The Ely miner., 1919-11-28

Accepting the T0Wnley doctrine,
the farmer and organized labor have
everything in common. Economic
, experts, however, say the two are as
opposite poles. Aided by Townley
and encouraged by the League coun-
Gil, organized labor of st. Paul, Min
neapolis, Duluth and the lesser pop
F, ulation centers are being assembled
under the banner of The Organized
Working Mems Nonpartisan League
which, with the parent organization,
the Townley League, is expected to
sweep the state politically year
hence. incidentally the League treas
Jury is being fattened, though not on
f, the basis Of SIG per. Only bloated
bond holding farmers are expected
to pay that figure. Sounds nice,
doesn't it? AS they say, sucker is
born every minute with the year 1919
no exception to the rule, still can
not conceive of the average Minneso-
,ta farmer or ruralist being listed in
that category after he once takes a
squint at his rapidly diminishing coal
pile, not to mention the bill. If af-
ter that he persists in Townley's Sin
common" stuff; well, there is no
hope. It's simply Good Night. If
ever Minnesota and especially the ru-
raj sections of the state faced a real
fuel shortage, it is this winter and
the joke of it all is that organized
labor whom Townley and his follow
ers so endearingly call Brother is re-
sponsible. With a lake port, the an
tnual tonnage of which is said to be
the largest in the world and of which
coal is large part fuel shortage
Of the present kind is akin to a
crime, yet such is the case and it is
all due to the very element that the
League farmers of the state are being
asked to take to their bosoms. Min
nesota is better than 100000 tons
short OF its average winters supply
of black diamonds and Minnesota or.
lganiZed labor, mind you, not organ
lied labor connected with the outside
coal fields, is the cause. For two
months during the summer not an
ounce Of coal was unloaded at the
Duluth docks and hard fuel destined
for that port was diverted to Can
adian and other points. Under or
ders from the Union heads, dock Ia
borers suddenly quit and for nearly
sixty days remained idle. AS to the
mems grievances, the Union officials
ialone know. The men had no knowl-
edge Of such. All they did was to
tobey orders. When unloading was
finally resumed it was at figure OF
better than 80 day with double
time for Sundays and holidays. The
latter is now part of the farmers
Increased coal bill. Some Brother
Ell?
| With Congressman Franklin Ellis
worth preparing to enter the Repub.
lican gubernatorial lists, not little
interest is being taken in his possible
successor and as result lightning
rods are up in number of the coun-
ties of the Second district. The Re-
publican nomination is the honor
sought as such is practically equiva-
lent to election. Only once has the
rock ribbed Second slipped and that
was when the late Gov. Hammond
put James T. McCleary, veteran
Republican in the discard. While it
is known that several have their eye
on the place, perhaps the most prom
inently mentioned possibility at pres
ent is A. ]. Allen Of Fairmont. Mr..
Allen, who formerly was county at
torney Of Martin county, is an un-
compromising foe of ro-Germanisn
OF every form and during the war
made the hustings ring with his ap-
peal for one hundred per cent of Am
ericanism. It got him in bad in his
county and he was compelled to re-
sign when the county commissioners
frowned on his activity to the extent
Of reducing his salary, but they could
not shut his mouth. He is said to be
whirlwind campaigner, and friends
claim that he can sweep the district.
Another possibility mentioned il