Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-19

possible to make With the rules o.
interstate commerce. The railroads
have been helpful to Great Falls; they
have been helpful in our industry, but
it is largely a question as to what ex'
tent of manufacture can take place II
a place so far away from large markets
as is Great Falls today.
Will Get Rates Adjusted
THE country is growing, but the
large markets commence at st. Paul
and st. Louis and on east. Copper in
it's crude form takes a low rate. Blu
just as o O as it is manufactured II
has greater value and it takes a higher
rate and that high rate must be over
come before manufacturing can be done
on a large scale at the source here. |
have great confidence, however. that
we will be able to get rates established
| that will permit increases in manufac-
turing here.
To-day, in looking over our wire
mill. Mr.. BROKER and Mr.. Coe. men of
the greatest experience in this bust
ness, complimented us very highly.
! Mr.. Brooker, in looking acros the side
of our mill, said to Mr.. Kelley and my
self that these ought to be made into
wire.
You have the chief power he
| said, you have efficient labor, you
have organization, you have everything
here except rates, and just as soon as
rates can be obtained. you can make
wire here for the central markets of
the country and make it better here
than it can be made anywhere else
81 don't want to make any promises
A~l - -.AItksAr that I I1~t fnAI oro
reasonable of fulfiIlment, but / say to
you now. that if we could obtain low
rates that would enable us to compete
with manufacturing plants in the mid
die west today, that the a. c. NJ. would
more than duplicate the business, and
start tomorrow morning. 1t is only a
question Of getting the rates, when
we will want to take that next step.
Brass Essentials Here
Now, so far as copper is concerned.
we feel we are making progress in
producing out here in Montana the two
essential metals going to make up
brass, copper and zinc, produced at its
purest and best; and it is bound to
come in the channels of economic in
dustry; it is bound to come that these
two will be manufactured here on a
scale, perhaps comparatively small at
first, but yer increasing. and shipped
out to the markets.
"Mr. BROKER employs nearly as
many men in their manufacturing plants
as the A. C. NJ. does. Mr.. BROKER
would feel a little timid about turning
guns on Mr.. Brooker. because he is a
pretty good gunner himself. But l
modestly approached him. as a man
of my age should approach a mar of
Mr.. Brokers' age. and | said I would
like to make up TO you and tell you
what nice people We are and what re-
sources We have and what a very de-
union yours and ours could be.
I spent most of my time wooing Mr..
and about six months ago Mr..
consented and a union was
I'm getting Mr.. Brooker. we got not
the biggest. most successful and
organization in the world, but we
got the personnel, the heart of q great
industry. OF course Mr.. BROKER. who
has been in the industry 60 years,
else does. We have brought him into
The organization.
Mr.. Kelley on one side and myself
On the other have labored with him.
talked with him. and placed everything
them. If we can't get them to
agree that our ideas about the develop
ment of the brass industry in this
has some merit, | will have
10 admit it is one Of the greatest falls
Of my life. l can't see that this is
not a great place for manufacturing.
if he can't see that it is his life
Is going to be made miserable as long
rs | am around.
Glad Of Good Crops
Il am glad to come out here in a
rear of good crops. ! am glad to meet
he smiles of the people, and the cheer
hat pervades in this community il
worth a lot. / am glad to come out
lere and to hear about the oil strikes:
hat men are coming up here looking
or oil; that they are seeking oil and
hiding it and almost on the outskirts
# the city. With all this that is going
IN. We are bound to have development
n this state and if development comes
n this state it points directly at Great
Falls. And ] don't think there has
yer been a time since I first became
Interested that | would look to Great
Falls with more confidence than I
tonight.
IL is III years since l SINE here:
! was the year after this hotel was
irst built, aud l am hopeful and con-
dent and pretty well satisfied with the
esult. In 10 years more I will ex-
ect greater results. and | expect in
0 years to come back and consratu-
ite you and visit with you and tell
on that / am just coming back to visit
18th my old friends and the people
nat ] have been interested in all these
ears; that we, too. witness the pros
Gritty. the growth and happiness among
ne people of Great Falls. the like of
hich no other community in this Sec
of the country. in my opinion. can
ok forward to with confidence"
Mr.. BROKER said:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen:
ut is a great pleasure to be with
on this evening and TO have an on
ortunity to express for myself and
ssociates our appreciation of the cor
welcome we have received here and
r%erywhere in your state.
I'VE have now been within your Dor
ers one week. and it has been full of
interest. and has revealed
, us the possibilities of Montana.
hich until this visit were practically
to US. You have a magnifi-
mt empire. full of promise for de-
,lopment in almost any line of activ-
Y. Personally. | had no conception
the OPPORTUNITIES on every hard