The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-08
Howe About:
Politicians
Germany
A Near Masterpiece
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Rv ED HOWE
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book telling of the days when kings
were supreme. With few courtlers
distributed In various parts or the
country. the old king not only owned
the land, but the farmers cultivat1ng
It: If an autocrat. while out hunting,
saw pretty farm girl. he took her
home with him. Once the autocrats
engaged in war for thirty successive
years, and few of the country people
escaped becoming cannon fodder and
fertilizer.
While very indignant because of the
manner In which country people (my
class) were once treated, q friend
called. and ! expressed surprise that
in any age the people. always in the
majority. submitted to such indignity.
The caller, lawyer, replied that the
politicians of today rule the people
more absolutely than did the kings of
olden time Our modern taxes, he
said, are on a scale Of extravaganza
the old autocrats never dreamed of.
The submission of the people now.
the lawyer said, is more surprising
than the submission of old, since we
moderns have had the benefit of CEN
turtles of teaching of the relief to be
obtained by revolution.
Consumption of men for military
service in foreign wars is still in eff
feet. Lately there has been brave
talk among students and labor union
men that they will not submit again
as tamely as they did to the draft
edict of King Woodrow Wilson. but,
said my caller, the politicians have
agents and accomplices distributed in
almost every family, and the people
Of today are more helpless than were
the people of old.
Like the Russians (said my caller.
as he departed to spread poison else
where), we were given farms. but
lately these have been taken from US
by the politicians.
German seems determined to aban-
don it's new republican form of gov
eminent, and re-establish the old
monarchy. Everything creditable in
German history-and there is a great
deal-dates from the days of its diff
ferent kings, emperors and kaisers;
everything discreditable must be
charged to the reign of its Presidents
since the last monarch was chased into
Holland. Here is another idea | Of
fer the sane for what it is worth: In
the serious thinking we are now doing
because of the numerous monkey
wrenches thrown into our machinery,
the words republic" and democracy"
should be examined with more care.
The Englishman known as Lord Ma
caulay have long regarded as more
intelligent man than Gladstone. Shake
speare, or half dozen others near
the top in the English hall of fame.
Many years ago he predicted the fall
ure of democracy in the United States,
because of the politicians. Our pres
ent condition is so much like the catas-
trophe he predicted that an intelligent
American cannot read it without
shame / do not say monarchy is the
remedy, but do say democracy is not
the final word in government
I have lately read a "story" by
woman entitled: "South Moon Un-
der" It is little dirty in spots; 9TH
erwise should proclaim it master
piece equal to the best country tales
of the Scandinavians or Russians.
The book is issued by Scribner; why
this dignified publisher did not coax
the woman to cut out the filth which
weakens it, / cannot understand.
Without it, "South Moon Under"
would have had life of hundreds Of
years. The story concerns the poor
est of the Florida natives, and Pearl
Bucks stories of Chinese farmers do
not come anywhere near equaling it.
l read it with delight at a sitting, but
always regretting the author OCCASION
ally uses words in her book she GER
tainly never uses in her conversation.
Here is the best example of American
realism in years almost ruined.
| am quiet man, and not much dis
posed to run around" but confess to
being disturbed by the fate of that
quiet man whose home and family
were recently wiped out by a falling
airplane.
Altogether the deaths numbered Is
(not many are wounded in airplane
accidents).
The machine was tri-motored; that
is, it had three separate engines. 1t
has been claimed by the advocates of
progress that if two of the three en-
gines In such a machine should fail.
the pilot could safely land with one.
Three such machines fell with almost
equal loss of life within as many days.
One of them was carrying basket
ball team hurrying to another game.
Shall we keep up the speed and
slaughter. or should we slow down TO
the safety now being recommended by
God Almighty in everything else?
There was lately an earthquake in
California, resulting in thousands of
wounded or killed. and millions in
property damage. The Californians,
with the good sense which usually dis
tinguishes them. at once acknowl-
edged they had had an earthquake.
and within few days briskly and in
telligently proceeded to repair the
damage as much as they could. The
people of the nation did not display
equal intelligence when general
earthquake occurred somewhere near
1929 1.-THE exact date of the shock has
not yet been agreed upon.) A good
many refused to admit there had been
an earthquake and tried to prevent
the news getting out; they particular
ly wished that the news be kept from
those whose houses had been de-
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