Show BANKERS TRIBUTE TO MINING a the president ot of a large national bank in chicago was under criticism by the presidents ot of several other banks because of his investments in a gold and copper mine in the rocky mountains he made the following reply to the criticism throughout the rocky moun bains ages ago god almighty built stronger vaults in his granite banks than we have in ours he ile tilled filled his vaults with gold silver and coppe he gave the prospector knowledge and insight and guided him on bis his way to the door of the vaults bo he had built the federal government handed him a title patent to all therein it Is not a crime but a virtue to enter with drill blast pick and spade the prospector has broken the combination locks and 1 f i f b A entered but tor for him our notes ol 01 issue would be as the stumped tail tall currency of 1857 but for hlin him the government ol 01 ours would be bank rupt bupt r mines will be producing millions in gold silver and copper in that future day when national banks are unknown A mine contains a crop already raised harvested and on deposit tor for you to check against at your pleasure the wealth gathered from the mines immortalized king solomon mining made great britain the world worlds s commercial dictator mining has made the united states the richest country in the world show me the country aitho it mines and I 1 will show you a people sunk in degradation and poverty and poverty makes cowards of na eions as well as of individuals mining has transformed moe mole poor men into in millionaires and raised them to positions ot of honor and trust than any other business mining has scored less than 15 per cent of failures against 95 per cent ot of allures failures shown in the general merchandising business ot of the united states I 1 without the products ot of the mines you would have neither a trying pan a spoon a bat hat pin nor a monetary circulating medium investing for profit |