The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
The Worlds Pro-
gress.

The year just closing has not been
punctuated by many great exclamation
points, In Great Britain the great
South African war has been brought to
close; king has been crowned and a
great industrial triumph, under British
guidance, has been completed in Upper
Egypt. On the continent nothing of
special interest can be named.
The ancient inertia OF Asia has not
been much disturbed except by the aw-
full cataelysm IN Turkestan and that
Russia has been completing her great
through highway to the Pacific and pre-
pairing 10 divert what che can Of the
worlds commerce aeross her territory.
Australasia is still prostrate under the
mighty thought that has afflicted Aus
tralia for years until a great proportion
OF the live stock has perished and many
once prosperous regions have been ren.
dered almost nninha bitable. The mining
region of West Australia is still product
i've though in lessened product of gold.
Mexico has gone on prospering, though
the continued fall in the price of silver
has disturbed her finances. The great
Diaz is still ut the helm there, and our
sister Republic is running on an even
keel.
Canada has been generally prosperous;
some great industrial enterprises are be.
ing perfected in that country, and the
flow OF the precious metals from her
western provinces supplies her with ever
increasing means to carry on her work.
Terrible volcanic eruptions and earth
qualxes have wrought disasters in some
of tho West India islands and in Central
America. On the island of Martinique
thousands OF lives were lost and the
island made practically unlnhabitable;
great loss of life and property was suffer
ed in Guatemala.
There is not much 10 report from
South America except that Colombia
and Venezuela have been swept by rev.
olutions aud just now half dozen ma
tions Of the Old World are trying to en-
force their demands upon miserable Ven-
ezuela, which has not much to satisfy
the demands except alligators, boa con-
strctors, parrots and monkeys.
Our own county seems TO still be the
greatly favored land Of all the earth; ex.
cept for the great industrial strikes in
the coal and iron regions, and the lesser
sympathetic strikes in different places,
there would not, on New Years morning
be cloud upon our skies. The war is
practically over 10 the Philippines, and
those sunny islands are slowly rounding
into civilized form; Cuba has been re-
stored to her own people, aud the act OF
restoration makes page OF history on
which the letters are printed all in gold;
our haryests OF cotton and wheat have
been very great, Of corn the greatest on
record; yeild Of the precious metal mines
has been The greatest in history; the
wave of prosperity is sweeping on IN
continuous and increasing volume; four
hundred thousand people from the Old
World have come 10 Us, railroad mileage
has a good deal increased; the shore end
oil the great Pacific cable has been laid
of the abutments of the Golden Gate,
and is now being paid out to draw our
Pacific island possessions close to our
mainland. Never before was n land sc
favored, never before was free govern
ment so vindiea.ed; never before did the
world have an object Lesson 80 potential
to show what free people, unhampered
by unnecessary laws aud all permitted
to hope for any Legitimate thing, can ac-
complisk.
The cid saying, "Time was when to be
a Roman citizen was greater than to be
a king car justly be only little para
phrased to read: Thine is when to be an
American citizen is to enjoy erowning
glory to mans sovereignty on EARTH
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