Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-27


 that the world has been mouthing in a big vague way. It has become so important a problem that no one smaller than Statesman dare touch it-and nothing smaller than a nation is proper subject for it. In short, it is so big and so important that lit tie except some deep thinking and tall talking has been done about it. AS in the case of the Singer Building, peo- ple do not look at the bricks in 1t but at the mass of it.
 During the war and right after, the world was of the opinion that wltn the signing of an armistice everyone would immediately begin Reconstruc- tion though almost everyone used the word in a different sense. Some European countries thought that lt meant making big touch on Amer ica: some Americans thought that lt meant making big loans to Europe that would finance undertakings from which they would derive large pro. fits :and lot of women thought that it meant rebuilding the houses of the peasants and distributing charity DIG turesouely. The reds, of course nave all along interpreted Reconstruction m terms of destruction.
 Few saw that it meant first of all that everyone had to get down to hard' productive work, and that loans were onlv for the purpose of putting every one back on the job of earning liv- ing.
 The cessation of hostilities found the people lined up at the tape, wait ing for the word to go, they knew not exactly where; to do something they knew not exactly what. AS this is written the world is still waiting for the word to go. The Statesmen, who are the official custodians of Recon struction have been gathered round political ouija boards, receiving mes sages from Machiavelli, Talleyrand, Metternich and Bismarck, in con scientious effort to overlook nothing that will make trouble later.
 Meanwhile the Deep Thinkers have been holding parlor sessions nightly listening to spooky Bolshevistic rap pings about the economic hereafter until between the Statesmen and the Deep Thinkers half the people have been confirmed in a belief that Recon struction is something that is going to be done for them, instead of some thing that they must do for them selves. This is of piece with ths current nonsense that is being pro. claimed by pseudo-scientists, and oth' CTS who are only pseudos, to the ef' feet that we can fathom the mysteries of the Almighty and communicate with the dead through Little Bright eyes the Indian Control.
 Little Brighteyes is a busy little person these days, for she is not only supplying the pseudos with their dats on the hereafter but she is furnishing the Deep Thinkers with their economic theories ,and large part of the pop ulation with their views on work hours, pay and profits. She is cheery little optimist, for though thu spirits who speak through her ar' hazy as to particulars they are always "very, very happy" Viewed dispas sionately the Little Brighteyes schoo of economies, as it is practically exem plified in Russia, is the logical comple ment to her spiritual activities. l has enormously increased the numbel of people lover there" who can tel us through her that they are "very very happy" and the number of peo ple over here who are very, very un happy.
 In it's present state of mind tn world will believe anything excep facts, do anything except work-an' Little Brighteyes is it's high priestess The three wise men of the ages, Solo mon, Franklin and Lincoln, speak half-forgotten language. But the, said everything that there is to sa, about Reconstruction. The worl needs not only their homely common sense but taste of Solomon's roc Children are spoiled and lot of thei elders are spelling despoiling.
 Reconstruction is a problem of in dividuals before it is one of nations of character before it is one of credits Crooked thinking begets crooke ethics and crooked business, until fin ally we have nation on the loose.
 Destruction is impersonal. States men destroy country and stand fror under. Mobs destroy city and mel away. Reconstruction is persona Not Statesmen, nor mobs, will recon struct the world, but the individua When enough men think right as ir dividuals cities, states and countrie will begin to think right. In the yer act of preparing for it Reconstructio will be accomplished.
 The world was not made in da and it will not be made over in on' except for the worse. Reconstructio is a long hard, personal job. Soor CT or later it must be taken in hand and the later the harder. Whethe