, 1875-01-14

MEAN MEN.-We should judge from
the folio xine rsmsrks of the gIdah,
Avalanche. that there are some meal
men IN Idaho. too:
1T is the misfortune Of many buai'
neas communities to be ahlicted. to {
greater or leas extent. with = Get o.
small. souled vidusls. hunan lsechss
who gorge themselves on the lifs-blood
Of honest Industry. without giving any
thing in return. Silver City haf . few
thank God. very few-of these miser-
" wretches. whose living does not cost
them half as much a. il does . China-
man, Who gather and suck and suck aud
gather until they have amassed enough
money to start pawn shop. or q second
baud clothing store in some city. Put
a dozen of their stingy souls into 6ea'a
bladder and then there would be ample
room in it for all the good they ever do.
or all the benefit they ever are to the
world. t.s-.t
We are led to make the above re-
marks by seeing the town flooded with
handbills printed in San Francisco and
issued from a second hand huxter-shOp
up town. The proprietor Of the dilapi-
dated shebang referred 70. pinches a
halt dollar 80 tightly that he makes the
eagle scream. He gifts his bill heads.
handbills and other job printing done
in San Francisco. because it costs him
less than 1t would to have it done here.
Does he sell bis rattletraps at San Fran
cisco prices2 By no means! We're con-
sumers to send abroad for such articles
as he keeps for sale. the miserly being
would starve to death. He does not
spend cent more IN the county than
be can help. patronizes nobody. unless
compelled to. Such meannesa ouRht
not to be countenanced in any business
community, and were our people to look
at it in the right light. that stingy and
selfish vendor of patent medicines, Sec
ond hand toys. ETC.. would soon have to
hunt other fields and pastures new f"
INCREASE OF CoIN.--Dr. Linderman,
Director of the Mint, has been making
some calculations as to the probable
amount of produ s.ion of gold and silver
during the &C ming year. with view Of
regulating the coinage. The Doctor has
come to the conclusion that the yield of
the precious metals for 1875 will be
enormous From the Comstock lode
alone he estimates the production ct not
less than $40. 600. 600, and he advances
the cpinion that for the next two years
the production will only be limited by
the milling facilities. Moreover. the
retiring capacity of the Pacific Coast is
declared to b. insufficient for treating
the product of the mines for the coming
yea. in consequence Of which part Of
the mixed bullion Of Nevadk will have
to be sent to the Assayer's Office at New
York to be refned. The San Francisco
Banker excellent authority on that
subject says: ave are inclined to think
that DR.. Linderman's estimate Of the
product Of the Comstock is not exag-
gerated."
When jackson vetoed the old United
States Bank "A little over forty years
ago the entire specie in the Union Was
estimated at $50. zoo. 600. and the entire
medium At $500. 600. .OO0.--
Now the annral product Of single lode
il third more than the entire specie in
the country then. and yet it is argued
that a resumption r. of specie payments
would be detrimental to our industrial
and commercial interests! That argu-
ment ia exclusively in the interests Of
the spectators and money>chanyers.
The general interests of productive la
bor were never yet promoted by an in
flated and deprecated currency. Its
tendency is to increase the cost o. living
without corresponding increase Of the
wages of the laborers.