Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

States you win get a comprehensive
idea Of their similar growth and de
relopment. This percentage of in
crease In copper Is small compared to
pig iron, coal. steel. petroleum, alumni.
mum and zine. Do YOU know that dur
Ing the same time the production OF
aluminium increased 3.Oa per cent?
Be a Bull On Copper.
ut Is only In the last 70 years that
the United States began to get under
way induStrialIy and 7 say TO you as
frankly aS | can that the increase In
the production OF copper in the United
SfateS-ln the western Hemisphere
ncSaf cause no one concern shout the
future of that business. provided the
world makes progress. said In a
talk the other night in New York: III
You ARE II bull on anything In this
world, he a bull on copper: II YOU be.
lIeve the world IS going forward, that
civilization Is going 20 develop. then
put your money on copper and stay
there. n I did not believe II as firmly
as ! believe IN anything In this world
| could NOT utter II.
OoppcF q Sounu BUSINESS.
Look NJ the uses 10 which copper
Is devoted. The Identification OF the
world has Just hegun. and electrified
ton lakes 81 per cent Of the copper
produced in the United States. Every
purpose la which copper goes. In the
arts and the Industries. are purposes
that are absolutely Identified with the
progress and civilization ~ mankind
and IL you cannot assume a sound
hasis for a<materlal that enters into
those agencies for the advancement ~
mankind Then my friends. The world
Is IN n soyy state. and | don't know
what Sort OF business o could safely
enter infe. II Is therefore my convic-
tinn- that copper o far rs the world
Is concerned. Is II sound business.
rs II sound business so far ns
Butte Is eaneefned7 have never
made n prediction In my life about
the continuity OF the mines of Butte. I
remember distinctly the forebodlngs of
all the old-time miners here. Unfor-
tunntely they have lived their allotted
lives aud most Of them have gpme ON,
but the copper mines OF Butte are still
producing, and / simply say to you
tonight that the man dOes not live who
can draw n line around the production
OF the Butte hill and say that It will
stop AT this point. | believe that pro-
ductlon will last longer than my energy
and vitality viii last in the endeavor TO
exhaust II.
Our Responsibility.
People OF Butte. we have taken on
n new responsibility. When we linked
these great manufacturing enterprises
In Wisconsin, New York and Connect
cut, up with the destInles Of the Ana
conda company. we linked them up
with the destlnles Of Butte. and Butte,
as the source OF that stream OF wealth
that begins with the ore and ends with
fhe finished product. has assumed n
responsibility responsibility to
see that this community IL made In It's
civic life and In It's Industrial life. a
place where business can prosper
where II can be carried on without In
corruption, and where It's steady pro.
ducilon can be relied upon to satisfy
the wants Of those great mills on the
side OF the country.
"ln that connection. ! wnnt to revert
TO the necessity for this community
and II Is up to every man and woman
In this room becoming n place where
the radical. the anarchist. the revolu.
ZIONIST, the destroyer can find no hope.
NO Place for the Radicals.
There has never been a tine-in
when half the men In this room,
Ii they did but stand up and express
conviction that they hold, could not
the situation here, for this Is
essentially n community OF Iaw-abld.
6od-fearing. outstanding Americans.
think II ought 10 be the duty, II ought
q he the province, II ought to be the
Of every man and woman who
las Witnessed what IL means to have
complete cessation OF industry, who
what IL means to the community
md ia the state, 10 announce M a pub
ic policy In Butte that here the radi
the man who strikes not only nj
.lrganlzed %endeayOr. but MT organized I,
government, Is not desired and that II !
( no safe place for him 10 tarry. When t,
Turing the war our boys were away. .
he scum of the earth polluted the !
treets ~ this city. when II was almost .
impossible 10 keep the industry going. .
when every man who e~ndeavored
do so M.s marked for aftnck If he I,
down the street. defiance was !
Hrled back at the red radical and In.
nstry WAS maintained. -
Must Enforce the Law.
Now my friends let MS never have
situation like that. There
should have been such a sfttfa Z
II never can come again, IL those I.
no are appointed TO enforce the law q
ave the necessary courage 10 20 out ~
the street and say there shall be no i,
W violation. To see TINT you have !.
Iat Kind Of public officials Is your :,
All the organization that we =
~ put u n company, all the eff -
ency that we cndeayOr TO insfill into u
at organization Is absolutely futile IN
there IL not the backing Of a united
Inmunity-one that says that here bl
. law shall be respected, each mans .,
zhts shall be served and each mans :,
yhf4 ahafI no BroQorvad Inst as ~