Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-26
AN ESSAY ON GROwLERs.

It's customary for many persons who
think they have 6ity.sisht ounces OF
brains and know they have but little
money to alluds to the rich men Of their
acquaintance % brainless fools. who
have acquired their wealth by good luck
solely. Instead OF being willing to give
rich men credit for even . few good
qualities. the aity.sisht ounce brain poor
men dsnounce them BY the use Of oil the
mean words they know. The hfty-sight
ounce brain poor men sndsavos to make
people believe that it 10 because OF their
largely developed mental faculties. and
consequent nobility Of soul. that they
are poor. and IL they had no more brains
than Mr.. A and B have. who rank among
the minionaires. they would have been
as rich long ago Is Mr.. A and B are
now. Tho big .brained poor men seem
to hate the little-brainsd rich men. and
whstsver the latter may do. whether
they build fns houses or raise bloodsd
stock. whether they spend money freely
or hoard IT.. none Of their acts please the
former class.
The spiri, OF envy manifested BY these
chronic msligusrs Of the rich. because
they are rich. seems to be In ~sinsularly
bad lasts. Moderately rich men arc
necessary to the prosperity Of q commu-
nifty, and the more money they spend in
building nne houses aud raising bl0oded
stock, the better II 10 for the poor men
Of the community in which they reside.
In order to insure success in almost
every enterprise Of magnitude. capital
IL the frat requisite. II the d~iseoverer
Of q mine wishes to work II. his first
effort 10 to interest some man with cap.
itai in the undertaking. And without
capital procured from some source. but
little silver mining can DO carried on.
either ON the Comstock or elsewhere.
Mexico, with her abundance Of good
mines. produces but little silver yearly.
because Of the great difficulty Of procur-
ins capital to erect the necessary ma
ohinery to work her mines to advantage.
Nothing here said in favor Of modsr-
atsly rich men. however, 10 intended to
apply to the Jay Gould class OF rich men.
for there il not Q doubt that centralized
wealth in tho hands Of the Jay Gould
class Of rich men is o constant menace
to our republican form Of govern
ment. It Is moderately rich men who
have made their money By business or
industrial pursuits. rather than the class
OF men who have become enormously
rich by Wall street aud Pine street spec
ulations, who are Of benefit to . COM
munity.
But ars not the poor men. whose great
drawback in the way Of success. 10 their
opinion, has been the weight OF brains
possessed by them, slightly mistaken in
the estimate made Of their wi mental
calibrs? Does IL not show at least .
lack OF mental balance in biR-brainsd
poor men. who have had opportunities
equal with honestly rich men to acquire
wealth, that they have not improved
their o%pportuuitissl And does 1t not
require brains. big and active brains,
and well-bslanced mental faculties, for
rich mon to keep money. even IL &c.
quired by lurki Would 1t not be well
for big.brainsd constitutional GROWERS.
who have squandered and continue to
salander their earnings in the many
ways provided by western customs, to
show that they have initiated the early
habits Of economy and industry Of the
yich men Of their acquaintance. before
they abuse those 10 whose enterprise
and good management they owe. to q
great extent. the very money with which
they now buy their daily brsad?"