Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-11-27
"HARD TIMES AND THE WAY
e OUT" saes
,raxswAy OUT.

ssAsfg A~FAtA tConoluded.J 49,
.1sr e.THEswAy OUT. zrxr
During the war, during the infla.
tion-that is to say, during the
wears that we were going into debt
fortunes were made 30 easily that
people left their farms, crowded to
the towns and cities. Thousands be-
came SPECTATORS, traders, and mer-
chants; thousands embarked in every
possible and conceivable scheme.
They produced nothing; they simply
proved upon labor and dealt with
imaginary values. These men must
90 back; they must become pro-
iucers. and every producer Is pay.
ing consunef. Thoussnds and thou
sands OF them are unable 70 go back.
To man who begs Of you break.
fast You cannot ~, "Why don't you
get a farmin You might as well
sav. .Why don't you start line Of
stesmshipoi'' To him both are I'M
possibilities. They must be helped.
We should all remember that 90
ciety must support all Of ito mem.
hers All II it, robbers, thieves, and
psupen. Every vagabond and va
arant has to be fed and clothed, and
society must support In some way
ali of ito members. 1t can support
them in jails, in asylums, in hos
pitfalls, In penitentiaries; but it is a
yery costly way. We have to en-
ploy Judges to try them. iuries to set
upon their cases, sheriff., marshals,
and constables to arrest them, police.
men to watch them, and it may be,
at last, standing army to put them
down. It would be far cheaper,
probably, to support them all at
some first class hotel. We must
either support them or help them
support themselves. They let US go
upon the one hand simply to take US
by the other, and we can take care of
them as paupers and criminals, or
by wise craftsmanship, help them to
be honest and useful men. OF all
the criminals transported by Eng
land to Australia and Tasmania, the
records show that very large per
cent-something over 90-became
useful and decent people. In Aus
tralia they found homes; hope again
spread its wings in their breasts.
They had new surroundings; and, "a
a rule. man does not morally improve
without a corresponding improve
meut in his physical condition. One
biscuit, with plenty Of butter, is
worth all the tracts ever distributed.
Thousands must be taken from the
crowded streets and sitting dens,
away from the influences of filth, and
want, to the fields and forests OF the
West and South. They must lie
helped to help themselves. y
INTERNAL. IMPROVEMENTS.
While the Government cannot cre-
ate gold and silver, while it cannot
by its fat make money, it can fur
nish facilities for the creation of
wealth. 1t can MD in the distribu-
ton of products, and in the distri-
button Of men; it can aid in the
opening of new territories; it can aid
great and vast enterprises that can
not be accomplished by individual
effort. The Government should see
to it that every facility Is offered to
honorable adventure, enterprise, and
industry, Our ships ought to be
upon every sea; our flag ought to be
fiying in every port. Our rivers and
harbors ought to be improved. The
usefulness Ut the Mississippi should
be increased, its banks strengthened,
and its channels deepened. Al no
distant day it will bear the COM
merce Of hundred millions Of
people. That grand river is the
great guaranty Of territorial integr-
ty;it Is the protest Of nature against
disunion, and from its source to the
sea it viii forever flow beneath one
flag. b. s,ss ss.f
THE NORTHERN AND TEXAS rAcurc
The Northern Pacific Railway
should be pushed to completion
In this way labor would be immedi-
ateiy given to many thousands Of
men. Along the line Of that thor.
oughfars would spring up towns and
cities; new communities with new
su.roundingss aud where now is the
wilderness there would be Thousands
of happy homes. :.
The Texas Pacific should also bt
completed, A vast agricultural and
mineral region would be opened tc
the enterprise and adventure of thu
American people, Probably Arizona
holds within the miserly clutches O.
her rookie greater wealth than any
other State or Territory Of the world
The construction Of that road woult
put life and activity into . hundred
industries. Il would cause the bull
ding of thousandsof miles Of branch
o. to open, not only new territory
but to connect with roads alread,
built. It would double the produc
of gold and silver, open new field
to trade, create new industries, ant
make it possible for Us to suppl,
eight millions Of people in the Re
public of Mexico with our products
The construction of this great high