HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JUNE 4 1931.
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Unjustifiable margins in any commodity can only have one con- sequence, vir, the killing of trade, N ENGLISH GIRL just dis and money dealers, or those for A engaged owing to the Children whom they act, should realiss be
of whom she has been in charge having
roached school age, would like a Port, for it is too late that by main- a NURSERY GOVERNESS. Will- ing to live in. Write Box 817, c/o Hing Laining the present enormous mar Kong Daily Press:
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GOLD-A WORLD OBSESSION.
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Whether paper is represented by bankers' bills or by bank notes, the only reason for its value is credit, and credit la the same sa every other commodity or facility in that the more there is of it the less valu- able it becomes."
Credit Paper.
This obvious fact is too often overlooked. In the past, with great deal of silver in circulation (and therefore so much less paper), the fact that the whole of the paper could be changed into metal (silver) and vice versa, at any time, anywhere, and with anybody gave paper a far greater real value in the eyes of the hokier. In the meantime as gold has also been withdrawn from circulation, and paper being only exchangeable against paper, it has become
shaky" in its value.
This to my mind illustrates the unreality which if continued-will bring about a position under which something like 4 per cent. of the population will gather to itself 80 per cent. of all money.
The money trade the basis of all present trading-tends now to restrict itself to the gold using " and silver barringt" countries. This barring of silver" is un- of the restriction of trade through- doubtedly one of the main causes out the world today, and it is easy to eco how this has been brought about.
As regards production of the two metals gold and silver-the proportion is one to fifteen, whilst the shutting out of silver from the currencies of the world has altered brought this to one to forty-five the values of these two metals and
Less than fifty years ago silver- using peoples in the world (for instance, China and India) bought very people who are now barring their supplies of silver from the it (England, Australia, must have paid for this silver its America), and in buying it they proportionate value in goods or service, or both.
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Silver's Low Value,
and
Now that silver has been with drawn largely from the world's currencies, these unfortunate buy- ers are left, with an article the price of which has been reduced by about two-thirds, and that mainly through the action of the countries from whom they bought.
Would anyone of practical ex perience deny that if there ever came another war (which -God
Can any so-called mono-metallist forbid) or a money crisis, there the point of view of honesty or even justify this position, either from would be a rush to convert paper from the point of view good busi- into something more substantial,ness?
be it house or land property, or
Have the great bankers, who do
HONGKONG HOTEL stocks of four or grain, or even pend on world-wide trading (not
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on local trading) erer considered
tin 1 On the other hand, if the if it is possible for the world's trade
currencies of the world were plenti- fully supplied with silver, would not the position be infinitely better in that a commodity of real value could be held instead of paper'?
to revive so long as something like. 000,000,000 people about half the world's population-whose wealth in mainly in the shape of silver are precluded from participating in the trade of the world by rea- son of the fact that the commodity ficially reduced in value to a point in their possession has been arti- which practically prevents then from being buyers of anything?
Now let me refer to what has happened in Europe owing to the fact that gold has been given this artificial value, and has taken to
Paper of Metal? itself a monopolistic position-I
Inilver were given the same do not refer to the happenings in right as gold. it would recover ita China or to other remote places in old position in the world, and ite.. the world, but to the position at people have dirty pieces of paper true relative valuo. Why must Jorzuca are just received three months' money, is at the rate clean metal which has real value t
FADE TREE, LTD., PENINSULA our door
Bendy money, even instead of being allowed to use the Beautiful Erening, Afternoon, Sports of 1. p.e. to 2 pc., whilst money coins still in circulation be som- And why should the few metal and Morning Dresses, in Organdio, Volle, Georgette and Crepe da Chine for investment on long terms coste posed of a false mixture instead Prices Moderate
1705 7 pc to 10 pe. (Roumania sad of the usual alloy ? ;
Poland loans, for instance),
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"KILLGERM
THE PERFECTION, OF
What would be thought of pig dealers who bought pigs at £1 cach, and who would not sell under 28 cach Would they not be justly.
DISINFECTANTS looked upon a bad pig-leaders and
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Those things are artificial, and have brought about results which are disastrous
which the world is to-day suffering To sum up, the unrealities from are in my mind mainly two.
in the value of silver, and
First, the artificial reduction
Beconilly, the unjustifiable mar- gins which are being maintained bad business men? Would these in the money markets of the pig dealers if they had a mono- The problem of correcting these |poly-nob bo mndo to realiss that two unrealities is Job a difficult Tennyson one, but it requires clear thinking it could not pay to produce, pigs, and quick and determined action. any more than it would be possible. Given this, I am confident that for the public to consumo bacon; beneficial results will recrue to All katero & every country in the world, and to |with such a difference between the
fevery Indestry, and to buying and selling price.
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