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

wages. The silver coin is paid to the
miners, who pay it to the men from
whom they obtain their supplies, and
the merchants use it in buying -four
and grain and clothes and other sup
plies.
Thus you would find the actual use
OF silver extending to the entire west
ern region where they are accustomed
to II, and gradually to the southern
and mlddleIwestern states, where also
they are accustomed to it and like it,
and you would have q circulation OF
this currency in the region that now
most requires 1t, instead Of having
this silver accommodating iE the treas
u1y, where Vt constitutes a menace to
the world. For recollect that the av-
erage intellect does not comprehend
that that silver is constructivelv
coined and in the hands of the people
IN the form of silver certificates. The
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cumulatlon of silver, which, as a re-
suit of hostile legislation, may be let
loose upon the world and produce a
flood OF this money.
So say a wise public policy would
have put your mills near your raw
products, your minis nearer your
mines, and the result would have
been that both gold and silver would.
from these centers of production and
centers of coinage, have been spread
all over the western and southern and
middle western regions, and would
gradually reach the east itself and &C
custom the people there to the use of
the only real money, the only money
of redemption.
Now we come to the question of
what justice requires at this time.
Philadelphia has thus far ]appropria-
ted almost all of the coinage of the
silver and gold product of the west.
Only recently, outside of the l~eeisla.
ton relating to the Carson mint, has
favorable Legislation been introduced
relating to the Denver mint, a mint
which is not yet completed. In
creased appropriations have been
made for the Philadelphia mint, while
diminishing appropriations have been
made for western mints.
Now gentlemen, | wish to saw. with
reference to Nevada, that the total
product of both gold and silver in the
United States has been a little less
than two billions and a half since
1860, and that Nevada has produced,
IN almost equal proportions of the two
metals, one-fourth of this amount, l
said to a friend the other day with
reference 10 this legislation, that it
was hardly a graceful action to take
away the mint from Nevada, a state
which had produced on~e-fou1th of the
country's metallic stock. and he
added, parenthetically, And three
tourths of the hell" All l have to
say in references to that is, that this
remonstrance from Nevada is a nat
ural re1nonstrance against legislation
which has destroyed the leading in
dustry of that state and paralized it.
You a understand what this
would mean simply as an industrial
question as applied to the iron mills
or the steel plants of Pennsylvania, or
to the cotton mills and wooden mills
OF Massachusetts. 1t is a natural and
helthy and indignant protest against
what the State of Nevada regards as
bad and destructive legislation. Now.
it is true that the bullion production
Of that State has declined. She is DO
longer producing silver in large
quantities. There is no stimulous
now for the pr DEDUCTION of silver, and
the people Of Nevada have turned
their attention to gold. Already this
year it is evident that the product of
gold will probably be double thai of
last year. The total of both gold and
silver production of that State is now
pretty nearly $1,000, 100, of which, 1
believe, three-fifths is gold.
Here the hammer fell.
Mr.. Dockery. How much more
time does the gentleman desire?
Mr.. Newlands. 1 should like five
minutes.
Mr.. Dockery. Mr.. Chairman, l ask
unanimous consent that the gentle
mans time be extended for five min
utes.
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