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Show IDAHO BODY AIDS : IN SILVER DRIVE ; Importance to the west of continuing con-tinuing the government's price of 7757 cents per ounce for silver was reemphasried Wednesday as the Idaho stata chamber of commerce Joined the local chamber in urging urg-ing that President Roosevelt extend ex-tend his executive order fixing the r price. Mindful that the present order ends December 31, the Salt Lake - City -chamber -recently requested Utah's congressional delegation to seek a continuance and asked other western statea to join in the move. la, F. Parsons, secretary of the Idaho chamber, Wednesday forwarded for-warded here copy of his telegram tele-gram to Senator Jamea P. Pope of Idaho. Recovery Aided The executive order of the president presi-dent fixing the price of silver at T7.S7 cents was one of the primary factors that made possible for Idaho te recover much mora rapidly than the majority of the states," Mr. Parsons wrote. "It increased labor in mining 70 per cent, wages paid 70 per cent, purchase of materials and supplies 120 per cent, taxes paid 200 per cent and total expenditures of the mining industry 80 pei tent in Iba ver what they were in 1934. "Uncertainty aa to what the president presi-dent will do relative to silver caused drop of from 30 to SO per cent in practically all mining stocks of Idaho Ida-ho eorporationa, caused retrenchment retrench-ment In expenditurea and investments invest-ments in mining property. Welfare Threatened "Failure to continue 77.97c price for silver after December 31 will be a serious blow to recovery in Idaho, Will augment recession, enhance a depression, stop employment of eapltal in the mining industry, stop work on many projecta, close many producing minea, throw many out of employment, decrease wages of those that may be employed, de-I de-I crease taxes paid and thus em-i em-i warraee many governmental units Hid greatly increase relief load. - "For welfare of all Idaho we sincerely sin-cerely hope you can prevail upon the president to extend bis executive execu-tive order after December 31." |