The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-05


VIZ WANT FARMERS
Montana has many so-cal e ! ranches,
horse ranches. sheep ranches, chicken
ranches. milk ranches. These are We'll
and subserve good ends aud meet some
of the wants Of great commemorative
but we need farms and we must have
farms 10 make a great and prosperous
state. We have dreamed that mines
,l3ne, IL r.ch enough and numerous
enough. would make great state. But
III Sc who have watcte the growth ana
progress OF our mining states are begin
ming to see why mines alone can not
make great ard prosperous common
wealth. Some once thought the great
Constock mine would make Virginia
CITY a great and prosperous capital ana
that this and other mines would mako
Nevada a great state. But with all the
millions taken out of these mines Ne
vada has not grown as was expected
The great yield Of her mines has scat
tered its rich men TO other states ana
other lands.
Though admitted to the union at an
early day. q has not become so rlch
and populous as was expected With
out agricultural development and with
ont manufactures and mercantile and
refined populations, there were few at
fractions to keep riches and rich men at
home. Nevada mines built palaces ID
San Francisco, in New York, and sup
ported prncely establishments IN Paris
and Rome. So the money made some
of our mines is invested and spent M
other states and in other countries.
But in legitimate farming the owners
live at home, spend their money at
home. make a home society, and pre-
vent others from sending their money TO
other states for what they eat and
drink. Sheep ranches and horse ranches
help the state, especially il they are
owned at home, and still more If the
owners live on the ranches. Farmers
would raise a surplus Of cattle, horses,
pigs, turkeys, geese. ducks and chick
ems, Just what the miners and town peo-
pie buy-now buy from eastern states,
when they should buy from home farm
ers. Had we a thousand. ten thousand
farmers in Montana, taking their sur
plus butter, poultry and beef 10 the
town markets. the balance Of trade
would soon be in our favor and what we
make in our mines would remain 10 the
owners, who still reside in Montana.
The points which need 10 be made
and understood are these.
FIRST What industries make the in
dividuals in tho state prosperous?
Second. What industries make the
state prosperous?
The mines owned by the men Of ST.
Louis IN those owned by the citizens
Of London make the citizens OF Mis-
souri, aud the citizens Of England rich
and not the citizens Of Montana. IL is
true We have the privilege Of boarding
and living with their workmen and that
is all save the prestige Of having rich
mines IN our state. When the Granite
makes a dividend the money goes into
TIE ST. Louis banks 70 the credit Of the
St. Louis owners The industries
which are owned and carried on by our
own people are those which make ua
what we are and hope 10 be. Mines
owrel in 81. Louis and London do not
help Helena or Montana unless we feed
thor workmeu. The mines our people
own and work make MS rich or poor as
they are productive Or bfrreu
The fact is our mines have not made
all OF our people rich; and tho Prospects
are that they will not do any better ia
future than in tho past. Hence we
must look out Tor the chances 10 make
ourselves comfortable and prosperou.
ard Montana Prsat state By Other
helps 20 the mines. Montana has had Z
surieit Of mines and yet We 30 not fee
very rich, for we have paid too muci
trblte 10 other states Tor bread anc
butter. as heretofore stated When vs.,
learn to raise what We eat and wear W,
may become prosperous and rich PEG
pie.
We have had the few ranches 10
thirty years; yet We pay an We make II
our mines % our eastern farmers an
tailors and shoemakars for what wo ca
must raise our own bread ana butter O
continue tie r butaries OF ether state
dig our gold aud pay il over for wha
We eat and drink and wear
The remedy is obvious. we wan
farms 10 furnish our miners with N
bread and butter they must snl vi
have, and Tor which We are now payin
other states millions every year.
We have an Abundance o. good farm
ing land aud plenty Of water 20 irrigal
IT, What We want is tho rmors an
their families A few ihlusfnl farm
surrounded with farm stock aud chill
rem growing up in love with the iari
It's domestic animals and is wo5k. wou
supply our towns aud our MINIS wi