The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
TIE SILVER TRUSTCONSpIRACY.

The secretary oftic Silver States iiiuntt.
allie League Officially states Its Object.
An As,r,,nrnt Equal 10 M Months
Pr0nis Called for From silver Milne
Owners 10 Eli G, tho silver Ticket.
New York World DENY, Thomas s..
Merrill, secretary OF The BImotalllc
League OF the United States. han let the
cat out of the bag us to the conspiracy
or the silver mine owners to unlond their
bullion IN the United States govern
inent IN u letter he sent TO the Salt Lake
Herald, Mr.. Merrill says In hlN letter.
III Bryan " defeated w must expect
to see silver sold at q prize. that will be
given " simply by It's demand for usa In
arts, which will certainly be not more
than forty cents an ounce. In view uf
these facts, the owners Of silver produc-
Ing properties n AFFORD to contribute
At lsait the additional profits they re-
ceive from their own silver prOduc, for
nnc month TO the lIryanitc campaign"
lie closes with u direct appeal to we'll
known mine owners ~ follows:
81 appeal to Mcssrs. Mcintyre and
Cunningham, OF Mammoth; Keith and
keHrns, Of the Silver King: Chisholm
and others. Of the Centennial and Enrc-
ka, Ryan and Knox, OF the Ajax; Pack
ard, " the Eureka lin: Daily. OF the
DAILY: West, Beck and associates, OF the
Bullion Heck: Farnsworth y Sharp, OF
the Horn SILVER, and the owners OF the
Sioux, Ontario CIV. Il. Hearst, vlc--
nrcSldcnt), and other silver mines OF
this state. who IAN we'll afford TOT assist In
this cause, IN figure up the average
monthly silver product from their mines
and multiply the product OF one month
In ounces by e. cents. which Is the add
tlOnAl price they viii receive for their
prOduct-all OF which Will be prOnt-nnd
~ once have that amount contributed
aud placed In the hands OF the treasurer
OF the blm"talllr parties to assist Mr..
Bryan In the wonderful campaign he IL
making almost unAlded. II We can Sc
cut" the additional profits OF n
months product uf the western silver
%'prntucing mines II viii insure success at
the election on November ."
This circular Ot the secretary ~ the
Blmetallic League OF the United States
declares officially. and with the utmost
simplicity. the objects Of the silver trust.
Secretary Merrill declares that free colu-
age Ot silver means an addition nf ca
cents an uuuce-"all Of which will be
clear profit" to the silver trust-m every
ounce OF silver COINED!
The production OF silver last year In
the United States was 55,7S7.00 0 tne
ounces. Under free coinage the addi-
tlOnal profit to the mine owners would
have been S5i. 15h, $50. The government
OF III. United States. the peOflr, not
even the miners who dug the silver out
of the mireS would have received one
penny OF this additional profit. 4 call
had been Issued September IS, and last
Tuesday night a liberal representation
OF the leading business men NJ salt Lake
City responded, unl several OF thu silver
niue owners to whom Mr.. Merrill had
appealed were present.
The me-tinG created what viii he
known a. the Bryan campaign financial
committee, which will be a general COM
u!:tea to have charge OF collecting funds
In Utah to assist the silver campaign.
The committee Is composed Of thirty
three members. Including those mine
owners whom Mr.. Merrill directly adj
dresSed-Mrssr4. DAILY. Packard, Beck.
Knox, Mcintyre. kearns. Farnsworth,
Cunningham. Chisholm and Merrill him
| self. This committee organized al once,
with II. c. ChlmberS. president or the
Salt Lake Herald Company. 4 promi-
men; free silver organ as chairman. Mr.
Chambers. Mr.. Hears; and Mr.. Tevis.
| are the principal owners Of the Ontario
and the DAILY silver mines, which to-
| gether, have already paid over 3l6,eOC,eco
In dividends In recent years.