The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-10-19
MINERAL COMMUNICATION

In the SIGNAL of the 9TH inst we read a
communication by Mr.. H. In perusing
the article it would lead the reader to be-
leve that the author was millionaire;
but remembering that there are no mil
lionaires in Washington county, we begin
to think that Mr.. Ii. must have been Just
emerging from crapulous state, or some
thing kindred. Starting out as he does
from the very summit of the mountains
one would think he had found a rich lit
erary treat to feast his senses on, for at
least time; but his falling so soon into
the propounding OF interrogatories, with
lamentably vague answers, with neither
logical or sylogistical reasoning, is disap-
pointing even TO the least fastidious. To
say that all our financial troubles are
brought on by the enactment OF multi
tude OF unwise, unjust and unpatriotic
laws is very grave saying. In his at
tack on the Mckinley laws, we would call
his attention to the number of committees
| from nearly every line OF trade and manu-
facture, even labor unions, that have al
ready been before the department with
their attorneys, arguing and supplicating
| for a continuance Of the present tariff on
their particular lines of trade and manu-
facture. We will say to all concerned
that it is the fear that the present admin
istration will tamper too much with the
tariff laws that more than anything else
has brought on the present crisis. No
matter what wages the laborer or mechanic
is getting now, it must come lower when
his labor has to come into competition
with the pauper labor OF Europe SO
will it be with the producer, the farmer,
when his product comes into competition
with European countries. Mr.. II. says
much of our distress is brought on by
local extravaganza, high taxation, high
salaries, county, state and national. Here
we must differ again and say that our
county, state and national officers receive
less salaries for like responsibilities than
do those Of European nations. We will
ask how the salary Of our president com
pares with that Of the Gar OF Russia, the
Emperor OF Germany, or that free trade,
unprotected petticoat government the
Queen of Englandf We will refer to Just
one instance: the bishop Of the Episcopal
Church, in Cork, Ireland, receives salary
Of forty thousand pounds year, and all
officers church, state and national, re-
ceive larger remuneration in European
countries than in America. Now, who
pays all this? 1t is the down-trodden
poor producers and laborers Good wages
for mechanics and laborers are not known
in monarchial countries. 1t seems that
Mr. H. would like to cut down wages all
round. He says, repeal the silver pur-
chase law OF 90, but does not even hint
at a substitute. Is he not aware that re-
pealing the purchase clause, without a
substitute, virtually puts the country on a
gold basis? Repeal the purchasing clause,
with a substitute for the establishment OF
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver, American product, leave the tariff
law as 1t stands, and then the country will
be safe and prosperous. Messrs. Dubois,
Shoup, Teller and Stewart are heroes, and
will be remembered by their constituents
for their noble and heroic work. We will
ask Mr.. II. who, in two years from now,
will be lauding the president TO the skies
Outside Of his cabinet and officers, and
perhaps Mr. H., we cannot imagine who
would laud q president that is more
worthy of impeachment than of indorse-
ment He has ignored or made no effort
to enforce the Geary law, or deport the
Chinese; he has failed TO enforce the silver
purchase law; he has caused TO be pulled
down the American flag at Hawaii and
left the people OF the islands in deplora-
paralyzed and no Immediate hope Of set
Element. Is this not a grave crime, when
a man holds up his hand and swears be-
fore God that he will execute the laws of
the land to the best of his ability, and
does notf We do not make our state
ments as republican, and we could not
make them as democrat. We believe
that before another presidential election
comes round that there will be party in
the field, called the Industrial Party, that
will leave all others in the shade. We
cannot hope for any immediate settlement
OF the important questions that are now
agitating the country, nor does the letter
above referred to, But while in this
quandary God forbid that we should ever
advocate any line of policy that would
take the bread from the mouths of the
poor children Of the land or cause the
poor laboring mans wages to be less or
his hours of work to be longer.
The Mutual smelter will start up on the
18th inst. with good supply of ore on
hand.
The Blackhawk and Maria mines con
tinue to produce large quantities of ore.
Mr.. Ed. Darby is general superintendent
and pushes everything right along with
good economy and expedition.
Mineral has plenty of rain and bad
roads. Old Iron mountain has already
got its winter clothes on.
Oct. 10. MEMORABILIA.