Arizona citizen., 1880-02-21
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The Mining and Scientific Press gives us a lesson n philanthropy thus
 There Is not a mining district in the world but bears irrefulable evider ce
 of the false representations of this class of schemlng men. The result
 has been that others who would oper. ate in mines and bring intelligence and capital to aid in their develop- ment, are restrained from doing so bv the walls of the losers. As far ad. vsnced as mining is at the present day, 1t would be still further on the way of successful operation were il not Tor the result Of the frauds that have been perpeirated by these schem. CTS, who have placed lights where they would allure their victims to ruin.
 It IS the duty of the press to take q bold and firm stand against these art ful and dishonest manipulators. Wber- ever fraud Is instituted it should be promptly exposed. If the papers in the locality of these mining claims that are so falsely Overrated would at once decry the intended wrong tn V would ultimately reap the benefit of such a course. A few such errors. if allowed to culminate, would ar last ruin the reputation and retard the progress of really good mining camps. They would keep capital away and would dishearten and discourage men of enterprise and ability from invest ing there. If tf " were checked in their incipiency md put down by just exposure, the ( eyil they would have produced would be averted. 4 condi- ton Of prosperity and success would exist where else ruin and failure would ensue. In the dissemination of the truth, the local journal would have strengthened its own foundation; whiIeI in abstaining from telling it, or in aid. ing Tn the fraud, it would certainly be weakening and undermining it. For a temporary gain it would establish permanent evil. The journals in min. ing camps, particularly. should be IikeI the beacOns on the coast, warnipCs off the dangers to which the yenturesOme are liable.
 Now, the Press must know that the " local journal" does not keep a staff of experts whom it can send around the country for hundreds of miles as detectives to spy out the merits or de merits of every mining claim. Neither would it be an altogether safe thing to speak out just what one or two men's opinions on particular property |, might be, and we are very sure thatj, the average editorial mind could not be risked in the matter.
 And more than this, the represent. ations complained of are not made here, and they are not usually made 1 anywhere where the public hears i them. True, once in a while there is B bold schemer who puts on his brazen lace and lies in public print; but the i bulk of the false representations, as also a he bulk of the true ones. are made in i he confidence of private rooms in the 'ager ear of the victim who drinks hem in and keeps as close as a grave. V ard until he has his controlling in ]. crest safe. It is usually only after he representations are made and the st windle is discovered by the squeals of s' he victim that the public knows any hing about VI hat is going on.
 But why should the local journal 9 e censor of the mine market any u lore than of the flour market, or the tt oot and shoe market, or the cloth n larket? Why should it go pOkirg its g, ose into every hole m the ground and lsk a wrong guess as to every mine Tn 'c he country? Purchasers of mines al hould exercise as much sense as pur. to hasers of wagons Let the coun- ,,, y take care of itself; it will do it "' very time in spite of misrepresenta- cC ons and swindles. The true way for th le local journal" '" to treat the min IT lg business is the Gradgrind wav-to ,.. i've facts, and let differences take care '" themselves. No paper can do more. g nd be true 10 itself Every mine can tr seen ard felt and tried, and the buy ii, should stand stifily upon his legs b, nd shoulder his own responsibilities "' aveat cmptOr. W
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