Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-10
THE sUrRO MONOPOLY.
There was q time when not a week
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There was y tfue Wueu not u week
passed without the operations Of the
great tunnel appearing In the Chronicle
and Coin Hull News. We have read
Of Mr.. Sutro as the great flnancler and
most energetic man OF the present
day. He never was q miserable Shy
lock until new. What does the charge
imply? This Is a question that we
hear put every day, and must admit
to Inability to answer 1t. The whole
affair 10 q monopoly, but then the
country cannot exist without monopo-
lies, and why Willy q mar tor what 10
so p~revalentp Better take steps to
defeat whatever may initiate against
the interests Of the people, and accord
to Sutro all that Is due and no more.
We extract the above from IN edl-
torial In the Carson Tribune Of this
morning. The editor thereof says he
takes no part In the Sutro controversy,
but still does not like to read so much
abuse Of Sutro aud his scheme as APP
pears in the Storey county papers at
present. Tho fact Of 1t 10 that our pas-
toral friend, although pretty woll
posted In most matters, has not a cor
rect conception Of this great Sutro mo-
nopollzlng grab, therefore cannot duly
appreciate the opposition to 1t ON the
part OF the people rs we'll as ths press
OF Storey county. Were that all-ab-
sorblng monopoly to succeed In all
Its grasping anticlpatlons, not only
Carson, but the entire State beside,
would suffer from Ii. IL 10 true
that rings and monopolies control
the mining interests, resources, i'm
provemsnts aud general undertakings
OF the country TO a very great extsnt'
yet the State has not been the sufferer,
but on the contrary Is all tho more
prosperous from the combinations oil
capital and labor In developing ia re-
sources. Where many rings aud mo-
nopolles have proven so beneficial, II
were sheer folly to think that n
swallowing up and absorbing all the
others would be advantageous to the
people at large. This Sutro monop-
oily, should IL succeed, would DO one OF
the greatest, most absorbing, arbitrary
and rulnous the world has ever known.
IL aim, not only at possession OF yalu-
able territory, the absorption OF inde-
pendent mining interests, but at the
control aud final possession OF the
Comstoek Itself, with Its vast wealth.
There was a time when Sutro's pro-
ject seemed a good one, feasible and
beneficial one, and both press and peo-
ple were In favor OF 1t, but since then
the progress OF development has shown
its utter u~selessness, and now any un-
biased, practical man, can see this at
a glance. We have always given Sutro
full credit for being = very shrcwd,
energetic man, considerably above the
average OF men In that respect, and
were 1t not for this very shrewdness
and indomltable energy the project
would have fallen through long ago
upon Its real merits or dement's. Mr..
Sutro. when his project looked feasible
and advantageous, succeeded In get
ting his royalty" clause Of two dol
lars per ton fastened upon many OF
the mining companies OF the Com'sock,
but this was to be for value received.
Sutro knows full well that were his
tunnel completed to-day, he could not
render the homes. equivalent for which
he contracted. lie agreed to drain
the mines aud render other important
service In consideration OF that roy
atty. IL was projected as a "drain
tunnel" yet Sutro knows that the
mines are already drained to 4 lower
depth than he contracted for, and
with no assistance frsm him.
lie knows that his tunnel Is as yet not
completed, aud cannot be
la several years that the day OF Its
presumed usefulness Is long since past,
and that he cannot possibly give value
received, yet he now boldly comes out
In his role OF Shylock. and graspingly
his pound Of flesh, that royalty.
Our Carson contemporary Is correct in
his closing remark: "Better take steps
to defeat whatever may initiate
the interests Of the people, and
to Sutro all that Il his due. and
no more" This Is precisely what we
been and still are doing.
For the past five years the GoLp
HILL NI.s has consistently and ilrGI-
ly opposed this Shylock grab Of Su-
tres. We never have and do not now
oppose the Su,ro Tunnel itself. We
have been and still are willing that he
tunnel wherever he pleascs, so
lsng "a hs wrongs no n and benefit,
the country and the people. We have
always csntended that this tunnel was
valuable AMI beneficial prospecting
arrangement for developing the coun-
try between the Comstock and Carson
river, and think so yet, but the NEws
was the first paper In the State to de-
five years ago, that the Sutro
Tunnel was not needed for the dsvel-
opnent Of tho Constock lode. had no
Just claim to that effect for especial
assistance from Government, and
for the very commission which
was sent out by Government to ex-
amino Into and report upon its fea-
and actual importance.
IL Is true that "there was a time when
not n week passed without the opera
OF the great tunnel appearing In
he Coin Hit NEWS" That time
'till continues. We shall faithfully
-ecsrd the progress OF that tunnel IA
rs feasible, aud will be pleased
% record any new and valuable deyel-
made by Ii, wishing Ii abund-
mt success la that respect. We shall