The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-01-18
EVILS OF PRESENT
AUTOMOBILE AGE"
q. X. ny

PA0nt uaS very aptly caIleu
this the Automobile age,o leaving
its definition to the public. He could
hardly have been more accurate. tax
ing the "car' as symbol, as the an
clients chose the signs Of the zodiac to
express their meaning.
The car represents, first, great ex.
pense, usually unnecessary. Second,
speed, to the fool limit, in most cases
resulting in death and destruction. The
desire to possess it, in many cases,
leads to extravaganza, creation Of in
debtedness and impoverishment. To
prevent the latter avarice takes its
place to acquire more money, and by
any means legalized by law if possible,
otherwise by desperate chances, as
shown by the appalling number Of men
who have attained wealth and fame in
commercial or political lines now serv-
ing sentences in penal institutions, on
trial or under indictment.
The history of the United States has
rarely recorded such case Of depra-
witty until the advent of the automo-
bile. So the cage" is well named
and will through future history carry
with it the name Of it's sponsor. The
car in hands of many typifes contempt
of the law, because its owner relies up
on his great wealth to pay any fines
that may be imposed for infractions, or
to bribe jurors and jurists when the
case is not bailable.
A cry is going up throughout the
United States today demanding conser-
walton, which is nearer unanimous
than anything ever before known,
and directly concerns the internal af-
fairs of the nation. For once the peo-
pie are aroused and demanding protec-
tion against the powerful enemy of the
masses-combined capital. Up to the
present time "trusts'' of every kind
have been organized until they control
every necessity of life and have steadi-
ly forced up the cost of living, already
to a straining point, but with no indi-
cations of stopping. Not satisfied with
,ttheir toll, a Mephistophelcs of finance
is now busy merging trusts that are al
ready defying the powers of the gov
ernment itself, while this latest and
greatest of mergers, the money trust,
represented by Morgan, Ryan and
Rockefeller, show their contempt for
an ordinary sovereign state (Texas) by
turning down it's securities on Wall
street because the state went so far
as to punish the Standary Oil company
for gross violations of the state laws.
While the securities of Texas are ad-
mittedly good and Attractive" they
are barred in Wall street and that
means the whole United States.
The appeal of the masses for con-
servation, which has already created a
dangerous breach in congress, involv-
ing the executive and some of the
great departments Of the government,
is not confined alone to the forests,
coal and oil lands, but to the products
4 OF the farm and factory, that if the
people must eat less, they will not be
forced to pay more for it. Until the
automobile appeared the fight between
capital and labor was but little noticed
by the prosperous middle class. With.
in the last two years the thumb b-screw
of capital has seriously pinched this
class and we are now fast approaching
the danger line, where nothing but
prompt and united action will save the
country from veritable reign of ter
ror Self preservation will wipe out
political lines unless the government,
with all its power, commands halt.
Mr.. Morgan is now turning his atten-
tion to acquiring all Of the mining
properties, at his own price and terms.
On certain valuable properties he has
just announced, "We will not buy the
stock Of the companies, but pay cash
for what they aret worth" or "give
stock in our new comany." Their
land agents are also moving. They
have been in Nevada, for some months,
buying all of the state contract lands,
for which they pay only $1.25 per acre
and only 25 cents of this is cash, with
many years to pay the balance. Al
ready they are advertising the same
lands for sale at S. and up in the
east. Nevadans who own contract
lands should be careful to pay the six
per cent interest to the state, as speci-
fed in their contracts, otherwise it will
revert promptly, and the trust have
their agents ready to take everything.
They even buy all they can get at tax
sales.
Whys
They know these lands are good and
will sell at high prices whenever they
choose to fix the prices. They may de-
eide to "corner" the land and not sell
| M all for veara tn come retardinO set