Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-19
. THIN, K DODGE.

A THIN, WEAK DODGE.
susro's Indspsndent. ct Virginia City.
for the last three or four daya has been
trying . new dodge in the service Of its
master. Headed OF at every point in its
efforts 10 blind people to their own in
tsrsst. prejudice the minds Of the COM
munity. and thus secure the defeat Of
Mr.. Sharon in his Senatorial aspirations.
Il has suddenly conceived the brilliant
idea that this could Be Effected by break
ing the stock market. Il evidently
thinks that the recent rise in stocks wa
caused entirely BY Sharon just to iniu-
snes voters in his favor. and not
upon the real merits Of the
mines at all, and that II there IL another
rise in stocks between nov and election.
1t will be for the same purpose; in short,
that Sharon il fully able to control the
stock market 10 that effect. and feeling
that his success depends upon . rise in
stocks. he will manipulate the market
for his exclusive political benefit. In
pursuance Of this luminous notion, the
sapisnt writer in the Independent OF this
morning. appeals most earnestly to
everybody who has money invested in
mining stocks. to dispose Of the same
- soon a. possible. He says "thsrs is
nothing to justify any rise;' that the
market "cannot Be forced up another
inch" and finally winds up his string Of
nonsense with the following:
"Taks your money out OF stocks
quick. II you object to having 1t raked
In BY Sharon 4 Co. A great crash in
stocks il at hand. OF this We are firmly
convinced"
Every miner a. well as practically in
formed man in mining matters knows
al this to DO the vsrisst trash ever
printed. The object Of this gratuitous
advice, 90 anIiously given, Is too plain.
The sItiAcs is too thin. and can't be
made to work or to win. Suppose ~
srybody should follow that fools advice
and rush their stocks into market; II
would cause an immediate panic in the
market; stocks would sell at q 1.-THE
Of their present fair prices. ruin and
disaster would follow. and Thousands Of
poor men and small spectators would
have to curse their own folly in allowing
any such advice to influence them. What
can the fellow mean in making such .
foolish raid upon the most vital inter-
sst Of the country What is his object
In saying that there Is nothing to justify
any rise? Does he speak from personal
knowledge Of the ore developments in
the minssl We say that he does not,
and In the name Of the many hundreds
who have every cent they are worth in
the world invested in stocks, We protest
against all sleh wilful. msrcenary. blsn-
daring. vsnal advice. We have charity
however 70 bslivs that Sutrc's writer
does not believe in his own advice. but
merely writes at the dictation Of his m
ployer.
sutre. like . drowning man grasping
at q straw. has grasped at this idea,
and is trying to work 1t up through the
columns oiahis lying sheet. Aside from
the hope thereby to beat Sharon. he would
glory in creating . stock panic. 1t
would Be- big money in his pocket. No
body knows better than he does that at
the present moment the mines Of the
Comstock are showing more real value
In the shape Of rich and extensive ore de-
posts than ever before. Nobody knows
bsttsr than he that the bullion yield
from these Comstock mines will be far
greater during the coming season than
ever before. employing more men. paying
larger dividends. and that the stocks
representing these mines necessarily
have to enhance in value. Could he
only succeed in lying . disastrous stock
panic into existence. he would take
ample advantage Of the distress and
ruin thus brought upon others to enrich
himself. How eagerly would his San
Francisco and European hackers, acting
under his advice. gobbls up the mines
OF the Comstock at the lowest figures
possible. and then how would Sutro's
u~nphnciplsd ring smile and
glsat over their golden winnings, and
laugh at the Distress Of their poor vic
tins. Sutro is the friend Of the poor
man. in that he would keep him poor
and not give him . chance to become
. dissipstsl. bloated aristocrat. Sutro
has tried hard to steal the Comstoek by
boring. but new he is trying to beat
Sharon and steal the Comstock by bear
ing. Either as q bore or as q bear he
Ill - II