The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01

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could be said then, because the main
business vas to win the war. Let
her go, Brother Hale, and if some
thing was rotten in Denmark let the
responsibility fall where it belongs.
AS a starter, the Independent says:
We have recently had access to a
pamphlet printed and published by
Mr.. w. w. Perciyal, manager of the
Elko Milling Company of this city,
which deals with certain activities of
the lately lamented Nevada STATE
Food Administration. In the very near
future we intend, with the permis-
sion of the author, to publish a few
startling excerpts from this pamphlet.
The statements contained in the book
let are supported by affidavits and
otherwise and disclose a state of af-
fairs that will make the average citi-
zen gasp with surprise and indigna-
ton. The book has been off the press
for nearly a year. No public charges
were made, but the pamphlet has been
given a fair circulation and it makes
things look rather badly for certain
food administration officials who are
presumed to be serving the people or
The United States and the state Of
Nevada.
The publication of the booklet was
designed primarily to head off a GER
tain sentiment that gained an impetus
through the Elko Mining Company
hearings conducted in Elko. The
book ~conclusively shows that any
such sentiment was snap judgment
and unfair to the company. We think,
after reading the work thoroughly,
that a majority of the thinking peo-
pie of the county will agree upon this
attitude. The country at that par
ticular time was in a state of mind
triotism. Anything that even sug-
gested an anti-government activity
was pounced upon with unthinking
alacrity and hurled back at some
supposed wrong doer who might have
been entirely in the clear il all the
facts were honestly considered. We
believe that a perusal of the booklet.
a copy of which can be secured from
the milling company upon request,
will cause a wave of indignation 10
pass among the people that will
eventually demand a full and thorough
investigation of affairs from start to
finish.
At any rate there is no excuse that
will be accepted by the people who
read the pamphlet. 1t is either true
or it isn't and we should indeed be
poor citizens did we fail to demand
that the fair name of Nevada be posi-
lively cleared of any suspicion of
muck or the persons accused of wrong
doing be taken before a bar of justice
and punished if the charges are true.
If a nation at war cannot find among
its public servants that red-blooded
patriotism and honor that has always
been Wanted as one of our American
institutions, God knows what exigency
could bring such desirable sentiment
forth. If men will suffer the patriots
of our land to be drenched in blood
the while they coin their sacrifice in
to rotten dollars, isn't it high time
that we know who those men are?
The pamphlet referred to is we'll
worth reading. Denmark seems to
have sent us a Hamlet once again.
Democratic National Chairman