Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-29
WHY NE FOUND II.

IsSSL SeCa LICK LIS loh4S4o ssh"s -
was a clerk IN She Office of Wells. Fargo
& Co.. San Francisco. who first discov-
cred that trade dollars made at the Car
.,n Mint were unfie, weight. The only
trade dollars made at the Carson Mint
which are NO, perfect in every respect
a1e those which by tire Of acid have been
damaged since being put in circulation.
That would happen, of course, to money
coined at any Mint the same way. Ev-
cry dollar coined a: the Carson Mint
and distributed through the State is a
..irecs loss to Wells. Fargo = Go. Stan
ford i Co. o~u : controlling interest in
Wells, Fargo & Co., and by sort OF
contract aud finance legerdemain they
have fixed things SO that the railroad
will not receive bullion as freight even
az the owners risk. the design being 10
fascs everything through Wells. Fargo
4 Co. s. pf course if no money We're
coined at Carson. the express company
would carry Mi -ne bullion to San Fran
cisco and bring back all the coin neces-
s,ry to carry ON the trade of Nevada
II is becau,. oi this that the clerk in
Wells, Fargo Il Co. > Office in San Fran
cisco vas so vIsiIsnt rs to find a few de-
lCfuNc kEhuC 1ptAaIS aAN 6oSA
blacksned IN ;he Virginia City fire. and
because OF this this saIDe express,
helped by ;hs Eastern express compa-
MES, that SO desperate an attempt has
been made to defeat any appropriation
for the Carsn. Mint at this session OF
Congress.
We find the foregoing in yesterdays
Enterprise. 1t states what the APPEAL
has been limiting at. white waiting ior
superintendent; crawford to obtain per-
mission tn make public the commitment
tons which refer to this subject and
which are now on file in his Office. The
Superintendent is restrained from using
those documents by the terms of a cir
eu!nr letter originating in the Treasury
Department. We hope thst il justice
70 Mr.. Crawford-it having hsen bluntly
stated by the Elliletiis that he and his
subordinates have been stealing by
Wholesale - the. Department: will
a: once give him permission to
make public all the papers indicated.
In the meantime let us quite briefly re-
fer TO some facts: The MINIS of the
lifted States contain within themselves
= plan which is q small mode! of our
relative forms of government-tha OF
the Federal Union and the States. That
is to say, the Superintendent Of the
Hint, although its nominal head, has
no more jurisdiction within the legiti-
mate province of the Assayer S, Coiner's.
Melter and Reiner's and Cashiers de-
pasanents than they have in his. They,
IKE himself. receive their appointments
By the President. keep their own books
snd give bonds 10 ths Government for
she faithful performance 81 their duties.
IL is part Of thei- daily routine that
they watch ons another. Tho AssAyes
tests every grain oi gold and silver thas
comes from the hands OF the Melter and
Eefner; the adjusters weigh every dol
lar, separately. before it IS coined. (they
weigh all the BLANKS" file the heavier
ones to the requisite standard aud con-
denim those which are too light; all the
dollar pieces which pass through the
Coiner's hands are weighed by the Su
snd the Cashier - the
Mint treasnrer-agsin weighs them when
he receives them. 4 further test is this,
namely: That when a lot Of coins are
submitted to the Superintendent by the
Conner. hs. the Superintendent, in pres
ence Of the Assayer, selects, at random,
one Of each denomination to preserve
for the inspection Of the Annual Board
Of Assnyers at Washington. The BaAe-
TN says these trade dollars are two cents
short. That is two dollars on every
twenty dollars on every thou
sand. and so on. At this rate there
must have been a great deal Of profit ac-
aruing to the Superintendent, Assayer.
Meter and Refner. Conner and Cashier,
Also they must be wonderfully gifted in
the arts and powers of keeping their
own scampish secrets. Also there must
have been q square divide, or there
would have been q falling out among
hem, long ago. Also, if Wells, Fargo |
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