Show WV FROM y W one ff of the industries ff of the dav which would ta appear to be r in deec of protection and encourage ment ff acy in order to stimulate prodoc tion wW ia the 70 mining 13 of gold yf and afi silver these precious products 2 especially the e former have hitherto wier been fv deemed amply aws awse able 1 to take syr care 1 of i flou and to provide 0 their ff own profit w and reward i it is true that f silvea has had its up and diw downs 70 aaby aa owing to wy it being ff regarded wf as a coin w godit and being subject to the ff fluctuations growing out iby of mi the rela tion iw e of supply wr and a demand and though it ay has v for some 0 a time com banded e a handsome KW figure ay iy its pro wa is steadily byky falling au off not aff because the supply sr is being exhaust ed but because as in the case with gold rno the costs of mining and re fining have increased so much fv that kiy mana producing properties cannot be operated taff at a profit in the output awa of way gold in the united states 7 aff for last air ta ere was 7 a reduction AV w of s 10 in the W amount as ff compared with 1918 and of 25 yaw as corr pared with 1917 wy while Wj the Siy figures abw of silver show for ay 1919 a fill 70 I 1 g off of 12 ounces as compared with 1918 and 70 of 16 fy a compared with 1111 accord ing to the preliminary estimate of the bureau jaff jf ff of the afi mint and i the geo logical survey ia the total 7 amount of iw gold produced v last year affy vas 2 fine i ounces wyit 0 of a value iffy of axy 58 ariy riy and ay of silver 55 a fine waff ounas a of the value w of 61 w y ff 4 with the above figures sw ahus a discloses that binse 1917 haa fiyo been fi a yv reduction 4 7 in the s gold output of nearly half in the silver output of icv nearly third deseret news |