The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-22
THE WHITE PINE NEWS,
NEvADA'S NEED AND A Sue
GESTBD REMEDY.

GESTbD kbHEDGs
Now that the election IS owe and a
meeting Of a new Legislature not far
distant. Il bchooves the people OF this
State to take an inventory Of their con-
dition. For the past six years We have
been making a fight for silver. From
the grain OF mustard which We seWed
In the soil Of national politics has grown
a mighty tree: It's roots sunk deep IN
the hearts Of the toiling. struggling
masses Of every State In the Union. It's
branches stretching and reaching up
wards after the light Of Truth. But
goldbug ssppers have ben constantly
At work. boring their way IN the dark
ness d treaehery and deceit, until they
threaten TO destroy It's life and stunt iss
growth. We live In hope that the ST.
YER Party Of the Nation wi 1nd itself
strong enough, = years hence 70
triumph over the inVidious influences
THAT ssszI i, but zhAi are sc going 70
DO In the meantime? A complete Dem
Ccraiic national victory with Bran As
lie leader 10 1900. IL sure 70 b@ nuliksd
By the complexion Of TIE Senate ST.
We eznnoi Be ren0nsilzed for AZ least
-four years. Shall ~e 81 doEn and vail
or skau re make some e5orf 70 6@FelOp
our other r~asouFcsss That : TIE e1as-
ton.
The World wznis god, copper and
lead. SsTsoa's mountains are f1l G
I'll thne. bat only 3 very snail portion
Of the xorid knoEslt. While COl0ra-
do, Utah and Montana n prospeHng
through the mining Of these three met
ais. We have been r~etrogrsding. though
our Minis are a. rich ~ theirs The
reason Les largely in the FAC; ;hss IN
those States. the money made IN silver
mining staid largely al home, and when
silver went down, men xiih large prop
erty interests began looking around fer
nsw opportunities for investment, in
order 70 protect their homes and the
property they already had. As a re-
suit, these States recovered from the
panic Of SO With marvellous rspidity.
Not 80 Nevada. The proceeds Of her
mines were taken out Of the State. Her
population is mostly q population Of
wors iBgmeB, ranchers and ;radesnen.
and xhen the blow 20 silver came. the
Msekays and Fair and shsrons, living
In iaxury in California and the East on
THEIR immense fortunes extracted from
Aeyaca'E mines, they could afford TO
walt for better times, and not a one OF
them has spent a penny 20 develop the
other Of the State. As a re-
suit. Nevada IS known TO the world as a
dead silver mining State.
How 20 correct this false impression
IL 4 question that should agitste the
minds Of the people now as never be
fore, FOR money Is getting more plenti-
ful In the East and Is again seeking in
yestInent. Innumerable discoveries Of
valuable copper aud gold lodges have
been made all over the State during the
past fes years, TO develop which We
must have outside capital.
1t teens to as that an organized ef-
fort should be made to advertise our
mineral wealth in every money center
In this country aud Europe Just what
is the BEST method Of doing It. wiser
heads than ours should determine. but
We would suggest that the next Legis-
lature create a State Mining Bureau
and make a liberal appropriation for IL
support: that this Bureau consist Of a
competent minerslog ct. at a fair salary,
and al advisory member from each
county, TO be allowed only their actual
expenses: that it be the duty OF this
Bureau 10 examine scientifically the
various camps Of the State, / o prepare
and publish reports, TO circulate these
reports in every Board Of Trade, Stock
Exchange, etc. in the country, 10
make a systematic collection OF ores
from all parts Of the State TO be ssnt
East for exhibition II deemed ad yisable,
and 10 act as a general bureau OF infor-
nation for possible huyersland sellers OF
mines. Nodoubt to carry outsuch a plan
would cost the State some money, but
Ike all iudieious advertising, 1t would
pay big dividends. What would s25, 900
out OF the State Treasury amount to,
II, by its expenditure, a million dollars
in capital we're brought into our mining
camps? With u mines Ia operation,
railroads would surely follow and New
ada would resume her place as one OF
the greatest mineral producing States in
the Union.
II the above plan is not practical, let
somebody suggest a better one, but let
US quit this policy OF stagnation.
A POLITICAL HOG.