Show LING KING G NOT READY 10 TO CUT LOOSE Manager Kearns Says Direct Directors ors Must Decide Nothing on Independent Smelter Soon after reaching home yesterday General Manager er Thomas Kearns arid and President David Keith of the Silver King Coalition company went into conference presumably over company affairs Asked when the mines would be thrown wide open again and production on generous genero lines resumed Manager Kearns said saidI I am not in a position to say much about it right now no That is a matter that will have to pe e considered by the directors of the company before anything is done The metals are improving in price a little but I doubt whether pro production production production will be resumed on a heavier basis for tor the present at least ln In that Olat brief statement President Keith concurred and Mr Kearns was then asked what was doing in the matter of oC the Uie in independent Independent independent dependent smelter enterprise He said that the subject was one that he had nothing to report on and probably would not have until the tha return of Captain Duncan Mac from the east t Owing to the se serious serous serious rious rous illness of Mrs Kearns mother the stay in New York after landing from the steamer was a brief one and nd Mr Ir Kearns did not have time to take t ke up business matters We e had bad a most enjoyable trip abroad said Mr Kearns and we made the most of ot every minute I t had a 0 fine chance to see what effect the financial panic in inthis Inthis inthis this country had on the business of for foreign foreign foreign eign countries and it was easy to see to what extent Europe had hail to depend on America for tor prosperity It is admitted in London and Paris that the panic In Inthis InthIs inthis this com cOUltry try has baa caused a loss to Europe in the shrinkage of travel from this country of not less than To illustrate what this shrinkage has been It need only be mentioned that one of the big liners of the Lloyd Llo d company which left lett a few days daYI ahead of our boat came over with only cabin passengers This on a ship that carries a crew of men menor menor menor or mot more gives an idea of what is doing uFra France I believe was wan hit harder than any other country by the panic but they are ale all so badly crippled that they have havea a much better appreciation of what the tho th business of this country amounts amount to than they ever over had before |