The Ely miner., 1937-04-15

the handlers en-
tered the "bull barn" to lead forth
the herd, they found Helen hum
kered down on her voluminous
launches, which, under that vast
weight, spread out like cake batter
on a hot griddle. She would be
uttering shrill sobs of defiance. And
neither prodding nor honeyed words
could bulge her.
So they'd wrap chains around her
and two of her mates would hitch
on and drag her bodily, she still on
her rubbery f1anks, aboard wait
ing car. She'd quit weeping then
and wipe her snout and accept what
fate sent her.
So please don't come telling me
that the sit-down strike is a new
notion or that somebody in Europe
first thought it up. Thirty years ago
I saw my lady elephant friend, Hell
en-, putting on one, all by her four
ton self.
Taxes and More Taxes.
lust when everybody is taking
- comfort from the yodelled prom
ises of that happy optimist, Chair
man Harrison of the senate finance
committee, that the government
will be able to get by for 1887 with
out asking this congress to boost
taxes, what happens?
Why, in a most annoying way,
Governor Eccles of the federal re-
serve board keeps proclaining that,
to make treasury receipts come
anywhere near meeting treasury
disbursements throughout the year,
he's afraid it's going to be neces-
sary to raise the rates on incomes
and profits higher than ever.
And meanwhile state governors
and civic authorities scream with
agony at the bare prospect of any
reductions in Uncle Sans allot-
ments for local projects.
A balanced budget would seem to
be like Santa Claus, something
everybody talks about but nobody
ever expects to see.
Self-Determination.
FORMERLY the states jealousy
l guarded their sovereign per-
quisites. Once-but that was so
long ago many have almost forgot
ten it-they fought among them
selves one of the bloodiest civil wars
in history over the issue of states
rights.
Now we see them complacently
surrendering to federal bureaus
those ancient privileges-and may
be, after all, that's the proper thing
to do, if in centralized authority lies
the hope of preserving republican
form of government.
Still, one wonders what English
men would do under like circum-
stances, since Englishmen are fussy
about their Inheritance of self-de-
termination. Perhaps the distinc-
ton is this:
In democracies there exists the
false theory that all men are born
free and equal. So the Englishman
insists on having his freedom, which
is a concrete thing, and laughs at
the idea of equality. Whereas, the
American abandons his individual
freedom provided he may cling to
the fetish of equality.
Yankee tweedledee and British
tweedledum may be brothers under
the skin, but they have different
skin diseases.
The Parole Racket.
IT IS astonishing but seemingly
true that, of five young gang
sters recently caught red-handed in
a criminal operation, not a single
one was convict out on parole. Is
there no way to bar rank amateurs
from profession calling for prior
experience and proper background?
And can it be that the various pa
role boards over the union are not
turning loose qualified practitioners
fast enough to keep up with the de-
mand? Maybe we need self-open-
ing jails.
Those sentimentalists who abhor
the idea that chronic offender be
required to serve out his latest SEN
tence should take steps right away
to correct this thing before it goes