Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02

~ dblOdu' 1911 he COulu lIdNel
through the countries of Europe and
note the conditions there, the squal-
or and misery, the pinched face of
suffering, the lack of incentive, the
discomfort. | think it would be
liberal education, not only in the
way it is generally intended to be,
but also in that it would bring
about a deeper reverence for this
country of ours, a richer content
The speaker was United States
Senator Nixon, who returned to Ne
yada recently, after a two months
trip through the British Isles and
France. This was not the sena-
tors first trip, but this time he
went along in leisurely manner,
with the idea of observing and
comparing.
II ran across the Atlantic for "a
rest" he continued. THE surest
way of resting the mind is to get
into the midst of conditions that
are entirely different from these
which daily surround us, and that
is easily and surely accomplished
by a trip across the Atlantic. Things
are different in England, and then
a little ride of few hours across
the channel brings us to others
still more different. For instance,
the man who gets accustomed to
the hearty English breakfasts c
bacon and eggs and fruit and jam
and the like would starve in France
in the morning, where coffee and
rolls alone is the simple method
of beginning the day And, vice
versa, he who gets used to the
night life in Paris, where the fine
cafes scarcely settled down to ac-
tion before after midnight, because
the theaters are not out before that
time owing to the long perform
ances and intermissions, is lost in
London, where the lights go out
all over promptly at 1890. 1t was
tits rest | sought, and | found it.
Conditions in England.
Il arrived in England just as
the big railroad strike that had
been paralyzing the countrys in
dustry was coming to an end. l
remember of reading some statistics
that had been gathered by labor
leaders, and it was shown that the
average wage of 100, 900 men, among
whom We're included officials in po-
sitions of authority, was $24 a
month.
Il asked a maid in one of the
big hotels of London, where | was
stopping, how much she received
for her work, and she said twelve
pounds years. month.
"A woman in a station near Paris
receives fifteen $75-a
year Through her hands passes
$25O,0OO yearly, 125 trains go
through that station every day.
The agent in charge of that station
receives $500 year.
II came upon numerous instances
of this kind, and I found that liv-
ing was just as high over there as
it is with us, except where you bu
manufactured articles-and those
articles are cheaper only because
the labor that goes into them is
obtained for mere pittance.
You can see more squalor in
short walk in Paris or London
than YOU can find in the whole
United States. In the former city,
starving people mob the bread and
milk wagons, and in London you
can't walk ten feet without being
accosted by a beggar.
European Politics.
European politics are in tur-
neil. Discomfort exists everywhere.
Germany faces one of the most seri-
GUS crises of it's existence, for the
nation is practically bankrupt The
fact that Germany is without funds
has done much to prevent a serious
war, for France holds the whip in
hand when it comes to money.
I'VE have not solved all our prob
lens over here by any means, but
we have Travelled a long distance in
the short period of time that we
have been nation. There they have
a rich heritage of art and literature,
and their roads are SO superior to
ours that comparison would be i'm
possible-but those are products of
ages. In the science of government
and in the paths of industry our
country stands absolute alone in this
respect
The senator stated that Senator
Newlands was spending a brief va
cation in France, where he had
gone mainly to see little grand
child which up to this time he
had not seen.
Congressman Roberts has re-