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EL PA80 MORNING ' “
SATURDAY, JULY 30. 1904
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Mining Ss a Business
By Frank 0. Carpenter.
Washington, July 22.—'‘‘I have been
an employer for many year*. I have
no trouble.with my labor and I have
never had a strike.’
These were the word* of one of the
richest mine owners of the United
States—a man who has made many
million dollars out of gold mines and
who has mines out of which he is
now taking millions more. ! refer to
Thomas K. Walsh, the owner of valu-
able properties in Colorado, that state
where mining troubles are rampant.
When he said this we were aiUlng In
the parlor of his great mansion on
Massachusetts avenue talking of gold
mining as a business and of Ms ex
Iteriences In It,
Never Had a Strike.
"How do you accomplish that re
mil" I asked.
'Tu the first place," replied the mine
owner, "I treat my men as though
they were human beings. I realise
that their work Is hard and that their
conditions should be made as easy
a possible. I have been doing what
many employers In Europe and the
Called States are now doing- -that la.
trying to better the sanitary and Itv
mg arrangements of my employes.
The ordinary mining boarding homo
l» it aback with poor rooms and poor
rooking. I have seen that ruy men
me wa ll housed ami well fed. They
have place* to dry their clothes as
Siam as they came out of the mines.
Wo have baths with porcelain tubs
Mini other modern conveniences. The
rooms in which they live are lighted
with electricity ami heated by steam,
and ilo ir meals are well cooked.”
"Do you pay higher wages than
other operators?"
"I think not," said Mr. Walsh, “a!
though we, pay the highest current
rules, Wo were among the first to
adopt t he eight-hour day, and did so
jiist after It was decided in the courts
that It could not tic enforced,”
Refer* to Recent Trouble,
"What Is the cause of the mining
troubles i Colorado?" I asked.
WTtn f come from a variety of
iinci-s," was the reply, "and they
have been largely fomented by the
b-adi rs of tbo miners' unions. I think
troth operation and miners have been
to some extent In the wrong. The
dual Ion Is a deplorable one,"
"What Is the matter with the
tit! Ion*?"
'There is nothing the mutter with
them as unions,” replied Mr. Walsh
I hav. no objections to uucb organ!-
tattoo provl led they are carried on
upon proper lines, but the unions In
> t upon many things in which f do
it believe ( am against the 'closed
• »P, 1 do not approve of the smypa
tft-tle strike per the boycott, and I
bad a natural ability—an Intuitive
perception, you might call It—a* to
the values of ore in the rock. The
1»rd gave me this, and I take no
credit for It. It enables me, however,
to tell a good thing when I sec It;
and my mining experience* are made
up of the hunt for good things and
investing In them. In my prospect-
ing I have never aaked to whom
mines belonged. I have gone In and
tested them, and If f thought they
were good Investments I have bought
them and developed them. As a re-
sult I have been very successful.'
"Then your fortune was not made
In a minute, Mr. Walsh?"
"No. I have met with success and
failure, but as a rule have gone on
steadily doing belter and 1 tetter.
Eighteen years ago I bad made enough
money to retire, and In fact hg;l left
the west srid come east to live. I
had then an Income of aliout ItS.OQO
a year, which at that time seemed to
riif^ enough for any man. Then the
panic came on and my fortune •was
lost. As a result I went back to min-
ing. I have succeeded very well since
then I consider mining my b»slnc!*i,
and expect to keep at it for years to
come.”
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ni. • very man should have the right
t<. work snd be sustained In II whetb
<e.r b- belong* to the union or not. I
would not lower wages, and I should
tiki; to see the condition of the work
itig people raised not only here, lint
In Europe as well Conditions In Eu
rope arc worse than they arc here
Indeed, one of the chief difficulties
of raising our labor Is the compel!
tins which comes In with the cheap
labor from abroad."
"How can such Improvement be
male? Hy the Civic Federation. I
suppose?"
"Yes, the Civic Federation can do
and Is doing good," paid Mr. Walitb.
"It Is bringing Iho employer and am
ployn together The employe Bees that
the employer has not horns and hoofs
and the employer Is learning that tin
employe at the bottom Is the satin
ktml of a man that he Is, ant) that he
should lie treated as Hitch."
Success frpm Hard Work.
"Tell me something about youraelf
as a latmror, Mr, Walsh. I under-
stand you have done considerable
work with your hands,"
"Yes, I have," replied the mining
millionaire "My success, such as It
in, has come from hard work, allied
to my natural ability In discovering
uml testing the precious metals, I
have been engaged In this occupation
for many years and have traveled
all over the Hocky Mountain region
again and again, exploring mining
properties, and now and then Invest
ing In them,"
"How did you start mining?" I
asked.
"I have always boon more or less
Interested In geology, and a* I look
back over my lire It seems to me as
though my fate wns early cust In thlH
direction. My lather was u fanner in
Tipperary county, Ireland. 1 was horn
there about fifty three years ago, ami
was educated in the common schools.
It was the custom to send the teach-
ers to Dublin every year or so for a
course of normal training; and once
I remember our teacher brought hack
n chunk of granite. The country
about us was all limestone, and this
granite was a great curiosity. With
that began my first study in stones,
and perhaps my first step toward min-
ing.
"Shortly after that mv falher ap-
prenticed me to be a millwright, and
thereby put me up another step, al-
though at the time It was thought 1
wap making a descent In the social
scab Yon see. the farmer In Ireland
considers himself above the me-
chanic. clerk or tradesman. Had I
remained on the farm I might have
cope- to the Hutted States, but It
would have been as a farmer, with-
out any mechanical knowledge, and 1
should lie no batter ofT today, perhaps,
than thousands of poor Irish farmers
tu different parts of the United States
Hy making me a millwright I was
famed to learn all alrout building
mills and hanging millstones, knowl-
edge which liecatne very valuable
when 1 had to construct work* for op-
erating mines. I worked with the mill-
wright employer for four years and
theu crossed the Atlantic.”
Prospecting for Gold.
“What kind of a prospector are
you. Mr, Walsh?” I naked.
”1 have never been a prospector In
the ordinary senae of the word.” was
the reply. “1 mean. I have never
traveled over the country with a pick
on my back digging about here and
there to find gold. 1 have examined
many mining properties and have in-
vestigated much new mining Country,
but It has always been on horseback
and h.v train I have done but little
of .tbe dirty work of mining. Shortly
after 1 went to Colorado 1 began to
Vast Mining Properties.
As Mr, Walsh thus modestly spoke
ray mind went over the stories which
are current as to Ills vast mining
properties, his lavish cxpedltures hero
and In Paris and his enormous In-
come. The house In which we were
sitting Is said to have cost a million
dollars. It has been reported that ho
once refused $35,000,000 for a slnj^e
mine, which is only one of his prop?
ertles. and I have heard his Income
estimated at from $100,000 to,II.000,-
000 per month.
Mr. Walsh Is one of the most un-
ostentatious men I have ever met, and
he Is I venture, as simple and plain
In his maimers now as he wu when
he shingled houses near Boston at $4
a day. He Is a man of fine mind and
good education: although the t-amu
has been acquired in the college of
experience and private study rather
than In a classical university Ifo
talks slowly, hut very Interestingly,
and In mining matters as scientifical-
ly as a mining engineer.
Greater Chances of Success.
"What kind of a business is mining,
Mr. Walsh?” said J, continuing the
conversation
"it Ih one of the best of businesses
said this man who has made millions
out of It. "It Is an honest business
and a clean business, to It yon do
not have to cut your aeightior's
throat, nor fight with him, making. It
Is possible, your success out of his
ruin The successful miner Is always
adding to the wealth of the country.
He takes the treasure* out of the
ground and distribute* them for the
good of mankind. I am glad to have
It as thy business."
"Mow about the chances of suc-
cess?” I asked.
"I think they are greater than in
almost any other business," said Mr.
Walsh "I mean for the careful, con-
servative and Intelligent operator, t
mean the man who engages in min-
ing ns he would In any other busi-
ness, who studies the subject, who
carefully Investigates before he In
vests, and who at the same time baa
a moderate amount of business judg-
ment. There Is no reason why such
a man should not succeed."
Much Undiscovered Gold.
'Then would you advise young men
to take up the mining psofesslon?"
“I don't see why 1 should not.” said
Mr. Walsh, "Their success will de
P«nd largely upon themselves, hut I
set; no reason why they should not
make as great a success In mining as
In other (ratios and professions.
There Is a vast amount of gold and
sliver left In the world. I doubt. In-
deed, If It will ever be exhausted. Tho
main trend of the Hockles ha* been
scratched over and parts or It have
been pretty well prospected, but there
are innumerable spurs and cross
ranges, the contents of which are un-
known. There Is many a little val-
ley or side hill In the Rockies not
yet dug Into which may contain gold,
and no one knows how much. Home
of the gest of my properties do not
cover as much land at the surface as
two Washington city block*. There
may he little unknown valleys In the
Rockies out of whirh will he taken
hundreds of millions of dollars' worth
of gold ore."
"What do you think about Alaskat"
"1 feel sure there 1* a great amount
of undiscovered gold In Alaska. That
which come* from the sand of the
seashore Is the washing of quart-/, de-
posits somewhere in the Interior,
They are sure to he discovered sooner
or later."
No Danger of Gold Truat.
Will the time ever come when tbq
gold mine* of the world will bo eon-
trolled by some mighty trust, or when
a gold syndicate may control the
mine* of the United Slates?"
"I think not," said Mr Walsh.
‘There Is no reason fox such a com-
bination^ Gold mining, to n lnrge ex-
tent, Is an Individual proposition. The
smelling is usually done near tho
uiIuck. and thoro are different forms
of reduction for different ores. You
can curry iron and sloe! to ouc great
melting center, and there are reasons
why combinations of capital ran great-
ly decrease the cost of production and
the proportionate profit*. It i» not
so In mining. The only thing that a
trust could save there might he In the
coat of administration. I don't think
a groat trust at all practicable, and
1 doubt tf It would pay."
(Copyright. 1904, by Frank G, Carpen-
ter.)
The Work
If Hungry and Thlraty
Go to Phil Young's Cats, 21T El Paso
street. The only place In tho city
where you can get fresh, cool Cin-
cinnati beef. Lunches served at all
hours, day and night.
Illinois Baptist Atasmbley.
Galesburg, III, July 29.—Judging
from today's auspicious opening the
Illinois Baptist assembly this year will
be one of the most successful asaem-
blies ever held by the denomination in
this state. Mrs. John A Logan was
the principal speaker- today. Among
those to be heard during the coming
week are Rev. A. W, Lamar of Nash-
ville. Tenn.. Rev. Dr. R. 8, McArthnr
ami metal* of New York City and Rev, W. A. 8un-
ndpoint. I day, the baseball evangelist.
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THE CAT AND THE PUPP1E8.
(New York Bnn.)
A big maltose cat In Flatbssh,
Brooklyn, la caring for five motherlesK
puppies and one of her own kittens
with as much devotion as if tho en-
tire litter was hers alone.
Three' weeks ago a valuable bull
bitch owned by Mrs. 0, L. Fahnstock,
who lives on. East Eighth street, near
Avenue C West. Brooklya, gave blrth^
to five sturdy puppies. The mother
nursed the litter for two days and
then died. Mrs. Fahnstock was in a
quandary to know what to do to save
ilie puppies and sought advice from
Mrs. I N. Dodge, a neighbor, A dis-
carded baby bottle wan rcsurreste-l
and filled with warm milk, It was
IrhHi on the dogs. They took to Uto
nursing bottle kindly enough, but by
the time the last dog had been fed
the first one was yelping for more;.
The youngsters led the women such
ft strenuous life for two day* that It
was decided that a wet nurse was nec-
essary The dog pound In Maltmnc
street was visited and l.h<* situation
explained to the superintendent.
"I haven't a dog in condition at
present to take charge of a Utter of
pups.," said he, "but I have a big mal
lose' cal which, I think, will prove
to he the iK-st kind of a mother to the
dogs."
The superintendent explained that
tho big cat had been picked up on
the street and taken to the pound,
Seven kittens were twirn at the pound,
hut five of them died, and the oil
eat. the superintendent said, soemcM
to lie grieving h<>cau*e of the less.
The eat and one of her kitten* waa
removed to the Fahnstock home, a
substitute o»t mother being easily
found for tho other kitten.
Tho five hungry puppies were turn-
ed over to their strange mother. Thn
old cat purred Joyously and by other
malnfestatioits expressed her delight
For more than two weeks she has
nursed and cared for the five puppies
an.I her one offspring. Mrs. Fahn-
stock is apprnhenslve that a change
will take, place when the pups reach
the barking stage.
The hlg cat Is receiving the yery
best of tree intent, her dally rations
being one pound of raw chopped heef
and all Iho milk she will drink. She
Is gaining flesh on this diet, despite
the nursing of five sturdy puppies and
a healthy kitten.
The dead mother of the puppies was
Nettle, a full blooded bat eared French
bull She was registered and was ex-
hibited at many dog shows. She was
valued at $800.
To add n touch of color to the cam-
paign, Booker Washington will stump
for Roosevelt and Igj
Fairbanks.
The dispatches tell dally of a num-
ber of conflicts between the advanc-
ing Japanese and the ever-retreating
Russian forces which
gradually
driven liack on General Kuro-
REAR GUARD BATTLE WITH RETREATING RUSSIANS.
putkin's main lino of defense centered
at Mukden. Although outnumbered
frequently and Invariably nutmaneu-
vered by the Japs, the Russian rank
and file have shown that R Is no lack
of courage that ha* given the yellow Btone buildings In the military road
armlgs such a continued success. The
present. Illustration wan taken while
General Oku’s advance outposts were
to Hal Chen. The Russians fought
Stubbornly and only yielded when
some Japanese field artillery got the
attempting to drive the Russians from , range and hailed hundreds of shells
a stronghold among pome ruined 1 Into the Russian position.
COMPRESSIONS OF DODD GASTON
(Topek* Capital.) '
I don't think the sight of Mrs. Aa-
lor's back would have shocked me.
I've been back ih the wings a good
many times while the show was going
1 have noticed that no man who can
really play a comet ever Joins tho
Salvation Army.i. ,
« is my observation that people
often mistake their liver tor their con-
science. b L ■ ...
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1 have an idea that nature must
laugh heartily every time she thinks
of tire joke she played when she cre-
ated the radish.
One of my ambitions is to become
as important as a good boiler maker.
The man who wants to borrow $5
makes a mighty poor start when he
begins by slapping me on the back.
I have always Imagined that there
was a lot of good matured rivalry be-
tween appendicitis and consumption.
I ted it pretty hard sometime* to
tell whether people are mercerized or
real ' k «.”•
As I understand It, politics Is the
.art of knifing and getting a sahfty for
£■ v',' ■
They’ll have to offer something I
need worse than I need a target rifle
if I save any tags.
I have Suticed that there comes a
time in every man's life when he has
to sit on the bench while thh other fel-
lows play. - ?
The only way 1 can make sure of an
audience when I begin to talk is to
hire a stenographer. /
With the exception of the fact that
winter is too cold, spring too wet.
summer too hot and the autumn days
too short, I find all of the seasons
very enjoyable.
I notice that the outorrve on wom-
en's waists is not so wide as It was
last season. >
It is announced that 8enator Fair-
l»anks Is a Sunday school superintend-
ent, hut it is not beHeved that the
democrats will use that fact* against
hits jo the campaign, e - vj r ,*
A TIMES WANT AO-te A WORD.
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