HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
TVk»phon*' No. S2
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm tr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
lormation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Few Strikes in 1930
Although periods of hard
times are usually marked by
serious industrial conflicts,
f<^If
since authorative records have
been kept, averaging only 47
a month.
Contrasted with 82 strikes a
month in 1929, 108 a month
in 1925, and 302 a month iri
1919, the record for last year
is extremely gratifying. In the
number of men involved the
record is even more impressive,
less than one-twentieth a*
many having been on strike in '
1930 as there were in 1919.
All this is evidence of the
better understanding between
employers and employees thai
has been brought about in re
cent years. As a recent survey
points out:
“Absence of industrial dis
putes has undoubtedly
strengthened our industrial
and social structure and should
be an important factor in in
creasing the possibility of a ;
more rapid economic recov
ery.”
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Stabilization and
Rem onetiz ation
:
And this question leads to
others. Can it be done? Can
silver be stabilized in price j i
and value? The proponents :
of Silver point to Gold. The
price of Gold is stabilized by 1
international agreement, al- i
though even Gold fluctuates ;
in price within very norrow .
limits. They claim that what ;
is possible in the case of 1
Gold is equally possible in the 1
matter of Silver. Admitting \
this possibility, the next ques- \
tion that arises is, would it be
good business to stabilize the 11
price of Silver in relation to e
Gold? Would it work? And c
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here is where the men who
buy and sell money, who hand
e money, who borrow and loan
money, and the economists
who think things out—on
paper—raise a whole lot of
objection. ,Thev or
the secondary effc
an, visualize ,
ects of any
changes in present day curren
cy regulation. Just as the high
m oteclionists can easily see :
he primary effects if high im
port duties in nourishing in
fant industries, the secondary
effects are not so apparent, al
hough in aggregate they cost
-he community more than the
original import duties.
The primary effects of the
stabilization of Silver at say
30c an ounce, with 50c worth
:n every half dollar coin,
would be an immediate in
crease in the activities of the ,
mines. More miners would be
employed. They would have
money to spend. Equipment
and supplies would sell faster
than they do today. More
people would have money to,
■pend in these trades. Rail- i
•oads would immediately car-!
ry more freight. This Province 1
vould benefit. The silver-using |
ountiies,, knowing their Sil- 1
cer had an international value, j
would immediately be enabled
.o purchase goods from the
rold-standard manufacturing
.•ountries, paying for these im
ports in silver should their ex
ports goods not be sufficient.
I'rade would pick up all overt
mmediately. Many more j
jeople would have more mon-1
■y to spend. But here the 1
>anker-economists throws in !
lis monkey wrench. He claims '
hat Silver would not stay i
;tabilized, notwithstanding
ny international agreement. >
Ie can show, too—on paper— i
low it wouldn’t and why it t
couldn’t, and can put up a £
ery lucid argument.
Naturally, the gold men j
lon’t want anything to cast r
ven the shadow of interfer- S
nee with the present state of t
affairs. They, too, can visual
ize the effects—to them—of a
Stabilized Silver that wouldn’t
stay stabilized. They’re afraid
for themselves and the estab
lished institutions. Of course,
we all remember a brilliant
member of the British Asso
ciation who declared in all ser
iousness that in a certain num
ber of years there wouldn’t be
enough wheat grown to feed !
the population of the world.
And then—what? Well, what?
That certain number of years j
brought so much wheat that j
today it can’t be sold. There’s
too much. Possibly ihe econ
omists of today are leaving j
some other intregal factor out '
of their calculation when they !
declare that Stabilized Silver :
won’t stay stabilized.—Mining
and Industrial Record.
Just for Fun
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A Memphis announcer fell in
love with a female radio
arti.t’s voice and married her.
j But it will sound like static
;he first time she bawls him
| out.
j Some day, rubber mouthpiec
es will be fitted on telephones.
Then when you get real mad
at the phone, you could bite
Before old General Depres-;
sion goes too far he might re
flect on what happened to Na- ‘
poleon.
Selling apples may help
some, but it would hardly get
to the core of the unemploy- j
ment problem.
V/e wouldn’t mind giving J
another driver half the road i
if he would only take it on his j
own side.
The fellow who said “it is !
hard to convict a million dol
lars” might have included
major generals and bishops.
Beautiful gills are more!
plentiful than intellectual ones, j
says a grouch, who adds tha1
this is in keeping with tha de
mand.
Dean Inge says that the only
way to be really orthodox is
not to think at all. Many find j]
little difficulty in being ortho- j,
tox.
A culprit described as “co
ivrecker” of a bank got ten i
-’ears. Which seems to have i
jeen a co-wrecked verdict. *
The phrase about “govern-1
nent of the people, by the j
reople, for the people,” was I
rrobably only another of Lin- 1
oln’s little jokes.
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INTERESTING NOTES
Nearly 3,000,000 names and
liases of known criminals are
isted at the Department of
ustice in Washington.
ft
By dropping coins into a new
rachine in Paris, boulevard
-s are rewarded with jazz
unes and Martini, Bronx or
idecar cocktails.
In proportion to population
rore patents are issued to
wiss inventors throughout
ie world than to residents of
any other nation.
With an area of about 11,
800 square miles, Albania con
tains important mineral depos
its, but having no railroad
prevents their development.
More than a billion dollars
worth of the old size currency
is still in circulation in the
United States.
It has been indicated by ob
servation of sleeping persons
•hat the average individual
changes his position 33 times
in the course of a night’s sleep.
The Dead Sea is estimated to
have enough magnesium chlor
ide to supply the world’s mag
nesium requirements for many
‘housand years.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
Frcm the Hyder Alaska Miner
February 10, 1921.
In spite of over three feet of
mow, accompanied by rain,
having fallen earlier in the
week, the tractors employed
by the Premier continue to
come down with four trail sleds
and full loads of ore, return
ing with machinery and mine
supplies. They appear to have
-olved the transportation prob
lem for this district.
The steamer Prince John
was in port 24 hours, taking
on over 600 tons of Premier
high grade ore, which makes
the fifth shipment that the
mine has made this winter.
The other shipments averaged
about 500 tons each.
General K. J. Edwards
Leckie secured an option from
W. W. Rush and Arthur Bagg
Excelsior group.
Herman JNichols and George
Kinelley, old-time Alaskans
who arrived in camp last
week, have gone to Premier.
Among well known residents
returning to camp during the
week after spending a portion
;f the winter season in the
-outh, were: Mrs. Helen Mac
cay of the Lady’s-wear store;
Misses Billie La Hurr and Del.
Nichols, proprietors of the
Bungalow; Miss Anna Christ
opher of the Scandia confer
ionery; Duncan McLean.
Stewart carpenter; R. J. Mc
Donnell. one of the Alaskan
Intel proprietors,; Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Bartholf; D. W. Me
-eman, building contractor;
Jetty Murphy, Mildred Harris,
Marie Vincent and James A.
.ade.
Temperatures for the week
nding February 22, as record
d by Oren F. Hill ranged
rom a maximum of 40 above
o a minimum of 4 minus.:
lelow zero temperatures were
egistered on two days of the
imek Feby. 16 and 20. The
verage maximum temperat
re for the week was 36 de
rees above, and the average
linimum 7 degrees above.
Historical Dates Next Week
2 Missouri becomes
State. 1821 j
3 Iowa and Flor
ida in Union. 1845 '
4 Vermont in
5 Boston Massacre 1770 ;
6 Alamo, Texas,
Massacre. 1836
7 Battle of Pea
larch 1 $75,000 A. E. F.
in Fiance.
1918 I
Union.
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