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

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18th, W. Is. Duv.n. - r. ko. sas ora
tor Of the evening md delivered u
nasterfui effort. tuIi ii suggestion.
advice and information
1t hR. been Published IN sections
and for tho frat time IN its entirety
"a aov given, and should be read by
every citizen ri our State. There Is
confirmation OF the suppressed know
ledge Of the elders, and inspiration
for the young to try 10 serve the COM
monwsalth, by putting resources to
account by the upbuiIding o! indus
tries. which saan attract aeE people
and bring to Us new wealth.
What other State has sach ssour-
Oss; fertile land, salubnou! climate
and u~nguessed stores Of precious
metals, Of which Gold Cre=k District
10 but q out OF mhuy fields, most
pronnent be >ause OF gest deTel"p-
msat in progress:
LIpIE. ASp G SrLEHES--l AN
happy - msa, With you so-aiEat-
beneath the hoSpitab!e roof OF our
u.oerous host, john 3. Abe!. a.d IN
a.. % many familiar faces upon ibis
.uspiclous occasion. I speak in bs-
bali OF the good c~itiz4ns OF this camp.
rae 1 extend 10 You al! a hearty
v,lcoms and the haaj OF god tel-
toVshIp.
The splendor OF the world - doe
70 mining, aad 10 the Ps!feciness Of
mans ability 70 work the metals
which the mics supply. The te'ds
OK the world give men food; win
fool furnished, "A few s1uls turn TO
tho contemplation OF higher things,
but no grand civilization ever came
70 an agricultural people. until their
iutelIects ware q~uicseusd D. s1n7'
thing beyond their usual occupation.
H,~ man first emerged from utter.
barbariea, is a story that Ii l9st, oat
vhsm history first began 70 pick up
the threats Of events, aud 70 weave
them into n record. the loom upon
uhics The recocd vas woven Was
made 0. god. Abraham sad Jacob
bought fields With metallic money
dug from the earth. When Pharaoh
sought 70 make Joseph rext in pa~er
to himself, he took the :inS from IN,
finger aud put il upon Joseph's aHd
bs put a chain OK gold about his
NECK. When Egypt began TO make
40 Impression upon ths world, Its
Eoyereigns hsd already discovered
the omnipotsacs Of gold. Assy'ia,
that came next u the souceFn oil
mankind, had men ~ho could psr!s -
~ fuss gold and glass, and :heIr work
10 stiIl al object OF wondsr to the
world, and she clothed her queens iu
rliunsnts woven from threads Oh gold
The sp!endor OF q Hebrew us.isn
euln;nstej whea the root OF their
rtsa. temple Was laid with beaten
rod, ADD all the magnificent tur
aishirg within their temple vas
wrought from gold. silver snd brass.
The insircibls GfeeHs bad chariots
jav.lins Of iron; bsitA.,S OF gold aud
braas, and noz as tneir tombs lrs
rieSd, thereB found oesidea where
their bones Heot back 10 dust. tae
inpiszeats with which they 3rough;
a.d tie inperishao!e Gums With
which they carried on .hs!i csaI-
msrce.
The power OF Rome came whom her
srtisans learned how to fashion the
short sword, and her soldiers learned
hos TO WELD them in wareia'e, but
her spiendor came when, through
~ooninests. sho brought under ber
dominiou The gold fields Of Spair aud
Asia, and learned the power which
nouey carried with it. Her civiliza-
ton began 70 recede when tho mines
became exhausted, and the money
supply began 70 contract, and wheD
Il became TOO precious for the masses
70 potsess il. tben the race degeuer-
a,ed, until the meu were no longer
ft 10 become soldiers, and her women
lost the grace 70 become mothers Of
soldiers, and desolation spread its
dark p~inions over all Europe.
England remained little more than
a rendezvous for wild tribes until
her people learned miniog, aud BEGAN
the study Of hos 70 reduce the metal
which the mines produced, and her
advancement since can be rated -x-
saty by the progress she has made
10 bringing the metals into effective
forms and combinations. Wbsn tiisi
tho rude Saxon acquired tho ART "
mend the broken links 10 the knights
srmsr, and how u tempsr tho old
fashioned two-hsudad o1orie, IL wa,
possible 10 comprehend tbs,. from
those germs would expand tho brains
that would, in ages TO come, IN
struct steamships that would whipen
the high PEAS with the sails 0! con.
msrc8.
Out a. these accomplishments
commerce wSs born, and with CON-
nerco wac developed n financial
systoln, and soon IL was disco cred,
that after all the cbieicst power OF
the world vas money.
All the most important commercial
nations Of tho earth have established
Q gold standard. The purchasing
power Of which il increasing; because