The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-13

that which is dead. American busi-
ness men may now resume business
not led by the kindly light of profess
sors and others.
Alice's puzzled Dormouse, at the
Mad Hatter's tea party, could not I'M
derstand his watch, that would not
keep time, although the Dormouse did
everything. He dipped the watch in
bis tea, put butter in the works. at
was the best butter" he said, "but
nothing seems to please it."
The stock exchange is something like
that matchmaking seems to please it,
either.
At first, stock broker gentlemen,
whose "Kaaba stone" is the stock tick
er, began a weird dance of joy when
they heard that NRA was dead, and
pushed up stock prices.
Then, suddenly, as the day wore on,
one broker asked another, and every
broker asked every other broker, ''How
do we know what is coming next"
And then they put the prices down.
1t is announced, but not by Mr.. Green,
head of the American Federation OF
Labor, that great strike will be called
in protest against the Supreme courts
NRA decision. Mr.. Green is too wise
to permit, If he can prevent it, strike
against the United States Supreme
ot1rf "a ehn
will, take a wiser course and work,
as organized labor has worked success
fully for generations, TO improve work
ing conditions.
Some union men know that wages,
hours and other conditions improved
in the old way are more durable than
increased pay based on political fat.
1t is necessary for some one TO pro-
vide as well as for some one to take IL.
Peddlers of tickets in the Havana
lottery send out "come-on" letters, try
ing to sell tickets to foolish Americans.
On one such letter this is printed:
"Arthur Brisbane says large sums of
buying foreign tickets"
What Arthur Brisbane has said, and
now repeats, Is that through foreign
lottery schemes Americans are swim
died out of large sums. He who in
vests in a lottery throws away his
money, adding foolishness to incapa-
city. The Havana lottery is as much
of a trap for fools as any other lot
terry.
Postmaster Farley's plan TO hasten
air mails allows a crowd of 10000 TO
see whirling autogiro drop down on
the roof and deliver mail, another au-
togiro coming to get mail bags and car
ry them away.
Mr.. Farley's plan is to have the au-
togiro fly between outlying flying fields,
where high-power, fast planes land.
and carry mail bags to the roofs OF
city post offices, saving time lost in
slow street travel.
One branch of the Standard Oil COM
aged by Mr.. Teagle, notifies 5000 OF
a bonus of per cent added to their
pay envelopes to meet the higher cost
of living.
With no sign of smoke, fame. crater
nothing to indicate an extinct vol
canO-a new and live volcano sud-
denly begins eruption In an out-of-the-
way place in Iceland. great hole
appears In the earth. flames and red
hot lava rise. No overlooking OF
neighboring farms as yet.
What would natives have thought
had this happened In earlier days,
when everybody believed that hell.
the devil and all his wickedness were
just beneath our feet and heaven just
over our heads?
Postmaster General Farley thinks OF
printing on all postage stamps. Sur
sum Corda, which means Lift up your
hearts" He sees a great summer
ahead, "a summer of content"
Gar loadings," says the postmaster
general, "are up" incomes reported By
our taxpayers "are up" more people
are buying automobiles than before"
For some, the big news is that Little,
the San Francisco golfer, has defeated
Doctor Tweddell, the British chal-
lenger.
For others, more important news Is
the killing of 800 Chinese by japanese
troops. The 300 killed are said to
have been professional bandits. The
killing of 800 armed Chinese bandits
cost the lives of only six japanese.
which sounds like efficiency.
g. King Features Syndicate Inc.