Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-04-27
MINING IN NEVADA.
Why II Does Not Prosper-Why
Our Population and Res our
Ces Are Fading AWAY.

General Clarke Is writing u series of
articles in the Rene Gazette. They
are well written, are fercibe and logl-
cal and are deserving The careful At
ton of our citizens. The last one is
as follows:
Most Of tho valuable mines ei Ne
vada ara Incorporated under The laws
OF California. Ol the hundreds of
corporations controlling the great
Comsteck lode but one only is ergan-
lied unaer Nevada laws. The corpora
tons thus formed are non-rssidenls
and, except as TO property within eur
limits, are not subject TO our laws.
The mines are exempt from taxation,
and no tax can be collected upon min
ing shares or ether properly not found
within the State. The companies are
without the jurisdiction of cur tribu.
nails; beyond the reach of criminal
process, aad when sued and property
ia attached or service m AIDE upon them
through an agent, they may remove
the cause to the Federal Courts. The
officers, servants aud agents of the
corporation reside in California. They
pay no taxes, perform no public duties
and are not personally lisble for the
corporate debts. The officers, agents,
clerks attorneys ana numberle. sub
ordlnates live IN San Francisco, add 10
the population, wealth and business of
California and draw their support from
pursuits which rightfully belong to
Us.
The gold and silver our mines pre-
duce are shipped to California TO be-
refined and sold. The
PROFITS OF OUR INDUSTRY
Are invested In Palace Hotels, Nevada
Blocks, ETC., and California Is papu-
lated, enriched and beaunied at our
expense. In marked contrast il tho
effect upon this system in Nevada.
The extraction and deportation OF the
ore proceeds exhaus,s the mines and
makes US poorer day by day.
San Francisco is headquarters for
cur business and everything is drawn
to that port. So potential is this in.
fluence that not one in fifty Of our in.
habitants has decided TO permanently
remain In this State. Our people are
sojsurners, stepping here until a lucky
strike will enable them TO establ ish q
home elsewhere.
Nevada is an appendage to Califor-
mia, dependent and subseryient. With
studied partiality for nonresident
mining corporations, the law
CASTS IT'S BURDEN HEAVILY
Upon an actual resident engaged in
the business Of mining. He must
bear his share Of all the resposibili-
lies of Gavernment-Stste, county and
municipal. He must perform the du-
ties and discharge the obligations Of
citizenship, perform jury duty, render
military service. He has no choice
of tribunals of justice. He must pay
the debts contracted in mining regard
less of the success Of his enterprise.
He must pay not only that part of the
taxes which rightfully belongs to him,
but that part also fran which the nom
resident mine-owner is exempted
Thus we discriminate against eur own
people, discourage the making of
homes in the state, make it harder and
less profitable to live here than in Cali.
fornia, take upon ourselves the toll,
dangers, mental Offices Of mining and
GIVE TO CALIFORNIA
The places of profit and trust. No
wonder Nevada is poor and weak, and
becoming paorer and weaker every
day. Ne wohder whoever car hastens
to quit the State. What else can be
expected of system Of laws and bust
ness which are intended to pr ,notc
the prosperity of other communities
at the expense OF our own?
For more than a quarter Of a GEN.
fury the people of Nevada have suf-
fered and submitted 10 this abuse. So
far no systematic effort has been made
to redress the wrong. We have pa
tiently suffered and supinely endured.
Let US arouse and act. The remedy is
in our hands, plain to be seen and
easily enforced. We need but the hon.
esty and courage to enact a law re-
curing corporations doing business IN
this State to incorporate under the
laws Of this State, keep their principal
places of business here, and select
their thu tees, officers, agents, attorneys,