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Show BSIN UINTAH RECORD Marines Provide Haven for Americans in China y! pJCUlf. m & tr'yr I f 4 ;s & r f--r f (WW L A, t r t. ., ADVENTURERS' CLUB"1 'eno HEADLINES FROM THE HVE$g - V & T V OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSElfh , Human Bait The government Washington. silver policy again ts attracting at- Silver Question Several have things caused it First among these tention. a silver certificate occupies exactly the same place in our currency structure as does a bill that is backed by gold or one that is issued by the Federal Reserve banks. Therefore, it seems to me to be a fair statement to say that the whole currency structure is tainted by this deluge of silver certificates now and heretofore coming from the Treasury. And it is equally a fact that prices of every kind are going to increase exactly in accordance or in ratio with the new money that is put out from the Treasury. I do not know how long it will be until the voters wake up to the necessity for repeal of the silver act It probably will not be long before there is a wave of public indignation against the policy if the average person realizes that the program is actually a tax upon the American public. Surely, if the silver policy were labeled, tax to support the silver program," the attitude of the country would change That really should be overnight the name of the Silver Act of 1934 because that is its effect The tax results from the fact that the Treasury is paying foreign producers as well as American producers prices for silver that are higher than the value of the silver warrants. This means that any article of silver that you buy in a store costs you more than it would if silver producers abroad and in the United States were not being subsidized. The additional cost is a tax on every buyer just as much as though you had paid the tax directly into the Treasury. It may be interesting to know that the Treasury has issued nearly million in silver certificates. In addition something like seven million silver dollars have been coined, and these still in the package in which they were wrapped at the mints. Besides all these, there is silver bullion that cost $375,000,000 piled up in the Treasury. Silver certificates can be issued against this. The silver act of 1934 provided that the Treasury could buy one dollar's worth of silver to three dollars worth of gold for what is called reserve purposes. On the basis of the gold now held, the Treasury can buy under that law a total of $4,125,000,000 m silver. At the present time Treasury records show we have silver reserves amounting to These figures around $2,600,000,000. show, or ought to show, how much inflation lies ahead hew much higher prices may go unless something is done to restore a sound currency policy in the United States. things is the matter of rising prices for foods and other necessaries of life, but attention seems to have centered on the silver question again as a result of the Treasurys newly arranged agreement to tiade some of its gold for some of the Chinese silver. Probably the silver question is not as widely discussed as it might be because it is a complex subject and there are not too many people who understand it and its implications. I cannot refrain at this time, however, from recalling that when the silver act of 1934 was passed, I wrote in these columns a prediction that the country sooner or later would regret that legislation. I repeat the statement now and I do not believe it will be long until the average citizen will recognize what the silver policy is doing to most of us. I mean by that, it will not be long until Mr. John Q. Public will understand that the silver policy has a lot to do with the high prices he is paying for his pound of bacon, his slice of beefsteak or a thousand and one items that he buys at the grocery store. He will feel it, too, when he seeks to buy a new suit of clothes or a new pair of shoes. There can be no argument about it: The affect of inflation brought about by a perfectly ridiculous silver policy is upon us. Early in July, the Chinese minister of finance visited Washington and called personally at the Treasury to express the appreciation of the Chinese government for the satisfactory conclusion of negotiations that enable the Chinese to give the American Treasury silver for gold. It was the usual diplomatic courtesy. At the same time, however, the visit of the Chinese minister served to awaken America to the fact that the Treasury has been going along, buying silver from foreign countries in order to maintain an arbitrary price which the Washcontended ington administration should be the world price for silver. This price is forty-fiv- e cents an ounce, and it is a most profitable price for silver producers in Mexico and Canada and some other foreign countries. It is not as profitable, however, as the price the Treasury pays to American producers which cents and one-hais seventy-sevean ounce. But, one may ask, what has this thing to do with the cost of beefsteak, ham and eggs or shoes? I hope I may be able to explain Some Democrats who are not too it as I have watched the picture unfold and to explain it in a manner friendly with Postmaster General Jim Farley, along that those unacquainted with high Just Good , with the Repubh-Clea- n finance may see the thing in its true Fun cans ln congress, light. are having fun First of all, the policy of the ad- these days with the Democratic National committee. They are also ministration that has brought of gold into succeeding, it appears, in making How It the Treasury to be President Roosevelts political seat stored as so much uncomfortably warm. Nothing will Works dead weight has come of it except that the subject resulted in many thousands of will fill many newspaper columns of shares of stock in American cor- attack and defense as the politicians porations or their bonds being shoot back and forth. To review the situation, it should bought by foreigners who gave gold in payment. President Roosevelt be recalled that the Democratic Naearly m his administration insisted tional committee found itself in debt that gold should not be in circula- to the tune of about $650 000 at the tion as money. Consequently, the end of the 1936 campaign. Some Treasury has so much gold that it bright mind in the Democratic Nahas had to build separate store- tional committee conceived the idea houses to protect it. Now, we are of selling Democratic campaign sending some of that gold to China handbooks to corporations at $250 in trade for Chinas silver. I think per book, or more, as a means of most everyone will agree that the raising money. Silver is just as useless because we To make the book attractive, a have no need for it in our currency single sheet bearing the autograph not structure. People do want to of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was carry silver dollars around in their inserted Hundreds of corporations pockets. were solicited, and hundreds bought Assuming that the exchange was the books theoretically, because of simply an even trade of two ob- the autograph of the President. Mr. jects, neither of which was usab'e to Roosevelt stated he did not know us, one probably could dismiss the he was autographing the blank matter wilh a wave of the hand. sheets for the purpose for which Regrettably, such is not the case they were used. The additional silver frankly is addRepublican Leader Snell, of New ing to our troubks because of the York, introduced a resolution m the Silver Act of 1934 which permits the house of representatives, proposTreasury to issue currency silver ing an investigation of the sale of one dollar bills against it. these books to corporations. He conSo, Instead of being steithzed and tended that it was a violation of the stored away in vaults, the silver ac- corrupt practices act. cession results in a prompt Increaso Mr. Snell remained determined, in the armnt of currency in circu- however, and sought to harass the lation. That action tends to increase New Deal further by asking Attorthe excess reserve unused money ney General Cummings for an offof the banking system. As this icial opinion. At the same time, he money becomes available for cir- read on the floor of the house a long culation, its value necessarily and list of corporations who had bought obviously is cheapened. Or, to say the souvenirs of the 1936 camit another way, the things you buy paign, together with a list of prices with money become of greater value they had paid. because it takes more of these These facts cut deeply into the pieces of currency to buy the same Democrats who are seeking to proof food or clothes or shoes. tect Chairman quantity Farley and the Democratic National committee wiggled Authorities will disagree with the and squirmed. Nevertheless, Mr. above statement to the extent that Snell may as well have butted his all kinds of cur- - head against a stone wall since he Some IV ill rency have not got no further than RepresentaI Disagree been expanded tive Raj burn, the house Democratic (which means leader, would have gotten, if Mr. inflated) by the issuing of silver Snell had bei n majority, instead of ceitifkates. That is true. But we rnmouty lender. O Western Newspaper Union. ,nnst be realistic and recognize that By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter everybody: You know, boys sport, and perfectly safe you dont get things mixed up the way Tony In all the fishing Ive ever seen done, the fishS the boat, and uses a worm, or another fish, or""" Ne rhunk of salt pork, for bait. HELLO c ri fi 1 t ' 4 - .'?$' 5?Y -- M United States marines shown opening the ponderous gate of the U. S. legation in Peiping, China. Under the protection of the marines, American citizens find a safe haven as war rages between the Chinese troops and the invading forces of Japan. Inset shows Col. John Marston, commander of the U. S. marine barracks at Peiping. They Cut 14 Square Yards a Minute MISS PARIS, 1937 sip eight-hundre- d m n lf f i ! Only seventeen years of age, with curly blonde hair and a naive smile, Lily Lamb, who has been designated Miss Paris, 1937, shows a divergent trend from the frail A worlds record for scythe cutting was set recently by three Aubeauty of former winners. Miss strian farmers who mowed an area of 14 square yards m one minute in Lamb was elected as beauty queen a contest between land workers of Zwettl and Edelhof Agricultural col- at the Casino of Troubille from a lege in Lower Austria. Left to right are seen Ignaz Hersch, Rupert Hahn multitude of candidates at the Pans and Karl Pemmer of Rudmann, Austria. International exposition. YOUNGEST EVANGELIST Pigskin Totcrs in First Workout bil-lio- But Tony didnt follow the usual procedure. For I wl self. And you know, there are fish that dont hesitate tt new man, if they see him trailing along at the end of a W alloon Tony lives m Brooklyn, N. Y. He likes Brooklyn kther of can get a swell swordfish steak in a restaurant, withou picc-an- d catch it yourself. Tony is plenty sick of sword i enough dictators around waving swords nowadays Jee'in fish do it, too. And like a dictator, a swordfish can drsociah( faster than almost anything else on earth or in the ent of that was Tonys experience. 'card v Tony says he never did want to go on that swori'jon UI first place. He had just arrived in Avalon on Catalir iant ba coast of California, and he didnt know any more about wph a of the knows than Timbucktoo about the Nort.naji ru mayor friend, Tom Martin talked him into it, and on the morr.,e now 1931, they set out in a power boat for San Clemente is' jreau fC five miles away. record Then Tony Got Ilis First Strike a smgh carr When they reached the north side of San Cleme Tony how to bait his hook and how to handle his line. 't an cruising and looking for swordfish, Tony says they bvii hours before they saw one, and it was a halt hour !ns cou ireighin Tony got his first strike. That strike, says Tony, "almost yanked me ck boat. There was a tremendous tug on the line, and ny balance just in time. Behind me I could hear Toe assem structions and I began reeling in my line. I reelei observ other violent jerk told me that the fish was diving fov'ei by and then, still following Tom's instructions, I let the makin st the again. By this time my hands were raw and blistered, a.-- ballo from the exertion. When the line was almost all out future me to reel in agam, and slowly, laboriously, I began Li e.ghh fish back to the surface. I must have had him almos to an c suddenly the line went slack again. A second later I exper roar and the water burst apart close to the boat T expect1 out of the water like a bombshell and fell back again yt modes Then it was off again, in a series of mad plunges, k;. He e line with it whole, Tom yelled- - 'Its a beauty. And it was. It iraft, if eleven feet long, and it must have weighed close to four y larg And Just then, the fish turned suddenly in the water and be t for the boat! t, Tom yelled to Tony to haul in the line, and Tony a wu In the tple bal reel and began hauling it in moment he didnt notice that the line had become ta a craf foot That swordfish was taking all his attention. At ti by tw veered, missing the boat by a fraction of an inch, and of th tug at his entangled foot He was knocked clean off t societ fore he realized what had happened he was in the wa in Fr gasping for air, being dragged along at the end of the alloon hand-over-han- Overboard Among the Sharks. fins Charles Jaynes, Jr , seven years-old- , of Peorid, 111 , who was ordained recently m Peoria Trinity tabernacle before 1,500 men and women. The young minister is on a tour of the country conducting church meetings and is accompanied by a nurse and tutor. The sight of these husky football players in their first practice session of the season at Temple stadium, Philadelphia, is evidence that summer is on its way. The players pictured above are members of the backfield of the Philadelphia Eagles professional team. Left to right are: Bob Masters from Baylor university, Skipper Howard from Daniel Baker university, and Emmett Mortell from the University of Wisconsin. Indian Pilgrims Hail Juggernaut Festival . s ' ' '' i i 1-- 1 ) r- - i A? . Suddenly, one of them darted madly. He felt its bod: ethno Wasn't icas f as it swam beneath him and he shivered. read 1 going to reach him? The other shark would charge at any moment,1 ins, wi had turned on its side, jaws gaping. I tried to steel n se tha the inevitable finish. Churning the water wasnt pie was this one off. He was ready for the kill. I heard Ilians rush of water behind me and remembered the other Ties si fore I could turn, something struck my head, and Bow, leath last I remember. But when Tony opened his eyes agam, he was in tL inven was pouring whisky down his throat It was the boat thunge s that bump on the head and it hadnt arrived any too ! Indtai had had to fight the shark off with a gaff hook while hebubtle ington unconscious body out of the water. Tony says he looked over the side and saw nothing Indi fins circling the water where the swordfish had been a tnt as fore. And that's when he resolved that thereafter he'dr ret fish in a restaurant, served up on a plate with a piece ofk' had parsley. This business of being shark bait was no fun at to me No adventure is any fun until after it is all over adian vf V V is Wt V, w i "li lew of the scene in Pun India, as the car of the Jamnnlh (Juggernaut) w,s hauled by thousands of pilgrims in the recon festival c Ihe Lcrd of the Wo. Id In olden d .jsthise huge vehicles in winch devout f',r 8 once 8 car oft U'UTr uncontrollable and p.hnms were cn.shed beneath "t winds. years police regulations have bun so stungent that accidents f" A a ords t k I anil j:es. Among Famous Hymns Lead, Kindly Light was written by Newman nearly 100 years ago, when he was on his way home from Rome The boat on which he was traveling was becalmed for a whole week and it was during that time he Few penned his famous lines. s hymns are more popular than "Rock of Ages. One day the young curate was overtaken by a heavy thundei storm in Barrington Coombe, and seeking shelter under the massive rock was inspired to write these beautiful words. Abide With Me was written in Devon by Henry Lyte, the beloved pastor of the fisher folk of Lower Brixham. A dying man, he wrote the words as the summer sun was setting one September esenmg. Tradition says that Wesley wr inspired to wnte Jesub, Lover of My Soul, by a dove, wi ich was driven to the shelter of his bosom in a pitiless storm. Cecil Alixmdcrs hymn, There Is a Green HiH, was written amid the green hills of Ireland PearTop-lady- V W Service. ( f V L yr' f: Bump on the Head and Rescue jans. Just the same, Tony began swimming toward the be ie ory were now so close to him that he could see the bodrlarnnj NU ifh-- i M;.I iliU' ! I & yrfeJur - i r if. alfnad) Says he: In vain I tried to untangle the he sted, : foot and in vain I tried to break the strong cord. 3 ever I was dragged by that div ing fish, and I thought m tnd in burst before it shot to the top again. And then, wh fighting for air, I became aware of an even deauj-- , mu Sharks! A number of them, swimming nearby, 6re ma shapes in the water. Europ Suddenly, Tony realized that he was no longer be ccard looked toward the swordfish and saw the reason. He quite r surface now, and there was the fish, less than two hu ... p charging straight at him. Tony drew in a deep breath pi the end, and he was getting ready to meet it But the OI U reached him. Halfway in its course it was met by twe C(1 1 streaks of gray. THE SHARKS! What a battle that was, says Tony. The fierce. up mountains of water. And then the line began to drag 1 Oi maelstrom. I was getting closer and closer, when sudd mmam probably slashed by shark teeth. Then, free for the fir' . for the boat It was coming toward me at a fast chpjnS;0 late. For at the same time I noticed that two trial tales, cutting the water around me in circles circles that were the b with every turn. ,es rerdy happen. sons Loncii n Weekly. 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