The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-11-07
SOB STUFF

Charley Mitchell edtorally in Tuesdays News Tribune
brings in detail how little some people know of the
and to the point He might farther and say that all
the wooden heads located the ranges among
the foreigners but that least has it's being Min
neapols. Mr. Mitchell says:
what would this dear old world be without sob stuff !"
everyone had be just sensible to act and talk ration
ally, if could occasionally and without rhyme
reason start the human wells of sobber nice,
clean shirt front shirt waist lot of folks would lose
half their joy in life If they could not have
to pull the plug of pathos and let forth wall they
wouldn't have any fun.
"At the recent gathering to organize voters
league Minneapolis the secretary American
izaton filled this role. She filled it full it
and her audience sat in the Stops It her part to
draw dismal picture of conditions in the iron range
country Poor old iron range, when all other factors
fail in politics. economics social welfare taxes educa-
ton, BOOZE crime graft extravaganza surplus of wealth
or any movement" of which anyone think needed
for benighted humans, the ranges furnish it.
$50 at this meeting where few Of those present knew
about conditions the ranges than did the
speaker, she pulled this which has, friend Van
diver used to say almost enough truth in it to
a rumor"
"Give the adults the iron range some beauty some
entertainment reason for being American citizens
This is home problem and woman's work. We should
make it business that these people should share
the beauty and life of the state As God made the iron
range beautiful rs years ago, but has
mace II, II Is scar the earth. There IL
win the best schools in the country but nothing is done
for the. parents In many communities there is not
flower nor tree nor place to meet There
lights in II of the schools churches, they
be used at night The children do not home from
school to the little homes without conveniences Why
should these people desire become citizens? Why
neglect the parents?
1t must have been great relief to her get this
of her system. It makes think of the white way
at Hbbng which makes the whole city light by night
hxy6 oxy.fh he
of great cties the municipality supported bands that
everywhere the ranges, the public Fairgrounds the
gardens which every miner has and the night schools
which the finest and most literally supported in all
this country
Nowhere the world are the same class of workers
better housed, with better living conditions Even this
year 100000 appropriated to build miners homes
and miner who will accept decent place in which
live, is in any other kind Nowhere else there
welfare work and nowhere wages high for common
labor and semi-skilled labor.
Of course, if person insists upon looking straight
down into WELL why that is all there is to see. So Of
the great open pit mines that 40 maybe
each and,so considerable view in county only as
big many states if that all goes see. There
only about 1000 square miles in this county and this
scar (methinks have heard that word before) the
EARTH" if all in plot would of those
miles.
But the ranges have interurban line and for few
cents miner and his family do what any city
worker and his family do get into Gods country
that is exactly it "25 years ago." The range
dent in fact has far greater advantage than this over
his city brother and sister, he take his foot hand
and in 10 or 10 minutes be out in the wds in
geous hill country at some beautiful lake.
All this talk of uplft" the ranges pure rot What
is needed there everywhere among foreign pop
uation is compulsory law to make them all learn to
read write and speak language and the ranges
night schools ready for this
The need lin AUGMENTATION good horse sense and
less pahos It not to tell these people they forget
their old country, but remember what they had there
and what they have and get here how get
keep what they have that good and worth while
get what have to give. The first step in this is to
meet them common ground Of pride in America and
not to weep with them, pity them, slobber
Them"