HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
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A Regrettable Decision
The announcement from
Washington that President
Hoover will likely dismiss with
out action the recent Senate
suggestion for an international
conference on the world silver
situation will be distinctly dis
appointing to all who hoped
that the United States govern
ment would be the first to
make a definite move toward
the rehabilitation of silver.
As indicated in the press re
ports, the president’s advisors
fear that in calling a silver
conference, Mr. Hoover may
place the United States in the
position of opening “what
may be a Pandora’s box of in
ternational problems, including
the British policy in India.
The main reason for the pres
idential reluctance, we be
lieve, is expressed in the lat
ter part of the sentence and,
reduced to plain terms, means
that the president does not
intend to do anything regard
ing silver which may offend
Britain, who is by all accounts
the only nation which might
possibly resent an attempt by
this government to restore the
white metal. It has been re
peatedly charged that British
policy in India is primarily re
sponsible for the present plight
of silver. This is the opinion
of not only American and oth
er economists and investigat
ors but of preeminent British
financiers as well. So uni
versal is the sentiment that
there appears little doubt that
it is true. A desire to place
India on a gold basis is ascrib
ed as the reason for Britain’s
action in dumping millions of
Indian silver on the market,
thereby reducing the value of
that metal to less than half
its normal price. What the
underlying reason may be we
do not know, but the fact re
mains that the policy is doing
unexpressible harm, not only
! to the world at large but also
to Britain herself. From this
we conjecture that there may
be some more subtlile motive
behind the action than is in
dicated in the mere desire to
alter India’s monetary system.
If Britain is really respon
sible for the situation as claim
ed, she is assuradly perpetrat
ing a gigantic crime on human
ity in permitting countless mil
lions of people in China, India,
South America, Mexico and
other lands whose monetary
systems are based on silver, to
suffer and starve and even die
because of an uncalled for and
unjustifiable debasement of
their sole purchasing medium.
Such a policy, regardless of
its object or by whom perpe
trated, is wholly indefensible
and deserves only condemna
tion and excoriation.
ft appears, however, that Mr.
Hoover and his advisors do not
contemplate any particular ef
fort either to rectify the situ
ation or determine who or
what is really responsible for
it, for fear that someone may
be offended. This may be a
proper attitude with respect
international amities, but we
must say it is darned hard on
j the unemployed millions of the
United States and Canada and
the impoverished masses of
the Orient. South America,
Mexico and dozens of other
individual nations throughout
the world. Considering trials
and misery and want the bulk
of the world’s masses are un
dergoing as a result of the sil
ver depression, it is indeed de
plorable that no one will make
a definite move toward amel
iorating their condition. Re
gardless of other objects,
common charity seems to de
mand that some one do some
thing in such a situation. And
we submit that is is distinctly
hurtful to American pride, as
j well as something of a nega
'lion of the nation’s Ion# helc
reputation as the World’s
greatest exponent of human
rights and liberties, that not
even the great and powerful
United States will consent to
make a decisive move to end
it for fear of offending some
one.
Just for Fun
-o-v
Wonder if they call it bridge
because of the constant stream
| of conversation?
The eyesight of the male is
| superior to the female. Have
j you ever fallen for a girl who
couldn’t see you at all.
Many a man thinks he has
the tobacco habit when he’s
really only smoking a five
cent cigar.
He: Do you know I can imi
tate any bird you can name?
She: (’an you imitate a homing
pigeon,
The reason King Solomon
i had so many wives was be
cause he figured at least one
j of them might be home when
he came back from the office.
j Can you ever recall getting
any cheerful news out of one
of those envelopes with the
I sun parlor in front?
' The saddest story of the
month was about a business
man who married his stenog
rapher in the belief that he
would continue dictating ;o
her.
It is said that the Grand Can
yon was made by a Scotchman
who dropped a nickel in a go
pher hole.
Teacher: Now Johnny, what
do you think a land of milk
and honey would be like?
Johnny: Sticky.
—
Judge: If you broke into the
store just to get a dime cigar,
what were you doing at the
safe ?
Bum: Your honor, I was put
ting in the dime.
INTERESTING NOTES
I
During the recent develop
ment of an East Texas oil field
i the population of Longview
| tripled in three weeks.
| Only two students in Ameri
can universities have won Ph.
| D. degrees in meterology in
| the last ten years.
More than half a million
farms in the United States are
said to be supplied with elec
tricity for light and power by
service companies.
Balsa wood, or cork wood,
as it is sometimes called, is the
lightest wood in the world.
During 1930 more than $50,
000 was expended for candies
and cookies by inmates of San
Quentin, Calif., prison.
In the United States there are
21 cities and towns which are
known by the name of Port
i land.
British picture shows are
visited by something like 30,
1 000,000 people every week.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
April 6, 1921
With bright clear weather
to aid their operation, the con
tractors clearing the right of
way for the Premier •/•am- ■■
line are making excellent pro-'
gress. All the contracts have j
been let except for miles 7 and I
S. S. P. and Jack Fitzgerald |
have mile 1, from the wharf
across the international boun
dary, and are progressing at ;
ihe rate of about 1000 feet a
day.
Joe Dempsey took Mile 2;
G. D. Mattulet, mile 3; Frank
and George Finn, mile 4; John
Ronan, mile 5; Butler and Lar
son, mile 6.
The cost of the work is
placed at around $100,000, the
tramway being miles long
and including one span said to
be the longest in the world. It
will carry ten tons an hour. It j
is estimated that 700,000'
pounds of cable and machin- j
ery will be used in the instal-;
lation. It is expected that the j
i job will be finished in five •
| months. Ore bunkers with a
capacity of 1000 tons will be
built at the dock, the work
being done by the Premier
! company.
The Hyder Townsite Com
pany intend building a side
walk from Lance Crane’s res
idence to the Caldwell build- j
ing, which will be entirely on
the Alaskan side of the boun
dary, though on the reserved
strip. The work will be done
by W. L. Balch.
Neil Matheson, a recent ar
rival from the south, has gone
to the Premier.
Oren F. Hill has added a
new department in the Hyder
Drug Store, putting in all the
prominent magazines and per
iodicals.
Dave Joinville stepped off
Volunteer Drive in the dark
ness and broke a couple of
ribs.
Bob Andrews head saw
yer at the Hyder saw mill, is i
a very happy man. The mill
has been remodeled and
equipped with a top-saw rig,
and when the machinery was |
started the saws made a per- ‘
feet cut, no line of demarka
tion being left. Across the Sal
mon from the mill, the com
pany have 3 million feet of the
best timber to be found in
these parts.
Joe Grachio and Scotty Pal
erson have opened The Mal
amute cigar store and barber
shop on Main Street.
R. N. Rogers, M. D., and J.
L. Hawes, D. D. S. had their
shingles hung out, and with
C. H. Sundmacher, attorney,
were the sole representatives1
of their several professions in
camp at the time.
Rozie quit advertising, but
Jack Nelson was announcing
“big reductions in all kinds of
hardware, also staple grocer
ies.’’
Historical Dates Next Week
April 5 Easter Sunday.
6 U. S. in World
War. 1917
7 Cubans in
World War. 1917
8 Television shown
in 1927 I
9 Gen. Lee Sur
render 1865
10 Great Pittsburg
Fire 1845
11 Napoleon
Abdicates. 1814^
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