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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23

order to create a shortage and reap
higher prices. 1t is reported that 20
carloads were finally rushed on to the
market because the melons had be-
gun to sour.
To destroy, damage or hoard any
kind of food for the purpose of Great
ing an artificial shortage and to in
crease prices is a crime. If it is not
a statutory crime, it is an economic
crime. and it should be made a crime
by statutory enactment Every such
speculatOr should be punished, for
such acts lead to a great deal of suf-
fering, especially among the poorer
class. Dealers are emitted to derive
profit from their transactions, but
they should do so by more honorable
means. 1t is the aim of all to acquire
wealth, but the profiteer and the de-
stroyer of food products for the pur-
pose of gain, is no more honorable
than the highway robber or the man
who blows open a safe.
One curious thing about the matter
is the fact that the spectators and
profteers are the ones who are loud
est in their denunciation of the pro-
tective tariff on the ground that it in
creases the cost of commodities. 1t is
the modern variation of the thief who,
self and permit his escape, ran and
cried. stop. thief" In addition to
to draw attention from their
own profiteering. the importers who |
are guilty of that practice are seek
ng to add still more to their ill-got- !
en- gains, by putting the difference
between the present tariff and the |
possible lower rate into their own
pockets.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
OFFICIAL HONESTY.
Gos Angeles Times)


The head of the worlds greatest
mail order industry. who has been
travelling extensively says that unless
we can develop more respect for our
nublic men we can not hope to remain
in an advanced position on the honor
roll of civilization. There are thous-
ands upon thousands of citizens who
have accustomed themselves to look
ing upon their public servants as in
competent and corrupt-not some OF
Them but all How can those VINO
wish to serve with honor and zeal
hone to accomplish anything when
their motives and ability are being
assailed from all quarters?
This great merchant insists that there
is an unusually high average of pro-
bitv and competence in the public life
of America and he holds that the peo-
nile and press should be patriotic
enough to appreciate the fact 1t Is
pleasant to find an optimist in the
of our office holders.
We take pleasure in the assumption
hat a majority of those in the public
service honestly aspire to serve the
public.
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POPULlSM IN 1890.
CMissoulian. Missoula, Mont)

(MissOulian, MissOula, Month
Among old reliable's old-time con-
stituents there must be some who re-
call the rise of the populist party
more than 80 years ago and the phe-
nomenal growth of it until absorbed
by the democrats in 1896. At one
time there were three pOpulist men,
bers of the Montana legislature, sew
eral populist newspapers and at least
one governor who was more Of a
populist than a democrat, the late
Robert B. Smith
These old timers must be struck by
the parallel of the recent Minnesota
election with the uprising that swept
John J. Ingalls,, of Kansas, out of the
United States senate after a brilliant
service of Is years in that body which
was of much higher caliber than at
present.
In 1890 the Kansas farmers were in
serious distress. Their crops had fail
ed for several successive seasons and
they were mortgaged to the limit.
Along came the glittering panacea of
free silver, or an increase in coinage
that would have inflated the currency
and enabled them to pay their debts
in cheap money.
The Kansas farmers fell for it hard.
Picturesque new figures appeared in
politics Mary Ellen Lease, sock
less" Jerry Simpson and the bewhis-
kered PETER in massed formation |
drove Ingalls, from public life and took |
the control of Kansas from the re-
publican party. The populist move
ment was strikingly like the new far /
mer-labor party that is now in con- /
troll of Minnesota and elected Magnus I
johnson to the United States senate. /.
A writer recalls that in the eventful /
year of 1890. ingalls, said that if Kan
sas had had two good rains one in
April and one in May, he would have
been overwhelmingly reelected.
The difference in the Minnesota sit
iation is that while in Kansas there
vas an under production of wheat. In
Minnesota there is an Overproduetion
With a consequent very low price,
eaving the result about the same so
ar as the farmers are concerned. The
,etter the wheat crop the worse the
condition until the market is restored.
After a few years Kansas had a ,
cries of excellent crops Prosperity !
anne back to the farmers. the pOpulist /
arty blew up. PETER and Simpson ,
nd Mrs. Lease returned to obscurity
nd the farmers resumed their afiili- J.
lions with the republican party q
hat is what will happen, later. in :
though perhaps not next p
ear. =,
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FALL URGES RESTRICTION OF
IMMIGRATION.

Former Secretary of the Interior
Fan has returned from an extended
trip to Europe. Asked for his opinion
on the immigration question. Mr.. Fall
advocated even greater restrictions
against undesirables from Europe He
was convinced that there are coun-
tries in Europe, particularly Russia,
that would send us only their unfit if
permitted to do So He urged that the
selection should he done on the other
side of the water rather than at Our
own ports. The present republican
immigration law goes farther than
any of its predecessors in limiting the
admission of aliens, but it is being
constantly subjected to criticism by
those whose first consideration is not
for their country or the welfare of
American workers. 1t may not be per-
feet but it has the effect of keeping
immigration to minimum and add
hitting only those who prove them
selves fit material for future Ameri-
can citizens. It's provisions should be
frightened rather than eased.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
PRACTICAL RELIGION.
CLOS Angeles Examiner)

0os Angeles EXaminer)
Addressing representatives, of the
church and welfare organizations in
a conference at Washington, Secre-
tarv of War Weeks recently suggested
that civilization had been made less
stable bv the late war and was there
fore more in need of religion than
ever.
General Pershing said army efiiclen-
CIV requires that attention be given to
religion. He also asserted that SOL
diers quickly distinguish between
religious effort that IS pure and I'M
defled and that which merely seeks
sectarian advantage"
All this is simply to restate by the
heads of our national war service
what is abundantly evident in the
general life.
Everywhere there is demand that
religion should prove its solid worth
to men. that sectarianism should serve
simplv historical purposes for the
kindly emphasis of varying doctrine
and that all reIgionists should get to-
gether on the basis of what General
Pershing calls "a more practical APP
nlication of the fundamentals of re-
lieion TO all the affairs of men,"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23

few farmers in the western wheat belt
can CLEAN a profit from wheat under
dollar.
[ Politicians Of the jump and holler
school propose to answer this riddle
of wheat by forcing a reduction in the
freight rates. There are two ways the
rates may be brought down. one IS
by compelling the railroad companies
to accept a smaller return upon their
investments. The other Is by per
suading railroad workers 20 accept a
lower wage scale.
Neither method can be said to be
practicable. A smaller return on the
railroad investment would mean in
evitably the scrapping of oil plans for
new construction. skimping on repairs
and enfeebling of service. Cripple the
transport system and the country Is
crippled. AS for reducing railroad
wages. who is the brave soul who
would attempt it?
Cheap lands, cheap labor, cheap
transportation and a small surplus Of
wheat in the world-these would be
ideal conditions for our western wheat
growers. Looking backward. one can
see that some of these conditions have
been responsible for such good times
as the wheat belt has enjoyed. Fav
orable politics had nothing to do with
it, The farmers merely had favor
able economic conditions on their
side.
Lacking the ability to restore the
factors that create good times for
them. what can the farmers do? 1t
seems certain that only enough wheat
must be grown that will care for the
needs of the country that other crops.
less hazardous. must take its place.
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THoRoUGHNEsS.

Writing in the San Francisco Jour
nal, Charles Grant Miller expresses
some snappy ideas on the subject of
thoroughness and we think so well of
them that we are passing that article
along to readers of the Miner:
Momentum, properly directed. will
drive a tallow candle through an inch
plank
Thoroughness in q mans work viii
do even greater wonders than this
and is doing them every day
The man that is in demand in every
line of business is the man who is "all
there"
Employers pay too dearly for half
a man, even at half a price.
For it isn't a mans time at his work
that counts so much as his enthusiasm
in it. The enthusiasm is the best half
Of the man. Enthusiasm is to a man
what steam is to an engine. Neither
viii go without it,
Education. training. talents, are all
good to have But there is one thing
better because it embraces all that is
worth while in all of these-thorough |
ness.
Edison says his life motto has been
this one thing / know-electricity."
Combining himself to this one thing.
he has taken out a thousand patents.
while millions of men, knowing a lit
lie of everything and not much of
anything. accomplish next to nothing
success in any one line is the mastery
# the single thing in hand
The history of nearly every success
al man may be summed up in one
'hrase-he did one thing thoroughly.
The secret of mechanical, CONNER
ial, financial or any other pre- min-
nee is disclosed in one word-thor-
ughness. :,
The thorough man need never fear
D lose his job. His work is his own,
part of himself His employer is far
lore afraid Of losing him than he is
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
PUNISH THE sPEcULAToRs.
american Economist)

Profteering and dishonest specula
ton and manipulation is one cause of
the great spread between the prices
which the farmers receive for their
products and those which the ultim-
ate consumer pays for the same. This
is Just as true of the dealers in farm
produce as it is of the importers and
dealers in foreign merchandise, whose
outrageous profits we have from time
to time exposed.
Several years ago certain speculat-
ors bought up large quantities of pO-
tatoes which they afterwards dumped
into the Mississippi river in order to
create a shortage as an excuse for
boosting prices. Other spectators
bought entire fields Of potatoes and
let them rot in the ground, the pur-
pose being the same.
That is only one vegetable and on
ly one kind of a scheme. but it is only /
an example of a very extensive prac- |
tice. the practice of creating an artih-
,ial shortage or an apparent shortage /
IN order to unduly advance prices In
he New York World for August S.
s an account of how the spectators
rave allowed carload after carload of
to stand on the track in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
Loanino Money in India.

In India. the money lender in many
cases takes two receipts, one for the
exact amount loaned and the other
for sometimes twice the amount TIL
interest charged is usually one anna
on a rupee a month or about 61s per
cent per month. If the amount bcr-
rowed is paid back by the borrower
both of the receipts taken are return
ed to him. but if he can not pay and
the money lender has to go to court
to foreclose. he produces the receipt
for the larger amount and collects on
that basis.
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MAeNUs AND WOODROW.
CBrooklyn standard- unIonl

brooklyn Standard niOn)
It is an interesting coincidence that
Magnus johnson and Woodrow Wilson
come out the same day with hints that
perhaps we may have the same kind
of revolution in the United States as
that which occurred In Russia The
ex-president, in an Atlantic Monthly
article, asserts that the Russian rev
Olution was "the outstanding event of
its kind in our age" That seems a
safe enough statement, since it is the
only event of its kind in our age. Mr.
Wilson goes on to point out that the
Russian leaders directed their attack
against capitalism, that the discon-
tented classes everywhere are draw
ing an indictment against capitalism.
that these are doubtful and anxious
days when the road ahead seems
darxened by the shadows which por-
tend dangers. He thinks we ought to
assess the causes of distress"
Mr. Wilson, it will be observed, def
initely aligns himself with the Old
Man Gloom club. Democracy" he
asserts positively. has not yet made
the world safe against irrational rev.
olution."
His conclusion is that our civiliza-
ton can not survive materially unless
it be redeemed spiritually" That
same statement has been heard be-
fore. even from pulpits; but is it not
a grotesque putting of the cart before
the horse to hold up as the object of
religion the preservation of a material
civilization?
While Woodrow Wilson is seeing
shadows which portend and calling
upon people to fly to spiritual things
Magnus comes right out bluntly and
says we might have a soviet revolu-
ton here before you knew what was
going on" What Magnus wants is
not that people turn to spiritual things
for the purpose of enabling our civili-
cation to survive materially; he de-
mands that the federal government
tax large and successful corporations
heavily in order to give bonus to
farmers.
AS a farmer he is a member of a
capitalist class and is devoted to his
interests.
If Magnus only knew it, the soviet
revolution which occurred in Russia,
and which he thinks might occur here
before we know it, was exactly the |
of what he demands. In Rus
sia they seized the farmers crops in
order to support the Industries.
A soviet revolution in the United /
States would have as its principal en-
smy and thorn in the flesh exactly the I
class that resisted the soviet revolu- /
ion in Russia-the farmers.
Needless to say. the other class
whom the soviets have persistently /
in Russia is composed OF /
he people who sought spiritual things
md who were suspected of resisting
irrational revolution"
Revolution for retired presidents
md for senator's elect is a pleasant
opic for talk. They sort of like to
care people with it; but they them
elves would be its chief victims.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
What Constitutes a Stdteo

What constitutes state?
Not high-raised battlements or labor
ed mound.
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud with spires and tur-
rets crowned;
Not bays and broad armed ports.
Where. laughing at the shore. rich
navies ride;
Not starred and spangled courts.
Where low-browed baseness watts
perfume to pride.
MOI Men, high minded men
With powers as far above dull brutes
endowed,
In forest, brake or den.
AS beasts excel cold rocks and BRAN
bles rude:
Men who their duties know;
And know their rights and knowing,
dare maintain.
Prevent the long-aimed blow.
And crush the tyrant while they rend
the chain
These constitute a state.
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of losing his job.

of losing his job.
Education may shine now and then.
but thoroughness glows steadily al
ways. Special training may make
fine spurts ahead, but thoroughness is
the winning tortoise in the tabled
race. Talent may dazzle at times, but
thoroughness may be depended upon
all the time.
The thorough men are the solid
foundation stones of any business. The
listless, time serving. clock watching
ones are poor material, even for the
lightest superstructure.
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ADVE RsITY.
ella May ArneaI in X. c. starr

ella May Arneal in X. c. starr
In sorrow bowed the heart oft aches
to breaking.
With crosses and with losses
weighted down;
Thank God for this; both cross and
loss are transient,
Still shines somewhere the everlast
ing crown.
Grief follows grief, and yet we live
and labor
Storm follows storm, still do We
face the blast;
Divinity upholds and strengthen
ever
Gods light breaks through the dark
est shadow cast
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
COOLIDGE REVIEWS TRADITION
OF SIMPLICITY.

The simplicity of the most dis
tinguished Americans is constantly
recurring note in the history of the
United States A foreigner, scanning
any illustrated volume of the lives of
our presidents. must be struck by the
unpretentiousness of the houses in
which they were born and lived.
Among the greatest of the chief mag
istrates only two, jefferson and
Roosevelt had birthplaces above the
average Of their time and these two
presidents We're particularly distin-
guished for their democratic IDEAS
and sympathies, says the New York
Herald.
jackson. Fillmore. Lincoln and Car
field were born in log cabins William
Henry Harrison made his campaign
on the fact that the eastern end of
his house at North Bend, Ohio was
a log cabin built by an early settler
and that his table, instead of being
covered with exciting Wines" was
well supplied with the best cider"
Washington was born in print
tive Virginia farmhouse. The birth
places of the Adamses were two sim
pie houses side by side in Quincy.
Grant came into the world in a cottage
SO tiny that it had only two windows
in front. In the majority of cases the !
road to the White House has begun in
a humble spot The lesson to youth
has been valuable. 1t shows that no
barrier is so high that industry. in
tegrty and ambition can not leap it,
The tradition of the combination of I
simplicity of life with leadership has
not faded. President Harding. whose
hold upon the affections of the people /
is manifest in the remarkable display
of national mourning, made his cam
paign from the porch of a house the
like Of which may be seen in every
American village. His successor in
Office is another and even more inn
pressive exponent of simplicity in liv-
ing
Fate stands by the country's old
ideals. At time when the passion
for spending was at it's highest cir
elevated to the presidency
a citizen who, even when he was the
governor of a great state lived in a
habitation renting for SSS month !
At a time when straw votes indicated
that the popular choice for one of the ,
nominations was one of I
the richest three men in the world the ,
saw a new president take the {
oath OF Office in the fashioned
parlor Of "A modest farmhouse in Yer I
mont sworn 10y his father on the fam i
lily Bible in the light of kerosene il
lamp. +
A fever OF extravaganza has been d
burning ia the veins Of great many il
They have yearned for d
liner houses than they needed, better
clothes than their neighbors wore and =
bigger cars than they could afford To
hese the coming of an eXemplar of
thrift and modest living to the high
'st of all political Offices may have its a
meaning. To all of as 1t viii be an =,
'ther picture in American history ~,
Jew things in the school books are -,
more dramatic than the austere scene d,
n the Plymouth farmhouse when Cal o.,
in Coolidge became the thirueth b.
resident Of the United States. 81,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
Record cron Near Arotle.

Alaska has an area of about $4,000
square miles. much larger than Texas,
the largest state. It has a pOpula-
ton of about $4,000, much less than
three-quarters of that of Nevada, the
least populated state.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23
Weakness of Higher Eduea:.on.

David Starr Jordan, president EN-
eritus of Leland Stanford Junior uni
versity. said. THE bane of higher
education is the desire to substitute
system and drill for inspiration. to
develop methods and standards in the
place of intellect. The university, as
such, does not give opinions, but
means to form them"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-23

The Tibetans have week of five
days. named after iron. wood, water.
feathers and earth.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-21
KING OF GREECE
! LEAVES COUNTRY
Monarchs Ordered to Leave
Greece While Matter Is
Being Decided.

London-An agency dispatch from
Athens says that the King and Queen
are leaving for Rumania without
signing any DEGREES and that Admiral
Koundouriotis will be appointed re-
gent. 1t is reported Venizelos has
been called to form a government.
Another telegram reports that a
delegation representing the army and
navy informed Colonel Plastiras that
the officers of both services regarded
the removal of the dynasty as ma
tional necessity.
Premier Gonatas and Colonel Plas-
tiras, advices say, signed the letter
requesting the King to leave after
they had been interviewed by the mill
tary and naval delegation and by rep
resentatives Of political and other or
CARNATIONS in the provinces. All of
these urged removal of the dynasty.
Premier Gonatas also received petit
lions signed by the officers and men
Of the Athens garrison asking that
steps be taken to remove the mon
arch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-21
LIBERALS SHUN OTHER PARTY
viii Not Join Maneuvers of Brken-
head to Keep Labor Out of Control.

VIII Not Join Maneuvers of Birken-
head to Keep Labor Out of Control.
London-The Liberal party through
its leaders H. H. AsQuith and Mr..
Lloyd George, made it's position clear
with respects to the Conservative gov
eminent, or whatever other govern
ment stakes up the reins of power af-
ter the re-assembly of Parliament.
The Liberal party will form no alliance
with other parties, and will have moth
ing to do with any maneuver such as
has been suggested by Lord Birken-
head for keeping Labor out by main
tanning the Conservative government
in power.
"No letters; perfect freedom" were
the watchwords Mr.. Asquith enunciat-
ed for the guidance of the party.
Some people," Mr.. Asquith OBJ
served, seems to imagine that great
parliamentary party like ours can be
treated like a horde of mercenaries
and moved from camp to camp, back
wards and forwards at the word of
command If we understand our
business, it is we who really control
the situation"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-21
In Abraham's Day

There were always some people In
the world who shirked their work.
Far back in the days when Ur OF the
ChaIdees where Abraham lived was
fine city they had them. Perhaps be-
cause there were so many of them the
Father of the Faithful got up and
left. Not long ago men were digging
in the ruins of the old city, one of
thera tells US, searching for the foun-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-21

dation deposits of a temple. The Dig
gers came across a small box con-
tanning a statuette of the ancient
king carrying the first basket of earth
from the site, and underneath that he
found a beautifully polished but per-
fectly blank marble tablet. Upon this
should have been the history of the
building, but he could only assume
that the scribe had drawn pay for
work he never performed. Probably
no one ever knew of the rascality
until .he English explorers discov.
cred it.