Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
HOME MARKET
IS NEGLECTED
People on the West Side Show Great
Enthusiasm Remaining Counties
Will be Asked to Construct a Hall.
$S,OOO,OO0S SHOULD BE KEPT At HOME

sour own people do not always ap-
preciate the value Of their home market
to themselves said Senator Thomas
II. Carter few days ago, in speak.
ing of the recent visit to western Mon.
tana in the interests of the Montana
state fair. 'The population of the
state is, say, 25O,OOO. If the fruit con.
sumption averages 81 for each person,
which is a conservative estimate, it will
be seen that the market there is worth
$1, 100000 dollars year. Again: The
state is so lily adjusted as yet, one part
10 another, that the people of the Bitter
Root pay freight for the shipment OF
apples east, while those of Miles City
are paying for the shipment of apples
IRON Michigan. The people, you see,
lose the freight both ways. 1t is an
expense that ought to be avoi ded, to
the advantage both of the producer and
the consumer.
"We are sending out of Montana an
average probably of three or four mil
lion dollars year for pork products.
We are probably sending away for
butter and condensed milk half that
sum, so that for fruit, pork, lard, but
ter and milk Montana sends away more
than SIS, OOO,O a year. This is an
inside estimate. And we are shipping
beef to Chicago, while large quantity
is being shipped back again. Assum-
ing that there are 10000 ranchmen in
the state, you will see that we are
sending enough money away to give
each one $3.50 more than he is receiving
at present.
"The people we spoke to concerning
the state fair showed real enthusiasm.
They seemed to be anxious to get to-
'gether the people of the various Sec
tions of the state. There are, for in
stance, in eastern Montana a number
of people who have never been in the
capital of the state, and whose busi-
ness interests are to some extent allied
with cities east of them. The purpose
of the fair will be to unite the interests
of the people of the state.
'Silver Bow county will have a s., $40
building. Lewis and Clarke county
will do as well. 1t is proposed that
Missoula and Flathead and Ravalli
counties shall be asked to contribute
81, 500 for horticultural hall. This
leaves twenty-one counties the task of
putting up an agricultural hall, that
can be built for $4,000 to So, 900. What
is wanted is an organized effort among
the counties to raise this money, which
amounts to a meager sum for each, an
average of perhaps $500 for each county,
Combined, the counties can provide an
e xposition building that will be credit
able to the farming interests of the
state.
'The resources of the fair will en-
able the management to offer $500 to
$780, in premiums. This Offering
will compare favorably with the fair of
any state in the country. I expect to
go with Mr.. NARROW to St. Paul with
view to securing an advantageous ar.
rangement of freight rates for exhibit
ors and likewise entcing excursion
rates for persons who attend.
"The people from Helena who visited
Missoula and other west side counties
were very highly gratited by the cor
dial reception they received. Business
men left their work and DISPLAYED as
much zeal on behalf of the fair as any
of the visitors. Mr.. G. A. Mcleod, Mr..
John II. Toole and Mr.. Bonner of the
Missoula board ofcounty commissioners
volunteered to accompany us to Ham
ilton, where their extended personal ac-
quaintance and business connections
contributed largely to the success met
with at that point. Fortunately people
all realize that efforts to make the fair
a success are based on board. patriotic
state pride. No local antagonism any
where on account of local feeling was
encountered, and the manner in which
the subject was taken up gave the