The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-10
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THINGS MUST Be DONE"
That Il the Motto of Anaconda'e
Board of Trade.
HAVE ISSUED A CIRCULAR
The Call Upon Business Men to Attend
the Meeting Is Sent Out-The
Aims and OBJECTS Set
Out In Full.

lux Iccrutiy appointed cOmm1ttee OF
b Anaconda business men. which was
instructed to prepare a ircular letter
to be mailed to all interested persons,
with a view to inducing them to attend
a meeting on Monday, April Is. has
completed it's work and the circular is
in the hands of the printers. AS soon
as the copies are struck of they will
be mailed to the business men and citi-
zens. and it is expected that the meet
ing will be a rousing n The circular
is complete and explains fully the OBJ
1ects sought to be accomplished by the
meeting. The letter Is headed Ana
conda Agenda," and Is az follows:
Anaconda, Mont, April 6, 1898.
Dear Sir-The undersigned were ap-
pointed a committee by the Business
Mems meeting held at the Montana no.
tel recently to prepare a circular letter
to all persons interested in the
OF Anaconda with a view to inviting
them to meet Monday. April Is, 1898, at
3 O'Clock at the Montana hotel and or
ganize a board of trade that will be a
permanent body whose duty IL shall be
to keep constantly In consideration mat
tiers that would be likely to aid in the
material and business advancement of
Anaconda.
WV A0NC doOptcu LUZ AudCOHud u
motto, 'Agenda' Things must be done.
Our city has reached hat stage that
1t is no longer possible or proper for her
to be passive. Progress must and is
being made, but there are yet many
things to be DONE that can be eff
fected by an organized effort such as a
board Of trade.
as intended to be organized, is to de-
velop the general business interests of
the city, to attract trade to our town
and let business houses rustic for it
as 1t comes, and to invite general manu-
featuring, consuming in their work the
natural and manufactured products of
our neghborhood, thereby giving en-
ployment to many more persons who
would be customers of u merchants.
Anaconda Is the geographical center
of the mining industry of Montana. an
industry that Is as yet in its infancy.
A hundred years may pass and around
Anaconda there will be producing
mines. Cattle will be ranging on the
hills and valleys, and If our interested
citizens but open out roads in every d.
rection, making ways for this trade to
center here, Anaconda will grow with
the growth of the business development
around her.
Anaconda is to-day the second city
of Montana, and she has the natural
position to be, and If we but work earn
estly and intelligently she will be first.
Anaconda should become the distribut-
ing point for Montana. We lead in min
ing and milling machinery and every
thing in that line can now be manufac-
tured in Anaconda. Our merchants are
financially able and carry the stocks
that may supply smaller dealers at the
present time, n as the trade nay de-
mand 1t, such as can easily be in
creased. We are at the terminus of the
two great railroads of the state, and
thus have as good a freight rate as any
other point in the state. Real estate
for business and residential purposes is
reasonable for purchase or rental. Our
location is healthy, our water plentiful
and the very best in quality, and the
site of our city permits of growth with
little cos tfor street opening. 1t rests
then with ourselves by energetic and
t%udicious work to develop these natural
advantages and make our city the first
in the state of Montana.
There are so any articles of general
use that can be manufactured in An
aconda to advantage and with les
sened cost that the statement of them
is unnecessary. but nowhere else can
many articles of copper n its alloy
be so cheaply worked. We have the
copper, and instead of sending ii out
in bulk 1t ought to be sent out ready for
use. To secure such enterprises in our
city would be the work of the board of
trade.
West of Anaconda are unlimited
quantities of low grade base gold ores
which a suitable custom reduction plant
at Anaconda would serve with profit
to the investors n give employment
to hundreds of men. This is also a
matter the board of trade could take
up and show the merits of.
There are many things to be done
that would aid the development of our
city that in the limits of this circular
cannot be stated. but are within the
knowledge or information of individual
citizens. What we want Is to unite this
knowledge and Information in a body
such as the board of trade and get the
united action of that body in the &C.
complishment.
You are requested to attend the
above meeting and unite with us in the
work of the upbuilding of Anaconda.
An answer is requested.
ct. O'LEARY.
.NG EVTZDA VCK