St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-23
HON. II. l.. SCHURMEIERsS TALK ON
'TMMIGRATION AND CAPI-
TALL"
Ex-GOv. TOOLE's ABLE TALK.
Addresses by Jerry Collins, II. e.
Collins and Dozen
Others.

2enS from all sections or the state,
while number of the residents of 9TH
er Northwestern states were also in at
tendance. Many valuable papers were
read at the convention, of which the
G o b e gives extracts from a few and
regrets that it has not the space to
print all in full:
S. M. Emery, superintendent of the
Montana state experimental station,
Bozeman, read a paper on "Agricul-
tural Resources and Character of I'M
migration Desirable" in. which he said:
The averages of the last three years from
Gallatin valley irragated farms are as follows:
Spring Wheat-1S93 S213; 1894, S51A; 1895,
3312; average, 1873.
Winter Wheat-1Ss3, Ss 1894, Al Sc; 1895, SO;
average, S7.9
oats-1Sss, "a s-5; 1894, 81 1-S; 1895, 5S 1-s;
average, 5S.01.
Barley-1S93, A 1-3; 1894 so 1-6; 1896 As 1-9;
| average, 46.5.
Potatoes-1S9S, 263 SO; 1894, 2S1a4; 1895, III;
average, 222.2
Ghe amount classified by the government sta
tistics as arabic land) depend solely upon irri-
cation for crop production. Within ten days
1 have been told by a reputable farmer of
Cascade county, who has his books to prove
| his statements. that his revenues from crops
grown on less than 200 acres, in the past five
| years, amounted to S14 231. 49, the returns from
the crop of '95 being $4,19229
7. L. Schurmeier, of the Northwest
western immigration Association, in
his address on THE Movement Of I'M
migration and Capital" said:
1t is "a well established fact that immigra-
tlon, as rule, usually moves, practically on
lines in the same latitude where it originates
ana as the Northern temperate latitudes are
favored with the most healthful and nvigorat-
ing climate, and offer the richest natural re-
sources for development, it is in those regions
that the highest civilization, the greatest en-
,1o4s
ana the largest number of inhabitants are
found. From the immense aggregation of
people in the temperate zone, there has BEEN
as there is at present, a steady flow of set
tiers from the East to the West VARYING in
number, according the existing conditions
are favorable or unfavorable to the move
ment In progress at the time.
Your convention is opportune to organize
system OF vigorous efforts in each county to
provide ways and means to take advantage of
the present favorable conditions for adding to
the population of every district in the state
Inc present population of Montana is less
than two inhabitants to the square mile II
possesses natural resources that will justify
an early Increase of the number tenfold and
still be sparsely occupied What has already
been accomplished in the DEVELOPMENT of its
mining numbering, stock raising and farming
INDUSTRIES, by comparatively few people
bears practical evidence of the great product
i've capabilities of the state and strongly en-
phasizes what may be achieved in future years
Dy an increase OF population to further deyeloD
lts vast natural elements Of wealth.
Il. ID. Edgerton spoke on Mining
From a Business Standpoint"
The respective towns of Butte as a. producer
oI ore ana Anaconda, as a point for it's re-
uuctlon, are phenomenal and have not their
equal in the world.
Butte employs, in all kinds of labor. about
!0.OO0 men, of whom over 1000 are EMPLOYED
in the industry of mining and receive from
O0o per month. rO'
The Significance of these figures will be bet
yer Understood, when we say that the total
number of men employed, in all kinds of labor
Throughout the entire state according to the
return OF various county assessors aggregate
81, O0O. 1t may be safely estimated that over
So,UUo OF these laborers are directly or indi-
rectly employed in work connected with the
mining and reduction of ores.
Again referring to the Butte mining dis
t trict' II Is estimated that during the past if-
teen years there has been produced there an
aggregate of $225, SOS, 600 each year showing
an increase over its predecessors.
Inc copper production of Montana, which
is practically located at Butte represented
during the past year over 81 per cent of the
output Of the United States, and over one
Quarter Srb OF the production of the entire world
ihese are startling figures, and when taken
in connection with the fact that they in
no sense represent bonanza operations but
are increasing from year to wear thev teach
us an important lesson
hardy less instructive is contemplation
OF the entire mineral output of the state
we submit the following figures repre-
ANi INC SldIc VI MOH-
tana Tor the year 1895, showing a total in
rO9na d NUMBERS Jn0 ssn Soc of $50 as follows
992.19. F--'0'O'
Copper, POI Os3: 1872, 900 pounds. s21 ia 9.1s.
Lead, 24,139 600 pounds, $754 359. 49,
Value of total production s29 0S3 PSI IL
These figures show but slight reduction in
SILVER s., since 1892 an increase of SO 13 per cent
IN gold since 1884, and increase in the
grand total OF between nine and ten mill
ions 1894.
On account of the feeling that has ex-
listed in the East for many years. regarding
the unsafeness of this line of business and
ITS extra hazards, many people have been
dlsincllned to accept these figures.
Ex-Gov. j. K. Toole, in his address
on 'The Precious and Semi Precious
Metals of Montana" said:
I have not the power 70 turn drv details
into living reality; if had l think l could
demonstrate that here in Montana locked in
tne embrace Of these mountains, is gold
enough to pay the debts of the world silver
enough Tor bullion or ballast and copper and
iead enough to supply every demand.
pre-, DrIet summary of our mineral resources
commissioner of the bureau of agricuIture
labor and industry, compiled from reliable
data, shows the output of precious and semi
precious metals of Montana for 1895 to be as
follows: " "'
Metal. Pounds Value.
copper .......... 49,. zoe, 900 900 $21, 800 600
S SILVER ...'....... .... 15,O00 600 10, 400, 900
SIoiu '..'....... ........ 20SOOO 4, 300. 900
A-eau '..'''...''.. $500. 2o,OOOO0O $4,000
Total .;........,..... $46,O75, 900
These figures do not excite but only in
terest u.s.. They awaken especial en-
thusiasm in us, doubtless because they are
the result of steady progress of which we
have only been passive witnesses At least
fourteen counties in this state are known
to be lined and fringed with ore deposits of
precious metals, which some day will be
transferred into money that will surpass
the wealth of the ormus and the Ind"
while many OF mountain 70
richer in gold than the tabled Lydian
Pactolus.
How many people know that Montana pro-
duces one-half of the copper product of the
United States. and one-fourth of the entire
product of the world? How many people
know that tie gold silver, copper and lead
productions of Montana from 1862 to 1896 in
elusive, was $599, ,695, ,925, or approximately
$500, 600? And yet these are facts suscept-
ible of proof from reliable data, furnished
by competent men whose personal and Of
hclal characters are sufficient authentica-
tion of their truthfulness. 1t is worthy of
note in this connection that while a con-
siderable per cent of orr sparse population
in those years has been engaged in .a-ming.
stock raising numbering, building and oper-
ating railroads; the great mineral output just
referred to is the work of comparatively few
men, and the product the result of compara-
lively few mines
Hon. T. E. Collins, of Great Falls, in
an exhaustive paper on THE Coal and
Iron Ores of Montana" said
The coke making industry of Montana while
yet in its infancy, has been developed sufi-
GENTLY to demonstrate beyond doubt that
large areas of her coal measures will make
excellent and indeed, a superior ssality of
coke. The plants now in successful operation
near the city of Livingston, and near the city
OF Great Falls, attest this fact. The quantity
ana quality of coke, now being manufactured
at these points, indicate that at no distant day