The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-12-21

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equipped in all the different depart
ments, and the chararter OF the wofS
/ dome at this institution as shown by the
mint reports is OF the highest order, ana
cannot be excelled for efficiency and cor
| rectness by any other similar Institution
in the United States
"The appropriations made by Con
gress for the support OF the dlhereht
minis and assay officer are based upon
the number aud value Of the deposits re-
ceived during the year. AT every session
of Congress during the last few years
our Representatives have met with
strong and persistant opposition to their
efforts in securing an appropriation for
this mint. The opposition urges that
the small amount OF bullion received
here docs not justify the outlay, not
withstanding the fact that the bullion
product Of this State, notably in the
gold production has been on the in
crease yearly. The gold product for
1857 being So, 112, 900 against S9S5,6O for
the year 1898. As a result OF the oppo-
sition the appropriations asked for have
each year been reduced, until from the
! operations oil a coming mint in 1893
| with an annual appropriation OF $1,000
| it has been reduced to that OF a mere
assay office, confined to the receipts OF
gold bullion only.
eff the people of Nevada will look to
their own interests this condition can
be remedied and the Carson Mint re-
stored to its former usefulness and bene-
fit to the people of the entire State. If
all the bullion produced in the State was
sent to this mint there would be no
difficulty in securing the necessary APP
preparations. In proof OF this assertion
it is only necessary to cite the fact that
since the cessation OF coming operations
at the Carson Mint in 1898, the appro-
priations made by Congress for the
support of the mints and assay offices,
with the single exception of the Carson
mint, have been increased each year,
and in addition to those already estab-
lishei, provisions have been made by
Congress for the mint at Denver, here.
tofore conducted as an assay office, to be
equipped as a coming mint and also for
| the establishment OF two new assay off,
ces at Seattle, Washington, and Dead
wood, South Dakota, respectively.
1.-The increased demand for these in
stitulions. which necessarily carry with
them large appropriations for their sup
port, is due entirely to the fact hat the
bullion producers OF the several States
in which they are located patronize
them to a unit. v lille in the case OF
Neveada, ranking as the fifth State in
point OF gold production, with a gold
production OF SO, 1l2, 900. and a silver
production of 81 ,622, 900 for the year
1897, the Carson mint received but
small portion being shipped away to
other institutions, thus increasing the
volume of their business to the detri-
ment OF this mint.
"In order to execute the coinage OIL
the silver seigniorage, authorized by the
last Congress in addition to the gold
coinage Of the country, it will be neces.
sary to keep the several coinage mints
running in their full capacity for the
next four years, and is to be deplored
thas owing to the large bullion producers
shipping their bullion to outside institu.
tions that the Carson Mint, although
fully equipped to resume coinage opera.
tions is not in q position to urge iii
claims for its proportion of said coinage,
1t being the only public institution in
the State supported by the government
that employees a considerable number o.
men, should certainly receive the sup
port Of the entire people, moro especi.
ally when it can be shown that it is te
their pecuniary interests to do So"
"Do you think an effort will be made
to secure favorable legislation for the
mint at this session of Congress?"
eyes, l do. During the present ses-
zion Of Congress u representative will
make an effort to secure an a%ppropria-
ton sufficient to enable this mint to
resume coinage, which if successful
means four years steady employment to
a large number of our citizens-men and
women. The success of their efforts in
this direction will depend largely upon
the help and cooperation of the people,
particularly that of mine owners and
bullion producers"