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

grows up to IL, then the farmers get
ahead and when theyhave made room
Tor nor town it has another squirt or
boom as we call il. When this time
comes factories can be brought i'm sue.
cessfully, and great fortunes are in
vested TO stimulate commerce Soon
such a country can compete with
every other, and its manufactures 20
all over the world. Then a highly
cultivated countr, often finds itself
peculiarly adapted to some one deli
cacy or necessity which it a make a
specially OF, and enjoy almost 4 mo
nopoly OF, making itself headquarters
Tor 1t Tor the whole earth. | wish to
refer to this latter in connection with
Nevada. Now in all this growth
there Is action and reaction, one thing
helping another. Sc progress never
stops except as the people lose their
energy and settle down to idleness.
vi course management is a requisite
everywhere and every country has ups
and downs. You cannot put voir
hand upon the map and touch a spot
where there are not men who succeed
and men who fail, but there is no
country on earth where men can find
fruitful soil and a Congenial climate
where
GOOD. HONEST FARMING
Will not make a successful and pros
porous state. In the growth we have
been speaking of the source Of In
dIanas wealth and prosperity WAS the
farming portion of the community.
When crops were bad business of all
kinds felt it instantly. The railroads
mad less corn and wheat to haul out.
and less furniture, clothing and gro.
ceries To haul in. The lumber trade
was dull, dry goods did moi sell, the
Preachers salary a behind, Contern.
plated Journeys were postponed, and
improvements on the farm as well as
III the town. HeToput of. Soon fail
ureS were reported all over the Cnuu-
try as bills become due with Iu
means to pay, and THE chain Of mis-.
fortune goes from farmer To merchant.
from merchant To jobber. from him To
manufacturer and banker, and from
them To the money Centcrs OF the
word. But let the early and the lat,
Ter ram tall i'll their season, let the
Summer sun and the soft air of the.
temperate zone. in which both Nevada
ana Indiana lie, Come and how nature
smiles. How easy il is then to tickle
he ground with a pluw and have it
laugh with a harvest And how TIE
honest farmer laughs with il. He is
then literally i'll clover, and goes
about his work Cheerlully, commuui.
eating his good nature 10 every a
woman and chilli -, Ella.
Ills family is the first TO be blessed by
ms good fortune. George goes To col
ieSe, and Mary gets a piano. Mothc..
pleSS hcr heart, gets Il rest. She ha,
worked early and late, up al :, and
never To bed until every sock is
darned, and every torn coat mcndvd.
] never think Of the farmers wife but
that one comes into my mind who WAS
telling the minister her troubles. He
could not hold Out any hope of an
idle hour in this world, So he said.
SOOthinply:
."WSll, sister, there is res, in the
grave"
YES" she said, in "A tired way.
but II will be just my luck To have
resurrection day come next mornin',"
We'll, mother must share the good
year, 30 her husband SAYS:
Well, Hannah, We will go back
East and see the old folks" and So
the railroad gets its fins in AS usual
New clothes are bought, new ma
chncry added 10 the farm, fences and
barns are painted, and the farmers
crop goes out To stimulate all the men
who labor and manage. OF course,
nothing a help Il %loaier, but when a
good crop comes every MAJ feels it if
he is alive and busy.
The preacher is paid up. the store
patronlzed, the mortgage is paid oil,
the crop is shipped and the railroads
lure more men, SO all this brings in
more people, adding to the general
wcalth-produCing aud wealth-consum-
ing capacity Of the country; in other
words, enlarging the market both in
buying and selling.
THIS Is THE WAY
a country grows. Isn't il a lovely
storyI DO you find anything in books