The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24

whether You viii benefit the trade Of Sc
attic az the expense of rhe other cities OF
tAaI coast That * an there is TO il. Ii
Is not 4 question whether yea are going
10 get more or less gold. and the MEM
bers Of the house ought 10 vote under
s:andingly on that proposition. whether
she United States government can afrord
10 pay sza,oa 10 build an assay office AZ
Seattle and maintain il for the hcSiefit %
Seattle, or whether 1t can afford 20 do ;he
n,ercial interests Of Portland. you viii
neither get more or less gold by tae trans
action.
Mr. Walker OF Massachusetts-Mr
Speaker. IL | had Known that ray friend
from Connecticut tMr. Hilll would present
the views which he has submitted.
should not have asked recognition. But
want 10 say 20 this house that you viii
only &c; a more or less proportion OF gold
mined in this country to remain here.
whether YOU have 4 mint or assay office.
Gold VIII so where there IS q commercial
demand for it. ana YOU can neither get Il
10 the place where there is not a CONNER
cisl demand for it nor keep it when i goes
without a commercial demand X is I'M
possible, and cannot be done.
This country has not commercial. econ
omic or monetary demand for half the
visible gold We now have. The fact il, we
have two or three times more gold than
We have an economic, commercial. or mon
etary demand for; and | am opposed 10
use for the gold.ant fer Silver; they should
be treated alike. / am opposed 10 taxing
the people in the interest of either metal,
and that Is exactly what this bill proposes.
1t ia TO add Just 40 much 10 the profit Of
mining gold; and all the effect II Will have
WIZ be 10 supplement the profits OF mining
by the percentages that Ii saves 10 the
miners. and also by helping the trade OF
Seattle, in which this gold IS sought 10 be
assayed, and that viii be very small. In
deed.
The speaker-The time of the gentleman
has expired
Mr.. Walker, OF Massachsetts-I would
like one minute more
The Speaker-The chair hears no oo1ec-
ton.
MIR. Walker OF Observation-Disclosures
coins more silver per capita every year
than there Is in circulation per capita in
Mexico. and SO 1t has been for thirty years.
Coining silver in Mexico does not add by
the smallest fraction 10 the silver III en-
culation in Mexico. Every country, wheih-
er IL be gold measure OF value country
or not, will have just that much gold. and
no more. that its trade demands II its
laws are framed on true economics.
Mr.. Lewis of Washington-Yo oppo-
sition is on the general law on the aues-
ton?
posed 10 all of them. am opposed 20 as
saying anywhere except at the mint. 1t
/ had my way I would make coinage OF
sent the gold There is no reason why
owners of gold should be favored over
owners of silver. Applauseo
to the general theories of The gem
tleman from Massachusetts,. | propose
to have no discussion. simply
tracing into the United States Of America
all the gold that can be legitfmate!y Oh
tanned. / am in favor of doing II by CIV
IRENE Northwest all the facilities that We
give TO North Carolina, that we give to
Idaho and Montana. and all other sec.
tons, which have indicated the policy OF
hi IN ha IN
production OF gold That would be rea-
son why We should put this assay office
at Seattle. and not at Portland and not
at Juneau and not at Circle CITY.
! propose TO say simply, as TO Oregon.
that it has n large production, but 1t has
an assay office on its eastern border al
TO accommodate the people of Oregon
there and that Western oregon is not very
far from the mint at San Francisco.
Mr.. Tongue-Win the gentleman allow
me to ask him a question?
Mr.. Charles W. Stone-I have not time.
I propose also to say that so far as the
state Of Washington fs concerned. accord
mint. It has as large production OF gold
for the present year In proportion as the
Mr.. Tongue-I would ask the gentleman
how much that is?
Mr.. Charles w. Stone-A careful investi-
CATION made by the committee and made
by the secretary OF the treasury demon
sirates that 1T is ,mpracticabie to have an
assay office at Juneau even, or at Circle
City. The purpose of establishing IL at
Seattle is to accommodate all that produc-
ton which comes from the Klondike and
from the coast regions. the product %
which is growing very large from year TO
b rep poa 10 @os e as to
Seattle. VIII state that the British gov
eminent in the province OF British Co
Victoria. and that we have not any corre-
suonding accommodation at the next near
est point In the United States. Gentle
men say that IL Is proposed TO favor the
trade Of Seattle.
/ am In favor Mr.. Speaker by any Iegti-
mate means. of favoring the trade of any
American city In preference 10 the trade
OF a Canadian city. tApplause.) I pro-
couragcment TO It's trade which the British
government gives to the city of Victoria
In It's trade. and | believe every patriotic
American citizen will Join in that purpose.
Az to the ideas of economy advanced BY
the gentleman from Illinois CMr. Cannon
upon the general proposition, am rot go
ing to enter into a discussion with him IL
It is proposed that every assay office the
one located at Deadwood. the one located
ut Boise City, the one located at St Louis.
shall pay the expenses OF TRANSFORMATION
from them to the mint. I win say Moth
Ing; but | say there Ia TO more pr0nris.e
In visiting upon the man who has brought
his gold from the far regions Of Alaska 10
Seattle the additional expense Of taking 10
to the mint than there would he to impose
X on Otfler regions. ana thi3 house at this
session has decided that that was not
proper public policy.
Now az 10 the cost OF transportation.
the gentleman rolls over his tor -ue the
phrase mint value ~ Philadelphia" /
want 10 know il gold bullion has any d.f-
ferent mint value at Philadelphia than IL
has az San Francisco. I want 10 know IL
there Is any varying value. SO far rs the
locality is concerned. in the value OF gold.
/ take II not. The cost OF transportation
from the far Northwest to Philadelphia
may b8 what the gentleman saws. The
cost OF transportation from Seattle 10 the
near mint nj San Francisco. whic;l docs Il
very large portion of the gold mining OF
this Union, is one-quarter OF per cent.
Mr. Cannon-Ny friend can not afford 20
make that statement unless he hds aCcu-
rate information or proof nv reliable un-
official information is that IL is over s.
a thousand.
sir. Charles W. Stone-Can the gentle
man give Us any better information than
his unofficial information? My reliable
unofficial Information, which IL reiterated
BIZ other men on the iloor. is Lh4t IL - one
quarter OF per cent
Mr. Cannor--I will give my friend what
Information | have.
Mr Charles W Stone-Let me finish my
statement There Is no possibility OF Of
fetal information from Seatie 10 san