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Show Midvale Journal, Thursday, July 24,1930 MIDVALE JOURNAL V c1·non Gray __ ___ .... --·-· ---·-______ ..... ---·--------------·------- _____ ------·------Publisher Term of subscription, per year (in advance) ---·--···-··--·-·--·-·--·-----$1.00 Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Midvale, · Utah, under Act of March 3, 1879. Modern Job Printing Department maintained. All prices based on the Franklin Pri11ting Price List. --------------------------------- -ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch _____________________ ----·--···--······-··-·-··-··········-···-$0.35 .1 0 1~cad. el'S, per line .. ____ __ ________ ______________________ .. _____ ----- _____ --------------------· All business correspondence should be addressed to the Midvale Journal, 136 N. Main St., Midvale, Utah. Phone Mid. 178. SILVER AND PROSPERITY The price of silver has reached the lowest figure in the history of the country--34 cents per ounce. Less than 10 years ago the \vorld market price of silver for a short time was at $1.38 per ounce. During the 10-year period from 1917~1926, inclusive,. the New York market price of si-lver was 77.99 cents per ounce. During the five-year period 1922-1926, inclusive, during which period the iPttman Silver Purchase Act was not ~a factor, the average New York market price of silver was 65.086 cents per ounce. We htave repeatedly said that" we do not believe that it is the function of the government to legislate prosperity into any line of business, but it is a matter of grave public concern when the visible wealth of more than half the people of the world shall be reduced from a 10-year average of 77.99 to 34, with no promise that it-may not drop another 50 per cent before the second 10-year period shall expire. China and India have been the principal consumers of silver and represent mo1·e than one-half of the world's population. All'eady the depressing price of silver has cut in half the purchasing powe1· of those countries. What greater li<!Onomic disaster can come to a people than the destruction of half its wealth 1 The United States, seeking an outlet for its surplus production, oon cherish no hope for new markets in that direction. The Kemmerer Commission plan, to put China upon the gold standard, calls for a new currency to be established upon the llasis of a gold standard fund to be maintained in .China and in financial ceiiters •abroad which shall consist of at least 35 per cent of the face value of all gold standard coins issued. The stocks of uncoined silver in China are immense, and any plan which contemplates demonetization of this silver would cause chaos in China and a further glutting of the silver market. Perhaps even the suggestion is in a measure responsible for silver's present plight. H is an intereting fact that the .p resent low price of silver affects approximately 60 per cent of the world's population. India and China, with 5,000,000,000 ounces of h-oarded silve1· and over $300,0CO,OOO in coinr.ge, find their visible purchasing power .-~'e duced over one-half. Yet England and America find the~r chief markets for petroleum and m.w cotton in China, and the United States leads the world in supplying leaf tobacco and machinery to J the Fa1· East. With our export trade in these and many other communities curtailed more than one-half, through this debasement in silver, the problem becomes acute, not only to the silver producer but to every manufacturer of goods which go into our export trade. Without this normal outlet over-production and accumulated goods must inevitably react in employment and industrial stagnation. It is, therefore, a matter of supreme concern to every American business man that silver should return to a normal value, which will permit of its eontinued production and will afford purchasing powex to those nations dependent upon it. In our February issue we advocated an international silver conference, pointing out that the great bulk of the world's silver is produced in the Western Hemisphere, with Canada, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and the United States producing four-fifths of the world's silver. These countries have no association with each other, and the silver industry in each is blindly fighting against extinction. We further aid: "No one country can meet the situation. The entire extinction of the silver-mining industry in any one of these countries would not materially affect the general situation. H is necessary that all shall act together to justify any hope of betterment. The healthy operation of every industry is important to general prosperity. Each cog in the wheel must do its part if the machinery of business is to run smoothly. Silver is so closely assoei~ated with other metals that it is peculiarly important. "We suggest the importance of a conference of the silver countries of the Western Hemisphere for consideration of some means by which these vastly important business problems centering in the silver-mining industry shall find some means of solution.'' Again we urge an international silver conference.-From the Mining Congress Journal. Bro~~ie's Bro~sings An Affirmative Negative The irate customer shook his por. trait in the photographer's face. "Do I look like this picture? The thing's an outrage. Why, you've given me an awful squint and the look of a prize fighter. Now answer me, and no nonsense ahout it. Do you call that a good likeness ? " The photographer scanned the print, then looked at the customer. "The answer," be said, "is, in the negative." SEE Heber C. Aylett Black Diamonds Polished hard CQal is said to make an excellent substitute for jet in the manufacture of rings. The one draw· back, of course, is the prohibitive cost . • He Meant It Miss Murphy is a teacher in one of the lower grade schools. She was teaching her pupils to repeat in con· cert the 23rd Psalm. She felt that one little boy was not saying it correctly. The next time the class re· cited the psalm she stood ,near the Not So Very Reasonable For Sale--Two police puppies. boy, and found, when it came to the Prize-winning parents, both male~ verse, "Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow n1e." etc., he said, "Surevery reasonable. 1109 W. Clay St.ly, good Miss Murphy shall follow me Exchange. all the days of my life." Unrehearsed Price of Curiosity Magician (to youngster he has called up o.n the stage) - "Now, my Rcader--"Dear Editor: What's the boy, you·ve never seen me before, best w a v to find out what a woman have you?" thinks of you?" Boy- "No, daddy." Editor- "Marry her." for Fire, Theft. Automobile and Liability Insurance Phone Mid. 36. MR. AVERAGE FARMER BROADCASTS Station YFBL-YOURS FOR BET· TER LIVESTOCK - Mr. Average Farmer at the mike. ... "' ,,,,,,,._.,.,,,1: I !·ELECTRIC HOME i 1 BAKERY ·1 1 ' : II I .I Good tires are cheapwhy risk it on poor rubber this summer? - i-u••~ 1" ' ' ".... Shining Midvale Parlor 1.0 eents MAURIE'S BEAUTY SHOPPE $6.50 Orchid Beauty Salon Duart Perma. nent Waving .......... Finger Waving $6 • 50 Marcelling• Shampooing Water Waving Mid. 117-J 13 N. Main St. ------------------Thoroughly Remodeled And Modern and up-to-the-minute U.S. CAFE Samas & Thomas, Props. Our business is growing and _we want your business always LOUIE'S AUTO SERVICE 6507 South State St. GENERAL REPAI.&S Complete Auto Service Shell Oil and Gas Sioux 1\-lethod of Grinding Valve& Rusco Brake Lining-Btops Quick. Rain or Sldne. Midvale Bakery and Grocery 17 East Center Street 0 & E ELECTRIC SERVICE Complete Electric Service · Radios and Auto Service Midvale 272 25 E. Center St. 30x3Vz $4.95 29x4.40 Carries Standard Lifetime Guarantee Better tires than many makers offer as their best. Tough, wide treads. Sturdy, Supertwist Cord carcass underneath a Goodyear patent. Profit by the savings Goodyear effects through building MILLIONS MORE tires than any other company! Balloon Tires $5.65 A GOOD TIME TO SPEND DOLLARS Today, if you have a dollar you hid away two years ago, it's worth a little more than $1.02. Thats' what it means when you read that "commodity prices are declining.'' From the looks of things, prices may decline still more. Wholesale costs are down farther than retail; in time they will even up. But this is a good time to spend dollars for what you need; not to deny yourself things you want, simply because somebody cries, "Hard Times!" When you buy freely you not only make yourself happier, but you help to make work for others. And those others, at work will have money to buy the things YOU .have for sale.-Exchange: High Pressure Tires 29x4.40 ··-·····------·······---$5.65 30x3% --------------------------$4.95 30x4.50 ........................$6.45 30x3% 0. s ...................$5.05 30x5.00 ........................ $8.30 32x4 -·---------------··-----------$9.50 30x4.50 $6.45 Guaranteed Tire Repairing Tubes also low priced FORD - CHEVROLET SPECIALS: 30x3 !12 , $4.25 29 x 4.40, $4.85. Speedway ·C ords •• Factory Firsts WHERE WILL YOU BE! Statistlcs ahow 85 out of every 100 who reach the age of 65 &re pa.rtially dependent. Metropolitan Life provides a. retirement fund to eliminate old age dependency, and also provides family protection. _- See Your Local Agent METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO, GEO. W. COX, Local Agent Mid. 22%--W 77 Jefferson St. J. S. MORGAN Your watch deserves attention We repair it right and auara.utee the job. Jewelry of &11 kinds. Prices lowest. Give us just one tr~al and be satiSfied. H. F. RASMUSSEN Tailor Suits made to order Many men leave the country and go to the city to make enough money so that they can move back to the country. EXTRA TROUSERS FREE! . If you drive t<?o fa.st your car will be dented in front and if you Women now accept their husbands for more or for less rather than for better or for worse. . :."''._..... .,,.,,.,, ..,,.,.,,,..,,.,.,...,,... ,.....,,.,,....,,,u.. ,,,,,,,,,,,,, .. oU'"'''''"'"''"''"'"' " u ~ooooUohhh••• • ••• •••••••a.oo•... ••...,. u uo .. UHIIIIU.ooo.o .. oooo<o•"''~ The stock farmer is now face to face with what is perhaps the most critical and dangerous pel'iod of the ! entire y~ar-late July and August. ! I noticed last week in driving through the country that practically all of the ' ,.1 16 North Main pastures are dry and brown. I examined some of them and am convinced j' i: i that even a goat could not get ! I ' LEO LEWIS, Prop. i1 enough to eat in most of them. i ! I stopped by the roadside in two :E ~ .....,., ....... ,,,,, .. .,,.'"'' ,.,,,,,.,, ,,,,,,,..,,,.,,,,,,.,.,,..," ''"u''"''" .. f : or three places where herds of hun- .................................................................................... ..................~ gry-looking cows were searching the pastures for little patches of green grass that might have been overlooked. They found few, however. It was evident that these herds were reSho~ ceiving little or no grain. Their appearance vouched for this fact, too. • I passed other pastures, however, in which cows were lying in the for Ladies and Gents shade, chewing their cuds, apparently contented. They were sleek-looking and I am sure that they were receiving a good ration. No doubt the owners of these latter herds also Shoes Dyed and Color Restorea would appear more contented than Iris Theater Building the owners of the others. If you haven't been feeding all summer begin this week to give all of the cows, and the heifers as well, a good portion of a well-balanced ra· tion. For the milking herd give each cow one pound of some ration such as the following for each four or five pounds of milk: ground corn, barley, or hominy, 200 pounds; ground All Phases of Beauty Culture oats, 200 pounds; wheat bran, 100 PERMANENT WAVE pounds, and linseed meal, 100 pounds. Some farmers say that they can't afford to feed grain, and I just as emphatically say that no farmer can afford not to. Don't starve your Ladies' and Children's Hair cows and expect them to make a livCutting ing for you. 19 North Main Phone Mid. 295. Station YFBY- YOURS FOR BETTER LIVESTOCK- singing off. Good night. Low Visibility How the War Started Dolly- "! don't see why my vanishShe- "Anyl:lody would think that l ing cream should disappear." nothing but a cook in this houseMolly-'It's behind those invisible was hold!" hairnets." He- "Not after eating a meal here!" Aslt Emily Post Mother (at dinner)-"Peggy, dar~le-a-l-a-w! ling, you should not scratch your Young Wife- "How fortunate I am nose with your spoon." possessing a husband who always in Peggy-"Oh, mother-ought I have at home in the evening." stays used a fork?" Bosom Friend-"Yes. Your husband never was much addicted to In the Key of "Dough" Ben- "Was there a wedding at pleasure." I heard Smithson's last night ? It's Much the Same strains of '0 Promise l\ie.' " "By this time you ought to know a Eben-"Nope; Burtkins was just great deal about politics." horrowing five from Smithson." "I ought to," answered Senator Sorghum. "But T have a friend who A Job for Johnny The old-fashioned girl who used to has played poker for nearly fifty make mama keep little brother out years and is no more certain about a of the room while her beau was call- one·card draw than he was when he ing now has a daughter who sub- first started.' • Business Reverse sidizes Johnny to play Colonel House A darky was making an appeal to to her sweetie while shes dressing. a gentleman for . a donation. The gentleman, knowing him somewhat, Her Diploma A young woman who came to said: "Why, Sam, you don't mean to Columbia to take her degree of doctor tell me you've taking up begging?" Sam-"Yessah, boss; Ah ain't got of philosophy married her professor other way to get along.' no year. second the in the middle of "Why you told me once that you When she announced her engagement, one of her friends said, had a business." "Yessah, Ah-all did have a business "But, Edith, I thought you came -a one-handed laundry, but Ah done up here to get your Ph. D.'' "So I did," replied Edith, "but I lost my business.'' "How did you come to lose it, had no idea I would get J;lim so soon." Sam?" Optimism "Well, suh, de way it was, she just The birthday of the umbrella was up and divo'ced me." ~ recently celebrated. Gold Strike Many happy returns! "Have you heard that our friend A Female Barkis Meyer has become rich at a single All Is Not Lost He-"You should see the altar m stroke.'' The fire which destroyed our tan"No. How did it happen?" our church.'' nery does not interfere with our still She-"Lead me to it!" ''His rich uncle had a stroke." doing business as usual. DESTROYING OUR FORESTS The wanton destruction of timberland is one of the most tragic phases of our fire waste records. ' In a period of ten years, between 1916 and 1925, an average of 51,021 forest fires occurred each year, entailing an annual destruction of property value of $20,994,916. It requires 40 to 100 years for a tree to reach maturity. Yet, by fire, whole forests can be totally destroyed in a few hours. Great fi1·es, wiping out all timber over broad areas cause the extinction of wild life, radical changes in climate and damage to agriculture. The state and national governments do everything in their power to prevent such catastrophes. But they cannot be successful without public cooperation. Tourists, by carelessness with tobacco, matches and camp fires, are leading offenders. Some of the worst forest conflagrations in our history have occurred when camping parties moved on without completely extinguishing their fires. It should be our patriotic duty to help protect and conserve our great forests. d'l'IVe too slowly 1t w1ll be dented in back. 320 N. Main • McKean Service Station Sandy, Utah Phone Mid. 275 PRICES VERY REASONABLE Alterations, Cleaning and Pressing 64 W. Center St. Phone Midvale 117-w • |