Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-29
uTAm AND NEVADA.

UTAH AND NEVADA.
by reason OF IT, name telng 10
prominently associated with that OF
Utah, the state OF Nevada 10 tho sub.
jeot Of more attention at the hands OF
the press ami rome Of our statesmen
just now than Tor n long time past.
The plan TO restore 10 Utah her orig.
inal boundaries, except as 10 the notch
taken out Of tho northeastern corner
Tor the purpose Of making Wyoming n
square territory, has more supporters
than was expected, but II also has
many opponents, and these are not less
pronounced in their Views than the
others. IL has all had the effect Of
making the Novadans brush up their
vital statistics and advise themselves
fully Of lust what II Ia that they have
In possession as we'll as what II 10 they
would like to have that they haven't
got.
Among the things figuring most
prominently 10 the latter schedule Ia
population. decreased revenue IL
another, but 1t being a logical se-
| queuco OF the other need not be
specially mentioned. The ways and
means by which home-seekers eau be
induced to turn their eyes NevadawArd
and follow this up by physieal propul-
sion, are the things that our noighbors
to the west have Of lato taken TO con.
siderlng with good deal OF earnusl-
ness, aud whatever DO the outcome OF
all tho talk so much good has at least
been accomplished. They realize that
the proposition TO Testore the state to
the Territory from which II was taken
IL because OF the steady decline Of the
former In people, means anu virillty,
and would prefer not 10 owe their
recreation 10 union with the common
wealth from which they were severed
because OF their then being In such a
promising field and we at this
end ploddlng slowly (but surelyl along.
II II the fable Of the hare and tho
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applied to real life. They didn't want
US then, and human pride with repug-
nance TO humiliation cause them to
deny wanting us now. Very well; II
their wants, or alleged wants. are OBJ
served Ia this particular, we are quite
sure that the burden Of the complaints
which may be heard because oft will
not come from east VI tbs dividing
line TO any marked extent.
In connection with this phase OF the
subject we now and then read an arti.
Gle from the aagebrusn commonwealth,
btstling with live statistics aud
houeycombed with promising deduc.
tionr, or hear conversation NJ Ike
Import. Following Ia u portion Of
what Mr.. H. h. Fulton OF Rono re.
Gently said In an interesting Interview,
within tho noxt two or three years
YOU will SEQ Nevada having tho most
prosperous limos shD has over known
We have not had failure during all
this hard summer We owe ueNs to
nothing ~ state, ~ counties, or ~ in-
muuilies, We have 2jDOOl mutton sheep
Tor market We grow 10000 ton. o.
Alfalfa, several rhoIsaud tons of wheat
aud mlnv thousand tons OF tho huost
Aind " poatue'i aud apples, honey and
wool, in addition TO gold, silver, lead,
copper, salt, bpuN, soda ami IRON, otc.,
are shipped. Al these are cash pruduct,,
and thpro arc not $50 many people e.
! divide the proceed, among ne la other
I SD ia
Nevada always do well.
Mr.. Fulton was OF the opinion that
even n no more people came to Nevada
they would SOON have prosperity there,
because those elsewhere need what
they produce and win soon begin buy.
Ing again, while tue midwintrr fair
will absorb everything uat,b.o and
drlullblo that the state cGn produce,
Ho thinks that within short time the
silver question win be- settled con.
clusivcly one way or another that this
panic has released more money and
mou from Old Luce q onlorprise than
ever was known before and thoy vii
be seeking new heidi. "Harl times I'm
In Old cluntrie, Is good tor new ones.
The We has bssn benoate Uy every
1rash tie country has over had. Even
now half a dozen railtoaID stand 1l
the eastern edge Of &c great bash
casting longing eyue tuwul tho Pa
oinc. Those which live through NJ
torn, especially railroads lao III,
Burlington, which has just declared
| dividend, can borrow oceans OF muLsY.