Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-28
TO UTILIZE SILVER.
City Councilman Mainland DisCOuTseS
Interestingly on tho Proposition.
EARNEST TALK FOR UTAH PEOPLE
How the burden Of Tribute 10 Tie East
for Goods Might DO
Thrown on.

has evolved ideas that arc worthy Of
thoughtful confederation. Hu was met
by a NEWS representative today and
the question put to him, "Whnt about
the plan TO use silver at homer" His
reply Is suggestive Of great deal that
10 ofspeclal interest ut the present time.
lie said.
~ presume the views Of the banker
will 10 wO: tn more than the schemus
OF any real oslate agent, but | have
talked with n number OF people about
plan such ns suggested by tho NEWS,
and believe something good can bc
worked up In this direction. / certain.
ly believe that the terrible shaking up
that the West Ia now getting viii
teach the people some useful lessons.
The facts That the lnter.M0untain
region can 80 arrange its commercial
aud manufacturing Interests o. 10 bind
up system which will practically
make ~ independent OF the Eat. The
bonded Indebtedness OF our cities anu
counties has not yet reached such pro.
portions ~ TO make " slaves Of
either Old England or New England.
In Utah, controlled by n0n.rtaiueutg,
IL heavy but will not reach 1000, 900
probably for several pear, Tho burden
Of ihs tribute paid 10 the east by the
merchants for the goods which ought
TO 10 manufactured Mt home ~ the
hardest pill which Utah hrs had to
swallow, and when mOneyi5 tight anu
our products cannot I've said % bring
NHtN g.. L.
tho case with WOOL, OF cYuIse the bur.
den IN hard u bear ami the need OF
money II bearing terribly on all
clnsses.
"rho old people toll us Of tho days
when vegetables were taken 10 the
thoaior aud were passed iu fUr tickets.
10 silver ~ not put on some basis that
viii enable the mines 30 De operated
the next few months and 10 other
provision Is made for employing tho
miuera thcy will have 10 be sent out Of
the country either cast or west, or tho
conditions now exlstlng In Denver
VIII DO repeated here, therefore II IL
duty Of every patriotic person In the
city to DO their best thinking on this
subject.
"Some plan to utilize silver nj ONE
alu estnbiisn n basis for an inter.
mountain effort IN this direction ought
TO be adopted. o. course anything 10
radically opposed 10 present practices
will DO criticised aud called impracti.
cable; but the people who oppose, on
general principles, can afford to con.
elder the special necessities OF the case
before condemning this proposition.
"lf some plan could be devised Tor a
deposit OF bullion and have certificates
In exchange, better protection might
ho secured 10 use the silver direct.
There would be danger Of counterfeit.
ing, Of courBe.
"More than 10000 Of our people
are thrown Uut Of employment by the
closing OF mines. This means about
81 100000 month In the business
operations. The effect Of this can be
appreciated by comparison. Last
year the city DID great deal Of public
work aud supplied employment for
many men, yet the whole cost for the
year was only about Oue million, or
the monthly loss now caused by clos.
ing Utah mines. This year hundreds
OF men are working on city work,
street paving, wRteTw0fks, sewers, loint
building, tetc., aud yet the years
expense Will only be- about a million or
again tho monthly loss from closing
the minep.
"rhu foreign aud eastern demand
will help Nebraska, Kansas an Min.
nes0ta farmers to dispose OF their grain
at fair prices, but the farmers Of Utah
and Idaho VIII probably not be- able TO
get very good prices for their products,
as they have heretofore been 30 largely
dependent upon home oonHumption,
Unless something happens low price,
may be- expected unless the mining
work Is resumed soon.
"Now suppose the miners were nut
10 work ana silver was produced and
put into shape In small bars, and the |
miner would get ihree.ounca bar for
his days work. The miners would |
dispose Of enough bullion 10 ray the |
expenses Of operation outside OF labor, |
aud simply held In bullion shape the |
extra amount produced until some |
hing IL done 10 advance the price.
Tho mine then would he certainly safe
In working ON such basis. Forsuoh ore
AZ would be treated by the smelters the
lmelter labor could be paid partly In
ash and partly In silver bars.
"rhs miners would have the silver
md what could they do with the bare?
they could soil or trade them 10 yet
,nough 10 live on during tho wint1r.
AZ "a slight sacrifice they could get dry
.oods aud groceries. Al n small loss
hey could get grain from the farmers
o turn into Hour for their bread.
4uxuties can be- dispensed with this
winter. IftheAlrlcal companies don't
want to take In Utah anu take silver
hey can stay away. II tho rail.
0nds won't take silver bars
he people need not travel.
Suppose they would have to be passed
I fiity per cent or forty per cent even.
The people could manage 10 live
Trough the winter. The result would
~ that lesson would be taught by the
tmggles over the silver bars that
you'd be worth millions TO Utah bs-
ause the great work Of encouraging
omc Industries would DO inaugurated
thoroughly. The effect would be that
great deal Of silver would be accumu.
lted by the farmers ami others and II
you'd not bs on eastern market 10
other the secretary Of the treasury.
lnG II our Utah farmers could not
tlllze the silver exchange for grain
nd vegetables an organized effort
you'd send agents into Kansas
"a. Il