Show iivii f WI ciosi oru MINKS I i Tlio conspiracy against silver demands I organization and action on the part of mine owners We Imvo petitioned nnd I our petitions loire been disregarded Wo have phonrn to our Congressmen nnd to I the gicnt Industries of our country hoI their interests me affected by the decline in silver Cotton wheat iron and wool I ore all leduccd in prico by l Iho low prico of silver Iibor will ho the tlext great intciest which will be paralyrod by this Ion I-on piracy We as mine owners have furnished the sliver which has enabled Knpland to supply its cotton trade and to dictate the price for silver throughout the world The law of tho land compels the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase 2000000 of silver per monthlhut makes 21000010 per year our product nnnu nllv is about tCO000000 To moot the demands of the mint nnd the nrts requires re-quires not over t15000000 per year all I this loaves about 20000000 to go to London for their Eastern trade Now there is a heroic remedy nnd it should ho applied livery mine which pioduces only or chiefly silver should be closed for one year or until tho prico of nllvii insllflps rnnnine It At tir si > nt flue whole I decline I ntll loss is i thrown upon mine owners Freight mncblnory timber tim-ber coil nnd general mipplies and labor are all as high ns when silver was 110 per ounce The mines cannot stand this great reduction j they must sooner or later closo down or silver must riso in price or it must bo produced at n less cost Lot tho mines stop their production produc-tion let tho Secretary of tho Treasury mini the London speculator nnd India merchants try to got their supply from other sources fet the farmers the manufacturers railroad men furnace men nnd all other peoplo feel tho loss of natrona from tho treat mining indus tries of the West nnd let the whole business busi-ness interests of the land know the vthius of this immotiM levonuo and the day will not be far distant when silver will ha equal with gold not only in tho markets of tho world but tinder time law Cut off the bilpply for tho India nnd tho China trade cut otf tho supply for even our own coinage nnd in twelve months thin silvor in our mines will bo worth 110 per ounce or more Wo suggest that all silver mine owners in the mountains and in tho great Eat ern cities unite nt once and stop their work Wo are working against omselves As Congress has adjourned without enacting en-acting a freo coinage law let us come together to-gether in State anil Territorial councils and take action and let us decide to close our silver mines Wo hold it in our hands to put the prico of silver where injustice in-justice it belongs on n pit with gold and eiiuil under tho law with gold Tho host way to open the eyes of tho people in the fall election and to insure flue election of Congressmen who flue friends of the peoples money nnd of giving equal rights to gold and silver under un-der the law is to stop work stop purchasing pur-chasing supplies ntop giving freights to railroads stop employing men when as you know every days work is i a loss to you stop furnishing powder to your enemic The question is II simple one the turfs the Government and ordinary trade must have silvei The American miners furnish the oilier mind Ixjndon peculators nnd India merchants mer-chants in London it the price on tho whole product of the whole world Wnnt we are furnishing enables them to reduce re-duce the prico nnd to keep the price low Lot us break tlio game Wo hold the power and in using it wo arc but defending de-fending our property and our rights Our silver in the mines will pay us better than in the markets of London or New York Close the mines hang up the stamps and month by month you w ill BCD silver rise toward its natural nnd just ratio of one to sixteen to gold If there is a mine which must run because of water then we urgo upon them to store their bullion and keep it out of the nmket It will bo tho very best kind of ore investment for it will enhance its own value and that of all silver unmincd Now is the time to act Wo commend this policy to all owners of silver mines |