The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-10-17
GRANT MILLER AT
NIXON LAST NIGHT

A. Grant Miller, Socialist candidate
for United States Senator, spoke to a
good-sized audience at the Nixon op-
era house last evening. While the
crowd was made up principally of
people of Socialistic tendencies, there
were a number of well-known Repub-
lieans and Democrats present.
Promptly at 8 O'Clock the speaker
was introduced to the audience by j
B. Davis, secretary of the Socialist
county committee. Mr.. Miller began
his address by mentioning the fact
that when he last spoke to a Winnie
mucca audience in the Nixon opera
house, two years ago, he predicted
hat equal suffrage would carry in
Nevada, and it received a majority of
more than 5000 votes. He now pre-
dieted that at the coming election a
portion of the Socialist ticket will be
elected in Nevada. and that two years
hence the entire ticket will be elect
ed. "I am not here to ask you to vote
for me-" said the speaker. "as / am
not that selfish. ] am here to get you,
for we want you to be Socialists"
"All wealth is produced by labor"
continued the speaker, "and while So
cialists do not ask for the wealth that
legitimately belongs to others. we do
propose to have all that legitimately
belongs to ourselves"
Taking up the Pittman land bill,
the speaker prefaced his remarks by
stating that Nevada is a great state
in area. containing 20 100000 acres of
land, of which 100000 acres is own
ed by the Southern Pacific. and
100000 more by other private cor
porations.
You cannot make a populous state
by mining" continued the speaker,
'for there are not enough Of them.
You cannot make a populous state by
cattle and sheep raising. for these in
dustries furnish employment to COM
paratively few men, The only method
left to populate our state is by agri-
culture. and to do this the people
must get their land free of cost and
the Federal government must supply
the required water for irrigation.
Senator Pittman introduced a bill
in Congress to sell 100000 of the
best land in the state to the highest
bidder, in return for the promise of
a denomination over Pat McCarran
whom he fears above all other men.
This land to be- selected by a land
commissioner to be- appointed by the
state government. Remark the words
to be- which mean at some future
time. AS a matter of fact, all of this
land has already been selected. sur
veyed and mapped. and it embraces
the cream of all the land left in the
state.
when asked on the floor of the
Senate what had become of the for
mer land grant of 100000 acres,
Senator Pittman replied that 1t had
furnished homes to 1000 families. In
quiry at the Carson land office shows
that il is now owned by Lux, Miller
& Lux, Lux. Miller. When Senator
Newlands was asked by Senator Mar
tin of South Dakota. on the floor of
the Senate, if he thought the land
was actually worth s1.25 per acre,
he replied that while he hardly
thought So he would defer to the
judgment of his colleague.
"One syndicate has already selected
Is 900 acres of this land that is worth
$65 an acre, for which it will pay
S1.25 per acre if this bill becomes a
law
II do not want any of this land my
self for the reason that l am not
much of a farmer. l am a lawyer,
and propose to continue practicing
my professional least until the
fourth day of next March.
After careful estimates. the value
of this entire 100000 acres of land
has been conservatively placed at
$3.50 per acre, while il will be sold
at SIPS. leaving a profit of $12.25 per
acre or total of more than $S5,000,-
600 for the eatire JOB.
"As a cloak for this huge steal, il
is proposed to donate the money re-
ceived from the sale of the land to
the public schools. We have fine
school system, which is being paid
for by you and by me without objec-
ton
Mr.. Miller and party arrived in
town from Lovelock shortly after o
o'clock last evening and left for Elko
before o'clocs this morning. The
trip is being made by automobile, and
short stops will be made during the
day at the different towns along the
rOufo II