Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-19
: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1909. 1
RACES, AND the.
MONEY OF THE RACES

The statement of Senator Newlands of
Nevada, as the irrepressible conflict of
races and the impossibilitY of their min
CLING freely together without one be-
coming subject race, is most i'm
pOrtant, and the truth of it becomes
the more important as we look
back and trace the history of the
world as far as civilization extends.
Out of the soil Of China relics are still
dug that make clear that ut one time
China was inhabited by the Caucasians.
But he has disappeared. Why? The
Monaghan came with pole on his
shoulder and bundle on each end of
the pole. He was Il non-combatant, he
was industrious, he would work ut half
wages: He obtained employment, he
learned the simpler trades, by his thrift
he saved money; he WAS more and more
Gnployed; the generous race of workers
could not compete with him; gradually
he crowded out his competitors, only
the land owners of the original race re-
manned. Then John began to lease
small patches of land, then more and
more, and then began to buy-the
camePs head was in the tent and the
original occupants were crowded out.
The lesson is that the rule should be for
the separate races to each have its ap
pOrtionment of the worlds area. and
should not be trcnched upon by any
other race.
But there is another thought in this
connection. While it is not we'll for
these separate rA.rS to dwell on the
same soil, each is more or less dependent
on the others iii the way Of trade. The
brown and yellow races produce articles
of commerce which the white needs,
Ind under normal conditions the brown
and yellow races would purchase much
that the white race produces. And this
would be to the mutual interest of ALL
But it is true the trade between the
white and the yellow and brown races
is decreasing. That is, the latter races
are taking less and less of the products
of the former. We do not have to
search far for the reason. From beyond
the time to which the memory of man
extends, the money of the brown and
yellow man has been silver Up to
date lie cannot carry on his daily bust
ness III any other money. In the last
thirty years the dominant white nations
IF the earth have reduced this currency
10 the single standard of gold, which, of
course, has caused silver to fall to such
price as the demand of the arts sup
plies. So, measured by gold, silver III
or moro per cent. But it has not
changed in the Orient so far as labor is
measured An ounce of silver PAYS fol
the same amount of labor that it did in
1878, hence the Oriental manufacturer
can afford to sell us his wares. measured
in gold 80 per cent Cheaper than he
could thirty years ago.
But when it comes to buying or
products ut gold rates, he, having
nothing to pay with bit silver. rccoil.
before the price, with the result thai
the ships of orr great railroad com
panies, built for the Oriental trade. are
swinging idly on their chains III Puget
Sound and San Francisco hay. Ant
II his is just when Japan is building up {
great merchant marine with the
thought that she will dominate the trad,
Of the Pacific, just when China is fast
awakening from the slulnber of cen