Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-18
Capital and Labor.
From the Appeal. August 4

That the resources Of the State Of Ne
vsda cannot be developed without the
assistance Of capital. that labor for the
hands Of the working man cannot DO
provided unless capital can DO induced
10 invest in the mines and extend the
improvements required in their develop
ment no one win deny. That without
the aid Of capital, prosperity and happi.
ness cannot be the fruits OF labor must
be admitted. II Is not necessary that
the wealth which capital develops in the
State should be invested in building up
homes for those furnishing that capital.
II matters not that, after q mine In the
State is opened and yields large returns,
its owners choose to invest the proceeds
in London. New York or San Francisco.
II is a matter Of little consequence that
the families OF the men who furnish the
means for development OF the
Of Silver land fiirt ut Long Branch or
Saratoga, bask in the sunshine OF Italy,
bow to royalty in London. or live at ease
near the Golden Gate. The great need
Of Nevada Is c~apital-capital to develop
her mines-capital to furnish means OF
irrigating and rendering fruitful her now
desert plains capital to build railroads
connecting her remotest points with the
central highway Of the na~tion-capital
TO build mills and factories to utilize the
unequalled water power OF her rivers.
That capital expects remuneration for
investment; that those who invest their
means and make money should enjoy the
benefits Of its possession is not at oil
| strange. The investment Of capital ~ q
consequence makes a demand for labor,
| and the success of the investors increases
that demand. Now. We hold that what
ever affect capital injuriously, or tends "a
cause 1t to DO withheld. also i%njuriously
affects labor.
There is now IN effort being made II
this State to array labor against capita
and il becomes the duty Of the laborinl
man to inquire whether he is to gair
anything by engaging in the movement
These horny handed sons OF toll are the
objects Of the most tender solicitude Il
the political demagogues who are leading
the movement. But for the investment
Of capital this whole section would to
day be years from the point OF develop
msnt II has now reached. II left a few
years to labor alone where there are nov
o thousand prosperous, thriving work
ingmen there would not be ten. Their
are In the State many places standing II
need Of capital to develop and rendel
them productive and furnish labor FOL
hundreds or thousands, and we ask thu
laboring men TO consider whether or no
they should do aught TO keep that cap
ital away. The great cry OF the op
preston OF labor and OF the producer
by capital and %monopolies is the wors
OF senseless noise. No such state o
affairs exist. As We have before states
there is no land wherein labor IN bette
paid, and the laboring class bettcr of
than in the Silver State; and any news
paper, or any set OF men who CLAIM
anything TO the contrary to advance thu
interest in which they are employee
should be recognized by the laborinl
man rs his enemies. There should b,
every inducsment for the investment o
capital in the State instead OF an ARA!
Of people against IL and labor SHOULD
remember that its interests and those o
capital are identical.