Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
SsradA Defended.

DeAcnoco. 4
Vim. E. Suythe In the Forum saws:
In the course Of a spirited editorial
article entitled How to Deal With
Nevada the Chicago Tribune re-
marked.
Congress Il perfectly able to deal
with the unprecedented condition OF
Affairs which exists in Nevada. The
silver mines which unde her all she
was have teen exhausted. She has
no other mineral wealth. She has no
agricultural resources. She has 10th
ing to aitrac' "ople, and as a conse-
9u-ncs. The Is iiickeripg out.
The Tribune urges that the thing
10 do Is "a deprive Nevada OF her
statehood, or at least to exclude be.
senators iror congress, as was done
with The seeding Southern states
dnrinG the var and reconstruction
periods There are four simple and
lucid reasons why the Chicago news.
papers prescription How to Deal
With Nevada should not be
thoughtlessly taken. The first sthat
II L not :rue that -the silver mines
which have made her all she was have
been exhausted The second Is that
Il Is not true that she has no other
mineral wealth. The third il that
II Is not true that she has 10 agri-
cultural rssources. AND the fourth
= 'hat It is not true that she is flick.
erHS out in consequence Of the fact
that she has nothing TO attrac; PEG.
pie IL / may be permitted the
pleasure Of introducing the state OF
NeTada TO the American people
through these pages | think il may
tie proved that the eminent Chicago
physician entirely misunderstood the
symptoms Of the disease. utterly fail.
al in HE diagnosis, and as a matter OF
course, erred in his suggestion OF
remedies. As the so.called Sage
brush state tsagebrush Is unerrng
evidence OF kindly soil and abund-
ant sunshinej has been the object Of
ardent abuse. which serves no other
purpose than TO feel the hatred pas
sion Of sectional di.trust. such an IN
PRODUCTION seems well worth while.
Nevada, then, is potentially one OF
the greatest states OF the Union. Her
natural are more varied.
uore valuable, and more extensive
than those pertaining 30 most Of the
states east Of the Mississippi. and
even sotns Of the states west Of the
river. The statement that her silver
mines are exhausted is z palpablo
abSurdit.. The humor OF it IL 50
broad that all readers Of the gold
standard newspapers SHOULD instant
~ appreciate 1t, since they have re-
psatedly been told that Nevada asks
for iise coinage IL the purely selfish
hope that that policy would reopen
her silver mines and thereby restore
her orIne extraordinary prosperity.
II the mine. were really exhausted
an unlimited demand for silver at
sl@ cents an ounce would benefit
Nevada no more than Vermont. Ne
Tadans believe, Of course. that tie
entire public wonld be benefited By
the higher pnces and enlarged circu.
laiion which they confidently cx.
pect would follow free coinage; but
they make no pretense Of denying
their future expectations that their
own state would receive d particular
benefit Ill consequence OF the revival
OF her leading local industry. The
hand that would rob Nevada Of her
reputation as a silver producer should
at least make haste to rest..:e her
reputation for disinterestv" patrio.
tism. She cannot logically be de.
deprived of both at the same time.