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

10 De shown where II is wrong, why
cannot Nevada become as good =
State as Indiana and afford homes for
an, equal number. Of people? Has
INDIANA raw materials that we have
notf On the contrary, have we moi
sources Of wealth that she does moi
possess Let us examine the stems
oy winch she ose to greatness and
see u Nevada cannot take some OF
them. VI
ne growth Of such n State is 4 fas.
cinating subject for the thougbtful
student, rs it becomes the story of the
growth Of civilization and the deyelon-
ment Of man from savagcry. As we
are taught that each individual body
IS carried by nature through all the
forms Of animal life, so
EACH STATE
Goes through all the stages that hu-
manity itself has passed. The natural
history is: First, the wild bcas, and
savage hunter OF fisher, with stretches
sufficiently vast between neighbors to
prevent soaring off the game or re-
duclng the supply. Why, it is held
now by the best authorities that there.
were IN all the region now known as
the United States less than $50 600
Indians when Columbus discovered
America.
The second stage brings the cattle
ranger with his beef animals, almost
as wild as the original beasts of the
forest, often O valuable for their
hides and horns than for any COM
mcrCial use. Next comes the shcp-
herd with his flocks, who inaugurates
the ownership of land in small degree
IhiS Is the period of thought and re-
lieCtlon-the abstract age Of mind,
and III il grew N system of astron
omy and orr habits Of patient study.
II is said that its absence kept the
American Indian a savage, for he had
no animal he could tame 10 furnish
HIM food and clothing or TO do his
heavy labor. The Chinaman is also
said TO be a case of arrested develop
mcnt, he having gone from hunter to
farmer without the reflective cxperi-
cnCc Of the shepherd.
The shepherd is followed by the
farmer, who takes a hint from nature
and puts seed i'll the ground, protects
IL from destruction until he can bar.
vest the crop and store il for winters
use He makes a permanent home.
and lays the foundation Of the state
He furnishes the uc~ccSsarics upon
which all otLcr classes SnbSiSt, and
any increase in his numbers leads To
a corresponding growth in the wealth
and Importance of the community.
ls4 En..NN -lnnVN,. L-. ...I -.
growing and gardening and all the
higher uses 10 which land can be put
II goes hand III hand with CITY build
ing and the highest development the
race has reached.
Now, ! want TO show you that
ISDIANA'S GREATNESS
Is not founded upon her location,
upon her railroads, upon her politics,
nor upon her manufactures. but upon
her farmers. Her original state was
far more discouraging than Nevada's
"a 1t cost more to clear the
ground and prepare it for the pillow
than il does, acre for acre. 10 get
TO any piece of land in Wasfoc
N'hilAg hlt SSt u lllO bCtIlllp AFTER
the crop was raised il cost more Ia get
it 10 market than it does from any
part Of Nevada to-day. The country
covered with big trees Of every
kind, trees that to-day would he worth
hundreds of dollars apiece, but which
then were girdlcd and burned rs cum
bercrs of the ground. Big walnut
trces, tall hickory masts and acres of
fine maple and other varieties were
cut off and the siumps plowed around
for twenty years before they rottcd
out. Her markcts-thOsc markets we
hear so much talk about now when
we talk about making a State here
where, oh, where were they1 Ask Of
the idle winds that blew across n thou
sand miles Of prairie and rolling hills
without striking Il town rs big as
Reno is to-day; not a sign of a rail-
road until the State had a million
people; no Chicago worthy the name
until 1870: no lines Of travel, and no
II To travel on them. The old Joke
about the Indiana stage company that