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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
2
Wallace Miner lists subscription prices at 106 Bank Street Wallace Idaho J Dunn editor. Per year prices shown 36 for domestic United States and Canada 3 for foreign destinations in Postal Union. Details indicate annual rate structures for periodical.
Thurdsay October 13 1921 reports lead prices rising steadily with improved national business conditions boosting demand for lead zinc and copper. Analysts anticipate production restoration next year and tariff changes to protect domestic market, signaling a prolonged prosperity for the mining industry in the district.
A discussion on adopting American valuation for tariffs uses a German example. A nail file knife scissors pack priced at three marks and a teeth kit at four marks show how ad valorem duties could raise costs. With US wage and material costs, duplicates could not be produced domestically at the implied prices.
The article argues that tariffs based on foreign value are ineffective when currencies are depreciated. It contends the only safe economic method is to value imports according to American standards of production, presenting this American valuation plan as the sole viable approach. It notes similar issues with German and other European goods and emphasizes a monetary measure tied to U.S. production costs.
A Philadelphia dispatch notes ships arriving with German toy shipments for the holiday trade, signaling a shift from wartime boycotts and anti German sentiment that once barred German goods from American markets. The piece reflects on past fury over German actions and questions why market access returns despite lingering hostilities.
The Department of Labor, under Secretary Davis, reports settling over 200 strikes in six months, affecting 450000 workers directly and nearly a million indirectly, with 75 percent of cases resolved without work stoppage. Mediation efforts aim to exceed the $100000 annual appropriation through tax and wage savings from avoided strikes.
The speaker argues the League of Nations is crippled because powerful nations stay away. Lord Balfour laments the absence of key powers, while the United States is seen as the one expected to provide support, effectively the crutches for the crippled venture.
The Miner argues against shortening the school year despite acknowledging value in teachers institutes. He believes the current system yields more benefits than harms, noting the demoralizing effect on schools from losing two weeks, with emphasis on the need to protect instructional time.
The author argues the school year is too short and a further Institute week would shorten instructional time. Proposes holding the Institute the week before opening or making the first week Institute week to avoid paying for an extra week and avoid suspending classes as pupils are settling into work.
J N Mackall, chairman of Maryland State Roads Commission, argues highways hinge on materials and equipment, not funding. He urges limiting loads to what roads can carry, citing 1918 census showing $600,000 repair cost vs $15,000 excess operator cost if five ton loads used. warns of vast waste from overburdened roads.
Donald C. Callahan lauds Coeur d'Alene mining wealth and Spokane's pay streak, crediting early prospectors for the city’s growth. He urges Ad Club to support legitimate promotion rather than restrictive laws, noting business forgetfulness toward mining's role in Spokane’s rise.
The speaker praised mining development for Spokane’s upbuilding and prosperity and urged continued enthusiasm into the next legislative session, hoping the current impulse endures beyond the upcoming blue-sky season.
Idaho senators Frank K. Gooding and William E. Korab urged Secretary Mellon to study the gold mining crisis after production fell from 101 million to 19.5 million dollars between 1915 and 1920. They pressed for McFadden bill considerations and an equitable producer consumer adjustment, noting idle mines and rising costs as mines suffer depreciation while awaiting action.
A Denver reporter secured seven manual labor jobs in one morning while six employers refused work. Government figures put Denver's unemployed at about 8000. The piece questions wartime high wages and idle “keting,” urging able-bodied men to take living-wage jobs and reassess attitudes toward work for broader prosperity.
The Philadelphia Ledger discusses Boston Common auctions as indecent. It notes Ledoux the auctioneer is aided by a wife who works as a proofreader and by his children. Government and labor leaders seek steps to ease unemployment while condemning the auction method as medieval and harmful.
The speaker declares resilience against night and fate. Despite brutal clutches of circumstance and punishments, the unconquerable soul remains unbowed. Fear is absent as the poem asserts mastery of fate and captainship of the soul.
J W Redway writes in the New York Herald on the possibility of radio signals from Mars. He explains how wireless waves are produced, transmitted, and received, noting interference, thunderstorm effects, and the role of solar activity. The piece contrasts Marconi's claims with skeptic views, praising Lowell's imaginative science while cautioning against overinterpretation.
A 1920 report describes radium use in watch dials, noting 12 grams for commerce from 18.5 grams produced by Standard Chemical. It explains how a minute radium fraction and zinc sulfide combine to emit visible flashes at 200,000 per second, keeping dials readable in darkness until zinc sulfide crystals wear out.
Investigations at the United States Bureau of Mines in Reno Nev show a process to tint colorless gems. Gems are exposed to radium emanations, turning yellow Cape diamonds to light grass green and colorless Colorado topazes to a rich yellow. Success could boost western colorless gem material deposits.
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