The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-03-14
THE WEEKLY COURIER.
FRIDAY. MARCH l4,......-........19o2
Carson Letter.


EDITOR COURIER: 1.-THE birthplace
OF Abraham Lincoln, near Hodgen-
vile, Kentucky, has been advertised
for sale, by the Sheriff, for taxes
The foregoing item of news is going-a-
begging throughout the country,
scarcely exciting comment 1t is safe
to say that the Republican machine
can see no points of advantage to be
derived by circulating memorial sub
scription list among school children
and sentimentalists, or else every one
of their little tools and political aspir-
ants would be screetching patriotism
to save the birthplace of Lincoln from
the disgrace of being sold at Sheriff s
sale for taxes-just like they worked
the Mckinley memorials. But why
can't the machine work up sentiment
for the memory of "Old Abe?'' The
machine can, and very easy, but the
Democrats would reap the greatest
advantage from it. Lincoln's memory
is dearer to-day to the hearts of Demo-
Gratis and old-time Republicans than it
IL to the biggest political machine the
world ever saw, and the Republican
press may go on comparing EPresi-
dents, but the historian and the con-
scientious reader of history knows that
Washington, jefferson, Jackson and
Lincoln are incompatible by any mod
ern production.
Washington was described by
Thomas jefferson in letter which is
considered classic as being very slow
to act, and if anything, little over
cautious, but when his mind was. once
determined, he was answering. These
attributes would now doubtless receive
q red-hot condemnation by President
Roosevelt, who believes that any
course, except pitching right in and
mixing things, is rank cowardice. |
think see in Roosevelt another Custer
who has never met his Sitting Bull,
but when he meets him it will be all up
with Roosevelt.
There is one point in the interview
that Charles Schwab, President of the
United States Steel Company, gave out
In his interview with the newspaper
boys upon his return from Europe,
which appears significant to me, and
which the analytical writers of the big
dailies seem to have overlooked or
failed to detect. He first spoke of
trade conditions in Europe, and of the
ability Of his corporation to go into
their markets and compete, and re-
marked in effect and substantially:
.But there is one thing that we must
have, and we are going to have it, and
that is ship subsidy to enable our
ocean carriers to transport our prod
ucts more cheaply.n Then, with little
more modesty, he said, 'We are going
to ask Congress to pass ship subsidy
bill. But Mr.. Schwab had first said
s'and we are going to have it." take
those word&literally from the dispatch
that announced the interview. "And
we are going to have it' Just dwell
upon that, reader, and American.
"And we are going to have it." The
United States Steel Company is going
to have 1t, and the American people
are going to catch 1t. That is all there
is about it. The shibboleth of the
Democratic party, and of all honest
and patriotic Americans ought to be
SHOWN with all ubiquitous legality"
Nevada merchants are letting things
20 hap-hazard. They are not attend
ing to business, and are not ''up to
snuff" They simply buy and sell on
commission like. They buy and they
sell and make the difference in the
prices. They delve no deeper into the
mercantile business. They buy as
cheap as they can in San Francisco,
and enter mild and spasmodic COM
plants, but do not act. This simply
points out a weak point, without a
suggestion for improvement. The
newspapers ought to suggest methods,
and invite other suggestions, and out
of the whole some plan ought to be
evolved whereby great advantage
would be derived by the State. To
lead on, would suggest that the lead
ing men engaged in mercantile bust
ness In this State get together and en-
ter into negotiations with the Chicago
Board of Trade to take up the cudgel
In their behalf, and make arrangements
to buy in Chicago. Then the Chicago
Board of Trade will naturally take the
matter of freights and fares up, and
force the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to recognize the fact that Ne
vada In one of the States of the Union,