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Show X n n l' .An Independent Paper Published Under :: the Management of J. T. Goodwin :: EDITORIALS BY JUDGE C. C. GOODWIN "" A Theme For Laughter And For Tears THE dissertations of the eastern press over the testimony of Mr. Mellen supply reasons for both laughter and tears. The business of New England had reached a settled basis. The people were occupied, much work was going on, but there were no places for new men and immigration immi-gration was turned aside. Then the marvelous executive brain of Mr. Morgan began its work. He and his friends controlled the money of the country, and had fixed things in such a way that men with surplus means leaned on his judgment to guide their investments. He made investment in railroad securities seem the very best opening for surplus funds. So if a road was unprofitable and the stocks were low, he took it in, declared a dividend, lifted the stock out of the sump and then unloaded. He combined the different steel companies into one, organized a new company and unloaded the stock, then divided $80,000,000 with a few friends. Mis friends wanted Tennessee iron and coal so ho maneuvered to take it in, and when the opportunity was offered to ohtain it by involving the whole Republic in a panic, he did not hesitate hesi-tate for a minute but caused the panic to be precipitated. pre-cipitated. Behind all he laid his plans, he and a few like him and caused the faw to be passed making all debts payable in gold and by the same law doubled the purchasing power of gold that the nation should never extricate itself from the burden bur-den of debt upon it. That millions of men were ruined by the legislation did not for a moment disturb his sleep. His thought of the public was " like that of Falstaff for his command "food for powder, food for powder." From the same source Mark Hanna was supplied with his corruption fund in 1896 to debase and demoralize the peo ple. That same wise eastern press during all those years applauded that work. Now it seems . they have discovered that Mr. Morgan and his " friends were merely so manv old wood rats. The ruling trait of the rat is to acquire things. Now that same press is badly shocked, never thinking apparently that it was particeps crim-inis crim-inis in the whole dreary business. In his will Mr. Morgan invoked the mercy (and forgetfulness) of the all-compassionate Savior to save him, but what power can save the editors who for a quarter of a century as teachers of the people, helped the wood rats in their stealings? "What I Know About Farming" '$ A em s eomS the -rounds telling of a farmer in South Carolina who, with no one to help him save his wife and a solitary mule, last year produced several bales of cotton, several sev-eral hundred bushels of corn, lots of sweet potatoes po-tatoes and fruit and garden "truck" in abun- dance. Those farmers In Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas who are telling how many thousand men they need to harvest their crops, should read that item, then paste it up in their homes whore they can read it daily and then change their methods. ' They now rely upon one crop for their profits. It takes them a month to plant it, six weeks to harvest and thresh It, then the rest of the year they talk politics. There was a reason for this a few years ago. The one crop was all they could get money for. But there is no good reason for it now, for half a dozen other products pay quite as well, and then as they are going on they are wearing wear-ing out their land. Beef and pork and dairy products all pay but they require steady work, work every day in the year. But if a farmer would diversify his crops, raise alfalfa or Italian-grass, vetchegrass to fsed his milch cows when his pastures grow dry in midsummer, mid-summer, as well as corn and wheat, he would not have to send away for help in harvest time; all his crops would be better and his land would all the time be growing more and more fertile. As he is going on now he will wake up some time to see that he has only half a crop of corn while the elements in the soil which now support the stalks of his wheat will be exhausted and he will not bo able to raise wheat at all. If he has gravelly ridges, there he should plant his alfalfa, never where there is a clay subsoil, for alfalfa is two-thirds water, it will send its roots down fifteen feet to find water, but if there is a clay subsoil near the surface, the alfalfa will be choked to death the first winter. If he fattens his cattle and pigs on corn, alfalfa al-falfa and steamed vegetables, the meat men will come to him to buy and he will not have to take the chance of sending his animals away and be swindled In the big markets. Then if he so runs his farm as to be obliged to keep hired help the year round, he will have to provide them with comfortable quarters; then there will bo no rush at harvest time, men will not have to sleep in the barns, and in the house the family will not bo worked to death to feed the horde. Change The Custom IT is an old custom for steamers rassing Mount Vernon to toll their bells in solemn honor of the sleeper in the simple little mausoleum there. That custom should be changed, the bells should bo joy bells and where they have calliopes, measures from great oratorios should be chanted, because never before was a life so splendidly rounded as was the life of the sleeper there. The grandest grand-est feature of that life was that within it was an immortal essence which did not pass away when his spirit fled, but lingers on earth and makes Americans feel that the father of his country is still keeping watch over it. From it American boys obtain an inspiration to do their best; to feel that it is possible if one can be true enough and bravo men, to like him, win immortality. Think of him! Never learned in the schools; reserved and unobtrusive, born on a little farm on the outer fringe of the frontier, but ever H impelled by a lofty patriotism and sovorelgn H courage, and with these following the right as H God -gave him to see the right, at last won a H name and place which kings envy, and so living H that when called all the world's people were H mourners boforo his bier, and every rolling year H but deepens tho reverence In which th world holds H his memory. H His was tho one perfectly rounded and com- H pleted life. Why then toll bells around his M sepulchre? Rather change them to joy bells and add to them triumphal anthems such as Miriam sang when the Rod Sea was crossed. H Those Conventions M S N Thursday last our Democratic and Progres- fl sivo friends held their conventions, adopted H platforms and exulted over the millennium that had been ushered in by tho giving to the De- mocracy the control of tho government. On the M Democratic side Judge Thurman called the faith- M ful together, swallowed all that President Wilson M had done and all that congress had done at the president's direction, and seemed to enjoy the M compound. Then Mr. Johnson was named as per- H manent chairman and went Judge Thurman one better in his eulogy of the administration and M filled his lungs to overflowing with the free air that had heen given the nation by his party in H power. He declared that wool had advanced in M price under free trade, but did not expatiate on H that subject. As a poultice to the sugar pro- B ducers he declared that the work of making sugar Hi was mostly done by low grade foreigners, meaning, if he meant anything, that it was not good to en- courage that order of labor. He did not explain ifl who makes tho sugar that comes to us from abroad,, or tho difference hetween making our fl own sugar, or sending tho money away to buy M it. Ho did not charge the high cost of living B as he did two years ago to a protective tariff, but B said the cost was high in free trade England and . M Japan. fl Of course he denounced Senator Smoot and M our representatives from Utah, but in his denun- M ciations made clear that he had not kept track M of the facts. But what Democratic orator is ever H expected to keep a close tab on the facts? Mr. Livingston, tho Progressive chairman, M likewise made a speech. He declared that the il Progressives favored protection for American in- dustries, but a moment later 'discussed the possl- 'H bility of uniting the Progressives and Democrats, Vm not in an alliance, but just a union of working 'jfl forces. Not even a left-hand marriage. However, H such an arrangement In the outside world makes ?H divorces unnecessary when the alliance becomes JH for any cause unsatisfactory. H He referred to "our great leader, Geo. Perkins." jH That was proper, though George had his train- ing under J. Plerpont Morgan, and believes in com- H bines and monopolies, but it was he that supplied H the colonel with the Binews of Avar in 1912, and 9 only drew a little on his own interest to do that H he has all the principal left. The 'Democracy should be most friendly to the II Progressives, because they enabled a minority jH 1 B candidnto for tlie " presidency to bo elected and H ' filled both houses of congress with the unterrifled. H' They will need them as much this year as they ; did in 1912 H Tho nomination of Mr. ,Moylo for United H( States senator was to have been expected. It ha3 R been generally conceded for some time that he H would bo tlie fusion nominee. Mr. Stephens H nominated for justice of the supreme court is a B lawyer of ability with a splendid record and is B well liked generally. Mr. Mays while well known B locally has not been in politics before and we B are under the impression that Mr. Larson is also B more or less of a stranger in the political arena. B What Money Cannot Buy AN eastern paper tolls of a great many yachts, some of them marvelously fine for sale. B Their owners are rich enough to keep them and B not feel the expense, but are just tired of them. B That would be an item worth running down to B find the cause, v B Wo suspect that in every case the owner B was a poor boy and had to work every day; B that when he became wealthy, the first thing B was to turn -to fast horses and after a year or B two tired of them. That next he tried automo- B biles and they soon staled on him. Then he fl read or had some friend tell him of the enchant- B ment of yachting, so he had one a little finer B than the finest built, secured a picked captain B and crew, invited a few friends to accompany B him and put to sea. That there he discovered B that old ocean is no respector of persons and B so while he felt an all-goneness somewhere in B the region of the stomach the great nerve cen- B ter is near there, he could not hold what he B already had, and so was weary of the yacht from B the first, and is now looking out for some new B excitement. B The secret of it all is that we are mere crea- B tures of habit. The nervous man, brought up B to work, cannot stop work and find peace after B he has become rich. He may change his work B and enjoy the change but he cannot stop. B A fondness for books is the safest refuge, and B so every young man should cultivate that fond- B ness in every leisure hour. Then if fortune B smiles on him he need not worry. B And if he lives on until the swift moving B world begins to pass him by, he may laugh at B its hurry and reflect that at his command the B wisest and bravest of the ages, will come to B him with their best thoughts and be his comfort B as the beating of the swift world's pulses fall B fainter and fainter on his ears. B Disturbed Public Opinion THE Capitol Commission have twice voted down the propositions to adorn the capitol B with a colonnade of polished monoliths. The B reason given is the added cost which would have B to be incurred. Nevertheless that does not sat- B isfy public sentiment. The feeling set to words B would be something like this: "For a few dol- B lars this generation "and fifteen succeeding gen- B erations of men and women and enthusiastic B boys and girls of Utah are to look upon a state B capitol which will oe equivalent to seeing a fl gentleman in full evening dress but wearing a B slouch hat and a pair of boxing gloves, because B his money gave out when he camo to the hat B and gloves." B Governor Spry thinks the sentiment of the B state in favor of tho monoliths, is not nearly so B strong as many seem to think It is. H A test of that might be easily made. Sub- B stitute lG-inch square timbers or lG-inch square B brick piers to support the entablature which the H columns of stone are eventually to support. H They will not cost. much and will do the business a!l right for a year. .Then submit the question to the legislature. Go further back still and have printed on every ballot, 'for the monoliths, 'yes,' 'no," and give the people a direct chance to decide the matter. That would settle it. Then as conference comes before election have one monolith set up for an object lesson for the people. Better still, have a secticnal column and a monolith set up side by side. This wou'd servo as a double object ob-ject lesson becauso a good many architects hold that tho effect would be finer with the sectional than with the monolith columns. The education it would give to the eyes of the people would bo worth the expense and might save many possible future reproaches. "Over The Ocean Waves" SIR JAMES CRICHTON-BROWN wants the rich yacht-owners of England, when not using us-ing their yachts in summer, to lend them to the authorities to send delicate children out to sea for two weeks, for the double purpose of strengthening their lungs and their patriotism. Ho thinks the change that would come to delicate deli-cate boys by that treatment would be wonderful. wonder-ful. The suggestion is worth considering. We have no open ocean but, we have a concentrated concentrat-ed one close to our doors. We have a mining engineer here who last February went to San Diego, there boarded a sea-going gasoline boat, sailed down the coast three hundred miles, then across sixty miles to an island, examined a mine, fished for a day and then returned, declaring de-claring that his experience had been delightful. de-lightful. Now if there were two or three such crafts on Salt Lake making round trips from say Garfield to the big railroad bridge and back, what opportunities they would supply for outings. out-ings. They could make their trips by daylight; could dodge storms by hugging the shore or running run-ning under the lea of islands; no smoke would taint the air; the scenery would be a perpetual enchantment; the salt air would be a tonic for the lungs of the passengers, and carefully conducted the danger from accidents, would be less than the pedestrian braves when he tries to cross a street in Salt Lake City about the time the husiness men head their automobiles for home at the dinner hour. It would supply a new feature for tourists coming this way to give them an open sea ride in the middle of the desert, and enable them on returning home to inform their friends that they had been taking tak-ing an outing at the sea shore. 'Salt Lake's opportunities have not as yet been half utilized. Horse Feeding THE New York Times says that the natural enjoyment of the horse when eating is spoiled by stuffy nose-bags. We are not certain about that, for most nose-bags are ventilated, but, nevertheless, nose-bags should not be used. If a man feeds a horse say twenty pounds of grain daily, it is far better to give the horse twelve pounds at night and eight pounds in the morning than to divide it into three portions. The healthy horse eats his hig supper then lies down and has his big sleep and is ready for his breakfast. As soon as that is finished he goes to Avork and at noon his breakfast is but half digested. If then he is fed more grain tho undigested grain is mixed with the fresh grain and gives the horse the heavy feeling which comes to a man when he "nts heavy food too often. Tho proper way is to feed the horse his grain night and morning and at noon-time let the horse eat hay only which will not interfere inter-fere with the digestion that is going on. Trenching On The Scandalous THE old law providing punishment for unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation, seems to be obsolete in Utah. The Democracy and tho Progressives are living liv-ing with each other as plurals. It is not surprising so far as the Democracy is concerned. It has done the same thing many a time in the past ..y I seventy years, but we thought the Progressives '' wero more correct or at least too prim to fall so easily. Wo hope none of the scandals of the past will he revived through this misalliance. 1 Utah has seemed to settle down upon the plane I of entire respectability, and it would bp a shock ' to discover anything scandalous just vhen our reputation as a state seemed to be cd imanding a premium in public estimation. Who was it that said? "Politics make strange bedfellows." Hand Book Of A rt MISS ALICE MERRILL HORNE has written "A Hand Book of Utah Art." . tf It comes from the press in fine form, beautifully beauti-fully gotten up and illustrated. The greatest charm of the book is Miss Home's dissertation on art. She analyzes it and as a chemist does the rocks or the air, traces its elements to their full development in different fields, describes their manifestations and limitations, and makes clear what is obscure to most minds. Included is a history of Art in Utah, brief biographies of different Utah artists and their achievements. : There is moreover, a history of architecture, the architecture of England and the transition which the years have brought to art and architecture, architec-ture, while through the book are sprays of lit-eiature lit-eiature which shine out as do flowers when still damp from a recent shower the sunbeams fall upon them to turn them to gold and gems. The book require careful reading to make clear how ' thoughtful and high has been the work put upon I it by the gifted author. It should be a most welcome comer in every home in Utah, in the libraries of gifted people peo-ple everywhere. Charles B. Jack HE was in his full strength, a fine scholar, a thorough lawyer, a most esteemed citizen, a most lovable man. It is pitiable that such a man should in one moment in his old genial way be in friendly conversation con-versation with a friend and almost in the next moment be translated. Shocked and grieved, his friends stand mute and helpless in the presence of a death-like his and realize afresh on what slender threads the lives of men hang. For him may all Peace wrap him 'round in his final sleep. THE Mexican manana idea seems to prevail at the Niagara conference. It is going to W be all right tomorrow, news is expected from ! Carranza manana, Mr. Bryan is noncommittal and the President is hopeful. To paraprase a little it begins to look as though: "Miiimna, nml mnnnnn, and niunana, Creeps In this petty pace from day to day, To tho last syllabic of recorded time; And all our yesterdays hnvo so far Only lighted our sailors at Vera Cruz And American citizens In Mexico' To dusty death." WE do not pretend to thoroughly understand the contention of the Traffic Bureau that fc) Governor Spry shall interpose to prevent a railroad rail-road from paying a dividend to stockholders, but we have always supposed that if a railroad company com-pany had surplus funds from its earnings, such funds of right belonged to its stockholders. |