Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-08-28
FAIR, THE DEMONETIZER.


laria was closed down because Of the ruinous
discount on silver. During the past year
scores of good mining properties have been
compelled to succumb to the fight made up
on the industries of the West by the gold
ring of New York and Europe aided and
abetted by the Democratic President of the
United States.
Bytracing back the history Of silver de
monetzation to its fountain head, we find
that Senator James G. Fair was the original
arch conspirator who gave the demonetizers
their first ammunition and painted ruin and
financial disaster all over the West.
When the Big Bonanza was struck in Viz
gna City, Fair, against the protest OF his
associates in business, hired Philip Dides-
heimer, mining expert, and that no less
plant tool, Linderman, Director of the
MINIS and the two made an exhaustive re-
port upon the extent of the big bonanza.
The report was instigated by Fair and help
ed him float a gigantic stock scheme. That
report made out and signed by Fairs CO,
conspirators represented so vast a mountain
of wealth that the financial world paused IN
establishment to contemplate the figures.
After reading this report an old Comstock
miner remarked: diets sell out our claims
for in six months silver will be cheaper'n
Tin" The prediction of the miner caused
laugh, but if silver keeps declining it will
in time verify the truth of his jocular utter
ance.
The San Francisco Chronicle published an
exaggerated map of this bonanza silver de-
post and it was copied into the New York
papers. The report reached Germany and
the German Cover ment becoming alarmed
at the prospective cheapness Of silver hast
ened to demonetize its silver coins. lmme
diately the gold ring which includes the
heavy bondholders took advantage of the
situation and all over the world war was
proclaimed against silver. Even the United
States fell victim to the wiles and moneyed
influence of this grasping ring and demon
citing clause was sneaked through Congress.
Now it is claimed that Fair did not forsee
the result of the Didesheimer- Linderman re-
port. Let us see how his subsequent actions
tally with this theory He was careful to
secure the cooperation Of the no less high
Government official than the Director of the
MINIS so that his official endorsement OF the
report would at once attract the atten ton of
the money powers Of the world. 1t was for
some other purpose than selling the stock
for if the mine were of such Unprecedented
richness why should he desire to sell the
stock?
After the success Of his conspiracy he in
vested millions of dol lars IN Government
bonds md now demands, in common with
the big bondholders, that he be paid interest
in gold coin, which advances in value as Sill
yer declines. Has he ever been a friend Of
the silver dollar9 During the days of the
silver output. and when the U. S. Mint was
frequently closed for the want of silver,
James G. Fair shipped day after day tons of
silver within two hundred yards of the U. S.
Mint in this city and soAiH to tie Chinese,
because hegot trife more it. Frequent
ly the Mint was closed for ~onths and few
tons Of Fairs silver would have opened it,
but he continued to ship past the Mint,
referring 10 teal NTH the Chinese than to
see eitisfnS of NevGda PLACED in a position TO
ear. neraed a0ages. Yet to-day this natural
demonetizer of silver poses as a frien of the
laboring classes and representative of the
people of Nevada whose chef industry has
been paralyzed by his nefarious work. Dur.
his term Of Office he has not once lifted his
voice for silver; has made no effort TO reopen
the Mint, and, in fact, is to-day keeping it
closed that more custom may come to his
San Francisco silver refinery. This is the
man who is held up as the champion of the
Democratic party and Representative of the
Silver State of Nevada.-Abbeal
Unnecessary Misery.