The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26

our commerce. and several nations have
Disseminated against US on this ac-
count.
We hope for speedy relief from these
causes OF our financial suffering. We
trust the administration in power will
not be SO lost 20 a sense of their duty 20
the people that il will continue with the
senseless agitations aud congressional
failures that have marked It's history
during the term that il has been occu-
plying the governmental pilot house. We
hope all the political factions will com
bine in an honest effort for the good Of
the entire people
We should be prospecting. With a
country so rich in resource; with mill
lions Of acres yet untouched; with count
less o. millions yet undiscovered in our
mines; with our vast forests; with our
grand waterways; with our great rail-
ways; with favorable climate and the
advantages Of free education, ours
should be the greatest country cxtant.
And il is destined TO be.
With confidence restored, the mines
will all be taxed 10 their utmost To sup
ply the call for their ores Ours is the
favored iron ore district Of all others.
We have ready facilities for transport
inc our ores. We have the fuel 10 re-
duce them, and we have great nation
Of consumers within the United States.
Our waterways nre being improved SO
we can load 10 their greatest capacity
the largest ships, and soon the biggest
bottoms vii be able 70 float from Du-
luth 10 the Atlantic scaboard. We will
make the livliest kind of bid for the
business Of the states bordering on the
sea coast, which have done 50 much bus
mess in the past with the foreigner.
TO assist in this grently-to-be.dcsirc
aim we should impress upon our repre.
sontatives in congress the Importance
Of the Great Lakes upon the business
interests Of the country our United
States senators are in hearty accord
with this improvement, and Michigan's
upper peninsula congressman occupies
a prominent position on the rivers and
harbors committee whore he has alrendy
been ofgrcat service 90 this district
Wisconsin md Minnesota all important
iron states, are also ms greatly concern
eel in this matter as we are, and should
work harmoniously with Michgans rep
rcsontutiycs
For 1895 we do not expect TO see any
marked gain .n price over the year re-
Gently ended A few weeks ago the signs
for considerable improvement were graf
flying, but tho present has brought new
features OF far from satisfactory kind,
and which are directly attributed to ag-
tation 81 money questions. Could a.
combination Of our principal ore pro.
duccrs be secured II would help, but we
do not look for such action, as We see no
disposition To SO regulate the producing
and selling business. IL appears TO he
fight for supremacy in which the most
powerful in money and wiscst in bust
ness affairs are 10 win. Indeed, the lit
tie concerns have been out of the race
for more than a year With the bust
ness in fewer hands, understandings will
undoubtedly be arrived at That will con
duce TO the good OF all concerned in the
industry.
We can console ourselves in The know
ledge that we are in better condition
than n year ago found rs. We have
learned something in how TO economizc,
and in many instances this was needed
We know, too, that our ores are Of the
finest, aud sooner or later they will be
called for, and bring II price M which we
can live.
Labor is moro generally employed in
all the ranges, and while wages nre low,
the contrast with none az all Is satisfac-
tory. Improvement in the condition Of
the wage Garner can only come IN adj
yanced price OF ore. Upon the latter
much depends, as everything has TO be
charged against it.--lron Ore.
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