The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-17
THE WHITE PINE NEWS.
Saturday, September n, 1898.

The following article was clipped from
the editorial column of the Winnemuc-
O. Silver State, and is deserving oil
much greater publicity than we can give
II. 1t might be read with profit by some
of our State editors:
A community Is built up by the faith
Of its promoters. Suppose man comes
70 locate and asks concerning the future
of the State and the business conditions
of the community. II he Is met with
= long face and adireful tale Of disasters
past and more to come the chances are
the visitor viii pass along the line. 1t
Is a painful truth that the tide OF travel
Ii driven from the State by the doleful
howl Of calamity of some of its citizens.
There is more than one resource, the de-
yelopment of which can make US great.
People write here for land. They write
for Information, and If they consult the
columns of some of the State dailies 1t is
certain they viii never come into q
State whose own citizens predict all sorts
OF disasters forit.
The people of the country are hunt
ing at the present day for forty and
sixtey acre tracts OF land to build homes
on. Is there State that can offer
better advantages than Nevada?
Where else can sixty bushels OF grain
be raised TO the acre? In what locality
do you find finer favor to the fruit!
Where is found in the West beef cattle
in a primer condition? Where 6ner
country for sheep? Where more land
lying idle. awaiting the touch OF man s
energy to spring into productive life?
The citizens of other States take pride
in building up and advertising to the
world the productiyeness OF their To-
cality. Let them lie a little. Better
. little judicious lying than the whining
cant Of political disaster.
There are men in this State who will
tell you that the State has no future,
that business was never worse than at
present, that We can do nothing and
that starvation stares us in the face.
Now what are the real facts about
Nevada and her present conditions?
Sheis fast becoming great sheep State.
Her cattle industry, as far as good
ranges and high prices are concerned,
was never better. Wheat commands
fair figure. wool is up and beef is high.
Gold mines are being developed all over
the State; copper Is becoming a staple
production and every promise is given
of better times. What is the matter
with our financial conditions? Is there
State institution in the way OF bank
ing that has not larger amount Of de-
posts than 1t had five years ago or ten
years ago? What does that mean for
the people? 1t means they have made
money. Is there community any
where in America with less poverty?
Is there a State with greater per
capita of wealth TO the Individual? 1t
Is notorious fact that Elko Is today in
q better condition than ever before in
its history and that, barring few ex-
ceptlons. Humboldt was never in bet
ter condition. Lincoln county once
hopelessly in debt Il now prospecting.
Once looked on as a desert it Is COM
mencing to produce in abundance and
1t is soon to be tapped with a railroad
and yet not a half dozen papers in
Nevada can fill their columns with ought
else than direful stories of disaster and
gloomy pictures OF the States welfare.
The State stands on the era of a
aee development, of new life, of splen-
oil future: with promise of better
times. tt Is true we are not reveling
In luxurious prosperity but even iftimes
were desperate then Is the time to keep
. stin upper lip and invite capital with
hbcralindueemspts to lift us out. Cap
ttal has reclaimO~ the burning sand Of
Arizona and along the foot OF bleak
mountain ranges run canals, and the
rustling of leaves is now heard where
before was seen the Skinner of sitting
sand. Such is the case in Idaho, where
the Snake river runs through vast ex-
panse OF sagebrush land and an expand
ing orchard and farm is the result to-
day. And Nevada il greater than all
Of these.