Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-27

moicl1Ouner mas JUST Us much interest
In the rise In tho value of his product
money-as farmers aud miners have In
the increased price of their products.
The man who has $4,000 in money be,
comes worth 10000 In reality when
prizes fall one-half Shall be assume that
the money-lenders Of this and other
Countries ignore the advantage which an
appreciated currency gives TO them aud
desire 1t simply for the benefit of the poor
man and the lahorerl What refining In
nuence is there In their business which
purgcs away the dross OF sellishness and
makes pure and patriotic only their
motives? Qlanghter) Has some new
dispensation reversed tae parable and left
Lazarus in torment while Dives is borne
aioft in Abraham's bosom? Q.aughter)
THE MINERS JUST COMPLAINT. /
But IS the silver miner after all so
selfish as TO be worthy OF censure? Does
he ask for some new legislation or for
some innovation lnaugurated In his behalf?
No. He pleads only for the restoration
Of the money Of tho fathers. He asks to
have given back 70 him n right which be
enjoyed from 1892 TO 1873. During all
those years he could deposit his oliver
bullion ut the mlnts and receive full
leggl-tender coins at the rate Of Sl.29 for
each ounce Of silver, and during part
Of the time his product could be converted
into money at even a higher price. Free
decentralization took away. He does moi
ask for a silver dollar redeemable In a
| gold dollar, but for silver dollar which
| redeems itself
If the bullion value of silver has not
| been reduced by hostile legislation, the
free coinage of silver at the present ratio
| can bring TO the mine owner NO benefit,
| except by enabling him to pay Il debt al
| ready contracted with less ounces Of sill
yer. II the price Of his product has been
reduced by hostile legislation, Is he ask
| ing any more than we would ask under
the same circumstances in seeking to re-
| move the oppressive hand of the lnwi
Let me suggest, too, that those who favor
| an International agreement are estopped
| from objecting TO the profits of the silver
mine owner because an international
agreement could only be Effected az some
ILL.,, IN , re OI M po" suso,r nr- ~ tbe
| ba,,cSt az no ~, ,ar az silyer ma wonld
| free roinaee established Inv the indie.
| uond,nt actjnn ~ tlis courttv
| is - cn1iro,.s 80, n,s.ao, In os.
snr,i,,, ,,st ~, nr;cn ~ eiiyar b,,t,ion
o,,,iI naint.,,'aJ n, 15u es,ts or
| cnnca Nv internationeI agroc,Uon, h,,t no,
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ne. i,. yIs ,,o,,,,,r,. no,,i5 ~ ~ Ia
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,.. 1,i,,,j, y, go a,,a,,. IL, NO,
| Ses,j ,,r ~ ,,inn o,,-',er's nT,at
D"',u ~ 'ue . '''i',v "" 'e'
THE PROFITS Or MlNlNG'
But what IS the mine owners profit?
Has anyone todd you the average cost Of
mining an ounce of silver You have
heard OF some particular mine where sill
yer can be produced at a low cost, but
no one has attempted 10 give you any re.
| liable data as 10 the average cost of
production. l had n letter from Mr..
lcech when he was director Of the mint,
saying that the government Is in pos
session Of no data In regard 10 the cost
Of gold production and none Of any value
Ia regard to silver. No calculation can
be made rs TO the profits Of mining which
does not include money spent in pros
pectlng and in mines which have ceased
to pay. as well as those which are profit
ably worked.
Whom we AGO yvheel Of fortune with
tyventv.fn,ir nadIiss 500 tbose nnddles
snII f,r Io cents apiccn nnd SEQ tbe
holder of tho winning middle draw so
We ia NOT conclude tbat money con he
profitably invested in wheel of fortune
We know that those who bought eXpcnd-
ed altogether $40 on the turn of the
wheel. aud that the man who won only
received 81 but our opponents insist upon
| estimating tho profifs uf silver mining hy