Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-11-27

In few years we will sustain the
, same relation to the far East that
Europe once sustained to us. Amer
, lea for centuries to come will sup
DIV six hundred millions Of people
with the luxuries of life. A country
that expects to control the trade of
other countries must develop its
own resources to the utmost. We
have pursued small, mean, and
| a penurious course. Demagogues
have ridden into Office and power
upon the cry Of economy, by oppo-
sing every measure looking to the
improvement of the country, by en-
deavoring to see how cheaply moth
ing could be done. A government,
like an individual, should live up to
its privileges; it should husband its
resources, simply that it may use
them. A nation that expects to con-
troll the commerce of half world
must have its money equal with gold
| and silver. 1t must have the money
of the world. go SCI *EW
THE CHARITY OF ExTRAvAaANCE.
Whenever the laboring men are
out of employment they begin to
hate the rich. They feel that the
dwellers in palaces, the riders In car
riages, the wearers Of broadcloth,
silk, and velvet have in some way
been robbing them. As matter of
fact, the palace builders are the
friends of labor. The best form Of
charity is extravaganza. When you
give a man money, when you toss
him a dollar, although you get moth
ing, the man loses his manhood. To
help others help themselves is the
only real charity. There is no use
in boosting a man who is not climb
ing. Whenever l see a splendid
home, q palace, a magnificent block,
think of the thousands who were
fed-of the women and children
clothed, of the firesides made happy.
A rich man living up to his pnv-
ileges, having the best house, the
best furniture, the best horses, the
finest grounds, the most beautiful
flowers, the best clothes, the best
food, the best pictures, and all the
books that he can afford, is a per.
petual blessing. ..-.
The prodigality of the rich is the
providence Of the poor.
The extravaganza of wealth makes
it possible for the poor to save.
The rich man who lives according
to his means, who is extravagant in
the best and highest sense, is not the
enemy of labor. The miser, who
lives in hovsl, wears rags and
boards his gold, is perpetual curse.
He is like one who dams river at
| its source. ...--..--.
The moment hard times come the
cry of economy is raised. The press,
the platform, and the pulpit unite in
recommending economy to the rich.
In consequence of this cry, the man
of wealth discharges servants, sells
horses, allows his carriage to become
hen -roost, and after taking employ
ment and food from as many as he
can, congratulates himself that he
has done his part towards restoring
prosperity to the country. ...
In that country where the poor are
extravagant and the rich economical
| will be found pauperism and crime;
but where the poor are economical
and the rich are extravagant, that
| country is filed with prosperity.
LABOR SAVING MACHINES.
The man who wants others to work
to such an extent that their lives are
burdens is utterly heartless. The
toll of the world should continually
decrease. Of what use are your in
ventions if no burdens are lifted from
industry-if no additional comforts
find their way to the home Of labor;
why should labor fill the world with
wealth and live in want
Every labor saving machine should
help the whole world. Every one
should tend to shorten the hours of
labor. i.H La .H ~
Reasonable labor is a source of
Joy. To work for wife and child, to
toll for those you love, is happiness;
provided you can make them happy.
But to work like slave, to see your
wife and children in rags, to sit at
table where food is coarse and scarce,
| to rise at four in the morning, to
work all day and throw your tired
bones upon a miserable bed at night,
to live without leisure, without rest,
without making those YOU love COM
Portable and happy--tbis is not liv-
ing-it is dying-a slow, lingering
crucifxion.
The hours of labor should be
shortened. With the vast and won
derful improvements of the nine
teenth century there should be not
only the necessaries of life for those
who toll, but comforts and luxuries
az we'll. l4
What is a reasonable price for
labor l answer: Such a price as
will enable a man to live; to have the
comforts of life; to lay by little
something for his declining years, so
that he can have his own home, his