, 1869-02-16

Ihey canEot perpetfate an ac- OF injustice
sgainse rs which will not return to
plague the inventors. The city is the
rish'fM ceaarane, II not the actual owner,
Of that properly. Let the cltizens come
10 this meeting and assert their rights
before this bill gces ary farther. Il is
not too l.te to arrest it ii proper steps
are taken to oppose Its passage.
TIE COPPER-sToCK BILL,
MI. Joha.son's official Gays are few in
number, but teey are equsl to thoae Of
the rres7ut Congt ees, and upon him will
dcvolve the duty OF approving or disap.
proving all the ac.s Of the session. There
is now in his hands bill to increase the
prices Of copper and brass. II lakes it
in The ere and in the p,e, in manutac.
tured articles, and even in the form Of
blue yltEioI. It not only increases the
tax, but doubles and trebles II; In some
Instances reaching the extreme case OF
prohibition. So high vas the already
existing tax, that imporla1ious Of copper
had nearly ceased except in the form Of
ceItsln ores from Soush Amertcs. These
ores contain about Is ptr cent Of pure
copper in the form OF carbonases. They
are impor'el by the copper miners of ihs
United STATES for smelling purposes
The Lake Superior copper Is 50 1aesrf1
pure that it requires no smelling; th'
copper OF Maryland, Verm snf, New Jer
Eey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Caliior
ria ard Nevads requires to be smelted
ard fer thi; purpose these carbonate ore
trcm Chill are us1d ss flux. Their
being but very little coppe
imported, except In the form c
these ores, the increase OF the tax is ne
ccsss1ily directed againss the home indu
try and home capital invested IN tt
American mines, which cannot sne
their cooper without the aid Of carbo
atss.
The copper product Of the Unit
States las. year was 25.U00,000 POUNDS,
which the Like Superior district su
pl,ed 100000, Or sTo-shisds OF =
whole. Undtr the existing tarih t.
American miners had othing to DIRE
from foreign copper; on the conlrs1
the American exports Of the article wt
Eoual to our imports. CAll'ornta copp
smcl,ed by the aid Of the Chi''an o.
xas cxported 10 Great Britain, and 81
ctsstuIy competed there Tlth tue "a
lizh smcltsd copper. The AueIi
conner minis were increasing their b
ness annually, but the Lake Superior
tc1ear gsntsa q monopoly. The d,t
.ence between the workings OF the
systems OF copper production Is :
The mi1es producing copper requl
10 be su elted are owned oV those
work them, and who hsve invested
nancy in them When the mir
worth ooe million ct dollars, there
million o{ dollars actuslly invested.
seeueully, years business, yls!dln
teen or twenty per cent profit, is sstisl
~. In TIE Lske Superior region tAer
are owned by companies, For
.310O,00y Of capital invested there IS
10 The amount Of 81 100000 4 Pre-
twenty p1 cent on the acsual capls'
ployed is oply two per ceSt On the
he'd in Boston and New Fork and
V16fu4QG ulk AMI pE1 NNUH 81 A%VS ~
Accc,di1 ely, the Lake Superior c
Compapits went to Washington
under The false presence Of seekin
tectior for the po.r miners, have p
bill tsdDg the ether mines out
way, ana thus sccurirg monol
the copper production ot 1ne
States.
Mr.. Ferry, Of C6nuecticu', thu
the pumter and character of the !
strap,s sgainst this bill, whose wh
dus'ry was 10 be destroyed by it !:
1--WE ssve tetote Us, aaveste q 6 sa!.
penTIfin, ps5Iis, 81 81 Il lid5 % oao: We Esye l:lo1
hul dess otto In1Nd 1sis' -tfts' s,s,n. Ms ntse
os,Ition o. unio Of thf' e 'auIutola ynl1ang e.
We tase the pe1:tion o. MOORE q q 20. e. ~ -,
ssc1e " 4eI,gs s9Tpe' snoiet. m 81 see M,ecssl q
Me,y;ssd: o. rs GoTDwsM e,s '.s s,gx ,e
yeai ,at RMe1surr e, Ms 20 "copper" r. and Brs.s Comp,
1eeutni.'
ali. Mo1tl''' " e'uo"' ..
The bill destroyed tne 1881 enaus =,
resom1nF snapoo1iS
S,a'es. It destroyed ass' ous
in Tie csroo'ate e1es' 'ot mn,s
charged our a2messlc luu1. :,
vented the n,naIs ~ e.pr ~
1.-the onhto 0e9see' =. :,
srpetlor compsn'e7' a.u " ~ =
destructive Of the capl'a' anu
gfged In hil btaAs-m KING essao
Yet, with beautiful CONSISTENCY
fer the bill. ..,
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