Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-17

All accounts available in the state
Friday were necessarily termed in gen
eralities, and the full significance of
the purchase of the brass concern will
not be known until further announce
ment is made by Anaconda officials.
1t is declared, however, that the brass
companys demand is more than equal
to the past normal output of the Ana
condas copper and zinc mines and that.
inevitably, augmented working forces
will be necessary to supply both this
need and the usual metal trade.
No Date Is Fixed
Interest in Great Falls has centered
on the date when the Great Falls re-
duction works will resume and it is
understood that conclusive information
in this regard will be furnished in the
immediate future. Friday evening
rumor gained wide circulation in the
city to the effect that January had
been fixed as the date for resumption
of operations in Great Falls, but com
pany officials assertd that no word to
that effect had been received from New
York.
II have not heard January 2 men
toned as a probable date for resump
ton of work." John Gillie. general man
ager of the mines at Butte for the
Anaconda, told The Tribune over long
distance telephone early in the even,
ing. 1--WE realize the interest that has
been created and / would be only too
happy to confirm the report you have
heard if it were possible, but ! have
heard nothing that could be construed
as suggesting that a date has been
fixed We know that the copper market
has improved and we are hopeful OF
being able to resume at an early date.
but all that can be said now is that no
date has been determined
Whole City Rejoices
The reaction in Great Falls to the
news of the brass company's purchase
was one Of universal rejoicing. For
weeks there has been in the air muir
murings of Forthcoming momentous
events in the copper world and Friday
mornings news was received as fit
ting climax to the attitude of expect
ancy that had been created, although
it had been impossible to nail down a
single thing upon which definite con
clusions could be based.
The news was the topic universally
discussed through the day almost to
the exclusion of everything else and
early in the morning there was move
ment afoot for holiday in the city
People satisfied themselves, though, by
discussing the prosperity that will at
tend assurance of permanency in the
Montana field of copper and zinc.
Almost from the day Of it's incep-
ton, Great Falls has been considered
as destined for an important place
among manufacturing cities and
would say that today's news marks the
beginning of a new epoch in that con-
nection," said Sam Stephenson, presi-
dent Of the First National bank.
An Historic Concern
The American Brass company is an
historic industrial concern of the east
coast. Its first operations were made
possible by men scienced in brass man.
ufacturing who were smuggled from
England to America. England denied
to brass workers the privilege of cross
ing to America in the days when this
country was young, but with those few
who found way to reach America
was founded the concern which the
Anaconda company has purchased. The
American Brass company has four fac
tories, the parent concern being at
Waterbury, Conn. In that factory ap-
proximately 10000 workers are en- |
ployed and the industry gives to the |
city much of its sustenance
Not in news released by Anaconda |
officials, but in forecasts by people |
familiar with the brass industry who |
spoke through trade journals, it has
been said that great factor in the |
sale of the brass company was the fact /
that it had reached the day when its
furnaces should be replaced with cleo
trio furnaces.