Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-11-16

publican statesmsnsnip-to debauch
the people BY creating aud peddling
federal Ul6c+s.
While our richest mineral deposits
have BEEN, or arc being rapidly
worked cut, those Of our neix b ors
have reu'sined until the present prac
ideally untouched. Their Resources
arr. probably, equal to whA, ours were.
They are determined to develop them.
They have awakened and are 1t work
aud they have the advantage. They
60" make lead to sell, and they are 1t
". with the intent to do Il. Our tsuff
does not trouble them. They can
wait. And our silver minets rust
wait, to. until many Of them tu.n up
tn II to~s; while our suslt-rs lose =
great traie ant pr.6t which they
might hsve retained forever.
Aud what d. our lead miners gain?
grant that they gaia SOM thing
the ric"er encs, WIN need no protec.
ton, an increase IN profit tr..m ,w
h'g her price Ut lead; the ,o"ses ones
-iur whom the plea 10 msdr-an
''in.pirs'io"" t. s'nk money i" holes
'ha, can never pay. 1t is . stand of,
except in the m,tt-r OF giving M
piosme"t to men who, under o,he,
conditions could be rngsg. d moro
pr,6tsblv, aud in Rsrater numh~rs,
!" digging other metals and ''h.nd.
ling" the Imputed ores.
The advocates 1T q tariff on lead
assert that il th~ ts,,G was removed it
would result i" closing large nun.
brr u lead mines ~ Idaho AID else.
where. This 10 equivalent, to d~cls>
ration that Lur mines are inherently
worthless; and that I'll thu talk OF th-
wonderful mineral wealth OF Idaho il
pure buncomhe; since the mining in.
dus'ry must 10 sustained by tho arti-
fetal aids of . high protective tariff
which increase the price Of orr min
oral products.
The pure and unadult-rated fact il
that j, is impossible to prot-c. our
mining in'lusss,-s except 1t too great
. cost, because al other industries are
moro or less depen'i-nt upon them,
and it wer- folly to tax the bread OF q
starving nation.
This earth 10 our heritage. II he
longs 10 all. There il . Ugh, TO his
share which belongs to each It us, and
equally to each aud oil who are to
follow US. Posteri,v has RICH, i" it.
and no man may claim, exclusively.
au9ht except that form Of value
viii h Is created by his own thought
and labor, and hut for his exert,on
would not have been.
The farmer prepares the ground
and sows the seed that h. NAV reap;
and though sun and earth and air
have given life and nourishment, Tho
crop 10 his. but the minor reaps
what he has not sown. The ore in
his mines has 4 value before he has
seen or sought il, and this value is not
his exclusively. II helrngs "A we'll TO
him VII" wins the metal from the ore,
to him who shapes that metal to the
firms OF use, and to all those who
need those forms to use.
And yet. torsooth, because our gov.
eminent has granted to tho miner
titled privilege which, At cost Of a.
most nothing, gives to him exclusiv.
ccntrol over = deposit OF ore, he would
ask that tho people DO compelled to
buy this back from him At his own
valuation. He would neglect the sole
consideration upon which thu grant
WAS made; the understanding that he
10 t. mine The orc Tor tn public b-ne.
fit - we'll - for his own, and h.
would make us believe tha, he should
DO paid beyond the market value of
such property for oondescending to
receive it ~ gift.
Here arises sn..ther consideration:
IL 10 by no means to tho best interests
L our country thar our mines should
IN exhausted - rapidly ~ possible.
This m,n' raj wealth 10 the harvest of
ages. aud the RICH, in il is for future
generations ~ we'll IS for our own. 1t
Is trust, our chilhren's legacy and
We have no right to waste it. Let US
rather take the wealth Of other coun.
tries for our use. Our mines would
keep. Whv should we conspire TOR
their rapid d-s,rurt ton?
The argument of those who are in
favor Of the exclusion Of foreign ores,
not only of lad. but of all other
metals also, is T. 1t such exclusion will
limit the production aud
therefore raise the price Of the metal,
giving in c"nse xuence . larger pr. fit
10 our mine owners, IN ! thus enabling
ill., m to pay larger wages 10 their en-
pl"v-s.
This argument might hold good III
these foreign ores could not he
melted elsewhere. But such is not thu
$3.50, and the exclusion OF such ores
'annot prevent the smelling of them,
nor the +ff-ct Of the competition Of the