The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-15
ONE JOB EXPOSED.

One of the interesting points in rela
ton to Anaconda's candidacy for the
capital. that Judge lCulen directed the
attention OF his audience to at the recent
Helena meeting in this city, was that
the Anaconda Mining company owned
. strip of land above and below the city
of Anaconda and including the town
site. thirteen miles long and from
half mile TO a mile and half wide, the
latter being the width of the townsite.
1t also owns more thsn half Of the lots
in the townste and IN no instance has
II parted with any considerable tract Of
land in the city, 1t sales being OF build
ing or residence lots only. The milk ~
this cocodnut seems 10 very easy Of eX-
traction. The people Will vote next
month to locate the capital ~ the city
of Helena or IL the cry If Anaconda.
Should the latter be- the choice, the site
for the capital building must Of neces-
sity he purchased of the Anaconda Min
ing company or more likely of the Roth
schilds, the great .EufoPeans- money
kings as it appears to be a well estab'
Iished fact that if the Anaconda com
pany succeeds in the capital tight, sale
npf all its properties. now pending will
be effected. The result will be that the
state Of Montana will be forced to buy
its capitol site from these foreign sharks
and pay their price. There can be no
competition for nobody in Anaconda
outside Of the Anaconda company owns
enough land to put capitol on. If this
big scheme was not in the Background,
why is it that the Anaconda company
with its capital stock of 10000 900 and
untold wealth back Of this. mas not Of
fered to donate to the state site for Its
building: 1t would be quite an argu
ment in favor Of Anaconda with some
people. but they have carefully avoided
any such offer. Ihe great magic Ian
tern show that Anaconda has on the
road. doesn't even show proposed site
for the capital. No indeed. They are
keeping this part of the program in the
background and there they intend it
shsll stay until the question is settled,
wher. if the capital goes to Anaconda
the trap will be sprung, and the tax
payers of the state will awake to a rea
lization Of the fact that they have been
as effectually buncoed as any hayseed.
But what about Helena. someone will
ask. Isn't the same snap liable to be
worked there? NoFor the reason that Hell
ena real estate is owned, as it is in every
other city in the state except Anaconda
and perhaps Great Falls, by the people
There are probably fifty desirable sites
for the capital in Helena belonging to as
many different people or interests and
should the capital remain there the com
petition would be so sharp that the state
would get the site at reasonable fig
ure if indeed it was not donated, as was
the site Of Fort Harrison. Ii stands to
reason that if the Anaconda company
did not have this job all bottled up for
future use that it would have said SO
long ago, give US the capital and the
site shall not cost you cent" Every
other feature OF its campaign is prodi
gal, even wasteful liberality. The Stand
ard newspaper is sent free to everybody
that wants it; whisky and cigars are as
free as the air we breathe; every Ana
conda worker has money sticking out Of
every pocket to caiole and win support
for the snelter town. but not a word is
aid about donating an acre Of ground
or a few town lots which according to the
Anaconda companys assessment return