10 T3be Conservative.
bor of acres of Indian reservations.
This statement would influence ninny
votes in the West ; it would bo a good
political cry. The negotiations began ,
and by persuasion , promises , and at last
by threats , about one-third of the In
dians were induced to sign the agree
ment. After that signatures came in
very slowly. The commissioners hired
their interpreters to assist them to obtain
signers. The attorneys , who claimed
that they had been retained by the In
dians to defend their rights , worked
hard to induce the people to sign. These
attorneys were working on a contingent
foe the usual ten per cent for collec
tion and of course woxild receive noth
ing unless the treaty went through and
the sale was made. Indians who were
corrupt were hired , I was told , to vote
more than once , signing first the name
by which they went at the time , then
the name which they had borne earlier
in life , and later perhaps some still
earlier name. The names of absent
schoolboys were added to the list on the
mere statement by some Indian that
they were in favor of the sale. So by
cajoling , promising , bribing , browbeat
ing , bullying , and using illegal votes ,
the sale , which was bitterly opposed by
one-half the tribe , was at last carried
through by a bare majority.
"What the Indians require today is
something more than mere food and
c 1 o t h i ng. They
AVlint the In- need to be directed
Ituquirc.
with some intelli
gence and interest. The conditions of
each tribe or each agency should be
studied by some fairly intelligent and
experienced person , and the particular
method thus determined to bo the one
best suited to the needs of the people
should be employed. Agents and agency
employees who are careless or indiffer
ent should not bo retained in the Indian
service , and it should be the business of
the inspectors to really learn how far
the employees residing permanently on
the reservation arc actually interested in
the Indians under their charge. It is
gratifying to notice that this force of
inspectors has recently been increased ,
and that some of the men chosen for the
position feel a real interest in their
work ; and are willing to follow up the
agency employees so that they will bo
obliged to do their duty. The farmers
employed on reservations where agricul
ture can bo practised should be real farm
ers. They should spend seedtime and
harvest out among the camps and set
tlements , teaching the Indians how to
perform the various operations of farm
ing' ' . The farmers on reservations whore
the Indians are stock-raisers should be
practical cattlemen. They should un
derstand their duties , and have some
thing of the loyalty of the old-time cow
boy. The cattle should bo really cared
for ; cattle belonging to adjacent whites
should bo kept off the reservation , and
the Indian's cattle held on it.
PHECIOUS METALS 1'KODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
WELLS , FARGO & COMPANY ,
EXPRESS AND BANKING.
SAN FRANCISCO , December 81 , 1898.
The following is our annual report of precious metals produced in the states
and territories west of thu Missouri river ( including British Columbia and North
West territory ) , during 1898 , which shows in the aggregate : Gold , § 78,401,202 ;
silver , $89.016,565 ; copper , $46,200,648 ; lead , $18,344,251 ; total gross result , 177-
022,666. The "commercial" value at which the several metals named herein
have been estimated is : Silver58 cts. per oz. ; copper , 12 cts. per Ib. ; and lead ,
18.05 per cwt.
Allowance must always be made for probable variations from reported figures ,
by reason of constantly increasing facilities for transporting bullion , ores and base
metals from the mines outside of the express and the difficulty of getting entirely
reliable data from private sources. Estimates obtained in this way are liable to be
exaggerated and are , to a considerable degree , guesswork ; but with some modifi
cations on this account , made herein , the general results reached , while only ap
proximately correct , may be accepted as the closest approximation possible under
the circumstances.
STATES AND TKHIIITOHIES.
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
North West Territory and
British Columbia
Total
Gold Dust
and Bullion
by Express.
$12,480,008
1,590,020
1,542,342
209i > 3i
2,487,000
4,030,080
1.205GCO
23,177,202
101,410
1,080,978
0,575,220 ,
5,250
21,225
11,075,000
$07,700,558
Gold Dust
and Bullion
by Other
Conveyances
$2,015,085
1,200,159
< WO,027
111,003
8,253,091
002,022
143,450
1,477,047
$10,004,044
Silver
Bullion by
Express.
$ 04,443
005,589
38,735
52,002
3,723,005
0,425,000
101i23 !
14,450,559
75.235
080,757
05.000
275,850
20,750
8,035,200
$33,502,103
Ores and
Base Bullioi
by Freight.
$ 2,030,255
100,108
4,015
85OuO
07.500
5,437,000
20,843,000
8,212,283
8i82,823 (
1,324,705
11,721,447
84,200
4,800
1,753,000
$04,090,350
TOTAI ; .
$18,100,851
8,505.542
2,215,110
457,590
3,321,4111
11 , < 48.205
43,898,080
10,481,888
41,810,044
1,704,800
15,575,829
0.7U4.420
281,100
52,275
17,003,200
$177,022,600
The gross yield for 1898 , shown above , segregated , is approximately as follows :
Gold 44 82-100 $78,401,202
Silver 22 4-100 80,010,505
Copper 20 10-100 40,200,048
Lead 754-100 13,844,251
Total $177,022,000
The year's combined product of the metals herein treated of , is the greatest in the history
of the countries United States of America and British Columbia and North West Territory
that of gold , $78,401,202 , being above any previous record officially reported ; and the world's
output of gold for 1808 approximately $280,000,000 is amazing. The most notable increases
have been in South Africa , $25.000,000 , the British Possessions of the Northwest , $0,000,000 , Aus
tralasia , $0,000,000 , and the United States of America , $3,000,000.
Annual Products of Lead , Copper , Silver nml Gold in tlio States ami Territories "West
of thu Missouri River , Including British Columbia find North
West Territory , 1870-1808.
YEAH.
1870. . .
1S71. . .
1872
1873
1874 . . . .
1875
1870. . . .
1877
Ih78 . . ,
1879 . . . .
1880 . ,
1881. . . .
1882. . . .
1883
1881
1885
1880. . . .
1887
1888. . . .
1889. . . .
Ib90
1891. . . .
1892. . . .
1893. . . .
Ib04
1895
1890
1897
Product as per
W.F. & Co. state-
ments.including
am ts. from Brit
ish Columbia
and West Coast
of Mexico.
$ 54,000,000
58,284,000
02,230,959
72,258,003
74,401,045
80,889,057
00,875,173
08,421,754
81,154,022
75,840,501
80,107,930
84,504,417
02,411,835
00,818,012
84,975,954
00,181,200
103,011,701
104,045,059
114,841,592
127,077,830
127,100,410
118,237,441
111,531,700
101,081,591
105,113,489
118,104,042
120,289,530
153,435,409
177,022,000
Product after
deducting amts.
from British
Colu in b i a and
West Coast of
Mexico.
$ 52,150,000
65,784,000
60,851,824
70,189,800
71,005,010
70,703,483
87,210.850
95.811.582
78,270,107
72,088,888
77,232,512
81,108,474
80,207,540
84,039,212
81,01)3,835 )
87,811,382
100,100,222
103,827,770
112,005,509
120,723,884
120,804,855
117,940,505
111,259,508
103,827,023
104,844,112
117,800,983
121,049,580
142,853,409
159,859,400
Net Products/of the States and Territories west of
the Missouri River , exclusive of British Columbia
and West Coast of Mexico , divided , are as follows :
LEAD.
$ 1,080,000
2,100,000
2,250,000
8,450,000
8,800,000
5,100ODO
5,040,000
5,085,250
8,452,000
4,185,709
5,742,390
6,301,002
8,008,155
8,108,550
0,834,091
8,502,991
0,185,102
0,031,073
11,20330
14,503,823
11,509.571
12,885,780
11,433,047
7,750,040
8,223,518
7,170,807
0,530,020
8,775,144
11,894,251
COPl'EIl.
$ 803,000
1,105,000
4.055,037
5,083,021
0,080,252
7,838,030
0,270,755
10,802,740
18,201,490
14,793,703
20,509,092
18,201,003
10,870,510
23,031,839
22,270,294
27,052,115
28,718,805
80,883,091
45,897,048
SILVER.
$17,820,000
10,280,000
10,024,420
27,488,802
20,000,122
81,035,239
89,292,924
45,840,109
87,248,137
87,032,857
88,033,055
42,087,018
48,183,039
42,075,101
48,529,925
44,510,599
52,180,851
60,833,884
53,152,747
04,808,037
02,930,831
60,014,004
50,007,001 ,
88,491,521
28,721,014
85,274,777
83,084,003
84,034,034
85,081,805
GOLD.
$33,750,000
84,898,000
88,177,895
89,200,558
88,400,488
80.908,194
42,880,035
44,880,223
87,570,030
81,470,202
82,550,007
80,058,959
20,011,818
27,810.040
25,183,507
20,803,750
20,501,424
82,500,007
20,087,702
82,527,001
81,705,801
81,085,118
20,847,444
33,048,723
45,023,201
48,899,729
63,015,242
03,055,597
00,480,202
The exports of silver during the past year to Japan , China , the Straits , etc. , have been as
,19VX'J From Londo . $2r,40J,02J ; from San Francisco , $5,217,409. Total , $32,022,032 , as.agamat
$48,412,009 last year. Pound Sterling estimated at $4.8QOo.
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