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

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Immediately sets i'll motion't the forces
that make Il larger town necessary.
More people to eat food and wear
clothes lead to more stores, more doc
tors, more mechanics, more every
thing. But that does not balance.
Again the equilibrium is disturbed
and another lot Of workers are needed
on the farms, either ON the old ground
TO till il better or to goout farther and
bring in new land. The larger town
has larger needs o II there may be new
towns %springing up around. And so
it goes, See-Saw between town and
| country, the one increase stimulating
another until the State is large enough
for manufacturing establishments and
great developments Of raw materials
are made that will not pay to ship in
the rough, but al be made very val
liable by manufacturing them into use
tul articles.
You can imagine that period by
considering our water power and Our
mountains Of iron, gypsum, marble,
granite and other materials. But we
must 60 to work right to make a
State. We cannot do it with a lot
terry, with prize fighting nor stock
gambling. Up to this time Nevada
has been too much like 4 man who
when hungry takes Il drink OF whisky
instead of 4 bcefsteak TO sustain his
strength The result is fever and cx-
element; then Il reaction and collapse
or whisky. When times were
dull, instead Of going into some new
place and developing wealth, we
would ask where can we make Il boom
and how car we get in Stock deals
were looked to by the community al
large for prosperity, and you cannot
make wealth in that way. Some one
has got To produce in order to make a
State. Now, every one loves the
miner. He is rs valuable as any MAI
who laborS. and the result is as ben
cficial to his race, but mining alone
will not build Il State any more than
painting will make y house. That
has been tried, and il has impOvcr-
iShcd every country that ever devoted
itself to it. Mining has no place i'll
the regular growth of States. II Is an
accidental very happy accident for
those lucky enough III have it-but it
cannot in the nature Of things be relied
upon as the foundation for a COM
munity. | know we have among us
those who differ with you aud me OH
this subject, and they have proved
that they are right and we are wrong
by %Outvoting us. But where two men
disagree
HISTORY MUST DECIDE,
And if we look Al the history even Of
our State we need not make a
mistake. Modern machinery rips a
mountain to pieces very soon, aud If
it is all ore it is quickly exhausted
Every mans labor i'll a mine makes
the country it is in poorer. and when
his labor is Over you have 4 hole in
the ground and a rotten quartz mill.
Nevada has given the world a billion
dollars in treasure, and she is little
better for il. II We took out another
billion we would land at last where
we are now, and would have to begin
al the bottom and make a State on
farming. Why? Because all the
riches would be carried out. and "
erything used would be brought in if
it could be purchased anywhere else
cheaper, and 1t always can in the be
ginning OF an enterprise like farming
or manufacturing. The miner goes
into rough mountains where it IS i'm
possible to make a home in any real
sense, for it is there that nature has
hidden her treasures. and he finds
nothing 10 attach him To the spot. He
never really takes hold. and is always
looking for the day when he a Ego
back" with his pile to his former
place Of residence. Men who come
in to engage in the exciting pursuits
Of mining and s~tock-raising in the
barren wastes OF 4 desert country are
not going to reclaim il and cultivate
it They will not study the problems
involved and devote long years to
carrying out plans Of that nature. II
is steady, quiet endcavor pursued
through patient years that makes a
State, and people will not leave min
ing TO go to farming until they are
forced to. They will go into other
States first and try to find new
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