The Nelson Economist
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alternative: [The Economist]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-07-29
issued: 1897-10-20
description: The Nelson Economist was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from July 1897 to July 1906. The Economist was published by D. M. Carley, and edited by C. Dell-Smith. In August 1898, The Economist absorbed a paper called The Nation. In July 1903, the title of the paper was changed from The Nelson Economist to The Economist.
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note: VOL- I. 'N.'E-I/'SON, B. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20. NO. 15. THENELSON ECONOniST. Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. C. D. M. Carley. , Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ��� One Year to Canada and United States.:. ". ..$2.00, If .paid in advance .". 1.50 One Year to Great Britain. , '.'.....,. 2.50 If paid in advance. .........',........ 2 00' . Remit by Express, Money Order, Draft, P. O. Order, or ^Registered Letter. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. Advertisements of reputable character will be inserted upon terms which will be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be advertised in these columns and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. The Austrian minister at Washington has filed a communication with the Department of State claiming that there was a violation of the rights of Austrian subjects in the firing on the mob at Lattimer, on which occasion, it will be remembered, a number of striking miners were killed. The circumstances under which the sheriff gave the order to fire upon the mob are being investigated, so L that we shall refrain from commenting on this particular phase of the question.- The incident, however, is but another proof of the danger incurred in allowing bands of foreigners to monopolize the labor of any section of country. In this particular instance a number of Austrian miners got into the coal pits because they undertook to work at a much lower rate of wages than that which prevailed before their advent. By so doing they practically gained a monopoly of the work, to the exclusion of others. Having lowered the scale and established themselves, they proceed to strike for standard wages, and hence the fatal encounter between them and the representatives of the law. Our sympathies are not with the coal kings, who appear to have been over- exacting ; still it is difficult to justify the action of th…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Nelson Economist" from 1897-07-14 to 1903-07-11. Titled "The Economist" from 1903-07-18 to 1906-02-17.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0184113
language: English
lat: -117.295833
long: 49.493333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : D.M. Carley
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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