Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-28
Suggestion to Relieve the Pres
ent Detrimental Conditions
For Producers.
ARE MANY GOOD FEATURES.
Competition VIII Not BE Ancctcd-
-Aways Ready
Market,

The government could maintain ore
purchasing establishments 300 the
same manner that it does the assay
offices and mints. says the Ramsey
Recorder. Asked recently why the
government could not aid the miner
by furnishing him a place 20 market
his ore on a cu-sh-down basis, the
director of the mint made the state
ment that it was utterly impossible,
since such a proceeding was unauthor-
iyed by the laws Of the land. and sec
cndly there would be no chance to
do such n thing just now even II IL
was authorized. That Il would ne
ccssitate "a corps u samples storage
houses, etc.
PRESENT SYSTEM BAD.
VIM tbe existing condition OF GRE
purchasing companies, sampllns
works aud SHELTERS, which VIII mean
ruin TO @ number Of mine-oWners
ana leasers. the practicabnity OF
rcvernmcut doing something IN me
matter. Is the more emphasized. Ihe
thought al once suggests itself that
what the government Is doing in the
matter OF assay offices and NINE
could be done just as readily IN Tue
rnatter Of ore purchasing agencies.
NJ ,vould merely be another branch
of that part Of the government SER
vice that has 90 do with the circula-
ton of coin and greenbacks. lh
other words the production OF com
OF the realm from the raw material
what has happened 20 the imell-
crs and ore purchasers the pass rev
weeks can happen again any tlIne' "A
tight money market auecta 'hal 'i"ne
of Industry lust the same as II does
any other and the miner who is de-
rcnding on them for a ready market
for his ores and Immediate revenue
fer his mine is up against IT, so 70
sneak. until financial conditions gel
better Pauics are something lhtt
cannot be fOrecasted and any year is
liable to see the banks closing helr
doors. depression follow all along we
line and the source ~ money tho
mine. subjected % a period OF nom
production OF even suspension.
Al "a time OF money strinEcncy, a
general call goes down the line for
more gold and silver from the mines.
Am over the country discussion mas
arisen OF the silver question, many
Of the newspapers demanding return
10 free coinage. with the Production
under the dictatiOn ~ the shelters
which h nothing less than a trust
there is no possible chance TO relieve
tho situation and throw millions cf
rev money into the market. as COM
bined effort would do. il the smelt-
ers happen to be squeezed with the
rest are not disposed TO purchase ore
or raise prices. as has been done lately
they certainly work a hardship IN
many ways and hold the needed re-
lief back just that much longer.
With government agencies for tho
purchase of ores. located at places
most convenient 70 the mining dis
trIcts. the production Of gold and sill
Yer could go right along in most in
stances. whether the smelling concerns
and ore purchasers were in position to
buy or not AT a time Ike the pres
ent, when Nevada Is in shape 20 pour
millions Of dollars into the vaults OF
the country, she would not be pre-
vented from doing so because "a few
men were not In position to accept
her ores. And furthermore the price
hxed for banding them would be
staple.
COMPETITION NOT HURT.
II cannot be pleaded that govera-
ment plants would drive private in
dustry from the aeld as an argument
against the proposition. At the pres
ent time thus minis and assay offices
OF the government are purchasers Of
amalgam, bullion, gold dust and even
very rich ore. Old Iewelry Is also
bought. In this Il is In direct COM
petition with the smelters. who 90
the same thing and make money at II.
Many instances are known whore a
deposition prefers the private concern
and never makes a shipment 10 a
mint or a government assay Office.
Why then cannot the government. even
go so far az 20 put up reduction plants
and test tho ores from the mines and
always provide "A maIN for the min
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