The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-21

:lne. This sorrowful picture o! Colorado with
us mining industry destroyed but represents
the condition Of the othe. mining states and
seffltorles with the same calamity upon them
Lead and Gold Dependent.
TT the silver mines shall REGAIN closed one
half OF the American output of lead must DO
LOST The great bulk Of the lead product il
TAKEN from silver-bearinR orck 1t requires the
one metal supplemented by the other 10 re-
munerate the lead-stlver miner
Not less than IS per cent Of the gold prod
net OF the country depends upon the main
tenance OF the silver industry. The placer or
creek washings, the earliest and most pro-
nnc source of our gold supply, are practically
exhausted.
Those who contend for the gold single stand
are wiilfully mislead you as to the cost OF pro-
ousine silver. We say to you in the most sol
ennn aad truthful manner that reliable statis-
tcs prove that. including but legitimate items
| IN the account, the silver of Colorado costs by
the time 1t is on the market not less than tl9
an ounce Like gold, some silver is produced
Tor mach less than its market value. but the
average cost OF silver is fully the highest price
| lfever brought in the market
Question of Paying Creditors.
IAN of the mining states and territories nre
ueDtor Class Stop and consider, men OF tho
east, how many millions of your money are in
vested with US The funds OF estates OF widows
and orphans have been loaned on our LANDS aud
nave built cur edifces. Colorado has been
favorite field for such Investments Have tho
people OF any state ever proved more punctili-
| Gus in prompt repayment: The legisla ture has
enacted laws cruel 10 its own people, and I'M
| rfvnled in liberality to the creditors that no
man might shrk or escape repayment of the
| borrowed dollar There are held throughout
the east hundreds of millions of dollars in rail.
road stocks and bonds, in municipal securities,
| IN trusts and mortgages, the payment OF the
greatest body Of which depends upon the pros
perity OF the silver mining country.
I'VE OF Colorado pride ourselves upon our
commercial and financial integrity. No calami-
| ty can induce us to repudiate one dollar of an
honest debt All OF our assets are at the will Of
our creditors for their reimbursement But II
| by bad congressional legislation, if through
| congress you shall wipe out the great industry
| OF the section around which all others cluster
| for vfgor and profit, the values Of proper
ties will shrink, our business will be destroyed,
| our towns and cities will be largely dcpopulated
| and the railroads traversing the western half
| or the continent Will be sent into bankruptcy.
Certainly in the face of such unmerited infic-
| ton you cannot blame US if thus de-
| privec OF all ability to meet our obligations
| You may, it is true, take the country in pay
ment, but after you get it what will you do
with III
Not Ready to Submit.
But though you may do all in your power,
| whether in ignorance or through selfish greed,
to destroy US, we will net submit TO the destiny
OF poverty without struggle We shall seek
| to open up new markets and build up silver
| industry along new lines and with new and
| more sympa thetic neighbors. Colorado has
aided with her vote TO build the tariff wall be.
| tween this country and Mexico and the silver.
| producing and using republics OF the southern
continent As Senator Teller. one of the
staunchest supporters of this exclusive policy,
| declared but two years ago in the United States
| senate, 1t was not in Colo-ado's interest to
vote for such isolation, but Colorado, thinking
| more of her sister states than herself, had pa
| triotically sacrificed her own in their interest
| Special Appeal to the South.
ITO the south Colorado appeals with moro
| soulfelt words. Two years ago you feared with
| sinking hearts and palinC lips the enactment OF
| the law that threatened to deprive YOU of self
| government and 10 turn your election booths
| over to the tender mercy of federal bayon is on
election day. To save you from the outrages Of
| the federal force bill Colorados two senators,
republicans, dcfied the edicts OF their party
caucuses and defeated what was to you tho
| certain humiliation and the horrors of subjec-
ton TO the electoral will of your former slaves
We saved you then. You can save us now.
| With US now it is more of a death struggle than
| it was then with you. If the schemes OF tho
| gold kings accomplished, if the present sill
| YER Jaw shall be uncond itionally repealed the
great bulk Of us will be made paupers and our
beautiful and wonderful state will be set back
| in its march OF progress more than quarter
| of century.
Confident of the Result.
Colorado, great in its resources, proud Of Its
business record. filled with brave men and reso-
lutte hearts, makes this its appeal for preserva-
tion to the open hearted and generous people Of
the country. We are confident that ii will not
be in vain. The atrocity Of making homeless,
through the destruction of the chief industries
| of 900 square miles of American territory,
| the 10000 men, women and children, with
all the attendant scourge of enforced and hope
less idleness, can never be the work of an
American congress with our approval
Hopeful OF speedy delivery from the crush
ing burdens of financial system, begotten Of
| the greed Of Great Britain's remorseless money
power and of the prosperity nseparable from
an American system which includes the free
| coinage OF gold and silver at the American ratio
of is to l, we submit to the people Of the United
States this statement OF our cause"
SLIGHTLY OFF ON THE TITLES.
The 'Incoo mbrance" Was Out, Eut the
Local Demon Was In.
Here is an Episcopal story. Bishop
Williams, of Connecticut, is the hero
and Scotland the place of action.
1t seems that over in Scotland the