The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-07
AWAKENING OF
SLEEPING GIANT


They have been getting jolts for such
long time and have been considered
suckers of the business world for such
a long number of years that now it
is surprising to learn that they have
turned like the down trodden worm
and demanded their own.
1t is reported in a round about way
that q company has been organized
among the rich men of California to
have a big show at that place some
time during the coming year and this
corporation has put through schemes
| in q number of states of the union
whereby the money Of the people is to
be handed to this corporation as a
gift. The corporation expects to make
a large amount of money from the
venture and this money will be hand
ed out among the stockholders of the
company.
It also appears that this corpora
tion has adopted as its motto" Get all
we can and pay for nothing They
seem to be having quite hard sled
ding in doing this as accidentally the
newspapers were able to detect the
graft and have refused to boost their
game. In many of the states they
have laws aimed at the wildcatters
and Uncle Sam is rather severe ON the
people who use the mails to defraud,
but through some hook or crook the
San Francisco show company has been
able to get around the laws and are
doing business at the same old stand.
The history of the west has shown
that the newspapers have done more
for the upbuildinp of the west than
any other agency and history also
shows that more newspaper men have
been buried in the Potter q field than
any other class of business men. This
is accounted for by the fact that the
wares of the newspaper man are sup
posed to be public property and if he
desires to charge for them he is
branded at once as a man who is mar
row and mean and one who is not
working for the best interest Of the
community in which he is suffered to
) exist.
The newspapermen have dared to
brave the anger of the people for
whom they have shaved for years past
and now demand payment for the
, goods they have to sell. This has not
: as yet been recognized by the San
J Francisco show corporation and it Ia
one of the hardest blows they have
suffered in their legalized graft opera
, tions. They do not want to recognize
2 the fact that publicity costs money
! and are trying to get all they can foI
: nothing and are meeting. with the
poorest of success.
They have learned that the San
Francisco press win not boost their
game without being shown that the
D game is legitimate one and furth-
, er that they will pay for what they
, get. This discovery has caused the
stock concern to turn to the out OF
Frisco papers in an attempt to get
something for nothing, and consider
ing the country editors as the rankest
of the "suckers' they send them a
lot of dope to publish and inform the
country men that the corporation has
decided to do them a great favor and
will let them publish the stuff with
out charge, providing the country edi-
, tor will sign contract to spell each
, word correctly and send couple OF
thousand copies of the publication
. broadcast over the land and also pay
, the charges for mailing the dope
, from the coast to the interior.
J The result is that the country edit
, ors are having lot of mats and type.
written stuff to cram into the stove
: every morning and the grating cor.
/ poration is getting nothing for theil
pains.
1t is also rumored that here in Ne
f, vada there are some men trying te
get a lot of Nevada stuff together tc
send down to the big corporation tt
boost the game along and that the
r Nevada papers are being asked to dc
some printing to help along in sting
: ing the Nevada people. Well, maybe
the Nevada newspapers are willing t.
assist in the stinging as judging by
the gift of $4,000 to the California
$ corporation by the people of Nevada
; The people like to be stung and ,ther-'
D fore the stingers can have all th'
space they want in the Nevada pres
e providing they pay forit out of tha
!. $14O,O00 of foolish money.-CarsoI
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