The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-11-10

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LEAD AND OrHER MINERALS.
The stupidity and folly of the Will
son bill are well illustrated by the
mineral schedule. In spite of the fact
that this country is the greatest ore
producing country in the world, that
our miners get better wages and have
shorter hours than anywhere else in
the world, and that the processes of
converting the raw into the finished
product furnish employment to hun
dreds of thousands of workmen, Mr..
Wilson and his colleagues cut down the
mineral schedule wherever possible. in
particular inviting Mexico, by a re-
duction of duty on lead ore, to food
this country with base bullion and
make the working of American low
grade silver mines an impossibility.
This does not affect California direct
ly to any great extent but it hurts Ne
vada, and Californians always regard
Nevada as sort of younger sister,
richly lowered, and a little sp lied,
perhaps, but still as member of the
family Whatever hurts Nevada hurts
California, and the scaling of duties in
the mineral schedule on lead ore, borax
and other Pacinc Coast products Is
without apology OF excuse. 1t is I'M
pardorable, and we may be sure it will
not be forgotten. S. +. Chronicle.
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