Show FRt REE COINAGE REMEDY Nevada Mining Man Would Have More Elastic Currency in Hard Dollars FAVORS FA VORS DEPT OF MINES MEANTIME ADVOCATES GOVERN GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT MENT PURCHASE OF SILVER The free and unlimited coinage of silver silveris is the first desire of Richard A Riepe a prominent mining man of Ely EI His Hia second desire la Is 1 the issuance of at least oCO o In sliver silver coin and as much more as may be necessary He is for retiring the small greenback currency and bills and substituting silver dollars which are always good The third ardent desire of air Mr Riepe is the creation of a department or of mines and mining Indeed this has long been a hob by with him himI I think the mints should bd b turned loose on tho the coinage of silver r dollars said Mr Riepe at the Cullen last even evening ing ng and the retirement of these things displaying three or four U 1 and 2 green greenback greenback greenback back bills bill First of all I am in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver Not ot being able to get that however I am hopeful that the government will coin a sufficient number of silver sliver dollars to re relieve relieve lieve the present pr distress I am firmly convinced that in silver would help tremendously and probably put an annd end nd to the panicky feeling altogether Are Hospitably Entertained I r have just returned from the Amen Ameri Amerian Am ri rian an Mining congress at Joplin Mo and andt the t 11 Commercial congress at Muskogee Okla Okia The former was In session from the to the lath and the latter tatter from the hum to the At both we were given the warmest of o welcomes This is especially true of Jop Jm lm where we were permitted to spend scarcely a cent of lot t our own money and were constantly constantI being treated to automo automobile automobile bile lle rides and dinners The mines at Jop in m are remarkable in their way wa waAt wayS S At Muskogee I tried to get through a art arf rt rf solution calling for the establishment of cr c f a department of mines and mining but those who favored this cabinet place were defeated Instead of the resolution which 1 J presented time tIll convention con passed one ailing alling for a bureau We Ye of the west wet were much disappointed but we wo hope to get the department two years ears mence by which umme ime a sufficient number of bureaus will willIar have been heln created to warrant the new de do department nt One On of the most dramatic scenes in the congress occurred when the blind senator Mr Gore arose and th issue of bonds canal and other otherwise wise WI He lie is one of the most powerful I lev eve h harl arl We e voted against the proposition but that did not miko mk he the sc sene ne th U the less impressive West Is Disappointed Next Net year y r the time mining congress will willm iret m t in Columbus O 0 The Th western dele ele sates thought that the region where il the e and minerals are ought to be the erie cine to be honored by having one of its chosen as the place of next meet meeting meeting ing n but we agreed ar to Iet let it go at that when this eastern town was selected Conditions n many man of the Ue eastern east rn cities r f v pretty bad bai In ny rry opinion the present may maj ma be bP attributed to over ov r speculation Over Oner vcr speculation the squeezing out of the Hie 11 water from om over capitalized stocks maybe maybethe the fine imposed on the Standard Oil oJ company com pan had something to do with It these and position on time the rail oad ad I take It are the chief hief causes of feeling of ol unrest I 1 might add how howEr ex er that wildest wildcat mining ought to be In J in ii I this list and though I 1 am ama a liMned to dmit it nry ny To own state stat has lias Lieen the tile theatre of a good deal of ot this Mr Ir Riepe RI pe will ill leave for Ely this fore forenoon noon n |