The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-09
The G q FOR SILVER.

The FIGHT FOR SILVER.
In speaking of the pamphlet con-
tanning the proceedings ofthe Nevada
Convention, recently issued,
the New York Financial and Mining
Record says: sour friends in Nevada,
however, should understand that
more powerful influences will be
brought to bear to sway Congress at
it's next session to suspend the fur
ther coinage of standard dollars than
has yet been encountered influences
backed by the whole weight of the
Executive Department Of the Gov
eminent thrown into the balance
almost as arrogantly as was the heavy
sword of Brennus when at that early
day gold as at present was the ques-
tion-and the cry Of "a victis was
first heard. It behooves the West to
rally their whole strength and all
their resources for the coming con-
test and for such an exhibition OF
their real inherent power and the
r1ghtful influence which belongs to
the industrial interests of the wide
West, that it will come to be clearly
seen and known for all time that
when such q struggle is provokedeit
is not the West that is to be van
quished, nor the transient interests
Of a petty eo:erie Of narrow-minded
Eastern Money Bags which r to
continue to prevail as has been so
common in the financial legislation
of the country since 1892" This is
a subject to which the MINER has
frequently called attention. Those
who we're in Washington last winter
and saw the lobby then at work in
the gold interests feel the full force
of the argument of the Record.
Silver has implacable enemies. They
are men who are lighting for lucre.
They realize that the demonetiza-
ton of silver will appreciate the
value of gold and all securities. 1t
is q scheme to enrich the wealthy
and impoverish the poor. 10 the
mining regions of the West 1t will
mean disaster. To the poor people
of the East it will mean lower
wages. All prices will be depressed
save those of gold and investments.
Concerted action on the part
of the silver men alone can save
their interest from disaster. Shall
Montana join with it's sister Terri
tories and with Colorado in this
work.
The New York Engineer ng an
Mining Journal, under date of May
1st, has the following quotations on
the copper market:
Our home copper market is very firm and 40
vancing; to days quotations are for Lake n.35c
bid, 11.5Oc asked; and but small quantities
could be obtained even at this price. Other
brands: Baltimore, 10. 7Os bid, 10.95c asked; Or
ford, 10.75c bid, lie asked. TRANSACTIONS were
Larger during the week than in any one Weeh
| during the past six months. The market Is ad
| yancing, and may possibly go consid .rably
| HIGHER, provided Calumet & Hecla puts its cop
per on the open market here after this month
-l.- a.. oor%-oo ~ with oOncNmorS nQQSQE. Man
ufacturers. under their agreement with the Lake
pool, are to get their copper this month at 800
q pound. For April, the price was 1o.10c
These are. we believe, the lowest prices of LAX
| conner on record, and are not likely to be seer
again for some time. As above noted, they arr
Lie below the present open market price OF tn
same article, and manufacturers are naturally
and for the past three months have been, con
Stunning very largely. Now, even o Inside man
ufacturers are beginning to buy quite extern
sively, anticipating an advance. The Londo1
market is weaker than ever, and Chill Bar
have this afternoon reached e4S, the owe
figure on record. If it be possible for Lake COP
per to be returned even indirectly, from Londol
without canceling the Calumet 4 Hecla contrac
abroad-of which the company is naturall
very sick-we may expect to see prices her
limited to perhaps l2c, unless. indeed, as is quit
possible under the circumstances, there SHOULD
he a considerable advance in Chill Bars.
none of our copper comes back, and Calumet
Hecla sells in the open market, the price ma
20 still higher than 12c. TIL Baltimore Cope
Company Tin liquidation) has sold its entir
stock, nearly 900 600 pounds, to dealers here
fair prices. There is a great scarcity OF furnac
material here; neither matte (6O per cent? no
ore can be had at all. Some 800 or 400 tons 9
Arizona %pig-copper, the expected product
May, were sold at prices leaving no profit
refners at present quotations of elm copper
but it is supposed to have been purchased to fl
existing contracts. The Allouez mine close
down to-day.
The fact should not be lost sight Q
that the registration ordinance, NJ
81, is an illegal act and that it Is foist
ing an onerous and unnecessary obi
CATION upon the people. 1t is calcu
lated to disfranchise honest voter
and gives the City Clerk apower tina
no court would recognize. An un
scrupulous man In that office can nc
only keep honest voters off the regis
ter, but he can fill 1t with tictitiou
names, which he can on the day
election vote with perfect safety an
absolute certainty. The City Clerh
if he has the political sagacity, a
elastic conscience and the nerve, ca
fraudulently perpetuate any party i
power in Butte. No honest either
whatever his politics may be-, wi
desire to see such an ordinance r.
main in force in this city. Let it b
repealed or remodeled so as to Col
form to the law and the abSolut
power now held by the City Clerk 8
distributed as to rest with TWO pei
sons, one of each party.