Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-07-25
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We are told a. an evidence o. the
prosperity winch it Is claimed has
come upon the country there Is noa-
ey to susre IN the vaults OF the raticn-
q. exchequer. Such money as Is hsrs
is taken from the pockets o. the PEG
pie. Who need If far more than the
government needs it. but there Is a
certain class OF people who assume
that the government Is q neh %ne-
fcenee totally apart from the people,
and they fame! that because In thelE
eagerneS TO prevent the harsher
burdens 81 taxation proposed by the
Dingles bill citizens q the United
States have FASTENED to Withdraw i'm
ported gods fron warehouses and TO
FL theiT stores with such ss they
need. and thereby accumulated duties
in the treasury. the fact Is evidence OF
prosperity. These are persons Sho
lock 10 the gold reserve a a sort Of
| fetch AMI TO a large treasury halsncs
as not only temporal but also eternal
salvation.
What prosperity Is there IN the very
signiticantfac. that many good banks
III Chicago passed their dividend in
July and that others reduced the
amount s. paid: The management
by these bankers Is prudent, but it -
not 4 manifestation Of prosperity
Prosperity does no! show itself III thu
way. Prosperity does not shorten
sail.
Nor Is prosperity seen in the fact
that a great number o; coal miners
throughout the United States have
concluded to walk out rather. than be
subjected to the further reductions
and hardships by niue n ~ho
enjoy a protective tariff on bi:umin-
ous coal. There is no prosperity in
the fact that $4,000 workingmen
have quit, while encountered thous-
9nds have no opportunity for work.
One may speculate il he choose up
or the time when prosperity will pre-
sent itself, but whose asserts that il
Is here DOW Is stupid. When pros
penty comes the people who need II
greatly will know that il is here.
There need come no ghost from the
grave OF the treasury department TO
tell US that prosperity has arrived.
Prosperity Is not a thing tLat can be
made by governments any more than
by individuals. though both may I'm.
make it by foolish intervention, by
rapire. by idleneA. by living on the
fruits OF other peoples toll as govern
Inents do and do properly when they
conhne themselves strictly TO the dis.
charge OF AZ ascertainei function OF
government. aud Improperly. disas-
trously. when they u that gov
eminent Is some great uecEomancy
which, by eIactins tribute from the
people for the benefit OF a protected
class. may make prosperity. They
make prosperity for the protected
class, but what OF the infinite number
OF the unprotected:
Republican leaders are very anxious
to impress upon the people that pros
penty has arrived. The people will
believe it when they see it. The have
had the same OLD assurance from these
satne old party leaders so often and so
uniruihful that they are through with
them. Prosperity by the election o,
Mckinley; prosperity by the inarg-
uration Of Mckinley; prosperity by
the appointment OF Reid IA envoy TO
the queen; prosperity as the result OF
Mckinley's visit to the exposition at
Nashville; prosperity because the
secretary Of the treasury is certain
that 1t is here; 10! here is prosperity
and there prosperity. but the only
visible evidence Of prosperity con.
fis's in passing dividends and in lock-
ing out labor. Chicago Chronicle.