Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-13

sneak in words Of sober earnestness o.
tho local effect the unconditional re.
neal of silver will have?
"rhe silver-mining states and terri.
tories. embracing 1000 900 square
miles Of the continent, with 1900, 900
Americans inhabliiug them, depend
pecuuiarily upon sllvef-mlning for
their prosperity. The industry liz tile
very heart from which nearly every
other Industry receives support. Agri.
culture will not thrive without nftt.
fetal irrigation; its mines OF coal,
iron, stone ana clay, while magnlfi.
cent, are worked with such dear lab 4
and so remote from other than local
markets that their movement would be
feeble and their operation disastrous
without the stimulus the mining Ia.
dustry affords.
at supports our foundrlts, operates
our machine shops, supplies our rail.
roads with freights, stimulates travel,
keepa bright the fires OF tbs smulters,
and sends customers 10 the shops Of
merchants.
"But, because agriculture is 50 limit.
cd In area-c0nfinud 10 the narrow
strip along our few and scanty streams
our labor IL 70 high ami handiwoik
20 remote from ether than lucal
markets, the coal II mined, the coke
burned, the rail rolled, grain grown,
fruit gathered, In the main for the
owners and workers Of the silver mines
anu smolters, aud the ptoprietofs and
wOrkmon In these industries aud call.
ings ate dependent upon them.
"The reduction Of the price Of silver
TO about 40 cents shut down 90 per cent
Of the silver mines Of the c0un.
try and the smeltors must soon
follow their example. The stone
quarries are nearly all shut down,
the railway companies are laying oil
train crews by the score: the f0undries
are nearly all out Of ORDER; the farmers
and ffuit growers Will barely be- paid
for the cOst OF saving their crops. The
merchants arc counttrmAnding orders;
travelling men for eastern houses arc
looking almost In vain for customers.
"rhis II not au ezaggofatiOu. The
destruction Of tho silver Industry will
devastatc the country "a " swept by u
cyclone, reaching from the British
possessions to the Mexican border
line.
GAN the mining states and terrific.
rios are In the debtor class. Stop and
consider, men OF the last, how many
millions Of your money are invested
with us; funds Of the estates OF widows
and orphans have been loaned on our
lands ami built our odinces.
"But n, by bad congressional lcgis.
latlOn, " through Congress you shall
wipe out the great industry OF section
around which all others are clustered
for yigor aud profit, the values u our
properties will shrink, our lusinuss
will be destroyed, our towns aud cities
will be largely depOpulated, anu the
railroads tfaversiug the western half
OF the continent will be sent into bank
Tuptcy.
"Ceriainly, In the face Of such un.
merited iLil,c,iOu, you cannot blame
us n We ART thus urpriyed oi all ability
TO meet our obligations. You may, IL
Is true, take the country In payment,
but after you get II, what wan you DO
with az
"Bui, though you may do all in
your power, whether In Ignorance or
through selfish greed, 10 destroy VI, We
will not submit 10 the destiny OF pow
erty without struggle. We shall seek
10 open up new markets anu build up
our silver Industry nlonf new lines
and with now and more sympathetic
nelghbors.
"fo the South Colorado appeals with
more soul-ielt words. Two years ago
you feared with sinking hearts aud
paling lips the enactment Of a law tina.
threatened TO deprive you Of seltgoy-
eminent ana turn your election booths
over to the tender mefcles Of Federal
taj oneto on election day. To save you
from the outrage Of the Federal force
bill, Colorado's two senators, Repub.
llcRus, deiled the odiots OF their party
caucaused and defeated what 10 you
meant certain humiliation aud the
horrors Of subsection TO the electoral
will OF your former slaves.
"Wo saved you then; you can save
us now. With as now It Is more OF u
death struggle than Il was then with
you. II the acnemes OF the gold kings
are accomplished; II the present silver
law Is Internationally repealed, the
great bulk Of VA will DO made paupers,
aud our beautiful and wonderful
states will be vel back In the march Of
progress more than u quarter Of n
century.
"Hopeful Of speedy delivery from
the crushing burdens Of financial
system begotlon OF greed Of Great
Britain's TeblOrseless money power,
snd Of the prosperity inseparabo from
the American aystem, which includes
free coinage Of gold and silver Mt the
American iatiO OF 10 TO l, we submit
to the people Of the United States this
statement Of our cause"
This convention, after arranging for a
fund " It'll which to disseminate free
coinage literature IN tho East, ad-
| jOuTned sine die.