The Helena independent., 1894-01-01

Of lts material resources. II VAS expected
that the Chicago. Burlington d Quincy
SsilSosd would rsash the osntss Of the state
before the yeav CLOSED, and that the output
Of silver would sxossd that Of any previous
year. For ok months the promise Of thsss
things held good and thsn came the imam
sial Dsnie sxtsndina fscn. The Atlantic
10 Shs Pacific and from Canada
10 The ssl1 Montana was caught In
ths vhirlwind. and though ths effects
IN this semmonwsslsh were not 10 serious
- in other sections Of The Union. they
ware esdaoisnt 70 cause cessation Of opsS-
stioas By The Burlington ssilSead. and 10
lock mp money 90 tiahs tkat work on many
enterprises. we'll under way. had 10 bs
Temporarily suspended. The followed the
dvop IN tAs price OF silver. the lack Of de-
nand for wool, resulting IN extremely low
prices. the temporary suspension Of several
Of the strongest banks in the state. and for
thirty days II locked 70 some ~ though
thsse Was NO hope for the foturs.
But thsrs were thoussuds Of men In the
state who knew that Montana WAS inhsR-
emily ell right They knew that she pos
ssssed within herself oil the sources Of ma.
tsTial wsalth-minsral. agricultural. paste.
raj; shat she had Thousands upon Thousands
of sorss Of timber land that would furnish
lumber for industsial purposes and fuel fer
domestic use for yeays; they know that this
material wealth had seaxesly been teuohsd
upon in the past and they knew that pos
ssssinR II. % she did 10 greater extsnt than
any other state in the unicn, Montana
would rally quicker than her sister states,
AAA hA all &kA EfNNh IA m
Assy furnos. And the latter end Of the
year 1888 has not only to large sxssnt re-
deemed the promise Of the sssly months. but
II has justified the hopes Of those who saw .
gold lining TO the clouds that hung ovsr
the state In July. August ana Sep
tsmber. The lass ninety days OF 1898
saw the completion OF . branch line
Of railroad that Was carried on through the
financial storm; saw the grading OF nifty
miles Of new rosdbsd in the southern part
Of the state and Of forty miles IN the cen
tral; witnsssed ths securing OF siahs OF
way through the Grow Indian reservation
by the Chicago. Burlington Quincy rail-
road; witnessed the resumption OF work by
many silver mines that had shut down
when the drop in silver FIRST cams; wit
messed the discovery and opening up OF
moro gold mines than during the same Pc
riod in nny year before in the history of the
state. and saw nearly all the banks that
had closed their doors in July open and do
ing business again. During those last
ninety days many enterprises that
had seemed dead Deyono all nope
of resurrection took on now lte
and have been placed on hrmes iounda-
tions than ever before. II had bssn pre-
dictsd that 30 per cent OF tho taxes duo by
the people OF the state would nos be paid.
In the last GO days ths falsity Of this
was proven because the Delinquency for
tho year 1888 was NOS greater tnan IN any
previous yee'' .no ln ia1Re nunoe' VI 'ne
counses was ,es'' .ooo
Looking oacA oVs. 'he ye"' 1880 ANU
taR'nR II as = "no'e' Mon'"naan' 40. nave a"
tle reason Y" .us fA'uet LIMO sss no'
kino 10 tnem. for 10 many 5e"'S 'ne s'a'e
nao gone .lons ~ .ss "1A' '''I,e' p.o-
RfessiVe way' moe''ns "o ocs'ao'es,
ana n.efs"y WIN 'n' "o..o Hnu
sne 'uhnsss .neleoi 1ses
wnl1e so1aeens s'ases snu .s't'o,1e. "eie
s'f,cAen one Se"l " u.ou'ns' o.u 'ne .sAs
oy noouS .. 0y''ols'' 'aa' ~. '' I"u
eos 70 sns s'.ae ~neI. sn'y ooasveu saoy
were sne sspec'o1 "s.u' VI Iio''usnee' anu
thes no an-w,no cou.a eloss 'ns "oan.sAn
oefflef ON 'ne ves' @ Q. ess pas' 'ns oAu
nanos on 'ne sa". ans nc" me"oel Q.
sne slssetnooo was DIV ssucy' pelnaps: anu
9u" mlss poneo up que neeosu .s"e
oasc'pl'n'ne' pslnap.. ene eo' ~ sau ,o-
dsy' 'no'v'aua'. anu ~ s'",o suo sne
oe'set .o' ~. ss nov pua"n"eh' 'ns'
Dtoks ner sp't's OF ln1o.ea nor ~ any way
oos !" was sucn % 'auRns ne1 snA' sne
bus ono OF many, ana wane petnsp' os''o.
eoas 70 caro- ZOE nesssll sn." n"Jo1,'s u
nef sisssfss sae - aepenoe"' UPON tue" ~
snsy axe epon nsE'
Tho bigger and older sisters said they did
mot want any more Of her silver money.
Sister Montana sulked = little while. shut
down her silver mines. turned her miners
adrifs and said: "we don's want your
goods then" But she could not remain
passive very long. She knew. though the
world did not. that besides her mountains
Of silver and copper she had mountains OF
gold. While the world wanted her silver.
she dug II ont of the hills and sold II TO the
nations. When they refused ii she turned
70 her mountains Of gold. and whore there