Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-01
BULLETIN NO. 4S

k(enttNuEO HUN rage OM&A
the Standard OIL Companys? Oh no,
they are only interested in getting
our dollar, not in giving us dol
lars They are interested in selling
us their goods at a profit and thus
make their dollars, and take our
dollars out of the state.
The only way that we in Montana
have of making dollars is in TAX
ling them out of the ground or from
the ground in the form of the var
ious metals and oils and by raising
wheat, cattle, sheep and etc. That's
why we are all happy when cop
per is a good price-that's why
we're all happy and we look for
prosperity when there is a good
wheat crop in sight, and we hope
for a good price for our wheat and
our cattle.
So you see, we here in Montana
are limited in the ways we have Of
making dollars, creating wealth.
in that respect we are unfortunate.
There are many, many beautiful
and costly things that are made
and manufactured outside the State
of Montana that we do not make or
manufacture here, that we would
like to have and that we need, and
for which we have to give our dol
lars so that in buying these things
it keeps US pretty hard up.
Thence 1t behooves us and 1t is
very important for us to keep all |
the dollars that we can at home. |
There are certain ways that we cani
keep a good1y number Of our dollars |
at home and at the same time pur-
chase many useful and beautiful i
things made and manufactured in
the east and elsewhere that we need.
And / think that you will agree /
with me that one way to do that
is to purchase the things that we do
produce and make here dn Montana
instead of sending east or else
where for those things, especially
when the Montana made and pro-
duced product is as good or better
than the imported product, and the
price is the same.
It is a lamentalble fact, but many
of us here in Montana are guilty
Of this practice. We buy imported
products, send our good dollars out
OF the state, that are so badly need
ed here, when we have that same i
product produced night here in Mon '
tana. Z
One of these products is crude oil 6
and gasoline made therefrom We1s
produce and make right here in {
Montana from Montana crude oil
Ind gasoline made therefrom. We
he finest high grade, high Z
,ctane gasoline that is made a
anywhere. This cannot be dis q
,uted. The price is the same as the r
gasoline shipped into this state
rom Wyoming, California and Okla Il
iona and still Notwithstanding this D
act about thirty per cent of the
,asoline sold in our state is shipped G
a here by the Standard Oil Com Il
anys from the states above men G
toned, and the Standard Oil Com u
anys take our dollars that we n
eed so badly here, back to Wyom- q
lg, Oklahoma and California and q
pend 1t there or ship it on back B
} New York and other eastern
.ates. pl
Thus, Montana loses these dol -
rs, loses this wealth, but that's -
ot all by reason Thereof. Montana !.
I wells are standing idle. thou -
Inds of Montana laborers are idle, y
,ouaand unon fhonaarda NJ dol an
RS are lost to Montana in the - -
ay of taxes and Montana indus !.
y of great possibilities is being - :.
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How true therefore the slogan -
hat Montana Makes and Produc-
Mahau Momfaua