The San Francisco call., 1896-10-02
Most Rapacious Com
bination of Wealth In
This Country.
Why MIR. Hearst and His
Multi-Ml1ionaire Associates
Are Such Earnest Sup
porters Of Bryan.

The political com bination OF the silver
mine owners forms the richest, the most
powerful and the most rapacious trust in
the United States, says the New York
World.
Other combines are content to control
the market and fix their own prices. The
silver trust demands that Congress and
the President shall by law raise and main
tain the price OF their product.
The yield of their mines Is abous 60 000,-
600 ounces per year. 1t can easily be in
creased. The present price is Sc cents an
ounce. The Ontario mine in Utah has
paid over $13,0OO,000 in dividends. the
Horn Silver 5000, 600, the DAILY 1887, 500.
the Bullion Beck $2,105o00 and the Cen
tennial-Eureka $1,S00,000. These are
small compared with the Comstock and
other of the great mines in Colorado and
Montana.
The Government of the United States
meaning its taxpayers-supplied fore ed
market for the entire product of all these
mines not needed for export or for the
arts, from 1878 to 1898 = fifteen years.
Under the Bland act they bought and
coined 291, ,272, ,9l8 ounces, at cost of $685.
279, ,26O, an average of ST. 05 per ounce.
Under the Sherman act they bought and
stored los, ,674 ,682 ounces at cost of $155,-
931 600, an average Of 90 cents. 1t the
Government were obliged to sell this sill
yer at current prices instead of coming it
and holding up its money value by gold
reserve, it would lose $l15, ,000, 600 on the
first transaction and $44, 100000 on the
other.
Not content with what the Government
has already done for them, the members
of the silver trust now ask that they be
permitted to take GO cents worth of their
bullion direct to the mint and have it
stamped free of expense as ST., on their
individual account. This would make 1t
possible for the trust to control the money
supply as no gold syndicate has ever been
able to control it, and, if they succeeded
in sustaining the price, to make profit of
nearly 100 per cent on their product.
In furtherance of this conspiracy they
have secured control of the Senate, they
have nominated candidate for President
by three parties, they have subsidized or
bought newspapers. and are making false,
misleading and demagogic appeals to the
voters.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune in dispatch to his paper
August 6 gave list of the names of over
a score of leading silver mine-owners in
the West, together with their total wealth.
who either in person or through their
agents have been active IN shaping the 10
to l plank in the Democratic, Populist and
silver conventions held in ST. Louis and
Chicago. This is the list with additions
made 10 1t:
Hearst estate, California. .$75, 600, 900
Fair estate, California. ............. $4,000 600
j. JOIN B. Hassin Maghsy New York 4oooooo 900
W. A. Clark. ....................... 40 600, 900
William NJ. Stewart. Nevada. 0000, 900
Lloyd Tevis, California. .......... 10000, 900
estate). Sc, ,OOo. 600
David Ii. Moffat, Denver......... 4O,000,000
lode). $4,000, 900
Flood estate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25, 600, 900
Denver Silver Smelling Works.. 25, ,000, 900
R. q. Chambers Ontario silver 90 ooo ooo
nlne) )............-. ...... NSsOOO,OOO
Ebin Smith, Colorado ... $4,000, 900
j. j. Hagerman, Colorado. ..... 10000 900
Joseph de eLamar.............. 10000, 900
Charles f. Lane, Calif1 rnia. 49,. 10000, 900
mine $4,000, 900
Marcus DAILY, Anaconda, Mont. $4,000, 900
Butte Silver Smelling Works.. Ia 4,0O0, 600
silver mines. s..................... 10000, 900
mine. Utah. h....'........... 10000, 900
Gugenheimer Bros, Colorado. 5000, 600
Montana Ore Purchasing Com
Leadyille Silver Smelling Works. 100000
Mont. ...................... 5000, 900
Senator Henry NJ. Teller, Colo
Senator Lee Mantle, Montana. 2O00,O 900
Dennis Sheedy, Colorado. ........ 100000
Byron E. Shear, Colorado. ........ 5000, 900
Total. 1861 600. 900