The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-17
Howe About:
Political Extravaganza
Two Books to Read
Your Job
By ED HOWE

| This truth Is that the racketeering In
| government affairs In Washington is
much more expensive and dangerous
than the racketeering of Al Cap0ne
| The charges against CapOne have new
er been proven; ne Is In jail now De
cause of special government prosecu
ton on charge of failing to pay
| shadowy income tax. but there are
official records open TO everyone 70
substantiate the charges against the
| politicians.
The Associated Press has just broad
cast the fact that a high official at
| Washington bought new $500 auto
mobile because the roof of the one al
ready provided was not high enough
| to accommodate plug hat he had pur.
chased to wear in attending official
| functions.
A nationally known magazine is ex-
| posing the extravaganza and dishon-
esty of congressman In the small items
1t includes an item of S20,OOO for bury.
| ing membe- and al added gift of
$4,000 to his relatives A senator
(named) spent $500 for tips when he
visited hunting camp where he had
no official business Two mattresses,
cook and utility boy received S70;
three cowboys received tips of $40
each. and two others SO each. With
| amazing effrontery and dishonesty. 1t
was paid out of the public taxes the
people are called upon to pay. with
so much difficulty.
And nobody seems to care much
about it. or realize that here is the
root of our present difficulty. The sys-
TEN has spread to every hamlet. where
it has paid supporters. and become an
American institution.
l lately made the statement that the
average man may educate himself by
correctly considering his own expert
ences. and reading half dozen books
A good many have written to ask what
these books are. The first is Wells
Outline of History; the second Dur
ants "Story of Philosophy" These
two will suggest the other four; as to
| supplementary reading. everyone must
be his own judge. | specially recon-
mend biography. travel; the books of
! the best men of science who write
most simply. Newspaper reading is
excellent; In the course of daily news
paper reading one gets suggestion
of everything of value In magazines
and books. and may pursue ii further.
never read anything that
does not entertain me, and recommend
that course; any reading that is a
task. or duty. is not good reading.
There never was a man satisfied
| with his wages. The man who gets
$40 day is as dissatisfied. as greatly
wronged, as much of a slave, as the
man who gets but S.. and talks as
bitterly of economic injustice And
after the workman becomes an en-
ployer, and earns $1,000 year. he says
| that but for unjust laws he would De
earning $4,000. or $4,000. as his tai
ents warrant. When a man talks of
liberty. tho rights of man. justice. ETC.,
| he is really talking about his job. and
is not to be believed under oath.
1t seems pity that as beautiful and
fruitful a country as ours undeniably
| is, should be so ruthlessly destroyed
by its Inhabitants Lately ! made an
automobile trip through my section.
The driver was an old mechanic. and
sat on the front seat with him. The
machine we were riding in had great
| possibilities when well managed and
the old driver said: II love a good
machine, and when realize how the
| automobile Is abused. it hurts my feel
| ings" feel that way about my COUP
| try.
do not care for gossip. and rejoice
| thet thousands of indiscreet persons
escape without my hearing of their in.
discretions. providing they have been
sufficiently scared TO make them more
careful and worthy in future.
Put the average man on Jury, and
be will, In seven cases out OF ten, give
an excess verdict for damages. from
mere, spiri. of deviltry; be loves to
safely exercise the power of the mob
and the outlaw. Men have never been
able to learn the Importance of tam
| ing their old savage streak; monkey
nature is still strong In them. Note
haxx fr,rx Gr1 49,
still find thrill in destruction.
The world demands certain things
of the people. and il Furnishes men as
freely as 1t Furnishes women: there is
said to be a double standard, but
there isn't.
If an agent does not expect to rob
me, why doesn't he let me alone? Why
does he take the trouble to call?
| Speaking again of the value of
books: One have just read, and put
out by one of the largest and most re
spectacle of the publishing houses.
says that among the Eskimos girls are
mature as rule at the age of six AS
soon as the first signs of maturity ap-
pear. the girl child lives with all the
men of the family: her brothers, her
father-all of them. She generally has
her first-born child between six and
eight"
This was written of the New Siberia
islands near the north pole. The book
Is recommended by famous author
and Book of the Month club.
That great publishing house should
be willing to print that girls anywhere