The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 04, 1914, Page 3, Image 3
HOARDED GOLD MYSTERY.
What Becomes of Metal Poured Into
India a Puzzle.
The report of the royal commission
on Indian finance and currency. 1
which has just been issued, settles <
some controversies and starts others, i <
but it does not clear up the mystery ; s
of the hoarded gold of India. ! From
time immemorial India has;'
absorbed gold as a sponge absorbs
water. The flow of gold to India has 1
always continued. In the last twelve j A
years she has received 136,000,000 i 1
pounds in gold, partly in sovereigns
and partly in bullion, in addition to j ^
r enormous quantities of silver, says *
the London Mail. It all goes into the : (
li+tlo pvpr r>nmw;i <
LV/UUll J , UlU iivuv w-w* .
out.; Lord Rothschild observed some!
years ago that he had noticed that (
none of the smooth gold bars sent to |
India from this country ever came' (
back. What happens to this great
stream of precious metal, which con- (
tinuously disappears like those rivers 1
in desert lands which lose themselves 3
underground. 3
' The testimony of experts is most 1
conflicting. Some say it is hoarded,
while a few are ready to prove by a
formidable array of statistics that it
cannot be extensively hoarded. Those '
who believe that India possesses a
vast store of hoarded treasure make
the wildest guesses at its probable
total. The most popular estimate of j
the hoarded wealth of India puts the ]
total at 300,000,000 pounds, which ]
would amount to 1 pound per head of <
the population; but some credible <
estimates are far higher. The ex- 1
perts quarrel, again, about the prob- j
able effect of India's absorption of <
gold upon the world's money mar- j
kets and the prices of commodities, j
Some say that all gold-using coun- <tries
benefit thereby, while others. <t
such as Sir Edward Holden, appear 1
to hold that "the drain of gold to i
India" is a potential menace. The t
commission, while declining to in- 1
dorse either of these mutually de- 1
structive contentions, has declared 1
in effect that an increased use of ]
gold in India should not in future 1
be encouraged by the government,
but India already seems disposed to *
resent this recommendation. 1
Whether gold is hoarded in India <
is really a question of terms. All na- 1
tions hoard gold upon occasion. If J
England were threatened with a *
great war to-morrow we may depend | 1
upon it that there would be a rush <
for gold on the part of those people 1
who possessed both foresight and a *
balance at the bank. It is estimated *
that during the Balkan crisis the peo- t
pies of central Europe obtained and *
hoarded 60,000,000 pounds. India
has been subjected to repeated invas- 1
ions and innumerable internal wars, 1
and her people have never completely 1
t lost their hereditary sense of inse- *
curitv. Banking facilities are still
---> --1 -3 o- (
f sparse, aiiu iu wuuiu uc suipusiub n
Indians did not hoard. 1
But hoarding does not necessarily (
mean burying in the ground or concealment
in the roofs of houses *
though those practices are doubtless J
extensive. Mr. J. M. Keynes, a mem- 1
ber of the commission, tells a story (
of a Brahman in eastern Bengal who 1
even hoards currency notes in his
? roof. Once a week he retires privily
and spreads them out in the sun to re- J
move the damp. A very large proportion
of the hoarded wealth of In- '
dia is, however, in the form of gold (
and silver ornaments. It is into these 1
ornaments that the bulk of the bul- '
lion and sovereigns as well as much }
of the silver, disappears.
Correct.
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One day the class in a small-sized ;
grammar school was holding forth. 1
when the youngsters collided with 1
the word "notwithstanding." Imme- 1
diately the teacher dropped upon it t
as a ripe^subject for an example. <
"Phil^ron " cVip saiH xcith an im- .(
pressive glance at the class, "we 1
have here the word "notwithstand- 1
T ing.' Can any little boy or girl here <
give me a sentence containing it?" <
Came a moment of intense silence.
Every little mind was churning hard. *
Then the hand of Willie Jones shot J
up and vigorously wriggled. J
Tve got one Miss Mary,"' exclaimed
Willie on receiving recognition. '
"Very well, Willie,'' smiled the
teacher encouragingly, "you may tell 1
; it to the class." !
"The man's trousers were worn 1
out not with standing." was the ^
triumphant rejoinder of Willie. 1
1
A Crabpecked Husband. j
The little mild, bald man had set
? tied down in the train to read, and, ;
feeling drowsy after a trying day at ;
business, fell asleep. On the hatrack i
above was a ferocious crab in a buck- ,
et, and, reaching the edge of the rack ,
it fell, alighting on the little man's ;
shoulder and grabbed his ear to ;
steady itself.
All of the passengers waited ex
pectantly for developments, but all ,
they heard was:
"Let go, Sarah! I tell you I've been
at the office all the evening."
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35 OFFICERS EXECUTED.
Taken to Cemetery at Tepic and Shot
Down in Squads.
Xogales, Ariz., May 28.?Thirtyive
Federal officers captured by the
Constitutionalists at Tepic were executed
May 24, according to a message
received here to-day from Gen.
\lvaro Obregon, the Constitutionilist
commander.
Gen. Obregon's message says that
Ftear Admiral Howard, American na
ral commander or tne racinc coasi,
;elegraphed to the German consul at :
Tepic to intercede for the lives of the <
federals "for the sake of humani:y,"
but Obregon answered the exe- i
cution was necssarv to'keep the officers
from makings trouble in future, i
The Federals were taken to the :
cemetery and shot in squads.
Gen. Obregon's reply to the offer i
5f intercession said:
"When the assassin, Huerta, murlered
Madero the nations hastened to
-ecognize his Government and hu- i
uanitv was forgotten. Now that punshment
is about to overtake Huerta !
rnd his minions it is no time to cry
humanity'."
Soldiers of the Tepic garrison, for
ivhose lives the American admiral ;
ilso interceded, were paroled.
Caught 50 Hawks in 60 Days.
For 20 years I have been in the i
poultry business. My fowls run at :
liberty over a farm of 230 acres.
From the beginning of my poultry
career I was greatly annoyed by
chicken hawks. I lost chickens by ]
:he hundreds. My fowls would range :
away and be picked up by the hawks.
di course. I would shoot one occas- 1
lonally, but this method was slow ,
and uncertain. I would possibly lose i
i dozen or two chicks before I could
let a chance to kill the hawk, and
;vhen I did finally kill it there was
ilways another one immediately to ,
:ake its place. After losing an unus- j,
ial number of full grown fowls one
"all two years ago, after I had exlausted
every effort to shoot and i
poison the hawks, I decided to try
Tapping them.
I had learned quite a good deal .
ibout the nature and habit of hawks ,
3y this time, so I began a simple plan ?
)f trapping them that gave me as- ?
;onishing results. Since I began my
plan of trapping I have not lost a
single fowl to my knowledge, al- ,
;hough my fowls roam at will all
)ver the farm. I find that chicken (
lawks are as easily trapped as rats
f one knows how and where to place (
;he traps. Otherwise a thousand
:raps might be set for a^vear and not
i single hawk caught.
I find that 99 times out of 100 a
aawk will fly to the poultry yard and
perch himseif upon some fence post, (
:elephone pole or tree top and select (
iome certain chicken for his feast. .
s'ow right here is where I catch many j
)f my hawks. If there is no fence
post for him to perch on, I accommolate
him by putting up a few perches (
svith steel traps on them. If a wire
:ence is handy I need nothing more.
[ simply go along to about every
:hird or fourth post and place a trap
)n it, anchoring it to the post by
neans of an ordinary fence staple.
But something must be done to
3revent the hawks lighting on ,
:he posts that do not contain traps.
To overcome this difficulty I drive a
JO or 40-penny spike in the top of
jvery post not containing a trap. I
3nd a hawk cannot light on a post
ivith a spike driven in the center of
t. The spikes should not be driven
?ar into the posts?just enough to
aold them in place.
By using these spikes as described
)n all posts that do not contain traps,
iust a few traps will protect quite a
large poultry yard. To keep my
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;raps always in piace ami iu tveey lug
wind from blowing them from the
:ops of posts and stakes. I drive three
3r four small nails around the frame
)f the trap. This keeps the trap always
in the right position and presents
it turning to one side in case
:he hawk does not light squarely up3n
it.
When I wish to set traps on an old
5take-and-rider fence I select the
iargest stakes for my traps, placing
spikes in all the others.
During the winter months I catch
juite a lot of hawks by baiting them
with chicken. Every farmer or poultrvman
loses a fowl occasionally by
some disease. When I lose a fowl
by disease during the winter months
1 turn it into cash by catching hawks
from it as bait. I take the dead fowl
to the back end of the farm, away
from any house or where anyone is
working (the quieter the spot the I
better), and lay it flat on the ground
about 20 feet from some fence. Now
1 begin pulling feathers and scatter
them all around the dead fowl in a
circle about as large as the big wheel
3f a farm wragon. After I have the
feathers pretty well scattered I set
Ave steel traps close around the dead
fowl, carefully covering eacn trap
with feathers. When the traps are
all set I anchor them to the fence
with the wire because I have found
from experience that it will not do to
drive a stake near the dead fowl. I
UNDERSTOOD ALL THE REST.
The Juror Wanted to Know the
Meaning of Two Words.
It quite often happens that in ad- <
dressing a jury the lawyers will de
liver their appeals to the one mem
ber who seems to them the most in- ;
telligent. They consider that by so
doing they can impress him, and hisj-'
influence upon the other members jj
will be valuable. i
In a recent case all the testimonyhad
been taken, the lawyers had
summed up, and the judge had .
charged the jury, when the juror
who appeared the most intelligent
and to whom both counsel had made
their impassioned appeal, arose and
stated that he wished the court to
give him some more information. 1
"I have been bothered a good ]
deal," he said, "about two words the
lawyers have been using all the ,
time." i
"What are they?" asked the court,
expecting to be called upon to ex- ]
plain the meaning of some words ;
like res inter alios acta.
"Why, the words that I don't <
ftr
know the meaning of," said the ]
juror, "are 'plaintiff' and 'defend- 1
ant.' "?Case and Comment. J
Persia's Royal Treasures.
Among the royal treasures of Persia
is a pipe set with diamonds, "
rubies and emeralds to the value, it
is estimated of no less than $500,000.
This pipe was made for the
late shah, and is said to be even
more valuable than his famous sword,
according to the Washington Star.
In the matter of swords, it is said
that the Gaekwar of Baroda, who
on the occasion of the coronation of
v in Tndia. added to his fame
by snubbing that monarch, possesses
the most precious blade in existence.
Its hilt and belt are incrusted with
diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds,
and its value has been put at
$1,000,000.
There are many costly swords in
the treasure rooms of eastern and
European rulers, notably those of the
czar of Russia, t ie sultan of Turkey (
and the king of Siam, but the sword '
Of the gaekwar outshines them all. 1
The most valuable sword in Europe is ,
that presented by the Egyptians to ]
Lord Wolseley. The hilt is set with I
brilliants and the whole sabre is j
estimated to be worth $10,000.
The Maharajah of Ghened'is the ;
owner of the most costly brougham J
in the world. The handles of the .
doors are of solid gold, while the ]
rest of the vehicle is of silver.
The new emperor of Morocco came '
into possession of a curious piano,
manufactured to the order of his predecessor,
which is probably the most
expensive instrument of the kind
ever made. This piano was made in .
parts, each being small enough to be
carried by a slave, as it appeared that
the former emperor firmly refused 1
to trust them to the care of his J
camels, which formed the only other
available means of transport. This
expensive musical instrument was '
made principally of tulip and orris
woods, inlaid with unpolished
jacaranda parquetry and decorated
with scroll work of pure gold. The
actual sum paid for it was $20,000.
also find from experience that a
chicken hawk will not notice a dead
fowl carried out as I have described
unless the feathers are partly plucked
and scattered around. Leave the
job looking like a hawk had killed
the fowl and you will be surprised
how easy they are to catch in this
way. I recently caught seven large
hawks from one dead hen.
I use the ordinary steel trap, costing
about 15 cents each. In setting (
traps for hawks they should be set .
to trip lightly. I catch hawks of all
species in my trap.
Btefore I began trapping them I
never felt at ease away from home,
for I knew that when my back was
turned the hawks were feasting on
my chickens. Now I guard them
with a few cheap steel traps and go
where I please, knowing that my
chickens are safe. Did I have to
fight chicken hawks as I once did, I
would go out of the poultry business.
Editorial Comment.?When Mr.
Conyer sent us this article we wrote
him as follows: "We should also like
to know how many chickens have
been caught in your steel trap. It
seems to us this point is worth adding
a paragraph about." In reply he 4
says:
"As to the number of chickens I
have caught in my traps I will say
that I have not caught a single one. <
I consider the danger here so slight
that it is not worth mentioning.
Though if you care to, you might say
that where poultry fences are so low ,
there is danger of fowls flying up to
the traps, it is best to elevate the
* ~ ~ r?l a r\f foot Ktt niDOIlC nf '
tiapj) a tuuj;ic KJL KJ J iiivuuu XX ?
few additional stakes nailed to the i
fence posts. Drive a spike in the
tops of all posts not containing traps.
I have given you a system of trapping
hawks that is a complete success
and worth thousands of dollars .
to the people."?C. C. Conyers, Jr.,
in The Progressive Farmer.
1785 1914
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