Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11
THE WEED OF coon WILL,

As a union laboring man I want to con-
graduate the Inter fort Its pO-
sdtion in regard to the proper treatment
for wealthy men coming to Montana 10
invest money. 1t takes very la1ge sums
of money to open and work IoW-graae
copper mines. Such men as myself who
work for a days pay cannot Open these
mines and supply ourselves with work
and wages. SO we have to depend, on 9th
ers. We wish every rich man in the east
would come to Montana and invest his
means here. We care nothing about his
politics SO long as he misses no pay days
and does not deny us our hberhes.-A
Union Miner. lbs III
The Inter Mountain has received nls4ay
letters similar to the above and they all
Endorse the attitude of this paper towards
local and outside capitalists.
Every western state has been mainly
built up by eastern capital. In Montana
for many years the people have sought in
every way ito attract the attention of
eastern moneyed men to the great oppor-
tunities here afforded for profitable in
vestmens. We needed heavy machinery
for mines and expensive plants for the
reduction of their products. Until recent
wears we had but one rich man in the
state and he, though a marvel of energy,
could not handle every mine offered for
sale. Gradually the precious nd0ba
metal shipments by constant advertising
began to attract attention. The Mon
tana newspapers started mining depart
ments to give the mines still wider pub
licity. The Butte board of trade engaged
the writer of this to prepare a pamphlet
on the of Butte of which 1900
copies were issued. Large mineral ex-
hibits were sent to the various national
expositions. Much money was otherwise
expended by the people in an effort to in
Of their money in this direction instead of
sending it all to Colorado and Mexico.
When copper wen up the Montana fled
became more inviting. Hamilton Smith,
representing the Rothschilds, came 70
Butte and the people here were overjoyed
when the greatest capitalists in the
world bought out the Hearst interest in
the Anaconda properties, because that
purchase WIS udlc lOlC1 " ~
These We're made when the
Rockefellers, through their agents. con-
ceived here the most stupendous mining
deal ever recorded in history. They took
in paid a very liberal price for the
property of half a dozen mining COM
panies. The result is history. 1t is the
belief of the Inter Mountain that it.Were
better for Butte to have a score Of mining
companies than four or five, yet on
the other hand, there are certain
advantages -derivable from CONSOLE
dation and in any event the
consolidation was perfected and the
community is face to face with it. The
wise thing to do, therefore, is to make the
best of the situation, to extend to the
newcomers every courtesy and protection
in exactly the same proportion as to theil
lusty rivals The people of Montana cal
afford to play no favorites, to encourage
no animosities, to harbor no feeling OF
a dollar to the state for investment. Par
ticularly is it the duty of every man wht
tolls to insist on fair play to the men whit
} come here to open up the mines in.
cidentally give them employment. Tina
these men are in a copper trust make
no difference. Were it not for the trus
copper might be selling at iii cents 1
:! pound. There would be no high wages a n
short hours then. The copper trust, O
the organization of copper producers, il
a good thing for every nan employed il
the business. and those democratic or
gans which are bowling against the mel
: identified with the movement are the bit
TRADE. L 6