Show memorial to congress the masa silver convention which was hold on wednesday night at salt lake waa a grand success the lionso wag litte rally packed many acine drawn to alio scene hy curiosity but alie creater number from their earnest devotion to the cause of dilver the ladies showed their capability as organizers and the utterances at the maetina bore tho impress of careful thought the following memorial to congress was adopted by acclamation to the honorable senators and members of the house of in the face df unparalleled disasters the women of utah in mass nie etine appeal to your honorable bodies we respectfully petition that at the ensuing special session of congress legislative measured be adopted to increase the use of silver as money a d enhance the price of silver bullion we do not of the theory which should bo adopted or which should bo used to attain these ends but we peak froni a knowledge of the distress and disaster have already fallen upon our territory and this whole crecion froni the partial cessation of silver mining and which must increase when this industry is more completely abandoned silver Is almost the only source of of alila whole region the miners consume the agricultural products laborers and merchants are paid by the product of our minee and with the cessation of mining they will be common and widespread disaster already hundreds of borkine women as well as men have lost situations thousands of skilled laborers bavo been discharged from our mines and with no occupation and no capital will have no food for themselves or families A few mines owners are still working their mines but with reduced force and wages and without profit and this only to avoid the waste and damage resulting to machinery and alnes ulnes from closing and stopping pumps even this work continues only because of the hope that the price of silver increase so as to enable a resumption unless this advance of price come soon the industry must cease and other thousands of helpless laborers will be discharged if this were only temporary or affected only one of our industries we would bear up bravely but the foundation upon which our entire business structure rests is silver mining and failure brings universal disaster the people of the cadt are assured that in these appeals we are not actuated by motive or making ft false cry when asking that the bitter cup be turned aside they too are also directly and indirectly inter ested in our welfare not only as citizens of a common country but in a pecuniary way our buy of them and credit in proportion to abo prosperity of our country our railroads are built our mines opened aud our improvements largely made on credit our railroad tate territorial and municipal bonds our principal loans and in uc of our mining stock held in the east therefore they cannot ruin our one great industry and inestimably lessen values without damaging their own interests ane development of this country and the investments in property here have been undertaken and accomplished when the lawa of the country and the platforms of its political parties pledged the nation to maintain the purity between gold and silver and gave investors the greatest pledge of security in the world and while vie do not understand why this pledge has failed we see and know abo effects of its failure we are loyal women with you avean intense affection and pride in in our native land and we cannot believe that an appeal which directly affects the happiness and prosperity of the people of one third of this republic can be listened to with indifference by you and wo most respectfully submit our memorial |