The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-12-09
in THE EYE OF THE CAMERA
By K. O'D.ker

Georges Clemenceau barred his
aged head at the tomb of Abra-
ham Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois,
and paid tribute to him as lone of
the greatest men that ever lived"
Here l am, a private citizen. No
more than any other who has tried
to do his duty, hoping to be not
like Lincoln, but to be SO near
like him as / can.
Let us say no more. Here, be-
fore one of the greatest men that
ever lived, all my heart goes out to
America, and the great man she
produced"
The Silver State editors mind is
not of the plastic sort easily
moulded to make it agreeable to the
fancy of every person, yet ten min
utes before reading the above it
would not have been any trouble to
have persuaded him that George
Clemenceau is an old reprobate who
should be given orders to leave this
country. But the editor now loves
Georges Clemenceaul No man can
revere the memory of Lincoln
and be very bad. He may make
errors, but take his as a whole
and he is all right.
In the death of James r. Mann,
last Thursday night, congress lost
one of its ablest members and the
Republican party an outstanding
figure, of which it had a right to
feel particularly proud. Many there
are who are of the belief that
James R. Mann was the brightest
mind in the lower house and the
most forceful. Certain it is that
his was a bright mind and his loss
is a grievous one at this particular
time, when the brain power of
congress is not of the highest volt
age.
President Harding's address to
Congress on the Merchant Marine
is one of the ablest of his public ut
serances. You car get a copy by
writing to your senator or congress
man.
1t is not enough to be "fernist."
This country will never get any
where by the help of people who
are against one thing or another.
Accomplishment depends upon peo-
pie who are for something, not
against everything. If those people
who are against ship subsidy will
ell the country what they are for,
they may do some good.
at would seem to me doubly
lumiliating," said President Hard
ng, when we own the ships and
Jail in the genius and capacity to
urn their prows toward the marts
If the world" The pending gov
,rnment aid bill is a challenge to
American enterprise. Either the
principles that it contains will be
enacted into law, or the huge gov
,rnment merchant fleet will be lost
o our flag, much to the delight of
,ur foreign competitors on the
seas.
AS the result of the refusal of
| few bricklayers to work with nom
,inion men, 10000 building trades
workers were thrown out of en-
,loyment in New York City, Mon
lay, and it is said that $4,000
more will be rendered idle, within a
month, tying up more than $780,
100000 worth Of construction work
in the metropolitan area. Building
contractors brought about the sus-
pension of activities by ordering a
lockout as a protest against the
bricklayers' refusal to work with
men outside of the union. Just
who has the right to say who shall
and who shall not work will
eventually, be learned, and until
that is definitely determined indus.
trial activity cannot be stabilized.
German potash prices, effectiv,
November 3, have increased 25I
per cent over October l, accordin!
to a radiogram received by the De
partment of Commerce from the Z
S. Commercial Attaches at Berlin
Senator Smoot is thereby thor
oughly indicated. He repeated,
asserted in the tariff debates that i
potash was placed on the free list
thereby putting the American pro
ducers out of business, the action
would be speedily followed by ex-
tortionate demands on the part of
the German potash monopoly.
During the recent political cam
paign hundreds of thousands of