Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-28
THIS SHOULD
Be STOPPED
Wealthy Eiko County Man Re-
ported as Having Given Two
Dollars to the Red Cross
When Poorer Citizens Stretch
Entire Resources to Give
More

The gods of wrath have moved their
thrones into our sanctum sanctorm
and are squatting all around us with
malignant tongues darting the right
eous ire OF just cause at our old
type clicker. We have a right TO howl
and howl loud and long. We should
get out an extra edition and publish
few more names, also hang a few
more yellow hides on the fence of pub
lie indignation and let the home folks
join US in salubrious moan to the
skies that will resolve itself into 4
complete and thorough "bawl out"
Another wrathy citizen, sizzling with
the injustice OF things, walloped us in
the solar pleXus this morning with the
information that an Elko county man
| had given 81 to the cause OF the Red
/ Cross. This alone was nothing out of
I the ordinary, but when our friend
/ breathed the name, We nearly fell off
/ the wagon. Thousands of cattle roam
/ the range in this county bearing that
! mans brand. Thousands of broad,
well-kept, bumper crop-yielding acres
| are recorded in this county as being
/ his property. Thousands of sheep dot
the hillsides bearing his mark. He is
rich, rich beyond the dreams of most
men who feel that comfortable eX-
istence is a lot to be thankful for, but
he only gave 81 to the Red Cross!
Suffering Shades OF Warning Wo.
den. Why must this thing continue? Is
there no law. no legislation. no JUS
tice that will make these measly skin
flints dig up? Isn't there any authority
in the country at large that can belt
and baste the inhuman hearts Of this
sort OF bloodsuckers into state bor-
dcring upon tenderness, even in its
infancy? Must the world go on rely
ing for its flow of mercy upon those
who strain every resource that they
may give their all TO the sisters of
peace who care for our suffering lads
upon the bloody fields of Europe?
Shame upon you! Shame, Shame. that
you who have cleaned your hundreds
I of thousands of silver sheckels from
the industries of this county, you who
live in peace and miserly prosperity
under the banner of America, can find
but a paltry two dollars for the fund
of blessed mercy! No human scorn
can do you justice, you cur, you mon
grcl thief of a blessedneSs brought to
you only through the chain of circum-
stances. You know whom We mean!
Wen get you later on, under cirCum-
stances more favorable to an enforce
ment of law and not dictated by the
demands OF charity and then watch US
roast out your flinty heart and throw
, II TO the German dogs whom your ac
tions indicate desire to feed. You
! ought to be proud of yourself! And in
, fact. aren't you? As you look out Over
, your broad pastures, and mentally fon
die the stacks OF golden coins that
decorate your bank account. think, you
ShylOCk. of the blood that is flowing
from that boy upon the battle field OF
PiCardy, his terrible wounds unstaun
Ched, his life blood ebbing, his sacri
flee made sweet in the knowledge that
he fights for the liberty and future
happiness of mis- loved ones at home,
his suffering unsoothcd, his blood
flowing freely because you gave only
! 81 of your huge store to the people
whose facilities prevent their reaching
his side in time to save him. Isn't ii
picture that will commend you to
q God upon your death bed? Don't you
think the Saviour will hurry to your
side and gather you into his arms to
q wait you away to "A mcrCiful heaven
when your last hour has come, with
% that crime upon your metallic mind?
o You know. as well az we. as surely as
there Is a God in Heaven, that your
act will be entered in the Judgment
Book, and that you will have to ans
wcr when the roll Is called.
Spleen and criticism aside this thing
, should be stopped. Tho public may
well appreciate that we cannot openly
attack this man as We should love tc
do In this instance because first he is
not compelled to give to tho Red
I Cross If he doesn't want TO do so, and
secondly. the amount that he gives Il
+ not fixed in any manner by compul
T sorry regulations. II Is manifostly un
r just, as It appears to us. that people
/. with slender purse strings and limited
). earning capacities shall be daily open
}. ing their scanty store Of money to give
< to the very limit to those war actiyl
ties that mean final victory for th'