Del. Bartlett On
Brice of Gold
In answer to the announcement
that the Canadian government
has granted permission for gold
producers to sell their product on
the free market, Delegate Bart
lett sent the following letter to
Secretary of the Treasury John
W. Snyder:
Dear Mr. Secretary:
The discriminations against Am
erican miners have been particu
larly severe. Many of them were
forced to suspend operations dur
ing World War II. All of them
have been discriminated against
as inflationary pressures have
mounted. Other producers of oth
er products have met this situa
tion by increasing their selling
prices. The miner, alone, has not
been able to do so. His price is
fixed by the United States govern
ment and the government is the I
only purchaser.
Whatever the arguments might
be pro and con regarding an in
crease in the price of gold, it is ;
f difficult to understand what harm
could possibly result if the gold
miner were permitted to offer his i
product at the highest price!
available.
In terms of total numbers, gold j
miners are perhaps not an im
portant segment of the nation’s
economy. Perhaps that is one
reason why their pleas for a more
understanding attitude in their
hour of need has not met with
more sympathetic consideration. .
But in terms of a willingness to
dare, to invest capital in a ven
ture enterprise, to persevere
against great odds, to carry for
ward the pioneer American tradi
tion which has always been as
sociated with gold mining, these
people are in an especial class by
themselves. They deserve at least
the same consideration as Cana
dian miners and I respectfully
urge that they be granted it
promptly.
Sincerely yours,
E. L. Bartlett
Of all the food consumed by
American families, about one
fourth is supplied bv dairy cows.
The temperature in the earth’s
interior has been estimated at
around 9,000 degrees F.
A pessimist is one who knows
what’s going on.
Holstein Bull and Wild
Elk Battle Over Herd
NEWPORT, Ore., (/P)—A 1,000
pound elk and a 1,300-pound Hoi
sted bull fought an estimated
three hours yesterday at Gleneden
Beach, over a herd of cows.
The elk jumped a five-foot
fence to get into a pasture with
25 cows and the 1,300-pound Hol
stein bull. The faster bull elk
raised hob with the herd, but the
Holstein kept coming to the de
fense of the cows.
The sod with already torn up
and several animals bore horn
wounds when the fight was dis
covered at 8:30 a.m. The Holstein
bull was getting the worst of it,
so Walt Lemmon, Toledo, opened
the gate in an -attempt to get the
cattle to safety. The elk sighted
him and started over. Lemmon es
cape.
A crowd of more than 200 as
sembled. Finally Don Mitchell,
game commissioner from Taft,
telephoned the game commission
in Portland to get permission to
shoot the elk.
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FREE MARKET GOLD
PRICES TUMBLE
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (/P)—The
International Monetary Fund’s
decision to let each country police
its own gold sales has resulted
in falling gold prices on the
world’s free markets.
Officials estimates are that
about half of last year’s total pro
duction of more than $800,000,000
worth of gold went into free mar
ket sales or into hoarder’s vaults.
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centers since the International
Monetary Fund’s decision. In
some areas reports indicated the
“black market” tag was down to
as little as $41.75 an ounce.
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Monetary Fund gave up the fight
and left it to the conscience of
each member country to hold the
price line.
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