The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-04-11
Carson Letter.


EDITOR COURIER: The Billion-Dol-
lar steel trust cleared Sill 200, 900, net,
last year. The firm enjoys aprotec-
tive tariff of about 50 ton on steel
rails alone, and is protected through
out. Not content yet, it asks Congress
to pay ships subsidies so as to enable
them to carry the firms products
cheaper. How is Nevada affected by
this tariff? At the present time, we
want a railroad through Carson and
over the hills by Woodfords; we want
another road to Tonopah, and we want
to extend the G. & G. to Moiave on the
southern route. A few roads are pro-
iected in the eastern part of the State.
The Southern Pacific is engaged in vast
improvements, and heavier and better
rails are being constantly relaid. The
mere statement of these facts ought TO
convince Nevada that it would be
greatly to its interests to take off that
30 ton on steel rails. Steel rails cost
about $27 ton, with tariff, and they
could be had for SIS ton, without the
tariff. The difference between SIS a
ton and 1927 ton may we'll be con-
ceived to be the exact difference be-
tween a road through Carson over the
hills to the Ocean, and no road; and
the same remarks apply with reference
to all the contemplated improvements
in Nevada. The difference In the price
of construction also creates higher
rates of fares and freights, and the diff
ference in rates of fares and freights
may be the exact difference between
our ability to ship products or our in
ability to do so at any profit. 1t is a
very plain proposition, that if pair
of boots costs %, and man has only 80,
that the difference to him is ''cold
feet.o The Carson Ne0s, in attempt
ing to answer these arguments as adj
vanced by the appeal, facetiously re-
marked that it had interviewed BUSH
ness men of Carson, and amongst them
were the proprietors of the Arlington
Hotel, who informed the editor that
they did not keep steel rails on their
bill of fare. This was really amusing,
but it may be truthfully said that An
drew Carnegie never had any steel
rails on his table, and yet he amassed
hundreds of millions by means of Re-
publican class legislation. This may
be answered by saying that he built up
q tremendous industry in the country.
True, but is there no medium ground?
Cannot some portion of the tremend-
GUS fortunes that are being concen-
trated in a few hands be left in the
pockets of those 1t comes from? be-
lieve that If Mr.. Bryan had been
elected in the place of Mr.. Mckinley,
with the support of a Democratic Con-
gress, that hewould have accomplished
that object, and / am fair enough to
say that believe that if Mr.. Roosevelt
was now supported by an honest Con-
gress, that he would accomplish it
himself.
Professor III. II. Powers, formerly of
Stanford University, but now of Cor
nell, says that all predetermined people
ought to be killed for the benefit of
the strong. This is rather radical.
But what would become of the strong,
if the feeble-minded were killed? Why,
plainly, they would have to go to work
to earn their living. Without feeble
minded people the strong would have
precious little advantage in overcom-
ing the resistance naturally offered to
man for his subsistence. Caesar would
never have been lion if the Romans
were not kinds. "Our masters would
soon be whipped into common hon.
esty, if there were no feeble-minde d
people left. / fear there are but few
of US who could afford to live up to
such standard of sociology. Well,
what would become of the buncoe
steerers, lottery managers, mining
stock boards, kitchen clock manufac-
turers, buns, beats, hobos, campaign
orators, politicians and Others? The
bill has no chance to pass.
Willard Gillespie, Assemblyman from
Story county in 1899, recently dropped
$1,000 in Shasta county wildcat min
ing swindle. Mr.. Gillespie skipped
this section of the country, and left his
creditors in the lurch, who no doubt
prefer to see the swindlers have the
$1,000 than Mr.. Gillespie, late Assembly
man, etc.
In the death of the late John P. Alt.
geld, the Republic has lost one of its
ablest, noblest and purest champions.
He died shortly after addressing pro
Boer meeting. The representatives
and mouth-pieces of the Associated
Iniquities loved to call Altgeld an An.
archiat His last Words were. al am