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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

State politics are beginning to
warm up. julius H. Schmahl serv-
ing his sixth term as secretary CT
state is recognized as candidate for
governor on the Republican ticket.
His home town of Redwood Falls has
already launched a "Schmahl for
Governor" club. Mr.. Schmahl is a
level headed man of business and the
governorship might fall in far less
deserving hands. He is a strong
American and anti-Socialist and
anti-Townley, fact he has been
hammering home of late in his ad-
dresses at home comings and other
celebrations. The Democrats are
also getting busy and making elabo-
rate plans for capturing the state for
their party next year with, Mayor
Larry Hodgson of St. Paul as gov
ernor. Right here we will say that
Larry Ho" is force not to be be-
Titled and we will admit that he will
make a fine governor. And now
comes Senator Boylan with the news
that Victor Power of Hibbing will be
the next governor. The northern
end of the state is entitled to little
recognition and besides furnishing
the 80 per cent of the states finan-
ces should also be allowed to furnish
the proper man to handle the affairs
of state. Power is power in more
than name and should he decide to
get into the game, life would not be
one continual round of glee for the
opposing candidates. Besides those
mentioned there are dozens of others
with their ears to the ground await
ing the first rumble of the approach
ing constituents" 1t is understood
that certain political "now l am
and now l am not" tonnage taxer
named Frankson, is perfectly willing
to serve the best state in the union
as governor and it is about time for
him to PROSTATE himself before the
steel corporation and the people of
the ranges and say he has changed
his mind. Frankson slipped into the
lieutenant governorship on the Burn
quist loyalty toboggan and has
shown his nature since by abusing
the governor for the tonnage tax
veto. Several of the "red" sheets of
the state have also brought out full
tickets of ''they kept themselves and
their families out of war" heroes to
stampede the Republican party of
the state into the Townley camp. The
tickets contain many names of those
in jails of the country as traitors and
many more that should be in Jail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

Robt. M. LaFollette, Eugene Debs.
Vice president, C. A. Lindberg, w.
G. Calderwood, Kate Richards o.
Hara, E. M. Sweitzer, Chas, Edward
Russell. Governor, Thomas Van
Lear, James Monahan, Magnus John
SON. Secretary of State, w. w,
Wilcox, E. E. Lobeck, Edward Indri-
Ihus. Treasurer, C. j.. Buel, David
Morgan. Attorney General, Thos
v. Sullivan. Pronounced Socialists
predominant in the makeup and alto.
gether the ticket does not have the
appearance of an American institu.
ton especially after the happenings
of the past three years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

The Anoka Herald is of the opin-
ion that a commission should be APP
pointed to look into the matter of
the tonnage tax issue, the findings to
be presented to the 1921 session of
the legislature and suggests that the
attorney general, state treasurer,
and the governor should be named.
We feel that such commission would
be fine thing but suggest that men
not in politics be placed on the COM
mission. The subject is far too i'm
portant to be used as the wedge for
political ambitions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

If man had a fifty dollar pup he
would look after it carefully and not
let it have the run of the town day
and night. But if he has child it
is different. They are turned loose
at tender age to go where they will
and do what they please. People
wonder where the great army of
tramps, dead beats, gamblers and dis
reputable women come from. They
are terminated from the seed gath
cred in countless homes and sown
broadcast upon the streets of our
cities and towns. There the thous-
ands of children who are heading in
that direction, who, as far as care is
concerned are not given equal show
ing with valuable pup.-Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

The Park Region Echo published
at Alexandria is one of the most
rabid Nonpartisan League opponents
in the state and is amusing itself
just now in taking straw votes on
national and state candidates ac-
cording to Vance Chapman the
County Chairman" correspondent
Of the Twin Cities. The favorites as
shown by the Echo are for president
Of the United States, L. J. Frazier,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

We in other parts of the state
must admit the contention of the
Range people that. the steel trust,
which manufactures its product,
would pass the tonnage tax along to
the ultimate consumer, whereas the
small independent miners who de-
pend entirely upon selling their ore
would be directly affected.
The Range people say there is no
use killing the little fellows in order
to catch the big ones, and we are in
clined to the belief that they are
right. Especially, when We would
not succeed in catching the big ones,
but would allow them to escape the
tax which the little companies would
perforce have to pay.-Hokah Chief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31
SOCIALISM.

Socialism makes it's direct appeal
to the working classes.
It tells them that they are the salt
of the earth; that they can never do
wrong to a capitalist; that they pro-
duce all the wealth and ought to have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

''No person living is entitled to a
living who works only six hours a
day" is the statement made to the
women in attendance of the Mime
sofa League of Women Voters by
A. D. Wilson, director of the agri-
cultural extension work of the Uni
versity of Minnesota. Production
is the only means of bringing down
the high food costs" said Mr.. Wilson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

"Wooden Indian" Frankson, he of
the tonnage tax push is about due in
this section of the state telling US
how much he loves US. 1t is under
stood that he will be candidate for
governor. Get that cordwood stick
handy and use it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

The world is short about 81 ,000,-
900 tons Of coal according to the
statement of the United States Ship
ping Board. The world, as usual, is
looking to the United States to make
up the shortage. A strike of the
coal miners will add to discomfort
and increase the cost of coal to the
consumer a billion dollars this win
ter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

The Zenith City is all torn asunder
in it's social activities by the edict Of
Chief of Police Murphy that the
"shimmy" the "cheek to cheek" and
calisthenic gyrations" are barred
in dancing places. Police officers are
at all the dances and do not hesitate
to ''call' those festive Duluthians
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31
SOLDERING ON THE JOB.

soldering on the job" is an old
expression used to characterize the
fellow who "put in his time" at his
job. He was the chap who watched
the clock. He was the fellow who
idled and gossiped with his fellow
employees when the foreman's at
tention was elsewhere.
Soldering" is stealing. 1t is frit-
tering away time for which one is
paid. It is just as surely stealing as
though he who "soldiered" pilferred
the Office cash drawer of an amount
equal to the pay which he receives
for the time which he squanders.
Just now soldering" is more than
Ireprehensible.
War has caused the destruction of
great quantity of all sorts of ma
terial. War has also killed off mil
lions of workmen. The result is that
the world today faces shortage both
of materials and labor of all sorts.
This shortage cannot be overcome
except by greater production. Short
er hours and more pay get US no.
where. They simply aggravate the
trouble by reducing production and
adding to the cost thereof.
If eggs are costing sixty cents a
dozen it will not help the situation
any to have the hens lay an egg ev-
cry two days rather than every day
and to boost the price to a dollar a
dozen on account of the hens having
demanded more and better grain to
eat.
If there is shortage of shirts at
three dollars each it will not help at
all for the factories to make still few
er shirts and charge more for them.
And yet his is the very thing that
is being done in practically every
line of industry in the country.
We know man who worked hard
four years ago to earn $3.50 a day
which he received at manual labor.
One day last week we saw him
shoveling sand at $500 day. We
watched him for exactly ten min
utes. He moved nine shovels of
sand in that time. The balance of
the minutes was used in lighting his
pipe, looking aimlessly up and down
the street, talking with his fellow
workers and leaning on his shovel.
That man doubtless wonders why
it is costing him so much to live now.
If he would only realize it he him
self is the one chief reasons for the
high cost of living.
Another man whom we have
known for more than twenty years
we saw at work last Wednesday. We
watched him for ten minutes.
He put every minute of his time
at his task. His was the end of the
wagon first filled with sand. Then he
helped the slow ones.
That man is doing his share to re-
duce the high cost of living.
We saw three clerks In a store
last week. Two of them were idle,
the third was arranging the stock of
goods more neatly and trying to adj
vance the interests of the business
where she was employed. Two Gus
toners arrived. One was waited up
on promptly by the "on the job"
clerk, the other waited until one of
the idlers discovered his presence and
leisurely arrived from the back of
the store.
And a peculiar thing about the
whole situation seems to be that the
lazy worker, the clock-watcher, the
time killer and the idler cannot seem
to realize that he is hurting himself
more than he is hurting others for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

Several weeks have passed since the
memorable date at the state capitol
when member of the state tax COM
mission made some fifty-seven var
ieties of jackass of himself and
nothing has been done about it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

he can less afford to meet the rising
cost of things.
Until every worker quits Soldier
ing" whether he be on the farm, in
the factory or office, and does full
days work and more each day, there
will be no reduction in the cost of
living.-Anoka Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31
Daily Thought.

To preserve friend, three things
are necessary; to honor him present,
praise him absent, and assist him In
his necessities.-Italian Saying
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

who wiggle and squirm in the "shim-
NV or "cheek to cheek"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31
From Jelly
Covering to
Street Covering

WHEN you think of the Stand
w ard Oil Company Qndiana)
you visualize instantly gasoline,
kerosene and lubricating oil.
True, these are the three funda-
mental products of manufacture,
but the Company is proud of the
fact that its service enters your life
by many other doors.
Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
service, by keen initiative and
ceaseless effort, is able to supply
you with more than 1000 useful
products, all made from petroleum.
The humble paraffin which seals your
jelly glasses against the inroads of fer
ments, and the asphalt which covers the
streets you drive upon, are by-productS OF
petroleum, and there are hundreds of
others, all servants of your daily needs
Scores of other products each vital to some
specific industry, which in turn supplies
you with needed merchandise, are made,
wholly or in part, from portions of the
crude oil which otherwise would be waste.
Standard Oil Company (Indiana) products
are delivered by a network of stations and
distribution systems, so complete that every
hamlet of the Middle West is supplied.
Notwithstanding the wide range of Stand
ard Oil Company Qndiana) service, the
Company is constantly striving to increase
the number of useful products, and to
intensity its service, SO that it may fulfill
to the utmost its obligation as public
servant.
tandard Oil Company
(IsdisSo)
o S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-31

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-18

bers themselves do not know who
guides it. 1t calls general strikes
merely for gymnastic exercises. 1t
rules by assassination. At the time
l was there seventy-two employers and
foremen had within a few weeks been
assassinated-and not one conviction.
No witnesses would testify. They
were terrified. No juries would con-
Wet; they were terrified. They had
terrified the papers. They had told
the papers "you can't publish anything
that we do not censor" They CEN
sored one paper for publishing an Of
fetal order of the Government, fined
it 5000 pesetas, and told the owners
they would destroy the presses if
they did not pay. They did pay, but
the censorship became so absurd that
every paper there stopped publica-
ton. Now there was Bolshevism in
the making aided by Russian money,
aided by German men. There is no
question about it whatever.
Counterfeit Money
This use of Russian money brings
up an interesting subject. | do not
know how much you have seen of it
in the papers here, but the best bu-
reau of engraving and printing, the
best money factory in the world, next
to the Bureau of Printing and Engrav-
ing in Washington, was located in
Petrograd. The theory of the Boil
shcvists was that in their order of So
clety there was no place for money.
They saw it was difficult, however, to
go on without money, and so they set
to work to print so much money as to
make money useless. They went fur
ther than that. They wanted money
for their propaganda purposes in other
countries. They found no way so easy
as to make it, They have counter
fieited the pound, the franc, the mark,
the Ira, the peseta. To what extent.
/ am unable to say. That it has been
done there is no question. Some of
the English counterfeits have found
their way to England. A good many
of the English counterfeits were used
in the Near East, because they liked
the pounds better there than rubles,
and so the Bolshevists supplied the
pound.
Industry Must Be Restarted
Regarding Russia, the picture | see
is a Russia exploited by Germany, with
no one to hinder, because the Russian
leaders have been driven from the
country or exterminated there. That
opens an interesting prospect of the
future of Europe. OF course Germany
will be hampered by every possible
means that can be laid upon her.
Nothing is too severe, if it could be
wreaked upon the people who deserve
punishment. / doubt if all the German
people do deserve the punishment. l
believe it was a small minority that
led Germany into this war. ! have
been tremendously impressed with the
power of minorities. Those are two
examples, but you find examples ev-
erywhere, of what an active minority.
capable of handling propaganda, can
do, matched against the phlegmatic
majority that does not band together
and does not try to present case.
And so there is, in every country in
Europe, a'small minority today that
actually questions the justice and
right of the present capitalistic order.
There is no doubt that it welded an
influence out Of all proportion to its
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-18

lost as many men in proportion to
her population as England lost, and
she has buried herself under a crush
ing debt. My sympathy is with Italy.
An Instance of Italian Patriotism
/ believe you may be interested in
an Italian story. A good many ma
tions and good many military organ
izations think that they won the war.
Well, l can tell you of one man, just
one man, who, if he did not win the
war, saved the Allies from defeat, and
that man was an Italian, great man.
ufacturer at Genoa. His father had
been great manufacturer before him,
and he had been filled with the idea
that he would resist German penetra-
ton, that no German money should ev-
er get control in that factory, and his
two sons inherited that feeling and
were absolutely free from any Ger
man faint. When the war broke out
they offered to turn their great shops
into munition works to make guns.
They think there was still German in
fluence in the Italian Government,
but whether or not there was, they
got no orders. That did not phase
them. They got the designs of French
guns and they made two thousand
cannon-two thousand splendid field
pieces-and when that terrible defeat
came to Italy and the Italian Govern
ment fastened to them to ask them to
make guns they had two thousand
ready at once to put into the field.
But still they had difficulty in getting
further orders. At last they got or
ders, but they could not get paid. At
one time, the Italian Government
owed this sinble corporation 100000
900 lire.
The firm employed 100000 men.
They made 10000 field guns. There
may be some men here who have tried
to make guns for our army, and how
ever desperately they tried they did
not, in the months between the dec
laration of war and the finish of the
war, get very many Of them over
there, and they will appreciate what
making 10000 guns means. That is
what this one concern did. They
financed the situation in spite of not
being able to get paid. / believe that
just those two men who ran that con-
Germ, who had such patriotism, such
foresight, such enormous financial
strength, such great industrial abili-
ty as to produce these things, saved
italy from defeat, and an Italian de-
feat would have been very serious to
the Allied cause. And now Italy, I'M
der this tremendous debt, has to have
a million tons of coal month, has to
have it's cotton, has to have every
thing. This balance of necessities is
weighted way down and the balance of
its exports is high in the air. They
have little to put in. Their situation
is very serious.
BOlshevism in Spain
/ saw something of the neutral coun-
tries, too. l was in Spain. Spain has
been unframed, has prospered as she
never prospered before, and but for
a terrible canker in her heart would
be the most promising place in Eu-
rope. That canker is the labor stu
alton. There was presented at BARGE
Iona as perfect laboratory of Bolshe-
vism as you ever saw. An organiza-
tion that was the most mysterious, the
most terrifying of any organization
that / ever encountered. 1t takes in
the whole labor population there. It
is secret to the extent that the men,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-28
ADVISING CHINA SOFT JOB
From Bankrupt Country
as advisers"

Why not be an adviser to China
with a good salary? All you have to
do to get such a sinecure, according
to Ellen N. La Notes "Peking Dust"
Century, is to have your government
bring little pressure to bear on
China. In chapter of her book writ
ten in Peking, Miss La Motto says !:
'There is a quaint custom here, which,
as far as know, is unique in the his
tory Of international relations. That
is the custom Of giving advice to
China. Any country can do 1t, appar-
entity. Any country that thinks China
would be benefited by little disinter-
ested and helpful counsel can see that
she gets it-and that she pays for it,
too. Any person who wishes lucra-
tive position can get his government
to appoint him as an adviser to
China, and his government will see
to 1t that China pays him salary.
AS far as 1 know, China does not ask
for this advice; it is thrust upon her
unsought. But she must pay for the
privilege, whether she likes it or not.
So over they come, these various 'ad-
visers' from various foreign nations,
and settle down here in Peking as the
official advisers of this and that, and
draw their salaries from this bankrupt
old government. The China Year Book
for 1915 gives q list Of twenty-five such
advisers"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-28
INTERESTING ITEMS

For easy access an electric delivery
truck has folding dashboard and a
step mounted in front.
An English inventor has brought out
an automatic electric recording target
for indoor rifle shooting.
Boothbay Harbor, Me-, has minis
ter who just between times goes fish
ing. Recently one trip gave him $3.50
for his share.
1t Is believed that glass was made in
Egypt 5000 B. G. Glass windows were
introduced into England in the eighth
century.
An Englishman has adapted brick.
making machine for forming plaster
clay tamping plugs to be used fol-
blasting in mines.
Eleven employers in New York state
are emphatic in stating that women in
their plants produce more than the
men they replace.
The government Of Colombia has
authorized the organization of 8
scientific commission to make a geo
logical survey of that country.
Canada has 10000 miles of railway
or one mile to every 210 of its popula'
ton. The United States has an aver
age of one mile to every 400 Of the
population.
The postoffice at Bragville, Mass.
was closed because no one would act
as postmaster, the salary being small
and the incumbent not being permitted
to do outside work.
At the sides of the famous pitch
lake Of Trinidad the pitch is hard and
cold, but at the center it is almost con
stantly boiling. All efforts to ascer
tain the depth Of the lake have beer
unsuccessful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-28

Deposits of coal have been discoy.
cred in Iceland. and efforts will be
made to develop them.
To save life on seagoing vessels a
Frenchman has patented beds with
non-sinkable mattresses.
An electrical device has been in.
vented for measuring the heat tha,
passes up chimneys and is lost.
1t cost 100000 to bring the cleo.
tric power derived from a waterfau
ninety miles distant, to Bombay.
The frogmouth sleeps all day. and at
night, instead Of flying about in search
Of food, he sits on limb and literally
waits for the insects to come and feed
him.
A plan is apparently assured to form,
an American chamber of commerce az
Havana similar to organizations of this
kind at Paris. London and several
cities.
A Boston doughnut has been found
to have 256 calories in it, thus beating
the pretzel, which has only 1S9, accord
ing to DR.. f. G. Benedict of the nutri.
ton laboratory Of the Carnegie insti.
tute in Boston.
For home use an electrical device to
ozonize water and remove all impuri.
ties, which can be operated from q
light socket, has been invented.
In Bartlette, N. H.. an ambitious
class of nine are willing to leave home
at 5 80 in the morning and not reach
home until $40 at night for the sake
of attending high school.
In March there were fewer failures
than in any month during 26 years
which seems to be a barometer of
prosperity. The failures in the frs,
quarter of 1919 were fewer than In
any othei quarter In 3S years. which
is another evidence Of prosperity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-28
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Stop a minute and think what It
means to say that 'tGreen's August
Flower has been household remedy
all over the civilized world for more
than half a century" No higher praise
is possible and no better remedy can
be found for constipation, Intestinal
troubles. torpid liver and the depress-
ed feeling that accompanies such dis
orders. It is most valuable for In
digestion or nervous dyspepsia and
liver trouble, coming up Of food, pal.
pttation OF heart, and many other
symptoms. A few doses Of August
Flower will relieve you. It is a gentle
laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold in
all civilized countries.-Adv.