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Show (SAVING THE GOLD IN.-DUSTRY IN.-DUSTRY The continued closing of goM mlaea Is bringing the nation :. u'le,-1 alliatlou of the fact that If, flo'oe-'thing flo'oe-'thing Is not done to help the guld miner meet present conditions, wv J wilt soon be without gold, I Cold, the most precious of nv talrf.l ts worth tho least. Oold, tha lusts of all credit has not advanced Inj price In this day or high prhJs and though labor and material havo guno up, the miner only receives the old. price of 120.47 an ounce fjr Ma 'gold. Jewelers who attribute the ad vance In tho price of their waas to Ute Increased cost' of labor and material ma-terial don't pay any more for thlr gold than they did twenty-five years ago. As a result of tho low prlcu of gold It Is bolng exported to countries coun-tries which pay a'-premlum fo.' It. Oold miners are endeavoring; 1o havo Congress authorize a pniolutn of $10 an ounce for gold uwd In the nrt3 and sciences but leaving (ho same old price at the mint for monetary mon-etary purposes In order to kep 'the gold standard where It has always been. This would help save tho gold mining Industry at no expense to the taxpayers. |