Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-05-10
HOMES FOR 1'HE POOR.
Address Ct Nm. E. Snnythe at the
Court House, Nav 6ti1,


State having the smallest population
Of any in the Union We are assem-.
bled III the only State West of the Al
legheny mountains which has ever
shown a record Of decreasing popula-
ticn, And yet no person who saw
your marvellous exhibit at the World s
Fair can for moment doubt that you
possess, within the wide range Of your
natural resources. all the potentiali-
ties Of great commonwealth.
IT were q citizen of Nevada
/ would never rest until the stig-
ma of a decreasing population were
removed from the fair name OF my
state. If ] We're a citizen of Nevada
would never rest until those eastern
editors who assert that your state is
deliberately kept small, As q matter Of
political convenience. were COMPOUNDED
and rendered foolish by the onward
sweep OF splendid development. And
if any man stood in the way of that
contamination, / would never rest IN
til that man or interest had surren-
dered to the imperious demands of an
enlightened civilization.
The time has come when the Ameri-
can people have use for the broai val
leys of this favored State. The time
has come when humanity cries aloud
for more room in which to build its
habitations The time has come when
civilization demands new and better
economic conditions. which shall
guarantee to labor fairer share of
what ii produces and give real indie
pendence and real equality to the aver
age citizen Of the Republic. Ihopet to
show you this afternoon the pressure
which is upon our people in the East
and how the resources Of Nevada are
capable of meeting the demands Of
the times.
DECAY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
The startling fact about existing
conditions in the East is not that
comparatively few are standing on
the verge of starvation, but that the
whole body Of our middle classes,
which constitute the bone and sinew
Of our people, is in gradual process
Of decadence. Consider the statistics
Of tenantry Ours is one of The young
est as well as one of the richest, ma
tons on earth. We had to start with
an empire OF public lands. and it
would seem that we ought to have a
larger percentage of land owners than |
any other country. The truth is that |
by swift process We have become a |
race of tenants. Australia has only |
10 II Of tenants to her total popula-
ton. Canada has II per cent, Sweden |
Is, France 90, crowded Belgium 80.
Holland 40 and imperial Germany
less than 81. In the United States
over 70 per cent of the total popula-
ton has no proprietary interest in the
soil on which it dive Is.
The labor difficulties of the past two
years have furnished other startling
revelations of the condition of skillet
laborers In the case of the great
shoe strike at Haverhill. Mass. it was
shown by impartial investigation that
the workmen averaged but $3.50 TO
1850 per year-a bare subsistence for
the average family-and that their
homes were little better than the tene-
ments in the slums of the great cities.
The Brooklyn street car strike was
supported by overwhelming public
sympathy because it was disclosed
that the men We're actually fighting
for the right of existence. The report
Of the commission appointed by the
President revealed the same condition
Il Pullman. The men were on the
verge Of starvation and many Of them
he to day homeless heggars, although |
hey represent the highest standard Of
skilled labor
These are the conditions in the East.
What are the conditions of those VINO
labor upon the irrigated soil OF West
I'm America?
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG COMPARED
At recent mass meeting in Chicago ,
answered this question by a brief
Of the industrial systems
'ounded by Brigham Young in the ,
valleys Of Utah and by George NJ. 7
Pullman on the shores Of Lake Michi-
gan. Here is what I found: That
10Th men We're entitled to be called |
great captains Of industry; that both /
elected tracts of land practically &
worthless until they reclaimed them; d
hat both gave large employment to t