The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-26

The oft-repeated statement that the
Wilson administration is responsible
for the record prices of the metal mar
ket and the attendant high wages in
the Occur dAlenes was branded as
without the slightest foundation by
Stanly A. Easton, manager of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan company, in
an address before the Hughes All-
anee Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Easton went further and urged
the election of Charles e. Hughes and
a republican delegation in congress as
the only safeguard for the mining in
dustry following the close of the war
in Europe when the protective policy
of the republican party will be an alb
solute necessity The meeting was
we'll attended and the address was
heartily applauded While Mr.. Eas-
ton has always been one of the party
leaders in this county he has seldom
spoken at political meetings. He said
iii part;
Why He Is Republican.
Il have always been partizan in poll
itics because l have believed that to
accomplish definite purpose 1t was
necessary to align myself with par
ty which maintains a definite policy,
this being as necessary in politics as
in business lines / have always be-
leved that the republican party prom
ised more for the nation than any Of
the other parties
"The past shows that men come and
go, one is a leader today and another
tomorrow, but the policies remain.
believe that any political party which
depends on personal leadership can
not endure If this personal leadership
is the chief asset.
"The Hughes Alliance in it's work to
further the election of Charles E.
Hughes is a step in carrying out the
movement started at the convention In
! Chicago last June when the Idaho
delegation of which it was my privi-
| lege to be a member. cast it's vote for
Hughes as the nominee of the repub-
| liCan party. There was probably
never a convention before in the ma
ton where the office sought the man
| in more remarkable manner than at
! that convention. While the choice of
Mr.. Hughes was clearly indicated
from the first ballot, the strong hold of
the candidate was clearly indicated by
| bn ino Of fn
him on each ballot.
Widespread Demand for Hughes.
"There was no noisy demonstration
for Hughes at the convention as
marked the support of some other
candidates. but his selection was pop
ular with the delegates as well as
with the visitors who filled the gal
eries, and also with the progressives
in convention in the city.
"It is very evident to anyone who
has investigated the causes of the
high metal market and the resultant
prosperity in the Coeur d'Alenes with
the increased wage scale, that the
democratic party had nothing what
ever to do with this condition, direct
ly or indirectly. This condition has
been due solely to the demand for all
metals, including lead and zinc, for
the manufacture of war munitions in
the European struggle.
Lead and the Underwood Law.
"You have probably not forgotten
that in 1914, under the present ad-
ministration and after the Underwood
tariff went into effect, that the price of
lead dropped to $3.50 and silver to a
price so low as to indicate that there
was no market whatever for it. This
was before the effect of the war had
been felt in this country and after we
had begun to feel the effect of the I'm
derwood tariff. Had it not been for
the demand for metals created by the
war there would be no bonus paid the
miners in the Coeur d'AIenes today.
but instead there would have been
idle men, mines and mills closed. and
want.
1T is certain that as soon as this
world war is terminated metal prices
as well as the prices Of commodities
generally, will decline to figure well
under the normal price, following the