Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-10-14
NEVADA A GREAT STATE.
Visitors to the Columbian Exposition
Coming TO that Conclusion

The current number of the Irri-
CATION Age contains an article on the
resources and capabilities of this
State, published under the heading,
"Is Nevada Great State After Alp"
The following extracts are taken
from the article, which is too leng-
thy to publish in its entirety:
Here is a striking anamoly that
forces itself upon the attention of
the millions at the Worlds Fair:
No State in the Union has been
more belittled and abused than Ne
vada-no State in the Union makes
more complete or creditable ex-
hibit of the farm, of the mine and
of the natural resources than this
same Nevada.
This anamoly staggers a good
many people who have been taught
to believe that Nevada has no pos
sible future and that it is utterly
devoid of the elements which fit a
community for Statehood. The,
truth is that if half million peo-
pie were shut up in Nevada tomor-
row, the first morning of the Goth
century would see there great
State. 1t would be great not mere
ly in one production but in many.
1t would have widespread and di-
versifed agricultural industry, more
profitable to individuals than in
most other parts of the world. 1t
would have thriving mining in
dustry, by no means limited to one
class OF production. 1t would sup
port score of manufacturing in
dustries working upon raw materials
taken from its mountains and farms.
1t would have many new lines of
railroad and many large towns. The
exhibit at the WoIld's Fair gives
the lie to the assertion that Nevada
is fit only for a cattle range and a
mining camp. 1t proves beyond
all question that this State of the
Sierras is capable of supporting
large population, of developing a
we'll rounded and prosperous indus
trial life, and of adding new splen-
did territory to the domain of civ
ilization.
Nevada is known as a mining
community and as very little else.
Its mineral resources are important
and that department of its exhibit
is interesting, but it is with agricul-
tural and irrigated Nevada that
readers of the Age are chiefly con-
cerned. The Worlds Fair visitor
expresses no surprise at beholding a
complete display of the products OF
the mines, but thousands of people
have stood before the Nevada booth
in the agricultural building and
rubbed their eyes before fully be-
lieving that they read the name
Alright. They are surprised to learn
that the State has an agricultural
industry at all; they are more sur
prised when they look carefully and
observe the extraordinary quality
of the cereals. AS the world has so
often been told that Nevada has no
future and it is in way to be aban-
doned in the end to the Piute In
dams, they are surprised to see its
agricultural possibilities wildly H.
Illustrated and aggressively present
ed for consideration.
PRESENT STATE OF THE INDUSTRY.
Nothing in this article should be
construed to mean that Nevada has
taken large advantage of the oppor-
tunities in the development of agrit
culture. Its people admit that they
have not done so, and explain it by
saying that the hundreds of mil
lions taken from their mines have
gone to beautify the aristocratic
quarters of San Francisco and New
York, rather than to fertilize and
fructify the soil of the State that
produced them. Mr.. F. H. Newell's
instructive census bulletin on New
ada shows precisely what has been