The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

butter for to-day. 1t is a scramble for
the present. 1t is a continual, ever-in-
ereasing storm, in which the cry of an
individual or faction is faint and
! quickly forgotten. The force of events,
the pressure of magnitude and the ire
mendous influence of the great specta-
Gle which progress has constructed on
this island, drive the hurrying throng
onward, onward, onward, without time
Tor a halt until the end is reached.
occasionally there is a spasmodic up
heaval, sudden explosion of pent-up
feeling, frantic protest, momentary
roar of rage from the maeistrom, and
then all evidence Of individuality is
lost and the seemingly helpless tide
hoWs on toward the destiny ordained
by Fate.
This does not mean that New York
will not play it's part in the great ;1u-
manitarian movements which are to
better the condition of the people. Not
at ALL 1t means that to make an i'm
preston or mark a step higher on the
road which leads upward, requires in
flnitely more effort in New York than
in the rural districts or the smaller
cities of the nation.
The interest in copper continues. An
aconda shares, which have been selling
at fabulous prices. are still the magnet
II.
Around the boom in the famous prop
critics, cluster number of little booms,
through which cunning manipulators
hope to reap a bountiful harvest of
dollars
Out of it all comes Increased fame
for the treasure state. The solid prop
critics are those located in Montana
Mines may come and booms may bios
som and decay, but the solidity of :he
MISUNDERSTANDING properties Of Mon
tana remains mistaken.
Speaking about Montana, it holds its
own everywhere. it's representatives
sharing in the victories, financial and
industrial, on the turf and in the
pace for the world, Montana horses are
winning new laurels, and a boy of H.
whom the lads in the New York school
salute as Montana" returned from
his first public debate last week bear
ing the trophies of complete and I'M
questioned victory. On the question Of
an alliance with England he was given
the negative, and no matter what the
rest of the country may have to say
on the question he seems to have set
tied it in favor of American independ-
ence, at least so far as his public school
is concerned. And that means that in
the only real world-the world that Is
all in all to him and his fellow gladia-
tors Of the dmpled age--the problem
has been solved, the diplomatic cores
pondence ended and the books closed.
The most important enactment of the
New York legislature this year. aye,
the most important for many years, is
that which provides for the taxation of
franchises. No sooner had the bill be-
come a law than the stocks of traction
companies dropped and the owners of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit shares expert
enced temporary panic. 1t is esti-
mated that the new law will add num-
dreds of millions of dollars to the tax
able wealth of New York city and that
the reform will aid materially in light
enfng the burden upon the owners of
real estate. What is of more import
ance, the idea is popular with the peo-
pie of the country at large, and other
states may be expected to fall into line.
Should the example of the Empire state
be emulated throughout the nation, the
additional amount upon which wealth
will be compelled to pay taxes will
reach into the billions.
JOHN M. QUINN.