The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-10
R|EPE RISES
TO REMARK
Ely Statesman and Silver
Enthusiast FaiIStOFind
Things his wayin East
Ely, March Z, 1908.

Ely, mdTCu 4, iJVo.
Editor News:-The article | read
in this mornings News on Lead
Silver" is about as good as | ever
read. If we could have silver. say
at the reasonable price OF dollar, all
our idle and old camps would be
working. This would be the greatest
state in the union. was asked on
my trip east great many times,
.why do you talk for silver; Nevada
Is a gold state Sure Mike, but Ii
the most criminal crime of 1873 had
not been enacted we would be greater
than we are now. While We are the
fifth state In the union as far as
gold and silver are concerned in
Uncle Sans domain, we would be
the first of all states In production
of precious metals. We will anyway
be the second and maybe the first
one-Colorado is the only state | am
afraid of Silver at SIS cents and
lead below 81 is not high enough for
many of our producing mining dis
tricts.
Just think how they like silver in
New York. | happened to pay my
laundry bill of 81 cents and changed
a five dollar bill Consequently the
clerk gave me $4.09 cents in change,
three one dollar greenbacks and one
big silver dollar. While he gave me
the big silver dollar he apologized
and said he was very sorry that he
had to give me that cartwheel. This
started me | flung the three paper
dollars back at him and said, please
give me all of IL In big cartwheels.'
He looked around and said he could
not.
Then | said to him, you six-bits
clerk and your 50 business men. you
people never had five dollars in silver
In your life He said that where he
was they didn't believe in silver.
When he said to me you must be
from THE West, ! said You bet |
am" | also gave him back the four
single cents. or pennies. as they are
called in New York.
Now, you people of the west. there
is only one way of getting silver to
the front, that is by using 1t. Pay
1t to your miners and people work
ing for you by all means. Next In
order would be to retire this con-
temptible one dollar and two dollar
shin plasters, because they are no
money. They only represent money.
We are bound to have silver in time.
1t will and must work out its saliva
ton
Two months of congress and more
are gone and the poor people have
no relief yet as far as currency and
banking are concerned. | appeal to
the western United States senators
and congressman, don't support
either the Fowler nor the Aldrich
! Ills. because they are only in favor
OF Wall street Give us free silver
or at least give us reasonable
standard, say 81. and all our old as
we'll as new camps will be working
in all the states wher they are
blessed with the poor mans money.
You senator's of the United States
senate, what did you do since Decem-
Der the 4th2
AS long as the great west is foolish
enough to send you "our money
and you lock 1t up and say to us you
cant have it, of course We western
people will never get any relief. Give
us a postal banking system. Give
us deep inland waterways. We
passed at the trans Mississippi con-
gress a resolution to favor a five hun
dred million fund for this purpose
at per cent interest. This is a
great undertaking. Give us an Ii
pound parcels post package service.
Uncle Sam gives IL to Mexico and
Canada, also to Europe. Why cant
we have it? Truly yours,
RICHARD A. RIEPE.