Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-07
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Gentleman can readily under
stand that If they should allow only
one pound of bullion to DO coined
there in a year, the cost Of coming
that one pound must be the entire
salary list Of the mint for. the year;
30 that the cost o: coinage will de-
pend upon the amount of bullion
that is put into che mint to be coined
end il the silver which is naturally
tributary to that mint is taken 5000
miles away and stored IN Philadel-
phia for coinage, that viii necessar-
lily result in high cost of coinage
for the small amoh1t that is permit
ted to be done at Carson. What l
contend Is that practically under the
appropriation of last year the mint at
Carson has simply been turned INTO
an assay oiice.
The appropriation is very limited
one, and all ask is the contin uation
of that appropriation until, at all
events. the ii 1ancial question, which
interests this country so much is set
tied so that we may see the pledge of
the Republican party for the restora-
ton OF the coinage of silver carried
out either by international action or
by such form Of nutional action as in
their judgement will maintain the
two money metals at a parity, or, at
all events, until we have witnessed
the result of the new search for GOLD
in Nevada, which at present gives
most encOuraiing indications, the
prod oct Last year, as / am told, being
nearly S3,0O0,000 =.
This Office at Carson under the
present appropriation is already made
practically an assay Office. The APP
preparation l believe. calls for only
$4,000. 1t seems to me that con.
steering the fact that Nevada is to-
day either the fourth or the fifth
bullion producing state in this coun-
Try, it is entitled to this recognition
by the government and that its re.
dui 'ements can not be properly and
wisely met by the government ex-
cepS by furnishing the customary
facilities to the miners of that region.
There is already handsome build
ing there. for which not even watch.
man is provided.
Mr.. Bingham. Provision of that
kind will be made in the sundry
civil bill, which provides for the care
of the public buildings of the
country. That is not done in this
bill.
Mr.. Dingley. Is 1t proposed that
simply an assay Office shall be con-
Quoted there, or an assay Office and a
mint?
Mr., Newlands. The proposition is
to keep it as a full mint. but the en-
tire appropriation is cut down frou:
the large amount formerly granted
to only $4,000.
Mr.. Bingham. Thirty-two thous-
and five hundred dollars.
Here the hammer fell
Mr.. Bingham. if the gentleman
from Nevada desires five minutes
moe, ask unanimous consent tha
he be allowed to proceed.
There was no objection.
With reference to the silver bul
lion now mt the Philadelphia mint
the Director of the Mint testified
that they could not coin it fast en-
ough. that they had to- work thei
men, believe, from sixteen to eigh
teen hours per day.
Mr.. Bingham. That was on th
minor coinage.
Mr.. Newlands. Yet we have tia
accumulation there under the Shel
man act awaiting coinage; it is i'm
possible to mint that bullion becaus
OF the want OF mint facilities. In til
west we have mint facilities. w
have this amount Of bullion properl
belonging to that region and the onl
raoenno o,;vap fnr tba d;ooont,o,,n.,.