The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-22

a the silver qnsseiso:E TIE Jeornse o'
C,,lisbsnia, Nevada, Utah, 1dahov Wy
ai.ine. Arisouk a1d New HsKtoo. ase9
snlt RI lsvor Sfxbs cofsaee a. - there
s ..p,ne that oppp1sea it'they srs too 1ns'e-
1i6eant to attract the atteuaen Of 'nest
STATE q Territorial cotemporastes. IL
n left. then. to Colombo and Montana
to nourish and protect such viPess IN
their bosoms. The people there ana
here have exhibited good-natured IN
diligence and permitted them to hve'
They reason, and correctly too, that the
silly twaddle ofthese two or three news
pape. about silver cannot harmthem az
home. Many Of them look upon all
discussions upon the silver question,
outside of Congress, a. fiat, stale ana
improbable. But such have overlooked
the fact that the Comments Of antt-etIver
journals published in silver mining
countries, upon the silver question are
quickly heraltled throughout the East,
by mono metallists and made the basic
of fresh and more vigorous attacks upon
silver. The insignificance of the journal
and the low esteem in which 1t is held
at its home cuts no figure In the matter.
The mere f;sct that the journal il pub
lishea in and supported by silver
mining community IL alone taken into
account. They take it for granted that
the paper represents, ut least, q fair por-
ton of tile popular sentiment upon the
silver question or it could not
live. They pick up a Montana
newspaper published in one Of the
foremost mining camps in the West ana
find suc!, words us these. The standard
dollar is Il fraudulent dollar" "shOrt
weight dollar,' useless coin
u ''dishonest dollar 1.-THE peo-
pie will not take them at home
nor will they he taken abroad" and
1.-The silver coinage act should Ike repeal
Ell, ect., cct." We laugh at such rtdtc'''
lous nonsense here, but the friends OF
silver in the East who have arrayetl
themselves against the National hanks
and the I,ondf,o!ders in their demands
hat the silver coinage act he repealed
and silver be deMOnetized and
vino have received aud re-
turned the fire of the enemy
arc dumbfoundcd at this attack in the
rear. They 10 not like the outlook, and
hence Journals like the Mining Rcriew
and Mining Rccord, which have stood in
the breach and received the brtlnt of the
hattie with lnono-metallists, arc swing
ing a gun or two in the direction Of the
Rocky Mountains to fight the foe which
has raised itself up in this most unex'
pected quarter. 1t now 1cvOlves upon
journals published in our silver mining
districts to hold up the hands ri our
friends in the East who are doing vail
ant service for silver miners. They can
not afford to let pass unnoticed the
stilted nlolthings Of ingrates. when
such nlouthings may be used ~ weap-
"ns to cripple or destroy the industry
which is supporting the greater portion
of the population Of Montana. In the
language of the Rcrie~, 1T M.l,ooves
those who have invested time. money
and energy in the development Of min
ing as Legitimate, productive industry,
now to discriminate between their
friends and their foes, and act the part
Of wise men, whose valuable interest.
are threatened with destruction
Miners IF Montana, You should know
vOlr Real Enemy"