Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-05
URGES UNISON
OF MINING MEN

or the treatment charges reduced any
where along the line in any of the A
3. an r plants, either in this coun-
dttions is sometimes very beneficial2
try or Mexico? VIII anyone deny
that independent action looking to-
ward breaking away from old con-
Is it not a fact that our beautiful city
OF Douglas is the result of just such
action and that the Southern Pacific
railway was the octupus that forced
the play? The situation that now
confronts us is this: The Alaska coun-
try and Montana are In the tolls OF the
greatest trust OF modern times. Their
situation from the mining mans
standpoint is next to impossible. We
in this country are not in that merci-
less grasp. Arizona and Sonora con-
T. In much of the best and riches min
eral area now known to exist on the
western hemisphere. We have indie
pendent smelters as well as trust
smelters. Now is the time 10 get
busy and line up for concerted action
before" the horse is stolen. An
ounce of prevention" is worth ton
of cure" The nationaI organization
of mine owners and operators known
as the American Mining congress Is
in the field for the express purpose
of righting the wrongs of the OPP
pressed in mining circles and 1t be
hooves allIthinkihg men in that line
to look into this organization. Some
twenty-fiye of our best citizens are
now enrolled under its banner and
they. in conjunction with El Paso and
other parts of our territory, seek to
bring the 1909 meeting Of the congress
| 10 Douglas for the purpose OF showing
tbe eastern and foreign investors that
nowhere on Gods footstooi can such
| opportunities for profitable invest
ment be found as right here in this
| territory tributary to Douglas, Arr
| IONA. and when our position is con
| trasted with the pitiable one OF the
| great northwest, it will not require
very bright intellect to see where tC
| invest. Only in such great nationa
| movement can we hope for RELIEF. We
| can do more to bring in capital, WORK
| ing along these lines, than in any otn
| err wav, for in no other way can VIZ
| get into personaland continued $ouci
| with plenty of eastern money Ih'
big Pacific Yukon-Alaska exposition
| which takes place in Seattle IN Tn
| summer and fall of 1909 is being got
ten up purely and solely by the mel
of the northwest to boom mining II
| that region. It is very laudiDl'
proposition for those people, and N
/ doubt will be largely attended. Evel
now several fine excursion steamer
and numerous smaller craft are unde
construction for use during the raj
| and tons of literature are being pre-
pared and several millions Of dollar
will be used to make it glitterin
success. Visitors viii be ntorme
that nowhere can such opportunitle
be found and no effort will be spare
to convince the investor that IN
great northwest" is at" Is 1t moi
therefore, the part of wisdom for us
who have, no sound, no steamers, n
fair and no appropriation from COZ
press. to work as we have neve
worked before and avail ourselves o
the potent instrument at hand, tn
American Mining congress, TO pul
things our way this year and ge
! ready to counteract the tremenGou
influences of the northwest in her el
forts to sidetrack every other sectiol
in favor of herself; divert the STREAM
of money that for three years ma
been pouring into Nevada into tn
/ coffers of the Arizona and Sonor
mining districts? Suppose we do no
1 get busy? Let us lie dormant for on
more year, and until those northern
folks have all their plans complete
Then what? Is anyone foolish enoug.
to think people win lie awake night
i irving to find out about us and on
goods when we ourselves have no
vet come out of our trance? Gentle
men, the time to edo things is now
/ "ONE WHO KNOWS"