Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-24
Mining Industry Wants
No PROTECTING or War

The mining Industry OF America,
foundation stone Of any rearmament
program, has no desire to profiteer on
war, Cornelius F. Kelly, chairman Of
the board Of directors Of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company, told mem
bers of the Mining Association OF
Montana in the closing session Of the
sixth annual convention IN Helena The
unqualified support of the mining In
dustry of the United States can be
pledged, he said.
Mr. Kelly was introduced by T. o.
Hammond, president Of the First Ma
tional Bank OF Helena.
Mr.. Hammond said: I'm these critical
days it is difficult to comprehend eth
er the complacency or the militant at
titude of so many of our people toward
our great men of industry, and to my
mind one Of our greatest potential
dangers lies in the attacks on our in
dustrial freedom.
Our forefathers knew the value OF
freedom in industry and by tradition
American industry should be allowed
to develop and expand under good
honest management, so that employ
ment may be had and honest men per
mitted to achieve high positions by APP
plication of great effort and unim-
peachable integrity. One OF Americas
great industrial leaders is the man I
have been asked to present to you.
He heads a great corporation. It has
been aptly said that were it not for
Anaconda that every day would be
Sunday in western Montana, and I
presume Sunday would come every
other Sunday in eastern Montana AS
Anaconda proSpers so do all Montana
business enterprises. l am told that
the Anaconda has paid out over one
billion dollars in wages alone in Mon
fv, ,fU r1orr rf hi
ures that Is something to ponder over.
The men who manage and direct
this great company are mostly Mon
tana men, and we can be justly proud
of their patriotic actions in politics,
in our civil life and in our social we'll
being. 1t has been my observation and
Is now my firm conviction that they
have been and now are always for
what is good for Montana and against
what is bad and sinister for the good
of this commonwealth have the great
honor to present Mr.. G. F. Kelley. !
The text of the address delivered by
Mr.. Kelly, follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster, members of the
Montana Mines association, guests Ia
dies and gentlemen: wish first to ex-
press my very profound appreciation
at the invitation that was extended
to me and made 1t possible for me to
be here tonight. 1t Is always a great
pleasure to come back to Montana to
nave the opportunity Of meeting old
Montana friends and I am still opti-
mistic enough to hope that 1 am not
too old to make new ones.
II am very much interested in the
Montana Mining association and in
the purpose for which it was organized
and the work it is accomplishing.
think the officers of the association
and the committees that have had
charge of this meeting are to be con-
graduated upon the successful out
come of the endeavors. To one who has
spent his entire life In the mining in
dustry there is something 10 it that is
compelling in its interests, IN its ira
dition and in its progress, and I assure
you that when speak Of mining and
the adventure of mining we have much
more in mind, the small independent
operator who is risking his capital and
his effort, than we have the larger cor
poration with large mining interests.
The reduction of the ores and the fab
rication of products which have be-
come more or less a routine of manu-
facture. It is the smaller miner who
goes out in the hills and takes his
chances in developing q mine that the
mining industry owes most to because