Show I 1 la his own fiffis taken mm his oun bools books nim HIM completely the tha last hope of oaths the SaIt Lake times 5 is mr kr thatchers Thai chert letter latter to the harald the salt lake times ever ready to criticize democratic Ppe speakers akers aud and the lion iron moses thatcher hunted up a mr alatia lier and secured from him hill 1 a 1 contradiction tra diction of something mr that said eaid in the provo convention about lead and the tariff mr I 1 lan aller is a bi nelter and evidently imagines that lie he carries all information relative to mining under his own hat the following letter ia i supposed to be evidence of mr air Hs great knowledge C of the question tit at issue daan grit in observing obE erving the lie cam ain 1 pain ll 11 n of education now suing guing on OIL ill in the t territory r ii tory I 1 lantice that gentleman of nf the eminence tIlli DeWe of loees thatcher Thatch cr and joseph L ran lius are given ivan to grubs and most moitt inexcusable of fatta facts the latter bitter in liia hili continental hotel as quoted in herald IIer all after perpetrating tile amus ilij iiii blunder that af our ores are a re dry ores when ahen in tact fact we ve are particularly producers of gi si orra ores goes on oil to say that the treatment charges on oil dry arbs orbs ores have been increased from 17 to 19 per ton since the mckinley lIc Kinley bill went into operation it Iti be interesting to toreain eat n where sir mr raw Ilaw ins lina obtained liis his anfor information matzoll ilis his c claim ai in is lit litterly telly on t the lie contrary bior or the benefit of 0 those w who h 0 are inter estler in this quer I 1 eiph to state in and A that the treatment harden on oil dry ores are from 15 to ta 3 per ton toil lov lower er than lefore the ol oil the mckinley bill bi 1 the fidares figares beagin beat ida out tile truth tru tit of my div aeration tion are obtainable right here in my tit v office or frow any ore pur climer r in this ibis city when gilr rawlins Ilaw lina makes ass assertions I 1 like ike the above and w allen lien mr thatcher platea at ettes that the bullion cvek A 4 chain pi piu pinn u company of of which lie is president ling lias lost lW in one year car ur ir in in ail any period by reason of tile tha operation of the McKi ulcy they are guilty of gross and willful ini oil and should be called to avoli it it mr ir thatcher is at all conversant with tile the 0 operation ration of his com company pliny he should ab it tsui tain cioni foisting foi stin his baseless base lehs lebs the theodies ofies upon the public if mr air liaw ilaw uns lina to chow tile the samo same zeal in ill an ail ellort to obtain the facts of the case cage lie lis plas in the situation lie he would not forfeit the respect of ahoe differ iii with gitil politically lit liti cally I 1 understand lie lias has in ill a good Lu measure ensure another matter I 1 iviah to call your attention to ij ii this thin lead lad ores ot ol all kind olid and iia ic all marke tb td aio aie selling at better belter prices than tu 0 years ago there is not a ton of lead ore kold bold in this that has not had its iti treatment charges lowered front from SS qz to ta 5 per ton during ahm period if tile the other assertions of gentle nien arthey cannot be dignified dignified by calling thern them arguments have ave no better Mu mutation dation than those baerd ou on thu the dry and lead irad ore situation the credulity oi of their auditors aud ilois is if indeed pitiable very truly yours ours A the rt times claims that the above letter smelts mr air thatcher to that omans great delight deli glit M let iet us its see mho holias has leon been assayed and found I 1 wanting read mr thatchers reply SALT LATZE LAKE CITY utah oct 20 1692 to the editor of the herald I 1 my attention having been called to a communication from mr hr A hagauer Hau auer as published in the times of the dinst the lattera lat comments ther shercon con and to tile tribunes Tri bunts strictures i of this date dale on the ire heralds comments ott on the letter referred to respecting remarks made by rile me at the democratic convention re rc cecilly held at provo I 1 am ain compelled in self reply New newspaper discue discussion sion involving personal references reference 5 are arc exceed exceedingly ingy 0 distasteful to role me and they beco become me painful when an ail appeal to the records und and a persons own statements written over his own big signature bigna nature place joint before all the world in ill the ixta anely awkward 11 po cLurg tit ly by hitri a against 0 ainest ot 0 inexcusable of fact und of wilful hut but such is n chepo the ill mr Ilan aller has haa placed himself by what seems to me an ail uncalled for and unjustifiable attempt to impugn my honor y catling rast ilig reflections up on my veracity Yra city that aftem attempt pt anti and tile the tenor of ili hi entire open letter removes much of the regret I 1 I 1 would ou id naturally otherwise feel in replying to his hig strictures upon utterances an es in which bioli there was no allusion 1 to bian himself elf or to any smelt ing int interest elest in atall I 1 shill shall sh ill not attempt to enter into hito a 1 lengthy ent or disca discussion with mr hemauer Hi mauer with whom I 1 have had in the past pleasant bubl ness relatives and aiho w ho lias has been regarded heretofore by myself as a 1 courteous dignified and refined gentleman too just gustand ami considerate to wish to injure the deputa ic t oil of otlie other rs I 1 will at once go to tin tile heart or of this matter mr IIa Ila says 9 1 I bial to state mo most t positively and ami unequivocally that the treatment charges en dry ores are today to day 5 to 8 per ton toil lower than lian before the passage ac of the mckinley bill attain 1 there is not a ton of lead ore sold in this mail acet that has not had its treatment charges lowered from ia 3 to too 5 pr per ton toil during this period now it will be reni remembered that the mckinley McKin loy bill went into effect oct 6 ISM 1890 and upon tile the basis of that date my reply to the above statement i h smelter smelted smelt ed out of the following copies collies of documents signed by mr Ilau auer him tile THE OMIHA AND GRANT SMELTING AND co A AGET A i ALT I LALI ALI cm try r U T ill memorandum of contract for output of deck beck cos coa billines and carolino caroline mineford mine for balance of biar made by and between A 1 K aide nia nager of said crin pany anil and enting tile lie owners of the Caroi ji c e mine party of the first part and A 11 II if llan auer party part of the bartto t it said party of the second pait iiii agrees to tako take taid abtil output paying I 1 as follows folloN Ns for VO IU per cent of lend cou tents two cents per pound less than new york quotations tor for 95 per cent of silver contents ti taiti I 1 teo cents per ounce lets let s than new york yolk quotations and 1 I for soli gold at the rate of ac per ounce deducting on oil board cars at ai eureka for freight and working charges chang as follow it on oil ore assaying 16 15 per cent lead and under tio 19 25 23 per ton on on ore oer 14 is pur r ceia leal acad to 20 per cent inclusive 1625 per ton ott OH ote oie as saving over ID pui per cent lead to 25 per cent inclusive 11 per tic r ton toil on oil ore assaying over 25 tier per cent lead to 35 per cent inclusive 1550 per ton toil and on oil ore asia ll saving ying 1 over 35 25 per cent lead 14 1460 W per cr to ton n and said party ot ol tile the first part agrees to sell and delier dl ier said output tor for tile the period aboe named to said party of the flip second part upon said basis basia and aad of prices bitnes s A jit A K H I 1 0 A llA IIA SAUEr AUEr it will ivill lie be observed that alii contract was executed i bior to the operation of the I 1 mckinley McKin loy let act which placed a duty of 00 30 per ton on oil foreign lead ores according M to sample band and acsay asay at the otte port pon of of entry now please carefully note oto what followed within three months after that protective law went into effect illk AND gicand AND FINING COMPANY 1 A P AGENT I 1 SALT LAKI CITY 13 T 0 o A H L alyde E eq q manager brilli Bl illi Beck artl california mining cori company pany ICAR DEAR SIR I 1 make you the follow follos ins illg bid for 1000 tons tier per month 0 of your output for the year 1891 jiing pi ins you there foron on board cars at as follows for JO per cent of tile lie lead ac per pound less than new york quotations ions for ua per ac cent of the ac c pr per ounce leas viall new york q quotations notations aud and fur burgold old sit at the rate of tier per ounce deducting us as bullo follows a on oil ore assaying asea ying under tinier 10 per cent lead 2460 24 60 per ton ott ore assay uis 10 per cent lead to 10 lead 2350 2330 per ton toil on oil ore ai dying over I 1 i per cent lead to 20 per cent lead 00 per ton toil uzi on ore assaying over 20 per cell rent to 25 per cont cent lead inclusive 2150 aa per ton toil on oil oro ore assay aEe ayin iri over 25 per cent lead to 0 per cent atad ke 2050 per ton on oil ore assaying over 30 20 per cent lead to 35 per cent lead 11 1 50 per ton toil ou on ore as assaying sayin on oer er 33 35 per cent load call to lo 40 per cent lead ak 50 tier ton toil 9 on a ore assaying over 10 40 per tent lend lead W A 60 50 tier per ton ion nothing to lie be pibil pai I for lead ahen under tinder 5 per cent yours youra truly A EK contrasting the price paid by mr Ila under tho the contract 1 free lead was wa being 7 thip pid in from mexico Nl exico with his bid for f or our ore after we were protected by a duty of 20 per ton on oil foreign lea lead I 1 find tile the freight bein being 0 the feame in ill 1891 as 1690 that an 1 11 attempt was thus made to increase the sm smelling smelting elting charges under protection ac aa follows ro allows ott on dry ore advance S 0 o per ton on ure ore carra earn ins hig 15 to at 20 per cent lead fead tier per ton oil 0 ore orb carry ins ing 20 to 25 per cent cad per lim 0 on 11 ore carrying 25 to SO 1 0 per percent cent lead advance per ton 0 on n or ermmer cent lea beail advance per ton on the assurance of mr hanauer that this was wag the best offer lie he would make and being 0 unable to acure a better bid here ber e our manager was sent to denver to represent to the omaha and grunt grant people that unless better prices could be obtained we would at once close cloe down upon the showing ll 11 0 made we finally succeeded in act contracting n tr with that firm mr hanauer sig signing g the contract for ora a por gioi of our ore at ili an advance ill in treatment charges over tile the prices paid in ill 1890 as follows alliance per peo toil ion 0 on n d dry ore I 1 1 1 75 on I 1 ore 15 to 20 per cent lead 3 50 51 on oil ore eat dairying cair trying ying 20 to 25 per cent lead 50 on lile carrying can ing over 25 per cent lead about abou t 2 00 our present contract with mr Ila hanauer lor for a part of our output shows an ail advance in smelting smelling sm elting char charges chares b es above tit alifi prices paid in 1890 as fol follows lowb adrance p PIT ton on on oil dry alry ore 4 s 00 90 on oil ore carr vii 15 toa to 20 0 per cent lead 3 40 on oil ore carrying 20 to 2 25 5 per cent leap 2 05 on oil ore carri cirni inga ig 5 to 35 per cent lead on ore carr over 35 per cent lend lead 1 15 As to tile the manner in which mr lial hanauer lauer anav may endeavor to 0 o ri reconcile concile these hese facts with willi his statements as published in the times I 1 lea leave entirely with himself as an au thorit hority y who entirely distances anew one whom hom he be says should abstain 11 from rom foisting liis his baseless theories upon the public and I 1 leave the ho public to judge 0 is as to whether my utterances at provo were theories or facts bets 14 SA to tit ri nt sa fv fili 0 ther light on the that official reports 4 fth e lead contents of the antia balio lullion bullion beck co for the last year averaged am only a fraction over lo 10 per cent or to lie be exact pound to the llie ton I 1 note this fact vs cs showing that we are arc now paying atho the average in in cad bead being about tho the same saine as last year 31 3 SO 10 per ton toil more redu reduction action charges than was paid previous to the operation of tho mckinley bill thus mr air rawlins and myself stand upon the safe basis of our fornier ormer utterance but there are other and more important historical facts bearing upon the great but now languishing 0 and partially paralyzed mining industry of our territory the almost constant decline of bil silver ver during the past two years as brought about by the de dc act of 1873 and the cerious serious eject of combines under tho the protective features of the lie mckinley mir law had bad become 0 o grievous that the railway companies were forced to come to the relief of utah mines manager lanager 1 A E alyde and myself as coffle ers oi of tile bullion IS ill lion deck company la labored bred persistently for months to bring that relief to bear upon the mining L interests of this aliis territory terri territory tor V meeting lio ie superintendent S II if IL II dark clark and other prominent union pacific officials at omaha and bub Illee meeting till mr dark clark and mr gould at II ailey idaho on the same bu builders illeRs dark clark and gould shortly thereafter hereafter visited eureka later on mr mr air beck and myself went to new york and consulted again with superintendent dark clark and with traffic manager A lellin and finally in february last as I 1 ren remember jumber the union pacific will and denver rio grande grandc railroad companies 1 generously as our compa company riv feels feel SIP came to the relief by bv reducing freight charges 0 from 1115 to per ton toil between utah common points and D denver biver and corre correspondingly ay to omaha and other ca eastern tern points but notwithstanding the generous of th the r e railway companies every mine at eureka cureka except the bullion be hek ac is ly closed personal personally I 1 should fic be pleased if mr ira or bottle other authority would explain to tile public bublic why jbv this thia is so I 1 think I 1 have in ill a disjointed manner thrown some lic liblit lit ut upon n this subject to ko very vital to atall but tile is by no means yet exha exhausted ustel if mr handier will vill nold add his claimed reductions duct ions iti in treatment to tc i atlie tile adonnies proven by documents document signed 19 by h himself lm self lie li will readily percee perceive V e how iside wo we aro apart and so BO will ivill the public your I very cry THATCHER ifa ft hauer lias has been assayed assi lie ife ghow per cent fr fraud aud SO per cent cal Ira dictions t 0 per r e nt i is noralie no borange rafie and ft a trace of tile the T 7 nan lie 5 |