The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1894-10-04
MANY REASONS WHY
Belt Times Tells Why 1t Is
for Anaconda.
CANNOT SUPPORT A SCAB TOWN
Helena Has Always Played Cinr1l
Game ON Everything i'm Sight.
What Anaconda Is Doing tor
Cascade County ms Well as
the State of Montana

Cascade County MS Well as
the State OF Montana.
The Belt Valley Times says: In the
first place we are workingmen ourselves
and our support comes from workingmen
Then how can we support city for the
capital that is the foe of organized labor?
1t has been the aim OF Helena for years
ever since they secured the temporary
capital by hook or crook, to down labor
They have discouraged organized labor
unions and encouraged the settlement
of class of people whom the whole
United States have opposed the Chi
nese. The Helena capitalists have the
reputation, and they have won it fairly,
If they never have anything else, making
more prospecters and old timers go broke
than any other people in the west. Let
any OF our readers, and many of them
have, visit the mining camps in Montana
and Nevada and listen to the history of
old prospectors and their connection
with Helena capitalists and he will then
know the reason why the old timers will
never cast vote for Helena. Let US
take it to our own of Belt. What has
Helena done to advance the interests Of
this community? Nothing. On the
contrary, during the late misunderstand-
ing between the Castner Coal company
and the miners the Helena newspapers
published long articles claiming that the
company was taking an unfair advantage
OF the men and that in any event the
mines were only started for capital
boom and that as soon as the capital
contest was decided the mines would
close down and the bubble would burst,
leaving us all Tin. the soup" What is
the natural result of such assertions
made by newspapers which are read by
hundreds Of people who are on the look
out for locations? Wall those people
come here to look over the field? No
And all this because in their selfishness
Helena was willing to destroy the future
Of any town if thereby they could secure
few votes for Helena for the capital.
But, thank God, their efforts were un-
availing.
What has Anaconda done for us? Let
us see. The Castner Coal and Coke
company, which is composed, principally,
OF men Of moderate means who reside in
Anaconda, and the superintendent, P. j.
Shields of Belt, was organized last spring
for the purpose Of developing the eesl
land in Belt which had laid idle for
twenty years. (This coal land had been
in the possession of Helena capitalists
for years, but they preferred to let 1t lay
idle to working it,
At the time that the Castner Coal and
Coke company commenced operations
Belt boasted Of one hotel and blacksmith
shop, one general stEe, one saloon, one
livery stable and a few houses scattered
about, and population estimated at
from five to fifty persons. To-day
gaze on the transformation. We have
three townsites, three general stores, five
hotels, three blacksmith shops, two livery
stables. one clothing house, two but
cher shops, besides numerous restaur-
ants, boarding houses, saloons, shoe
maker shops, ETC., and a population
estimated at 800 and steadily increasing.
The company is now employing over
225 men and has monthly pay roll of
over $4,000, which is distributed among
the people OF our growing town and this
pay roll will be doubled as soon as the |
manufacture Of coke is begun and every
resident OF the valley will be benefited. |
ls it any wonder that we, as we'll as every
other voter in the Belt valley, should
support Anaconda for the capital? The
people OF Anaconda have made the great |
coal and coke camp Of Belt what it is
to-day and the least we can do is try and
assist them in their efforts to secure the
capital OF the creates state in the west.
In giving our support to Anaconda we
give to people and town in every way
worthy the support of every working
man and every man dependent on work
lngmen in the state of Montana. There
are many other reasons why we should
vote for Anaconda which we will publish
each week from now until election.
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