Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-04-30
come before them, for let me tell you

fOfVLATlOS MAKES WEALTH,
And there is absolutely no way to
create 1t without. The best piece of
property in the world would not be
worth Il tive-cent pieceH only one man
could get to it, and he could not take
any oil It away Man is a gregarious
animal and loves company. A soil.
iary life IS not worth living, and un-
less people can congregate together
they do not care what becomes of
mem or their property. But let large
masses get together and all the best,
as well as the worst. in our nature
comes out A city is the highest re-.
suit OF the development Of the times.
II IS II fruit Of the combined labor.
Intelligence and moral forCeof its age.
IL IS The rose upon the tree. the
flower Of contemporary civilization
and 1t IS not only that but it affords
an immense stimulus to all surround.
ing activity. II Nevada had an Omaha
III any of its valleys every piece OF
property near 1t would be multiplied,
and a market would be made for far
more than ~ before. But il takes
n rural population TO make a city, and
SO | tell you to-day there is no i'll in
Nevada, no poverty. no dullneSS of
trade, no lack Of value in property
that an increase in population would
not cure. The wealth of Indiana,
amounting to hundreds Of millions Of
dollars, is built upon agriculture. The
FIRST ComerS cut homes out Of the
wilderness, and lived on what they
could raise at home. They had no
tailorS, doctors, lawyers or shoe
makers. The mother of the family
not only baked, cooked and washed
for them, but she made all the clothes.
KNIT the stockings, even wove the
cloth and actually made her
soap. soaking ashes from the kitchen
stove To make lye for it. Now comes,
BEAUTIFUL PROCESS
OF State building, every
making those already there a little
better off. AT first it was all that any
one could do To live. Each mans
table vas supplied from his farm or
helped out by game from the forest
He raised chickens and ate them and
their eggs. cured pork and beef,
raised corn. wheat, and vegetables,
and lived as far as possible from his
own productions. What he abso-
lutcly had to buy he traded produce
for. and IL he paid a pumpkin for a
yard OF cloth he was liable 10 get a
little pumpkin in change.
II was the way the early farmers
had To live until there were enough OF
them in a place 10 induce people of
other branches of trade to come in
and cater To their wants. As num-
bers increased there was a diversity
of industries which made life worth
something, and finally everything
came To a cash basis as we u il
now. a certain number Of farms
proved a sufficient Involvement for the
travelling shoemaker and preacher.
the tin pcddlcr or the dry goods
wagon to make a trip two or three
times a year. You can Sec this now
IN many valleys in California and Ne
vada. Growing larger, there would
be a blacksmith shop at the cross
roads. Like enough a saloon would
ON ahead Of the sChooliousc. but a
family store, a church and "A wagon
shop would soon follow. Thus the
nucleus OF the towS or city is formed,
and rs farmers multiply the place
grows. II cannot get To be great by
putting IN factories or building inn
mcaSc houses first. You Cannot make
a city in an empty country The pco-
Pile of
SAN FRANCISCO
Are trying to find out what ails their
city now, and they growl about their
rich men for not building stores or
factories or rival railroads. VIVA,
they need is to fill up their country
lands with workers, and then their
city will he prosperous, and not be-
fore. That is what Indiana did, and
she found factories coming in To sup.
ply her and railroads looking for a
chance 10 haul her crops TO market.
For years and years she sem great
drovcs of hogs, horses, cattle and
sheep To- market on foot. Wagons
hauled her wheat to Pittsburg before
Chicago was thought Of. AlIthc time
her lands were filling up with thrifty
farmers, and she began TO he noticed.
First canals came to help her out. and
then great lines Of railroads.