Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-10-13

for hsrrlsos-Wha Ne Has Done
asd 10 Doisg for Silver.
Virginia tNev) Enterprtss.l
The following 10 the coaclusion Of
a. open letter to the miners Of the
Coast. from William F. James, one
OF the best tried and most capable
woskess in behalf OF the silver inter.
ests:
Now let's briefly consider what
cause the Republican miner hss to
complain Of President Harrison. He
was elected on . platform that dc.
clsred in favor OF gold and silver -
money. Has he in any way shown .
disposition to disregard the silver
plank? To the contrary, no has
shown positively by his official work
that he has given it his hearty support.
With" Eve months after no vas in.
su. urated he signed tho Sherman Sill
YER bill, which sent silver almost up to
par and would have done 90 and kept
it there, had il not been for ono defe ct
in the bill. and that Vas permitting
the speculstors to throw . surplus OF
silver on our market-it Was not Hsr-
rlson's fault II the bill was not perfect,
he did not make it, but he did en-
deavor to enforce the provisions OF the
bill honestly and faithfully, and they
that say the contrary, il they arc in.
formed OF what has occurred, willfully
mistake what they know to be facts.
Fifteen months later We find him
urging the increase of the monthly
purchase from four. and.a half mil
lions to six million ounces per month,
and buying up the surplus silver on
the New York market, which was ten
to fifteen million ounces. Permit me
to say right here, il the friends OF sill.
YER had accepted what they could
have got at that time silver to. day
would have been 20 near par no miner
would have had any complaint to
make.
About six months later We find tho
President working up the interna.
t;onal silver conference; giving il HE
personal attention; writing letters OF
investigation 10 foreign countries, and
advising with his Cabinet aad other.
- to what was best to do to check the
decline in silver. There has not vet
been time to determine what will be
the result of his last effort, but We
have every reason TO believe that
much good will como out Of it, and NO
man can say but what it 10 good work,
and in tho right direction.
He has given us tho Honorable
Charles Foster for Secretary Of the
Tseasury--a strong advocate Of bi.
metalism, and whose words in his re-
marks before tina Chamber Of Com
merce in New York City, November
~, 1891. de6"e lis position. He said
"Be'isving that the good sense of the
business world must in the near future
DO brought into harmony with US in
the proposition that gold alone is too
narrow . base upon which to build TIE
worlds financial structure" eto. He
gave 10 E. o. Leech a. Director of the
United States Mint-a bright capable
man. who is doing all in bis power to
advance the interests OF oil classes OF
mining, and holds the same views on
silver as the President and Secretary
Foster.
Il is true that the President doe Q
not believe that the United States
alone can maintain . free. coinage bill
without injury to the business of the
country. The Same opinion can be
freely met with in every State aud
Territory in the Union.
hope all miners will 90 to the
polls and cast their votes for one Of
tho great national parties and continue
the record that you have made in the
past. DO not permit yourselves to be
known ss men without gratitude, fit
only to be made asses OF and ridd. a
by political jockeys. 1t is through
your vote that you will demonstrate
whether the great mining industry
shall be preserved and the liberal sys.
tenn of wages continued, or whether
the industry shall 60 down and the
lsborer's reward reduced to the level
Of peon Mexicans, worse than slave
labor. for after al that is the final re-.
suit whom labor is brought into COM
petition and every thing being equal,
wages must be equal or industries
cease.