The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-17
Carson Letter.

stream in the west in which to fish for
suckers, and the entire hole is covered
with fishermen, with baited hook and
line, from every section in the Union.
We pay tribute and royalty upon every
thing that comes along, and the State
has been made the scrap-pile for ten
thousand Yankee notions. Our mean
ing for economy means extravaganza
everywhere else. Our receipts right
now are sufficient to support 100000
people elsewhere.
California people send us their poor
est fruit, vegetables, spring mutton
and veal, nuts, wines, whisky and
cigars, and we send out the best we
have got. We pay out more for the
poorest than they get for their best,
and we get less for our best that we
send out than we pay for the poorest
that we retain. It is strange, but it is
true, and challenge a denial of the
statement. Our best beef goes out,
where it is sold for less than our local
that we get from California could not
find sale in California; and it is a no.
torious fact that Nevada is dumping
ground for liquors and cigars that find
sale only on the Barbary Coast in San
Francisco, and similar places in Cali
fornia.
Nevada pays more for freights and
fares than any other people in the
United States, and when the subject
was preached by committee of our
late Legislature to the head man of the
Southern Pacific he told them they
must not even think of it. But he re-
ceived the committee very cordially.
Considering the fact that the inter-
State commerce law applies to all
States alike, Nevada must be the pump
kin of the lot.
More lottery tickets, stocks in all
sorts of schemes, and other bogus
paper are sold in Nevada in proper
ton to population than in any other
State in the Union. After any swind-,
ling scheme is exposed elsewhere, it can
be planted in Nevada and flourish, and
generally is well received But let
any Nevadan take fair business prop
osition or mining venture elsewhere,
and it is damned because it is from
Nevada.
We pay more for wages, treat our
employees better, and receive less in
return than any other people. Men
are not supposed to work as hard tor
Nevadans as for other people, and
they do not. All this has come about
from our loose and extravaganza bust
ness methods.
/ can count a few items of expendi-
ture, made within year, which if in
vested in Nevada, would soon add
thousands to our population: the Nc
Kinley exposition, $4,000, Sacramento
Street Fair, $1,000 Sarah Bernhard,
5000, and we have sent $4,000, cold
to Buffalo. The total, wisely invested
in mining, reduction works, manufac-
turing, power plants, or in water stor-
age in amy part of Western Nevada
would lay the foundation for returns
that would never cease.
The total receipts from exports of
merchandise in the United States for
the year ending June 80, 1900, amounted
the vast sum of 81, 1874, 483, 0S2, and the
total receipts of all railroads of the
United States for the year 1899
amounted to 81, 1856, o96, $40. The mon
ey spent for liquor during the same
time was close third with 81, 172, 493,-
AS, and exceeded the total amount of
coin in the United States Treasury,
and in circulation by about $3.50, 600, 900.
661, 1854 persons are engaged in the
manufacture and sale of liquor in the
United States, being about 1 to every
116 of the population. The quantity
consumed is II gallons for every man,
woman and child. 1t is thus evident
that some drink whole swimming
tanks full each year and others only
spoonsful. The check is not found in
any moral reform. Red Cross, Blue
Ribbons, Salvation Army, Christian
Societies and other temperance organ
izations, have all tried to check the
passion for strong drink, but have
scarcely created any impression
However, there is new spirit arising
which is creating a profound impress
sion, and deep effect, which cannot be
but lasting, and that is the fact that in
many branches of employment of labor
and business drunkards are not toler-
ated, and cannot find employment
when their condition is known. 1t is
but short time ago when the men
who could drink the most whisky were
considered the best drummers for
liquor houses, and received the highest
wages. Now the drummers are nearly