The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-17
REPUBLICAN MISFlTS AGAIN.

in recent issue of the Signal simply
as q comment on the conditions
present in this locality, and in COM
parison with the abnormal conditions
in more favored portions of the
country, and to call attention TO
the advantage enjoyed by the manu-
featuring industries of the tariff pro-
tected east at the expense of the
producing west The Weiser World
seems to take rather a jocular view
of the situation, and insists that
prosperity is all the rage hereabout,
and boldly asserts that it {the World)
ls troubled with bad attack of it.
Evidently it is sporadic case, and
due to some local cause, and so far
has no indications of becoming
epidemic. The World states correctly
that we have no manufacturing in
dustries, and neither is it possible to
have any under present conditions;
and what degree of prosperity we do
enjoy is not by reason of existing
conditions but IN spite OF them If
employment can be 80 readily
obtained, why not publish the fact
and specify where and what. A few
weeks work in the hay or harvest
field cuts but little figure In the twelve
months. The exhorbitant railway
tariffs distinctly does act as bar to
any industry in the manufacturing
line and the tariff protected
monopolies, with their dishonesty
accumulated millions make, the bar
impossible The whole evil can be
traced to persistent class legislation
for which the republican party is
solely responsible and by reason of
which the general advancement of
the west is retarded las to local condi-
tions, the general reading public can
judge from their own standpoint and
we think it better to treat all oues-
tions affecting our local interests in a
matter of fact way than to assume
conditions as devoid of real truth as
the ideal dreams of FOOLS paradise.
The World very carelessly displays
what its idea of prosperity is and it
is about the same idea a horse would
have of prosperity after eating bale
of hay. You can't make a small era
mum take a large view of things
under any circumstances, and man
peering through crack in the wall
cannot see as much of the world as
one who looks out of the window or
of the roof of the house. 1t Is plain
that the idea of prosperity in the in
dividual is measured solely by his
capacity to grasp possibilities and
what should be, not what is. The
World is no doubt well qualified TO
tell old timers what the true measure
of our resources are and advise just
what should be expected of them.
1t is undoubtedly better fitted than
the natives to judge what ails our
copper and other mineral industries.
or rather the elements of industries.
We may look for further enlighten-
ment on what happened 10 the camp
OF Mineral, or why the Amalgamated
Copper company and some transport
alton magnates in New York have
successfully prevented the opening
of Seven Devils. And it might in
cidentally explain why, with such
resources behind it as no road of like
contemplated length ever had, Mr..
Hall cannot go into the financial
circles and get money instantly for
such an enterprise Why should the
best enterprises of the west drag
dreary course? Why are they not
booming along all over the sunset
land, giving jobs to job hunters2