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Show I An Independent Paper Publish ed Under ? :: the Management of T. L. Holman :: EDITORIALS BY JUDGE C. C. GOODWIN r II The Situation ' " g STATE OF WAR." Those who see with , 1 I broad vision are, under their breath, say- ' ing: i "How bloodily the sun begins to peer . Above yond busky hill the day looks pale r At his distemperature; ! The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And by his hollow whistling to the leaver t Foretells a tempest, and a blustering day." I Only the echoes have come to Utah as yet, but they are echoes of a "dreadful preparation" for a coming storm, and the time may be nearer than ly we think when tho word shall pass to k "Sound all the lofty instruments of war, tAnd by that music let us all embrace & For, heaven to earth, some of us never shall ' A second time do such a courtesy." f Wo do not yet believe that there will be occa- . , sion for real war work on tho part of our sol- y ' diers. We think there will be some active work " for the navy, at least for the smaller craft in tho navy; for it seems to us that from some J quarter there must be a collapse in the fighting , armies beyond tho sea. But no one can tell. , Thero are still great armies being launched at L - each other there, and no one can pi edict a bat- t tie's results. Napoleon was confident of victory JL up to three o'clock p. m. on that last day at ; Waterloo, and the Iron Duke, pale and anxious, I through white lips was wishing that "night or I Blucher would come." r i - But Blucher did come and the "Old Guard" y recoiled before the storm that met it, and in a 1 I l moment, as it were, tho battle resulted in a vic- I 4 toryfor the allies and the utter overthrow of the i French. (And so wo cannot tell. In any event the prac tical preparedness now going on in our country is most satisfactory to thoughtful men. The , " preparations are as needful under a prospect ot peace in Europe as they would be were we cer- I tain that the war was to bo continued indefi- y 4 nitely, for ours is now a world power, and an established peace beyond the sea might easily i i . become an alliance against the United States. if' Then, as a whole, this country needs a diver Esion, of thought. The passion for money making. r U the success of those who could command money, i" and the increased cost of living among the poor, have caused an unrest which is most dangerous to our peace and safety as a nation. Better a v thousand times a war from without, than in- ternal troubles that lead to anarchy, lawlessness and the death of patriotism. The present call goes beyond the demands of vindicating our outraged honor and for justice; it involves the internal integrity of our own people peo-ple and is necessary, lost the unfortunate, shall cease to appreciate the blessings of our country und government, and patriotism shall grow cold. Some grave mistakes have been made during dur-ing the past three years. Mexico should now have a stable government and be our friend ; wo should have had a merchant marine and should enjoy the confidence and friendship and earnest cooperation co-operation of all Spanish America; we should have long ago demonstrated that not one right of ours as a neutral nation could be imposed upon, butit is idle to say "I told you so." The thing now to do Is to follow duty all the time, with tho thought: "Our Country! May she ever bo right, but right or wrong our Country." A Solemn Anniversary j OMORROW will mark the fifty-second anni-w anni-w versary of that day when the tired soul of Abraham Lincoln took its flight, and an amazed world, as it watched, first realized that never before be-fore had thero been just such a man as was he that such another one would probably never bo seen. Born in squalor; reared in heart-breaking pov erty; suffering privations enough to break thu courage of any other man, tho marks of which were stamped upon his sad face; denied all graces of person; tho world never dreamed that when In his cradle a radiant angel bent and stamped upon his baby lips the signet of immortality. immor-tality. In his nakedness he went out to meet the orld. He fought his way through the world'u obstacles which grew more and more difficult to surmount until the very end. Then his call came and not until then did the world realize the height and depth and strength of tho soul that had been hidden within his ungainly form, but which was great enough to meet in silence every obstacle and fight its way to the end and by its example, to teach all men that God makes no mistakes when he chooses the instruments to carry on his work and execute his decrees. The halos are gathering over his sepulcher. When another fifty years shall have passed, that fcepulcher will be a shrine before which the children chil-dren of the republic will gather to renew their vows of fealty to native land. The Break With Austria BUSTRIA-HUNGARY has drawn away from direct relations with our country. As allied al-lied with Germany, she probably could not avoid it, but it is safe to say that tho act caused more sorrow in Austria than it did in America. Austria Aus-tria craves peace more than any other one thing, and when the news is sounded through her dominions do-minions that tho great republic, in self-respect and for the preservation of her rights and her honor, had ceased to be longer neutral with Germany, Ger-many, it will bo sorrowful news to the Austrian people. As with northern Germany, every city and town in America has some of Austria's children, ' M and every week for years ono of tho comforts of M her poor people have been the letters that have ) come to them from "this sido of tho ocean, telling I H of our wonderful country, and carrying to them the money that it has been possible for their kins- H men to save here. And so they will ibe asking H themselves tho question:" "Why should our coun- H try have any quarrel with tho great republic?" H Her soldiers in the field will be asking the same H question, for they, by tho camp fires at nigh't H during the past two and a half years, have been H saying to each other: "If we livo through this JM upheaval until peace comes and wo aro permitted jH to lay down our arms, wo will then migrate to H the great republic ibeyond the sea and find thero B the place wo covet, and tho opportunity to make H a living undisturbed." H The thoughts thus engendered, if directed by a H cunning mind, might awaken an insurrection ' H among the soldiers themsolves, especially tho H Hungarians; and we may well beliovo that among H the authorities there tho possibilities of what'may H follow are most disquieting. i H Out of it all our hope is that there will grow a demand for peace that will command the at- H tcntion and compel favorable action from even thoso who aro now the most determined advo- cates of continuing tho war. ' H "HHH Those Anarchists , fl OURS is a free country; it opens all its oppor- tunities to every citizen alike. Tho expres- sion: "All men aro created free and equal," i comes nearer being realized under our govern- nient and on our soil than in any other land; 11 lor every man has a right to do any legitimate M thing that he pleases. But the phrase is not true, I M neverthless. All men may be created free but no two men aro created equal. The world is so adjusted that a few men must do the planning M and organizing, tho many must do the direct M work of perfecting the organization and carrying ' M out its plans. M And just now "we are in a state of war." The ',M fit st essential is to provide for our own safety iM at home. Were theie to be an insurrection to be il started, of course the first duty would be to 11 crush it. Why is it not just as essential to crush M thoso who initiate insurrections? Thero should j i H I'cver again bo permitted such proceedings as H were held in Chicago last Su' y. There is an M organization in tho norther Jsissippi valley i M states that for years has bei trying to demor- alize the labor elements and t create a state of M anarchy. Present events have given the leaders H of that sinister gang a new opportunity. Now H they are shedding crocodile tears over the pros- H pect of American young men being killed in the ' H war; they are usurping the holy name of labor H with which to make their appeals. y H They are in truth, under tlieir claim of tho fi( H light of free speech, doing their utmost to in- H volve our country in a score of distracting insur- j H lections, to cause society to dissolve and all ' H righteous laws to lose their force. H Under such a situation only ono course H should be adopted. Whenever one raises his head H I H v in denunciation ho should bo jailed, and it might H bo a god plan not to be in any great hurry to H hold the trial. Whenever a band of them issues H an incendiary pamphlet, the whole outfit should be H Ahrown In jail and their trials indefinitely post- H ! ponod; and whenever a few of them start an H ' insurrection, a sufficient force should be sent to H ferret them out, and the order should bo the same H as that delivered by Pluto to Death: "To kill and H kill and kill," for men who do such things are H no longer fit to live. H They are not only enemies of our country, H but of the poor of all the earth, for down deep H , their determination is first, not to do any lion- H est work, and second, to live upon the earnings H oPother men. They are public enemies. A few H of them are in Utah. They should bo given the H opportunity to plant and hoe, potatoes during the H noxt throe months, and if one of them raises the H incendiary cry that is in his mind, that cry should H be silenced behind stone walls. H Among the other forms of liberty which this H ' country possesses is the right of self-protection H against the enemies of law and order, and the H ' light of every citizen to earn an honest livelihood. H That Decision H ' HE supreme court decision in the case of H U the constitutionality of the Adamson law is H not yet half appreciated by the people of this H country. Four or Ave men, representing a labor H union, had the audacity to deliver an ultimatum H ' to the government of the. "United States, accom- H panied by an open threat that they would para- H lyze the transportation systems of the country H if their ultimatum was not accepted. H The President of the United States, for the H time forgetting the high place he occupied, and H with a burning desire for re-election, forced H through Congres a measure giving to these men H the main thing they desired. The people of the H' country recoiled before his surrender to these H arrogant and altogether un-American demands, Hi , and reasoning with tbe light before them, were H- slowly reaching the conclusion that there was Hj but one way out of the peril the purchase by Hj the government of the railroads. H The visions of what such a centralization of H . power in the federal government might mean. H and what would happen should a second Napo- 1 leon become president, haunted them. H Then the supreme court handed down its de- H cislon. It granted the shorter hours and in- H creased pay established by the Adamson law, H but it did not stop at that. It decided that H as all railroads are common carriers and, as Hj ' such, their, charters allow them to make value- - H less a multitude of private enterprises, the con- H cession they enjoy makes, on their part, an im H plied contract to supply the service which the H needs of the country demands, and at the same H time makes the employers and the employees Hi J of the railroads quasi agents to carry out this H - . contract. H , After reading this decision, those agents of the H brotherhoods saw themselves in a new light. ,They H saw that the numbers behind them did not count Hi and that over them, after all, was a power to H which they must yield; that their dream of put- H ting the lives and comfort of millions of people Hj dependent upon their threats had suddenly Hi ended; that nothing was left them except to Hi obey the mandates of the government or seek Hj some other occupation. Hj There has been a great silence on their part H ' i since the decision was rendered. Only the blath- Hj rt erskite Gompers has come to the front with a H; 'J feeble protest. Does the fear of having to earn Hj a living disturb him? Hi, ! The republic takes on a new dignity because Hj of that decision, for it established the nation's Hb ' power of self-preservation and self-protection H 1 m against those who would, if they could, exact unearned tribute from the people. Again, it makes it unnecessary to further centralize cen-tralize power in the federal government or to place a million trained men, distributed over the country, where they could bo used by a usurper to carry out his designs, should ho undertake to dismember the republic. It takes from the poor of the great cities the fear of hardships unbearable at the hands of men wlo call themselves them-selves the representatives of labor unions, and who, in the name of those unions, would delib-eratly delib-eratly distress millions of their fellow citizens to satisfy their own greed. It is a far reaching decision. Richard Olney Yf FINE scholar and lawyer" a .clear-brained 1 statesman, and every hour carrying in his soul the courage of his convictions, Richard Olney moved through life, an honor to his name, his family, his race and his country. Called to the secretaryship of state, by Mr. Cleveland, he was a steadying forco behind that obstinate and self-willed president. On two occasions oc-casions he made great fame for his chief. One was when Great Britain was bluffing Venezuela in tho dispute over the boundary line between that country and British Guinea. Standing squarely square-ly upon the Monroe doctrine, Mr. Cleveland called call-ed the British bluff in a way that settled the controversy con-troversy promptly and permanently. Of course, Mr. Olney penned the document setting forth tho president's- position. We say "of course," because be-cause on its face it made clear that its demand had a legal backing which made it impregnable, a fact which British statesmen recognized in an instant. Without such able assistance, the president could and would have called the bluff, but his temperament was of the kind that would have made it impossible to have given perfect legal reasons for his act. The other case was when the riot was raging in Chicago and threatening the destruction of the city. The governor of the state, himself, a one-third one-third socialist and two-thirds anarchist, refused to exercise his executive power to stop the storm. Then the order was flashed from Washington to the federal soldiers in Illinois to move upon the city and establish law and order therein. It is not so clear that Mr. Olney framed that order as it was in the Venezuela case, but it is clear enough. And the letter and the order mark the two very brilliant events of Mr. Cleveland's last term . as president. Since returning to private life, Mr. Olney has not mixed much in public affairs, but wherever ho has been heard, his perfect Americanism has been manifest; and it is no surprise that when at last he sank into the coma which for a few hours before his death enveloped him, his last conscious words were those of satisfaction that his country had determined, at any cost, to maintain main-tain its honor and Its dignity before all tho world. Benjamin Hampton ENJAMIN HAMPTON, who, overborne by four score years, folded his arms in final rest last week, was well known but only by a few was ho half appreciated. The world at large, even his near neighbors, save a very few, never know how high was his soul, how deep and beautiful was his inner nature. Could he have had his way, there would never have been any suffering in this world, never any misunderstanding, never any sorrows. He carried on a double work all his long life until physically ho could work no longer. Ono was to make for himself a fortune for the benefit bene-fit of those dependent upon him and for the good ho might do with it; tho other, to wipe away tho tears of those in trouble, to heal differences and i dlssentlons, to bring about a closer walk and nearer brotherhood among men. All tho time ho I lived a blameless lifo before God and man. Ho called his own soul into confessional every day, to find if any duty had been overlooked; and his determination to make each day's work more ac- .y coptable than that of the previous day, never faltered. fal-tered. The passions that inflame other 'men and make them Impatient, and sometimes unjust, never J caused him to deviate from his own steady poise; I the errors of his fellow men ho looked upon with compassion. Ho was just an -unostentatious citizen; but if, when his soul knocked softly at tho pearly gate, the Judgment Angel demanded why ho sought entrance there, ho could have extended his hands and replied: "Mine was but a humblo past on earth, but look at my hands there is not one stain upon them." Captain Greenman GAPTAIN J. H. GREENMAN, whose death at the soldier's home in Roseburg, Oregon, is announced, lived a number of years in Utah and was a sterling man. The qualities that caused him to rise from a private to the rank of captain in tho great civil war were brought out in full ovidenco during his residence in this state. He was prominent here in the transition period when Utah as a territory was adjusting herself to coming com-ing statehood, and Captain Greenman was always in the lime light and always faithful to the duties laid upon him. He was an honest and brave man everywhere and his uppermost thought always was to fill every ev-ery duty in his sphere. His grave ought to be in Utah, and should be beside that of the late Colonel Col-onel Nelson. The sleep of both would be the sweeter, could that be. Wesley K. Walton GE came to Utah more than forty years ago, a well equipped scholar but feeble in health. When he recovered his strength, he began his work and his influence soon came to be reecog-nized. reecog-nized. He has been a leading citizen ever since. Men who have differed with him In opinions have never doubted tho sincerity of his convictions, convic-tions, or that what he advocated or undertook was prompted by a sense of right as God gave him to see the right. He goes down into the silence with the respect re-spect and esteem of all who know him well. The sorrow in his home shows how much ho was loved there, and tho sympathy of the city and the state goes out to the stricken relatives. By his life, faithful in all things, he has earned tho peace that has come to him a last. The FarmerV Responsibility iTfE suspect that Secretary of Agriculture X Houston is putting out his advice mostly for southern farmers who, like himself, began the study of practical farming too late in life. The man who has all his life been a farmer knows what to do now. The entrance of the United States into the war makes it clear that tho coming winter will find in camp in our own country perhaps a million and a half of men. These men will have been suddenly called from tho productive classes to become consumers. And if, on the other hand, tho Avar should suddenly collapse this summer, there would bo starving Europe to feed. (t These facts and possibilities impose upon American farmers the obligation of planting every available acre to such crops as will bo certain to relieve the situation at homo and abroad. y The common grains can all be exported, and so can most vegetables in condensed form. Cheese is good for homo uso and for export; so are peas and beans and all kinds of meats. In Utah it is possible to raise celery which all the states in the union' covet. There is an unlimited demand for potatoes everywhere, and the market is bare of canned tomatoes. In those portions of the state, jji. far away from quick transportation, it will be '" found profitable to dry every bit of fruit obtainable. obtain-able. The Utah farmer may rest assured that ho will find a ready market for any and every substantial sub-stantial article of foodstuff that ho can produce. This for the reason that the world is nearer the verge of starvation than it has been since the seven years of famine in Egypt. Like an echo to the foregoing comes the report re-port that a "council for defense" has been organized organ-ized to supervise agriculture in each county and see that all available land is planted this season. sea-son. This is the right thing to do, and no time (ti should bo lost in getting the movement under 1 way. With such an organization in the field, it will also be possible to conserve the crops and arrange for the proper distribution of the supply obtainable when the crops have been gathered in. Hence it ought to be possible to determine by early autumn, by taking a census of the population popula-tion as well as the crops, just what proportion of the available supply will be required for home consumption, and what amount may be exported without depriving the people here of the necessaries neces-saries of life. If this plan is carried out, it will be a great relief re-lief to the community, for we will then be able to face the future with the assurance that all will be well with us next winter. Moreover, behind the movement should be the determination that never again shall food prices reach their present I outrageous proportions. They may be necessary , in the congested centers of the great eastern cities, but there is no justification for them here. Between the Rockies and the Sierras are tens of millions of acres and ample water to raise the very finest vegetables and ordinary grains. That, in such a region, the few people living liv-ing on that mighty expanse should pay famine prices for the bread and potatoes they eat, is not only an undeserved hardship but a disgrace and shame. Shameful Neglect HE taking possession of the German mer-S mer-S chant steamers in our harbors, and the publication pub-lication of their tonnage, reveals at a glance how imperial was the ocean carrying trade of Germany Ger-many when the war in Europe was sprung. It does more than that. It reveals in a new light how impotent has been the policy of our government govern-ment for the past forty years regarding our ocean trade. Germany has built up her ocean commerce to ' & immense proportions mainly in the past twenty-five twenty-five years. Meanwhile, our government has seen her progress; .has seen that we were paying double freights for all tltat we exported or imported; im-ported; has seen our flag disappearing from the J seas, and with it our prestige as a great com mercial power. Even since the foreign war left us helpless to either export our surplus products, or import what we have needed, how have we mot the situation? Has there been a sign that we care a penny for that trade; Has there been an effort, in the foreign countries coun-tries with which we are most interested, to in-, in-, r crease our prestige and get in closer touch with ;v their peoples? Not one. Do any of them look to our country as their clearing house? Not one. England, on the other hand, although almor' overborne by the war's exactions, has kept up her trade with them all and still continues to hold her old financial sovereignty over them to this very day. Surely, our showing is most pitiable. If the war can finally arouse our people to the situation situa-tion and impel them to take the necessary stops to reclaim our ocean commorco and restore our flag to its once proud place upon the seas, then we will not have waited In vain. The Utah Greeks sHE finest feature of the religious exercises VX in Salt Lake on Easter Sunday was that all creeds united in loyalty to the Great Republic, and in warm defense of her rights and her honor. There was not one discordant note. Not the least was the attitude of the local Greeks. Their attitude was a reminder of thu long ago when Xerxes crossed the Hellespont his hosts comprising six hundred and forty nations na-tions and numbering over two millions of fighting . men to overwhelm Greece. Then Leonidas and his three hundred Spartans went to defend the Pass of Thermopylae, and Miltiades with his ten thousand Athenians went to hurl back the Per-. Per-. sian horde at Marathon, and the fleet off "divine Salamis" finished the unparalleled victory and cleaned the few; weak states of their enemies. Since then, four and twenty centuries have slowly unwound, but the action of the Utah Greeks on Sunday last makes the memory fresh again and strengthens the faith of those who believe be-lieve in heredity, no matter what years of op-"pression op-"pression may do to break down the courage and the manhood of a race. Through the darkness and the storm there are indications that, out of the present upheaval, when finally the clouds roll away and the beacon lights of peace begin to shine upon the world, i mighty advance forward will be noted; a fuller measure of freedom to the world's oppressed, a fuller appreciation of the inherent rights of men, a fuller evidence that. God is watching and directing direct-ing the march of events. Something To Look Forward To HE entrance of Cuba into the great war on J the side of the Allies is an event of much importance. Not that she can help with either men or munitions or money, but that it closes her ports against the ships of the central powers. It takes from the United States the necessity of keeping watch over all the inlets and harbors of Cuba, lest an enemy be in hiding there. Should Brazil and Argentine take the same course that Cuba has, it would be a great help to the allies, but it would also be a notice to the United States of dangers to come, because Germany Ger-many would note the fact in her records and very possibly write under the record words like these: "Wait until this war is over and we get back our fleet; then Ave will see to it that those two countries will pay for their present act. Wo will compel them to give up enough of their territory terri-tory to create for us an empire on that continent, and if the United States should interfere, wo will then be afforded the opportunity we have long hoped for to match swords with her." Should that day come, France could not help us, Russia would- not be materially concerned, and Great Britain would likely limit her assistance assis-tance to protecting Canada. And so it is but common prudence on our part to see that the navy of the United States be increased to such rroportlons that it will serve as a standing notice to the nations that it will bo a dangerous undertaking under-taking to attempt to cross its path. No Chance 6NGLAND and France are counting upon seeing see-ing American soldiers at their side on the "west front." To one, looking from a distance, this seems altogether improbable. There is not timo. Wo oxpect with the opening of spring that H thero will be a demonstration on the Russian u 'H front and on the Italian front, but that Germany I H will concentrate her main forces for what she i fl hopes will bo an irrosistablo drive on the west 1 H front her hope being to so menace Paris and I H London as to make a speedy settlement ' pos- I H siblo. I If that comes and is successful, her hope may H be realized ; If it fails, then Germany will bo pros- J H trate and will want peaco. In either event Amer- ttH lean troops cannot help. Time will not pormit. frH We know that Col. Roosevelt believes it pos- H sible, but it is only because ho believes that red- jjH blooded Americans do not need much training to H make a showing on the firing lino. What a com- H pound he is. Filled with eccentricities, he very JH often slops over; but down deep every drop of 1H blood in Jils arteries is real red American blood. H He is like a blooded horse ever ready for a race H against a mustang for six hundred yards, or a H real racer for four miles. And when denied the H chance for a race, prone to kick his stable down H just to relieve the tension of his nerves. H Just A Word, Mr. Farmer H yptfR. FARMER, how much land have you that H ! can bo cultivated, and what are you plan- H ning to plant? H Celery requires a good deal of work and some H skill, but tho market for it at good prices is un- 9 limited. A good many people- formerly ate potatoes, and H might be induced to return to them, if they were H placed within reach of moderate salaries. H The least attractive of all food plants is the H ancient bean, but people have learned during tho H past four months that it is like the old, unattrac- :' tive rich man not much to look at, but his check iH is as good as gold. H The canneries are making a cry for tomatoes. H Will canned tomatoes quench thirst on long treks 1H over the desert? H Wheat and oats are good at home or abroad, H and will this year bring generous prices. jH If you have three or four head of cattle that JH you propose to convert into beef this year, keep in ' H mind that, after feeding alfalfa. and turnips for a H month in the autumn to perfect the beef, thero is H nothing that a fattening bovine takes too more kindly than a daily ration of ground barley with ! his lucerne for a month before killing. H Have you found what your various, soils aro I best fitted to produce? Do you know,, as tho I spring opens, what you propose to plant on each I one? H Are your fruit trees of tho best varieties; How H about your chickens? Are you giving them tho ! I right housing and food to produce the most eggs II and the most profitable meat? Thero should bo I lots of eggs and ohickens for they aro command- H ing abnormal prices H If you propose to raise some colts and calves I this year, aro they to be mustangs or half-thor- H oughbreds, or standard breds? One is worthless, II one will be useful and an honor to you. H Toady Counselors 11 HE press that is loudest in Its endorsement I JJ of President Wilson's war policy comprises 9 the very ones that last autumn were insisting that (I ho should be re-elected because "ho had kept the I country out of war." iH No discordant note is in order now, but deep I down many people are asking if ho had followed H out his sending of the fleet to Vera Cruz, by es- I tablishing a stable government in Mexico, Avhether H any such situation as now confronts us would I have arisen. H We sometimes think that the American people H are growing fickle and unreliable, especially those I who take tho hysterical emissions from the Wash- H ington press as a guide to public opinion. H |