Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-05-31
Coils P. Huntington
On Slate Building
Met in Carson BY Chamber OF
Commerce Committee.

TN his way ID tarron MI NDltS l..
| Huntington was interviewed on the
problem OF State building and what he
said applies 10 Nevada and all sections
Of the west says the Carson News
"'rhe trouble with California is thai
there il no oneman power here and son
cannot accomplish anything on the town
meeting plan. What California needs
is more individuals men to 60 ahead
ON their own account aud do things
That's what the matter. You never saw
great army have two Generals did yeu.
No, Yon can't win iiatIles tina. way
There has got to be ono head Here
there is too much sitting down and talk
ing things over. trying TO get others
Interested and all that sort of thing,
when one man of force to go ahead aud
do something for himself would accom-
plish more for tho State and the Pacific
coast than the Town meeting discussion.
ia the world Look of Scott. lie came
out here and built shins And yet ships
are The worst thing TO build 10 this
State. lop have Ia haul practically
everything here. but he has good work
men and they can live eheaply here aud
ha has made II success Of it. That's the
sort of thing thai helps the State. iat
slich men 60 ahead instead Of trying 10
keep them back. We've got now solns
l,aD,UH1 people in California and Ne
ought 10 have 5.WoMW Back there |
passed four boys making bolts. When
| was a boy it would lake twenty men
and more To turn out as many bolts
asS those four boys can turn out. People
SAY the machine has turned men out Of
employment, but those boys are at work
and the bolts are made hore. whereas II
yon stopped them from making the bolts
they would be made somewhere else and
be brought here. You would have your
bolts made by cheap labor anyway.
and the only thing to do is 10 accept tie
fact and have them made here, So ms Ia
get AS much ont OF II as possible. Down
i'll San Francisco Il number of Years ago
thu Chinese maste sh,sss They were run
out. and now those people there have no
business at all. They are idle. but the
Shoes are nade bs cheap lahor just the
same only some place other than San
Francisco IL .getting the money that is
spent in the manufacture, Ii u man is
willing Ia go ahead and bnild up some
big business let him get cheap labor aud
his foreign labor il he will What lie
makes will be made sonea here by cheap
labor aud it's CALIFORNIA; part 10
get her share, aud more il she can.
The tronbis i there aro to many
people here who afe content To bs agents
aud sill down on their headquarters and
live OH small salaries. Why, | could
name twenty men and put them al the
head Of the columns ia lhis State. and in
five years the State would have 5.Mhlnn
people. More Individuals working for
themselves X the need of California.
| seoid them eserA time | come ont here.
and they need it. Scnld them ia your
paper"
The Chamber of Commerce Committee
met Mr. Huntington at the depot in Car
son, and we're pleasantly received by the
railroad magnate in his private ear.
When questioned b, reporter ~ 10
his plans Regarding hi- new acquisition
the G. n G. he said. II am a great
man-to SAW wood