The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-24

Miscellaneous and In
surance ............. 20 5 Bis. 90
Custom ores ......,.,. 34.250. 40 OF
Total .$464, 432, 434.6 81
making an average expenditure per
year of SAC. 443, 243. 46, per month Of S..
67O,27O.20, or an average expenditure
per day, including Sundays and holi.
days Of 1929, OOo.O1. 1t is to be noted
from the above that practically 30 per
cent Of all the money discussed Il
represented by wages paid to men en-
ployed directly by the company in this
state. The communities Of Butte and
OF Anaconda are practically dependent
upon the operation Of these mines, and
1t may DO said that practically every
dollar Of taxes paid In the city Of
Butte. the greatest portion Of taxes
paid In Anaconda and a large portion
OF the taxes paid In Great Falls and
In other communities in western Mon
tana Is paid by the money that comes
out Of the Butte hill.
More Farm Products Needed
THE communities In which the Ana.
conda company operates constitute q
generous portion Of the states total
population. And they afford some of
u best markets for the products Of
the farm and ranch. When running at
capacity, the properties Of the Ana
conda company employ approximately
10000 persons, whose payroll amounts
to $36,OOO,OOO a year. Assuming that
each employe has but two dependents,
a family Of three, according to avail
able statistics, will consume in meats,
cereals, vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk,
cheese, ETC., at least $50 worth each
month In the year, or a total Of $12,-
100000 per year for the 10000 en-.
ployes. Assuming that half Of this
money was paid for supplies raised
outside the state, we have $6,OO0,O 900
Al the minimum amount annually paid
to Montana ranchmen, s~tockgrowers
and truck farmers by the employees Of
the Anaconda company. This amount
equals one-fourth the gross value Of
Aontana's 1921 wheat crop. With IT.
vast expanse Of rich farming lands,
certainly the state of Montana should
BE- able to provide not 30 per cent, but
an Of these supplies for its own people.
Yet I find that Montana is importing
annually over a million dozen eggs, ana
" NAs"A q llliI pOuIluS VI UUttGIs
Butte alone ships annually over the
Oregon Short Line railroad from Idaho
100000 pounds Of potatoes, 300, QUO
gallons Of cream, 100000 pounds Of
butter, 100000 pounds Of poultry and
10 carloads OF eggs. There is shipped
into and sold in Montana annually
more than a million and. a quarter dol
lars worth Of condensed milk. These
figures should impress any one with
the Importance of the development Of
the farming Industry in M@tana.
What reason can there be, with the
broad expanse Of grazing lands and
with our fertile valleys that produce
forage In quality and quantity not ex-
celled anywhere, for the importation of
milk, cream, butter and condensed milk |
in the state of Montana? Why should
not Montana produce eggs and butter
for expectation? Why, with the high
freight rates from distant markets,
and with higher priced land, should not
Montana have condensed milk factor-
les that would at least supply it's local
needs? Why are the markets of Mon
tana supplied with cheese shipped from
Wisconsin and Minnesota? In every
agricultural show in this country in
the past 10 years the exhibits Of the
Montana farms have demonstrated the
superiority Of u products. What
Montana needs Is more men Of genius, |
foresight and nerve, and more money |
to develop Its resources. Is it not time
for the people Of the state Of Montana
to get together and make the drive for
iA W Development Why should not
the beet cattle If ran"n no slangh.
tered and the beef prepared ana
dressed In this state instead Of ship
ping dressed beef from Chicago and
a Why should the w~oolgrower
or this state be compelled to ship his
wool to Boston to seek a market there
Tor! o can see the products of the
WOODEN mills in Oregon In almost any
store in Montana. Why should there
not De In this state cold storage plants
sufficient to preserve all Of the pro-
ducts OF the farm until the season Of
marketT Too long have we each gone
our own way without a feeling Of in
Jurisprudence and cooperation that Is
necessary to bring about these ends.
Would 1t not be better II w would
put aside our petty jealousies and sec.
tlonal animosities and combine our ef-
forts to h accomplishment Of these
things? To the announcement Of this
program the Anaconda Copper Mining
company Is pledged.
1.-THE growth and development of the
Copper Mining company's
has not been one Of easy ac-
complishment. 1t is the result of con-
finuous hard labor by some Of the
financial and metallurgical
g%eniuses OF the age. The metallurgi-
cal department OF the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company is probably the
most progressive organization Of Its
In the world. and has been main
at the expense of millions of
dollars spent in research and develop
.ent work. In 1882 ore was shipped
from the Butte mines 10 Swansea,
wales, that averaged As per n cop
The first smelling operations In
We're able to operate on IL
per cent copper. The total production
or the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pah9 now runs about three per cent
copper. This illustrates the advances
IN metallurgy which only makes 1t pos
sinle Tor continued operation. The de
Veiopment of the Anaconda Copper
Niihlns company's e~lectrolytic zinc
process has saved the zinc situation.
TINS process, developed by the eX-
per's employed by the Anaconda Cop
per Mihlhg company, we are now il