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The White Pine News
Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
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In Ely, major mining companies are dismissing foreign laborers and replacing them with American workers to Americanize the camp, maintaining employment levels while boosting local economy as Americans spend more freely.
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NON-AMERICANS
Foreign Element to be Supplanted
by Americans---Ely an Ameri-
can Camp.
Following their policy to make Ely an American camp, the big mining companies have begun to discharge the foreign laborers that had been employed there for some time.
The places that these men have held are being filled by American labor. There has been no material reduction in the actual number of men employed, as American workmen are substituted for the foreigners as rapidly as possible to secure them.
While it may seem at first sight that this is a sign of hard times, it is in reality a good thing for the camp. The foreign element such as has been released, spends no money other than for the barest necessities of life. They hoard their earnings, spending scarcely 10 per cent with the business men of the community where they are employed, and send most of their savings out of the country.
The native born workingman, on the other hand, spends his money for good living, good clothes and for the comforts of life, and helps to build up and maintain a good business condition.
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Primary Location
Ely
Outcome
foreign laborers discharged and replaced by americans; no reduction in total employment; expected to improve local business conditions as americans spend more in the community.
Event Details
Big mining companies in Ely are discharging foreign laborers employed there and filling their positions with American workers as part of a policy to make Ely an American camp. Substitutions are made as rapidly as possible without reducing the number of men employed. Foreign workers are described as hoarding earnings and spending minimally locally, while native-born workers spend on goods and comforts, benefiting the community.