Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-07

hector went to the island. walking
steadily up alonC the bed OF brook
he discovered shining particles oil Eol9
and pebbles Of silver ore, thut ntu
been broken from the veins IN NJ
mountains above and washed down lhe
stream He followed VI and by ana 10y
his practical hands and obserFant eye
located the rich mineral bearing veins
a little work and tine specimens OF IN,
rock were brought out ana cArIle"
over to the fertile island where CITIES
had been built where ships hud come
with the products of other lanes 70
exchange for the fruits and grains oi
the island The samples of gold ana
silver ore were shown, they were borne
away to the old country, and like Tue
present excitement about the h'"h-
dixie men came in ship loads to Noik
the mines thus discovered on the desc
late island a new industry was soon
created that which had been unplo-
ductivc became the source Of Immense
wealth; II WINS Mother Earth all the
time giving 10 her treasures to labor
and skin. new market was created
Tor the products Of the fertile is.and'
nothing could be produced from me
soil ON the barren rocks OF the miners
island any more than gold or silver
could be found In the a!luvial SOL OF
the other island.
Thia description shows exactly the
relation existing between the farmer
and the miner; one Is dependent upon
the other. The miners of the Rocky
mountains or of Lake Superior must
be fed from the farms of Illinois
Michigan, Ohio and other states. The
gold and silver ard the iron and cop
pcr of the barren rocks Of the north
I lend or the great western mountains
can be made 20 add as much to the
wealth Of our country as the farms.
one Is as essential as the other. they
are correlated. Az mining Is toHtered'
as gold and silver are produced, as
: iron and copper are mined and used,
, 30 we may make the prosperity OF our
country. The mining Industries are
great consumers OF wheat. timber, steel,
iron. coal, clothing and provisions OF
al kinds. Everything produced from
/ the mines adds to the permanent
wealth Of the country. The history Of
Greece, Of Rome. of Europe. to say
& nothlVg OF our own country, shows that
the prosperity of the people was CO.
ordinate with the production of metals;
! therefore, 1t follows that any policy
Z which Ignores the production Of the
metals is detrimental to the growth
aud prosperity Of the country. To
strike down any one Of the metals
from the great uses which 1t has been
given, is 10 strike down prosperity In
n corresponding degree.
J Everyone knows that II is use that
associated with the discovery and the
application OF electricity has kept the
price Of copper up and induced and
'~umoted its production. The large
u.s Of steel in the construction VI
buildings is constantly fostering the
mining industry of the ore producing
districts. II the same policy had been
pursued Of utilizing all the silver that
IA produced In our own country or
elsewhere in the world as money, side
by side with gold. II great impetus
would have been given to all mining
Industries and corresponding help to
every other industry.
These are facts that cannot be ig-
norcd The gold standard may re-
main Mt very great cost to all the
people except the owners. Of fixed cap
itnl and yet bi-metalism, as n prluci-
pie. will remain In the economic philo-
sophy az sound as 1t was when adopt
ed by the founders of our government
and made the basis Of our monetary
| system.