The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
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(Released by western Newspaper Un1on.)
THREE GENERATIONS OF
FIELDS IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO has known three gen.
erations of Marshall Fields. Mar
shall Field I began life as poor
boy. BY application and ability, he
became one of the great merchants
of the world. In Chicago he created
mercantile establishment that
provided employment for hundreds
Of people. When he died, he did
not take that store or those jobs
away with him. What he had Great
ed became a part of the wealth of
the nation and it continued to pro-
duce more wealth. A part of what
he created is now the Field Mu-
scum of Natural History, which is
of interest to and enjoyed by mil
lions of people of Chicago and
throughout the world. To build and
maintain that institution provided
jobs for workers and men of sci
ence, and is a continuing aid to the
educational system of America.
What the genius of Marshall Field
I created continues to produce and
increase the wealth of the nation.
That increase erects great office
buildings and attractive apartments
in Chicago. The building and OPP
Grafton of these provide jobs and
the apartments provide homes.
The grandson of Marshall Field I,
Marshall Field III, has established
a new morning daily newspaper in
Chicago, the Chicago Sun. Its OPP
Grafton will mean the expenditure
of millions. It will provide jobs for
hundreds of people. 1t may or may
not succeed as business venture.
It is but continuation of that
wealth creation started by Marshall
Field I which has benefited the ma
ton. Should the Chicago Sun by
any chance fail, it would have dis
tributed the millions spent in the eff
fort among employees of the paper,
the newsprint producers, the ma
chinery manufacturers, and manu-
facturers in many other lines, who
have supplied material. Such mil
lions would not have been de-
stroyed.
The story of the Marshall Fields
of Chicago but illustrates the opera
ton of our American system-our
American way of life. With it we
are continually increasing the
wealth of the nation, the national
annual income, and our standard of
living. ALI of us profit by it.
WAR AND THE DENTIST
AS A YOUNG MAN in his teens,
DR.. Hal Orr adventured in the
mountains and deserts of the West.
He was one of an expedition which
followed the course of the Colorado
river through the Grand canyon,
perilous undertaking. He fought the
Spaniards in Cuba in 1898, and
Aguinaldo and his army in the
Philippines.
Between that time and Americas
entry into the World war, Orr grad
uated in dentistry and practiced in
Chicago. I knew him first about
1913. He was soldier in the AEF
in France, and when that conflict
was over, he remained in Paris to
practice his profession. He &C
quired an international reputation
and his patients came from many
countries.
Then the German army captured
Paris and DR.. Orr escaped, but left
all he had behind him in the French
capital. That "all' included home,
Office equipment, a valuable prac-
tice, money and investments. His
was one of the many successful ca
reers of Americans that fell as casu-
alties before the victorious Germans
in the capture of France. Today
DR.. Orr is again a dentist in Chi
cago, attempting to build practice.
INFORMATION
NO PEOPLE can successfully
govern themselves. No republican
form of government will stand the
test of time, unless the people know
the facts about their affairs.
People of any republic are en-
titled to full and unbiased informa-
ton about the operations of the gov
eminent for which they are respon-
sible. They should have the facts,
good or bad as they~may be, if they
are to decide governmental ques-
tons intelligently. ds
At the present time, the govern
ment is spending more than q mil
lion dollars year in disseminating
information about the operations of
government. 1t employs more than
80, 900 people, full or part time, in
the preparation and distribution OF
this information, coupled with inter-
pretations. The interpretations are
all too frequently inclined to show
the good and hide the bad in gov
eminent. All too frequently is the
taxpayer paying for misleading in
formation, instead of the facts on
which to base his own conclusions.
Too many publicity men at Wash
ington look upon their jobs as being
of a partisan nature, rather than
as purveyors of facts.
WAGGING THE DOG
THE NATIONAL Resources Plan
ming board appointed by the Presi-
dent tells us that at the close of 1941,
there are so million workers en-