Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-17
o CORPORATIONS,

i
pendent devotes its entire page this morn
ing to an attempted REPUTATION Of state
ments concerning corporations, made in
the columns of the Inter Mountain. we
dent see that it has demonstrated the
! fallacy of one of them or made a single
point worthy of serious attention. When
, ever the Independent stops asking ques-
tions and makes affirmative statements
is mixes itself up and becomes either
puerile or unintelligible. It invariably
works itself into a rage about nothing.
To the Independent a corporation is like
, a red rag to a bull and as there are sew ;
eral Thousand corporations in Montana
] that papers constant frame of mind is
lmest irritable and unhappy. A few days
ago the Inter Mountain pointed out that
many hundreds of thrifty miners and
mechanics in Butte and vicinity had each
bought a few shares of copper stocks
hoping to profit by the dividends or by an
advance and that it could not be expected
these men would vote against their
own interests by supporting a party
pledged to annihilate the concerns in
which they Were interested as stockhold-
ers. This makes the Independent very
angry and it accuses the Inter Mountain
of being a trust newspaper. That is an
error. The Inter ountai is not a trust
newspaper. 1t is opposed to all trusts
orfra nized 70 nravent conona+ifiop mr. uork
injury to the public interest. The trou-
+ BILE with the Independent is it's ignorance
, of the subjects it discusses. It regards
1 all corporations as public enemies and
$ every rich man as a ghoul. TIL Inter
e Mountain opinion is that IN this state
legitimate corporations should be pro-
: tected in every way, as they give EN-
!, ployment to labor, develop our natural
3 resources and conduct various enter
. prises upon which the growth and pros
5 perity of the state are largely depend
= emf. AS to rich men we think friendly
/ relations should be encouraged between
. them and their employees, that they
( should be encouraged to invest theiu
= lIbllSy hIiu III uAC "
= their Investments by mean of whole.
3 some laws interpreted and administers
by upright courts. 1t is plain that thu
only way for THE poor man ito get some
2 of the money of the rich man is to ex
6 change his services forit on a proper wag,
6 basis. There need be no conflict in Mon
g tana between capital and labor and WI
6 assert that not all the d~emagogues in tht
. state can make cur intelligent working
z men believe themselves victims of op
8 preston or incite them to the use of thu
= torch and axe as proper Weapons to re
dress imaginary grievances. The peopl,
4 of this state for thirty years have beer
L asking eastern capitalists to come her
. and invest in our mines, so that our labo
L could be employed, SO that our farmer
q could be provided with a market, SO tha
L with our increased taxes we might bull,
= schools and colleges and public building
Il us statehood. To a great extent thes
- expectations have been realized, yet tn
L capitalists that come o are entitled I
the same consideration as those VIII
n came before and it is the intention q
ne every ~law-abiding citizen of Montan
on -,
IL thai they h have it regardless Of a
;. questions of politics or business rivalr.
The Helena Independent can abuse thes
men to it's hearts content, but it win NJ
"a nave the Endorsement of the men of Nor
tana who go to make up the respectful