REP. M’FADDDN EXPLAINS
BONUS NEED
In an interview given nut recently l»v
Representative I-miis T. McFaiWi"),
inj; and Currency of, the House of
Representatives. and author of the Me
Vadden (JiWl Ron us Bill, he asked the
following pertinent question with re
ference to the Hold situation: "Is the
1 ’nited States to continue to ignore the
problem of gold* production, thus per
mitting the British Kmplre to gain an
unquestioned supremacy?” •
British Gold Supremacy
"An estimate <‘f the gold produc
tion <>f tin- I'nitrd States based on the
output for tiie first six months of this
year indicates that the prodtietion for
1920 will he less than half tiie amount
produced in 191'. In 1913 the United
total world's cold output, ami tiie
British Umpire 6:1.7 per cent. In 1919
the United States produced hut 16.6
put. while the Itritisli Umpire produc <1 j
in excess of two-thirds. Since July
24. 1919, the British Umpire has been !
paving an exchange premium as high i
as 30 per cent to the pro Id producers I
of South Africa, where the hulk of j
the British gold is produced, while in :
the United States no assistance has
be.ji rendered the gold min us' indus
try. This year the contribution of
the United Sta!'s to the sold produc
tion of the world will probably ho not
more than 12 per cmt. about half of
that which it contributed in 1913. while
the stimulating; effect of *he exchan.se
premium will probably increase the
quota which the British Umpire will
contribute to 73 per cent.
Reason For Decline
"As compared to 1914. the purchas
ing? power of the dollar in terms of ail
commodities in 1919 was 47 cents.
The gold producers ounce in 1914 had
n purchasing power of $20.67, whereas
VliV'img^ 1919 ?h same ounce could
purchase in terms of all commodities
hut $9.70. Since the price .f gold b
fixed by status at $20.67 an ounce, the
prole] producer is in the same position
come in 1919 as in 1914 and finds tint
a $2,000 income has shrunken in pur
chasing power to $970. This is the
principal reason for the- decline of the
gold production of tiie United States
from $101,000,000 in 1915 tn less than
$50,000,000 this year, said Air. McFad
Gold Stock Depleted
"The United States Mint sold for
Industrial consumption during? 1919
nearly $22,000,000 more grold than was
produced from the mines of the United
States, while this year the drain on
the monetary gold stock will probably
he $40,000,000. The American Bunk
ers Association passed n resolution on
October 2. 1919 urging? upon the gov
ernment the necessity of maintaining
a domestic production of new gold in
sufficient volume to satisfy the indus
trial requirements of the arts and
trades. To comply with the specifica
tions af this resolution, the sound
ness of which cannot be questioned. T
Introduced TT. R. 13201 on March 22.
Consumer* Now Subsidized
"Since the industrial consumers of
gold are the only ones in Ihe country
receiving r.uv material at ho pre-war
price, while the general increase in all j
commodities was 112 per cent in 1919;
as compared with 1911, it is evident
that they are being heavily subsidized. ■
Air. MeFadden emphasizes that the
importance of this excise tax mere'v;
adjusts the cast and price q nation be- ;
tw. en the producer of new gold and ,
the consumer of gold in the industrial 1
arts, and is free from all monetary
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■UR
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Heavy French Tax
"In addition to raying tin- exchange
French industrial consumer of gold
would imiount to lf>0 per cent morn In
francs than the price paid before the
the French government has im
posed a sumptuary tax for the use of
irold in the fabrication of articles
(other than money) of BO francs per
law of June 25. 1020. Previous to that
late the guarantee tax was 27 francs.
French government justifies this tax
n a formal document transmitted by
the United States Bureau of Foreign
md l>>mestic Commerce, as follows:
Moreover this tax. striking as t does
uxury goods, or unessential articles,
•nters into the category of a huniptu
u y tax. the levying of which is ad
mitted by a(l economists as a iegiti
“It is important that the gold min
ug industry.be kept alive for fear ‘hat
vith greatly reduced production there
>vill lie difficulty in retaining the gold
da tula rd during a popular campaign
credit restriction accompanied by
leclining prices. The continued de
pletipn of the gold stock liv~u*4t'SK ex
portation and industrial use will s. r.
iously impure the public confidence
n the .Vation's finance and currency
in less a normal gold output is.insur
Waste Make- Want
"The gold mining industry will I o
•oiupletely shut dawn unless construe
vs aid is provided without delay, in
l' hich event it will take years to devol
»P a normal output of gold at a very
much greater expense. To allow the
?'Id mines of the United States to
:-ivo in and fill with* water entails a
waste of developed gold resources,
which in a most critical hour of fi
nancial need will cause want. S’o
UYumt-nt can be made in favor f
the Industry is shut down.”
ALASKA ITEMS
including the superintendent. 1 :*
teachers will be employed to teach in
‘he Ketchikan school this term.
The (Jedney recently arrived at Ket
chikan. with a quantity of TXT. that
is to be used near there by the road
commission.
Four p dice “blinkers" have been es
tablished at suitable locations in Ket
chikan. When an officer Is wanted
central will switch on the lights as a
PETE VIDOVITCH IS A TIGHTWAD
Taken in charge of by ttfe Trnv.
e, er’*‘ 'i*1 Society in New York be
cruised 'he seemed a sick and indigent
traveler. Peter Vidovitcli, aged, weal
thy and eccentric resident of Kn.ifl
Pjtineisco. is in a hospital in the East
ern metropolis:, enr-oute to Europe. Ac
cord.!rig to a telegram received re
cently by the Traveler's Aid Society
from its New York office. Vidov itch
when taken off the train ill,'said he
hard no money. At the hospital $5,000
was found on him.
VHdoviteh made a fortune as n
•rrfner in Alaska. A 1»ho he would not
mrt Kis money in a bank, preferring ..
safety deposit \-ault, he was a wtock
h-iklrr in the Hiibemin Kink. During
f. he war he Imught $50,000 worth of
T.iberty "Ronds.
He was a witness in the trial of
Thomja's Mooney In the Preparedness
dav bomb case, testifying Warren
Hillings as. the man \$ho carried t? e
'■nitease which contained the fatal
bomb. Vidoviteh. who is 70 /eirs >ld.
resided at the Hotel Chatham Chat
ha,m (dace. —Excha nge.
M’PHERSON OPTIMISTIC
OVER ALASKA
LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK
That the present yongross will bring
about the enactment of a cons*motive
Act which will result in the develop
ment of Alaska's resources along ra
ti maT lines. princiimlly by enabling
the creation of local industries and
encouraging settlement of the ‘oratory
by a stable population and at the same
time providing every safeguard against
monopoly and exploitation, is the be
lief expressed bv t warm champixn
.»f Alask V p: ogr *ss. .1. I.. Mcl'lier
son. manager of the Seattle Chun bet
of i' immen t’s Alaska Tbircnti. in a
letter to the Northwestern Aska
Chamber of t'omnerce.
Mr McPherson has himself been en
gjiged in compiling .. brief of acts for
the use of the congressional commit
tee which will have the task of form
ulating tin expected legislation and
vised by <’ha:rmn>n Curry of the House
Committee on territories that his com
mittee would lie prepared to begin its
study of Alaska ns soon as Congress
convenes.
three m.mth
citizens. Fi
inch disappointed in not |
■ visit with you this year.
Mention to have spent fully
s in Alaska, consuming j
aiming the views or your j
inding that Seattle would
>y n number of congres
itions during July, f de- j
y here and participate in ■
them, knowing that there
iie making friends for Al
"I especially wanted to go t<> Alaska
this summer." tlie letter continues “to
personally tell you of the strong sup
port that Alaska now lias with our
members at Congress, which I believe
assures from the next congress the
constructive Act for which Alaskans
have waited so patiently. When the
campaign for authorization of tlie 17
million dollars to complete the gov
ernment railroad was finished, we re
ceived the assurance of the congres
sional leaders who were responsible
for this splendid result, that we could
count on their support for the enact
ment <>f a constructive act that would
result in the rational developmen* of
Alaska—an act that will state that Al
aska's resources, with every safeguard
against monopoly and exploitati >n.
shall be utilized in creating local in
dustries anil encouraging settlement
by a stable population.
“I wus requested by tho Chairman
of the committees on the Territories
to aid thorn in assembling all possi
ble data and facts for n thorough
study of Alaskan conditions by ‘he
committee that will result in tho en
permanent and prosperous develop
ment. Chairman Charles F. Curry, of
the House Committee ort tho Territor
ies, early this spring called on nil of
the government bureau’s for detailed
reports covering their Alaska activi
ties. Those have all boon analyzed
and condensed s'* that when the Com
mitees take up their study, early in
the next session, they will have befo-c
them a complete statement of fac*n
covering all federal activities in Alas
ka. A study of this great array of
data, reports and results of Investiga
tion. will conclusively prove that Al
aska’s non-development has been due
to two rouses: first, lack of any con
structive policy of aid and encourage
ment: second, lack of any direct, re
sponsible administration. It is the in
tention of our friends In Congress to
euro this by first enacting a national
policy of aid and encouragement that
will result as I have stated previously,
in the utilization of Alaska’s resources
with every safeguard against monop
oly and exploration. In the creation of
local industries and the encourage
ment of settlement by a stable popu
lation. This law will provide for the
administration of thp national resource
es by a federal board that can he held
responsible for results, a board 'that
will have its office ir Alaska where It
can be reached and he In touch with
every Alaskan, instead of the .many
federal bureau’s now being directed
from Washington. Tt was not until
last year that I fully realized how
helpless we have been in our efTo^-t
for the constructive measure we have
been laboring for. and how helpless
would have been our cause had we not
been able to ge>t Congress to see the
necessity for a complete change in th»
handling of federal affairs in Alaska
as they relate to the development >f
the national resources. As these are
; fully controlled, not even statehood for
| Alaska would Jin vc solved the problem
and If me can secure the ndmlnlstrn
tfon of these federal functions hy n
board or other centralized agency in
Alaska, we will have secured u great- •
measure of home rule than had bee"
secured in any of our public land
"It is expected that Congress in the
enactment of this measure will set
forth a national policy such as I have
outlined. This with a coordinated ad
ministration in Alaska must result In
progress, for this bo;)rd or agency will
not be able to pass the buck to some
other bureau or commission or depart
ment . It alone will he held responsible
for results and it i^ill be where it can
learn at first hand the requin men's
and needs of Alaska. The only func
tion vested in this board which would
be administered by the people of Al
aska. even when they secured state
hood. would be the control over" the
game and fisheries. As to whether -or
no* this control should bo even tem
porarily vested in this board should
he for you to decide.
"As this bill will be enacted by a
Republican congress, it was deemed
advisable to initiate it by reintroduc
tlon of the old Kane I>evelojwnent
Board Bill, so as to secure the on* 1
dorsement of the leaders of both if
tin great national parties. This bill
covers in general the solution of our
present long range, inefficient admin
istration The bill will undoubtedly
be mo«lified by the committee to meet
ehapgvd conditions.
"The brief of facts from all govern
ment reports and investigations of Al
aska that have been compiled for the
use of the congressional "committees
is now (Oct. 7) nearing completion
and am now biking up the study of
the Farm K»an Act. land laws, forestry
and other regulations that should be
modified to meet Alaskan conditions.
This I was also requested to do that
time might Ik* saved in securing pro
gress. < "haimum t’urrV advised me
that his committee will be prepared to
begin its study of Alaska as soon as
congress rccQnvenesi
"1 am planning to leave for Wash
ingt n the latter part of November so
as to render the committee all possi
ble aid. I hope you have made a study
of* this question as viewed from your
local standpoint and will favor me
"The only consolation that I have
in not being able to visit with you th's
summer is the knowledge that I have
been able to do more for Alaska here
than I would possibly do in the North
land. This does not. however, repay
me for my personal loss, for my heart
is in Alaska and 1 am looking forward
to the do>" when T can cal! it home
in every sense of the word.
Sincerely Yours
j. t,. McPherson,
Manager Alaska Bureau.
HAVE YOU ASKED UNCLE SAM
FOR YOUR WAR MEDAL
enough to join the army and serve
his country during- the world war
should fail to make application for
the Victory Medal which has been
struck by Uncle Sam for all those
who served him in his time of ne.-d(
is puzzling Capt. Linus J. Kirkoff of
| the Seattle army recruiting office.
The captain has three field clerks
I engaged to take care of a rush of
I applications for these medals that was
The clerks are idling away their time
about the office. The government has
on hand more than 2,000,000 of these
medals and if the ex-service men don ‘
call for them soon they will he rusty
and tarnished. In Seattle and vicin
ity there are more than 15,000 men
who are entitled to them. Applications
may he obtained from the army re
cruiting office, Mutual Ijife building.
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