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Show Siloing CI I lib la New York. Now York, 17. At the Bullion club dinner last night, speeches were made by Christiansen, ot the bank of Nevada, presidents of tha New York Stock and Mining exchanges, Judge Daly and other well known citizens. Tho president of the club explained that its purpose was to assist in the development of legitimate mining for precious metals, and the market for securitiesof honestly managed mining enterprises by reducing their hazards through the procurement and record ing reliable information and statistics in regard to them, and all collateral subjects; an i also through social discussion, dis-cussion, and comparison of noteB. tn this way it was hoped to commend legitimato mining properties to tho consideration of intelligent, thinking capitalists at the east, and protect just interest of prospectors, locators and investors alike. A representative of the Call and fiullctin was called on to respond for the racifio coast press. While conceding the advant-of advant-of a properly conducted organization of Ihe character proposed, he warned its promoters that if it should either by carelessness or design become justly obnoxious or to the suspicion of promoting pro-moting speculation, whether by unduly un-duly inflating or depressing mining stocks its usefulness would be at an end, as certuiuly as the power of any journal, except for evil, is lost for ever when its temporary personal interest is permitted to color its reports re-ports regaidiug mines or any other subject of public interest. |