The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-11-22

What Nevada Has Done for Herself.
In the following article the Nir-
ginia Chronicle chides Nevada for the
unnatural position she has taken
against her own best interests in the
late election. Every word Of it is true,
and If this State suffers the conse-
Quenees OF her folly, the people will
have none TO blame but themselves j:
The outlook for Silver Is rather
favorable. just now. Dispatches from
London report fine Silver at 1924
per ounce Tor the English standard,
which is $50. This is the first time
that Silver has been below sod IN
MANY months. About eight years
z it fell temporarily TO 464d, the
lowest in at least nifty years. The
price soon recovered from that extra
ordinary low point, and has been sod
and upwards for most of the time
since. The cause of the present de-
cline in the metal is the dull condition
of the worlds trade. The political
disturbances in China have thrown
matters out of gear in that country.
The shipments of fine Silver from
San Francisco to Hongkong for the
first ten mouths of 1854 were unusu-
ally large. Some OF these consIgn-
tents were sent o. on speculation,
or as means TO cover. Finding no sale
in Hongkong, al least One or more
invoices were ordered 10 Shanghi, but
with no better result, and subsequent
ly sent back 10 Hongkong, where the
Silver remains unsold. AS a result of
this depression in China, not an ounce
of fine Silver was shipped by the
steamer from San Francisco on the
18th. Silver is suffering from a dearth
of demand, rather than any over-snp-
ply. The fact is, that the product -
no so large a. it has been.
So much for the market value OF
the metal upon which Nevada's pros
perlIy 50 largely depends. Now as
L the political prospect. The Chron-
icle has done It's utmost To impress
upon the people OF Nevada the ia pOr-
lance % sseping constantly in view
the course which their own interests
demanded .na they should pursue.
They nave been warned that the Re
publicans IN Congress had already
prepared a measure looking 10 the
curtailment of the present limited
Silver coinage, and that TO the DEM
ocratie members-to whose votes Ne
vada is indebted for the partial re-
s~toration of Silver to It's proper place
we must look to aid US in resisting
its re-degradation to the pig-iron level.
How have the people Of Nevada re-
sponded +? BY defeating Mr.. Cassidy
for reelection, and sending in his
place Mr.. WOODBURY. gentleman
who, however admirable he may be
in social, private life, is decidedly the
most unfortunate selection that Ne
vada could have made. Any other
Republican would have labored un-
der the disadvantage only of being in
minority; but Mr.. Woodburn Will be
d~isastrously handicapped by the re-
cord he made for himself IN eonnec-
ton with the Electoral Fraud of '76.
When air. WOODBURY. shall find the
chief industry of his State attacked by
the men of his own party, with what
grace can he appeal for aid to the
Democratic members ? And if he
should do SO, what answer would he
be likely to receive 1t would be
quite natural If the Democrats should
turn a very cold shoulder upon Ne
vada's representative as we'll as upon
her Silver interests. They might
well reply ave stood by ; our State,
sir, in the reconciliation Of Silver;
we stood by California and Oregon,
too, when they came here whining
about Chinese immigration; and what
has been the result? Your three Pa
cific coast States gave their electoral
votes TO Mr.. Blaine-who was the foe
of Nevada's Silver inLerest-and to
Mr.. ~Logan-who was the foe Of the
Chinese Exclusion Act. Instead of
showing their gratitude to the party
which fought and won their fights for
them in Congress, they have done all
in their power to weaken us and
strengthen our political and their
practical foes. Now you had better
look to the Republican party for any
future special favors you may re-
quire."
That, it seems TO us, would be about
the style of response that the occasion
calls for. Still, the Democratic party
is a magnanimous party, and just
now it can afford to forgive If not to
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