Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-06
THE GROWTH OF NEVADA RlCuLl

When Nevada frs, came into prominence a. a wealth producing
tom ,i it, prosperity. In the carly day, agriculture in Nevada ia
dcrdcl and a nan who attempted to till the soil "a, laughed at as "
hay sc,der and sand-Iarrcr and made the subject OF "e"NP"'"' '""
But look at Nevada agriculture today and witness the vast strides
that it i, making. Look at tie Sheep cattle and DAIRY nd">tF'S 81
the sagcbru.h. The men who are engaged in these industries are
gathering wealth by leap, and bounds. The Carey act mas enabled
millions OF idle acres t." be brought Under "nN"'' ana me" ar
swaming tM, country to sccurr more opportunities /" bring he SOIL
and the waste water together.
Irrigation companic, are forming and the MAJ who buy stock "
those enterprises knows that he is ct gambling with his money.
Land in Nevada is getting scarccr every year and rising n price
nn,cr h m" and r"In,oe, to other states All our products shipped
ohSr" s n%E It "E"'' ''' '" '"
Oregon is n longer the srcut apple state of the west Nevada
apples IA be shipped around the world without drteroating in quail
ny and every year carload, OF Nevada apples are sent t" London where
they arrive as, fresh a the day they leave this state.
mar who gets N a tell that it came from the sagehr"sh state by
Nevada sends hundred, Of ton of timothy hay to the various &C
%y ,ln".|. ,h "' . my 'n, nn,r inS n ,I .''m;n nav to " al Gar,r thai ,' rn2 \yv.G.
to get under the wire just a little ahead Of the other fellows horse
and when this mean, several Thousand dollars TO the first horse the
price OF the hay is not considered.
These are a few Of the reason. why r3nshsr, in 'M, country own
But when these things are discussed one hears the voice Of the
h""cter asking why outsider, don't flock in here and get land.
in diobcying the plain law and undertaking property h, resulted in
a tax rate that di~coura2cs investors. Our va~t wealth is II down
to about one-thrd and the tax rate under these circumstances has to
be multiplied by three to produce the revenue. Secondly, we have not
sufficiently advertised or resources.
The first thing tina, an outside investor looks at is the tax rate and
when he finds it too high he steers clear Of it Thousands Of mves-
tors who wanted to buy land in Nevada have shaken their heads at
the tax rate and sone to California To invest.
The present tax commission. a commission that should have been
in operation forty years ago, has begun to regulate this radical defect
in III system and as oon as they al raise valuations and lower the
tan rates sufficiently population will flow in here will break down
the barriers OF the high tax rate and flood the state with investors
money
We are low O the eve Of a prosperity wave and should take adj
VANTAGE OF it. With the bars down on the tax question we need advcr-
Using.
The outside world must be made acquainted with the character Of
our resources and products and publicity and advertising alone will
bring in the INVESTOR. We have a grand opportunity at the two inter
national cxposrtoas in California nct We should invade them
with a showing that Nevada will be proud Of and California jealous Of
w c can beat California to a fralzlc on every farm product except
citrus fruits
Inc "cn who have exploited and developed this country wan Il
chance to exhibit in California and the drones and on-proluccrs are
growing about the expenditure OF money and kicking about extra
taxation. The showing We make in 1915 will bring in an army Of in
business transaction, nothing Tor and nothing less