Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-17
CLOOAR VIEW OF A GREAT

and great event all appear small when
viewed from long distance. But upon
. near approach they all assume their
vast proportions. The Centennial tx
hibition Of American Independence.
when first proposed. seemed insignih-
cant to the ordinary American, partly
because Of the time that must elapse
before it would transpirs and partly be-
cause OF the inability Of An ordinary
man to contribute in . worthy way to an
event so grand and sublime. Al time
draws ~ nearer to this celebration, how
ever, nearly all Of % see how We can in
some way add to the attractions Of the
first centennial Landmark in American
history. This exhibition will not be. As
one Of our contemporaries expresses it.
/" . rbuke to every monarchy on the face
Of the GLOBE" but, on the contrary, will
Be kindly greeting to all the Powers Of
the universe, with the hope that the rec
elections still lingering in the memories
Of Americans may oblitera,e all the
wounds and scars left by our late inter-
necine war. So now nearly all Of u
can moro clearly zee how much its sue
cess depends upon individual endssvor.
The chesrfulness with which tie peoples
of the world respond to the invitation to
be represented at our Centennial E1hi-
bition is . continual inspiration to our
own people. Austria. the easternnest
Empire Of Continental Europe. has ap-
piled through Minister Or.h for room
for eight hundred exhibitors. All
Europe and part OF Asia will be repre-
scented Mt Philadelphia next year. This
fact should stimulate Americans to
greater sxertions. We Of Nevada lave
little to exhibit except our minerals
which cannot bseGualled BY other States
or Territories. But in minerals We
ought to surpsss the world; but it is
doubtful If We shall be able to put our
best foot forward in this respect. A
cleaner Of ores, with . ssmi-authoriza-
ton Of the Centennial Commissioners.
has already cleaned Storey county out Of
forty-eighs boxes of the finest specimens
Of the earlier mining on the Comstock
which will not appear in Nevada's Ore
Cabinet in Philadelphia. Luckily this
cleaner never reached Theodore Winters
in q generous mood, else his late mag
niacsnt contribution to State Ninsralo-
gis: Whitehill might have gene with the
other elegant contributions Of Storey.
But We have seen hne specimens of wire
silver which have been taken from the
Ophir mine within the past year, and
We hope that il none are extracted with
in tine next six months they will be do
mated to Americas Centennial. In the
meantime, let all who can spare some
rare specimens from the plethora Of
Nsvada's fine cabinets of ores.
Aside from the mere exhibitions of
manufactures and ores which America
can exhibit to the peoples of crowsd
Continental Europe. it may b worth
the while Of some Of our snterprising
Americans to take special trains Of cars
laden With these Europeans and convey
them across the American Continent.
A sight Of the Great Plains, which was
known On the map Of the
United States As - The Great American |
Desert, might not be inviting to the |
eye; but it might Be explained to them
that Nsvada-ths great bullion produe-
ing State Of the vorld-was once con-
sidered part of this Great Desert, and
that nearly the whole Of the rest of this
seeming Great Desert is practically IN
explored, 10 far as its mineral wealth il
The extent Of our territory,
with its adaptsbilitiss, cannot but prove
favorable to the suseeptibilitiss Of intel
ligsnt Europeans, and the very sparse
ness of our population must, of itself
cause superior class Of immigration to
dow to our shores. The freedom Of our
system Of government should be the last
thing expatiatsd upon. Let intelligent
Europeans alone for finding that out.
Our material resources and manufactur-
ING advantages are the only things
Americans Iced to advertise.