HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
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Remonitize Silver
(Editorial From Mining Truth)
Remonitize silver and the
people of the Orient will be
able to buy the products of
American farms and factories.
Remonitize silver and Great
Britain will be saved from im
pending bankruptcy. Remon
itize silver and the world will
take a long step toward per
manent peace and internation
al friendship.
The action of Mexico’s pres
ident in calling a conference ol
the silver-producing nations it
an important victory in the
long battle to correct the crime
of 1873. A similarly important
event will be the British Imper
ial Conference in London it
September, at which the Do
minions of Canada and Aus
tralia and the Empire of India
will make known their dissat
isfaction with the traditional
policy of their English suzer
aine.
Silver is returning to a stabil
ized price more rapidly than
was thought possible a year
ago. The world-wide depress
ion has convinced all thought
ful observers that something
is wrong in the economic sys
tem, and students of business
are coming in increasing num
bers to the conclusion that the
wiping out of silver values was
the principal cause for the pan
ics of 1873, 1893, 1907 and 19
29.
Reduce the buying power of
a people, and you will bring
them to the verge of starvat
ion—but you will also impover
ish their neighbors and the
producers of the goods that the
famine-wracked peo,ple under
normal conditions would buy.
The silver of the Orient today
has only 6'/ of the purchasing
power that it had in 1870. The
same is largely true of South
American. The reason is not
alone in the decline in silver
vajue? as measured by gpld,
but in the concurrent decline
in the amount of food or good?
that gold will buy.
The world awaits a leadei
who can see clearly, speak
plainly, and lead it out of.this
mono-metallic morass.
Big Men Not Wanted
It may sound cynical, but it is
a fact that the really capable
men of the country are becom
ing extremely shy of politics
and political jobs. Whenevei
a man who has made a success
in life is proposed as a candi
date for either election or ap
! pointment, he is immediately
pounced upon by the dema
gogues and hounded without
mercy.
The situation was sized up
some time ago by Will Rogers
who with his characteristic
keen insight said of president
I ial appointments:.
“Big men won’t take them,
‘ for they won’t take a chance
on a Senate insult. If he has
! ever earned more than a Sena
j tor, he is in league with big
I business. If he ever drove a
Standard Oil truck or was a
book-keeper in a Morgan bank
j he is in league with monopolies.
1 If he is rich he is in league with
the devil. But if he has never
done anything and has been a
financial failure at that, he
will pass the Senate as a broth
er.”
While these are the words of
! a humorist, they are literally
I true. The United States Senate
i has degenerated into a body of
; mediocre men, who delight in
i attacking their more able fel
j low-citizens who happen to be
! proposed for high appointive
office. Thus demagoguery
has supplanted democracy in
the United States Senate.
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Theory and Practice
It is mighty fine to know a
lot, but it is even better to be
able to do things. Many per
sons who have at their com
mand a considerable assort
ment of information are unable
to put it to very practical use.
This was neatly Illustrated in
a *011 of “confession” article
by a teacher in a recent period
ical. She said:,
“I can solve a quadratic equa
tion, but I cannot keep m.v
bank account straight.
“I can name the Kings of
England since the War of the
Roses, but I do not know the
qualifications of the candidates
in the coming election.
“I know the economic theo
ries of Malthus and Adam
Smith, but I cannot live within j
my income.
“I can explain the principles i
of hydraulics, but I cannot fix j
a leak in the kitchen faucet.
“I have studied the psychol
ogy of James and Tichener,
but I cannot control my own
temper.
“I can conjugate Latin verbs,
but 1 cannot write legibly.”
While this picture may be
somewhat overdrawn, it serves
to illustrate the futility of much
j that passes for education, when
its acquisition is not accomp
' anied by training which leads
i to its useful employment in
1 eveiyday life.
Just for Fun
One way to alleviate the noise
of a knocking motor is to loos
en up one of your fenders.
Pearls come from oysters but
some girls are able to get dia-;
monds from nuts.
The reason why some folks I
sing in the bath tub is because i
the door won’t stay locked.
All that many a man realizes
on hi? investments is what a
fool he has been.
A prominent London physic
ian declares that the continued
use of the lipstick by women j
and girls will ultimately result
in many cases of cancer of the
mouth. So, after all, lips may
be as dangerous as they are
painted.
Farmer to Druggist: “Now
be sure and write plain on
them bottles which vs for the
Jersey cow and which is for
my wife. I don’t want nothing
to happen to that Jersey cow."
Once upon a time there was
a parrot who used to swear ter
ribly. One day he escaped from
his cage and wandered onto a
golf links and died from shock.
Fish grow fastest of all liv
ing things. The average fish
that is caught grows about six
inches every tfme the story is
told.
Teacher: “Now, Jimmie,
what happened when the cow
jumped over the moon?”
Jimmie: “Somebody got an
idea for vanishing cream.”
The doctor’s small daughter
had strayed into his consulting
room and was watching wide
eyed as he tested the heart and
lungs of a patient with a steth
oscope. Suddenly she spoke:
“Get any new stations, Dad
dy?”
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WHATS NEW?
Dr. Thorek of the American
hospital in Chicago has a new
remedy for bone infections
which it is said will greatly re
duce Ihe number of amputat
ions.
Senstivity of photographic
plates has been increased many
fold by a new substance found
in small quantities in gelatin.
An improved working model
showing the relative size and
movements of the sun, earth
and moon has been made for
use in schools and colleges.
Underground moving side
walks are to be adopted as a
means of relieving congestion
in Paris.
Bells are being introduced to
replace horns on automobiles
in Jerusalem, as officials of
the Holy Land object to harsh
sounds.
} Experiments have proved
I that hay may be cured by arti
ficial light as well as sunlight,
also more rapidly.
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INTERESTING NOTES
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Seminole Indians of Oklaho
; ma are suing for royalties in
i valuable oil lands now held by
j whites under an act of Cong
| l ess which the Indians declare
| was unconstitutional.
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Ten thousand German wav
veterans will visit the battle
cemeteries o f France this
month to decorate the graves
of their dead comrades.
North Carolina was the first
state to make education specif
ically for the deaf compulsory.
Milk and cream are difficult
to obtain in commercial quan
tities in China, but dairy cows
are being rapidly introduced.
Sixty-three per cent of the
world’s telephones are in use
in the United States.
Less than one-tenth of the
people of the world speak the
English language, while one
fifth speak Chinese.
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