Evening star., 1933-07-02

Activity in the sugar beet fields has
also afforded considerable work to un-
employed. Hundreds that had been on
relief in Denver during the Winter
and Spring months have been given
employment in preparing the crop for
harvest. Some criticism has been
bruited about because of wages being
paid workers, but the scale this year,
ranging from $l2 to SIS per acre for
hand labor. is slightly in excess of last
year. Wages for field workers are reg
ulated by the growers themselves, how
ever, with the sugar company's only
pay for the beet production. This is
based on sliding scale. There is no
contract this year, but company Off
cials are optimistic that general world
conditions will make it possible to pay
considerably more to the growers this
year than for the past two or three
seasons,
Silver is still a magic word in Colo
RADIO, and greatly increased activity
prevails in all mining centers. The
cry for remonitization rings from Den
yer to Durango and from Leadville on
through the gulches that produced
fabulous wealth in the past in white
metal. The smelter plant Of the
American Smelling & Refining Co., at
Leadville, has reopened. putting more
time basis. While it is generally con-
ceded that silver cannot be profitably
mined at its present price Of approx
mately IS cents per ounce. the TACT
that other ores and by-products are
increasing in demand has resulted In
much re-employment-some in mines
abandoned for many years.
Gold Mining.
The search for the precious yellow
metalHgold-has sent hundreds into
the hills this Summer with pans.
Scores of unemployed men in Denver
spent several weeks in a school, spon-
sored by the city, learning" how to
pan gold, and innumerable hillsides in
the shadows of the towering Rockies
are the Summer homes of newly made
prospectors looking for the elusive yell
low metal.
Statistics at the mint in Denver in
dicate that many are successful. Re-
ceipts of gold, and silver, too, at the
mint have increased many fold.
All modes of transportation report
optimistically on actual increase IN
travel and an ever-increasing inquiry.
Railroad workers in Denver shops have
Oeen re-emplOySQ III SOIllc SIIldlI uulil-
bers. and surrounding functional points
report a marked increase in employ
ment. A particularly bright spot in
the upward swing in transcontinental
travel is Cheyenne, Wyo., only 100 miles
to the north, and the increase there is
reflected in more aerial passenger
travel in and out of Denver. On sew
eral successive days recently airplanes
on three daily schedules, east and west
bound from Cheyenne, added second
and third sections-huge planeS-in
order to accommodate transcontinental
air passengers.
Live stock and wool circles tell of the
recovery in lines that bring large money
returns to Denver and Colorado. Wool
growers in Northwestern and Southwest
ern Colorado have received the best
price for their clip this year than for
many seasons. At Craig, Colo, large
fleeces were sold to the Boston market
at prices ranging up to 81 cents. COM
pared with 8 and 10 cents a year ago.
Live stock prices have been gradually
creeping up, and hog prices have aver
aged better in recent weeks with every
indication that the produce, Of porkers
and feeder cattle will secure continued
higher returns as recovery goes on.