Show urgent need 77 for revival ja of the mining industry the ii condition of the industry ziby in the united wyvet states is very y serious jaff not only to the mining dis tracts themselves 7 but to farming manufacturing industries etc 22 the greater the aff mineral production the greater number of men employed alff and the greater the home market for the products of farm and factory v fe aside from the base 1 metals ass cop ff ff per lead zinc etc the increased assy production of the great a money i y 0 metals gold 7 and silver afi has be ff vye come a national aa ff necessity whereas faw for some ay years haq owing to war conditions and after vis war condi vw eions the american production of gold va and silver assy has been annually 4 declining in 7 1919 the united states only produced 16 per cent of the world s output in a few years more sy at the present S rate the american production will be still more degli gible the a a billions of paper money Is va ww sued during the war and since the w war by various g countries are ceasur ww ed on the gold off standard A nation fw a has to have a certain yf percentage aff of ff gold behind its paper money to male wa w that paper money worth something saw dyff a hence the low value of paper mo neyl of 7 some countries gold affif aff and ff the I 1 85 other a money metal a r e f urgent az necessities th em pha sizes from a national and inter I 1 2 national standpoint the urgent iffa of a revival 0 of mining |