Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-04-30

ton all over the world. Now we "a,
ship out. We are sending butter d.
Chicago this Winter and Il paws A
starch factory would bring the potato
crop into shape to ship To every state
i'm the union. Now when these
things come the water power of orr
streams will bring WOODEN and
iron mills, woodworking shopS
tanncries and all sorts Of shops. and
some day when California has rs
lands full Of orange and fix trees, and
such things as will grow nowhere else
we will be selling them all sorts al
fine goods, as well as the people far.
Their away; but, first Of all, we mus,
have farmers. If for no other reason
than that the farms raise not only our
food, but our labor. a steady, relia.
bic population is absolutely necessary
To draw workers from for the factory
the office and the shop. II is as
necessary as power to turn the wheel.
You could not make Il mill succeed
here il you have to send to an Eastern
State, to Europe or to China for labor.
ers 10 run it. IL is impossible.
THE FARMER COMES FIRST
In numbers large enough to Law th,.
foundation for cities and towns. and
and then ome the factory, the mill
and the rival railroad. Now, | could
spend the day on this subject, for ma
other has such charms for me. but
must close. But first let us ask what
the result will bc to mining Why.
mining will increase tcnfold when this
State is made. We will have pros.
poets on every bill where the indus.
tnOuS can go into Il tunnel during
storms or winter. when no one can
work on a farm. He a pile up ore
ready for the mill, and when the ruad
| opens hc can haul il ont aud have il
worked as the farmer does his wheat.
Cattle raising will bc better. too. when
We can put up winter feed. Our sum.
mcr range will support than We
now have, but there Is no place To-
feed them III cold weather Seeds
will he scattered through the mount.
aims and summer iced will be better,
and our starch. beet sugar and other
factories will furnish refuse 10 faltviI
fine beef and pork for the market All
this means wealth and population, and
We could go on till morning showing
sources Of wealth, but ! have been too
long on these classic boards already
II il, perhaps. a long ways of. but !
e SrGN
OF the coming day in the cream
cries, the better farming. the
fruit growing, the hog raising and
other ways, all of which mean more
laborcTs and wealth. pro-
duCCrS and more consumers Their
are more owners of cattle through
Eastern Nevada and more men and
women who expect To- live and die III
the State than ever before. II ma,
take a, long time, for nature works
slowly and perhaps none oi us viii
live toscc il, but Nevada will be great
some day when countries uUw cluiy'
ing in their greatness are ON the q"
cline. And where will the Nevada
State University be in this grand
change? How useful il can be made
as il sends out year after year an IN
tclligcnt class Of wcll-traincd Thinkers
To- study these practical lessons hc.orr
MS. How my heart thrubS rs ] think
Of what a field our sons and daugh.
tiers have before them. and the glu
rious things they may do for mankino
with the raw materials God has PLACED
here for us. Let us keep u eyes
open and N prcjudiccs down, SO ",
can see for ourselves and show IL
others what an opportunity we have
to make a State. Let all who low,
Nevada pull together and support
each other in every honest cndcav"r
to make her what she ought to be-.
RENO. Nevada. April IL. 1893.