The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-23
HANAUER HUNG UP.
His Statements Shown Up in
Their True Light.
FIGURES FROM HIS OWN OFFICE.
Moses Thatcher Produces Documents Thai
Fully Sustain The Statements Made
By Himself and Rawlins-
Salt LAKE CRY. Utah, Oct. 20, $50


published in the Times of the 18th inst, the
latter's comments thereon, and TO the Trib- !
,ne's structures of this date on The HER
AIDS comments on the letter referred to
respecting remarks made by me at the
Democratic convention recently held at
Provo, I am compelled in elf-defense to
reply.
Newspaper discussions Involving per-
sonal references are exceedingly distaste- |
ful to the, and they become positively pain
fui when an appeal to the records and a
PERSONS own statements written over his |
own signature place MIN before all the |
world In the extremely awkward position
charged by him against others OF making
! most inexcusable misslatements Of fact
and 'of wiiful misrepreseu tation.n But
such is the position in WIN Mr.. Hanauer
has placed himself by what seems to me an
nncalled Tor and uniusilfa0le attempt to
impugn my honor by publicly casting re-
Elections upon my veracity. That attempt
and the tenor OF his entire open letter re-
moves much of the regret would naturally
otherwise feel In replying 10 his structures
upon utterances in which there was no al
fusion to himself or to any smelling inter-
est In Utah
[ shall not attempt TO enter into lengthy
argument or discussion with Mr.. Hanauer,
| with whom have had in the past pleasant
business relations, and who has been re-
garded heretofore by myself as courteous,
dignifed and refined gentleman. too insS
and considerable to wish 10 lniure the repu-
tation OF others. l vail at once go TO The
heart of this matter.
Mr. Hansuer says: II wish 10 state
most positively aud unequivocally that the
treatment charg on dry ores are today
IS to IS per ION lower than before the pass
age OF the Mckinley bill" Again, 'There
is not ton of leao ore sold in this marked
that has not had its treatment charges
lowered from 50 to IS per tou during this
period"
Now it will be remembered that the Nc
kinney bill went into effect Oct. 6, 1885,
and upon the basis OF that date my reply TO
the above statements is 'ssmelted' out of
the following copies of docu nents signed
by MIR. Hanauer himself:
| THE OMAHA AND GRANT SMELLING AND
REFINiNG CO. A. HANAUER, AGENT,
SALT LAKE CITY, .. t, March 3. 1890
| Memorandum OF contract for output of But
| lion-Beck Co.'S mines and Caroline mine for
balance OF current year, made by ana between
A. e. Hyde. manager Of said company. and
representing the owners of the Caroline mine
party OF the first part, AID "A. Hanauer, party
| of the second part, tO-Wlt.
Said party of the second part agrees to take
said output paying therefor az follows: For 80
per cent OF lead contents two cents per pound
| less than New York quotations, for 81 per cent
OF silver contents three cents per ounce less
than New York quotations. and for gold at the
rate of SIC per ounce, deducLing on board cars
at Eureka, for freight and working charges as
! follows:
On ore assaying 10 per cent. lead and under,
Sl9. % per ton.
/ On ore assaying over Is per cent. lead to 20
per cent. inclusive SIC % per ton.
| On ore aSsayfng over ~ per cent. lead to %
| per cent. inclusive. SIC per ton.
| On ore assaying over % per cent lead to 30
per cent inclusive $3.50 per ton
And on ore assaying over 30 per cent. lead,
| Sl4. 80 per ton.
And said party OF the drst part agrees to sell
and deliver said output for the period above
named to said party OF the second part upon
said basis and schedule of prices.
Witness-A. HANAUER, JR.
! A HANAUER.
| 1t will be observed that this contract was
executed prior to the operation of The
Mckinley act which placed duty of $50
per ton on foreign lead ores. according to
sample and assay at the port of entry"
Now please carefully note what followed
within three months after that .'protectlven
law went into effect.
THE OMAHA AND GRANT SMELLING ANDl
| REFINING COMPANY
a. HANAUER. AGENT.
| SALT LAKE CITY. q. T., Dec. 90. 1890
| "a. Il. Hyde, Esq, MANAGER Bullion-Beck and
| California Mining Company:
| DEAR SRI make you the following bid for
1.0O0 tons per month OF your output for the year
|
Eureka, as follows: For 90 per cent OF the lead
! &C. per pound less than New York quotations.
| for 90 per cent. of the silver &c per ounce less
| than New York quotations. and for gold at the
rate of S16 per ounce. deducsiEg as follows:
| On ore assaying under 10 per cent LEAD, Sab
| per ton.
Or ore assaying 10 per cent. lead TO Is per
| cent lead inclusive S23. 80 per ton.
On ore assaying over 10 per cent. lead to 20
per cent. lead inclusive. $500 per ton.
On ore assaying over % per cent. to % per
| cent lead inclusive. 81. 80 per ton.
on ore assaying over % per cent. lead to 80
per cent lead inclusive. SO SO per ton.
On ore assaying -over 80 per cent. lead to 50
| per cent lead inclusive $3.50 per ton.
| On ore ASSUMING over 50 per cent lead to 10
| per cent. lead inclusive, Si0- 80 per ton
! On orc assayiDg over ~ per cent lead, SIT. 80
| per ton.
cent Yours truly. A HANaUER.
Contrasting the price paid by MIR. Han
| amer under contract when free lead WAS
| being shipped In from Mexico, with his bid
! for our ore after we were 'protected,' by
/ duty Of $50 per ton on foreign lead, find
the freight being the same in 1891 as
| is9O) that an attempt was thus made to
increase the smelling charges under pro-
lection as follows:
On dry ore advance. % per ton
On ore carrying 10 TO 2Dper cent.
lead, advance ;------------ s6. 70 per ton
On ore carrying 20 to % per cent.
On ore carrying 20 10 30 per cent
lead advance. ------------------4 so per ton
On ore carrying over 50 per cent.
lead advance 80 5O per ton
On the assurance OF MIR. Hanauer that
this was the best offer he would make, and
being unable to secure better bid here,
our manager was sent to Denver to repre-
sent to the Omaha and Grant people that
unless better prices could be obtained We
would at once close down. Upon the show
ing made we finally succeeded IN con tract-
ing with that firm, Mr.. Hanauer signing
the contract, for portion OF our ore at an
advance In treatment charges over the
prices paid in 1890, as follows:
AdcG1ce
pertOn.
ION ore carrying 10 to % per cent lead..- 3 81
On ore carrying q TO 70 per cent lead----,- 80
On ore Carrying over % per cent lead,
about 90
Our present contract with Mr.. Hanauer
for part of our output shows an advance
in 1890 as follows:
Adodncs
per tom
On dry ore 81 30
, on ore carrying Is to 20 per cent. lead. 40
On ore carrying 20 to 70 per cent. lead = Go
On ore carrying 20 to - per cent. lead--.. 771s
On ore carrying over 80 per cent lead--.. 1 10
AS to the manner in which Mr. Hanauer
may eudeavor TO reconcile these facts with
his statements as published in the Times, 1
leave entirely with himself, as ian au-
thority who entirely distances" one whom
he SAYS "shouId abstain from foisting his
baseless theories upon the public.p And I
leave the public to judge as to whether my
uttaraucea at Provo were sstheories,, or