placing Ter IN the front rank as
state producing more wealth than anT
other state in the union Of i've times
greater population. And
Whereas. The wheat industry has grown
and increased under the fostering and
stimulating influence of the silver Indus
try. until one-ffth OF the POPULATION OF
| Montana are directly or indirectly ident-
fed with and dependent upon it, Immense
| capital has been invested in farms i'm
proVemsnts and Appliances large sums OF
money spent IN building mills for the
/ manufacture OF Montana wheat tntO hOur
10 sui ply the consumers Of this state.
/ Aud
I whereas Montana ma ksts have BEEN In.
/ vaded by the rich mill trusts Of North Ds-
/ kota and Minnesota. the people OF the
I states never having lost an opportunity 20
express their contempt and hatred for the
chief industry of this state; and vhoae
| municipal and commercial ORGANIZATIONS In
every city, town and hamlet. have been
willing tools of the gold cover. passed
resolutions, pstitioned, and resorted TO
every known device TO mould public aenti-
msnt against the silver dollar. the money
of the people. for the purpose of inhuenc-
ing the farmers OF the southern and middle
states and leading them to bslieve that the
agricultural dist lets OF The great north
west were IN favor of a gold standard, thus
creating a difference of opinion az 20
the real wants of the west. Their repre-
ssntAtives IN congress were conspicuous Ia
their opposition to silver during the eat
struggle which resulted in the repea Of the
sherman Law. Their votes and influences
we're cast with the gold power. sgsinst ths
reOle.
Thsrefors be IL Resolved. That we. the
/ farmers OF Montana Ia convention assem-
bled. respectfully represent 10 the ccnsum-
ers OF this state:
First.-That the wheat growers OF Mon
tanA must md a home market for their
whost and hour, or the wheat industry
must perish; that Montana is an inland
! hNhNot DaNreu from ANEheN On Auc AtAhHNA1
or Pacific seaboard BY obstacles i'm
possible TO overcome. We are sur
/ rounded on all sides by wheat
1 producing states, penetrated and drained
/ by the great Pacific roads. which are ever
ready and discriminating IN freight Tates
in favor of the mill { usts in Dakota and
/ Minnesots, aud against the wheat industrT
| OF Montana and are flooding this state With
/ four manufactured l 900 miles east OF our
business centsTs. from vhent sold daily IN
I Chicago. Duluth or MINNEAPOLIS, for less
money than the Montana miller pays the
/ producer for his hard wheat, from which
our home mills manufacture an article Of
/ -four equal and even superior to Hour sent
here from Dakota and Minnesota.
The ANALYSIS of hard wheat raised on the
foothills IN GRllatin valley, made by DR..
| lraphagen. professor OF chemistry OF the
agricultural college OF Montana, showing
that our homo wheat contains upwards Of
two per cent more gUtinoua nitTogenOus
than the best Dakota No. l hard wheat
which. when due consideration 10 given the
fact that the Montsna roller mills are all
new, the best that American Ingenuity
cou i'd devise; the high standing of d.. Trap
hagen as q chemist an upright and con-
soisntious man, who would not make bis
analysis public until SIX trials had BEEN
made with the same result. should certainly
be sufficient TO place Montana wheat In the
front rank, as a wheat containing all the
qualities Of excellence necessary TO meet
the wants of the most fastldious home
consumer.
Be IL further resolved that we solsmnly
protest against the practice OF discrimina-
tion by the railroads OF the state against
vegetable products OF the Yellowstone and
Bitter Root valleys. which have in tho past
been barred from the great markets of
MontAns, and those markets supplied with
products from Louisiana, Missouri.
Oregon, UIah, Washington and California.
E IN r. m
and fruits may be especially mentioned CO
q home pro iuct superior in quality 30 any
outside product that finds place In our
markets.
! Resolved frrthe-. That we do not vlsh IL
/ Understood that We ndvocats the policy of
/ boyoottinR our neiRhbors. On the con-
traTy we only desire 80 imrress upon 700
/ the fact that our condition brings us all
under the operation of the great principle
| universally recognized By mankind as just
| that the interests of producer and con-
sumner are one and INSOFAR bic. that chRiity
/ begins at home. and cur first care should
/ be 20 foster. protect and defend home in
dustries and homo institutions.
] Resolved. That the press Of the state be
requested 90 publish these resolutions IN
ful.
live do not raise our own voice in our
I own behalf who Willi Consumers OF Mon
tana, We leave the cass with you. We be-
I lisvs that eveFT interest demands our Gloss
! cooperation. We belong 90 enc great fam
/ fly in which there should be no division.
state pride. dignity. patriotism and the
| prose- walton Of home interests should he
tie watch- word from this time 70. watd.
/ Boy home products. Keep yonr money al
home. and mOnsJ famines will not again
! invade oar state.
We assure you that whatever Y1ur courss
may be, ours will be answering for Mon
taba hrst and last.
A biz raduetion on b.d .p-o.d. and COMFORT