Show t BANKS DANKS AND MINING l TIm TIIE financial stability of of this country rests on mining Gold Cold and silver are the two metals which stand behind our financial structure says the Manufacturer We see what has bas happened to European where the printing printIng printing print print- ing presses turn out paper money without actual precious m me metal tal al' al alre reserves reserves reserves re re- serves behind It Mining is no longer a matter of guess work and chance as it used vis us- ed to be H It Is fl-Is is developing Into Into an exact exact exact ex ex- act science back backed d by the greatest engineering skill While it is true that much risk le a often olten run Jn tn n developing a property after the fact has once been bed that the ores are there the mining venture is Just as an undertaking as as th the building of a flouring mill a steel mill mm or a saw mill and yet t banks today today to to- today day very largely consider mining Inthe in inthe inthe the same light that they the have for forages forages forages ages past purely a speculative venture venture venture ven ven- ture depending upon the luck of of- the prospector or owner of mining pro pro- With modern mining methods s Jn In vogue this attitude sho Chang ed The government shoula should exert ever every effort to encourage the production production production tion of or precious metals Banks Danks whose failure or success depend upon sound financial conditions should consider It part of or their public duty to encourage honest mining operations operations opera opera- and furnish them financial as- as when conditions warrant Just the same as they would other bu in Instances today today today to- to Blesses which many many mining day are less substantial than han properties but which are classed as asgood asgood asgood good loans Instead of ridiculing raining mining ventures ventures ven ven- tures turea and giving the tho public the Impression impression Im im- that they are the last class of venture that the tho careful business businessman businessman businessman man should Invest In In banks should change this attitude and advise the public that legitimate mining I is theone the theone theone Industry at one absolutely necessary this time to maintain our dollar on the cents valuation basis baals In spite of Innumerable handicaps In spite of lack of financial assistance in spite of or the derision and ridicule the theman theman heaped upon which s a generally man who pu puts puta ta his hia money In mining ventures the best class claes of typical Americana Americans that we have today have bave tone fone ahead and produced our stores of gold and silver sliver which have made this nation the most substantial financially fin nn socially of any In the world Hanks flanks and mining are tile ble but mining could get gt along without with with- banking could not Dot out banks while get et along without mining |