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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

1t may be only a coincidence, but
it is a fact worth remembering, that
during the year 1920 when values of
farm products took such slump. the
United States increased it's imports
of foodshhs Ga per cent as compar-
ed with the previous year and de-
creased its exports % per cent. or
course Underwood and the rest of the
southern free trade democrats will
tell you that it was only a coincidence
that the increased importations had
nothing to do with the fall in the
value of farm products. They will
tell you. as the democratic tariff COM
mission does, that the importations
of Canadian wheat had nothing to do
with the fall of wheat prices below
the cost of production. But few peo-
pie will believe them. 1t is mani
testify the natural effect of increased
buying abroad to decrease the price
Of the home product; else why should
there be any buying abroad? Isn't
this plain common sense?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
PARDON CAME TOO LATE.
ANACONDA Standard

Pathetic is the story that comes
from Raleigh, n c., of Sarah Wyck-
off who at the age of 76. died in
the state prison after ~ years i'm
prisonment for a crime of which she
was innocent In 1879 she was SEN
fenced for life as the convicted ac-
complete of the murder of her hus-
band with whom she lived in a wild
mountain home. The convicted prin-
cipal. a negro. was hanged Three
years ago from the mountains came
word that a death bed confession
had absolved the woman of connec-
ton with the tragedy. Then, for the
fifth time she refused a pardon. ex-
planning that she was being treated
well that time had shattered all her
relations with her family in the
mountains and that she preferred to
spend her last days amid surround
ings she had learned to know so well.
Here is a theme for novelist OF the
dark and gloomy school, say
Thomas Hardy with a gift for show
ing that sorrows crown of sorrow is
remembering happier things and be-
ing content with the remembrance,
sans hope. sans ambition, sans any
CLEAN of mirth or spark Of cheer or
mirage of promise or dream of hap
piness sans everything Truth is
grimmer than fiction
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
SKY THE LIMIT.
(Boise Statesman)


After hearing for six weeks the
constant cry from the people of Ida
no for relief from the exorbitant cost
of government a group of legislators
has introduced a resolution asking
for a division of the state. Because
one burden was more than could be
borne, the legislators forsooth, pro-
pose to add another
The extravaganza of county divi-
sion is well understood County di-
vision, therefore, seems to be out Of
the question this year. It seems all
the more unbelievable on this ac-
count that the more disastrous pro-
position of inflicting upon the people
.of Idaho two state governments
should even be mentioned.
One wonders what north Idaho
could gain by such folly, for Idaho
institutions are already nearly all
duplicated; unless north Idaho wishes
the accommodation of a penitentiary
and reform school,
If she will only wait patiently. and
permit Idaho legislatures to pursue
their present course, she will get all
these institutions in time-when we
are complete triplet state Three
fairs are already proposd. and if we
count the institution at Nampa, we
have already three insane asylums.
cur supreme court meets at three
places and we have three federal
courts. Surely one need not be de-
lirious to foretell three universities
and perhaps three senators.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
MAINTAIN MINERAL EXHIBIT IN
THE CAPITOL.

The action of the Idaho Mining
association at its recent meeting in
Boise in calling upon the governor
and legislature to make provision for
the display of the Idaho exhibit at
the Panama Pacific exposition in the
capitol will meet the approval of all
who are interested in the develop
ment of the mineral resources of the
state The collection of minerals
together with the reproduction in
miniature of mountains. mines and
mills. showing underground as well
as surface operations, attracted wide
attention at the San Francisco expo
sition and was pronounced to be in
many respects the best display rep
resenting the mining industry The
value of the exhibit is indicated by
the fact that the American Mining
congress, the Rocky Mountain club
of New York the city schools of st.
Louis, the University of California,
Stanford university and numerous
other institutions have endeavored to
get possession of it. But. as the min
ing association truly says, the collec-
ton is of more value to the state of
Idaho when exhibited within the
state. and it is therefore hoped that
the legislature will provide for its
early installation in the capitol.
In this connection the writer re
calls a visit to the capitol of Utah in
salt Lake. a magnificent building in
some respects similar to the new
capitol of this state. Most of the
basement. which is really the first
story, as it is all above ground, is
devoted to displaying the resources
and products of the state of Utah.
Wonderful collections of minerals
displayed in showcases. all labelled.
form one of the most interesting fea-
lures. while native woods, building
stone. farm products, ETC. were all
in orderly and attractive
display. There is also a remarkable !
and wonderfully interesting collection |
of tools, vehicles farming imple-
ments and household furnishings |
made and used by the pioneers of the !
state, and numerous interesting relics
with the early history of
Utah. If there is suitable space in
he Idaho capitol the request made
)y the Idaho Mining association
should be enlarged to conform with
he plan adopted in the Utah capitol.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
NO NEW STATE FOR US

AAOoCON AolelA AhAi AOAy
Disappointed politicians and others
of north Idaho, smarting under the
seeming domination of the capital
crowd" at Boise, have started a move
ment to create new state out of the
panhandle" of Idaho and a section of
eastern Washington with. of course,
Spokane as the capital
The thing is impractical and i'm
possible To create such a new state
requires the consent of the iegisia
lures of Idaho and Washington and
the consent of congress. The consent
OF none of these could be gained. Con-
gress will never consent to give the
west of which the east is already
jealous. two more senators.
But if all these obstacles could be
ed. would we not be Jumping out of
the frying pan into the IRE" by trad
ing Boise for Spokane? When we re-
member that Spokane has about twice
as many voters as Boise has popula-
ton; that Spokane city has a greater
population than the entire 'panhan-
die" of Idaho: and when we look back
over the political history of Spokane
it seems that there is nothing to be
desired in this proposed cnange.
IF we think a handful or o-called
politicians in Boise can control the
politics of Idaho against the best in
terests of this part of the state, what
must we think of Spokane as the po-
Iitical center of a new state? SpO-
kane politicians can give the Boise
bunch cards and spades and let them
DEAF and then skin them in the po-
litical game Spokane with its more
than 100000 population and close to
voters would absolutely control
the new state and it would not be in
the interest of the panhandle" eth
err. Be sure of that.
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powder. the steel, the hundred
and one other supplies that go
into the making of copper"
Then he told them of some things
the company had been putting up
wth,from the unions, but which they
will not continue to do. An extract
from Mr. Kelly's statement will be
round in another column, in which he
makes it plain that the limit has been
reached and that the unions must
either stand for decency and fair
treatment, or they will no longer be
able to do business with the Anacon-
da company a position that was I'M
qualifedly endorsed by all other Butte
operators. In closing, Mr. Kelly said;
$50 that the position of the
Anaconda company, gentlemen. is
Just this: If we can get down to
decent basis of doing business
with one another. one that is fair,
we are ready to go ahead, and if
we can not we are ready to
break. It is very important
matter; and whatsoever action we
take we will live up to it. If we
agree, we will continue just as we
have in the past. to try and live
up to our obligations and expect
you to live up to yours, and if it
comes to the point where we must
break. it is a break for good"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

We hear much these days about
the burden of taxation and the de-
mand is persistent upon county COM
missioners. state legislatures and
congress for relief And in the midst
OF this a group of Idaho state sena-
tors gravely propose to make a Sow
ereign state of the ten northern coun-
ties of Idaho. Possibly there is some
motive other than that named back of
the resolution. and we hope there is
for the sake Of the fame of the
senators who stand sponsor for it.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
eLEE CLUB NO EXPENSE TO THE
STATE.

The Miner has received a letter
from c. H. Swanstrom. editor of the
University Argonaut the official stu
dent publication of the University of
Idaho at Moscow in which he ex-
presses appreciation on behalf of the
under graduates for a recent editor
ial in this paper in support of the uni
versity and commencing the work of
the glee club in its tour of the state.
However Mr.. Swanstrom calls at
tention to an erroneous statement
which the Miner is glad to correct. Tt
has been the impression that the
state through the university was back
of the glee club tour and that in the
event that the receipts were not suf-
hcient to defray the expense. the
state made up the deficiency. This is
not true and Mr.. swanstrom makes
the correction in the following ex-
tract from his letter which the Miner
is pleased to publish:
1.-THE glue club receives a small
allotment of student body money
commonly called A. s. U. l.
money, which is voluntarily paid
in by the students each semester.
For the rest of the necessary
funds, the club relies solely on
what is made on the tour. The
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

Mining Truth would make the new
state pill more palatable for the peo-
pie of the panhandle of Idaho by Civ
ing it a thin coating of sugar in the
form of a promise to make Occur
d'Alene the capital. We object If
we are going to have this new state
foisted upon us, the logical place for
the capital is Spokane. But we are
not going to have the new state, so
why bother about the capital?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
WHY THE EXORBlTANT PRICE
OF COAL?

We do not believe that the local Goa
dealers are guilty of prohteering but
there must be something rotten in the
ccal situation that forces the public
to pay the present exorbitant price
The people of the west are not alone
in their coal grievance. according tc
the following extract from the Chris
tan Science Monitor published in
Boston:
There is apparently no end to
the anomalies and the enormities
of the coal situation in the Unit
ed States. Only a few weeks
ago when the ordinary private
consumer was paying from S14
to $40 ton for his coal, the sec
rotary of the navy was announc-
ing that the navy department
was able to buy coal at just I'M
der 80 a ton, and that the dealers
expressed themselves as satisfied
with their profits Today the
latest news from Paris tells of
the French government fixing the
price of American coal in France
~ at 50 a ton. and of the French
coal dealers expressing the opin-
ion that this really amounts to
an embargo on American coal.
Why? Not because the Ameri-
can coal dealer would have to
sell at loss but because, "after
payment Of freight he would
not net more than 81 tom"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
BIENNIAL AFELlcrloN.
(Boise Capital News)

Northern Idaho seems to biennially
be afflicted with the same spirit of
unrest that attacks the balance of the
state when the legislature meets.
Every two years a proposal comes
from the panhandle that it be cut Off
from the balance of the state and be
formed into a new state. Probably it
is fortunate for the state as a whole
that the more ambitious leaders in
the north never get anywhere with
their plans and are not likely to.
IF the balance of Idaho was to take
the proposal Of the north seriously
segregation might not be impossible.
But the south does not and likely will
not unless thoroughly convinced that
a majority of the residents of the
panhandle are so dissatisfied that
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

every other state who were dissatis-
fed with the boundary lines to ap-
peal to congress for relief
But it is not merely because con-
gress would certainly reject the pro-
posal for a new state that the Miner
is opposed to the proposition The
chief argument used by the advocates
of the new state is in the opinion Of
this paper the strongest argument
for keeping the state intact. They
point out that in the south the peo-
pie are chiefly interested in agricul-
ture stock raising and other lines
pertaining to the soil. while in the
north the dominant industries are
mining and numbering; that the far
mer in the south requires irrigation,
while in the north the farmer has
plenty of moisture without irrigation.
I'm the opinion of this paper, it is the
very diversity of interests and re-
sources that will make Idaho a great
state If the new state agitatOrs can
be silenced it van not be many years
until Idaho will advance to a position
of first Importance as a mining, lum-
bering. stock raising, grain growing
and fruit producing state. The real
greatness of the state will depend
upon not one, but all these industries.
The miner in the north and the far
mer i'm the south have a common in
terest and each can be a real advan-
tage TO the other There are many
problems to he solved in connection
with the development of the natural
resources of the state and the recla-
nation of its arid land and these
should develop cordial cooperation in
both sections of the state to accom-
olish their solution. SO far as the
barrier between the two sections is |
.onoerned that viii soon be overcome |
BY splendid automobile highway |
which viii doubtless be followed by |
railroad when the wealth and Won
lers of central Idaho become known.
There is an abundance of evidence |
hat central Idaho has vast mineral |
deposits which will soon be made ac-
'essible by the construction of high
Ways to accommodate motor trucks
or the delivery of machinery at the
mines and the transportation of the
ire to the smelters. 1t is not improb-
bile that mining districts will be
ound that win rival the Occur
'Alene and may possibly surpass it.
'he Miner wants to contribute its
art to accomplishing these results,
wants to be living in Idaho when
Is great future is a reality; when the
mines of the state will provide the
est market for the product of the
arm: when it's great water power
Hl be utilized in industrial enter
rise: when the people north and
outh viii realize that the differences
ow urged as a reason for separa-
on are in fact the strongest element
, the making of a great state
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state does not share any of the
expenses whatever of this organi-
zation It is solely a student en-
terprise. In other words, it is one
Of the contributions from the stu
dent body offered for the develop
ment and growth of the univer-
sity and to acquaint the people
Of the state with the activities of
the school"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
4 Woman s Question
elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Do you know you have asked for the
costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above
womans heart and woman's life,
And a woman's wonderful love?
DO you know you have asked for this
priceless thing
AS a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died to
win,
With the reckless dash of boy.
You have written my lesson of duty
out.
ManIike, you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my womans
Until | shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always
be hot
Your socks and your shirt shall be
whole
require your heart shall be true as
Gods stars,
AS pure as heaven your soul
You require cook for your mutton
and beef;
/ require a far better thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for
stockings and shirts
| look for a man and a king.
A king for a beautiful realm called
home,
And a man that the maker God,
Shall look upon as He did the first,
ic
am fair and young, but the roses
will fade
From my soft young cheek one day;
VIII you love me, then, mid the fall
ing leaves
AS you did mid the bloom of May?
Is your heart an ocean so wide and
deep,
may launch my all on its tide?
a loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made bride.
I require all things that are grand
and true;
All things that a man should be;
If you would give this all, 1 would
stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you can not do this. a laundress
and cook
You can hire with little pay;
But a womans heart and a womans
life
Are not to be won that way.
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Idaho Newspapers on New State

fences that cry aloud for rectihcation
Should congress ever open the door
10 changes-whch it has never done
except of course, in the case of West
Virginia which was solely a war
measure as exceptional as the eman-
cipation act-it would open floodgates
which could not again be closed
against a perennial deluge
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
COMPANY AND THE
BUTTE UNIONS.

There was a conference the other
day i'm Butte between the represen-
tatves of the mining companies and
the unions for the purpose of con-
sidering the renewal or working
agreements The feature of the first
meeting was a statement by c. F.
Kelly president of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company, which gives
an insight to the mining situation in
Butte and defines the position of the
operators with respect to future deal
ings with the unions. Mr.. Kelly was
very candid i'm his discussion and
took the representatives of the unions
into his confidence to the extent Of
telling them i'm detail the costs Of
producing copper who receives the
money and what the company gets
out of it, On this point Mr.. Kelly
said:
Taking the sales price of cop
per of 1919 to 1S cents a pound
that has prevailed duFing the last
four months I want TO tell you
how much of that you got and
how much of it the stockholders
got.
1.-THE direct labor cost of pro-
months, that is, payment direct to
our own payroll was 9.9S cents
per pound of copper or 10 cents
per pound in round figures; the
labor of the Anaconda company
got 10 cents for every pound of
copper that we produced.
"The freight and refining ex-
pense is approximately 2lk cents.
so that nearly all Of the whole
1872 cents that we received for
pound of copper was given to you
and to the railroads, and the larg-
er part of what was given to the
railroads of course, is in turn
given 10y them to their employees.
SO that when IL comes to the
core of the apple left by labor the
Anaconda company gentlemen.
under conditions such as prevail
now does not get very much
there is not very much core left
I'm addition, we not only have to
get enough money to pay YOU and
the railroads but we had to find
the coal the coke, the timber. the
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Icontinusd on page 81
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-29
A Trip To Indiana

Walter w. Garrison, of Auburn,
Indiana has been visiting relatives IN
Bridgeton and Penns Grove. He spent
a week here with his sister, NJ. Alma
Lewis. When he returned home MI
and Mrs. Lewis accompanied him IN
their auto, going by way of the Ma
tional Pike, which was the old Custer
Trail in pioneer days, distance OF
about 700 miles, over mountains and
valleys, camping at night by the road
side, as hundreds of Others are doing,
One night there were three parties
camping in Vineyard Hill school yard
This school house is of brick, built in
a lovely grove of oak trees lin 1876)
West of Wheeling, W: Va. Two were were
on their way to California. Others
had come from there and others We're
from States North, South, East and
West. 1t was a wonderful trip and
thoroughly enjoyed, the more so as
there was no mosquitoes at all In the
mountains or on the way to Auburn
Ind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-29
Y. NJ. C. A. Notes

About 800 residents of Calneys
Point and Penns Grove enjoyed the
second annual moonlight excursion
GIVEN by the YMCA on Friday even
me. 22d. The boat left Penns Grove
wharf at 7.30 P. NJ, gong some , os-
chestra rendered music, and dancing
and singing were among the features
w was 81 furnished by the "agony har
n,onv" mon of the Tall Cedars, and Warren
Smith also furnished quite lot OF !
fun for the crowd. All on board 9ii na1
a delightful time, and neat sum VIII
he added to the gymnasium 1und.
A preliminary meeting was held IN
tho ~" on Monday evening to discuss
the the plans 81 for fair to be given in the
G@ Iargely of those who so successfully
nut over the fair last season.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-29
L PedricktOwn Personal
and Local Items
Interesting Happenings of Old
mans Township

Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller. of Bus
tleJOn. and Mrs. Mary Hunter. Of Tren-
ton, spent part of the week with Mrs,
kezian Burk.
Mrs. Mary A. McCuen, who has
been making her home with Miss Mary
Mary NcCuen, for the last two years,
passed away early Tuesday morn
ing. She was in her 87th year.
Charles Locke, Of RoxDorough. Pa,
spent the weekend with his mother,
MIS-. Oliver Citizens.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Walton enter
tanned on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Somers, Mr. William Cunard and sons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Green, Miss May
Cunard and Milton Featherer, of
Penns Grove.
The buyers began on Monday morn
ing buying can house tomatoes. They
started at twenty cents q basket.
Eggplnats have taken a jump. On
Monday they brought $3.50 basket.
Miss Martha Burk spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cor
son, at Woodstown.
About eighteen attended the in
stallation services in the PaulsbOro
DdDLlEl NIlAIElI vi 1uuI I5LAdAs
Charles Freed is driving a new
Hudson speedster car.
Rev. and Mrs. Brahm, Of Jarret-
town, Pa, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Holton
Austin Titus. of Swedesboro, is
clerking in Candy & Williamson's
store.
Mr. and Mrs. John Yais, Of Brook
lawn, spent the weekend with Mrs.
Emma Cunard.
Miss Helen Darlington ran a scls-
sors through the palm Of her hand,
causing quite a serious wound.
VIM. Strimple and children, of Pal
nyra, spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Strimple.
The Baptist Sunday School picniced
at Sharptown on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Justice and
William Swavefiy are spending the
week q. Atlantic City
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hampton, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Weatherby and
daughter. Elizabeth, spent Sunday at
PennsaIle. the guest of Joseph Baker.
John Whitaker. Jr., on Saturday,
went with Battery. 3, of the National
Guards, to Montauk Point, Long
Island, for two weeks.
Over one hundred went on the NJ.
E. picnic on Wednesday 10 Alcyon
Park.
Nr and Mrs. Bert Peache have
moved from his fathers farm, in
Gloucester County, to the Village IN
Penns Grove.
Mis- Catherine Storm and daughter
we're recent visitors at the Baptist
parsonage.
Rev. and Mrs. John Naylor enter
tanned this week Mr.. and Mrs. Collins
and daughter, of Easton, Pa, MT:
and Mrs. Frank PaTkes and son, OF
Bridgeton. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Oler,
of Woodlyn Heights, and Miss Clara
Speiss. of Philadelphia.