Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-19
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STATE Dsvslspasat.
William E. Snyths. editor Of the
Irrigation Ago. spoke to q large au.
dienoe in Carson Wednesday after.
noon on irrigation and coloninatou.
The following report OF his speech L
taken from the Appeal:
He said he had como to Nevada to
discuss the problem Of interesting the
surplus people Of the East with the
surplus lands Of the West.
Poverty and want existed mainly
when the population were tenants in.
stead Of land owners. Utah was the
best known example in the United
States Of what land ownership did for
tho people. The people who came
into Utah with Brigham Young were
mostly a poverty stricken class. and
had very little beyond their personal
effects, yet they turned their arid lands
into a garden. Tho secret Of their
success was that they made the soil
support them and consumed nothing
not raised in Utah. AS a result they
we're never affected by hard times and
the result Of which by a good system
OF irrigation cleared over FIVE hundred
million Of dollars for the people OF
Utah. The Greeley Colony startedin
Colorado twenty-five years ago. They
went in to combine land and water
and made money. They started with
fruit us the principal crop and failed.
but in one year cleared one million
dollars of potatoes alone.
He drew a striking picture ci the
poverty Of the East. Men were max.
ing shoes in Massachusetts, for $40
a week wages which only meant IS a
week because they only worked half
time.
He also contrasted the two great
financial systems Of Brigham Young
and George Pullman In Utah the
man who worked got all he earned
and the increased value OF the land
meant more money in his pocket.
Under the Pullman system a tenant
worked always for wages and il he
improved his home it meant higher
rental. So when the Pullman Ia.
borers went on a strike they were
paupers when they began and pau.
pers when they finished.
Millions of people in the East will
come out West and take cheap land
till 1t and develop it, and as long as
water will run down hill there is mon.
ey in it. But these people don't want
the high priced lands Of California.
Tho price is prohibotory, and the eli.
mate..of California, where a man can !,
sleep under the blue sky the year .
round, e~neryates. Great civilizations :
thrive in a diversified climate, and !.
Montana, Colorado, Utah !.
and Arizona are the coming states of !
Tho West because Of the soil and eli. !
mate. '
Nevada has been libeled all over the .
East and only spoken OF as a mining
'tate. 1t has produced nearly a bill
ion dollars and this vast sum has :
zone to buildIpalaces in San Francis. :
%, New York, Paris and London and
o recuperate The fortunes OF the :,
AIDED princes OF Europe. lat this
talk the audience broke into n
'ound of applause hat was deafen- !
ng.l !.
The speaker'sidea was to take about
10000 acres OF Nevada land and colo.
lize it with thrifty Eastern people.
a construction company withthe
Governor at the head OF it and issue
bonds on the water and land owned
by tho company. He would sell the
securities in the East and get the col
onists there. Each family who came
into the colony would take $500 worth
Of bonds. BY these methods millions
OK dollars worth Of securities could be
sold after the thing was well under
which would pay seven per cent
per annum. 1t was a better invest. /,
mont than Government bonds. He /,
proposed to get a good class Of PEG.
pie, respectable, energetic, industri. /,
ous people, who would come here and /
settle and bring money with them.
The first thing to do wonld be to Sc I
Iect the best possible land inthe State /,
make the first colony a success and !,
hen the other colonies would come in ,
NTH a rush and Nevada would soon
begin to gain in population. /,
New York spent twenty-five mil. ,
ions OF dollars last year in charity !
teaching men TO be dependent. With I,
nne million dollars he could move ten ,
thousand people out West and mako !
thom self.supporting. +.
Pork packing and canning indus. :
tries would prosper in Nevada, ard a ,
dozen other industries could be plant.
ed here to keep money at homo and
create wealth. !.