The diamond drill., 1918-06-01
LET'S GET THE LoFERs.


Now comes General Crowder and
announces that every man OF draft
age must work or fight after July /,
1918.
That's good as far as It goes, but II
doesn't go far enough. AS we under
stand the draft law, every man in
the draft age is now compelled to
work or fight, except those who have
been exempted for physical disability.
We do not want TO question the wis
COW OF General Crowder, and we do
not want this criticism TO be taken
that way, but in our humble opinion.
we think that when the winning OF
this war is left TO men from q to 81
years OF age, and the real loyal
Americans under and over the draft
age, that II imposes burden on those
within those ages that should be
up 10 fifty years of age.
We move an amendment to the
draft laws that will take all men up
to at least fifty years OF age. This
Will catch a gang OF loafers whose
loyalty Is such that they can neither
be cajoled or shamed into fighting for
the country that gave them birth and
wealth.
II makes the blood OF an American
boil TO note these loafers about the
towns OF the Copper Country. They
know that our best young blood Is
being shed for them, and yet the cow
ardly scum will pursue idle, selfish
and absolutely worthless lives.
1t is pretty safe estimate to say
that in Houghton county today there
at least 1000 able-bodied men who
are no good to themselves, their fam
lilies or their country. Some OF them
have been born with silver spoon in
their mouths, some OF them have ac-
quired wealth. some Of them are just
worthless vags, living on the labors
of an oyerworked mother or the
"old man" Some OF them are ex-
saloon buns, some are still lower in
the social scale and all now on the
same plane
The draft law that is furnishing us |
such a fine army, says to our young |
men: Here, young man, your place
is in the army" and forthwith that |
young man must sever the home ties |
and go forth to offer HIS all for his |
homeland He does II eheerfully and |
goes to fight alongside OF those boys
who enlisted at the FIRST sign OF dan.
ger to our country.
But under our present laws we
cannot reach the fellows above the
draft age, who are either too coward
ly or too lazy TO do single thing to
help US in this critical time.
II isn't fair, and the feelings OF the
mothers and the fathers and the sis
ters and brothers are continually
saddened when they see this tribe OF
men doing absolutely nothing for the
good OF the country that they call
home.
Morally such men are guilty OF a
crime, FOR they are aiding and abet-
ting the enemy, by their non-actlon.
Within the last two weeks the wo-
men of the country showed their love
a. country and the boys who are
lighting for us, by registering for war
work Many OF them have offered 10
taks up tie work OF men. not only
here but ever in Europe. Nearly
every woman has registered for some
useful work, and yet those fellows
with the audible-yes, audible. we
use the woid adUsed'y- streak OF
yellow in t''om, go along and aid the
Firssian with all fis hellishness, by
doing absolutely nothing for his
country.
While we are In this war, II should
be crime to be idle. Wealth should
he no bar. Our mining companies
who produce copper that our coun-
try needs, are short OF men, and still