, 1875-02-06
A Mind Wanted There and lie Hea-
SONS Why II Should BE
There
Some statistics Of the Mineral De-
velopment Of the West
An Important Question In Issue i'et"ceh
thc Kansas Pacific and Me
Union Pacific.

DuAu,, Neb, Fob. 2.-IIke Cllcasn hnd St.
rouia Omaha in considerably s'workcd up J" on |
the miut question. In fact, sim il luduglne III
the bupc Of carrying of the psHe 50 ardruti3
hoped for by tho two giants BOON to engage III
tie struggle to secure 1t. was Interested N
reading the proceedings Of the meeting OF c''''
caeo gentlemen faEoJing TIN location 1f
THE MIar
,,ara a. nnb1ished In Tug TRIBUNE Of Jan. %;
but 1 do not 500 TINT tAeir raasons faSorng
the measure arc ~ good as ours. Gov
uross said Chicago already bad tho meana
OF reducing s5,nD0,o00 worth Of ore i'll ono
vear. Mr., Adam Smith said that 1t cost
| ~ Ter q, 1000 to send bullion from chicago 10
psilsde}nhla. and 81 for tho return, which
could be saved by n,int in Chicago i'onee,
| also. Mr. l.. j. Gage said the advantage that
| Caicago possessed Al proper place tor nlnt
vas Aat it Lad works already essabIislea iof 1i4o
smaitlug aud reduction Of the ores, III wlueh tae
| Chairman, {Gor. DroBA) concnrred, anu thought
TINT tho Rocky Mountains were filled with silver
| and gold, which wcro certain to be unehfthed
/ Now. AZ TnE Tnrpuxr is liberal, and willing 10
+! hear nil sides. let tne present the Omaha side
tnke tie positiop, shicll Is not untenabae. that
| tle sniut should be located at the nearest point
to Tue mines wliers the oFo aud bultaon Gail 10
,eluced in the groateat quantity to tho condition
| necessary for coinage. The object Of this Is to
save tho cost OF transportation or Tie
I crude ratoria., which Ia neasy e1-
pcnse to ti,e owner and tho produeer'
Next. the Rocky Mountains produce LUIS n9se-
riai. ana l the cloauout words Of Gov. lsros.,
who in familiar with that region, thoy ate t'1su
with silver sad gold which arc certain 20 Do tin-
eartlled As the sneltng-works ana sne n.i!1s 1a
west of Omaha aso iuade1uats to reduce md
| coin all that il offered, fuzzy opehai mnEl aeeG
an eastern outlet. tho aIo end base Eniioh hens
ccssigned to unails, Chicago. Newark Fitds-
| ty.J. hnx}r0 jNf
trades Of bullion to Philadelphia for coinage.
nov viii, tue nlitjt at Omaha, which 10 Tie neaf-
cat Eastern point to the mites where the tnstetia
bullion Tint zoos to Philadelphia wi1l be coined
here thereby giving tic producer tie benefit OF
QUICK rst.lrns for lis lebor. aul saving the oost
Of transportation for d.stence Of s:ovg hs'es,
vt the rate OF sl4 per $1,000 from oinai!n to
phslnde!psAia sssd return. At Presens, Ch'caso
has oply one smelling works in operation, sud
doce not reduce s5.0U0, 900 year. Denver US
srao!tiug worka reduced last year s2.15o o0a aud
: they arc now eniargi,ls 60 tbelr product vii
amount 70 upwards oi 81 GU, 100 for Tue o,lSung
rear. A. thia ia to be seut to o., ihaas1l,ns pon,
. alone. viii be- upwards Of sgo,t0o. The
yalue q t4e mineral ,az. product .a Al, gss7s- En-
. 096, Reduce as,d cpn this here ins:eaa OF sead-
iug it East and buck ut S1i por si,ooo, and u
| wit snye in transportation 1856, 76o which u
II EH{, ,U}u m1TG tllhn IL GQase W @aaa
: pha sIint for year. Nov suppose We e. mint
y is establiBheda at Cllichgo and thus 4Zbu'ooo IL
;. reduced and coined there With tho rase IL from
. Omaha to Four city ami back as SS per Sl1ea y
n vii, cost tho producer $2574 Ala moro to reduce it
. there thnu it will hUra and rave !its otaiy S3
4 25s, This is shy Omnha should havo siio miut.
:. have endeavnred to get the tonnaso OF the
~ ORE AND BULLION PASSING OMAHA
in 1874, but sueceedei only IN ohtanlug that OF
10 U,ul,. Tho shipments In CARLOADS ny freight gt
j woro upwards Of $500 tons Of 5000 voa
: pounds, from that Territory Tho official stats
i mnonts Of tho express companies show TINT dur
II ing 1873 they received and shipped from Onaha.
= Ii. currency, cal, 94. .a172o which wak Increased
= % per cent in 1871.
). unens Of this mint hero viii dotract from ehita~
20 but TIM will not 10 Bo II we judge from, he1
:: past history. In 1853. With her railroads ra'a-
ring only to tue uo ~ ,aa'ssiEpl chteaso had a.
y merchants wero struggling for thets very e1'
OF iste,lco III tic business world. III 1875. so has
10 upwar.ls OF 4ooouU Inhabitants and merchant
Of princes by the score, whila l1oT railroads hre
A. pnntiug to every corner OF the continent aud
reaching out 10 tho Pacific. Nov, what has
caused an this prosperity The do1elopne''l
~ y, and onrcEiug OF tho West Is it uot 80 Iler
~ this il Huraly another roason why
ia cIrCAno SHOULD LEND Us HER ASSISTANCE
In securing ths mut. As Omahn and tho Tori
h tories will be slways tributary to her, moro q
g less il she will put forth her energies and helf
Us to become financial ccntre. by giving III thtl
h II 1uint; II she will not stand IN tha Wsy of th
pooplo west OF the Missouri by deprlyinE tnetf
D. OF money enough 70 buy Aer wares n1a mAnuiac
ae tuFes hnd II sho VIII eend out ues .lun niul !.
~ Wafetot suo AAinea an tne to.t!sot.7S 81" N
" " imtablo agricultural grazing. raaifoat am
~ Misunderstanding raspltrceB ehe will fool tue in,
~ pctus Immediately End in less than quarter
Vi .o;,tnrv a r,lii;nn in}ahjtenta will walk hs
..aat .l 'e~ ,,a .,i liz .r;.I In i,,ro he.seIf
aHaeta. N*uau w As'u h1!a VA "luu lt1,, ..s t:
re AID ny IN our deYoopfnant, ana tno 1ettu9 pun
as Of Nebraska and tho West wll! tecm with mill
ions of neopley,ao will mako Chicago III her re
~ ~ lxuouA to America What London a 70 tito Word
". wtourv rnwrn
~ III, ~ ~ r7,i,, r.,;e
~ tn1o uo'eppsneti' WIZ y" ~ ~ bn'oa -. -
nd Ka'troaH' Alfeaay one can zee s4 1ne Rotthe y
~. nIat,on al Nahraaa an] tho trans- Mieyour1 co
sed trv Heven ynare aeo whero stood tbs efde
The t,4r1, AMI Ia fnr tE,e aecatnoda
tiou II paasiup truina or tho solitary dug. out
r. | ~ fha popaar ror stand fnnraLfbu cnunky
NJ srAts I'D tow,,a sn,,rnn,led hv M intn}ligr