The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-12
WHAT OTHERS SAY !

There are 10000 Reds listed in
the United States, all individually,
collectively, solidly and reternally
against the government. As a
thrifty means of busting up this nest
of hornets we suggest that they be
collected together, parceled out to our
farmers. and compelled to till the
soil for the benefit of those who be-
lieve in law and order and American
institutions. This order should be
done under court sentence, in the
form of punishment, and mo wage
should be paid them. 1t would break
UP this organization of traitors to
the hand that feeds them, and might
eventually make decent citizens of a
few of them.-Aurora News.
Editor H. E.. Wheaton, of the
Houston County Chief, Hokah, was
awarded a verdict of one hundred
dollars in his suit against Louis and
Fred Helme, couple of stock buyers,
who met his campaign against profit
eering with personal violence upon
the editor. It may be that congress
cannot pass laws abridging the lib
erty of the press, but if the meat
trust or or the booze trust can knock
trust or the booze trust can knock
alley, and kick the daylights out of
him. and get out of it for a hundred
bucks, what do they care for law
Midway News.
Editor Olson, of the Red Wing
Daily Eagle, suggests that England
deed over Canada to the United
States in payment for the billions of
dollars England is owing this nation,
and of which there is no prospect of
Canada surely would
not object .-Mesaba News, Hibbing.
Every I. w. w. ought to be for the
tonnage tax, for it will put an end
to the iron ore industry at the earli-
est possible date-and that much OPP
portunity to work will be forever
lone away withholding Tribune.
You can not run combined presi- |
Dental and neutrality-suspicious. |
nomination campaign without litera-
ure, and literature costs money, even |
n the minor items of printing and |
distribution. So it is not surprising |
o learn from Senator Smoot that be-
ween July 1, 1916, and September |
IS, 1919, the executive department
# the government caused the print |
ng and distribution of 1,163,862
peeches. The dead weight of these
documents was 79,457 pounds, just
shade under 40 tons. Yet, after
Ill, the executives little plunge in
o campaign literature distribution
It the expense of the taxpayers was
mere fea-bite compared with what
t costs US to keep the McAdoodle
ight so shining before men that if
hey were really cropping for 1920
residential candidate, he, Mr.. Nc
Adoodle, would not be overlooked.
he treasury department and the
abroad administration combined,
nd both under McAdoodle control
nd domination, while the presidents
tile side-show was distributing its
o tons of advertising literature
rent at the job in whole-hearted,
enerous way which puts the execu-
ives puny efforts quite out of the
unning. No less than .329 tons and
ver-to be exact, 28,121 500 pounds |
of McAdoodle's literature was
rinted, addressed, mailed and del
yered, and was thus devoted to fill
,g a long-felt want of the American
eople for the real McAdoodle facts.
nd this while Mr.. Wilson's depart
tent was scattering abroad only.
9,497 pounds, or less than 40 tons!
his lavish literary distribution, be it
emembered, did not cost Mr.. Nc
doodle one red cent. The taxpayers
ooted the entire bill.Mr. McAdood-
IS moral status in this personal
terature distribution-one item of
hich was 100000 copies of
beech made by Mr.. McAdoodle him.
If at Altoona-is absolutely impec-
able so far as distribution of his own
ersonal funds is concerned. He is
a position to defy anybody living
show that he spent penny of his
vn. money in this campaign of pub
city which he so ably conducted
'om the treasury and the railroad
departments.-Daily
irginian.
We are informed that a prominent
lsiness house in Chicago prints at
lie bottom of it's stationery the warn
q, mot responsible for loss of
,ods when ordered sent by mail"
r. Burleson, it is suggested, should
he for libel or acknowledge the ap-