Show Hard liard times in the idle gold mining districts of the West has awakened large western daily dally newspapers to demand a free world market for newly mined I gold Every newspaper In the nation should demand that Congress Con gress grass give the gold mining Industry Industry Industry Indus Indus- try the same Bame opportunity that is accorded every other line of or business business business busi busi- ness in the e nation It is the patriotic patriotic pat pat- ty of every US U.S. publication tion tion demand a free market for American gold output This accomplishment accomplishment ac ac- accomplishment would o open n the I gold mines again and bring pros proa to western mining areas now suffering from depression The latest big western dally newspaper to demand an Op open n market for tor gold and bring A return return return re re- re- re turn of of the US U.S. gold mining Industry industry In In- is Js the San Francisco Ex Ex- j miner a That great newspaper InIa in ina Ia a recent editorial had bad this to sa say The Gold Market Senator Thomas Kuchel of California Cali Call California fornia declared near the close of his Ills successful campaign for tor reelection reelection reelection re- re I I election that one of ot the reasons ho he wanted to stay slay in office ottice was I that he wanted to continue to play playa a part in the restoration and I rehabilitation of the American gold mining industries through I reestablishment of a free world market for newly mined gold The California Senator Is right that this Is one of ot the most urgent matters smatters I that will wUl be before the new Congress The original gold policy adopted under the Roosevelt jon Uon p put t the American ml mining industries industries in In- l under the Impossible handicap of being able to command command commend com com- mand mend only third one-third of the market market market mar mar- ket price f available to foreign producers and competitors As Senator Kuchel Ruchel says s 's The world market for newly mined gold is some three times the Federally Federally Fed Fed- controlled price of 35 an ounce in la the United States In consequence one of the richest richest rich rich- rich rich-I est of all 11 our natural resources has baa been neglected and the vital industries dependent upon It have disintegrated and the thousands of people engaged in the useful work It provided have been thrown out of or jobs |