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The Philadelphia &, Readings stockholders
and those of the Gould railroads had been espc-
cially confident SPECTATORS and they were the
first to collapse The Reading went into re-
ownership in February of 1898 and the familiar
domino train of panic set in.
Banks began failing by the scores, and by
the end Of the year IA railroads were in the
hands of receivers They included the Lake
Shore the Northern Pacific, the Union Pacific.
the Atchison, and a. road which had often sig
nailed panic by going into receivership-the
Erie. The railroads recent troubles look mild
in comparison.
BY 1894 the country was in the grip of hard
times" like those of 20 years before In Europe
indeed, the depression of the 1905 had never
fully come to an end and so it might be cor
rect to say that in America the panic Of 1893
only the panic of 1873 come back again.
America had tried to prosper too long without
Europe fully sharing
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<HHE railroads. whose excess of construction
vi had been partly responsible for the de-
preston. began to add to their mileage In
1896. and by 1907 the Western lines were again
building branches on almost the old enthuaiasm.
even though the frontier Was gone.
The steel industry entered upon the most
variable expansion OF its history.
plg iRuu production had sunk In 1874 but
~ 1eo5 4 was already On the mend end some
CoWetR~eG oH NepeA Pa0e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-25

When the depression did end, gayety
came back. Here is contemporary
sketch OF 'fhe blue ,calfs' OF the '9Os.
BY JOHN W. LOVE.
-WO years ego few shrewd young men
n decided they needed the advice of
~ people who had been through old
- fashioned hard times and so they went
to some men who were over 60. They
knew that men Of that age would have vivid
memories of period Of depression the equal
of this one and that they would recall how the
successful business men Of their youth managed
to survive the storm
The depression from which these young men
sought examples was the great business deficit
of the middle 1905. Any one who Is more than
40 is likely to have some recollection of those
days. even If it is nothing more than of the
numbers of tramps who rode the freight trains
Only the depression Of the 1905 had equaled
1t in severity, and in some respects 1t was worse.
The panic of 1893 had deepened into the
miseries of 1894, the false dawn of 1895, the
despair of 1896.
Christmas of 1896, in the big cities was an
affair of breadlines, soup kitchens and flop
houses
Finally, after nobody believed in recovery any
more, It came-in 1897 and 1898-and the
country swung into a prosperity grander and
more imperial than any We had known before.
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~HE slow but certain increase in prices
vi which began in 1896 81 the
change which prepared the business
covery. Men could lay their plans with the
certainty that the bottom of prices had been
reached, and that after their labor had been
added to the cost of what they had purchased
they would not again lose ali their efforts
At the same time a number of other things
were happening which appeared more directly
to be responsible for the revival, and which
generated great political benefit from the COIN
cidence.
One of these was the election of william Nc
Kinley and the defeat of William Jennings
Bryan and his proposal for the free coinage of
silver. The increase in the gold supply had
made Bryan and his free silver unnecessary.
but it appeared to many that Bryan'S defeat was
itself primarily responsible for the sudden i'm
provement in business.
Millions today still believe it was the victory
for Sound money in 1896 that turned the
tide in the great depression. The gold standard
achieved then and afterward prestige from
which even the events of this depression have
not shaken American opinion.
Yet it may be doubted whether the era of
Mckinley and high tariff would have been
possible had it not been for the mining indus
try of Colorado. South Africa and the Klondike
and the achievements of the metalurgists.
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staple commodities, such as wheat and cotton.
had been sinking for years, and it was not I'M
til 1897 that they began to respond to the
presence of additional gold.
The old formulas of price were working
again: The more gold there the higher
prices had to be- because they were the values
of commodities written in terms Of gold
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Assessor James Talked
At Rotary Wednesday.

DR.. John E. Thompson had charge of
the meeting of the Ely Rotary Club on
Wednesday evening as chairman of the
Community Service Committee. He
had secured the services of City Asses
sor Fred B. James who in half hour
address quoted figures showing how the
tax rate in Ely had mounted since 1913.
His talk was very educational and after
finishing several of those present bonn
barded Mr.. James with questions tend
ing towards more information on this
vital subject. He knows taxes from a
to and answered all inquiries. To
further >cinch his points he left with
the members copies of figures showing
valuations, expenditures and tax rates
for the past nineteen years.
The members of the Cloquet Club will
be here on next Wednesday for a joint
meeting. Cloquet members are royal
entertainers and they promise to bring
along their own program. The follow
ing week, joint meeting will be held
at the National Forest Lodge on the
Ely-Finland road with Two Harbors.
Arrangements for this meeting are in
the hands of George T. Ayres as chair
man of the program committee and
Barney Agnew.
The ladies of the NJ E. church
served an excellent dinner. During the
absence of B. o. Strachan, Walter
Englund led the singing.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
AUXILIARY
POPPY SALE
Very Successful Sale Con-
Quoted Under Direction of
Mrs. Rex Larson.

This years poppy sale on Saturday
conducted under the direction of Mrs.
Rex Larson and her capable committee
OF saleswomen was a most successful
event and all poppies were disposed of.
The total receipts for the sale were
$ll.87 for which those in charge thank
the people most kindly.
Those in charge of the sale and who
canvassed the city were Auxiliary men,
bers Edith Chinn, Ella Klobuchar, Sadie
Maxi, Mary Smith, Adeline Knutson,
Siiri Luthanen, Saima Alfalfa, Sarah
Norby, Anna Novak, Clara Handberg,
Myrtle Thompson, Verniece Brownell,
Isobel Thompson, Bess Santo, Jennie
Kayute, Mary Poshak, Ida Erickson,
Helen Carlson, Vera Kotchevar, Sigma
Thielman, Lillian O'Jala, Edith Ellefsen
and Gustava Gianotti.
These poppies are the handiwork Of
disabled soldiers in the hospitals who
are paid for their manufacture during
the year. They met with a ready sale
among our generous people. No price
was set for the flowers and the Auxil-
iary ladies gladly accepted anything
offered.
The proceeds of the poppy sales are
used for disqualification work among the
disabled and furnish them with little
necessities to make life more bearable.
If the ladies missed you on Saturday,
don't be discouraged. Send in a few
cents to the Auxiliary and get on the
list.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Tariff
Killed for Present.

Refusal of the senate to place. pro-
tective tariff on manganese ore has
prevented the revival of this mining
industry in Minnesota, chief source of
the manganese supply in America, ac-
cording to George H. Crosby of Duluth,
who has just returned from Washing
ton
The proposed tariff on manganese
coming from Russia, Chile and Cuba
would have placed the Minnesota ore
in competition and given work to hun
dreds of miners in this state, Mr..
Crosby points out. AS result of the
senate action, the entire issue is dead
for the present, he said:
Manganese ore is needed by the
steel industry and the Minnesota supply
can and should be used, in place of the
ore shipped into this country" MIR.
Crosby added. But we cannot COM
pete with the forced and cheap labor
of the foreign countries, and the re-
fuSal of the senate to place a tariff
on the product has prevented a general
movement to restore the industry. It
would have aided the unemployment
situation in Minnesota, as well as in
other states, where there is supply
of the ore"
Frederick Paine assistant secretary
of war, also urged the tariff as means
of restoring the industry and protecting
the nations supply of manganese ore in
the event of war. He appeared before
the senate finance committee before
the measure was later turned down by
the senate.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
EAGLE SCOUTS
WILL ATTEND
Area Executice Chase Specifies
Dates for Trail Building
Camp in Itasca Park.

Two Eagle Scouts of Headwaters
Area Council of which Ely is member,
will attend the third annual Eagle
Scout trail building camp to be con-
Quoted in Itasca Park under the auspi-
ces of region 10, Boy Scouts of America,
and the, Minnesota State Forestry de-
partment, from Aug 1, to 10, C. s.
Chase, area executive, announced Sat-
urday.
Selection of the Scouts from this
council will be made in June by George
Robinson, area commissioner, and dis
trict commissioners. Each commission
er will nominate two Eagle Scouts from
his district and the choice will be made
from the entire group.
A total of 80 outstanding Scouts in
region 10, which includes Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, eastern
Montana, and Superior, Wis.,, will at
tend the Itasca Park camp. The camp
is being conducted for the third year
to perpetuate the Itasca jamboree troop
of Northwest Boy Scouts which at
tended the international Scout jam
boree in England in 1929.
In camp, the Scouts will be occupied
with a trail building project, and will
be given courses in leadership training
and advanced Scout work. Fishing,
canoeing, swimming, and hiking will be
included in the camp program.
Forest Ranger Pat j. Bayle, Grand
Marais, has been assigned by the state
forestry department to be trail blazer
and counsellor this year. H. H. Pres
colt, ST. Paul, deputy regional execu-
tive. will have charge of the camp.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Barker, Jr., with
their daughters, Mary Lou and Jeanne,
were in the city for a visit with their
numerous friends from Duluth several
days this week. The family are about
to remove to Milwaukee from Duluth,
Mr. Barker having been transferred in
his work of acquisition land agent for
the National Forestry department to
the Wisconsin city. They were former
residents of this city.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
I'm Memortam

In loving memory of our dear father
and husband, Steve Golobich, who
passed away two years ago, June /,
1890.
Gone dear father, gone forever;
How we miss your smiling face,
But you left us to remember,
None on earth can take your place.
A happy home we once enjoyed,
How sweet the memory still;
But death has left loneliness,
The world can never fill.
Sadly missed by:
Mrs. Steve Golobich and Children
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Lee and
daughter, Elizabeth, of Northield, and
Mrs. l.. r. Lee of Madison, Minnesota,
were guests of DR.. and Mrs. J. G..
Thompson this week. Mr.. Lee made
the address at the Memorial Day eXer-
cises and he and family departed the
same day for their home while Mrs.
L. r. Lee will remain until tomorrow
on a visit with her daughter, Mrs
Thompson.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

John Snowfall" Govatos writes us
from San Benito, Texas, where he is
employed with a restaurant. He says
he likes the place and the country very
much and while the depression is also
noticeable in Texas, it is not so pro-
nounced as in the states farther north.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

The regular meeting of the M E.
Ladies Aid will be held at the Com
munity Center, Thursday, June 9th, at
2:30 o'clock. The hostesses will be Mrs.
George Anderson, Mrs. Ernest Anderson,
Mrs. Oscar Anderson and Mrs. William
Bridson.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

MIR. and Mrs E. E. Strom drove to
Virginia Wednesday to meet their
daughter, Pearl, who was returning
home after having graduated from the
nurses training course at st. Luke's
hospital at Duluth She will spend
three-weeks vacation in the city.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Dave Berg
lund, Mrs. Victor Thompson, Mrs. Anton
Moravitz, Mrs. A. j. BONNER, Mrs Matt
Spreitzer, Mrs. Ethel Carpenter, Mrs.
Ernest Jackson, Miss Della Petchel and
Mrs. Steve Habian of the w B. A..
attended the district meeting and May
festival at Hibbing on Wednesday and
Thursday.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. Florence Kurvinen of Riverside,
Duluth, spent the weekend with
friends and relatives in this city. She
returned to her Duluth home Monday
afternoon.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

George Owens accompanied by Mrs.
Owens, left on Wednesday for the
Veterans hospital at Fort Smelling.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Appreciation.

We take this means of expressing
our deepest appreciation for the many
kind acts and expressions of sympathy
during the illness and loss of our
beloved mother.
The Hanson Family.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Misses Vivian Karvala and Mae
Sletten motored over the Echo trail for
weekend visit with Walter Brown
and family of Chisholm at their Crane
Lake summer home
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John Oist and family
of Hibbing spent the weekend with
Mrs. Oist's sister, Mrs. Albin Sundholm,
and family.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Gladstone's Eloquencs

1t has been said of Gladstone, when
he was chancellor of the exchequsr,
that he could envelop prosais facts and
ngures In such mist of romance as te
carry his listeners along with the sheer
fascination of the story.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
WOULD RUN BIG CHANCE

Jones-"I see that a man fell down
stairs last week and cured himself of
rheumatism by breaking both of his
legs" Brown-"The fellow with q
sore throat would be taking an awful
chance"
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. Charles Eden arrived from
Buyck Saturday for a visit with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. H. j. Lockhart,
over the weekend
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Elaine Anderson and Miss Mary
Anderson home over the weekend
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Kocka and
children and Miss Edith Flor of st.
Cloud visited with j. M. Brown over
Memorial Day.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. M. j. Tonkin of Hibbing visited
with her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Coombe,
in this city over Memorial Day.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Biblical Fact

There are great many words In the
Bible which occur only once. Perhaps
the most important word occurring bu,
3ncs Is eternity" Isaiah 81, Is.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John Schweiger and
children of Two Harbors, spent the
week end in Ely visiting with relatives
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

of Duluth, spent Memorial Day with
Mr.. and Mrs j. A. Rothman.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Misses Mary Meden and Helen
Evonocheck motored to Duluth the
latter part of last week in company
with Mike Evonocheck.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Chinn and son,
Jerry, of Duluth, spent several days
at the Henry Chinn home last week.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. Ethel Carpenter of New York
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Matt
Spreitzer, and Mr.. Spreitzer and family.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

DR.. Sam Rosenbloom of Duluth
visited with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Rosenbloom of this city on
Saturday.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss La Rue Pearce, who teaches at
her father, Richard Pearce.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller and children
spent the weekend at Grand Rapids
with relatives.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Goldberg and
daughter of st. Paul visited in the city
this week.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Agnew and
daughter, Barnetta, spent the weekend
at Two HarborS with friends.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

DR.. Thomas Nankervis was up from
Eveleth Wednesday on a visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nankervis.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Della Petchel of Milwaukee is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest Jackson,
and family.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs James Tonkin and children of
Duluth spent Memorial Day at the j..
M. Brown home.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
WITHOUT PAIN

"You old relic of the inquisition.
thought you advertised that you ex-
tracted teeth without pain"
swell, l didn't remove the pain,
too, did !, sir?"
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. Maurice Kaner and daughter,
Betty, of Evelth, spent Sunday at the
j. L. Anderson home.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Attorney David Bourgin of Virginia
spent Saturday with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Bourgin, in this city.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Lottie Sletten left yesterday for
Rainy River, Ontario, where she is
joined by her sister for a visit at
Winnipeg.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mrs. E. L. West left Wednesday for
a visit in Duluth.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Teresa Pijut visited with friends
in the city over the weekend.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

DR.. c. j. Larson of Larson & Larson,
Bemidji, attended to the wants of
patrons eyes at the Forest hotel Sun
day.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Olga Tome underwent an ap-
pendicitis operation at the Shipman
hospital Saturday.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Mr. and Mrs. George Baribeau spent
the weekend with relatives at Eveleth.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Townsend Childers was Duluth visi-
tor several days this week.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

David Brown of Cusson was in the
city Sunday on a visit with relatives.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
Call Softened by Love

In the courting season the bluejay
sings sweet love song very differ
ent from the harsh call usually as
ISOLATED with This bird
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

John o. Maxi left Wednesday for
Baraga, Michigan, where he will visit
with relatives.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
LOCALS

Miss Mary Chimzar of Duluth visited
with her mother over Memorial Day.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
EXPECTING A LOT

Say. cabby, this change you gave
me Is dollar out of the way. Can't
you count?"
'Say. what are you expecting of the
company? A chauffeur and an ac-
c0untant, toow
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
WINTER COMFORT

Bug-Nothing like good fire these
cold winter evenings.
"Woolly Haired"
The word negro Is derived from the
Latin, niger, meaning black, and refers
to the wsolly haired races Of people.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Miss Helen Getting spent Memorial
Day with friends In Duluth
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Supervisor Zeller and Assistant Su-
pervisor Stott have returned to Ely
headquarters after spending the last
part of the week on the fire-line at the
Little Temperance River fire on the
North Shore.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03

Clarence Johnson, Joe Markovich and
William Roiko left Tuesday morning for
Two Harbors to transfer a quantity of
Forest Service road equipment which
has been sent to the Superior National
Forest for construction work on the
new Wanless Road which is being con-
structed to give access to a proposed
fire lookout tower on Wanless hill.
They expect to return to Ely the latter
part of this week.
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
FOREST NOTES

Regional Forester E. w. Tinker of the
Milwaukee Office, accompanied by w. l..
Barker, Jr., of the Duluth office, visited
Forest headquarters in this city on
Tuesday of this week after having
spent some time at the scene of the
Little Temperance River fire on the
North Shore last week. Mr.. Barker
took the opportunity to renew old
friendships in Ely, having been
stationed here for some time prior to
his transfer to Duluth.
Evening star., 1932-07-11
An Invitation Declined.

President Hoover in a retort courta-
Gus has declined Gov. Roosevelt'S invi-
tation to conference at Washington
relative to the st. Lawrence waterway
negotiations with Canada. The Gov
ernor, in a message made public stimuli
taneous with its dispatch to the White
House on Saturday suggested that he
would be glad to interrupt his vacation
cruise this week and discuss the ship
way project with Mr.. Hoover if it suit
ed the Presidents convenience and
pleasure.
In telegraphic reply from Wash
ington, Gov Roosevelt is politely but
firmly informed that the President sees
no necessity for the proposed confer
ence. Having ardently advocated for
ever ten years the great work OF COM
pleting this shipway from Duluth and
Chicago to the sea-" Mr.. Hoover points
cut with some geographical illusions
that will hardly be lest on the Governor
OF New York, Il am glad to know that
it will meet with your support
Mr.. Roosevelt's invitation to himself
to take a trip to Washington conveyed
the idea that the Federal Government
Is not pressing forward with all possible
energy in the matter of negotiations
with Canada. The Governor was told
by the State power authority that the
proportion of the shipway cost to be
iS ha
(which had prevented complete ac-
cord" To straighten this out by per-
sonal confabulaticn with the President
vas the Governors expressed desire.
Without mincing words, Mr.. Hoover
reminds Mr. Roosevelt that interna-
tional treaties, like the one required
for the St. Lawrence project, under
our Constitution fall within the sole
jurisdiction of the Federal Govern
ment" Notwithstanding this, spokes-
men designated by New York and other
States have been given ample cppor-
tunity to present their views. The
President sets forth that the negotia-
tions with Canada, Involving a score
Of intricate problems, have been under
way for nearly three years and have
now reached a hopeful stage The
Governor is assured that when an
agreement has been concluded he will
be duly advised. Meantime. the Presi-
dent affirms. with becoming emphasis,
that neither he nor Mr.. Roosevelt has
authority to enter into agreements over
purely domestic questions" affecting the
United States and Canada, such as the
disposal of the by-product Of power.
in such witching hours rs these any
exchanges between the rival candidates
for the presidency CT the United States
are bound to have political significance
read into them. Whatever Gov. Roose-
velt's motives may have been for rails
ing the St. Lawrence waterway issue at
this particular juncture, he will not be
able to deny that President Hoover has
met it astutely and in manner that
confines itself to the intrinsic merits OF
the situation.