Show we must hand it to residents of the mining districts of arizona for patriotism the latest from the land of sheriff wheeler is the refusal of citizens of douglas co sit on a jury with a wealthy dutchman who had refused to buy liberty bonds citizens odthe of the great copper state are originating a number of worthy examples for the consideration era tion of other good americans it is not only appropriate but it is highly significant that a large proportion of the pro germans in this country are employed as butchers it seems to be the nature of the beast Is there any particular reason why the big subscriptions of the utah copper company to the liberty loans should not lie be credited to quota the company receives the great bulk of its revenue from this state spies should be court linca up and their citizenship ended by bullets those chose who express treasonable sentiments should be tried and punished but in all cases jaw should be obeyed and mob violence should be condemned that the united states shall not sink to the lawless savagery of th the germans says former president taft yes but let the government get about it if such a law be unconstitutional amend the constitution the menace is real and the delay in meeting it squarely is making it worse this is no time to play politics the management of the international smelter near tooele thoele utah is taking steps to stop petty thievery of metal there conviction and a fine of have been secured against one employee who carried away copper matte in his lunch bucket bucker and the authorities are now after the persons who purchase the metal it is a problem which calls for drastic action and purchasers should receive the same punishment as the original thieves they are no better belter than the junk dealer who encourages small boys to acts of vandalism around mining plants both problems are present always in the ore and metal industries but a stiff jail sentence often goes a long way toward mitigating the evil |