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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15

cordingly and, seeing for several years
ahead a liked market at 81 an ounce,
it will stimulate the production of sill
yer in this country and replace the idle
silver which is now in the treasury
merely in storage"
Senator Lodge, whose opposition to
price fixing is well known, studied the
bill very carefully and said, 1.-The bill
is safe as framed" later voting for it.
= In fact, the bill was passed without
the formality of a roll-call. so in
significant was the opposition. 1t is
interesting to note that one of the OPP
ponents OF the act was Senator Thorn
as, of Colorado one of the big silver
producing states.
The Pittman act has apparently
been confused by the press with va
rious price fixing legislative enact
ments, which have been generally con-
demned. Any one with a knowledge
of the bill will understand that it is
radically different in principle 1t also
has nothing to do with the schemes for
coinage with which it has been I'M
justly linked
This country will need all the sta
bilizing influences which it can mus
ter in the next few years. to prevent
disastrous panics The silver produc-
ers have made their plans, which in
clude extensive and expensive mining
development predicated on a price of
81 for silver for several years to come.
To repeal the act would be unjust, the
government profting at the expense
of legitimate industry One dollar an
ounce is not an exorbitant price for
silver The yearly average has neve.
fallen below SOC, and the present quo
fation is much less than the advances
over 1914 prices in many other COMM
dities. Since the Civil war, the price
Of silver has averaged over 81 per
ounce during twenty-five years. but of
recent years has been under that fig
IRE.
We believe that when the conditions
ire understood, the movement for the
'epeal of the Pittman act will disap-
'ear. American mining interests must.
however, not be caught asleep and
must see that the fullest publicity is
ecured in order to protect their rights.
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The Longest Day
"a. L. Fraser in Montreal starr

There is a sadness in the longest day
We feel somehow the year has seen
his best;
He seems to look around. then make
his way
With shortening breath, down to his
snow wraDt rest.
But tits not so--his best is yet to be,
When his child Autumn shall with
gifts abound,
And when. at happy Yuletide, we shall
see
His snow white head with wreaths of
holly crowned.
Then tell me not that life's best part
is gone,
Because the high noon of the day
is here;
There is beauty in the twilight deep
One has not felt at any hour since
dawn.
And what is there for tired man to
fear
When night comes in with stars and
dreams and sleep?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15
THAT WET AMENDMENT.

(Mining and Scientific PressO
/ Perhaps the most ludicrous thing at
the democratic powwow was the
speech of Mr. Charles +. Y O'Brien.
who placed before the convention the
name of Governor Edwards. banker.
lvestryman, teetotaler but avowed
champion of the wet" cause. The
speech was all the funnier because Mr..
.O'Brien had an impressively pompous
demeanor; he took himself with ex-
ceeding possibly to make
mn for the lack of it in the attitude of
the delegates toward himself and his
candidate. IT, 40 years ago. before
even Kansas had given prohibition a
serious thought some foe Of booze had
hired a yeggman to break into the
vault wherein the constitution reposes.
and had in the middle of the night in
scribed the 18th amendment on that
revered document; and if the supreme
court upon discovering next morning
the presence CT this revolutionary ad-
iendum had decreed. sapiently. that
what has been writ could not be I'M
writ but must become the law of the /
and If these remarkable events had /
ranspired. the speech of Mr.. O'Brien
night then have been comprehensive
His contention was that the people
mould have had voice in a question
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Finding Fault With the Pittman Act

Engineering and Mining Journal)
The metropolitan newspapers, and we
refer particularly to the New York
Tribune and the New York Evening
Post attack the Pittman Silver Act.
the former asking that it be repealed
at the next session of congress. Says
the Tribune editorially: 1.-THE Pittman
law contained curious Joker This
required the treasury to purchase for
every dollar melted up an equivalent
amount of bullion at the fixed price
! of 81 an ounce. The treasury has be-
gun to make such purchases, with the
result that American produced bullion
now commands 9914c. an ounce, while
foreign bullion is selling for only 9115
The Pittman law is thus operating as
the Bland-Allison and sherman acts
operated. to put a fictitious value on
silver bullion-if mined in the United
states. The error made in 1878 and
1890 is being repeated. Silver is not
needed as a basis for currency, es-
pecially when purchased as more than
market value. The Joker in the Pitt
man measure should be eliminated at
the next session of Congress"
The inference which the ordinary
reader would gain from the editorial
mentioned is that the naughty silver
producers, by a piece of sharp Iegis-
latiOn fathered by the senator from
Nevada are now mulcting the people.
as represented by the government of
Sc. an ounce on all silver produced
Should this price differential be main
tanned until the entire 2O7OOO.OOO
ounces is purchased, the total amount
would be close to $1,000 600
However as most of our readers /
know. the government is not losing one
cent on the transaction. The price of \
silver began to slyrocket in 1918. In 4
lila. a producer of wheat, jute, and
'ther articles necessary for the prose-
'ution of the war; demanded that she h
De paid in this metal, large amount
If which was lying dead in the treas
Try vaults BY the Pittman act. which
vas passed by the senate on April IS. ,
91S, 207000000 ounces of silver was
ent to the far east to settle trade ,
alances. for which the government c
eceived an equivalent to 81 per ounce.
his increase in the supply acted as
stabilizing influence on the mar
ct and without doubt prevented sill
er producers from reaping as great [
rofits as would have been the case I
.herwise. Now. with the rapid de- Il
inc in the price of this metal, the act q
gain eXerts a stabilizing influence. p
lie silver producers now being pro- II
cted from mourning possible losses, s.
st as they were checked in taking in l6
dinate profits from rapid rise. two >
airs ago. The government buys back te
the same price at which it sold. C
To say that the bill contained
ker' is unfair This so-called OF
oker" was introduced by Senator pa
H. of New Mexico, and it's probable o'
ect fully pointed out in the senate tn
The fixed 81 price was &c
'ecast by Senator owen chairman ne
the committee on banking and Cur
ICY. who said, when the govern
mt fixes a definite price for silver eli
miners can make their plans ac-
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KINSHIP.

philadelphia Public Ledger)
When brave men die and the tall pines
bow.
And the winds are low and strangely
still
And the high stars pale in the Cod
made world,
And a woman's eyes with hot tears
FILL
When a great soul bursts the bonds
of flesh,
And throbs to the call of a brothers
need;
When self is lost in a comrades call,
And the God man lives in a hero's
deed
I think there comes to the poor,
crushed world,
That sufring lies where the iron
scared white
A strange. new thrill that bounds and
grows.
A sense of kin with the Infinite;
A JOY that the brood of the eagles
blood
Can rise to the blue of higher
sphere,
And, living true to the innate spark,
Can soar and breathe where God is
near
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The Plumb plan Plumb boosers, and
the others who want somebody besides
the owners to own railroads. should
look up the facts and see who does own
the railroads. More than 1000. 900 peo-
pie own ten billion dollars worth of
railroad stocks and bonds. Life in
surance companies with SO million pol
icy holders own nearly two billion.
Savings banks with 10 million deposit
tors own SAT million. Other insurance
than life own $50 million
Various institutions. benevolent and
otherwise own $50 million Trust COM
panies and state and national banks
OWN $50 million dollars worth of
-hese railroad securities. If the people
10 not own the railroads now they
lever will.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15
BEALE HAS SUPPORT OF ORGAN
IzEO LABOR.

The candidacy of Charles w Beale
for the republican nomination for Uni
ted States senator was given a sub
stantial boost last week through the
action of the Wallace and Vicinity
Trades and Labor council without
his knowledge and unsolicited by him
or his friends the trades and labor
council paid Mr. Beale the high com
pliment of ain unqualified endorsement
for the senate in the passage of the
following resolution:
Wallace, Idaho. July 3. 1920:
Resolved that we hereby endorse
the Hon. Charles w. Beale for the
nomination for United States SEN
ator on the republican ticket.
"WALLACE TRADES AND La
BOR COUNCIL.
"By the Legislative Committee.
"W A. SMITH
"P. O. SWANSON.
"ROWIAND JULIAN.
-. O. NORDUIST.
"THEO. w HEYER."
(SEAIA)
The council not only passed this res
olution unanimously, but also wired the
action to every other labor council af-
iliated with the American Federation
)f Labor in the state. Mr. Beale was
nj south Idaho at the time the resolu-
ion was passed and was naturally
much gratihed when he learned the
acts upon his return This voluntary
'ction on the part of the representa-
ives of organized labor in his home
own is splendid recognition of Mr. |
Scales friendly attitude toward the
wage Garner and will exercise a strong /.
influence in bringing organized labor /
o his support throughout the state.
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in the White house during the past
seven years, and it is one that will ap-
peal to millions Of voters who desire
TO see the destiny Of our country shap-
ed by one who believes in America
first" and who will make our own
Welfare his first consideration.
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INCREASE IN STATE TAX LEVY
AND THE REASONS.

The increase i'm state taxes for the
year 1919 viii naturally be used by
the democrats as an argument against
continuing the republicans in power,
and also blame the commission form
of government fathered by a republ-
can governor and enacted into law by
republican Legislature for the addi-
tional burden upon the taxpayers. The
fallacy of this argument can be con-
clusvely proved by official figures with
which it would be well for voters who
desire to know the facts to become ia
miliar The total assessed value of
the state for the year 1919 was approx
imately slS9.OOO The total tax appor-
toned to the counties was approx
imately sS,6es,75 The state levy was
therefore rs mills The levy in 1918
was 2.7 mills, and the increase in 1919
was therefore as mills or almost half
a cent
Our democratic friends will endeavor
to show that this increase is due
mainly to additional expense of state
government under the commission form
but the record will not bear out that
contention. The increase is repre-
scented by the following new and in
creased appropriations made by the
legislature. appropriations which I'M
questionably had the support of the
great majority of the people of the
state and for which no apology is
necessary.
For state highways S9SOOOO equal
to a levy of > mills; for other roads
and bridges. sS1,5OO, equal to a levy
of OH mill; for educational institu-
tions and departments. S4Sl2S1sS. /
equal to OBS mill; for agricultural and /
fair appropriations S22SOSO. equal to
ll5 mill; for soldiers. sailors and ma
rines, S166O15, equal to O.si mill: for
deficiencies and unpaid obligations
eft by former administrations. $751;
1884. equal to O.s2 mill: for charita-
Die and penal institutions. S156. 7O55O /,
'qual to O.3S mill fr bond redemp- ;
ion and interest s1275OO. equal to
20 mill; for protection Of state tim 9
Ter, reclamation and protection of
ands, $4,000, equal to OPS Mills {
or council of defense, codes, statutes. I
arks bureau Of mines and geology.
curtis public utilities law enforce @
lent and constabulary. S176,S5O. equal {
, O.S6 mill. Total appropriation. So {
5S.s95.72, equal to total levy of 1
"A mills. ,
Since the total increase in the state fl
Wy was only As mills. it is evident q
lat it is more than accounted for i'm
lese appropriations and that there 7
re other state Offices. departments
nd Institutions received the same or
IS appropriation than they received
the preceding biennmm 1t will p
observed that an the increase is c.
re to requirements to cover appro- W
iations made by the legislature, and "a
at no increase is due to the cabinet &c
rm of government h'
The estimated amount TO he recev- IN
from the federal government for
ucational work in 1919 is approx
,tely 100000. which is equal to O.61
H. This amount win be placed i'm
e general fund and viii enable a
iuction of the tax levy of 1920 to
at extent other considerable
lounts unused out of appropriations
n also be returned to the general
nd and will operate to further re-
ce the 1920 levy.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15

A democratic convention is an or
ganization of dissenters assembled to
take the opposite view to whatever
he republican party endorses -Balti-
more American
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15

The people who are going in for a
third party seem to want I.aFollette
and as not much of anybody else
does, they may be able to get him.
Press.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-07-15

When the sad day comes it will be
meet and fitting that a thirsty popu-
ace plant a grapevine over the grave
OF w j. Baltimore American.
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Secretary Of War Baker might
either die or resign without creating
a vacancy."-Senator Watson.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
HARDEN WAITS DEATH BY
BULLET OF REACT1ONARY
Germany's Firebrand Journalist Says
He Is Marked Man Because
of His Writings.
BY KARL Won WIEGAND,
IuSycrsnl Service.

BERLIN. May so,-Convinced that
he is marked man because OF his
anti-militaristic writings and believ-
ing that he may have but a short
time to live, Maximilian Harden, Ger
many's famous irebrand Journalist
and editor OF Die Zukunft. has pot
his affairs in shape.' waiting for the
bullet of g reactionary assassin, he
told me yesterday.
II head the list of those who will
Re stood against the wall; come and
sec me once more" Harden wrote me.
He seemed to have grown years older
since last saw him. His health Ii
somewhat broken. but his spirit is
undaunted. ..,
Harden is accustomed to receiving
anonymous letters. but he told me re-
Gently that he was getting cumula-
tive Information from reliable sources
that he is to be put ''out OF the way"
moro especially since the killing last
week of Commander Paasche, son-in-
law OF Richard Whiting, Harden's
brother. who was a fanatic pacihst.
To the suggestion OF friends that he
should leave Germany for a while and
try 10 regain his health Harden
turned a deaf ear. because he believes
to do so would be interpreted as fear.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
PERFECT HUSBANDS ARE
SOUGHT BY FIVE GIRLS
Ask Judge to Round Them Up-Sol-
diers or Sailors Will Be Given
Preference.

CHICAGO, May 301SamueI Harri-
son, Justice OF the peace in Evanston,
Is searching for five young men who
must satisfy him that they will make
100 per- cent husbands" For these
he has five charming and altogether
desirable wives. Candidates are re-
quired to measure up to these de-
scriptions: o.
I. Ambitious to succeed in life,
.. Old-fashioned as regards willing
ness to stay by the home fireside.
3. Reasonably gopd looking.
4. A veteran of the army or navy.
s. The sort of man who sticks to
one job and makes the most of it.
g. Healthy and intelligent.
In some circumstances specification
No. will be modified, but the candi-
date must show he was no Stacker or
shirkcr. There. will be no modifica-
tion OF the other five requirements.
However, a former soldier or sailor
who meets the other requirements
will have decided lee-way over all
others.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
SAYS BRITAIN IS BACK
OF FIGHT ON ship BILL

Favoring extension of the American
coastwfre laws ITO the Philippines
and to Alaska, william l.. Clark. of
Seattle, Wash, yesterday urged on
the House Merchant Marine Committee
continuation Of these provisions IN
the Jones shipping bill. .
'There In . stvonE British Interest
at Manila ARhtinG these Previsieas of
the kill." said Clark. "lf the Nesast-
wise laws sre extended 70 the PhiI,p-
pines the UsiteA states shipping
Beard will control the maxtnun rates
ts Manila and make that port worId
pert. II the AAeriean eSastwise laws
are net extended - the Philippines
the British will eontinue their ship
pinE operations free from any A1eri-
can control Of rates and HonGksag
will eostinue ts be the world Pert
Of that section Of the world and Manila
will lose its opportunity.
Extension of the coastwise laws
to Alaska and provisions Of the Jones
bill affecting shipping In that terri
tory of the United States" continued
Clark. will Americanize transporta-
tion in Alaska The Yukon river
trade is monopolized by Canadian
steamship lines and the affiliations of
these steamship companies with Ca
uduidu TuilTOdub pTcScHt OpcTdtiOHo
by American steamships on the
Yukon river. The Brooks commission
in tho Department Of the Interior Is
studying methods of improving
transportation facilities in the in
terror of Alaska in connection with
the operation of the American rail-
road, which has cost the Government
nearly 350, 900. 900 with American
ships on the Yukon. Alaska'wiIl have
transportation facilities, and they
will be American owned and con.
trolled by American regulatory bodies
presumably in the interest of Amer
leans.
There is a bitter campaign being
waged by British and Japanese ship
ping interests to defeat the Jones
bill" concluded Clark. because II in
terferes with their domination of
American commerce on both the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. A British
representative of the Alfred II. Holt
line interests on the Pacific, discuss
ing shipping two days ago, lef. The
Impression that IL the Jones bill
cooperation by the British and Japa-
nese interests in making commercial
war on the United States. This has
been threatened before, and its effect
has been helpful to foreign interests
and disastrous to America shipping.
UNLESS there is some such law as
contemplated by the Jones bill there
will be no protection for American
shipping. because there is no law
which will require American owner
ship of vessels engaged in American
trade. Foreign owned vessels will be
permitted freely to compete for this
trade without being subject to any
restrictions laid by this Government.
In the Philippine trade as a fabric
of rates will be built again by for
eign carriers calculated to divert that
trade away from the United States to
other countries"
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
DEBS, IN, JAIL, ACCEPTS
SOCIALIST NOMINATION
I'm a Bolshevist, Fighting Here for
What They Want in Rus
sia," He Says.

ATLANTA, Ga, May 30.--ln a
speech in which he accepted the So
cialist nomination for President, In
the Federal penitentiary here yester-
day. Eugene v. Debs, declared that he
believed implicitly in the Russian revo-
luton and in the Third Internal tionale
He said he, was a Bolshevist, and
added:
"Not a Russian Bolshevist in Amer
lea. but an American Bolshevist--
lighting here for what they are fight
ing for in Russia
Dcbs was officially notified by n
committee deputized by the Socialist
nation convention held recently In
New York. 1t was led by Seym ,u-
Steadman, a Chicago lawyer. The
delegation was treated courteously by
the prison officials. Debs was dressed
in the convict garb of blue denim.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
HEARST INJUNCTION
Rentals Of l3 Liners Leased
Yesterday viii Yield More
Than Purchase Price.
lcontinusd from First Psss)

Of the German lines. the agreement
shall be subject 10 the approval OF
the shipping Board. IL has been
known for some time that the bonrd
would sanction future contracts 10
be made by American steamship con-
Germs for taking over the trade routes
OF the great German companies. which
were left practically without ships
after the war.
- The routes for which the thirteen
ex-German liners are 10 be used a-e
as follows:
New York-Queenstown, cherbourg.
Bremen. Returning via CherbourE.
Southampton, New 'Bou-
logne-Danzig.
Boston - Queenstown, Cherboury.
Bremen. Returning via Southampton
Cherbourg.
This contract will leave sixteen of
the great former German fleet stiil
without operators, although the In
.ternstionSl Mercantile Marine, by the
terms OF a contract framed by John
Barton Payne last December. 10 sup
posed to get the Levisthan. tho iarg-
est of the '1eet, and the Martha Wash.
fngton.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
TODAY

CONTINUED from First Page.)
II is shown more clearly in the
stars at night.
"The heavens declare the glorp
of God; and the armament shoWeth
His hdndiWork."
Take an interest in your real
neighbors. READ A GOOD
MODERN BOOK ON ASTRON-
OMY.
II you don't like "heavy read
ing" skip "Thc square of the
periodic times of the planets are
seperuiip proportioncd to the cubes
of their mean distances" and the
other Kepler laws and scientific
formulas. With a good astronomy
men may travel through infinite
space as men travel through
flower gardens, some specifically,
but sincerely enjoying the beauty
and fragrance Of the flowers,
others enjoying still more intense,
ly through knowledge Of botany.
You need not understand hyuraul-
les 10 visit Niagara, or mathe-
matics 10 visit the sky.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
RED CROSS TO HAVE HAT
SALE AT CHAPTER HOUSE

More than hundred up-to-the-
minute women's hats will be placed
on sale Tuesday at the District Red
Cross chapter-house. 16 Jackson place,
for the beneht of the comforts sec
tion. according to an announcement
by Mrs. Mabel II. Test, chairman of
the hat bazaar committee.
Each hat has been made by a mem
Der OF the committee, among whom
are Mrs. knight Thompson, vice
chairman; Mrs. Martha Hendry, Mrs.
Mary Lix. Mrs. Mary Van Ness Fauth,
Mrs. J. H.. ,Ffshbsck, Mrs. +. NJ.
Mooers, Mrs. Martha Burton. Mrs. sut-
ton. Mrs. McDuffy. and Miss Taylor.
Every effort has been made to have
millinery on sale an attractive pur-
chase. and the prices will astopish
the most captious. The bazaar win
be open from 2 to q. m. and from
z to o T. M.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
DANCING MOST FAVORITE
COLLEGE INDOOR SPORT
Water Voted Most Popular Drink at
Columbia-Kissing Habit
Is Unexplained.

NEW YORK, May 3O.--Danoins was
nrst as popular indoor sport in A
vote of members OF the senior class al
Columbia University today. kissing
was unanimously approved, although
only half OF tho class admitted induI-
gence In the practice. The fayorIte
answer to the question, why do you
kiss?" was Nobody knows and no.
body seems to care"
Water was voted to be the .favorite
drink, with whiskey second. Football
and tennis were voted to be the favor
lite outdoor sports. The vote showed
that the class has nearly three times
as many Republicans as Democrats.
The Washington times., 1920-05-30
FRENCH PRESS WOULD
RECALL AMBASSADOR
Jusserand "Wilson Man." Declares
"L'Eclaire"-Other Papers
Join Move.

PARIS. May 30.-The long brewing
antagonism in a strong section of the
French press to NJ. J.. j. Jusserand as
Frances ambassador TO the United
States is beginning to take concrete
form. The newspaper L'eclaire OPEN
ly demands Jusserand's recall on the
ground that Is "a Wilson man."
France, the paper argues. now
needs a new envoy at Washington,
and IL emphasizes that he must be n
man who "inspires the confidence Of
ehe Republicans"
course of an editotial pointing out the
necessity for closer ties between
France and America.