Show THE man with the hoe he has been honored in verse and prose to such an extent that it is to be feared that his head will wil soon be swelled to such an extent that a no 10 hat will be a tight fit for him in the agricultural regions he is all right if the eulogies paid him do not cause him to forget to use use the useful implement of husbandry that has brought brough him thim into such prominence but in this intermountain region it is the man behind the pick who should be immortalized compared with him the man with the hoe sinks into insignificance the latter may plod along he may rejoice in his bountiful harvests of cabbage and potatoes but these products I 1 are perishable when compared to the results obtained by the man alan behind the pick ick unfortunately however there are many who fail to realize this condition but they would be made to do so should the hardy miner lay down his pick and thus check the constant flow of the precious metals which are the only enduring stimulants to trade and commerce it is not the product of the farm fari m the garden or the orchard which form the imperishable wealth of the world but the output of the mines the gold and silver upon which all wealth is truly based this being the case the man behind the pick should take precedence over the man with the hoe so lets give the latter a rest and push the former into greater prominence encel |