Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-04-11
An Emphatic Warning.

< C5u no longer he disguised that a ] great danger mtnaces the silver-lead : mines Ul tie western states and territories. Unless unncd and vigorous, and, above all, wisely considered action is taken i'm mcciagey th- ccupatIon ofteEs of thou. sands a Our people v;l! be destroyed. When tie Ir, lent eGt his message to congress .at December, recommending aal a large degree demanding the rems.s u. t--tlms duties from a large ifs- at .ap1-.-als il order to reduce th- .1.-a--. Jl- needs of the gov -r1m-.t ]. ~as accepted universally as .he a.5yn }foolamauoN of war between qrotlCtiv, JHG aud fee trade With the po.NIc4t ul We have nothing to do m the prssll. dIs-ussion. To Colorado and her cort-mp1rdries It IS a question ot Hle Q. earh. Political lines are wiped 'ul and the people, whatever their preference for this, that or the other plry, mut stand shoulier to shoulder for Inc protection of the lntere-t which le at the t.unlaiJn of their existence.
 ln the E.yiHou ot he tariff, which Is ROW engaging the attention of congress, cer.am 4ua-s must be removed In .ookug over the i,tS It Is found that there ale ccr,sIa lrtilcieS which must, for political reasons, be protected.
 There ar~ others which, because they comm4nd but Itle political strength,
 and thaush equally important to the
 states which pgoduce them. may be
 safely attacNod a.d destroyed. Lead
 Is one ot those l. has fewer powerful
 friends than any ot other dutlab!e arti-
 cle of gf-st promise. The lead manu-
 t2otuiers, c4lri0ed in gigantic trust or
 monopoly against It. It's protection is
 chiefly confined ;o one state and half
 dozen lcuItoue5 which have no votes
 to exchange for 'intluence." The one
 state ls Coiu.d,. Colorado has but
 one representative and two senators ta a5yocat- the cause. The delegates
 from Montana, Utah and Arizona are
 mere cIphe's. They represent nothing
 which can have any influence upon pres
 dental election.
 We say to the mluers that unless they put forth th~n best efforts m opposition to this movement |; will undermine their pr speuly Unless decisive action IS taken at once. and vigorous fighting .ob5y sent ,o Washington, foreign lead wifi be atm.ttld nee of duty. It is soarc,y possible ;o cary on business un- der these clrcum>t5ncts. IL IS bound 1 10 close great many mines and perma- 1entiy cripple the emelters. But the aU! effects will rot stop there. It will .nteI every channel ot trade and con- nerce ta putIice ani destroy
 Waac->.r ls d9ne must be done Iui~kIy The first sep shouid be to col cct ali necessary statistical data bear ns upon she subject and then set forth he consequences Of free trade in this
 commodity The smeiters and mine ,wners mus, jon ,hc.y torces and send he t1ss advocate they can obtain down Washington. keeping them there until he battle ls los; or won. The issue Is not 1 'ith the lead miner alone. Every ele- ncnt n the common wealth IS equally ndangerec, T. mining stops, the alue of real estate and progress of f commerce including manufactures, must be restricted 10 the full extent of nc damage visited upon the industry
 amed. Much of the prosperity of the tate IS based upon the production of nd attendent minerals. If this be eriously interrupted, every artery must ufier. Therefore, Il IS time that we were -aking 10 the importance of using every at our command for the em- loyment of eloquent agents In Washing on. Let meetings be held in every city, own ard county 10 frame protests and aise funds. We tell you emphatically