The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-06

producers, throwing their employees idle,
this wonderful district would have
yielded a considerable increase as COM
pared with the year before. Still pro-
duction of approximately S.. 5000, 900 is a
most extraordinary showing. 1t is about
one million dollars for each 1000 of the
population. In all this great roun1
world there is no such mining district.
Nowhere else is such stupendous wealth
conferred. That the returns are not
larger is our own fault, for under normal
conditions there would not be closed
copper mine in the district, and millions
more of eastern capital would have
sought investment here. Even now, a,
the passions of the people aroused in the
last campaign subside and the threats
of hostile legislation fade into the d's-
lance and labor becomes contented and
prosperous more money is coming In
and new properties are being explored.
There is no reason why, with confidence
and good will restored between labor
and capital and with an increasing GER
tainty of republican victory in the next
legislative election, the output of But"
should not increase steadily for many
years to come, no reason why the grand
army of the sons of toll should not in
crease in strength and numbers. no
reason why the rich men of the east
should not here invest their millions in
exploiting new property, as we'll as in
working the old. All these men ask is
equal protection under the law for theni>
selves and their employees, for justice
in the courts, for the good will of law
abiding people of all classes. Those now
here are doing wonderful work for ,ne
| state, and the state is doing much for
| them. AS shown in these columns
| few days ago, three-fourths of every
| dollar they take from the ground is dis
tributed among the people for wages
and supplies, less than one-fourth going
into dividends or outside expenses.
| Therefore, however terrible in the demo-
cratic mind these men may be in the
east where they figure as trust mag
Mates" they are not getting much the
| ~>N-N
that is as it should be, so long as their
plain rights are conceded. Besides, il
they have more money than they should
have, which the Inter Mountain fully
believes, how may the people force it
into circulation and acquire share OF
it except by extending to them an in
vitation to invest in what we have to sell
and by encouraging them to follow new
investments with exploration and devei-
opment Of the property they buy, thus
making pay-rolls and work for this
masses and stimulating business of all
! kinds?
But it is not on their account that
the Inter Mountain has any concern
They are too rich to require either sym
pathy or assistance. It is the bushes
interests of Montana, the interests o
it's agricultural and working c1asse:
that awaken solicitude at times wher
persistent efforts are made, not only tt
prevent further investment in mining
property, but to drive away the capita
already here. For this reason is thi
newspaper glad to point out the won
. drous production of our developed mine
and the possibilities of the region imme
diately east of those mines towards tn
. main range. II eastern moneyed me-
once learn that they can buy cope
: property here and work it in security
if the capitalists now here are protecte
in their rights, there is no end to tn
: money that will come here for cope
mining. Instead of one company Their
) will be a dozen. Instead of one bi
smelter there will be several. Instea
= of $4,000 people, Butte will have 100000
Instead of a -milhon-doll MONTH
: payroll, we shall have one of twice tn
r size. Labor and capital will dwell j
l harmony together and every workma
e will have cause to bless the day whe
: Butte had a second birth, and put be
+ hind all the distrust and disunion, a
: the suspicion and controversy of forme
e years. Then shall we have big mine
: and regular dividends, steady work wit
' short hours and good pay, Justice fo
t every man whose cause Is just, an
It peace and plenty for all time and a
e people.