Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24
DENTISTS DRAIN
THE GOLD SUPPLY
MORE THAN TWO MILLION Dol
LARS ANNUALLY USED lN THIS
TEETH or PEOPLE or UNITED
STATES

There ia. if the estimates ul tsg mon
I who should Know arc tu hc taken us
authoritative. over RiOONN.UU0 personal
/ wealth, in tho shape oi gold. of which
I the government Dr. entirety Ignorant
/ uii ii NOT Ignorant has decided not in
mention In COS financial reports Each
. year there D. oycf $1,000 o1e worth of
sold that disappear THAT "a lost to
thC moneys ul Ing world. AMI set ls
not lost
More tnan f2uuuOUu Norih OF gold
/ Dol ueHd annually ln caring f0r tho
mouths oi citizens of The United
| Sutg who have been neglected. in
ilt matter of hrir teeth. Tha $1,000
. .U.' BE- practically wealth tHat o. .9aI
ht'Or tlu gold De- once securely UsHI
. .u tHD month col % dentists patient t
ceases .o oEis' la precious meiti of
IWpur'au.. m tuU world uf lluacn.
and .H only O. plug iu tooth. "a l.-as
article. Ioat forever as particle 0I am
I article .Hr which men have fought and
[ died and murdered and porluIcd aud
ta'd them eIFt since tho world bC
san.
The hsIrrs Hrnm vast when thc
small amount used Iu making a hllluE
. iH considered. lut hey ere undOubfcd.
. N correct The man In charge uf the
sold department OF the largest dental
supply house Boo The country arrived
40 these figures after extensive re-
searches and calculations and bis a..
tmgio is verified by other mon in a
position tO know.
Two millions dollars taken out of
i.s s.1rb ul solo s tho price that tho
country pays annually for having ItH
teeth cared Tor in 1n up.todate man.
Eur WIEN the increase OF hlllnFa pCr
capita throughout thU country which
modern dental mohods have brought
about ilIH loss tu The gold wealth of
The country d. apt 90 aEgumo proper
tI1ne of Importance with Zoe noEi ieN
years.
Ten years ago o. Is estimated that
only 30 per cent. OF iho people of lhis
country ever went tO "a deuugi except
in have q tooth pulled. Five years
ago the percentage was 33 no. Now.
I % lE declared. 30 per cent of the n0pu
lutiOn pay visits to The dentists chair
Tor some other reason Than tiat Of
having am nchinE tooth extracted.
ihif increase in toe number of dental
patents ln the country has resulted
boo consequent iDcrcaao in The
amount of gold used Cor thlH purpose.
Practically all of the go per cent who
are numbered as the dcnista patrons
nave some gold Do their teeth Thus
ten years ago there was only about
81 100000 worth of gold put in tho
mouths OF tho citizens as against tnc
tt.uHu.UOu of today
Using the rate OF increase each year
Tor the last ten Ycara as O. basis, the
average yearly consumption of the
precious metal in this manner has
been about fls5O000D year This
would make about flb,000.00O worth
%. gold which has been put into teeth
since 1884. For this amount could be-
hunt three of tnr best bVttlCships in
the world the presidents salary could
be paid Tor thirty years every voter
Nho goes to me polls tnia year could
Do paid dollar for hia trouble. and
st.il leave "a million iOr good measure.
Deaths of course have cut tho ulm
Der of people Hhu have bad gold nN
.nes put boz theh tegth in these years
considerably Five million dollars
worth of gold o. lH estimated. has
hCCa buried Boo the Eravuvards uf this
country in the period covered by these
hEurHs ~ total could pe arrived at
reckoning from Che timD when gold
FIRST was used ln hiiings. % is certain
that the amount ~ gold lying unused
and dead in graves w0uI1 ho u0ar f1
ftanHu 900
SubtracrnF .he So 100000 taken IN
the earth from the total 1f $4,000 600
used In me last decade, o. wIl' hC seen
ihaf there must he at least 8lOOU0uNO
worth Uf gold peramhulatinE about thp
rouutry Iu the mouths of The citizens
Ten million dollars in the most con-
Ncnient form iu tho world. in fhe pos.
session of the people. $4,000 600
walking. sleeping and eating with
them. and yet not "a cent of O. can Dee
spent not "a cent of Do that may De-
reckonc1 in the wealth of thD inii
NIduai of the country 40 largo.
The uae of gold in aIlluga .s enc
only way in which the precious metal
i8 u8Ud boy which its value is lost or
deprecated ln the manufacturing 0r
repairing of icwelry plato Or any ar
tIglp where gold used as solder it8
value H MOI i0Bt nor ls tie supply OF
sold lA reality diminished. f0r thc ar
uclc into which tho gold iH pui in
Creasgs nrOpuri .0natCly ln value s0 fhe
wealth of the country loo gold remains
The samc. hut when a particle of it