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The love of gold is one of the strong
est instincts implanted in the human
bleast. In individual instances it has
often proven stronger than love of
l omi or country. This is illogical be
cause gold, itself, can in no way sus
tain life; however, the instinct is uni
versal and undying.
Civilization has recognized the above
fact and resulting there-from are tha
present-day, well-defined methods of
carrying on the business-of the world.
The foundation and the arch and the
keystone of all business is credit.
The unit of credit is called the dol
lar, and the dollar represents a speci
fied number of grains of pure gold.
As a matter of convenience arrange
ment* have been perfected whereby%a
man or a nation may transfer these
units of credit without actually hand
ling the gold which they represent.
These arrangements are based on con
fidence that such gold does exist, but,
as we all know, when that confidence
is shaken it can only be restored by
physicial contact with the precious
metal itself.
The business of the world is grow
ing, requiring more and more gold
from year to year, for monetary pur
poses. Gold is annually removed from
the supply on hand for use as a com
modity— in industry, and in the arts
and sciences. Comparatively large
amounts of gold are lost each year;
in handling, by abrasion* and by being
buried oc hidden, and forgotten.
To properly maintain the equili
brium new gold must continually be
pi-educed. Mines must operate. Men
must explore unknown regions and
prospect in untried filds in the search
for new ore deposits which may be
utilized when the old mines become
•^worked out”
The hunting lor gold and the op
eration of mines has been in progress
since the dawn of history. To such an
extent has this work been carried on
that few areas of the Earth's surface
remain unexplored today. The gold
output of the present and future will
be but little augumented by discover
iesof thousand dollar nuggets, or the
working of rich superficial deposits.
More and -more will the winning of
new gold depend upon scientific know
ledge of chemistry and metallurgy,
upon engineering skill and energy, and
hard work. At the present time in Cal
ifornia we are carefully going over
ground scorned by the Argonauts of
’49, and extracting gold from ores
comparatively low' in their content of
that metal. All this is normal and na
tural.
.A condition has arisen, however,
which is not normal nor natural. It
has descended like a plague and cast a
blight on the gold mining industry of
the entire State. It has attacked gold
mining and gold mining alone. Com
munities in the mi nig regions of Cali
fbrnia are being deserted,— this fact
h being positively proven by returns
from the 1920 census. Mines which
hhve produced millions and which
should produce millions more are be
,ing shut down and allowed to cave in,
and fill with water; mills and reduc
* tion plants worth a King’s ransom are
lift to the mercy of the elements. In
CnUveras Co., the total number «f
#
stamps dropping in March ,1914, was
194. Today only 40 stamps are in op
eration. In Tuolumne Co. there were
300 stamps in commission in April, 19
14. Today not one mill is operating.
Similar conditions exist throughput
the entire State.
The reason is simply described;
costs of equipment, supplies, labor and
living have more than doubled; tht
selling price of gold remains where it
always has been fixed by law. Other
industries solve the problem by rais-1
ing the price of their product to th^
commensurate with operating costs.
The gold miner, alone of all men, can
take no such action, and he is being
forced to the wall.
If gold were a non-essential product
there might be little need for thought
upon this subject, but gold, as has al
ready been stated, is more essential
than any other one thing, for the
maintenance of the business structure
of civilisation.
A means of relief has been found.
The plan was embodied in the "Mc
Kadden Bill” introduced, but not acted
upon, at the last session of Congress.
This plan provides that an excise tax
of $10 per ounce be placed upon manu
factured gold in order that the gold
producer may receive from the excise
tax so collected, a premium of $10 an
ounce for newly produced gold. More
gold is now being used as a cojnmod
would in no way affect our monetary
ity than is being produced today. This
with other industries. California’s av
system, and it would give the miner a
on more or less of an equal footing
fighting chance to continue operations
erage- annual gold production for the
decade previous to 1917 was $20,000,
000— 25 to 30 per cent of the outpgt
of the entire United States. This drop
ped to $17,335,100 in 1919, and the
outlook for 1920 is most" discouraging
production will be about $15,000,000.
The McPadden Bill, or some similar
means of assisting in the restoration
of our gold output, should receive the
active support of everyone— not as
a philanthropic proposition, but from
a cold blooded selfish standpoint. The
gold reserve of the United States has
reached the danger mark. What will
happen if the time comes when the
greenback is no longer redeemable, on
demand, in gold coin ? Constructive ac
tion in a matter such as this is quick
ly taken by Congress if public opinion
is loud in its demands. If the people of
the Nation remain disinterested Con
gress naturally is inclined to turn its
attention to other affairs.
The Sate Mining Bureau is of the
opinion that the "Gold Question” te
vitally important Such a Sthall por
tion of the total population is advised
of the true situation that nothing has
been done to avert the disaster which
threatens.
This means is taken with a view of
assisting in the dissemination of the
facts in the case. Californians should
be foremost in suporting any honest
and patriotic measure of relieving, the
gold situation, as Califiroia would suf
fer,* first with the rest of the Nation,
should the gold reserve sink too low;
and second on her own account partic
ularly through the wiping out of an in
dustry which has brought wealth and
happiness to so many thousands of her
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PERT PARAGRAPHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY “THE HUMAN
' TOOTHPICK ”
Speaking of sweeping changes,
there is the modern housewife’s
change from the broom to the vacum
cleaner.
A philosopher is a man who can
bear another’s troubles with equani
mity.
A philanthropist is a man who
cells others where to give their money.
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The doctor who told his patient to
take the medicine he prescribed, three
Jays running and then skip two, will
probably be surprised to learn that his
jatient died of physical exhaustion.
Certain fellow in Seward has asked
js whether it was proper for him Uv
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kiss his girl when he takes her hope
in the evening and says good night,
yfe’ll leave tljat for him to figure out
How should we know when we haven’t
ftad a girl for ages. Times chmge but.
.vhen we were younger we never asked
such a fool question.
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Did you ever stop to think that the
man who is holding down the job of
.Jepaty United States Marshall in the
uig Rail Road Building, j4 all by his
lonesome at the present time, is really
one of the best assetts that we have
here in Seward. We are not seeking
.avors or trying to “break in’’, we are
simply stating a fact Takes a real
man and an intelligent ope to fill sijch
a job and it is not an enviable one
either. Marshall I&ed is always on the
job and it is chiefly through his ef
.orts that the possible spread of “mor
al disease” in the Sewa&d District is
field in chock. He gives evWy question
able character who comes to Seward
che once over and examines them as
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co their fitness to mingle with us, and
oy so doing he discovers ttyfift Who are
objectionable. The change of'adminis
tration may remove Marshal Reed
from office but it should not. He is the
man for the job and a good one and
the big majority of Seward citisens
will miss him if he is removed from
office or resigns. Politics should be
far removed from the office of Mar
shal. We need men and good m°n to
rtold down these jobs. They are mighty
.>carce, so why not keep one when we
have him.
it fell last night About ooe foot
of snow. It is the first this winter. Up
until last evening we had wonderfull
fall weather. The white mantle which
covers the ground to a dejrthof
about one foot today will prpb^bly
stay with us all winter. We have no
.rick coming. The eighteenth of Nov
ember is a month later than the eigh
teenth of October and on the latter
late they had a two foot fall of snow*
in Idaho. Get out your arctics and
packs and rubbers and help pack it
down.*
Qne of the Seward suburbanties left
a trail this morning in the new fall of
snow that puzzled many of the old
timers, as to the origin of the smimal
that made it. One old timer who has
been in Australia claimed that the
tracks- could only have bden made by
a kangaroo. The solution waa made
when* it was learned that the suburb
survivor had simply made a series of
ioaps from his door step to the main
street. He refused to wallow.
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BLI88FU1/ IGNORANCE
If any one .person could only hear
all that his acquaintances said about
him be would be mup^sed. to. leant
hpw much be did that ha never .knew
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One of our girls who delivers pa
pers leaves one by request in a certain
box every evening which the subscrib
er has nailed on a post Recently ahe
has been complaining about finding
the box littered with refuse of all
One or two or maybe thrqe
young boys have been stuffing the box
in a spirit el mischief. The girl is ob
liged to clean it out before phe can put
the paper in it and the subscriber has
been complaining about receiving a
soiled paper. If these boys will cease
bothering the girl we wiil thank them.
If they wish to devote their spare time
in collecting refuse they can come to
the Gateway office^ every afternoon
and police the basement We'have a
big box which we use for scrap paper
and rags and other litter that becomes
scattered on the floor every day and
wc would b<' only too glad to have
th< m dean up. Think it over boys.
Those people who failed to see the
picture at the Liberty Theatre last
night missed something really worth
while. Geraldine Farrar, in “Shadows”
sustains her reputation as a film star,
fhe scenery and photography through
out the picture are excellent. A show
worth while/ and another chance to see
t tonight.
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AIRPLANE TO ADD HOURS TO '
DAY
Swift Transportation Will Change
Ideas of Time and Also
Distance.
An hour is still an hour, and there
are still only twenty-four to the day,
but nevertheless the hour has ex
panded tremendously in the last cen
tury. Vi 1820 an hour in terms of
distance was six ipiles. Now it is
sixty. Tomorrow it will be 120 to
150 miles, according to C. F. Redden,
president of the Aeromarine Engi
neering & Sales Company.
No field of business has been more
profoundely affected by this-change
han the real estate business. And
t requires no prophet to foretell that
real estate in the next five or ten
/ears is to benefit far more greatly
than ever before by th.stretching of
the hour.
A hundred years aj^> land ten miles j
from the limits of a big city was
farm land and not necessarily valu- j
able farm land at that To transect1
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business daily in the city from such j
a distance was so arduous as to to be ;
entirely impracticable. Consequently
real estate so far away commanded;
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real estate so far away commanded
only its price as farm land. For cen
turies it had remained # farm land,
peopled by country dwellers, farmers,
as opposed to city dwellers, who
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lived within the circumstances of the
city.
Modern Transportation.
The railroad and the steamboat
fcame along and slowly developed. To
relate what they did to real estate
values a short distance from the city
is unnecessary. Suffice it to say that
during the past hundred years land
ten to twenty miles from the limits of.
the city became surburban property,
immeasurably more valuable than |
farms. The commuter came into be
ing, for the distance toHhe city was
contracting, or to put it in another
way, the hour was stretching.
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(Our God Problem Continued)
citizens.
Think Gold!
Talk Gold!
Write to your Congressman and tell
him you expect him to do his part to
get "action” when Congress convenes
in December, amTyou will watch the
movements he may make with great
intrust
FLETCHER HAMILTON,
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