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

II SPAIN. IL was True Oh the fllHTlm
Fathers, of the States Of New York,
Ohio and every land under the sun,
Shall l ask.the young ladies and gen.
tlemen Of the Nevada State Univer-
Sty whether this memorable
LAW OF GOD
Is suspended rs TO Nevada? We
have been told that If more farmers
come 10 Nevada they will compete
with those already here; that we al
ready raise all the produce we ear
sell, and that to invite more workers
here would be a crime unless we pro-
vide them Il place to sell their crops.
Does any one think there were people
standing around waiting to buy the
crops raised by the pilgrim fathers
when they landed nj Plymouth rock ?
Was there Il spot cash buyer ready
for the Indiana settlers crop Of
corn? Was there one the second
wear or the third? No, not the TWEEN
tieth nor the thirticth. A market has
To be made by large numbers of peo-
ple, and until it comes the markets
are such as Nevada has now and will
have until she settles her lands.
You and | know that # the land in
ltllS valley "SlS put w Al ibSiiSi hoS
the first effect would be to keep
money at home that now goes abroad
To buy things that we would then
raise, and TO increase the working
force. This increase in the working
force would support a larger town
Suppose il would double Reno, we
know that the effect on every piece Of
land around would be o largely i'll
crease its value. No one supposes
that if we had a San Jose or a Santa
Rosa in this valley that land would
not be worth more. . II would be
worth more all over the country
around sabout. The effect would
reach Lovelock, Long Valley, Sur
prise, Mason and Carson Valleys, and
benefit every one. Property right
here would be multiplied, and that in
turn would stimulate more and better
farming and gardening. Soon we
would have a population sufficient to
support factories and furnish laborers
also, and then the Truckee's day
would come and there would be no
end of our prosperity. But the dan
ger is that we will do nothing until
forced 10 By others crowding in on us,
which in the present struggle for pop
ulation going OH in Texas. Washing.
ton. California. Dakota and elsewhere,
may be a long time. But | am speak
ing OF what we can do. not what we
will do.
I NO FAULT
With the farmers that are here nor
with Our miners Not ut all. They
are CARRYING out the requirements Of
the conditions and cannot do more
without more neighbors. 1t Is the
fault Of the people who do not come
that Nevada is poor, not those Of us
that are here. But | want to combat
the idea that because we raise more
of some things than we can sell that
Nevada is a bad State TO live in or
come to. They say we have no mar
ket, and for that reason we must limit
our production. II is the country that
raises too little food that is poor, not
the one that raises o much.
Would Russia with its starving
millions be the worse for a small sur
plus? Would China. with hordcs eat
ing vermin? Would Ireland or ltaly2
All over the world there are men who
are working their hands to the bone
to feed their families and keep n
shingle between the heads Of their
little ones and the storm. They do
no ask: "Where can | go to get
rich 7" but, "VVhere can | go and
eat Show me that happy land where
my babies need moi go SuppcrlesS to
bed; where | n take a little piece of
ground and raise food for them, and
barter enough to get clothing for
them" How many such do you
think could live in Nevada? a mill
ion. and it would take another million
in the towns to wait OH them.
But is it true that the Nevada
farmer is raising more than he can
sell? know there have been times
when potatoes or hay went TO waste,
but ! doubt even then if there ever
has been a year when at n time or
another all the produce Of our farms
might not have been marketed with
out loss. Some sell too soon; others