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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
2
The Wallace Miner is registered at the Wallace Idaho post office as second class mail matter, indicating its status for local publication and mailing procedures.
January 26 1922 report notes Senator McCumber of North Dakota becomes Finance Committee chair under seniority rules, moving leadership from east to west. The piece argues this shift may realign financial legislation to favor western agricultural mining and lumbering interests, urging broader national benefits.
The American Forestry Association label s proposed congressional bills as vicious to forestry and public lands. A New York line reports efforts to rally officials and editors to oppose moving the forest service from the Agriculture Department to the Interior, a move tied to Alaska and national resource control. Yale forestry leader FR Bryant cites urgent calls to awaken the public to the danger and to block the plan, with President Harding and Secretary Fall noted as visiting the territory next summer.
The Pittman act allowed melting 350 million silver dollars to fund Britain’s oriental exchange needs. England paid $1 per ounce, with funds later used to replace the U S silver hoard from American miners at the same rate. Proponents argue repealing drains the treasury and harms American miners, while supporting Britain.
A group urges section chiefs to mobilize friends of the forest service against proposed legislation. Local residents who rely on national forests for grazing timber and forest products should organize outside the service to influence hearings. Bills S 2203 and S 2882 would transfer national forests to the interior department under the King bill S 2740, now before the senate committee on territories and insular possessions.
The piece argues age is a state of heart, not years, citing Rockefeller and Edison as examples of active longevity. It notes Marie Henry Watterson’s 82nd year as evidence that vitality persists beyond forty, fifty, or sixty, and encourages enjoying life and sunshine. It concludes that youthfulness comes from feeling young, not from a fixed age.
The article argues silver must become the world’s monetary medium to stabilize credit. It contends gold is unavailable due to limited supplies, and paper money risks collapse. Europe needs silver to restore sound value, or risk economic ruin the Far East and the United States will dominate tangible wealth.
National Republican claims southern oligarchy enforces one party dominance and electoral corruption for fifty years. It urges an honest inquiry into Newberry and rotten boroughs, demanding constitutional readjustments, federal enforcement, and broader political rights. Senator King criticizes the Washington conference as a failure.
Governor Davis weighs a White House request to link Idaho with the Washington and Victory Memorial building in Washington. The project plans a national memorial with a star studded ceiling for World War veterans and a national educational purpose, urging each state to contribute stars for its service members. The effort envisions a shrine reflecting Patriotism similar to Westminster Abbey and Saint Pauls. This summary reflects a Boise Statesman report based on a White House letter from January 9, 1922.
The United States, with 6 percent of world population and 7 percent of land, accounts for major shares of global output. It holds 20 percent of world gold and wheat, 40 percent iron and zinc, 60 percent copper and aluminum, 66 percent oil, 75 percent autos, and refines 80 percent of copper while running 40 percent of world railroads. After paying off five and a half billion dollars in prewar debt, it now faces foreign claims totaling ten billion dollars and holds the largest gold reserves.
Wallace Idaho notes seven winters from 1915 to 1921 with the lowest temperatures on January 31 1916 recorded 11 below and January 3 1917 12 below and December 12 1919 18 below the coldest day in that span. January 18 1922 reports 10 below so far this winter. The state built 517 miles of new road in 1921 costing 3 000 000 dollars.
A reflective poem bidding for braver bolder steps and wiser kinder deeds in the new year. The speaker seeks to be fairer, quicker to help others, truer in action, and more generous in spirit, asking for reduction of blame and more neighborly living.
The year 1921 saw record charitable giving in education and public welfare. Major sums went to colleges and universities from the General Education board, Carnegie, and Rockefeller funds, with overseas relief to Russia, the Near East, and China. Notable gifts included Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, plus hospital and nursing projects, and new medical teaching centers.
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