Show WINGfiELD SAYS THE TU PEOPLE POP OF GOLDFIELD HIGH GRADERS Just previous pre to the meeting of the di directors directors dl di- rectors of ot th the Goldfield Consolidated at Reno when the r regular quarterly dividend divi dead was as posted President G George orge Wingfield Wing Wing- OeM field gave e a out tho the following Interview re regarding to- to garding the mine and the tho manner In which I people cople were conducting t l CI The Tho Consolidated was as never ne before In Ina ina In a jl more prosperous condition It never before had so much money in its treasury treasur following tollo a It dividend payment or so much oro ore in sight Recent official reports Issued Issued is issued Is- Is sued b by the company ny have hare Invariably shown that more Ore oro has been put In Insight insight sight than titan has baa been token taken out Regarding the camp it Is 15 better bet bet- ter every cry day in spite of ot its enemies on the outside whose only Interest is In stock speculation and Its Us enemies on tho the thoIn In Inside whose only Interest st l is personal Those on the outside are aro harmless Those on the Inside while they thoy cannot affect the Consolidated unfortunately unfortunate have o In their hands tho the making or the lie breaking of ot tho the town Our mine Is a part pan of the trie camp but not necessarily a part of ot There Thoro Is 18 room enough In tho the camp for tor both the mine and Tho The Consolidated owns l eno enough h ground In feo fee simple to accommodate a town of it Its Ita own o own and has s sufficient strength and sufficient interest In tile the welfare and contentment contentment con con- con con- tent of Its is employees os to provide for or their comfort rc regardless of ot Goldfield In lii spite of tho the charges certain persons persons per per- sons who live IIvo b by politics and others who hope to the tho Consolidated ht has not been inthe In tho the political game ame but If It It had hind been or orIf orif If It In tho the future it should be It would bo be with ample Justification Tho The Consoli Consolidated dat dated 1 is not only the largest taxpayer taxpayer- In Esmeralda county but hut is a a. majority taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- It mon money n payer in other words on pays more O ey OF Into the county treasury than all the tho theother theother I other taxpayers of at tho the county combined If the tho Consolidated 1 pays as ns more than half halt the tho salaries of ot county count oft officials It might be excused for sharing with other other oth oth- oth- oth er fr taxpayers ers some concern a as to who gets the tho mOn money The Con Consolidated Is n not t running a company n store but hut if It ft w wanted i to It would and arid It would not hesitate to to place Its name In largo large letters upon the front door Moreover It could guarantee such a astore astore store ample patronage If It chose to open such a store It would do so 80 regardless of elections or other political considerations It wouldn't welt wait It until after election dayto day dayto to open and It wouldn't t close for tor succeeding suc sue eroding camp l campaigns ns I I have lla always s tried to bo be a friend of ot Gold Held as have others others' who are re interested In Interested In in- t rested In the tue Consolidated How long this spirit will continue depends upon Goldfield I I am nm very veo certain that the Consolidated td can cnn get bet along without Gold Cold field As 9 to whether can eRn c re along alon- without the Consolidated I will vill leave leavo to those gentlemen whose profession is politics to determine I still have hwe some soma Interests in Goldfield but I have o more InthA in inthe the thA Consolidated Goldfield and the tho Consolidated Consolidated Con Con- have hlL been married from their birth hut but Nevada has hRS never ne found any marriage ties too strong to be broken If thorn thero In IR Incompatibility of pf temperament tempera tempera- ment mont and nd the tho two to cannot live together In Harmony harmon the sooner the they arc are separated tho the better There has been a good deal said about knockers on the outside of the camp Leithem Let Lei them knock dividends dl speak for themselves Ono One knocker on tho the inside in inside In in- side lIdo does more harm to ld than thana a million on the outside Occasionally they knock together loether with the knocker on the outside doing the promoting All the knockers on the outside have never ne put a 11 man in out of ot employment employ employ- ment meat or a merchant out of business The knockers knocker on the inside have done both Th The attitude of the tho Con Consolidated toward both classes of knockers has thus far been one ono of or indifference It is simply a matter mattl r of business Judgment as to howlong howlong how howlong long that attitude can bo bl maintained A small bunch of political mischief makers has been en engaged aged In an effort to array the people of Goldfield against the Consolidated for tor the tho purpose of ot boostIng boost boost- In Ing themselves Into office If not something something some some- thing worse The Consolidated ted has given Riven the people something substantial What have these theM mischief makers ever er given to Goldfield or what hat have havo they to offer In exchange It rooks looks to mo nie as though tho the time had hC come for tor the people of ot Coldfield to decide which they prefer prefer- what what- the tue Consolidated has to give gl In intIle tIle tho way of employment prosperity and further development or more of or the nothing noth rioth- ing which these thee gentlemen have havo been COil contributing tin 1 There Is Is a a town In Penns Pennsylvania l known as TItusville where herc the first oil wells In western Penn Pennsylvania hanla were ere driven en There were ere certain elem elements there which made It Impossible for tOI the principal company to do business And the town of Oil Cli City was the result Wo We hear of Oil City e very often but who whoever whoever whoever ever hears of Titusville The Tho Consolidated company Is c committed corn com m. m to the poll policy C of ot declining to employ a hl high h grader Irader or one who affiliates af at CIliates with high graders In an any organization organization that encourages grading It has the same e use for a high grader in its mine or mill that a Jewelry store would have for fora a thief behind Its counter If It a high grader rader or a man who Is known to associate with nUh those who encourage grading l Is found In our employ he will be bo given ghen hI his time If It the company cannot put the man in Jail who robs it It can keep him out of ot the tho mine and the mill It It Is 18 common talk streets that the Consolidated company cannot secure the conviction of a high h grader b by a jury jur In Fair minded perSons persons per per- sons will wm realize that the Consolidated company has never had any de desire lre to see an innocent nt man convicted of or crime but has hae the tho same Alame desire that that any victim of thievery thle possesses to s 8 sae guilty men brou brought ht within the tho palo pale of tho the law It If the time shall come cOlne that a man who falls of or conviction steals from the company compan tion because c of a n sentiment c In the community com corn adverse to the company It will willbe he be high time for tor the company to choose th the community In which It shall do busi busl nessI ness I have ve always stood for tor law and order and I believe I have haw accomplished something something some some- thing thIn In Jn that t direction I have havo protected my mv Interests and those of ot m my associates before and T and believe I am 1 capable of at I doln doing it still |