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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
HIGH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, IN 1900

f1lS1H lNEEl, PHILADELPHIA, I'm loUU
Republican party during these years
they always speak In terms of Jefferson and
Hamilton They do not exhibit change Of mind.
They merely stage picturesque fight between
two very great men, and two very attractive
men,
AS see the matter, while Hamilton opposed
this change and Jefferson made use Of 1t, it was
other men who effected this change of mind.
propose to deal mostly with these other men,
and, above all, with one Of them who strikes me
as the most outspoken, the most reckless, the
most generous. and the most neglected His
name was Bache.
HE may have been wrong. In any case. he
died too soon to be right. But he was good
fighter and he took the side which found favor
with the American nation in the end. Here is
the story as have found it in old archives and
dusty pamphlets. 1t is the story of the birth Of
a new nation and the death of young man."
Benny Bache, as Fay likes to call him, was
born August 12 1859, the son of Sarah
Franklin and Richard Bache, q Philadelphia
merchant described as simple minded man,
friendly and joyial, with nothing OF a great
man about him." So if Benny Bache had any
elements of greatness in him, he didn't get it
from his father. He got it from his mother, who
passed on to him some Of the greatness of her
father.
fathers. so when Franklin went to Paris in 1915
to negotiate an alliance with France for the re-
bellious colonies he took his seven-yearod grand
son along with him. There the boy soon became
too French" so his grandfather, resolved to
make him "a Presbyterian as well as Repub-
lcan," sent him to Geneva for his education.
Franklin had another grandson in Paris with
him-Temple Franklin the illegitmate son of his
own fllegitimate son, William Franklin.
But Temple Franklin was an aloof, frigid sort
Of boy, far as real affection for his grand
father was concerned. Therefore, Franklin, in
1888, brought Benny back from Geneva and, de-
lighted by the warmth of feeling that was imme-
dately apparent between them, he "deciied to
make the young man his masterpiece" SO for
two years Benny Bache breathed the intoxicating
air of Passy, Paris and Versailles where he was
made much Of as the grandson of Franklin, the
"oracle Of two worlds" He shared In his grand
fathers talks with the philosophers and the SCI
entists who came to see Franklin and he fol-
lowed his grandfather's footsteps In pursuing
those interests which made Franklin 'the most
versatile American"
Then Franklin decided 'sn order to round of
Benny's philosophical apprenticeship. to make q
printer out of him. At the outset, from Novem-
Der, 1874, to March, 1855. he gave him as his
master a printer and type founder. NJ Emery,
who cane to Passy every day. he supervised
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

GARY N. WEISINGER, JR., deputy
banking code, was fired by General
Johnson because he was held respon-
sible for the issue of press re-
lease inferring that Johnson had APP
proved proposed set of fair bank
ing practice rules that some 700 banks
and clearing houses were about to
adopt. Johnson suspended the pro-
posed fee schedules, stating that he
had never seen them.
HALF a million dollars has been al
lotted by the Public Works admin
istration to the aeronautics branch OF
the Department of Commerce to assist
In efforts to promote less expensive n.y.
ing. The intention is to develop the
production of inexpensive, mass-pro-
duced airplanes for private use.
T DAMS totaling $27 ,534 900 were al
IL lotted to six railroads by the
PWA. Funds were authorized to per-
NIT purchase of steel rails and track
fastenings, for the repair OF locomo-
tives and rolling stock and to finance
the construction of coal cars.
Largest of the loans was an alloca-
ton of S12,OOO,OOO to the Southern Pa
cific company. The Illinois Central
railroad was granted s9,300,0O0 and the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, S4,23O,OOo.
Receivers of the Wabash railway were
granted $1,4S9,0OO. Loans Of S265,OOO
and S25OOOO were granted for Kansas,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad and the
Interstate railroad, the latter Vir-
ginia road.
Jesse Fl. JONES, chairman of the
- Reconstruction corporation, be-
lieves the railroads will need further
financial assistance from the govern
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siderable success achieved by their re-
covery plans. Many leaders in econ
omy and politics gave them this as
surance, and there was manifested
general determination to go along fur
Their with the President and support
his efforts.
Congress began its session January
3 and Speaker Rainey, after a talk
with Mr.. Roosevelt, predicted conf
IDENTIFY that the session would be har--
monious and devoted mainly to appro-s
priation-an revenue legislation.
ave are going to have a short and
constructive session." said Mr.. Rainey.
at will be a very important session,
but working one rather than a dra-
matte one. We will pass the supply
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government and of
grain dealers revealed
that the acreage re-
duction program on
which the Agriculture
department spent vast
sums was virtually a
failure, and though
there were other dis
couraging signs, on
the whole President
Roosevelt and his ad-
visers had reason to
believe the new year
promised TO 500 con-
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ment during 1854. he
said that the govern
ment either through
t h e corpora ii o n
or some other agency
would have to help
refinance the security
issues that became
due during the year.
Several railroads al
ready have discussed
the matter with the
corporation, a m o n g
49, 49, NA V4rIy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

Welt, as chief speaker,
vigorously attacked
political leaders of the
world for frustrating
the hopes of the peo-
pies for world peace.
Ninety per cent of the
population Of the
earth, he averred, is
DESTROYS that there
shall be no more wars;
but the remaining 10
per cent are misled
by politicians W h o
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

wv ~ \ Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
w Jackson as though they were
the first opponents of those
principles. But now a scholarly
historian, whose opinions, based
upon patient and diligent study, certainly should
be more acceptable than the windy, vote catching
patitudes of campaign orator, tells us that the
true Fathers of American Democracy" were two
men named Frankln-Benjamn Franklin whose
memory we honor on January II, his birthday,
and Benjamin Franklin Bache, his grandson.
This historian is Bernard Fay, Frenchman who
divides his time between France and America,
and his thesis is uttered in the book "The Two
Franklins: Fathers of American Democracy"
published recently by Little, Brown and Com
pany.
So much has been written about BENJAMIN
Franklin (including Mr. Fay's previous book,
benjamin Franklin: The Apostle of Modern
Times" which has been pronounced 'fncompar-
ably the best biography of Franklin yet pub
lished') that there seems to be little left to add
to the record Of his life and services to the
American nation. But very little has ever been
said about his grandson, or the historical impor-
lance of Benjamin Franklin Bache.
Students of the history of American Journal
ism have known him the founder of the Phil
adelphia General Advertiser, which later became
the Aurora, in which, while attempting to break
the power of the Federalist party he attacked
the symbol of Federalist faith, President George
Washington, even going to the lengths of declar-
ing that "If ever a nation was debauched by a
man, the American nation has been by Washing
tom He attacked John Adams, and his attacks
on the second President of the United States
led directly to the passage Of the Alien and Sedi-
tion laws, under which statutes Bache was
rested for libel but was not prosecuted. But
Bache was more than "scurrlous young Jour-
nalist who yapped at the Father of His Country"
Fay presents him as the man who carried on
the Gathering of Democratic principles in this
country after that other father" Franklin, was
dead and of bringing about second American
Revolution" one of which most Americans are
unaware. In the preface to his book, Fay says:
"a revolution is a change Of mind. There have
been few more radical changes of mind than the
one which took place in America between 1890
and 1900. But when historians describe the down.
fall of the Federalsts and the victory of the new
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a member of the fed
eral trade commission
last October was lille
gal and void" Mr..
Humphrey has filed
with the court a pc
tition demanding from
the q nj t e d States
81, 251.39 W h ich he
says is due him as his
salary from October
s to November 80. He
laid before the court
a transcript Of four
la@fonC Ara-, kha D~nc
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There will be no attempt to over
throw the recovery program or to OPP
pose the President. 1t isn't possible.
If there is any sniping the snipers are
apt to be left at home.
"We had the extra session and en-
acted the recovery program and 1t is
just beginning to work. Recovery is
on the way"
nEVALUATION of the dollar APP
- pears to be certainty Of the not
distant future, and the Treasury de-
partment is getting ready for that
step. To start with, 1t is about to
seize all remaining private holdings of
gold. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., now
secretary, In an order issued under
the emergency banking law, demand
ed the surrender Of all gold holdings,
with five specific exceptions, regard
less Of their size.
Previous authorizing orders had
allowed an exemption for private hold
ings of 500 or less. Morgenthau ex-
planned especially that this exemption
has now been wiped away and that
new drive against large hoarders who
have not previously complied has been
launched.
Failure to follow the treasury's or
der and conviction carries maximum
penalty of ten years N prison. $4,000
In fines, or both. The order applies to
corporations, partnerships, and asso-
Citations as well as individuals.
One important exception which still
blocks the way to devaluation was
left in the new gold order. Federal
reserve banks, which own S3,700O00,-
600 in gold and gold certificates out of
a total American gold stock of S4,300,-
100000, were still allowed to keep their
gold. How to deprive the reserve
banks of this gold legally. or at least
of the profit which the banks would
otherwise reap from devaluation, has
long been puzzling treasury legal ex-
perts.
NOV it is up to the United States
Court of Claims to decide wheth-
er or not President Roosevelt's action
in removing William e. Humphrey as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Roosevelt World Peace and Armed nterven
tion-Harmonious Session of Congress Predicted
All Gold Holdings Demanded
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

WOODROW WILSON'S birthday
w was celebrated in washington by
a dinner given by the foundation that
bears his name, and President Roose-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
THE INS-FATHERS
OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY


with principles for weapons had something sor
did about them.
1.-The crowd cOntented itself with rejecting
that everywhere virtuous democrats and corrupt
aristocrats were at grips. 1t wanted graphic pic
lures of 1t all. Greedily it read the news from
France announcing the levee en- masse, the up
rising of the people, the heroic measures, the
fall Of the king, the victory of yalmy. All this
was crystal-clear. All this recalled the American
Revolution. They drank In the taverns in honor
of France and Benny filed his paper with dis
patches from France. He offered his public the
second part of Paine's Rights Of Man. which
reflected French Republican enthusiasm. He well
coined all refugees. exiled French immigrants
who came from Europe or from Santo Domingo,
or who focked from New York. which was too
crowded or from the West where they were
unable to establish themselves He published
their complaints, their advertisements, their
poems"
Thus he added fuel to the rapidly growing
discomfort with the Federalfst regime and the
rule of George Washington, the Virginia aristo-
crat. Then the storm Of the French Revolution
broke and Republican enthusiasm rampant
in America. Citizen Genet came to America
and Bache became his friend and the Advertiser
his mouthpiece. Genet failed in his effort to
override "Old Washington" by appealing directly
to the people and Bache shared in that failure.
But he lost little power in the years that fol-
lowed when Americans were split into two fac
tions-English sympathizers and French sympa-
thizers.
When John Jay went to England and negoti-
ated his infamous treaty." Bache scored ire
mendous newspaper scoop. While Washington
was trying to keep the provisions Of that treaty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT an
nounced that he had accepted the
long expected resignation of William
H. Woodin as secretary of the treas
ury, and appointed Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., to succeed him. Mr.. Morgenthau
took the oath of Office on New Years
day in the presence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roosevelt and the members of his
own family.
Mr. Woodin's retirement had been
expected since last summer. He is
still in Arizona endeavoring to re-
cover his health.
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lctISIS TTcS-
ident. Two of them requested his res
ignation, a third accepted his resigna-
ton, although Mr.. Humphrey contend
ed, none had been offered, while a
fourth contained only these words:
II am in receipt of your letter of
September q. Effective as of this
date October y you are hereby re-
moved from the Office of commissioner
of the federal trade commission"
Mr.. Humphrey refused to resign or
get out and formally notified the trade
commission of that refusal; but the
commission wrote him that it had vot-
ed to recognize the executive order of
the President. Mr.. Humphrey is a
Republican and the controversy be-
tween him and Mr.. Roosevelt has been
taken up as political issue by some
others of that party. 1t is certain to
be the subject of oratory and argu-
ment in congress. For fourteen years
Mr.. Humphrey represented the state
of Washington in congress, and he was
appointed to the trade commission by
President Coolidge in 1925 and reap.
pointed by President Hoover in 1881.
1t is the contention of Mr.. Humphrey
that congress intended the commission
to be an Independent semijudicial, nom
political body, the members Of which
would be Independent of the will of
the President and subject to removal
only for causes stated in the statute.
He asserts that his duties had been
properly performed and that no
charges Of any kind had been pre-
scented against him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

TORRENTIAL rains lasting many
L hours wrought disaster in Los An
geles and its suburbs for floods rushed
through the towns and countryside
and probably IS or more lives were
lost. Glendale, Montrose, La Cres-'
centa. Echo Park. Long Beach, Ala
mitos Beach, Venice, Redondo Beach
and other towns were those in the
direct path of the inundation. 1t was
in these places that the heaviest toll
of life occurred.
All the valleys In the region were
turned into lakes, and the property
damage was immense.
COME weeks ago Jon G. Duca.
premier of Rumania, outlawed the
Iron Guard, an anti-Jewish organiza-
ton. He has paid the penalty. for a
member of the guard assassinated
him in railway station in Sinaia.
The murderer, who was arrested with
two accomplices, proudly admitted his
crime.
The assassination came as a climax
to long series of disorders character
istic of the new wave of anti-Semitic
radicalism which has swept Rumania
since the victory of Chancellor Hit
ler's anti-Jewish campaign in Ger
many.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

IN THIS connection it may be noted
that French Ambassador Francois
Poncet has returned from Paris
to Berlin with proposals that may
induce Germany to collaborate with
France in disarmament The French
are willing to let Germany have
a regular army of 100000 men I'M
der certain conditions, but insist on
international supervision of arma-
ments and trial period of four years
before France reduces her own arma-
ments. Furthermore, the whole mat
ter must be threshed out at the Gene
va conference and not in bi-lateral
parleys. Great Britain and the little
entente are said to favor the French
proposition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

THROUGH the year closed with
l. prices for farm products and man.
ufactured foods showing a downward
trend; though the estimates Of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

FRIENDS Of Representative Robert
L. Doughton of North Carolina,
chairman of the house ways and means
committee, expect that President
Roosevelt will soon appoint him a
member of the federal tariff commits
sion. Probably this will be delayed
until after the liquor and general tax
revision bills are passed by the house,
for both of these administration meas
ures are being handled by Doughton's
committee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

COLUMBIA university's football
~ team gave the country a surprise
by defeating Stanford, to O, in the
Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. The
field was like swamp and rain fell
continuously during the game.
G. 1884. Western Newspaper Union.
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signs and selfish motives. His impress
sive closing sentences were:
Through all the centuries and
down to the world conflict Of 1914 to
1918, wars were made by governments.
Woodrow Wilson challenged that
necessity. That challenge made the
people, who create and who change
governments, think. They wondered
with Woodrow Wilson whether the
people themselves could not some day
prevent governments from making war.
at is an extension of the challenge
Of Woodrow Wilson for US to propose
In this newer generation that from
now on war by governments shall be
changed to peace by peoples"
Mr.. Roosevelt's peace plan, offered
TO the world, may be thus summarized:
Every nation would agree to elm
mate over a period Of years and by
progressive steps all weapons of of
Tense. keeping only permanent de-
fensive implements. Each nation
could inspect its neighbor to insure
against offensive weapons.
Every nation would join In a SIM
pie declaration that no armed forces
would be allowed to cross it's borders
into the territory of any other nation.
BY ruling that such pacts would be
effective unless all nations agreed the
nations still believing ''in the use of
the sword for invasion" would be
pointed out to the pressure of world
opinion.
The President also proclaimed a
modification Of the Monroe Doctrine,
asserting that 1t would henceforth be
the policy of the United States to I'M
dertake no single-handed armed inter-
vention In any of the American re-
publics. He declared that 1t was the
joint obligation of all those republics
to intervene in any one of them IL
such interference should become nee
essary to protect their interests.
Praise was given the League Of Ma
lions for its manifold achievements,
but the President said it had been
handicapped from the start by motives
Of political profit, personal prestige
and national ACKNOWLEDGMENT
"We are not members and we do
not contemplate membership" the
President added. "We are giving CO.
operation to the league In every mat
ter which is not primarily political
and in every matter which obviously
represents the views and the good Of
the peoples of the world as distin-
guished from the views and the good
Of political leaders, of privileged
classes or of imperialistic aims"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

MAJ. Gen. Edward L. King, q. S.
1Sl A., commander of the Fourth
corps area, died suddenly in Atlanta,
Ga. He was graduate of West Point
and served in France during the World
war, earning many decorations. He
also fought in Cuba in the war With
Spain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

NOV it is up to the United States
! Court of Claims to decide wheth-
er or not President Roosevelt's action
in removing William E. Humphrey as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

HEN political orators have occa-
sion to speak of "the great
Democratic principles" they in
variably mention the names Of
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson as though they were
the first opponents of those
principles. But now a scholarly
historian whoSo on;ntouS hasa5
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-06
|Tribut,e's Grain, Livestock and
Market Report for Sat-, Oct. 6
DEMAND FOR WHEAT
FALLS OFF; CLOSES
AT LOWER FIGURES
Weekend Adjustments, Winni.
peg Holiday Causes Trad
ers to Be Cautious

Chicago. Oct. 6.-(P)-Dragged down
by absence Of any broad new specula-
tive demand. wheat failed Saturday to
hold an early advance Of prices, and
instead closed with losses.
Weekend adjustment Of accounts.
as well as the fact that the Winnipeg
market will be closed Monday, influ-
enced wheat operators generally to
act with caution. Late cables indicat-
ed Argentine frosts were not regarded
seriously.
Wheat closed weak. at the same as
Fridays finish to IL lower. December
new 97A-ss, corn 7s-lk down. De-
cember new 73H:7s: oats 4 off to q
up, and provisions unchanged to S
cents decline.
Special significance in various quar-
tiers was attached to Argentine reports
of frost. An additional incentive for
wheat buyers came from Liverpool
cables telling of better European de-.
mand both for Canadian and Argen-'
tine wheat.
Exporters were stated to be active
purchasers Of October delivery Of
wheat at Winnipeg. On the other
hand, new speculative buying In Chi
cago lacked vigor during much Of the
day, and In SOME cases sag to below
yesterdays finish took place. In the
corn market, resting orders to sell on
advances acted Is q drag on values.
For the most part, oats held about
steady.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-06

so. ST. PAUL

0Vs Oh EAOk
South st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 6.-(P,-
(llinn. Dep. Agr.)-Most hogs met
firm release on Saturdays market,
with strength largely on underweights
and pigs. Better 100000 pound
weights brought 6.00-10: heavy butch
ers selling down to $50. most l70-190
lbs. $4,000: 14O-l60 lbs, 400-500;
killer pigs 276-3.50: better stock pigs
l.50-26o; bulk good packing sows
5.00-26.
Slaughter steers and yearlings were
mostly steady Friday but show some
decline for the week. Good to choice
fed steers and yearlings sold this week
ct 600-0yO0, . few loads $3.50: In
between grades 4.25-5.75; grassers
mainly 260-4.O0, some $50 Grain
fed heifers brought 5.5o-7.75; medium
lieshed and short-feds 3.50-5.25;
palmer grades 1880: cutter to me-
dunn cows l.76.2.50: some good cows
300-3.66; desirable vealers closed at
5!00-6.6o; . few 7.00:scommon and me-
dium 2.50.4.50: common and medium
stock steers sold ct 2.O0-3.2S; better
grade 3.50-4.S0.
Bulk Of the desirable slaughter
lambs closed at e.25, few loads to
shippers $50. most throwouts 3.50-4.O0,
yearling weshers 3.50-4.60, native ewes
1890. Native and Dakota feeders
sold this week at 400-50. or better,
rangers upward to around $50.