Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
The Weekly Independent.
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The long drouth has at last been
broken and the wreck thereof has
gone glimmeriug away down with the
floods to tho great ocean from whence
has come the welcome rains. Tho
foothills and plains Of California are
green with rich grasses and tn. tiocks
and herds upon a thousand hills and
valleys arc now in clover,
With assured prospects of good
crops aud II rich harvest i'll the near
future, the farmer begins to wear a
blander smile and his activity is up.
parent IN every hand. Tho mining
industy all along the mother lode and
elsewhere Lesins To show marked I'M
proveineuts and the mills and mines
are being worked up to their merits
and capacity by the aid Of the cheap
native power, which the rains and
SHOWS have given them. The miner
helps the farmer, the farmer helps the
merchant and thus the good work Of
assistance goes IL
The recently rich developed and
rapidly developing mines Of the froz.
ell north, waS and wars nov raging
ing, consequent apprehension and
preparation to meet expected compli-
cations, growing ont Of conquest and
expansion and such causes, have cou-
tributed somewhat to relieve the
stress Of the labor market and nd
IL the price Of commodities
throughout the country. | am sorry
to see, however, that Notwithstanding
their aids and causes there are thous-
anis OF men and ONE out OF work
and good men and true, tramping the
country in search OF employment,
which they do not find. Old men,
young men and even boys may be
seen any day begging the mill and
mine offices for something &c do, but,
being turned down. tramp ear-ow
fully onward, making room for on
coming un%fortunates, who. nine times
out of ten are doomed to a like dis
appointment. War demands have
advanced the prices and neccssaries
Of life are beginning to feel the pres.
sure with the profits accrulng 10
tho contractors who take the lions
share, and casts the slim balance to
the lnboring masses, while the trusts
run and rule the government. And
these are facts Notwithstanding the
vociferations OF the Mckinley pluto
cratic boomers to the contrary. To
bolster up the gold standard. with
which the Republican leaders have
so recently fallen III love, the treas.
ury has been stuffed with borrowed
gold and the lash applied to the backs
OF the people to compel them to pay
the interest on a series Of mover end.
ing bond issues rs may be demanded
by the tyranny OF money and the
greed OF gain dictated by the gold
kings. And thus also is n part Of the
wave attached tn Mciiinley's boom.
Sach i'll part is the wave of Republi-
can prosperity. Indeed the rains, the
mines, except silver, providence, the
war, conquest and expansion. benevo-
lent assimilation and III fact the
whole combination Of circumstances
except the plumbers connected with
incompetent officials. prutrescent
beef, sick anu sbiveriug soldiers dy
ing i'll camp aud fold, are beng
ciaiIned as potent factors 70 swell tile
wave. Mat Quay, Dan Burns, and
other nntables, together with the tig-
IRE head of all trusts, should also he
included IN the make up Of l;spubli.
eau rule and Advancement. There
has recently grown up in this country
n series OF trusts and combinations
whose purpose is to rule and rob the
people, but the international gold
trust, sired by tn, leaders OF the Re.
publican party, conceived in sin. cui-
tivated by intrigue and brought forth
in corruption il the father of then all
and it's tendency points to imperial
Ism.
Ship ahoy! Where away so fast
with the wind and tide. -Ship, King
Gold Trust, Misunderstanding, mas
ter, bound 10 the isles OF the sea on a
cruise OF conquest and expansion, be-
nevolent assimilation and plumber
And the great ship clad with steel
and armed with thunder goes plung.
ing onto wrestle with the ocean in
its wrath, and sweep the wild waves
foaming from his path" Boow! IIErk:
There goes a signal gun. And now
the buglcs calling. hear the sailors
shouting, see the flames up ~ieaping,
roaring, popping, cracking, tiend-like
thrustine out their deadly tongues.
And so, anon, the proud ship, rent
and stricken, goes staggering down
with lie living freight 81 rest md rust
where other skeletons % men and
naYies are and are 10 be. Even so.
j. q. ToLLRY,
SrESr, TCoLuMME Co, California,
Dec. 20. 1899.
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