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>. has F. Sandford....— Editor.
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THE SILVER SITUATION
The recent decline in silver to
forty-one cents, following the
announcement that India may
adopt the gold standard and
incidentally dispose of some
400,000.000 ounces of that
metal, has created a situation
that is causing considerable
apprehension among silver
producers, despite the fact
that authorities on the subject
ar ■ agreed that the outlook is
by no means as serious as it
appears at first glance. And
all are practically unanimous
in the view that the price will
not o;ily return to higher levels
• ■ : also that the present de
preciation will not tend to a
d! .l'r.uation in the general
vo1 me of silver production, at
* . t m the United States.
j 1 uded in the various fact
or . mentioned as likely to pre
v it serious injury to silver
production, one of the most im
po.tant as seen by various
winters is the fact that India
hvr .clf i3 likely to find con
s durable difficulty in introduc
ing a substitute for the small
silver coinage which forms the
... of the legal tender used
by the masses. Another is the
probability that it will take
the government a much longer
time than anticipated to re
deem outstanding notes and se
cure the release of outstand
ing silver coinage, vast quanti
ties of which are said to be
hoarded up by the common
people.
Several writers also express
rhe view that the Indian gov
< rnment is not likely to do
anything which will unduly
depress the price of silver, for
the reaoon that such action
would tend to its own injury
y ai ousing a probable lack
of confidence in its money and
hinder its efforts to replace
silver. L,t$
\s far as the United States
-i ccirorred, it is pointed out
that it is probable that this
government can do much to
maintain the value of silver.
In a statement before the re
cent meeting of the Western
division of the American Min
ing Congress. F. H. Brownell,
of the American Smelting and
Refining Co., suggested that
the American government ex
press itself to India in protect
ion of the silver industry.
“If the United States,” he
said, "through its treasury de
partment, Federal Reserve
Banks and banking houses,
strongly urges India not to sell
this silver, it will be effective.”
“The United States could
agree,” he continued “that
should there be a rapid rise
in the price of silver, that it
would sell silver to India or
England below the melting
point of the silver rupee. Sil
ver mining companies in the
United States could agree
with the government that in
case of such emergency rise
in price, American silver would
be sold at a price fixed by
the government, not higher
than the melting point of the
rupee and not less than 70 to
75 cents per ounce.’Such agree
ment might run for 10 or 20
years, during which the India
currency system could be
worked out without injury to
silver. India can secure gold
by issuing bonds, and not by
the sale of silver, which bonds
could bepurchased in the Unit
ed States.”
Mr. Brownell also suggested
that the government and
American financiers could use
their influence to promote the
adoption of .silver.for subsidi
ary coinage in Europe.
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YOUTH AND ADVERTISING
Fifty years ago boys and
girls were adept at weaving
*ag rugs, knotting quilts, card
ng wool, spinning homespun
and stretching carpets. Today
boys and girls know the entire
abc of the automobile, the
electric household utensils,
the steam heat .system, the
aeroplane and the radio. But
the youth of today knows
little of what constituted the
store of knowledge of the
youth of yesterday. The omni
science of youth in every ers
is ever amazing, but that of
today would be inexplicable
but for one thing more than
all others. That is advertising.
In the newspapers, magazines
and poster boards children
are finding a vast storehouse
of practical and useful inform
ation and instruction. The
value of this incidentally ac
quired knowledge can not be
measured in classroom hours.
The youth of America is find
ing that advertising pays it.
Psychologists have expound
ed the theory that truths are
sometimes observed first by
the adolescent. In the case ot
advertising it may truthfully
be said that there are some of
mature age who have not yet
learned the value of adver
tising. Advertisers do not buy
newspaper, magazine and bill
board space for the edification
of the public, either juvenile
or adult, but they recognize
the children of today are not
only a potent factor in the
business of today but the de
ciding factors in the business of
! tomorrow.
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MAN THE IMITATOR.
In his humbler moments,
| when the deeds of the angels
and archangels are brought to
his attention, man has been
wont to call himself but a
jwdrni of the dust; but now a
i French scientist, Lucien Cuen
‘ tot, declares man is but an imi
tator of the lower forms of ani
! mal life, and that many of his
; most boasted inventions have
been used by the bugs for ages.
To make the humiliation of
\ man complete, the scientist
says he is but a poor imitator
at that, and the inventions of
insects and animals are always
more perfect and worked out
with more detail than those
; of man. Even the camouflage
; of the war is as old as the
| hills among the lower animals,
he says, and the grasshopper
has used a torpedo tube from
time immemorial to plant its
eggs low in the ground. Even
the patented fastener, only in
vented by man about forty
years ago, has been used by
the cuttlefish to button its out
er skin on ever since there has
been a ^uttlefish, While the
file, the anchor, the rail, the
groove, and the art of dove
tailing have always been used
by the lower animals. The in
vention of musical instruments
is stolen from the insects.
Just for Fun
The World war was not the
longest on record, but the
hangover seems to be.
In some rivers it is an offense
to catch fish; in others a mir
acle.
The fellow who believes in
dreams would get along bet
ter if he would wake up.
Make a better mousetrap
than thy neighbor-and he will
come over to borrow it.
Her husband went bankrupt
but she was still in good shape.
Pete Wilson tells of a recent
j visitor who, when asked ;by
the waiter in the restaurant
if he would have some corn
passed his glass over with a
wink.
When bigger fools are to be
had, there is every probability
that the colleges will get them.
Birmingham, Ala., had a sax
ophone contest, but the winner
escaped.
Film actress (to suitor): No,
I don’t think I shall marry
again—candidly, I don’t think
divorces are such rattling good
ads as they are cracked up to
be.
When a spinster at last gives
up hope, she has one consolat
ion. She is free to eat onions.
A townsite lady thinks it is
the height of ignorance for a
girl to get married simply be
cause she is tired of working.
If a moustache is the badge of
masculinity, what are the two
little dabs the he-flapper
wears just under his nose the
badge of? Sissy Unity?
"Willie, do you know what
etiquette means?’’
“Yes’m, talking unnatural
when there’s company.”
She: “I am sorry I can’t see
the stage very well at this dis
tance!”
He: “Use your opera glasses!”
She: “I can’t. I have forgotten
to put on my bracelet!”
Newlywed (after the cere
mony) : " Dearest, do you real
ly think I’ll prove a satisfact
ory mate?”
Mrs. Newlywed: "Oh, you’ll
do as a mate. Now tell me
what do you think of your
captain.”
Tramp—“I’ve asked for mon
ey, begged for money, and
cried for money, lady.”
Lady—“Have you ever tried
working for money?”
Tramp—“No, lady, I’m doing
the alphabet and I haven’t got
to the ‘W’ yet.”
Medico (thoughtfully) -Yes,
you ought to walk to the of
fice every day.
His patient —You think that
will restore me to health?
“I will if you don’t get run
over.”
A visitor to an Interior Alas
ka town entered the principal
shop one afternoon and said
to the clerk at the book count
ers “Let me have, please, the
‘Letters of Charles Lamb.' ”
“Post office right across the
street, Mr. Lamb,” said the
clerk with a brisk smile.
! The judge gavd--sternly at
the prisoner. “How many times
have you been convicted be
fore?” he inquired.
“Five, my lord,” came the re
ply.
; “Then I shall give you the
maximum sentence.”
“Maximum! Don’t regular cus
tomers get a rebate?”
Critic: “I strongly urge that
the hero shoot himself in the
last act instead of taking
poison.”
Author: “Why?”
Critic: “It will serve to awak
en the audience and let them
know the play is over.”
Noel has a peilchant for mak
ing Limericks :This is his lat
est:
A quick-witted man is Mich
ael Macguire,
He spit on his chin when his
whiskers caught fire.
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
It is now feared that bobbing
may cause baldness. It is cer
tain to make the hair shorter,
at any rate.
“Marital vacation” is euphoni
ous term for whichever it be,
whether a temporary or per
manent separation.
If one borrows money it is
better to be a nation than an
individual. A nation is given
more time in which to pay.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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