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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02

signal credit. His theories, prepos-
sessions and bent of mind ali favor
government operation. And yet, the
moment he, as a responsible men,
Der OF the Government, undertakes
to express reasoned opinion on a
concrete case he casts preference
and prejudice on the ground and
allows his unbiased practical judg-
ment to trample them under foot.
Herein lies the essential differ
ence between publicists of Senator
Ladd's stamp and the radical adj
yocates of government ownership
who end with theory as they begin
with it, and painstakingly shelter
their houses of cards from every
wind of experience and SOUND
thinking that might destroy their
pretty castles. If these people would
tell the -Simon-pure truth about
their views it would all boil down
to the fact that they are not found
ed upon economic principles. What
they really want is lower freight
rates, smaller gas and electric light
ing bills, cheaper railways tickets,
The spectacle of many purveyors of
such services only leap or two
ahead of the pursuing receiver
makes no appeal either to their de-
sires or to their judgment. They
want the best of service and they
want it for less than cost. Jones,
the taxpayer, must stand the de-
6cit."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
LEAVE CHILD LABOR TO STATES

President Coolidge refuses to sup
port the child labor amendment 20
the federal constitution, which WOULD
give Congress jurisdicuion over lab
or of all persons under l3 years
of age.
The child labor amendment ad-
vocates will try to force every Leg
stature in session this coming year
TO submit thus question to vote Of
the people.
Massachusetts and some other
states have buried the amendment
under enormous negative majorities,
taking position that it is question
for every state to deal with and ma
tional organizations of farmers and
hundreds of chambers of commerce
and bar associations ar opposing
this twentieth amendment.
The federal child labor amend
ment would create a new depart
ment at Washington with an army
of officials travelling all over the
United States and telling families
Of good American citizens how to
bring up their children and issuing
permits whether boys and girls up
Co the age of Is shall be permit
ted to labor, and under what con-
ditions.-Industrial News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
LINK IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE.

AS an entertainment and educa-
tional device, the radio is far sur
passing motion picture theaters,
dance halls or any other form of
public amusement.
A new horizon has been opened
up by radio to millions of families
living in the country, the town or
the big city, a new means of cul-
ture.
The world in its larger centers is
Offering programs of good entertain
ment and instruction to people in
their homes both by day and night,
the new marvel drawing families to-
gether.
Young and old. instead of wander
ing idly in search of diversion, can
hear an orchestra, q band, pipe
organ, a religious service or good
play, in their own home, be it III a
city, on a farm, or miles away IN
mountains or desert.
There are lectures for the serious
minded all the way from literature
to electricity and specialists give
the latest ideas in dress, dancing.
gardening or the various fields OF
scientific progress.
AS broadcasting stations are en-
larged to give better service over
wider areas, radio will give still
greater service to the nation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
DID you EVER
STOP TO THINK
! tBy E. R. Waite, Secretary Shaw
| nee, Okla, Board of Commerce.)


THAT business concerns should be
much encouraged by the much
better economic and financial
conditions that exist in the coun-
try today.
THAT now is The time to go after
business harder than ever.
THAT the important question is
how best to secure it.
THAT the best way to get business
perfection. Buy we assorted
stocks of splendid quality, and
then advertise to bring the buyers
in.
THAT we'll written advertisements,
ads that tell the story of what
they have for sale, will create
desire, which will bring custom
ers to a store.
THAT advertising is one of the
greatest factors in building bust
ness.
friends of better business. They
always render worthwhile service
to those who cooperate with
them.
THAT it is always best to try for
quick turnover of stock at a
reasonable profit than a slow
turnover at large profit.
THAT if you review in your mind
most of the business failures you
have seen you will realize that
if they had been consistent and
persistent advertisers, they would
not have failed.
GOOD ADVERTISING DOES MUCH
TO BUILD PRESTIGE FOR A
BUSINESS. 1T CREATES A
DEMAND FOR GOODS THAT
PROTECTS THE LIFE OF THE
BUSINESS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02

st. aul-800-foot municipal dock
to be constructed.
Hawley-More grain and potatoes
shipped from here this season than
from any other station in Mime
sofa divis' of Northern Pacific
railroad.
Sandstone-New opera house near
ing completion.
Duluth Movement under way for
widening pavement on Grand
avenue to eliminate accidents.
Fairmont- State road graded from
this place to Iowa state line.
st James-81 miles of highway inn
proved in Watonwan county this
year.
Duluth-New $4,000 isolation hos
pital to be built.
st. James-B Building construction in
this place and vicinity during
1924 totaled $165,0O0.
Duluth-$700,000 hospital to be
built for worthy sick and helpless
poor.
Alexandria-Masonic temple to be
erected in spring.
Warren-Marshall county receives
appropriation of $29,544 for
maintenance of public schools
during 1925.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of additions
to Peter. Cooper and Timothy
Howe school buildings planned!s
Akely-Odd Fellows secure site
for new home.
st. Cloud-Work started on con-
struction of $4,000 office build
ing, to be leased by Public Ser
vice Company.
Barnesville-Plans under way for
reorganization of Citizens State
Bank.
Improved agricultural conditions
throughout Minnesota prognosti-
cate renewed farm and city build
ing operations.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. appropriated
for maintenance Of schools in
Rice county during 1925.
Warren-More than 100000 bushels
of grain marketed from this ter
ritory this season.
Neutrality-suspicious. formulating for
reconstruction of Masonic temple
recently destroyed by fire.
acknowledgements Wholesale
Supply Company of Minneapolis,
to open branch here.
Business optimism continues unbat-
ed through the northwest, with
money coming to banks in great
volume and obligations being liqui-
dated.
American factories will have pro-
duced $500, 100000 electric bulbs
during 1924, or more than f.000,-
900 every day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02

ing session. In past years some Of
them reminded US of the generous
little boy who had two apples. He
ate one and kept the other for HIM
self.
To read some of the accounts in
the city papers of the Northwest
Angle murder, one would think that
the weather up here is so cold that
the inhabitants wear two sets of red
flannel underwear and that earmuffs
are as common as ears. Oftimes we
are led to believe that in spite of
prohibition some of the city writer's
are able to get it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02

|pulsory automobile insurance"-in-
lsurance that means that "a man or
woman who Injuries some one be-
cause of his or her. carelessness
ought to hire somebody, beforehand,
to pay the damage. Compulsory
automobile liability insurance is
coming. You can't stop it."
Editor Walters is probably right.
The only thing the public must look
out for when such insurance is
established is that it be not loaded
on to the state in the form of state
fund insurance covering automobile
liability. This is the program that
has been attempted by our social
istic friends in number OF I'M
stances. There are plenty of pri-
vate automobile casualty insurance
companies whose business it Is to
furnish automobile liability insur-
ance in compliance with any law
passed by the state requiring auto
mobile drivers to provide this cover
age in the interest of public safety.
Another point to be remembered
in making auto insurance obligatory
is that only reliable and responsible
insurance companies should be con
sidered and a fair rate established
along with the insurance law. With
such an insurance law obligatory
there will be horde of irresponsible
companies brought to life for the
purpose of getting premiums and
rates will be made to get all pos
sible out of it and give nothing in
return. In addition to soaking
the autoist on premiums, che courts
will be cluttered with cases arising
out of these irresponsible companies
Both the autoist and the responsible
company should be protected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
FORD BY.PRoDUcTs.

The Ford Motor Company has de-
veloped a.by-products business which
during 1924 will bring in more than
100000. This is entirely aside
from its enormous motor vehicle
business and is the result of the
company's activities in lines gener-
ally not associated with the manu-
facture of automobiles, says j. A
hoffman, Ford agent in thus city.
The most remarkable feature
this division, however, is that near
ly $4,000,000 of the business comes
from the sales of by-products re-
claimed from waste. What the
average large manufacturer consid-
ers as waste materials, the Ford
Motor Company is not only turning
into profits but in so doing is con-
tributlng "a large measure to the
conservation of natural resources.
Production of Ford cars, trucks
and tractors has grown SO great
that the company has gradually
taken over control of sources of
raw materials in order to insure
constant production. This has lead
to the development of coal and iron
mining, logging operations, glass
manufacture and similar basic in
dustries, surplus materials from
which are dispensed through a new
department and find ready sale in
the public markets.
Coal brought into the River
Rouge plant from the Ford mines
goes into the coke ovens, yielding
coke, most of which the company
uses, and such by-products as gas,
-benzol and ammonium sulphate,
which are sold and bring in more
than s1,150,000 annually.
Stag from the blast furnaces at
River Rouge is transformed into
Portland cement at new plant
having capacity of 900 barrels a
day.
At Iron Mountain, Mich, now
the center of the company's body
parts industry, the largest wood
distillation plant in the world is re-
covering from the hardwood scrap
a number of valuable by-products.
These include charcoal, pitch, creo-
sote, ethyl acetate, refined wood
alcohol, methyl acetone and acetate
Of lime. A number of these by
products are used by the company,
but all in excess of its requirements
are sold and will bring an estimat-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
COMPETING WITH RUSSIA.

France is considering bill to
make insurance state monopoly.
The bill Is not expected to pass the
present Chamber of Deputies but it
mas strong backing.
The bill proposes simply to seize
all insurance stock at par, paying
the stockholders off out OF their
own funds in fifteen annual install
ments, taking over all the business
staff, assets and machinery without
compensation.
That ought to suit the socialists
fine and put France on a par with
Russia in the matter of financial
credit and industrial stability. Com
menting on the subject, the Insur-
Rnce Field says:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
THE PINCH HITTER.

We may all have our opinions,
our hobbies and our prejudices, but
# we cannot coordinate tn :. with
If exorabie economic laws, cherished
dreams are doomed to failure.
An article by Senator Laid OF
North Dakota, in the Saturday
evening Post of November zz,
shows the difference between fact
and theory in public affairs.
Commenting on this article which
has to do with Mussel Shoals and
which. when summed up, states that
.sueither a nation nor an individual
can rush into commercial chemistry
without risking heavy }osses, the
editor of the Saturday Evening
Post says: -, 80
"The conclusion to which TINS
line of reasoning leads is that IL
Uncle Sam desires to slip a gov
eminent harness on a public utility
he should choose sober, steady
one. some sleek and venerable
Dobb;n that is safe for an old
gentleman to drive with comfort
and pleasure, a dependable nag
that will not shy or bolt Or sud
denly 90 loco with new-fangied
IDEAS. Let the young daredeviis
of finance and industry drive the
fiery stations and the FESTIVE FLIES.
Good old Dobbin is the horse for
Uncle Sam.
"This argument cuts both ways.
If private capital is such trust
worthy pinch hitter that it alone
can be counted on to bring OF
hazardous operations with success,
If we frankly concede that any IN
dustrial problem requiring real
genius, high courage and perfect
organization for its solution can be
mastered only by non-governmentai
agencies, we are very near TO adj
hitting that Uncle Sam will be
better off riding as a passenger be-
hind. a fast horse handled by one
of these smart private daredevils
than he will be if he drives old
Dobbin with his own hands.
"Senator Ladd's concise brief
for the private development Of the
Mussel Shoals project does him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
BOOSTING NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA. PLAYGROUND.

A writer in the Open Court of
che Duluth Herald a few days ago
brought out some interesting facts
relating to the attitude OF Duluth
ians and others regarding urist
possibilities. The writer is right in
claiming that the possibilities were
forseen years ago when the Ely
Commercial Club brought to the at
tention of the outside world the
latent possibilities of the business
and when the Club also coined the
Playground of Nation" slogan.
Since that time, and up to two
years ago, the Club has been alone
IN advertising and spending money
to bring the tourist possibilities be-
fore the public. Ely was the pioneer
in the movement and yearly sent
out literature calling attention. to
this part of the state in particular
and Minnesota in general. Last
year at the Outdoor Exhibition in
Chicago, thousands of people We're
made acquainted with the outing
facilities of Northeastern Minnesota
thy the exhibit put on by Ely. The
result was that hundreds of tourists
from Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and
other states in the Union were at
tracted to this section by the ex-
hibit. This is not mere buncombe
ibut those who came this way let it
lbe known that the advertising done
lat the show was accountable for
heir being here.
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Min
|nesota organization, of which Ely is
4 member, has also done wonders in
calling the attention to Minnesota.
Since the organization of the Asso-
| ciation, Ely has always paid its
dues every year regularly at the
rate of about $500 per year. When
we said paid, we mean paid"
and not promised. The new a !
vertising scheme Of the Civic and
Commerce Association is good one
as far as can be seen and it is to
De hoped that all the members will
FALL enthusiastically into the work
besides coming across" with the
accessory kopecs carry the same
through. The writer said:
st is encouraging to note the re-
Gently begun activities of the
Northeastern Minnesota Civic asso-
.iaion in preparing to advertise the
opportunities of Northern Mime
sofa. That this interest has been
aroused at last, no doubt much
Icredit is due to the many fine edit
|orials appearing in The Herald on
! this subject, and perhaps no little
3credit may be given to the few
pioneers in an obscure corner of
Northeastern Minnesota who orig
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
CHILLY" NooNANIsMs.
lErnm the Raudette Region. J

tFrom the Baudette Region.)
Each u. s. citizen is supposed to
be worth $93.40. That means you
are entitled to it without being able
to get it. -
There is one unfailing test that
you can apply to Christmas liquor.
If it doesn't kill you it's good.
A drunken auto driver who seri-
ously injured a child recently was
given four months in Jail and fire
Of FIVE dollars. The sentence was
unjust. A four dollar fine and tive
hundred months in jail would be
about the proper dose.
Minnesota newspapers are urging
the legislature to pass law compel
ling the use of lights on all veh-
icles. Whether rr not 1T becomes a
law the wise farmer will decorate
his buggy or wagon with lights I'M
less he enjoys getting bumped into
a hospital for six months.
The latest fashion with college
BOYS is cross word shirts. The old
time lumberjacks beat them to IL by
about thirty years.
The legislature would draw lot
of friendly applause by fixing the
closing hour ofs the polls at seven,
passing the gasoline tax and adj
journing.
Some of you fellows who don't
write home any oftener than you
should would do we'll to send the
Region as Christmas present. It's
an all year round gift and it con-
tains friendly hes about you that
your folks would refuse to believe
if they read them in letters.
It is to be hoped that the members
of the legislature from the southern
part of he state will not be stingy
with Northern Minnesota at the COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02

mated the slogan, 1.-THE Playground
% Nation, long before the big
Fellows took the cue. But as
there are still many doubling
Thomases, the writer would like to
add few words of encouragement,
and perhaps little friendly criti-
cism may not be amiss.
''That the trade follows the tour
list is as true as that it follows the
flag. And what California and
Florida are doing Duluth can do,
for it has the natural advantages
that many others have not. Now
let us see, what is Duluth really do
ing?
very high circles that Duluth is not
growing as fast as it should. 1t has
also been said that the Duluth real
ors are somewhat to blame for this.
Whatever truth may be to- this, it
has been apparent for some time
past that there has been o team
work or cooperation in the develop
ment of Duluth and its vicinity.
There have been and may still be
too much s:lfishness in various in
dustries which tend to keep the
capital away instead of investing it
in progressive improvements.
IF you want to bring tourists in
to your community and expect them
to invest, you have got to show
them that you yourself have abso-
lutte confidence in the venture and
you have got to prove it with your
own investment. Duluth capital has
been lamentably lame in this re-
spect in the past. Duluth, although
reputed to be a wealthy community,
has contributed very little towards
the development of Northeastern
Minnesota as a summer "Play-
ground of a Nation" and yet it is
planning to advertise to bring the
tourists in.
"My advise would be: Create
some facilities first, lest your tour
lists will go away dissatisfied and
knocking instead of boosting. True,
the new hotel in Duluth will help
wonderfully, but this is not enough.
The writer has done some pioneer
ing in the summer tourist business
and knows from personal experience
and observation that summer re-
sorts in Northeastern Minnesota can
be made profitable if properly man.
aged and financed. Will some Du-
luth man with money take a bunch
and. thus hasten the development of
Northeastern Minnesota.
Il hope the Civic association OF
Northeastern Minnesota will be able
to bring this about and not only
this, but a better cooperation in the
city of Dull, tn itself"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
Acorn Alcohol.

Up to the present time no Industrial
use has been made Of acorns, but re-
cent experiments show that alcohol can
be made from them. Shelled aeorns
contain about 40 per cent of starch.
which can be readily saccharified and
then converted into alcohol.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
Literature a Fine Art.

Proper place to cali spade spade
is in technical, scientific or medical
work. Literature is really one Of the
fine arts, and has 100000 words to
make 1t so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
Some Hope.

The superintendent of the Sunday
school was bubbling over with en-
thusiasm at the regular attendance Of
his, pupils. Dear children" he an
nounced, "now today out of the whole
school only one of us Is absent-little
Maggie. Let us hope that she is,ill."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
REAL POINT AT ISSUE.

Editor Bert Walters Of the Reeds
burg. Wisconsin, Times, makes a
MIGHTY good suggestion as to "com-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
MINNESOTA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Observation-Disclosures.
Factory Products Formed /.
|. Only IL per cent of the Total /.
|. Domestic Exports in 1850, !.
|. Rose to 40 per cent in 1928 I.
|. and in Nine Months Ended /.
|. September, 1924, were SIS per +.
/. cent of Total Exports. Thus {.
/. Does Industry Create Employ. I.
/. ment and Steady Payrolls. Z.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
sufferInos Of Mind.

Even as the strength of the mind
surpasses that of the body, so also
the sufferlngs of the mind are more
severe than the pains of the body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-02
crecodiles, stomaehs.

African cr0codiles frequently carr.
a great assortment Of bracelets an
trinkets in their stouachs.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-29
SOLO RESTA POR
ISCUTIR EN- LA
DE HACIEN-
DA LOS TIPOS DE
CONTRIBUTION
De acueTdo con los tip0S
que Tecomienda Mr.. Haig,
eI TeS0r0 solo C0ntara
con una Tenta p0r Income
Tax de dos miII0neS
de d0IareS

Los c0ntribuyentes dc nuestra is
ia. cspeeialmente aquellos que pO-
seen grandes intereses. siguen dc
ocrca IN marcha del prOyecto de In
come-Tax con que nos obsequiara
AR. lgaig. despues dc varios meses
de estudio.
Noeotros tambicn seguimos muy
B. cerca "a curse del proyectO. =
prncuramOs enterarnOs. hasta dom
d. es possible, del. estado en- que Sc
encuenfra a. el seno dc la Coml-
sion de Hacienda de Ia Camara,
que es n ilamada informarlo.
Aver ayerigunmos que Ia discu-
sion del proyecto en 81 seno de Ia
Cornisl6n practicamente habfa ter
minado. y que - esta pasando en-
iimIio antes de- enviario a las prem
sas. para lnego sesr repArtido entire
Sos sonores delegados.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-29
Don Francisco TrigC
hG fGllecidO en-
Esp0nG

EI cable, con su laconismo acos-
tumbrado, y por clio mas impreSio-
mantle, ha traido esta capital la
sriste nueya del fa1lecimiento ocu,
rrido, en- Espafia del excelente ca
ballero y prestigioso financiero es-
panol, don Francisco Trigo Y Mo
reno, quien por muchos afios convi-
vi6 con nosotros.
Era don Francisco Trigo More
no, ell hermano mayor de nuestros
distinguidos amigos, los acreditados
comerciantes de esta plaza don Dio-
sllisio Y don Alvaro Trigo que de
tantos afectos disfrutan en- nues-
ira sociedad y en- nuestros circulos
financieros. FL caballero fallecido
fundo hace inuchos, muchos amos en-
San Juan, Ia que es hoy prestigiosa
t5rma mercantil Sobrinos de Izquier
do & Co. Sus mejores amos, su jul
ventud, plena de arrestos viriles Y
mobiles, la paso en- Puerto Rico. Aqui
compartio nuestras penas y alegrias
lucho EN- Ell campo de los negocios,
supo abrirse paso, conquisto una en-
vldiable posicion, Y ocup6 sitio pro-
minente en- nuestros cfrculos socia-
les. donde Sc impuso graeias a sus
lndiscutibles meritos y su exquisi-
TO trato social q. lie conquistaba las
fContinna en- la pag. 0)
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-29
La CapiHa del
CriStO SerG
demolida
S. |. M0nSeh0T CaTuana
ha dad0 Su c0nSentimien-
to, per0 con CiertaS
condolences
UNA CARTA Y UNA VISTA
De DON ROBERTO AL
0BlSPADO

Nuestros lectores saben, por in
formaciones que hemos publcado
anteriormente, que la Asamblea Mu-
nieipal de esta capital ha nombra-
do una comision especial para que
eatudie ell problema del trafico en-
San Juan redacte un proyecto
de ordenanza regulando el trafico
EN- nuestras GALES y avenidas. La
comision especial Ell question esta
compuesta por prestigiosos caballe-
ros de San Juan, desde hace algu-
mas semanas viene trabaiando con
gran entusiasmo en- ell desempeho de
ia mission que lie confara la Asam-
blea MunicipaL
Aver por la inanana Sc celebro
al la odcina del Alcalde otra reu-
nion, para seguir activando los tra
najos. Y Sc adoptaron importanti-
simos acuerdos.