Show n I I. I i I I Free li ee the e Mining Industry 0 of U Di Disease Its Killing e A Sti When hen the Hie raining i industry u in ill 1 Utah is in a healthy condition the thc entire state prospers prosper therefore every man and acid every institution ion Navin having b an au interest in the general w welfare of this state should he be q quick dick jck to fight b anything that would harm this valuable industry would uld have hav toso to togo togo Without Without the peoples people's money moncy many good prospects w the then money mo is taken to NewYork New hew ew ewy go so u undeveloped When Vlen peoples people y York oH to fill the pockets of gamblers g who have no interest WUl v i. i in the f future re or in th the prese present present t P prosperity ros P erity of f u 1 thc r i in industry try ry in this state has to suffer L. L A shrewd manipulator came to Utah when the local sto stool stock k market wa was just lecover recovering ng from a pet period of od-of of stagnation l and when he people were ready to open their purse purse strings in iii line w with ith the general awakening awakening awak wak- s M H ening i g of prosperity throughout the nation This clever one George Graham Rice ice around aroundhim him Trim mete w well ll known in n Utah whose Utah whose carried carried- sonie some i weight ight and wi who declared that Rice had reformed an and discarded his crooked crooked habits They found many listeners among among g bo boosters ca eager cr to to see the mining industry revived in this state But when Rice Bice had completed his mission n to Utah the min mining 1 g in industry lis y was ivas left in a deplorable deplorable condition condition- l The he money that the small investors had to spen spend was taken from om th then them ni with without ut th their having a chance for any return The manipulators manipulators manipulators made mining exchange a nothing b less than thana a a gaming gaining h house ti e where her a man might just as well Yell have tossed a coin to wl whether etl r h he w would uld be bet that a stock went u up up or went down Rice pulled the strings and juggled the prices on many stocks until l the buying public was bewildered His fine Italian hand is seen at th the table again as he prepares to pull the strings and make his IMS m manikins ins do his bidding and take the easy money back to New York We all We-all all saw what Rice and his tactics did to 10 the local mining exchange after his last raid here Public confidence was destroyed and people with money to invest in ill legitimate prospects that might I d develop e p into gre great t min mines s poured their money into the e gambling pot potI and n rost lost st interest in mining and lost all faith in many men behind the then thel l' l I industry here I The b good had ad to be classed d' d with the tools of Rice j J We Ve do not wish to o see such a r. r col condition develop 1 here liere ere again b We Ve t n warns warm p the thc public to be very cautious in following 1 b g George g Gral Graham am lr Rice s tips this He TIc has lIas practiced deception b before fore and there is every I l reason to believe that he lie will deceive the public again when it suits his his' convenience We Y Ve e have not attempted to pass judgment upon the present sh showing show show- w- w ing n the Emma Copper Coppermine mine It may may bc be bea a second Cardiff and it may not ot be The fa fact t that Rice is connected is-connected s with the present boom h has s naturally n made us suspicious us of this this' this If the mine has lIas the c ore rC t that it is represented 1 to have a vo all tile tilene the ne' ne newspaper s aper warnings m the world could coul not keep it from Ironi becoming nt a big bg money ploney The fhe smelter smeller will pay lay just as much much- for ore from froma a mine under suspicion as it will from a mine in good standing But But we do do not wish to see see our readers tricked tricked again by bi a a pro aro apro professional ro l manipulator of p prices Some day d when hen t there re is m for severe severe rc punishment for a man who who gives out false information t on co concerning cc of min minxes mines s the the industry in in Utah cUtah wil really eally enjoy nj t the fu full l confidence ce the of-the of the public and will havethe have hav the publics public's unstinted financial support |