Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09

siLNtWs OPfOHrtNifN,
Too much praise can scarcely DE- given
the mining exhibit which has been open
I ln che iiall ~ Relies In this city the
greater part of this week. NOS should
a need of praise be Withheld from those
who devised. constructed or conir.but-
cd 10 H. There are some splendid
specimens In almost every line NJ the
precious and useful metals. and us
these are hut samples from bodies ~
more or less magnitude but nearly ail
great. the Probabilities In q mineral way
N our state and lis immediate aur-
toundinrs are partially unfoldcd ni q
glance.
There n show case rcpietc with "tho
celestial IRE ptomcthcus drew from
heavcn''-guld almost entirely uncn-
numbered with anything basor or ~
less value that Itself. this one exhibit
ls worth thousands of dollars. There BE-
iron hy the ton equal 60 any ever found.
sulphur in nll o. varied forms. and salt.
gypsum. asphalt and Ho on. representing
wealth enough a. buy an oriental om-
pife. But the thing that draws The
average Utah cye aud appeals most
strongly a. the Utah mans cousiddru.
ton ls the silver showing IN this line
tho exhibits are moro numerous and
ynrIcgated than any other, most Of
them being associated with lead In
greater or less percentages. Deep
Crock has a splendid display, so has
Fish Springs. and individual enter
prises ARE remarkably wen represented.
II ~ well worth n visit.
Speaking Of silver hrlnrs up tho
thought that the badly treated but rthl
royal metal hna doubtless passed
through IH worst day. The United
States will sooner or later have 10 take
up and carry forward the work ~ re-
hshllltation of several of iia newly ac-
qulrcd possessions. In the Philippines.
but lliile other than silver coin u used.
This viii hBVe tu Dee changed rght
away ana tho coinage N the United
states substituted. with Improved cone
I dtl0un viii come Increased trade. and
| this makes necessary un enlarged
I volume % currency iu O. country whore
labor and 600 other commodities are
cheap nothing but silver can advhu-
tag.ously have FREE circulation; that o..
cheap money muat Doc had 90 facilitate
th0 changes of owncuhip in other
ohenp things. and not only this. but a
gra1t deaf 90 o.. ana q steadily incrlaa.
Ing supply,
lu cuba the conditions ntc quito
similar, thc grcotort distinction occur
ring in thc circumstance that thore
they arc much worse ny the tmr
Uncle SAM has taken hold over therr
ihr island viii have lost fully thirty
pgr cent of its steady population and
Huy ror cont or nll 10 win Doe come
Wetaly poverty -u.Isn, ana ull but
t,f1latg. Production must be imme-
ilatcly and vigorously put forth and
ON widespread and comprehensive
scale. This win largely be directed
hy Americans but almost entirely |
carried nut by natives who viii not OK.
poet and could not get wages which |
arc readily rookoncd In anything elise /
DO convenient uH oliver. besides. they /
are used a. Il, almost exclusively. and |
would rather have H. Then there Is
Porto Rico awaiting development. and |
Hawaii not ouo-fourih developed. |
some mighty forward movements must |
Doe introduced and pushed along In the
l-hdruncs und the Cuolinoa. and all
this means an abundance u the kind
~ money which, AN thinsa considered,
pcracssca the greatest utility. In other
words, silver
II in not lndulging In n filght OF
fancy 90 look ahead but a short dis
tancc and sco all our silver mine,.
again working fan forces ana fun time
with steady. uHgeas.ns demand Tor
an the arganufcfouH bullion which
thoy can produce. The war cannot
last very long the way thlngs ARE now
going. and M soon aa II onGH the re-
u.wcd demand FOR silver VIII undoubt-
,dly begin. This win have the eject
~ sending up quotations Ike the MGR
oury ia u thermometer during any ot
the middays We are now having.