Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-14
THE CASE CORRECTLY STATED.

Sutro gave n Of his inimitable lee
ture shovs. out at Phoebe last Thursday
evening. illustrating the same with his
sutroscops. or magic lantern. As usual.
the whole story was "Bangk Wing.
ewooksd railwoad. Sharon's weodpils,
subdizsd press, liars, thieves. ETC., and
merely amounted to Sutro's regular
diatribe howl against the idea OF Sharon
being elected United States Senator.
The Phoebe Record Of the next day pub
lishsa Its own personal a. well n the
public opinion Of the lecture, and thus
correctly states the case;
"why should an outsider come along
and sayi You have got the greatest and
most profitable silver mines in the wsrld.
but you are not working them rightly.
I will teach you how to work them. 1 will
show you the proper way TO extract the
ore, but for that teaching and imparting
that knowledge. I shAll charge ysu -
per ton. and that sum | shall compel
you to pay me. To this demand the
owners Of the great ledge new say: We
intend 10 work il TO suit ourselves. II
ia none Of your business any way.
and We do not intend to pay you
80 per ton. or any other sum for the
privilege OF converting our W prop
perry TO our own use in u own a
nsr. whersupon Mr.. Outsider flies into
q passion and says: You shall manage
your property my way. You shall pay
me so much money for using your prop
ty in that manner. whether you want to
do so or not. or whether you like 1t or
not. Such a condition OF affairs as We
have described il abhorrent TO human
reason. is offensive, degrading and ty-
rannical to the last degree, and yct that
10 exactly what Mr.. Sutre wishes to
bring about. Though without any in
tsrest in the Comstoek vein, he wishes
to handle and exact a revenue from II rs
IL IL were his W His projsct OF q
tunnel 10 entirely agratuitous affair. He
undertook il because he thought be could
make money out Of IL; not because he
had any particular good will for the
owners Of the Comstock, or those that
delved within its deepest rscesses. He
has no night TO attempt TO dictate to the
owners OF the Comstock. or anyother
property, how they shall manage 1t.
That Is their business, not his, and II he
wants to manage the workings Of the
great mines on that lead. no had better
buy q controlling interest in them,
instead Of rambling over the country try
to create a prejudice against certain men,
just because they want to manage their
own property their own way. As to Mr..
Sutro's talk about the designs Of Mr..
Sharon, or anyothsr owner OF the Com
stock against the labor, that is all stuff
and nonsense. In this State, higher
wages for labor are paid than in any
other portion OF the world. More than
that, employment 10 abundant, and the
miner stands, pick in hand, on the
rocky ribs OF the mountains OF Nevada
the peer Of any man. No rings, no
Hobbies, no troubles worry him. II his
services are required he renders them at
a liberal and fixed rate OF wages. which
he can quit when he likes or go on
with. All this stupid, timid talk about
oppression. tyranny, etc, will not do in
this Stats. Tho ~workingmsn OF Ne
vada know their rights, know that the
very salvation OF the State depends up
on them. and knowing those rights and
duties, they dare maintain the one and
perform the other. In conclusion,
looking at the matter calmly and coolly,
we can only reach the determine
ten. that Mr.. Sutro wishes to open q
tunnel and derive therefrom n princely
to which he has ne earthly
right. and because the owners OF the
property which he wishes to convert to
his use, presume to object, ho then
seeks to Witty and abuse them by any
and every means in his power.