Tombstone daily epitaph., 1889-08-31
I plNei lNlflON
On the Relation the Importation of Mexican
 Ores Bears to Our Mining industry.


 versel creation of trusts iu one form or | another marks revolution in the world oi trade as radical as any ever effected and one which, like all great commotious, will produce results, lndl- rect and remote, which ,hc authors themselves do not contemplate. In dignation is expressed freely against combination through the pres, and in the legislative halls oi state and nation. Laws are made to punish it and every political party professcs tu abominate it and pledges to abolish II; but still trusts accumulate in numbers and in- crease ill influence. There are 50 few men oi wealth who do not profit by trusts that few can be found to at- tack them possessing sufficient inilu- ence to be effective,
 The latest phase of the combination. or trust. movement i> towards corner ing the lead product of the country. The promoters of this scheme, the wealthy Colorado senators interested in mining and smelling. have been working assiduou>ly ior nearly two year- to have the importation a, lead ores from Mexico stopped. In this they have been ably seconded by the Pacific Coast -euator--notably Scna- tor Stewart They have at las; sue ceedcj in procuring an order from the Treasury Department which cannot fail of accomplishing their purpose, though il i, worded in the most inEen- ious and ingenuou, way. expressly dis claiming intent tc oousuumltc the very purpose for which i, has been i-- sued. The disastrous results of the enforcement of this order upon the Southwest will be far reaching
 Until within the last three or four years no ores of much les than loo ounces in value could hc shipped at a profit. The establishment oi ,melter- along the border within thi- time that have been. owing to their ability to sc- cure lead and other tluNes from Mex leo, able to work ores oi as low grade as fifteen ounces at profit to the shippers. has enabled hundreds oi chloriders to keep al work and has done more to stimulate the mining in- dustry than any other thing that could be named-ii, indeed il las not been the only thing that has kept il alive. Assuredly r 2.he mines oi Tombstone distric. ,, ueen able to ship ore un- der fifty ounces at profit Tombstone would have been thing oi the past.
 The results. then, of the enforce ment of this order will be, what? Nine out of every ten chlorider,, who are now working mines at d small profit, will have to shut down for the benefit of the lead combination of Colorado. The larger mining corporations will be compelled 10 cease shipping the low grade ores that have been netting them a modest profit, thus throwing a large number of men out oi employ ment The smeltefs at Fl Paso, and elsewhere along the border, will be compelled to shut down or move across the border if they wish to con tinue in business.
 Who benefits by this widespread dis turbance? Certainly it cannot be the men who can no longer work their mines. It cannot be the men thrown out of employment IL cannot be the mercantile or other business men Of the communities affected. It can be only the half dozen millionaires of the lead trust.
 Ore can now be shipped 10 Swansea,
 England, for total cost of SIS per ton, by way of Nogales and Guaymas, which is far cheaper than the rate will
 be to Colorado or Fl Paso if this lead
 trust scheme becomes operative. l HINISG NOTES.
 Nothing of importance has occurred in this district for several weeks. \
 few days ago a discovery of 2O-ioot
 ledge of copper ore was reported from
 the Dragoon mountains, but so far ii
 has created no excitement. The mines
 in Sonora are attracting considerable