The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-05

40 WORD In the whole lexicon OF our
IN American. English IL so little understood In
its larger meaning. as the word Mining"
No Industry with such far-reachlng effect on the
lives OF Mankind. Is yet poorly appreciated, In
proportion TO Its unlimited capacity fov Good.
To cause the lives OF Millions to become better
via Mining, and TO iift them into positions OF ease.
power and Luxury
Through making possible In advance by his
VIII and skill that they shall have Revenue or
Income they never previously Contemplated
Is the mission. privilege and power Of the Mod
Mining Man who lives up to his Opportunities,
to scatter Dollars--eyerywhere.
Great indeed. Is he who Change the Estate
Of Multitude OF People.
ANOTHER word. well understood the use OF which
10 automatic but few can readily define II Off
hand is-"Money-
II IL defined as a Medium Of exchange. More
properly. Il fulflls the function OF Measure for
the exchange OF Values. as well becoming q
Standard for Deferred payments.
Salt rice olive oil. tobacco. tea and dates.
well corn and cattle. we're thus Employed BY
ancient peoples.
With the Progress of civilization. the place Of
the Miscellaneous commodities has been generally
taken By the Precious Metals
The large part played by money In Effecting the
exchange and measuring the value OF Goods has
led to Exasgeraion of its Importance as a Ele
ment Of national wealth instead Of wealth-for
the Individual.
IL first led to an Attempt 10 keep the precious
metals in a country by Main Force. which was fol-
lowed by Aim tending TO secure favorable
Balance OF Trade and even Now
Though successfully Controverted. the latter
idea may Still be traced In the ordinary language
of the Money Markets In the OF such terms
Protection" and Bullion to Settle Balances"
BUT MONEY cannot be kept nor boarded.
All through India gold has been boarded for
Centuries.
London bankers assert that No gold bullion ever
comes back from India
Financiers estimate tina, 1880 900 900 In gold
bars and coin 10 There concealed
Nor does II circulate.
As a result. India has q low Wage scale Its
standard Of Life is pitiful Its people Lack
tonal spirit and Are . supine race-ruled By
Aliens. the Moral Of which is
Never hide money.
KEEP 1T BUSY.
Benjamin Franklin said:
MONEY MAKES MONEY.
THE MONEY THAT MONEY MAKES
MAKES MORE MONEY.
Remember. also
Yesterday, prospector Discovered sold-bear.
ing ledge: Today-the bullion IL going TO the
Mint. while the Income that should have been
Yours belongs to some One else.
ISABELLA pawned her Jewels for money to build
ships that Columbus might find Shorter passage
to India-wherc there much gold.
Note that progress has ever been made Ex-
cept where gold was plentifuly used Medium
OF ExchanEe-
Without which. we would still be living in .
Dark Age. dwelling In Caves and wrapped in
Skins
The while we Shivered from cold and fear
Had II not been for the Enormous sums spent
on mines and for mining supplies together with
the return and broadcast Distribution OF tons OF
Gold
Where would Denver. Salt Lake City San
Francisco. Butte City. Los Angeles. Portland and
Seattle have been7
Were not In fact. the very Centers Of civiza,
empires opened Up to mankind and put on the
Map through
California Gulch; the Comstock and the Moth
er Lodes; the Black Hills; the silver and the cop
per mines at Butte and In Idaho, together with
the wealth OF the Cascades and shiploads OF Gold
from Alaska and the Yukon, the while
Mining In the West Is yet but In It's In
fancy?
WHY, THEN. did the Milwaukee spend just few
paltry hundred millions TO reach the Pacific
Northwest?
Not, OF course, merely to rival Jim Hill nor yet
to put THE Olympian" and THE Columbian" on
wheels
But, most Certainly, TO back up and prove its
own Faith In that territory tributary TO Puget
Sound where the Chief industry is mining.
What this railroad did In its own way you can
end will get You may expect and Can get, N you
HAVE SIMILAR FAITH