Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-27
On Gold Mining.

| oIIldud, Nep., MAY Go.-lo LHt
Editor of The Bee: Will you per
NIT me space in your paper as E
mining man to reply to the coward
ly attack made on the mining In.
| dustry by the World Herald this
week, when this newspaper told It's
eaders that it would not accepl
! mining investment advertising, try
ing to give the impression that min
ing investments should be classed
and branded as fraud. The Auto
crat who responsible for it can
now read his title clear to member
ship in the Annias club. Blue sky
laws in Nebraska never protected a
single investor from fraud and never
| will, but it has given life to many
corporations that have proven to be
worthless, and this blue sky permit.
the World Herald brags so much
about as such a protection against
fraud, is a joke, snare and delusion,
and protects no one but the stock
and bond brokers, trust companies
and other Wall street interests. who
are seeking to control all industry
in the United States which can not
be attained by any other method or
scheme.
These blue sky laws are being in
troduced in very state in the union
to enable the Wall street financial
interests to control the wealth of
the nation, and violate the consti-
tutional rights of every citizen in
the country. Just to remind the
towards of the press, who are now
posing as the models of Purity, that
the people of Nebraska are not all
damp fools yet, and can see the
Autocratic hand back of the attack
and who Is paying for the adver-
Using and that they have not de-
ceived anybody but themselves. In
order that the people OF Nebraska
may be informed as to the true value
of the mining industry, L wish to
quote the following:
The president Of Chicago bank,
having become interested in a South
Dakota gold mine, was criticised by
the directors for his wild invest
ment, whereupon he made the fol-
lowing reply:
throughout the Black Hills of
South Dakota, ages ago. said the
banker. "'God builded stronger
vaults in his granite banks than
ours. He filled these vaults with
gold. He gave the prospector knowl-
edge and insight and guided him on
his way to the door of the bank
vault. The federal government
handed him his patent title to all
therein. 1t is no crime, but vir-
tue to enter. With drill. blast, pick
and spade the poor man broke the
combination lock and entered. But
for him our notes of issue would be
as the stump tail currency of 1857,
But for him this government would
he bankrupt. Mines will be pro-
ducing millions in that future day
when national banks are unknown.
Remember, a mine Is simply crop,
already raised, harvested and depos-
tied in the bin or bank. You check
it out at your pleasure.
"'This wealth, gathered from
mines. immortalized King Solomon.
Mining made Rome mistress Of the
world Mining made Great Britain
the worlds dictator. Mining has
made the United States the ricn-
est country in the world. Show me
the country that has no mines ana
| will show a people sunk in deg
radiation of poverty; and poverty
makes towards of nations as well
as OF men. Mining has transformed
more broken men and tramps into
millionaires, and placed them in po-
sitions of honor and trust than any
other business. Without the miner
Won would not have any frying pan,
a spoon or hat pin. Eliminate the