Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-12
THE LEAD QUESTION.
Between Two Fires Both of Which are
| UncOmfOrtably Warm,

Between Two Fires Both of Which are
Uncomfortably Warm,
Washington special OF October 2 to
Chicago Herald: If Brother Harrison
does not look sharp he will 1901 find his
administration involved in another scan.
dial. This time Secretary Window is the
object OF attack. The Head men of New
York charged the Secretary through yester
da. mornings New York Sun with refusing
to exact a duty of X cents a pound on
Mexican lead ores mixed with silver be-
cause he is interested with c. P. Hunting.
ton in certain Mexican railways. which
carry the ore of that country to the Dor.
ders of the United States. 1t is alleged that
WINDOWS Topalobampo railway is
anxious to get a subsidy from the Mexican
government, and that it will not be able to
do this If the expectation of lead ore be
stopped OF seriously curtailed by treas
ury decisions. Secretary Window
yesterday made a general denial OF the
charge that his personal interests rave gov
erned his decisions as secretary OF the
treasury, and cited as proof OF his disin-
terestedness the fact that he has already
issued an order which practically gives the
l. ad men what they have been asking for,
and that the importation Of Mexican ore
has decreased at such a rate as to call
forth retaliatory measures on the part of
the Mexican government. The secretary
asked the very pertinent question why he
should be charged with protecting alleged
railway interests OF his in Mexico, if he bad
SUCH, when be had issued an order directly
irjuring those interests. The scandal is not
correctly desc lied by the lead men. As a
matter OF fact the shoe is on the
other foot. The lead men, finding
the competition of Mexican ore rather
sharp, appealed to the treasury to help
them out. They want protection and loss
OF IL. They bring pressure to bear on the
secretary OF the treasury. Their most
representative is Stephen B. Elk
ms, who has large interests IN the lead
mines OF Colorado along with his fatber-in-
Jaw, ex-senator Davis, and James G..
Blaine. Senator Walcott OF Colorado, has
been charged with having an interest in
lead mines, but the senator says this is not
and that v lille he would like to own |
some OF these mines Steve Elkins is the |
!ucky fellow b actually owns them.
Through Blaine, a council favorable to the
cad ring is appointed at Laredo. The
counsel makes the reports on which the |
treasury is to base it's decision. Elkins |
pes TO WINDOW, and of course Window |
nelps him out. Under the law mixed |
Metals pay duty according to the FREEDOM
mating metal.
Inc lead men wanted the secretary to
'ule that lead predominated in this ore,
instruct the customs officers to collect
Il cents q pound on all i~mportations.
mis- Mr.. Window has up to this time failed
70 90, out. as he says himself, he issued an
'foer 1orbldding the Importation OF ore of
certain mixture, as unprovided for in the
arin laws, and under this order the impor-
HCion OF tne Mexican ore has fallen off 80
ceh9' Mexico takes umbrage at this
Interference with her export trade and re.
allates savageIy. Minister Ryan arrived
q the city a day or two ago from Mexico
no Is still here. He declines to admit
nat ne was summoned to discuss Mex
'ah Craoe relations, but confesses that
9 ls burdened with a large
uantlty OF information on that subject.
. 1sKnoWn that he was called here to dis
ISIS that very matter, and thus, at the
cry beginning Of their s~oiourn in this
'2ntry, the representatives of the South ,
ho central American states find the
hiCed states involved in q commercial
1@frel Wild our nearest southern neighbor, Z
rougnt on by the intrigue of a ring which
!ts agents and partners in the govern S
l1seli. 70 the Gillian representatives.
~ inc N u VIII probably recall the boom .
3 uays oIIool and Blaine and operations 4
ltH Ine guano ring OF New York CITY,, :,
DOT MI. Window is much worried that +
name should be used in such an nm.
a manner. Those radical projections. p
tne lead producers, are not satisfied
IN tne ruling which keeps out half of u
. mexican ore. They want it all kept
Z, n they are making it warm for Win
~ Id more ways than one, and the pub A
alton OF the charge that he is irving to
otect MS personal interests looks like an f
to bulldoze him. He has not vet
en- MS decision on The application OF the
q people to have the duty of III
lSs q pound imposed. He said
u"y ne had reached a conclusion,
' hau not yet embodied it in a de. A
The poor secretary is between two
3. On the one hand is his frienS
lns, who made him secretary of h
aiury, Blaine, Davis and the lead ring h,
t G boasts that it contributed $25, 900 =,
quay 9 corruption fund. On the other az
10 are the interests OF the Topalobampo an
way, and the interests of his friend {, ho
Huntington, whose Mexican Interna. will
iai railway wants to haul all the ore it -
RON mexico to the United States. Win Il
. says ne thought the leai people would ST
satlshed with the or er which be has al. gro
~ issued, and seems much distressed dos
they are not. He is discovering that
rapaclty OF the persons who want to roc
' rich out OF the protective tariff knows the
POUNDS. just how he will get out of his min
NINA remains to be seen. val
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