Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-04
SHERMAN'S MINT TRICKERY.

The San Francisco Stock Report hits the
nail on the head in the following remarks
Secretary Sherman gives az an excuse fol
the limited operations of the Carson Mint,
that it is difficult to procure an amount of sil
yer necessary to run it to its full capacity on
standard dollars, and i'll the East he tells the
people that the reason he cannot com small
yold is for lack of mnting facilities. Sherman
is the champion prevaricator of America. He
cannot get silver in Carson because he has
fixed an arbitrary rate for it's purchase which
is less than the readily obtained market value
of the metal He cannot coin small gold at
Philadelphia because he hasput the mint there
at work on standard dollars, making the eI-
cuse that the law coInpels the coinage of Ger
tain number of standard dollars, and he lacks
minting facilities to comply with that law and
slso coin the gold. The Secretary of the United
States Treasury, who is also u candidate foi
President, is in small business when he Uses
the machinery of his office to render laws un
popular, in Difference to the interests Of a lot
of sharks and mOneyed mnnopolsts who want
to enhance the value of the rich man money,
and deprecate that of the poor.
The Virginia Eaterpf.se publishes the fol
lowing editorial i'll regard to the Carson Mint.
The impression that the Carson Mint has
wholly suspended operations is not quite right
There is merely a temporary suspension ot
coming operations until a sufficient quantity
IF bullion can be purchased 10 justify resump-
ton in that branch of the work. The mint
is fully prepared to purchase all the silver bal
hon offered in lots of 10000 ounces and less
at market rates based upon London quota
tions. Just here the trouble comes in. If We
understand the matter, Secretary Sherman
and the Director of the Mint say to men own
ing silver bullion here, " We will take your
bullion at London rates" and the answer Is,
Give us what it will cost you to lay London
bullion down here and we will make hand
some deduction, for the sake Of having our
home mint kept at work Neither will yield
Bullion owners here sell their bullion where
it will bring the best price. That offered by
the Government is not equal to what can he
obtained elsewhere, and hence work in the
silver coinage department of the mint is tenn |
porarily suspended We are certain that the -,
bullion producers here would make a reason
able concession to have the local mint kept at |
much, and the Director of the Mint is mere |
man of putty in Sherman's hands. 1t is most |
unfortunate, for under the present pro-
yramme the mint of Nevada cannot make a
respectable exhibit, and if the present Suspen-
sion is continued there is danger that the mint
will be permanently closed. We do not know
what efforts, if any, have been made by our
heavy bullion producers; but We do know that
some of them feel that the Secretary of the
Treasury Is not disposed TO treat them fairly,
and Sherman's disposition to deal with parties
beyond the Atlantic has often enough been
Our judgement is, that he would,
if he could find any excuse for such course,
cause all the minis in the Union to be placed
in the same position touching silver coinage,
that the Carson Mint now is. If some
rangement could be made to keep the ONLY
mint in mining region in our country, at
work, it would be great advantage to our
State, and to good many deserving people
who depend upon work i'll the mint for live
lihood. The Carson Mint is at all times pre-
pared to receive and pay in gold coin for any
amounts of gold bullion which may be depos-
ted there. 1t is in short perfect mint, and
Dnly halts in its work because of the scarcity
Of gold and silver to coin.