Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-14

tair friAl OF II silver shall not. NlluouA
the purchase of an ounce OF metal by
the government, resume its former re
lative value with gold. bimetaiists viii
cheerfully submit to any legislation that
experience viii suggest as necessary to
make every dollar Of the United States
equal In intrinsic value TO every dollar
bearing a stamp. They urged the old
law with the supreme confidence born
Of the unassailable truths Of history that
4 will Immediately place every coined
American dollar upon a par basis rs
coin and bullion, will restore the bonds
Of Weakened love nj confidence and
set IN hfppy mou1n the wheels Of all
the e1untry's magnificent industries.
will you listen TO ms while We speak
In words of sober earnestness of the
local effects the unconditional repeal of
the silver law will haveP
The silver mining states and terri
tories, embracing l.OuO,Ou0 square miles
OF the continent with 100000 American
Inhabitants, are dependent upon silver
mining for their prosperity. That in
dustry Is the very heart from which
nearly evry other industry receives sup
port. Agriculture will not thrive with
ont. artificial irrigation; its mines OF
coal. iron, stone and clay, while magni-
hcent. are worked with such dear labor
aud are SO remote from other local mark
cts that their movements would be feeble
without the stimulus the mining industry
Affords. II supports our foundries. ope-
rates the machine shops. supplies rail-
roads with freight, stimulates travel
Keeps bright the fires of smoltefs and
sends customers TO the shops of our
merchants. 1t has invoked in the valleys
and upon the mountain sides magnificent
cities and thrifty towns and villages.
Inc great manufactures of paper. cot
tou' leather iron. steel and clay dstriD-
ute their flushed products and support
~ thousands Of prosperous and happy fam
mes, but because agriculture Is SO limit.
ed IN area. confined to narrow strip
along our streams, our labor 50 high and
us hnndworkers remote from other than
local markets. coal Is mined coke Il
burned. the rail is rolled, grain is grown.
lrnlt Is gathered in the main for the
owners anu workers In silver mines the
slnelicrs and the proprietors and work
men OF the Industries and callings are
dependent upon them.
The reduction Of the price Of silver
ne smut down ID per cent Of the silver
mites OF tho country and the smelter,
must soon follow. There are In Colorado
to-day 1000 idle miners who know not
Mhere TO turn If work is not resumed.
Ihere VIII soon he added to this idle
army Of labor 1000 men from the smell
lsrs. The stone lunrries are nearly al
snIt down, the railway companies are
--6-''7 "iA AAAAh iItNN w the score. 'llp
I0undries are nearly all ous of order
me farmers and fruit growers will be
bteely paid for the cost of saving their
crops. The merchants are counterman1iug
orders. The travelling men for Eastern
houses seek almost In vain for CUSTOM
ers. This is no exaggeration. The de
structlon of the silver industry will deyast-
ate the country as II swept hy cyclone
reaching from the British possessions TO
the Mexican border line. This sorrowful
picture with its mining industry destroyed
but represents the condition of other
mining states and territories with the
same calamity upon them.
IF the silver mines shall remain closed
one-halt of the American output Of lead
must be lost. The greatest bulk of the
lead product Is taken from silver-bearing
ores. IL requires one metal supplemented
by the other to remunerate the lead
silver miner. Not less than 30 per cent
Of the gold product of the country depends
upon the maintenance of the silver ind
ustry. The placer or creek washngs, the
earliest and most prolific source of our
gold supply, are practically exhausted.
Those who contend for gold single
standard wilfully mislead you as TO the
cost of producing silver We say to Won
mat reliable statistics prove that, In
Guiding but legitimate items In the ne
count, the silver of Colorado costs by
In the most solemn and truthful manner
the time II is on the market not less
than 81, - per ounce. Like gold. some
silver Is produced for much less than
the market value, but the average cost
of silver Is fully the highest price ii
ever brought in the market
IAN mining states and territories are
debtor class. Stop and consider, men Of
the East, how many millions of your
money are invested with us. Funds of
estates, of widows and orphans have
been loaned on our lands and built our
editccs. Colorado has been a favorite
field for such investments. Have the
people Of any state ever proved more
punctillious in prompt pnymentst The
legislature has enacted laws cruel to
its own people and unrivaled in liherality
TO creditors, that no man might shirk
pr escape the repayment of borrowed
lolltrs. There are held throughout the
East hundreds of millions of dollars In
railroad stocks aud bonds, in municipal
securities, in trusts and mort cages, the
payment of the greatest body of which
depends upon the prosperity of the silver
mining country.
"We of Colorado pride ourselves on our
commercial and financial integrity. No
calamity can induce us to repuliate
dollar of honest debt. All our asscsts
are at the will of our creditors for their
reimbursement. But If by bad csngrcs-
Nluudl NHlrluAlOHf ~ AHlhhEn NhHEAtNS
you shall wipe out the great industry
of section around which all others clus-
ter for yigor and profit, the values of
our properties will sink, our business will
he destroyed, our towns and cities will
be largely deponuatcd and the railroads
irnvcrsinG the western half Of the con
fluent will be sent into bankruptcy. Ger
tiinly, In the face of such an unmerited
aitliction you cannot blame us IL we are
thus deprived of all ability to meet our
obligations. You may, 1t is true take
tho country In payment, but after You
got 1t what will you do with ity
but though you may do all In your
power, WHISTLER III ignorance or through
selfish greed. to destroy us, we will not
submit to destiny of poverty without
struggle. We shall seek to open up a
new market and build up our silver in.
dustry along new lines and with new
and more sympathetic neighbors Col
urndO has aided with her vote 10 build
tariff wall between this country and
VI aNico and the silyereproducing aud use
ing republics Of the Southern continent.
As Senator Teller, one Of the staunchrst
supporters of this exclusive policy, de-
clared but two years ago In the United
States senate, it was not 10 Colorado's
interest 10 vote for isolation, but Colo
RADIO. thinking more of her sister states
DIAN herself, has periodically sacrificed
her own In their interest.
To the South Colorado appeals with
more soulfelt words. Two years ago YOU
feared with sinking hearts and pnling
na.fFNt IL.