Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-18
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

That the resources of the State Of
Nevada cannot be developed without the
assistance of capital. that labor for the
hands of the working man cannot be
provided unless capital can be induced
TO invest in the mines and extend the
improvements required il their develop
Inent NO one will deny. That without
the aid Of capital prosperity and hap
l1iness cannot be the fruits OF labor must
De admitted. 1t is rot necessary that
the wealth which capital develops in the
state should be invested in building up
homes for those furnishing that capital.
It matters not that. after a mine in the
State is opened. and yields large returns,
its owners choose to invest the proceeds
in London, New York or San Francisco.
I. is matter of little consequence that
the families Of the men who furnish the
means for development of the resources
of Silver land fiirt at Long Branch or
Saratoga, bask in the sunshine Of Italy.
Cow to royalty in London. or live at ease
rear the Golden Gate. The great need
OF Nevada is capital-capital to develop
her mines-capital to furnish means Of
irrigating and rendering fruitful her now
desert plains capital to build railroads
connecting her rsmotest points with the
central highway Of the nation-capital
70 build mills and factories to utilize the
,,nequalled 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 all
strange. The investment Of capital as
a consequence makes a demand for
labor and the success Of the investors
Increases that demand. Now. We hold
that whatever affects capital injuriously.
or tends to cause it to be withheld. also
injuriously affects labor.
There is now an effort being made in
this State to array labor against capital
and it becomes the duty Of the laborins
nan to inquire whether be is to gain
anything by engaging i'll the movement.
These horny handed sons o: toll are the
offsets of the most tender soiicitude to
the political dernsSogues who are leading
q the movement. But for the invest
,leat of capital this whole section would
to-day be years from the point Of devel-
opmect it has row reached. If left
lev years ago to labor alone where there
are now thousand prosperous. thriving
workinsmen there would not be ten.
There are in the State many places
standing in need Of capital to develop
and render them productive and furnish
labor for hundreds OF thousands, and We
ask the laboring ulen to consider whether
or not they should do augh, to keep that
capital away. The srea; cry Of the op-
preston Of labor and OF the producer by
capital and nonopolies is the worst of
sense,ess noise. No such \ state Of
affairs exists. As we lave before stated
.here is no land wherein labor is better
o.id. and the laboriEs class better oil
than in the Silver State; and any news
paper, OF any set Of men who claim any
thing to the contrary to advance the IL
terest in which they are employed should
% recognized by the laboring man as his
enemies. There should be every induce
,aent for the investment Of capital in
the State instead of AZ array Of the peo-
ole against it and labor should remember
that its interests and those Of capital are
identical