The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-14
Election Will Promote Min
ing Investments.

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him In the Portland Telegram Is cheerful
reading, just the same, and all will hope
that his prediction will be fulfilled:
Secretary r. }. Hard, Of the Oregon
Mining Stock exchange, Is among those
who rejoice over the election Of Mckinley
and Roosevelt, and the assurance Of four
years more Of business stability and ma.
ti0nal prosperity. As stimulus to min.
ing activity he declares the republican vic.
tory Of Tuesday will have a powerful and
far reaching effect.
In the mines Of Oregon he looks for
the greatest activity in the mining history
M the state during the coming year.
Much eastern capital seeking Oregon
mining investments, he says, will now
Re turned loose, and scores Of prop.
critics will be developed into dividend pay.
ers. The demand for Oregon mining
stocks Is growing In the money centers Of
the east, and while the Oregon Mining
exchange has already done much to al.
vertise Oregon's vast mineral wealth, II
will now be In position to do even more
In attracting capital.
Being asked what effect the result Of
the election would have upon the bust.
ness Of the local stock exchange and the
mining industry IN general, Mr.. Hard this
Morning, said:
mckinley Is elected. The world moves
on. The farmer sows his wheat, the
merchant puts In his winter goods, the
mechanic goes back to the shop the same
us he did before, and the housewife tries
out the lardS and stores away the usual
crooks Of apple butter. Confluence Is
again restored.
''lt Is amusing, but true, that the eapi.
talst draws In his wealth and a general
bear movement Is brought about as elec.
tion approaches, and probably no industry
suffers more than that OF mining, unless
II be the tiIlers OF the soil, whom the
miner looks at in sympathy, less drouth
come and the seed do not take root and
grow. The approaching election causes a
general calling In Of loans. Both the
miner and the farmer produce from the
soil that which forms the basis of trade.
The farmer hopes to reap that which he
sOWed; the miner that which has already
been planted IN the wisdom Of the Al.
mighty, and cannot be destroyed, but Is
given TO us with the promise that III ye
search diligently, We shall hnd.' Yet this
bear and bull movement has It's effect, and
the uncertainty which puzzles the specu,
lative world, has much to do with the for.
wardng OF the mining industry, which,
when conservatively invested in, is safer
than many other repositories or accom-.
modatng associations willing to take our
savings. The vaults OF the mountains
are Gods own repositories. he silver
and gold contained therein are what he
SAYS the streets OF the new Jerusalem will
be lined with.
with confidence in continued prosper
ity and movement of more wheels even
than the last four years have even seen,
capital will not hesitate to invest in any
we'll governed mining company's stocks,
and the vast mining regions of Oregon
will now come in for their proportion OF
the money sure to be turned loose. When
Colorado lost all hope by the reputation
Of silver, the mines continued to be her
best friend, and the miners turned loose
on the next best metal, and gold mining
became even more profitable than silver
had been and brought about more and
brighter days, new cities and more rail.
roads and In all GOOD times nHexailed