The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-30

case the leading mine owners have
other large interests, such "a ranches. or
newspapers, Vineyards or cables.
But It Is true that less than one hun
dred men control the richest Of the Sill
yer mines In the United States whose
united product exceeds $40, coo. 900 and
whose profits under free silver would
be swclled $50, 100000 or $780, 900, 900 a year.
making even bond SyndicItts look poor
and insignificant In comparison. The
silver trust docs not merely bully and
cosrcc u President OF the United States
and his secretary Of the treasury when
o are In Il tight place. That Is the
Dord sSndicates way. But the silver
trust holds up" both houses of Con-
gress. Its directors and attorneys sit
as members OF the highest legislative
body In the United States-the scnate-
and they now dominate It's committees
and oil! Its legislation. They have seized
and run national conventions. and by
and by they hope to have II lS 10 | free
coinage law which will make them all
rich beyond the dreams OF avarice and
beyond the rivalry OF the bond synd!-
Gates. The World to-day tells who some
of the members Of the great silver
trust are. II will presently tell a great
deal more about how they have made
laws for their own private profit and
how they finally planned o last great
coup.
Asecrrtivo Trust.
The names OF the leading owners OF
railways, of coal mines and those whO
control the production OF oil and the re-
fininE OF sugar are closely associated
with their business. They are known To
oil the world. The owners OF important
silver mines are. on the other hand,
not well known. For some reason per-
sonal TO many OF the great mine owners
they make a secret OF their ownership.
None OF the silver mining states except
Montana requires reports OF silver pro-
ductlon 10 be made to the state authorl-
ties. a majority Of the silver mines are
not Incorporated. They are mere private
partnerships. and a mystery IL made Of
their operation. The five largest silver
mines In Colorado are the Last Chance,
the Yankee Girl. the Custom, Of Ouray:
the Mollic Gibson and the Smuggler. OF
Aspen. Only one OF these makes re-
ports OF It's product or profits. The Of
hcers and directors OF these mines for
the most part are salarIcd employees.
The real owners keep in the background.
Where the companies are Incorporated
the stock Is voted by trustees.
Al Trusts pigmic. In Companion.
But the greatest copper mines. like the
Anaconda. and the greatest lead mines
In LeadvIlle and Aspen, also produce Sill
yer as a by-prOduCt. Their owners do
not call them silver mines, hut under
Tree coinage silver would he their richest
product.
There Is no trust In the world so secret,
30 powerful in its operations, SO mvs-
tcriOns in It's methods or so fa~r-reaching
In Its effects as the silver trust. It's
members receive salaries us public SCR
wants or the United States as senators
and as representatives in Congress. but
their chief business IL TO lcgislatr for
their own mine products. and when they
cannot obtain the legislation they de-
mand they nre so powerful that they can
block all lcgiSlation-to say that no bill
snail pass until their private interests
are provided for.
The mines which Rrc Incorporated nrc
all owned by companies whose stock Is
held in tile United States and Europe.
New York leads all other cItIee In tho
ownership OF silver mines, BECAUSE some
OF the richest OF the silver kings choose
to live here. Then follow San Fran
cisco, Boston. Philadelphia and Chicago.
As to the ownership or American sill
rcr mines abroad. tn" English lead. the
French being next, and the Il0llanders
third.
The great bonanza mines Of Nevada
mr." chiefly held In San Francisco and
London. but the COmstoak mines nrc
gold ns well "a silver. The ontario. the
greatest silver mine In Ttah-although,
strictly speaking. silver and lcad-is
chiefly owned In San Francisco. W. r.
Hearst Is vice president. The Lcadvlllc
mines. whore the serious rioting has
been going on. arc owned partly In the