Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-03
AN INFAMOUS PR0rosTrloS.

AN INFAMOUS PRorosrrioS.
Senator Alcorn Of Mississippi. IL ann'
ious 10 Be distinguished. He desires TO
b, known - Q statesman. SO no is
one Of the period. Yesterday hs moved
an amendment 70 The sundry civil sP-
preparation bill. providing that ''sil cor
porssions working mines OF gold or
silver unpstsntsd, on the public do
main, producing over $1,000 900 yearly.
shall pay . tar Of Ave Per cent. on their
net sarnines." The infamous old IDIOT!
A we'll might Senator Jones sugasst
tha. every cotton planter among the L.
goons Of Mississippi. ahould pay . ta1
Of Ave Per osnt. on the net proceeds Of
his crop. Az we'll might any Senator
nusssst that every corporation engaged
In mining iron. lead or copper. be com-
pslled 70 pay . tai upon the net pro-
eseds Of THAR work. Iron, lead. copper
and cotton companies are pro-
tsoted BY tariff; but We. who
carry on the costlisst mining
enterprises in the world: our industry,
which has done moro to keep from dis
honor the credit Of the nation than all
Others combined; our mines. whose
product saSh yssr 10 TO that Of Missis-
sippi - 10 . giant 70 agnat. are 70 Be
taxed vhils other industries must b
"protscted r. Bah This Alcom. IL
we remember rightly. was n Of Su-
tre's champions. Tho provision he pro-
posed 10 In full sympathy with every ef.
fort that ignorance combined with fraud
has made 10 saddle upon MS burdens too
g~rievous 70 b borns. And u We are not
much mistaken. this very proposition OF
lfississippi's carpst-basging Senator
originated In the thieving brain OF our
obby-Msmber-at-Large. Tax produe-
ing mines and make them take out pat
sntsi Extend the limits OF the Com
stock lode southwark and northward TO
an indefinite distance. and then make
sutro's rights ~ apply' These are
tho beautiful projects Of that friend Of
the honest miner. the Hon. Adolphus
Phantasmagorium Sutro. who is TO-
day before . high ofncia Of the
Government in further prosecution
Of his thisvery. Mr.. Noorn's prop
osition was eontsmptuously reject
Cd by the Senate. thanks 70 the COM
NON ssnss explanation Of Senator Thur
man. Who remarked "that every ounce
Of gold and silver VA the product Of
labor. and 10 would be Just a. fair to
tsx wheat and corn" OF N IL Ia
20. Mining 10 ~ legitimate . business
N farming. II not always 80 sure in its
results, Il 10 often far moro remuner-
alive. Tho gold and silver taken from
the Comstock Lode, cost labor. ma
teriAl. energy and skill. They are the
products Of these just v much as is a
good crop the product Of intelligent and
~successfui labor. And this product
IL Of moro value to the world
than others. solely from the fact
that IL 10 both scarce and necessary.
Almost every country can raise food.
Many countries produce cotton. Iron
mines arc frequent. Lead may DO
found in various sections in almost un-
limited Quantities. But gold and silver
mines arc not common 70 all countries.
There are to-day but few producing
largely. These have been developed at
an expense which would staeser the
slow coaches who raise corn in Indiana
or cotton in Mississippi. Every ounce
OF gold or silver taken from our mines
IL the fruit Of q combination OF large
capital and dangerous labor. Mining Ii
an industry. II should b protected in
stead Of burdened with unjust taxes,
royalties. or Sutro with his Phantnms-
gorium.