Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-03-13
ToNoPAH AND PROSPERITY.

That Tonopah at the present time is not as
prosperous as she should be is admitted by all.
it is the continual wall of the merchant, no
matter what his line; be he grocer, butcher,
druggist or saloon man he IS a unit IN declar-
ing that the business conditions IN this city are
far from normal when the large monthly pay
roll is considered This state OF affairs was en-
phaszed most alarmingy at recent meeting OF
the Tonopah Business Mems association when
steps were instituted to lower the salaries OF
county officials in order that taxation might be
reduced and thus work a benefit to the mem
berS Of the association. most unWlse sug-
gestion was this and that, luckily, was not
put into effect as it would have had exactly the
opposite of the result that expected. The
county officials are all own people; they
are ''spenders and that is what the business
men need-they have families that are beng
raised i'll Tonopah which make for business.
And they are far from oyerpaid at the present
time
This action being admitted a false solution
Of existing conditions, 1T IS necessary Tor us 10
look elsewhere and but little looking is neces.
sary to discover the real cause of the stunning
of Tonopah by our most desirable frlend-pros-
perty Goldfeld is mighty good answer to
the problem With payroll considerable less
than Tonopah the neighboring camp-When com
pared with this points most prosperous IN a
business way The reason being that she is an
AllltElcdu CdluE
In Goldfeld American miners in the large
majority. in Tonopah they are in the small min
GRITTY In Goldfield the miner is there to make
his home, usually having with him his family
or else contemplating sending back to the old
home to bring it on. He is fixture, as nearly
as is possible in mining camp. lie is making
his money in Godfeld; he is spending 1T IN
Goldfield.
To turn to the camp of Tonopah for COM
parison American wor1men few and far
between in comparison with the large number
Of continental Europeans here employed The
continental European, a usual thing, is not
here to make a permanent home. He is in the
Gland of the free" simply a matter OF con-
venience The native Of Servia and Bulgaria IS
not in sympathy with American customs nor
with American institutions Either he IS here
to make stake" and return home to live IN
spendor or else he is saving to send back home
for brother or other relative who will come
to this country with the same idea in view
That Of making enough to return to his native
heath As is the case with an eXiled Amerl-
can, his thoughts and desires ever of
"home.
AS consequence we find that the large
monthly payroll of Tonopah does not stay IN
Tonopah, excepting so much as is absolutely
necessary for the sustenance of life. And these
foreigners, none Of whom were raised IN the lap
Of luxury, find it necessary to spend but little
along that line They are most frugal with
their table; their clothing need not be elaborate
consequently the large bulk of the pay check is
transmitted abroad.
So much for the cause of unsatisfactory bust
ness conditions! What of the remedy? The
Bonanza would suggest that the Business Men
association, instead Of figuring on reducing taxes
few cents by cutting the salaries of the Ameri-
can county officials, get together with the Mine
Operators association and what may be ac-
complished in that direction towards putting
Tonopah on what for convenience, is called a
white basis. The first contention of the oper-
ators will be that it is impossible to get Amer
cans here in sufficient members to work the
mines At present this is true, as the word has
gone forth that Tonopah is not white" camp
But let it become generally known that it is the
desire of the management to employ nothing but
Engish-spealling miners and it will be but
short time before all the necessary number of
Americans will be on hand.
1t is worth the while of the business men tC
put the operators to the test. They may refuse
to listen to the argument, but it is the opinion
of the Bonanza that they will concur in any
thing that will make for the betterment of condi
tons in Tonopah. Try them anyway on the
white camp proposition
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