The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
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MONTANA is DESTINED TO GROW
Montana has grown some in the last
20 years, but far short of its dues
considering the natural resources of
the state: large forests and extensive
agricultural and grazing lands within
its borders as well as the untold
riches of coal and minerals in the
mountains, this in addition to the I'M
surpassed water facilities for agricul-
ture and electric power makes Mon
tana the ideal site for a great INDUS
TRIAL CENTER.
Much has been said of Montana as
the Playground Of the Nation" be-
cause of it's two National Parks, Vel
lowstone and Glacial, it's fishing and
hunting facilities, it's healthy climate,
second only to Colorado, as we'll as
its fascinating diversity of scenery.
but its greatest possibilities is not as
a National Camp; it's rightful
place as an industrial center is guar
anteed by its natural resources and
the potential wealth stored in the soil,
its mineral deposits, coal, clay lime
and phosphates besides its unrivaled
hydro-electric power outlook, all the
prerequisites to an imposing indus
trial center.
Montana's Colonial Status
Montana ships most of it's minerals
to factories in the east, grain goes
from here to Minneapolis to be
shipped back as flour, live stock goes
to Chicago, Omaha or Missouri to be
shipped back on its returning journey
as processed food, wool goes to Bos-
ton (burs, dirt, grease and al1) to be
there sorted, cleaned and secured and
returned here in the shape of yarn,
woven cloth or finished garmnts.
Same holds good with most of the
things raised here, everything seems
to be but an adjunct to Eastern Capt
tai, that includes railroads, insurance
and others too numerous
to mention. Thus the entire state is
pretty much owned and controlled by
outside interests and used primarily
rs colonial source of raw material
with tendency to stifle statewide
enterprises. Some corporations are
more interested in long rustling-lines
han full-time employment.
An Illuminating Comparison
Twenty-Five years ago there was no
such place at Novosibirsk. Siberia,
ust few hunter and fishermen nuts,
)ut now there is bustling city about
he size of Seattle, Wash, a busy in
lustrial metropolis with one machine
hop alone employing $4,000 workers,
-lmost the entire population of Butte.
This city is located 1,200 miles I'D the
Do river which empties into the Are
lc ocean, its latitude slightly north
II Montana's but, being farther in
and, its summers are hotter and the
winters colders than ours, so much SO
hat in contrast to our or Z feet the
ity water pipes are buried Is feet.
During the Tsar's days Siberia was
ut prison emp. In 1913 its fresh
roops raised the siege of Stalingrad,
urning it into Hitler's biggest disas-
ers and the turning point of the war.
he big transformation was but mat
er of far sighted planning.
Novosibirsk started from scratch in
920 and had but one railroad, while
lontana had many, the river OBJ is
zee from ice about four or five
lonths in the year while the Mis-
ouri is open eight months of the
ear, it has nothing near Montana's
alter power or mineral resources and
y common arithmetic should lag way
ehind the Treasure State, but through
TANNED ECONOMY it's working
lie other way.
COLONIAL STATUS, the underly-
g cause of the present war, with its
I'd product of Master-and-Sla must
; modified or completely re-shuffled
efore there can be any lengthy period
WORLD PEACE.
Montana has within itself the pos
bilities of sustaining, let us say ten
mes its present population and under
PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT,
ere is no reason why it should not
Ike its rightful place as progressive
ate.
The war has proven the falsity of
e PROGRAM OF SCARCITY and
e soundness of the PROGRAM OF
and FULL-TIME-EM-
R. E. ANDERSON
Butte, Mont, June 26, 1914.
,ntlemen.