Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-20
STATE IMPROVEMENT.
People who are Too Blind to
See.

on the part OF Nevada newspapers
results in a general retarding OF
State progress. The Gazette has
this merited editorial on a case in
point.
In labored attempt to answer
our comments on the Carson Tri-
bune's opposition to the Legisla-
ture trying to pass good whole
some. laws to stimulate the reclaim
alton Of Nevada's arid wastes
that paper says:
The Gazette would find it hard
to demonstrate how irrigation
schemes would make Nevada a
competitor OF California in raising
grapes or how they would mater
tally affect the egg crop. New
ada vegetables are now supplied
by Chinese and Italians at prices
80 low as to defy competition by
Americans. AS to hay and grain,
the great agricultural staples of
the State, il the Gazette will inquire
of any farmer on the Truckee
meadows it will find that there is
an abundance of hay for sale at
the low price of $3.50 a ton. 1t
will also find by inquiring Of the
Riverside Mill proprietors that,
although they pay the market
price for Nevada wheat, the peo-
pie give an undue preference for
California flour, and thus try to
destroy their own markets.
We do not propose to eLter into
a discussion with a paper that re-
sorts to such argument" as the
Tribune does. If that paper in
sists that there is nothing in the
State worth having, and, in its
feeble way, does what it can to re-
tard the reclamation OF the State,
we do not know that we are in any
way responsible. II the Tribune,
in its great desire to ''protect the
school fund" wakes up some
morning and finds that the
school fund is all there is left of
the State, and that replaced by a
lot OF worthless bonds put up in
order to maintain one OF the most
expensive State governments in
the Nation, with taxes high and
nobody to pay them, we think it
will stop and consider whether it
is best for Nevada to enter as
competitor with California in the
culture of grapes or whether or
not the "egg crop" did not have
something to do with it. So long
as Nevada continues to send
money abroad to pay for things
she might better produce at home,
just so long will she be sucking
the hind teat in the march Of inn
provement and dragging the Tri-
betne after her crying at the top of
its weak voice, "Don't do any,
thing, for it's of no use." Let the
Tribune continue to hang on to
the skirts Of the mining industry"
and it will shortly find itself cut
off from the march of improve
ment, while the State will live,
prosper and grow great without
any Of it's assistance"
The course pursued by the Tri-
bune results more from ignorance
than design. II the writer Of the
slurs on Nevada grape culture
will visit Mr.. Ryland's place in
Reno, or Raffetto's ranch in this
county, he will see how magnif1-
cent grapes can be produced in
Nevada. IF he will drive out to
the Holstein Ranch some Sunday
the APPEAL editor will show him
some harvested Nevada products
that he has continually asserted
cannot be grown in this State.
If the Tribune editor will quit
booming Tacoma and Washington
and cultivate a few acres of Ne
vada land, he will be able to write
Of Nevada products with some
practical knowledge of them.