New Britain herald., 1926-10-20
SYNTHETIC GOLD
 CANNOT BE MADE
Never Will Be, JGVeIer Tells
 Exchange Club Members

George H. Dyson. in addressing
 the New Britain Exchange club last evening at the Burritt hotel, em- phaslzed the fact that although the present day jeweler is aided by mod eIn machinery and manufacturing i devices, in the main methods are 1 identical with those used by the { Egyptians some thousands Of years l ago. Using a replica of a ring of King Tut-Ankh-Amen as an an ex-
 ample of his idea, MT. Dyson said that he had taken the rnig from
 the original ring at the Metropolitan l Art Gallery In New York and had not been able to turn out a more i finished product than some ancient craftsman in old Egypt.
 The riches of King Solomon were almost beyond our comprehension"
 said Mir. Dyson. but we are able to figure up small parts of his fortune when we know that the chemically pure gold used Tn the construction of his famous temple amount to 100,- 1 900 talents. A talent is figured at 131 pounds at the present price of S276O an ounce. The candlesticks alone represented fortunes. These
 were six feet high by five feet across
 and weighed approximately one talent apiece which amounts up 10 $30,493 a talent.
 Tt has been claimed that the . l. fa,
 synthetic gold. That is a falsehood.
 Gold is gold and no synthetic sub
 stitute has ever been found nor will
 any ever he found. Gold, through
 the ages. is just what it is today. Gold is the basis for world pros
 perity. In the late sos two finan- ciers, Jim Fiske and Jay Gould managed to get corner on the gold market Immediately a panic. such has never been duplicated. resulted and countless brokers committed sui eide.
 Tt has been noticed that India, long called the Sink of the world has recently gone over to the gold
 standard after many years Of the silver standard of currency. I'm mediately China. who has been sup plying India with silver, found no
 market for its product and silver tumbled In value and is still shoot ing down the scale while gold still stands steady through 1t all"
 MT Dyson further outlined the
 trrt T 3,N1 tfNr n F
 claiming that at one time this city bid fair to become the center Of the jewelry industry instead of the hardware city that it is. He men, toned several men of prominence in the cty's history who had served
 apprenticeship in jewelry shops in this city. He further read a bind
 ing-out document which was given
 each master of the crafts upon the receiving of an apprentice into his
 shop.
 Some Of the idiosyncrasies Of gold
 were mentioned and he concluded
 his speech with a description of vase of flowers all in gold from old
 Egypt that is at the Metropolitan Museum which is so cunningly
 created that the metal blossoms and petals nod with the slightest tap on the case within which they are ex-
 hibited. It has recently been dis
 covered that the old craftsman
 carved the design in wood and poured the molten metal into the
 carved mould. charring the mould
 away from the gold to preserve the
 delicate lines of the ornament.
 A board Of control meeting fol-
 lowed the regular meeting. During
 the session of the club President
 Edward Christ announced that he
 had pledged the clubs support to
 the Armistice Day banquet to be given by the local post of the Amcri- can Legion