Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-12
Volume SO.
YOUNG MEN, CONSIDER.

The young men VINO will cast the ir
tirst vote this year should carefully con-
slider the political conditions TINT con.
front them at the present tImc, aud not
allow themselves to be blindly led into
acting with one party rather than the
other. The young men OF Nevada should
especially consider the question and
make the closest possible investigation
IN order to ascertain which national
party, by its acts IN the past, and its
attitude at the pre- sent. gives til" great
est pro.nis- of friendship Gor the State,
or the reverse ~ the future. They
should ascertain which party caused the
the almost destruction Of one Of Nevada +
principal industries, 10y it's warfare upon
silver, which party lis at present seeking
to destroy the last remnant Of bi-
metaliism by eliminating the white
mctnl absolutely and entirely from the
currency volume Of the nation. They
should inquire which party inflicted "a
trust tariff upon the country and it's
especial effect upon the industries and
the people Of their State. With but
little research and but little cxcIcisu Of
the mentnl powers, they will learn that
one OF the rational parties enacted II
iarin law which while increasing the
cost OF living more than twenty per cent
not a resident ~ the 81 ate Is benefited
to the extent -: Dickle by any or all Of
hn ,t,i. . A. l..
arithmetic will inform them tbnt the
people Of Nevada pay to the trusts III
the shRpe Il excessive tariff taxation.
every year, nearly double the amount
Of the expense Of running the State
government Tor the same length Of time.
Lot them ascertain to winch pnrty The
State IL indebted for those inilictions
and govern themselves accordingly.
After solving the local profile IN, let them
inform themselves why il III that at no
period in the industrial history oi the
country II has been go difficult Tor
young man with ont ca IItal or influential
friends, IA make Il place FOR himself ns a
worker as i'll thes" opening yeafs nt the
new century. The underlying causes
thRi have brought about these untoward
conditI"us are not difficult "a under.
stand. Chirf among the IA the rnnrmouB
combinations ot capital. winch under II
vicious system Of legislation. have
enormously restricted compctirlou. aud
to that extent narrowed the field of
employ mcnt. \ small clcrkship in
about all TIM; the average young man
need hope To obtain and tile cumpcnsa-
tiOn attached tO il IL very little more
than is sufficient for his support, cspeci-
ally III the large towns nnd cities which
contain the grcat bulk Of the population
III the nation. The fact is undcniable
that the social and economic revolution
has been in favor ui special interests
whch are umasslng fabulous fortunes at
the expense oi the mnsscs OF the people.
Manufactures are unduly fostcrcd and
are projected to the deirimcnt OF agri-
culture which hns been saved from
disaster only because oi wondruusly
prosperous sensJns ut home and
cOrrcsponGingly bad ones III other
quarters Of tho globe. Very little change
for the better can take place so long as
these governmental conditions are pcr-
mIttcd to cXisi. Tho party responsible
Tor them must be retired. and tho law
so uttered that the majority will not he
at tho mercy 81 minority. Young men
should study out these problems for
themselves; do their own thinking, and
not allow themselves to bo rushed into
inconsidcrRtc political action. Reno
journal.