The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-11-16

A fall fashion and health note for
men states that red will be worn con-
SpicuouSly in the woods until after
the goth of November. The red is
very becoming among the green of the
swamp and while perched on stump
on the hill 1t is also a health meas
ure except to the color blind who see
in every moving object deer and un-
like Gridley of Manila Bay fame
shoot when ready, shoot anyway
whether ready or not.
1t is only a few years back when
bankers predicted utter ruin on ac-
count of the automobile. At that time
they refused to lend money for the
purchase of autos claiming that the
million then sold would send the
finances of the country to the dogs.
Henry Ford in October made LOG, 404
cars and trucks and is unable to supply
the demand. He is now manufactur-
ing at the rate of 5000 per day. The
Chevrolet company has sold more than
a million cars in 1928 and the coun-
try is buying at the rate of several
millions of the several makes year.
And, with all that, savings accounts
in the banks are increasing by leaps
and bounds The anti-proSperity how
Ter in the campaign just passed, sure
ly was a peSSimiSt or just plain pre-
Varicator.
BY using bank deposits and other
reliable data, expert StatiSticianS eSti-
mate that the aggregate income of the
people of the United States this year
will reach 1850, 100000 and that IN
1929 it will pass the hundred billion
mark. On the same basis of figuring,
per capita income this year is placed
at S8l2 and in 1929 at 1894. There
has been a steady upward slant in
both the aggregate income and the
per capita income in the last seven
years, the latter increasing from $500
in 1922 to 1912 this year. In the same
period the population of the country
has increased about 100000 1t must
be remembered that this has taken
place under the auto age referred to
and since the prominent financierS pre-
dicted the financial ruin of the coun-
try on account of the one million cars.
Sundays Pioneer Press had an in
dustrial page devoted to Ely. The arti-
Gle was finely illustrted and attracted
considerable attention. That it will be
of benefit to the city goes without say
ing. All advertising or items relating
to any particular upbuilding subject
are beneficial although some people are
of the impression that unless their
name or their personal likes or dis
likes are mentioned, no benefits will be
felt The Pioneer Press found it per-
fectly easy to say nice things about
Ely and print nice pictures. They
could not say anything else and if it
printed pictures at ALL they would be
fine ones. Ely needs take no back seat
for any other city in the northwest for
scenery or people of which to say nice
things.
1t must be admitted 'that Senator
ShipStead is some vote getter. His
victory with better than 100000 ma
jority proves it without a shadow of
a doubt. This is so far beyond any
thing else in the history of the state
that the result causes people to gasp.
Twenty years ago John A. Johnson
was reelected governor with a plur-
atty of 10000. That figure caused peo-
pie to gasp at that time. 1t was plain
ly evident that the voters wanted
ShipStead for Senator.
Apparently the amendment to grab
one-third of the gasoline tax from the
state highway fund and divide it up
among the counties of the state to be
expended on state aid roads, has been
adopted. This will take about 1,800,-
900 from the already underflnanced
trunk highway program and will Grip
pie and delay the system. One-third
of the gas tax will mean about 100
miles less paving per year and the at
tendant heavy upkeep of the 100 miles
in addition 10 other hundreds of miles.
If the Babcock program is to go ahead
as planned, more money must be
raised to make up this one-third loss
Already there is talk of raising the gas
to cents also the car tax.
The past election was radio one
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