Mohave County miner., 1893-07-01
India Closes Her Mins TO the Free
Coinage of Silrer.

Tho closing Of the mints to the free
coinage Of silver IN India, is only follow.
ing out the policy inaugersted by this
country In 1873. 1, must be understood
that India, like this country, has not
ceased TO use silver as money, but like
the United States, they have ceased TO
coin il free. The India government has
been taught by the action Of our own
blessed government that there is way
to further depress the producing classes
by suppressing the free coinage OF silver.
Not " discontinue It's use a. money but
70 cast stigma on the metal by the
government saying how much shall be
coined and when, while gold continues
to be coined free. 1t may be that India,
like our own country, will purchase more
silver now than when her mints we're
open 70 free coinage, out the conditions
OF free coinage being taken away from it,
the rules Of purchase will be changed,
and the fact that the metal IL encum-
bered with any condition not accorded
to gold, will cause further depression In
the price Of the white metal, or q Huc-
tuation that will unsettle the industry
and cause capital to hold sloof from .
product that is up to-day and down to-
morrow; in fact, If silver stays at the
present price 1t will be an impossibility
for the business TO be carried on in the
United States. Mexico, Peru and other
silver producing countries, where work
men receive a pittance for their labor,
silver may yet be taken from the earth,
but the great industry that has allowed
a million OF people to live in prosperity
in the great Sest will have their bread
and butter taken away from them. Aud
by whom? Not by India, or any country
towards the rising or setting sun, but by
our own silver bearing land. We don't
have to look hey ond the seas for the
enemy Who has caused all this distress.
The traitors who strut their little while
In the high places have caused all
this havoc, that y few biliiOnsires might
still further mohopolize all that is good
In our oEce glorious land. II our pen
had the power to bring it about We
would say, down with the rascais, out
with the money lenders. who for years
have been reaping all that a million
workers have been sowing. For years
We have been voting men into Office
pledged to right this wrong Of demon.
etization, but soon after reaching the
Law making balls Of congress they either
Join the biliionsires or their little cour-
age runs ou, the end Of their toes, and
for fear Of offending the anti-sllyer ad-
they crawl into their mis-
cradle holes and refuse 10 do or say any.
thing. While we would like to hold ont
a hope for the future Of ::siiver. from onr
kno~iedge Of the unscrnpulous con.
spirators tina: are arrayed against it, and
the half bought weakIings that yet
breathe soft protest TO the enemy. we
are compelled to believe that unless our
bayonets are numerous enough, or the
anti-fat tre .tmebt Of Grover fails, We
will be in the dust until We can kick
the present holder OF the White House
keys out, and 5y our votes keep his
kind from entering therein in the future
Del Beetle lost vsluab bic work horse
las, Sunday morning. Perry Beebs War
driving one Of their biy freight teams on
tn the W H. Tsvoayt MercnDtjle Co.