Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-11
sDuErHINo ABOUT sAx ERAx-

The editor n the Idaho "Avatsnchs
lately paid . visit d San Francisco He
va down there. re believe, during all d
the hubbab and sxcisemens which pre-
coded the election. On returning 20 his
home be writes a. follows in the Ava
lanchs"s
Wow that the election il oyer and the er-
cifsmens attending the conflict in Cali
fornis Is rapidly waning, il u 20 be hoped
that the lanzuishing condition a nere1n-
tile and monetzry Affairs brought about BY
fh;s uphezvxl in politics will son give way
20 . more hopeful and suspicious era
There Il . large element IN he business
popuIzfion Of San Francisco, a. well a.
other pisces, unicn cars not wsssshs- IS
pabiicans or Democrats are in power, 70
long a. the local governments are eon-
troEied by men who will respect and com
pei rub lesion IN the laws 81 the cpansTy-
The ordeal that California has been Hnd~r-
going for the pat rear has had q mist de-
msrziizing effect npon the business inter
ess< OF that State. Her commercial and
manufacturing interests have been ssrI-
onsIy depressed. the demand for her vast
products has diminished. and the gTeAs
mining interests which tower above every
other form Of industrial enterprise has re-
ceaved : serious check The agitation that
for months precejed the adoption o. the
new Csn.tsfnsf0n. confined with the ex-
element and uncertainty thai followed
the threatened not a. the time n the AZ
tempted assa ssinstion OF Eailoch by De
Young. all bad = tendency 70 keep
the channels Of business in . stag
mating condition and prevent that
healthy motion 81 capital that tends
to develop the best interests OF the co1n-
try. 50 Disguised have many business men
become with politics that thousands u
them vouJd have been glad 10 have no
kind Of election whatever occur for twenty
years 70 come, aad il il not surprising that
they feel this way on the subject- When
business IL prOstr4,ed by such agencies u
il a. bad a. famine and worse than the
failure Of crops. The most disastrous re-
suits that attend such a condition of affairs
may be witnessed in the Idle and hopeless
condition of 30 many thousands q the
population. II il a pitisble spectacle 70
zee a. one walks alsng California and
Montgomery STREETS. such an immense tide
Of humanity doing nothing for themselves
or the country. When we study the i'm
mense prospective beueass in the revenue
to business and industry that this vast
army Of idlers might be capable Of yield
ing II employed we discoTer one Of the
main causes Of our poverty stricken con-
dition and absence u business prosperity.
1t Ia lzmentsble to witness sacn sluggish
ness and reflect that it might he Otherwise
IL the millions Of capital now locked up in
vaults woald seek ia legitimate channels
in being used 10 open up mining and other
meritorIous enterprises. The CoTnstocks
have had their day Of usefulness and profit
The amount Of money now being invested
In the working 81 these mines il greater
than the proceeds resulting from their op-
erstions, and it cannot go on forever in
this way.
On the whole the editor Of the ava
lanche'' concludes that outside districts
mast soon come in for a share Of the cap
ital and enterprise Of the coast. These
outside districts have been neglected for
years. Speaking for Eureka, we do not
care "a thrive at the expense u any ether
locality, bat we do believe that more cspi-
tai would be attracted hither # sns-half
the assessment-coiiecting mines of the
Comstock were abandoned tomorrow.