The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-21
THINKS at CAN'T
he DONE"

BE DONE"
The Silver State edit Jr has grown
10 dislike the men who arc continually
dismissing important matters by the
mere statement that ct can't be
dcne.' Probably we first gained this
dislike when entering business here,
because at that time there were plenty
to say 1T can't be DONE" We've
learned that there's always a time
when some fellow does come along
and does do it, in spite of all and
seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
The latest to use the old phrase is
the Western Nevada Miner, which is
published at Nina by j. Holman Buck
J. Holman, by the way, is our old
friend and we think q lot of him be-
cause he says what he believes and
without camoufiage. Sometimes we
can't agree with him, but admire him
anyhow, always knowing there's just
as much chance for us to be wrong
as there is for him. Perhaps it's not
fair now to say Buck has entered the
ut can't be done class" and probably
it shouldn't be said, because we know
he has been Bucking those same fell
lows at his town of Nina, half way be-
tween Hazen and Tonopah. who have
hnI ft,rr llxr ax~t
torious mining activities by the same
howl But read what he says:
THE Honorable Sam Arentz of Ne
vada has introduced bill in Congress
to place tariff on tungsten and tung-
stem products. 1t is a good measure
and If the tungsten mines Of Nevada
are ever to resume operations it is alb
solutely necessary that 1t should be-
come a law. But, while we do not
wish TO discourage Honorable Sam,
the bill has about as much chance of
becoming a law as a tallow cat has of
catching an asbestos rat in hell. The
"Steal" trust wants cheap tungsten
and the tungsten trust under existing
conditions can furnish 1t through the
aid of cheap coolie labor of China and
Burmah, where the wages paid are
about ten cents day. And the steel
trust has its dog collar on enough of
the Senators and Congressman to pre-
vent any favorable action. What mat
tiers it to these Industrial and finan-
oial pirates that great mining in
dustry capable of paying good wages
10 thousands of American miners, lies
PROSTATE because it cannot compete
with the coolie produced products?
Patriotism to the mining industry and
the country has the same significance
to these pirates of industry as time
Goes to a hog.
"And speaking of mining, what's the
matter with Congress, which is spend
ing so much of its time investigating
the pork chop and soup bone of the
packing houses, turning the limelight
on the greatest robbers and stickups
of the age-the smelters and ore pur-
chasing concerns of the country. The
methods of Jesse James and his ban
dit gangs were those of gentlemen In
comparisons with the packages these
cold-blooded cormorants hand out to
the miner who ships his ore to them.
Give the miner and ore producer an
even break and a square deal on his
returns and he will be able and will
ing to buy his pork chops and soup
bones at almost any old price. An
instance of this bare-faced holdup on
the part of the smelters Is that of a
recent ore shipment made by Fitting
Jones & Krippner. The toll taken
from them was few cents less than
SIS per ton. You can realize just
what this means when you consider
that there are but few mines In Me-
vada producing ore that will grade up
to SIS per ton. With this added to the
increased freight rates, Is 1t any won