The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-01
Thursday, January !, 1920.
AND NOW COMES 1920.

And now the twentieth century has
euterown its teens 1t is 1920. The
twentieth century started out under
most promising circumstances. Won
derGll progress was being made by
the people of the world. socially, in.
dustrially and politically. We are do
ing more in ten years than our FORE
fathers could do in fifty years at the
beginning of the nineteenth century,
and we must admit that our forefath-
ers could do some things remarkably
we'll.
Then came the war 1t not only
stopped the wheels of progress, but IN
many instances reversed them. In
stead of storing up wealth, the wori1
destroyed it, and not only destroyed
that which it had accumulated, but
mortgaged unborn generations to pay
hundreds Of billions Of dollars for war
debts. Ten million lives were snuffed
out and millions more left to ravages
OF disease and starvation. Fifty thou
sand American boys gave their lives
and as many more came home maim-
ed America threw her strength into
the battle and the war came to an
end and an end came also to the Eur
opean autocrats who made war BUSH
ness
year the unsettled conditions follow
ing the end of the war have had their
uncertain sway but the future begins
t. loom rich with promise The pride
OF American citizenship will prevail
and America viii right herself. The
deportation of reds has begun in
earnest. 1t should have begun in
1916 A sailing about once a month
should keep this country in fail
state of health, if supplemented by
laws which will reach the citizen
red"
In the great commercial expansion
world the Occur dAlene district must
play a leading part, One-fourth OF
the lead of America comes from Sho'
shone county. A great portion of the
silver of the nation comes from tn,
mines of north Idaho. The industrial
development of the world advances
only with the mineral development o.
the world. 1t is now question Of
whether the mines of the world car
produce enough silver, lead and cop
per to supply this coming great de-
mand for metals needed In this worlds
industrial expansion.
who can not see a wonderful yeal
ahead for the mines of the Coeul
d'Alene district is indeed blind to thu
worlds movements. But with all thi:
rosy setting the mining industry car
be hampered and restrained and pro
gress discouraged by the passage o.
unfair and injurious laws by legisla'
lures under the power of interest:
controlling the money markets Of thu
nation. No one complains of proper
safeguards around any investment
There are sharks in all of the invest
ment lines. They should be rooted
out, There are fraudulent scheme.
advanced in nearly every line of bust
ness activity. The honest ADVERTISE
OF mining shares and the promoter o
legitimate mining ventures is just a.
much entitled to the courtesy an(
support of the associated advertising
clubs as is the advertiser of automo
bies, clothings, food or bonds. Ant
yet there are those who step up t
legislative halls and attempt to strlk,
a blow at the very foundation Of the
nations prosperity. Thanks be tt
such splendid organizations as thu
Idaho Mining association, the Montana
Mining association. the Colorado Min
ing association and American Mining
congress and all similar organization:
the day Of the traducers of the mining
industry is getting very short and fast
IA approaching the hour when mining
win take her rightful seat at the head
Of the nations business and have hei
representative at the presidents table
in the cabinet.
There Is surely a great day coming
The Occur d'Alenes win be there and
an of the mining sections of the ma
ton will be there The new year may
omen bit cloudy but the silver lining