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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
2
Wallace Miner is listed as second class mail matter at the Wallace Idaho post office. The notice confirms mailing status and city of origin for the publication.
The article notes a quiet drive to repeal the Pittman Act which compels the government to buy domestic silver at $1 per ounce until the wartime silver reserve is restored. It warns that repeal would shrink silver and ore profits, threaten western mining and lead and copper operations, and cites English buyers as motivators, with the American Mining Congress preparing to oppose any repeal.
The November issue of The Mining Congress Journal, published in Washington by the American Mining Congress, features the annual congress in Denver. It includes a detailed program, a Denver mining city article with halftones and a Bulkeley Wells portrait, plus sections on Standardization Colorado as a mining state Bureau of Mines stations, Western mining states and Federal taxes. The editorial pages discuss timely topics and other departments maintain usual standards, with notice that from January the journal will enlarge to 9x12 inches for better illustrations and form.
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce reform at Lewiston underscores potential gains from coordinated effort across ten northern Idaho counties. The area holds diverse minerals including lead silver zinc copper gold antimony tungsten and non metallics lime stone cement mica fire clay Fuller’s earth. It also has the world’s largest white pine stands and extensive timber and prime agricultural lands. A strong, persistent fusion of homeseekers and investors is urged to harness these resources and counter stagnation.
The Nonpartisan League suffered crushing defeats from Minnesota to the Pacific coast with only North Dakota showing a slim Senate victory for its candidate. Montana’s result reversed a coalition pattern, uniting Democrats against the League and its allied groups. A speaker noted lawmakers aligned with the old order, while party labels faded amid a broader repudiation.
A historic line claims a victory for Americanism promising internal peace and a salutary influence on neighboring states, underscoring the movement’s perceived stability and regional impact.
The United Americans offered a prize for the best essay on freedom with over 5000 competitors. Paul Faria won for a fifty word piece praising free speech press and voting, noting education and religion, while warning that citizen rights do not include aiding lawbreaking or overthrowing the government.
Speculation runs nationwide on Harding's cabinet. General Leonard Wood emerges as the leading candidate for secretary of war, a pick welcomed by Idaho Republicans who backed him for the presidential nomination. The piece notes no trained military man has led the War Department and argues Wood's administrative record could justify a military head amid debates on militarism and preparedness.
A editorial warns Republicans to recognize the duties that come with a large 1920 landslide. It stresses avoiding complacency, delivering on platform promises, and maintaining public confidence through resolute action in 1924 despite inherited handicaps.
The American Mining Congress is not a political body yet its advocacy of protection has raised questions about partisanship. It promotes the principle of protection while noting party lines differ on tariff aims, with one party favoring protection and the other tariff for revenue only.
The American Mining Congress argues for a compensatory tariff to level the domestic market against foreign rivals. It cites Chinese tungsten costs and sea transport as evidence that cheap foreign labor undercuts U.S. producers. The group links tariff fairness to regional industrial development, urging policy matching wages and costs to keep American producers competitive at home.
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce convened two Lewiston meetings to spur civic growth across ten counties. The piece highlights Idaho’s mining, timber, power, orchard sectors and natural resources while condemning missed chances to expand acreage, exploit forest lands, and cultivate favorable markets. It laments isolation and political influence hindering self-help and progress for North Idaho’s communities.
John a Pittabureh bricklayer and Mary his wife discuss a union meeting where Delegate Brown claimed the farmers with 6 000 000 members oppose strikes and will only grow enough food for themselves. Mary argues farmers may refuse work. she recalls pre union pay and jobs.
A verse contrasts mood and outcome linking smiles with welcome light and success while growls and frowns bring dreariness. It pairs actions like laughing singing and whistling with bright paths and harmony, while grumbling kicking and gloom produce trouble and misalignment with the bustling crowd.
A speaker laments prolonged strikes and eight hour work limits, urging workers to resume production to prevent farming trouble and housing shortages. A farmer calls for change from protest to labor, and a distant singer’s reverent aria inspires awe amid a sea voyage, heard only by sailors and an unseen audience.
The Nampa Leader-Herald lauds Senator Borah for examining the League of Nations, exposing its dangers, and shaping public opinion against entangling alliances. It credits him with keeping America free from foreign entanglements and to a victorious political standing comparable to Harding, predicting a century without forced foreign commitments.
An anecdote from Jenny Lind’s first voyage to America recalls a sunrise at sea. Captain West recalls the singer standing on deck in dawn light, watching the sky as the sun rose, singing Handel’s Messiah in a moment described as deeply religious and rapturous.
The article argues the canning industry is vital for western states, linking profitable farming to cannery markets. It notes growing urban demand for canned foods, the potential to feed the world with expansion, and the large Pacific salmon pack as a benchmark for future gains through improved propagation and cooperation.
The Anaconda Copper Company increases monthly electro zinc output to about 11,000,000 pounds and expands its operations into phosphate rock production. Copper output is cut to around four percent of normal as zinc gains pace, with plans for a large, new super-phosphate product. Western shipments currently meet rising eastern demand, with anticipated markets in the Far East leveraging Anaconda's Pacific coast location.
The United States has emerged as the world's chief zinc supplier, surpassing all nations after Germany and Belgium were removed from the market by war. Commerce Monthly notes U.S. exports reached 109,232 tons in the first eight months of this year, about ten times prewar normal levels, due to foreign buyers turning to American supplies.
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