The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-20
Attended by Thousands of Working
Men at Columbia Gardens.
WILLIAM SCALLON'S ADDRESS
Is Fine One-Says Interests of His
Company Are Bound Together.
BrotherIy Love Better Than Enmi-
ty--Men of Good Will Are Cordial
ly Greeted.

the Amalgamated Copper company
on the occasion of the barbecue al
Columbia Gardens at Butte on Tues
day. President William Scallon said
Friends and fellow citizens: If
the organization of the Amalgamated
company should never result in any
thing more than having brought To-
gether in fraternal meeting the men
of all these companies, from the An
acOnda. from the Boston e Montana
the Butte and the Parrot, its Organi-
cation would have been happy event
in the history Of Butte and Montana.
in place of the differences of the
past. in place of the some time bit
terness of the past. in place of the
discord and estrangement gone by,
we are here assembled as brothers
and friends. irrespective of the COM
panies with which we are concerned:
as men of Butte as citizens of Butte
and of the United States; and as
friends. I am proud to say, also as
men connected with the so-called
Amalgamated Copper company
And is it not better that we should
substitute brotherly love for hatred
and enmity? Why should an Ana
conda man hate a Butte & Boston
man, or a Boston & Montana man
want to fight the boys on the hill?
We are men. wherever we come from.
Whether We We're born under the
Stars and Stripes. Or whether we hail
from Ireland, England, Italy or Fin
land, we are all sons of God.
My friends. | can not look upon
this large meeting of men of diverse
pursuits and avocatons without feel
ing an Overmastering sense Of the
brotherhood Of man. That is the
doctrine in which | believe. | be-
lieve that men We're born brothers,
were made brothers by the Creator,
and that any differences, dissensions
or hates that come between us
should not be And. my friends, in
the names of all of the officers Of all
of the companies, | extend to YOU
today most cordial greeting. We
are all glad and proud to meet with
YOU here and see you here in such
great numbers, and my friends,
would like to know where to day on
this green earth where in any cor
ner of the world in any city or coun-
Try. could he turned ont 5000 Of as
sturdy and noble men as those who
face me now.
My friends, cur interests art
bound mp together here: if you don't
prosper here, we cannot prosper, and
if We don't. YOU cannot, either, | am
sorry TO say. This is a day devoted
TO good will to mutual acquaintance,
to cementing and, perhaps. in some
cases, forming friendships which |
hope will be everlasting, and so, up
on day like this, it would hardly be
in keeping With the spirit Of the oc-
casion to deal with controversial sub
jects, but, my friends, | will not re-
frain from saying that | would be
lacking in loyalty to the position
which | represent, if | did not state
to You, after all, after three years of
mountaineering on your part with
the Amalgamatod company, it is not
such hideOuS monster as it was
painted
The Amalgamated company is
made up if $1,000 stockholders, APP
proXimately, men and women like
you, like your families. like our
selves, fclloW-men and women;
but they are all stockholders. they
are all associates and partners with
you in this enterprise to which our
endeayors arc devoted. TO the pros
pcrity and continued prosperity of
these mines economy in the manage
ment is necessary, and protection of
RIGHTS and life and property are ne
cessarE.
III certain plans which have been
formed should succeed. of the Anal
2amatcd company should be declared
an out law, if it should be forced to
go into liquidation, if it should be
forced to go into the hands of a re-
coiyer, and If thoSe mines should be
put up for judicial sale; if a reorgan-
i2ation Of these companies were to
become necessary, it could all be
done in time, and the present stock
holders in the long run would have
lost nothing hut temporarily their in-
cOme-hut meanwhile. gentlemen, it
would be pretty dull in Butte
But We will let that pass for to-
day, because today we are not here
to talk about our troubles, but to
have good time. The badges which
we wear tell YOU for what we stand
We stand for justice and equal rights
to all; We demand our rights and Wo
accord every other man his rights.
1t is nothing to us, it is no object to
us it is of 10 benefit to us that
others shall not prosper, The great
er the prosperity OF our country the
greater the good to all We stand
for that. for Justice and for equal
rights. under the flag of our country.
1--WE welcome all men of good will
We extend our cordial greetings to
the representatives of other compan-
les here, who are. like ourselves. en-
ea"ed in the great work of develop
ing the resources of Butte. | am
b9nnv to see among lis a representa-.
tive of one of the oldest companies
in our camp, the Alice company. in
the nerson of that good and noble
snirited man, CAPTAIN Buzzo. | am
L.