Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-01
A CONGRESSMAN in EMBRYO
NIX. MN. B. DUvALL's RINGING oRAToRY
The Best Speech on Nevada in 20 Years.
Should be Read by Every Citizen of Our State and
Treasured by Our Youth.


supply began to contract, and when
It became too precious for the masses
TO possess it. then the race degener.
ated, until the men were no longer
nj TO become soldiers, and her women
lost the grace to become mothers or
SOLDIERS, and desolation spread it's.
dark pinions over all Europe.
England remained little more than
rendezvous for wild tribes until
her people learned mining, and began
the study Ct how to reduce the metal
which the mines produced, and her
advancement since can be rated ex-
act.y by the progress she has made
in bringing the meals into effective
forms and combinations. When first
the rude Saxon acquired the art to
mend the broken links in the Knights
armer, and how 10 temper the old
fashioned two handed swords, it was
possible to comprehend that. from
these germs would expand the brains
that would, in ages to come. con-
struct steamships that would whi,en
the high seas with tho sails Of com
merce.'
Out Of these accomplishments
commerce was born, and with com
MERGE was developed a financial
systetn, and soon it was discog cred.
that after all the ohiefest power of
the world was money. ...r
All the most important com morcial
nations OF the earth have established
gold standard. The purchasing
power or which is increasing; because.
the supply Of gold is not sufficient to
meet the present and the increasing
demands. The interest bearing
obligations, and the debts Of the earth
are daily increasing, with no visible
increase in the production OF gold, or
any increase in the volume OF money.
Gold is the measure of value, and it's
value measures The products Of mon,
and the products OF the earth the
pound OF f1esh-isa daily surrender
in all gold standard countries, and
the destiny Of the gold standard will
stride on over the wrecked thrones
OF Europe, and the masses will feed
upon Cleveland's "inocuous ,desue-
tudes." Our nations financial poli-
cies have become q constitutional
malady, but it has made gold mining
the most prosperous enterprise Of
modern times. The sHiftest way to
win money, according to eastern
ideas) Is to loan it, or to perfect ma
chinery, 80 that out of raw materials
forms OF beauty and use can be
wrought, but the western idea IS TO
dig it from natures rock ribbed
treasure vaults. The raising Of the
credit otour own great nation from
that OF Egypt, to credit equal to none
on the face Of the globe, was caused
by the discovery Of placer gold in
California, and the finding of th Q
Marshall nugget, which was the size
OF bean, was tho corner stone upon
which was built financial structure
whose gigantic proportions are still
unrivalled.
The worlds civilization does not
come from directing the plowshars in
the fruitful fields, but from the dark
moss OF the deep mines, and the un-
firing energies of the miners driving
shaft, tunnel and drift.
Power and independence come with
the digging and working of the baser
metals, but full bioomed civilization
awaits upon the production of enou.. b
OF the royal metals to give to the
people wealth, in q form that on.
nhles them to command the best OBJ
tainable talent and force to serve
them, and enough Of leisure to en-
able them to put forth their best ef-