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Show have invested 'n smelters on the Mexican Mexi-can border suffer loss on being obliged to pay the same duty on load which is required of foreigners who import lead from old Spain, what is it, when compared com-pared with the absolute ruin of the lead industry of this country? The money already invested in mines and reduction works goes by the board if this protective pro-tective duty is not enforcod on our Mexican Mex-ican border. The closing of our home markets, depondent on the working of American mines, will impoverish the farmers, and the general prosperity of entiro communities, largely due to the mining industry, will seriously suffor. TIIK NCI'FKKSSION OP TIll'TII. At the annual dinnor of the Tress club at Now Tork last Thursday night, Colonel IJobert Ingorsol said: "Ho had an idoa at ono time of starting a society for tho suppression of truth." As most of the persons present wore engaged on partisan newspapers, thore would seem to bo no occasion to start a rivol society, so long ns one with ample capital, large membership and splondid ability, was actively engaged in the business. busi-ness. Tho partisan press of this nation hits a wonderful faculty in guiding the truth into party channels and so colot-ing colot-ing it that it becomes a lie. A recent instance iu connection with the Chicago Herald is to the point. The llorald is an able democratic paper. In commenting on the action of the house committee of ways aud means, whore, aftor a fierco Btrugglo, a duty of cents per pound on load ores, irrespective irrespect-ive of silver which they might contain, was agreed upon, the llorald has a flaming flam-ing head as follows: "A duty put on leod ore in the interest of mines owned by Secretary Blaine and Stevo E!kins." It is unnecessary to iuform our roiiders that the duty iu question is absolutely necessary to protect from ruin the silver-load mining interest of all the mining states and territories of tho west. If Messrs. Blaine and Eikins have been uufortunate enough to have money invested iu mines, they have shared with tho great mining community in the immense losses aiready pressing this industry well nigh to death. It is a o.uestion whether the Mexican peons who labor in mines or that country at 00 cents per day, shall bo allowed to compete with American miners who receive 83 per day. Already many American mines havo been obliged to stop work. If the few wreckers who |