Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-30
IN srATU 90.


Of Nevad 1, who are tie 'r ny he thirty
mile p,It ~ their lies, hat Nevada
is in abnnt the same 'ondi ior THAT
she was when they we torn? Do
the young men who 1T: "ssity has
compelled m remain al home r..aIiz,
that it is ab.mt time hat this state
gave PROMISE Of 80 ne hing worth
their while, heir an,bi r"n aud their
energy? The system of education
from II business staIml,oint has not
been such ns to conduce to the states
upbuiidrmg The evi Ten, Intention
OF men has been t. nil. K the state and
leave her; to rob her u,.ues and spend
her money abroad. Anh with Il few
eXcepIons all men. except those
WHOM necessity has compelled to re-
man behind, have left the state and
made the ir homes m o.iier states.
Our no mes re name the same rs thirty
years ag". our activity is less, our ill.,
du It ries fewer and our wealth less
Is Tie e not food for Thought IN
this ,On,G ION of affair? If We have
not advanced under !he selfish ~
TEN II the past why not foreake it
and take up 'he activity, cherry and
indust y nat have given to unr sister
st 'es D"puia ION. wealth and .rns-
periry?
II 10 II fact that politics, system
pleas y as corrupt and venal as
ever Ill era rrd stat, mas had lis
bhgnt.ng influence on Nevada; that
Offices ha uean SOU h, no; tor tile
u'e the, '"u Il be to the people. but
the USE they could he tn tie mdivid.
ual. OH ~ has been no. the the
me 'ns of Development, but the end
of Development. The people of Ne.
Vada have persistently pursued u pol.
icy viii 81 has brought poverty, dis
grace Ind ruin ON the state. Today
new geIers ion is coming and With
1t is cop,ng the dawn Of new era.
There ID no doubt but the instinct Of
self pre- 1erva ion is gong to assert it
self in the people and that business,
development and new industries will
engross the attention Of the people.
Party platforms have ignored the in.
dustri Il problems of Nevada aud at.
temPteu to placate people with
ghlterinR generalities. The time has
come for &c ION and the hundreds Of
young men in this state whose faith
in the states future ia strong must
look to the development Of the state
on broad lines il they intend to live
and prosper and to build homes and
ra,se families. The instinct OF ambi-
tioh is strong in every man and he
longs for opportunity and ecope for
his abilities, for an unlimited field for
his business development, for a large
population and an expanding trade.
We do not have it in Nevada and
there ia no reason why we should not.
1t lies within our own making.
Hltheto To talk about colonization
Or irrigation or state de velopment has
been to ostracize one in the powers Of
political machinery Of the state.
A new light is beginning to dawn
in Nevada; something else than am
biti"D for Office is beginning to aclu.
ate her public men and in the near
future under the impetus given by
the success Of new enterprises Ne
Vada will begin in right lines to build
up. The policy of inactlon is to give
away to policy of energy. The
younger generation should realize
that the lines so Professionally followed
for twenty-five years in this state
have led to colossal failure. The edi,
tonal columns Of most Of the papers
utilized in belittleing contemporaries
and abusing political opponents
could more advantageously he used
Tor the purpose Of advertising the
st1te. No, one OF the platforms OF
the various parties in this state in
twenty five years have seriously con.
sidered the development OF the state