Show VALUE OP MINES recognized BY LINCOLN A FEW HOURS before lincoln was assassinated he sent to the miners in the west the following message say an exchange now that the rebellion is over thrown and we know pretty nearly the amount ol of our national ditt the more gold and silver we mine we make the payment of that debt so much easier abraham lincoln april 14 his me message sage continued wow now I 1 am going to encourage that in every possible way meshall we shall have hundreds of thousands of disbanded soldiers and many have fear ear oil ed that their return home in such great numbers might paralyze industry by furnishing suddenly a greater supply of labor than there would be demand tor for I 1 am going to try to attract them to the hidden hit ii wealth of our mountain ran ranges s there is room enough for all immigration which even the war has not stopped will land upon our shores hundreds of thousands mote per year from overcrowded europe I 1 intend to point them to the gold and silver that wait for them in the west tell tile the miners millers for me that I 1 shall promote their interests to the utmost of my ability because their prosperity is the prosperity of the nation and said lie he his eyes kindling with enthuse enthusiasm aam we ive shall prove la in a very few years that we are indeed the treasury ot of the world our statesmen today would do well to ponder upon Lincol ns financial policy and his hh clear conception of what constitutes money and the solid basis of finance the nations credit depends largely on her western mines and at this time it is highly important thit that precious metal mining be ba offered every encouragement to a production prod action |