Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-01-01

| only reasons given for IT." d!Srnntiu-
uance of this mint has ben that the
bullion which We pr,"!uca has been
taken from us to Philadelphia.
NJ. Dingley. Before the gentlem an
| takes his seat / should like to ask a
question FOR information. Is any sill
Yer button purchased under the Sher-
man act coined at the Carson mint?
Mr. Ne~lands. There has been I
am no1 aware That there is any now
Mr. Dingley. Then there would be
nothing coined there except gold?
Mr.. Newlands. 1 presume SO,
| though | an not informed
Mr. DinGley Now. at an assay
| office gold bullion can be deposited
and the check of the Government
! given therefore, just the same as
| would be ne at Il mint, The bullion
owner gets precisely the same privi
| lege at an assay office as at a mint.
! When the gold bullion is deposited, he
Mt once for the amount Of coin which
The hullion represents although il is
not at once coined. Thus that bullion
| is practically Converted into money at
the mint price. The person bringing
tho bullion there never has to wat for
his money until the bullion is coined.
The privilege 10 this respect of the
bullion owcer is precisely the same
an assay office as at mint
Mr. Newl4uds If what the gentle
man states is done, I think it is very
bad policy. | think the man who
brlnEs the bullion ought to get the
coin which thu bullion producers, and
he ought to get that cain as near 70
the point Ct pruductiun as possihlp,
Inc point of the production Of the
bullion Ought 10 be the center for the
dis'ribn'ion Of ne money.
Nj. Shafr-th. AS I underst md. thi~
bill disc 'ntinues the ffice al CarsOu
CttY, even as an assay office.
Mr., DinSley. Isl understand The
Ject of my ininry was to aacevtain
what the amendment PROPOSES. A.
understand. the proposition il to have
both a1 a-say Office and a mint at
Carson
NJ. Sh afrcth. YAs. sir.
Mr.. N"wlauds. With reference 10
the gold deposits at Carson, the Df.
rector OF TIE Mint says that in tn
year preceding hey amounted 10
100000 Yet Al n" Orleans. where
t1e same appropriation is made as
heretofore, the mint deposits were only
49, "o, while at s.. Lonis they were
only from 100000 to S2OO.O From
'nese figures gentlemen csn Judge the
ab9oiute unfairnes- with which this
qleStlo3 has been treated Ia cOnsid.
eraflon OF the fact that this Uholp
question or coinage is now aWaitIup
sne dnancia! legislation Of the nexr
two or three Y 'ars, it seems to me an
unNise thing 10 close any of the miats
OF the Quilted States. l submit that
they should be continued with ths il
corps of officers. with the full euui, =
nent necessary for the work tney ar
to undertake, aud the Carson mint
deserves the limited amount asked
for.
Mr.. RI ming. Before the gentle
man takes his seat. will he allow ma
TO ask him que-tio4?
Mr.. N-wiands VS.. sir
Mr. Fleming. A. understand it,
the hill a. presented by the committee
closes RI" mint at Carson
Mr.. Livingston. No: the ASSAY Office
Mr.. Newlands. 1t closes both the mint
and the assay office.
Inc debate was continued by Messrs
Dockery of Missouri, Shalroth of Colo.
RADIO, Cox of Tennessee and OGDEN of
Louisiana, supporting Mr.. Newlands. and
by Bingham of Pennsylvania. johnson
OF Indiana and Cannon of Illinois. against
the proposition.
The principal opposition came from Mr.
bingham of Pennsylvania, who argued
that carson was but $50 miles from San
Francisco, that it was off the line of di-
rect transportation, that it was awav from
the centers of population and that the
com had to be transported east at an ex
pense. He argued that the mint had fall
en- INTO disuse and cited the testimony of
Mr. Preston, Director of the Mint. in SIM
port of the assertion. The APPROXIMATION
was vigorously attacked by Republicans
on the crowds of uselessness and that
economy de-. az ;ts abolition.
Mr. Newlands. WI the gentleman al
low me to make an inquiry. Tho r,ulle-
man stated that Carson City Vas off the
line of travel
Mr.. Bingham. Off the main line of tbo
railroad.
Mr. Newlands. I wish to inform Won
that there isa continuous line of railroads
stretching from the north to the south. on !
the eastern side Of the Sicrr, Nnraa