Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-12-06
NEvADA'S SHAME.
Sharon Left the State as a Legacy to
Son.in-Iaw Newlands.

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and growth Of the past year Nevada
can now pause to glance back at the
causes Of her degradation. Producing
as much as other States, she has never
theless been poverty-stricken for near
ly a quarter of a century. and whyp
lanes G.. Fair was of the men
arrived on the Comstock early enough
to become many times a millionaire.
He glutted the old lode of its wealth
and then purchased a seat in the Uni
ted States Senate. His term Of office
expiring he was through with the State
that made him wealthy and gave him
honors. He purchased the Lick
House in San Francisco. paying ST.
100000 or $3,ooo.o 900 for it; he pur-
chased Spring Valley stock and erect
ed a mausoleum for himself that cost
half a million. But in Nevada he
erecetd no tomb for the miners whose
lives we're sacrificed in his interest. no
investment Of a single dollar as recon-
pense.
Flood was a dispenser Of sailors
booze in San Francisco, until Nevada
came to his rescue and made him a
millionaire. He built the finest resi-
dence in San Francisco, built the finest
block of buildings on Market street. but
he built ne buildings In Nevada and
paid no taxes here.
John Mackey made millions in Ne
vada. He spent them in Europe and
New York and San Francisco. His
Money spanned the Atlantic Ocean.
1t crossed the continent and now pro-
poses to span the Pacific. He has
residences in New York. London and
in Paris, but no home in Nevada. He
has never turned his hand over for the
recent development of this State.
The Palace Hotel. the Grand Hotel,
the California Bank and other edifices
stand as monuments-in California
to the generosity Of Nevada as enjoyed
by Sharon and his millions. but there
is nothing In this State that prevented
him from dying unknown-and yet.
there is too. Mr.. Sharon left Nevada
as a legacy his s%on-in-law, Francis G.
Newlands. who would hold a life tenure
to the office of United States Senator.
He is investing nothing for its welfare.
Hearst became a millionaire through
the magnificience Of the S~agebrush
State. Nevada's wealth is building
monuments to him. 1t has established
three great newspapers in the three
greatest cities in the United States.
Not one Of them is making any effort
to repay the debt their existence owes
to Nevada. A portion Of it is going to
erect great colleges Of learning in
Berkeley. but there Is not enough so
that a small amount may be spared to
Nevada.
Nevada gave $3.50, 900. 1000 to lift
dozens Of men from paupers to mil
lionaires. OF this gigantic sum not
one dollar has remained In the State.
Not one Of these men made any effort
to reclaim any p.rtion Of it. Not n
Of their heirs is in any way building up
Nevada.
That money invested in Nevada
would have traversed her plains and
mountains with railroads, would have
built storage reservoirs on every
stream. would have titled the acres Of
every available section Of land in the
State, would have made Nevada the
leading producer of the world. would
have filled her with educational institu-
tons. with handsome buildings, would
have given her a population Of 2.ooo.-
600 people and ever-enduring pros
perity.-News.
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