White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-02
TRIBUTE TO
MEMORY OF THE DEAD

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II through thick and thin. and then
| GO up the back alley to buy or sell a
| drink of booze. You say YOU are 4
good American. deny that it is so.
You are a yiolator of its constitution.
Listen to ME, Mr.. Frequenter of II
House of Ill Repute; are you a good
citizen of these United States? In
| deed YOU are not, You know what
! you are doing. You are killing sixty
thousand mothers-American moth
| ers-in this country every year, for
that is the number of girls 1t takes
10 keep the thing going. You say
you are a good citizen. | deny that
it is so, You are violating the very
principles for which the soldiers OF
America died. Don't you go waving
a flag and shout for America and say
you'll stand by her through thick and
thin. You have lots of steam but no
power.
| tell you. ladies and gentlemen,
we are talking toe much about what
we as a country can and do do and
not enough of what | as a citizen am
doing.
What is il to be an American Ii
means that you. Mr.. Business Man,
should be on the level; that you
should not buy an article at s. and
sell it at $50. Ii means that you
Mr.. Politician. should not be an angel
or saint before election and then act
like the devil when they put you in.
Il mea that you, Mr.. Employer,
should not keep all the profit your
self, but share il with those who
Helped you make it. II means that
you. Mr.. Employe, should not say
you'll work eight hours a day and
when the boss is not there sit down
behind the fence for six of the eight
hours and expect full time. | hope
you see what l am driving at. We
are talking too much about we and
you and the ''other fellow and
not enough about Il" To be a good
American is lot to get W and shout
what the other fellow should do. but
do it yourself. It's to live up to
American laws. its constitution. its
principles to fight for them, not sim
ply by the use OF your vocal chords,
but rather by the use of your hands,
head, your very being. That is what
the American soldier has done. That
is why we are this day commemo-
rating his noble deeds-it was be-
cause he gave all he had. his very
life, for the land he loved.
Now some of you people no doubt
expected me to speak on the League
of Nations. the international affairs,
the shipping conditions and so forth
and so on. | am sorry to disappoint
YOU. It would be a thousand times
easier for me to do so, and perhaps
I would be a little more popular after
| get through. But l pity any man
Who trims his sails for a passing
breeze of popularity. What I believe
is that we need more practical pa
triotism. We must get down to facts
and look them in the face. Charity
begins at home. and so does house
cleaning.
| love America. i let no man go
further than myself in his praise and
love of this the best and greatest
land on earth. I'll live for her. and
if necessary I will die for her. ]
want to see her the land of the free
and the home of the brave in the
full sense of the word. l want to Gee
her stand as the model and example
for all nations OF the world, down
through the ages as she has stood for
the last century; and she can only
stand in that position by standing
fast 10 the principles on which she
was founded.
How, therefore, can we, the citi-
zens of Ely. keep this country OF ours
the great and beautiful land OF the
world? BY making this city of ours
tho best city in White Pine county.
How can we, the citizens of White
Fine county. keep this country of
ours the great and beautiful land of
the world BY making this county