HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
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Tnis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Interest In Silver
Situation Increasing
Press comment relative to the
present depressed industrial
and business situation discloses
an ever widening view that the
decline in the price of silver is
primarily responsible for ex
isting conditions of industrial
stagnation and unemployment.
Furthermore it is also appar
ent that economists and busi
ness experts are fast inclining
to the view that remonitization
of silver offers the only sound
basis for restoration of indus
trial prosperity.
Testimony given before the
Senate sub-committee headed
by Senator Pittman which has
been engaged during receni
days in holding hearings on
the Pacific Coast regarding
the causes of the decline in Or
iental trade, almost unani
mously supported the view
that the decline in the price of
' silver is the cause of our dimin
ishing exports to China, for the
leason that the Cihnese have
become so impoverished by the
silver decline that they cannot
purchase our goods. This testi
mony was offered by witness
es not associated with the sil
ver industry, as it was the pol
icy of Senator Pittmann and
his associates on the committee
not to take testimony from
those connected with the silver
industry, owing to their desire
to avoid accusations that the
committee’s investigation was
in the interest of silver.
By far the greater part of the
testimony appeared to indicate
a view that the best solution of
the China situation is for the
United States and other count
ries to loan large amounts of
silver to China for the purpose
of stabilizing the present Nat
ionalist government and bring
about the ultimate pacification
of China.
However, the view is ex
pressed in other quarters that
action of such character would
be merely palliative and the
actual world remonitization of
silver presents the only means
of permanently restoring the
purchasing power of the Ori
ental-countries, Mexico and
South American states.
Supporting the remonitiza
tion view, the Republican state
convention of Idaho recently
adopted a resolution calling
for world-wide remonitization
of the white metal and declar
ing that such action is necess
ary to restore stability in inter
national finance.
Newspapers of Spokane have
been for some time insistent in
demanding international re
form of of the monetary situ
ation and lately have been
joiaed by the Vancouver Sun.
Salt Lake Tribune and othei
journals. The Tribune recently
declared that the gold stand
ard “enslaves the entire
world.”
The Sun, in a double-column
front page -editorial, not only
favored the remonitization of
silver but-also uttered a signif
icant warning by declaring:
“If the pound sterling is not
to go the way of the French
Tanc, the German mark, and
.he Russian ruble, there is im
mediate need, there is urgent
need, for our international
bankers and so-called world
leaders to prove themselves
worthy of their responsibili
ties.”
The Sun also published an
illuminating article on the sil
ver question by P. A. O,Farrell,
noted publicist, in which he de
clared that the scuttling of sil
ver by England and Germany
in 1872 combined with the
slump in gold and the debacle
in silver destroyed the money
and purchasing power of three
fourths of the people of the
earth and that the greatest
economic crisis of history is
here as a result.
Seme Census Facts
Many interesting facts con
cerning the growth of the Unit
ed States may be drawn from
the 1930 census figures, which
rhow a population of 122,729,
615 for the 48 states and Dist
rict of Columbia. The coun
try’s outlying possessions have
approximately 15,000,000 ad
ditional persons.
In percentage of gain, Calif
ornia leads all the states with
an increase of 64 per cent,
Florida being second with 52
per cent. New York state
showed the largest gain in act
ual numbers, although its per
j centage of increase was only
j 21.
Montana is the only state to
; 'how a loss amountingsto 2 pei
| a: it. But the gain of several
i other states was very small.
Arkansas, Virginia, North Da
kota, New Hampshire, Maine,
South Carolina, Iowa, Idaho
a n d Vermont showing in
cerased population of only 5
per cent or less. The first five
| states in population remain a?
before, being in order New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio and Texas, but sixth place
i is now taken by California,
| which passed ahead of Michi
gan and Massachusetts. Ne
vada remains the smallest state
,in population, with 90,559;
Wyoming being next from the
bottom with 224,693.
j It is estimated that 60 per
! cent of the entire population of
j the United States is now urban,
' that is, living in cities and
j towns of 2,500 or more In 1920
j the urban population was only
51.4 per cent. This trend from
country to city is perhaps the
1 most significant fact disclosed
; by the 1930 census.
Just for Fun
Tree-sitting may be merely
ui indication of evolution re
vised.
A contemporary refers to Mr.
Joolidge’s daily newspaper
articles as Cal’s Calories.
The country could probably
■tand it if none of the Senator
al candidates got elected.
No labor seems quite so un-,
productive as searching foi
and removing the pins in a new
■ hilt.
No one should aspire to be
President unless he can stand
ciiticism from 123 million peo
ple.
An escaped lunatic was dis
covered playing in a St. Louis
jazz orchestra. There may
be others.
A single brand of cigarettes
now has sales of more than
two hundred million dollars a
vear. It would be advertising to
tell which one.
Congresswoman Rogers wants
pretty uniforms for our sold
iers. If there is to be no more
war we might as well make
them entirely ornamental.
It was the evening after the
night before.
“How did you find yourself
this morning?” asked one wan
participator of another.'
“Easily,” was the reply, “I
justfooked under the table and
there I was.”
WHAT’S NEW?
Electric heating pads are now
being used in brooders for
young chicks.
A new fire fighting engine,
designed especially for use
against forest fires, can be at
tached to a motorcycle like a
side car.
It is said that a recently in
vented phonograph using com
pressed air for reproducing
sounds, can be heard for more
than a mile.
A Hungarian has devised a
method of making cloth from
the fibers of string beans.
American chemists make fur
fural, a substance employed in
many products, from corn cobs.
By a new method recently
discovered in France, color
photography has been attained
by a single exposure with three
super-imposed films.
A German scientist declares
| that the tonal qualities of fam
| ous old violins were improved
| by treating the wood with rub
j her solution before varnishing.
Passenger: “Why are we so
late?”
The Porter: “Well, suh, de
train in front is behind, and wc
was behind befoh besides.”
INTERESTING NOTES
In Czechoslovakia, either
men or women who fail to vote
without an excuse, are penal
ized by fine or imprisonment.
A hotel operated in England
! provides exclusively for tramps
and gives them a new chance
in life.
Denmark offers more obstac
les to marriage and fewer to di
vorce than any other country
in Europe.
Of about 40,000 persons liv
ing in the Panama Canal Zone,
1 two-thirds are males.
Buenos Aires, capital of Ar
gentina, has celebrated the
350th anniversary of its found
ing.
There are more than a million
finger prints on file in,the De
partment of Justice at Wash
j ington.
King Boris of Bulgaria, whose
income is only $30,000 a year,
is said to be Europe’s poorest
ruler.
Sweden is said to have one of
the most highly developed tel
ephone systems in the world.
No ship can pass through the
Panama Canal after 11 p. m.
because of a shortage of pilots.
Three million new poplars \
have been planted in Italy dur
ing the past two years with a
I view to increasing the count-;
ry’s wood pulp resources.
The world’s record for a pig
eon flight is 2,100 miles from
Maine to Texas by an Army
homing pigeon.
About 1,000 square miles of
territory in Siberia which was
devastated by a huge meteor
in 1908 will be photographed
from the sir.
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Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
THE NUGGET SHOP
We have temporarily discon
tinued the local manufacture
of rubber stamps, Jbut will re
ceive orders for outside deliv
ery. Phone 82.
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