Show from th october 18 KO FRIEND OF THE MINERS alie policy of the treasury department in general and 0 secretary windom in particular with reference to alie mining product of the great west ot which TUB recently made mention is again meat odiously exhibited in the decision just frum washington that mexican lead ores may be imported ined this country duty free the towns along the southern border and tha proprietors of the particular shelters smelters sm elters to which eucla ores are taken for treatment ft ill doubtless rejoice in this interpretation pre tation of the law aej reap a considerable temporary profit from it but alie general effect upon the mining industry of the bocky from the british line to the wo grande and colorado rivers cannot be otherwise than injurious la alie highest decree some of the most oua mining camps in all this vast region are those whose only product is low grade ores the quantity of alio deposits the proximity ta shelters smelters sm elters the low rates of freight where transportation is necessary and more than all lie import duty laid on the cheaply mined product of alie mexican capital fats have combined to make the industry profitable and an important contributor to the national wealth but secretary Win doms diccion dic sion is calculated to change all this the buyers of bullion are sordid enough let us say rather they are human enough to buy all re they cm buy the cheapest american lead mining aill languish in competition with mexican clave labor our shelters smelters sm elters vi ill hae to shut down the hardy miner will beek richer fields or oiher employment altogether and many a lively district will become as listless as a coon in cold weather this may be an extreme view but it will be realized in BO tar as the quantity of the imported ores shall meet the demands of the market the Secre action is the more disappointing since the potent cry of free lead won montana from alie democrats last fall the idaho miners and the sturdy few who toil in bingham and stockton in this territory will not be overjoyed at the rul bog in fact it will atteck us all more seriously than caa at present be seen |