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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27

Growing louder, this voice finally
reached White House ears, coinci-
dentally bringing comment from
Capitalist Bernard Baruch who
chairmaned the war industries
board in 1917.
Emerging from a White House
conference, Mr.. Baruch started OBJ
servers thinking by warning that U.
S. defenses were inadequate. Though
most Americans regard defense"
as successful repulsion of North
American invasion, a broader con-
ception calls for protection of the
entire Western hemisphere. Mr..
Baruch's defense program includes:
ID immediate construction of
''two ocean navy; (2) increased
air power; 60 better equipment for
400, 900 regular soldiers and the ma
tional guard; ca subsidies to pro-
tect u. S. trade interests in South
America; (5) industrial and militia
ny mobilization law. (6) special
tax to pay for these expenses.
Though it lacks official confrma-
ton. President Roosevelt plainly ia
vors the Baruch program. The sug-
gested tax boost comes dangerously
near election time, but administra-
ton leaders minimize this political
hazard because: ID most Ameri-
cans regard democracy security
as more important than financial
security or political partisanship;
(2) a speeded-up military and naval
program, financed by special tax,
would decrease relief rolls and pos
sibly create what Germany has
been facing, an actual shortage of
labor. Thus WPA and PWA costs
could be slashed and the budget
balanced.
Var
Japan's invasion of South China
has three purposes: ID to force
withdrawal of Cantonese troops
from the Hankow battle front; (2)
to capture Canton or force that
province into an independent peace ;
(3) to cut the Hankow-Canton rail-
road over which war supplies have
travelled to sorely troubled Chinese
troops. But since China has already
established four other communities
ton lines between the outer world
and her army, the South China in
vasion becomes less important to
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek.
Far more important is the fact
that Japan has labeled herself the
No. l Far East power, invading
Great Britain's South China inter
ests and defying the British lion to
do anything about it. Canton lies a
scant rs miles from the crown col
ony of Hongkong, whose rail con-
nection with Canton has already
been broken. Since Hongkong' S
prosperity depends largely on trade
with Canton, the British have rea.
son to worry.
Closer home, U. S. officials are
also worried because most Ameri
can-Chinese trade is now routed
through Hongkong. Though u. S
trade with Hongkong has jumped
from $6,500,000 to SIS, 100000 this
year, largely because of the Cantor
gateway, total exports to China have
dropped from $40, 600, 900 to SIG, 900,
600. The American Philippines are
also suffering, since Philippine-Can
ton trade has been heavy. More
over, the U. S. will be unable tt
re-point much of its Chinese trade
through the new gateways, two O
them through Indo-China, on.
through Burma and a fourth through
Russia.
Her ambitions and confidence fat
tened by Great Britain's capitula
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
Harsh Treatment

Mabel-Every time I'm kissed
it upsets my nerves. If you were
doctor, what would you give
me?
Norman-A nervous breakdown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
No Dark Hours

Don't you find that your new
baby brightens up the house Won
derfully?"
eyes," was the answer, eve
have the light on most of the night
now"
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MONKEYSHINES

Jones seems to have realized
his ambition in being able to cut
capers in society,"
eyes; l think he's reached
apex of his career
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
Has Great Wing Stretch

The albatross has the greatest
wing expanse of the entire bird king
dom, its wings often measuring 10
to IA feet from tip to tip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
Opens the Road to More
Graft and Corruption

The thing is so cock-eyed that it
seems strange it would be given
serious thought anywhere. It opens
the road to more graft and corrup-
ton than can be measured, more
governmental pressure and regi-
mentation of people, more vote buy
ing. But my objection goes deeper.
I object, and think the plan ought
to be laughed out of the window, be-
cause it is proposing to destroy the
very reasons for establishment of
the United States as free nation.
Everyone knows that the earliest
settlers fled England because of the
oppression resulting from the class
system. Other reasons expanded the
desire for freedom, but fundamen-
tally the metivating force that
brought colonists to American
shores was the class system and the
damages done to the lower classes
and untitled persons. The current
thought, advanced by Mr.. Wallace,
will create class distinction in this
country-and no one can tell where
that will lead.
I suspect this new limb on to
which Mr.. Wallace and his crew
have climbed sprouted from the fail
ure of some of the other visionary
schemes tried by the professional
farm planners. 1t is unnecessary
for me to recount the numerous
plans that brought, first, the search
ty plan for raising prices; that
brought, next, such sweet refrains
as ''the more abundant life" and
that brought various and sundry de-
lightful outlooks. Rain clouds blew
up, however, and the schemes that
were to solve the farm problems
were like the letters in a leaky mail
box after a downpour. But always
there were checks, government
checks, and I never would blame
anyone for taking them. I believe
surely, however, that it was only
the existence of those checks that
kept the farmers from moving en-
masse upon the beautiful grounds of
the department of agriculture, de-
manding fair treatment.
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MeltS in the Mouth

American Tourist I'm London)-
Say, can you tell me what paper
this fellow Nelson's column ap-
pears in?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27

WASHINGTON. - I just cannot
help wondering what the verdict Of
history is going to be, say so years
In the future, concerning the pres
ent secretary of agriculture, Mr..
Henry A. Wallace. From current
perspective, it appears that Mr..
Wallace can get out on more limbs
way out on them-than any man
who ever has helped bungle govern
mental policies. He seems to have
penchant for jumping from fry
ing pan into the fire, as we see the
thing as of today.
This capacity for jumping here
and there has placed the head Of
the department of agriculture out on
another limb. This time, as has
been announced, Mr.. Wallace is CIV
ing serious consideration to pro-
gram that seems certain to create
new mess. Having made what ap-
pears to be a terrifcally bad job
at least that is what tens of thou
sands of farmers think-of efforts to
rehabilitate the agriculture indus
try, Mr.. Wallace is now proposing
to enter the consumers field.
He and his tUindo,U boz farmer
aides are seriously considering es-
tablishment of a tuoo-price system
in this country. That is, they are
proposing that agricultural sur
pLuSes should be sold to "ordinary''
consumers at one price and that
the same commodities should be
sold to 'IorUer income" persons at
LoiUer price. The federal goUern-
ment sUouId make up the differ
ence tUhere losses occur in the sale
of farm products to the IorUer in
come groups, swallowing that loss
as subsidy disguised under the
fine words maintaining sound
market for American producers"
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mlles
Changing World

OudnS ing "U1u
look at that girl dressed up
like man. / call it idiotic.''
Pardon me, sir, that is my
son."
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't know
you were his father"
I'm not. I'm his mother"
Patron Ito very slow waiter)-
Bring me some salad, please. And
you might just send me a post
card every now and then while
you're away.
MeltS in the Mouth
Rastus-Boy, All sho' has a fine
landlady. She saved the most ten
der part of the chicken for me
when I was late for supper last
night.
Sambo-What part was it?
Rastus-The gravy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGhESlA
r IN LIQUID OR TABLET FORM

Aims Giving
To smile into your brothers. face
is aims.
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WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-Henry L. Stoddard,
l ' one of the best of all American
political reporters, friend of more
Presidents and cabinet officers than
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-27
TinyFen1inist
Sets OneGooI
For Sufrage

tional Woman's party to the World
Woman's party, of which she be-
comes temporary chairman. It's OBJ
jective is the abolition of all legal
distinctions between men and wom-
en-, to which goal she narrowed tri-
umphant suffrage and to which she
has held it ever since. A tiny wisp
of a woman, she is the living refu-
tation of Schopenhauer's contention
that will and intelligence never go
together.
@ Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
NOT A ROSE
BY ANY NAME

On CALIFORNIA; November ballot will
be a proposal to abolish the state sales
tax, which in reality is nothing less
than proposal to establish in this state
the single tax, which lin turn) is in
reality something quite different from
what it seems.
Turning away from the proposal to
abolish the sales tax. which seems add
ed to the proposal merely as a sort of
vote-catcher, let Us examine this So
called single tax. 1t is an idea worked
out by a plausible sounding gentleman
named Henry George many years ago.
1t will, its friends declare, remove the
tax bureau from all productive enter
prise by placing all taxes on land. The
"single" tax would be tax on land.
The argument for tax on land, and
no taxes on any other form of property
or endeavor, stems from the theory that
the state should have no right to tax
what man himself has produced, but
that it has every. right to tax the land,
provided by God for the use ostensibly
of all men. In other words, land-the
source of all wealth-should also be the
source of money to support the govern
ment.
The single tax would, in effect, set
the state up as an agency to collect
certain percentage of rent from all pro-
ductive land for public uses. Money
would not be available from any other
source-eXcept from rent the state col
lected on lands which had been forfeited
to it through non-payment of the tax.
Up to this point the theory sounds
fairly plausible. But examine farther.
First consider what effect tax forfeit
ures would have. Every piece of land the
state took over for non-payment of taxes
would add that much to the tax burden
supported by the remaining, tax paying
lands. Gradually the burden would be-
come so heavy that no land could sup
port it, and all land would go into pos
session Of the state. No individual would
own land. 1t would all be publicly owned.
The state, then. would collect rent from
all this land it had acquired through
tax confiscation, and so would support
its government.
And this is a situation many intelli-
gent supporters of the single tax plan
actually want to see in operation. 1t was,
according to his own writings, the idea
behind Henry Georges single tax plan.
1t is, at least one ardent single tax
supporter has admitted to US, the situa-
ton they want to bring about in Califor-
mia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1888.
WORLD HAS WAR JITTERS,
BUT RECEIVERS, SOMEHOW

(Christian Science Monltor)
Collective iitters have been permitted
to supersede collective security in inter-
national politics. As the new week be-
gins. all Europe and much of America
awakes from a bad night. Not only re-
ports of German preparation tor vast
war maneuvers, but predictions OF coup
and the beginning of a world War-noW
branded as irreSponSible-pluS a super
StitiouS but miSinformed likening of the
fifteenth of August to the ides of March,
gave the collective mentality of millions
of mortals just the sort of material it
knows how to make a CHASTITY bedtime
story out of.
While much of the press and numer-
Gus radio reports were emphasizing the
possibilities of disaster. it was not be-
yond the powers of objective reporting
to balance the world statement with
facts which make peace as likely as war.
This the Monitors staff correspondence
from London did on Saturday. On Sum
day night the radio was transmitting
more hopeful views on Europe. By Mon
day morning, many news readers and
listeners were aware that they had let
the "jitters' distort their perspective.
For some people, not the least impor
tant discovery over the week end will be
one which they can make in their die
tionaries-that the ides of August, un-
like the ides of March, fall not on the
fifteenth but on the thirteenth, so that
part of the cause of their scare had
passed before they were aware of it.
While Czechoslovakia keeps its vigil,
and London, Paris, Rome Berlin, Tokyo
and Moscow remain aware of pitfalls
to be avoided, the news out of Europe
becomes less disconcerting. Yet have the
questions to be solved changed their
color overnight? Have the maneuvers
been called off? No. But the tendency
of mankind to frighten itself has been
exposed to itself once more.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
WHO WOULD BE FARMERS
UNDER SINGLE TAX?

Going back in the chronology of events
mentioned above to the time (Which we
hope does not ever arrive) when all taxes
except a tax on land should be abolish
ed, we are confronted with another
probability too often overlooked in argu-
ments for or against the single tax. 1t
lies in the disastrous effect such a tax
would have on the agricultural life of
the nation.
1t would cause rush from farm to
city that would triple the worries of
economists over the perennial question
of chow to keep them down on the farm"
Can you imagine a farmer, watching
his tax-free city brother profit by his
productive effort while the farmer
profits far, far less because his produc-
tive effort is closer to the soil, which is
the sole source of tax money We can't.
We rather imagine he wouldn't remain
long farmer.
The single tax may be a good idea
but not a workable one
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
WE'LL I'll
Tell
says
Bob Burns

The other day I got ahOld of
book that tells you how to be a
success and the author said that
the main rule is to concentrate
on a definite goal. Personally L
think it's better to go out in the
world with an open mind or you're
bound to miss sOmethin' a little bit
better than you figgered on findin'
in the first place.
When my cousin WaffOrd was
workin' on the Press Argus down
home, the editor sent him out in
the country where they was havin'
a big weddin' and told him to hur-
ry back from the weddin' and write
the story up. When Wafford came
back to the office and had sat
around about an hour, without
startin' to write anything, the edit
or says "Why don't you write up
that stOry?" and WaffOrd says,
"Well, there was a big gun fight
in church, the groom ran off >-th
the brides maid and the bride
jumped in the river and the we'd
din was called Off-sO there amt
nOthin' to write abOut!'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
THE END OF HIDDEN TAXES
San Rafael independently

AAOoll Ilel1dCI 1iIdC CpCllQCIIJ
Father, hardened to his fate, can grin
at the information that the $45 suit of
clothes he has somehow managed to add
to his wardrobe in defense against
threadbareneSs, has 1922 in indirect
taxes woven somewhere into its fabric.
But it might reasonably be expected that
mother will do something about the
revelation that her already revealing
dollars worth of silk hose exposes to the
trained eye of the researchers II cents
in otherwise hidden taxes
Just what madame might do is purely
a guess based upon the possibility of
arousing her to her usual energetic col
lective action upon the additional dis
cOvery that she puts her dollar hose,
tax and all, into a pair of Sc shoes that
conceal an additional SO cents in taxes.
She can't very happily sweeten the stu
alton with sugar either for 1876 per
cent of the price she paid her grocer for
the sugar was tax in one form or an
other. In none of these cases is sales tax
added.
Take the taxes on cotton ready-to-
wear items, for instance. Here is the way
a total of 1913 per cent tax is collected
From the producer of the raw material
81 per cent, from the country buyer or
importer 2.6 per cent; from the broker
OIL per cent, from the professor of raw
material 2.3 per cent, from the manufac-
turer's agent, wholesaler or jObber 05 ;;
from the retailer, % per cent. All these
are added, Of course, to the retail price
How well these fees are hidden" is
evidenced by the fact that they are found
only by computing such items as grow
er's realty taxes, gasoline tax and IL
censes on trucks used for deliveries in
various steps between producer and con-
sumner and so on, world without end.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
Fictitious Firm Name

The Undersigned does hereby GER
tify that they are conducting a,
wholesale magazine business at SIG
Euclid, Ell Centro, California, under
the fictitious firm name of
FRONT ROW NEWS co.
and that said firm is composed of
the following persons, whose names
and addresses are as follows, to-
wit:
NEWSSTAND DISTRIBUTORS, a
Corporation organized under the
laws of the State of California, To-
Gated at 1856 Glendale Blvd, Los
Angeles, California, of which Cor
poration MORRISON B. EGBERT
is the President.
Witness his hand this 10th day
of August, 1888.
MORRISON B. EGBERT,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, }
County of Los Angeles SIS.
On this 10th day of Aug, AID, 1888,
before me, E. H. Bayliss, a Notary
Public in and for said County and
State, personally appeared Morri-
son B. Egbert, known to me to be
the person whose name is sub
scribed to the within Instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
my official seal the day and year
m yofficial seal the day and year
IN this certificate first above writ
ten.
f. H. BAYLISS.
Notary Public in and for
said County and State.
(A16-23-30 S5 S6)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23

diamond, got to- coached every
Youngsters and one Of them in
the same spirit that he coached his
son.
The first time those youngsters
trounced a team of older players
young Bob's enthusiasm for base
ball scared like a rocket.
All this time, mind you, Mr.. Eel
Ter was looking ahead. In his imagi-
nation, he saw his son carrying on
in the grand old game. He drilled
him for health and strength as
we'll as skill. And there was an
other thing he didn't neglect;
training in sportsmanship, with the
result that both of them became
extremely popular.
This year young Bob is the SEN
sation pitcher of the American
league.
Many a career has been thWarted
because an unwise parent insisted
on a boy heading in the wrong di-
rection. And any direction is the
wrong direction if a boy turns for
his life work toward something he
doesn't enjoy doing.
Any of you fathers can help
your boy by following Robert Eel
lers guideposts:
/. Develop him physically.
2. Teach him the supreme i'm
portance of following a line of
work he can enjoy.
3. Train him to a sense of sports
manship and fair play.
4. Teach him that nothing but
consistent effort will carry him
through.
Emmanuel Kant, the German
philosopher, wrote a book a hun
dred and fifty years ago-a book
that startled and upset the philo-
sophie world-a book that created
tremendous impression on human
thought, a book called: "The Crit
ique Of Pure Reason"
After teaching in the University
OF Konigsberg for many years.
Kant also wrote a book on the art
Of teaching. He said this book
contained lot of excellent advice
none of which he ever applied
himself! Are you and I like that?
Do we offer lot of helpful advice
which we never follow ourselves?
DO we? 1 wonder.
The other night I appeared on
radio program in which there was
a debate. The subject was Should
wives, in this day and age, pay
alimony?"
1t was pointed out that wives
now have freedom and privileges
never before known. And that
women control 10 per cent of the
wealth of this country. Now, should
laws be passed so that wives will
be held responsible for alimony
just as men are?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
Legal Advertisement
SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
of the

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and For the County of ImperiSi
No. 1928
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
VS..
A. H. ROSS, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and George r.
Kirk. attorneys for Plaintiff.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREETINGS
TO A. H. ROSS, PANSY A. ROSS,
GEO. w. DAMRON, also known as
GEORGE w. CAMERON, FLOR
ENCE F. DAMRON, also known as
FLORENCE F.. CAMERON, his wife,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, RICHARD ROE COM
PANY, a Co-Partnership, and
JOHN DOE, as Administrator of the
Estate of RICHARD ROE, De-
ceased, Defendants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial,
State of California, within ten days
after the service on you OF this
Summons-if served within this
county; or within thirty days II
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court O.. the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this Oath day of May, 1888.
(SeaD
w. ]. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
(J21-28 J5-12-19-26 A2-9-16-23)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
of the

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and for the County of Imperial
NO. 17514
SUMMONS
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, FlalnIili.
SECURITY FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF LOS ANGELES, Etc,
Trustee. OLLIE P. HARTRANFT,
NINA P. SEWARD, MARY PAUL
IN, HERBERT M. PAULIN, HAIR
OLD D. PAULIN, GEORGE w.
PAULIN, BURTON d. WILCOX,
AGNES L. OLMSTEAD AND E.
l.. OLMSTEAD, her husband, BER-
THA M. ENTRIKIN, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton & George r.
Kirk, attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia send Greetings to SECURI-
TY-FTRST NATIONAL BANK OF
LOS ANGELES, q National Bank
ing Association, Trustee, OLLIE P.
HARTRANFT NINA p. SOWARD
MARY PAULIN, HERBERT M
PAULIN, HAROLD D. PAULIN
GEORGE w. PAULIN, BURTON d
WILCOX, AGNES l.. OLMSTEAD
AND E. L. OLMSTEAD, her hus-
band, BERTHA M. ENTRIKIN
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, and RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co-Partnership, De-
PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County OF
Imperial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on you
of this Summons-if served within
this county; or within thirty days
if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract
or it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of February
1897.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) Clerk.
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
(A16-23-30; S6-13-20-27; O4-11-18)
ONE naIAAssl>- FOR RENT
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-23

teach his son to
work instead of
play"
This man had
been a baseball
pla yer himself.
Robert Fell e +
was his name.
And his S o n S
name was Bob.
Th e f a t h e r
owned a farm.
He laid out a
gether a club of