The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-07-21
On This
Occasion
Just a few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

Editor Hitchcock of the Hib-
bing Daily Tribune thinks that
his town should make some
concessions to the mining COM
panies, it will be good business.
He also makes the assertion
that everyone should unite and
make it possible to get together
in the matter. At present, he
says, the business and profess
siOnal interests of the ranges
are bearing all the burden of
the fight that has developed.
The employees of the village,
town and school district of
Hibbing have announced that
they will not look with favor"
upon anyone who advocates a
cut in their compensation and
Editor Hitchcock goes on to
remark that ''the business man
is suffering a cruel cut every
day" The man on the street
says damn the mining COM
panies, let them go to -"
but it is the business men of
the village who are going into
bankruptcy.
He further states that in the
legislature last winter the
mining industry asked for a re-
duction in the per capita by
gradual steps down to $50 for
villages. It is probably some
thing of this sort that the in
dustry hopes for in the end, but
so far as Hibbing, or any other
community is concerned, the
only possible bargain at the
present time is a reduction in
the tax levy for next year"
He gives two good arguments
in the following which apply
to all the range towns and not
to Hibbing alone:
1st. The mining industry
has suffered severe losses
during the last two years, and,
in common with all other in
dustry, it is entitled to every
tax consideration that can be
given to it. We have all of us,
in every way possible, tried to
secure a Tightening of the bur-
den of expense. The legisla-
ture of Minnesota last winter
recognized this need, and a
mass of legislation was enacted
for the tax relief of various
classes. The mining industry
is entitled to the same relief, in
the present emergency, that the
rest of us ask for.
( End. If Hibbing can get
back on a cash basis at this
time by making a temporary
concession to the mining COM
panies, it will probably be good
business to do so; it will prob
ably cost more not to do so.
A meeting that turned out
to be a dud was held in Hib-
bling on the last of the month.
1t was called by the county
commissioners to talk things
over and at which meeting
nothing but personalities were
exchanged. The commissioners
who called the meeting were
grossly insulted. Billingsgate
instead of sense was spouted
by those averse to relief of any
kind for the mining interests
and soak them" seemed to be
their every idea. What was
supposed to be a meeting to
talk things over turned into a
roasting bee for the interests
with several more or less ir-
responsibles with nothing to
lose, doing the roasting.
The result of all this antip-
athy to the mining interests
will be bankruptcy for the mer-
chant and professional man
who has been cleaned to the
last nickel in giving credit to
the unemployed, unless some
thing is done to ease the situa-
ton we find ourselves in and
get-together is effected be-
tween the communities and the
mining interests upon which we
depended to build the COM
munities and upon which all
depend for maintenance. It is
nlSn r,lninIrr 70 be unnr, %hat tho