Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-03-23
COIN

Hard times are not caused by the scarcity
of coin, but the Discrimination on the part oi
holders to let 90 of it. Just at present times
.re,ard all over this coast, while business Is
booming in the East; ten years ago the reverse
of this proposition was true. Everybody was
spending money here then, and disposition
ON the part of one man to be liberal with MS
Money inqendered like inclination in Others.
There is more money IN the country now VI
ought to be, by many millions than there was
in 1870. During the past ten years the mines
If Nevada and California have been pouring
ont their streams of bullion. The hard times
now must come from the fact that the men
who have made large amounts of money on the
Pacific coast are afraid to let 1t go, or nave
snent or invested the bulk of it elsewhere.
man who makes money in a country, whether
he he a miner earning 81 day or millionaire
earning a thousand, should distribute where
he accumulates. This policy makes flush times
The Chinese are denounced for earning money
and shipping it to the land which gave them
birth. vet there are thousands of white men OF
means who accumulate in Nevadaand dlsburse
in the East, or in countries to which they are
hound bv no ties of nativity. There Is another
alass of men on the coast who spend money no
where. They simply aim to accumulate and
loan on safe real estate investments at usu-
ror's rates of interest. At the slightest signs
of a monetary panic, at the sight OF ever
little cloud in the financial horizon, they
make preparations for storm, call IN their
loans and run along on as light press of can
vass as possible Men who suffer from hard
times curse the country. There Is nothing the
matter with the country, whose resources are
boundless; the trouble lies solely with the men
in il. Let the big holders of boarded gold be-
gin to unload, and when the ball Is started
there will be no more talk about hard times.
Money is burrowing in the ground and capt.
talists lie in their holes with nothing but thell
noses visible, cautiously seeming the atmos
phere like colony of prairie dogs, and disap-
pearing at the first sign of alarm. Our capl'
talists who used to brag of their dash, enter
prise and brave pluck, seem to have lost al
of the old time nerve that characterized their
actions years ago. The spirit of AZ IS dying
out and the gold that circulates now seems to
be OF different kind.
In Carson, times are hard, business dull and
men distrustful There is class OF people
here, and they are by no means few, who pur
chase their goods in San Francisco rather thar
help home industries. We call to mind the
case of a man who ordered a suit of clothes
from the agent of a Chicago house when ne
had net settled with Carson tailor for his las
suit. If everyone gave the same sort OF en-
couragement to local tradesmen as the person
mentioned the town would not be long IN drift
ing into bankruptcy There is another clas
of people who want the best of every thing ant
expect to pay for nothing. They run tn
credit system at one place and another ant
while they have money never dlsburse dol
lar without being legally compelled to dis
gorge. There are numbers of such men Il
Carson and they try to pass for gentlemen
They always find their level in the end an
their living in town is no addition whateve
to it, In some places list of such men
kept by tradesmen and in a short time tn
credit of bad paying customers is cut OFT ever
where. They pay cash or get nothing n
man has right to live at the expense of anott
er and NO decent man will attempt it. A ma
who goes to a tradesman and honestly az
knowledges his poverty can generally get cred
even with the understanding that the outloo
for settlement is not promising one; br
the man who deliberately refuses to sett
when the money is in his pocket and who pu
chases with the deliberate intention of neve
settling anyhow is no better than highwa!
man. These are the men who help to max
times tight. and stand in the same relation
business as drones to beehive. The bee
however, solve the problem of abating the ev
by driving out and destroying the drones.
BoUIBoN CONVENTION The Democrat
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