Show I Renewal of Interest in Old Mormon II Trail Should Work Its Preservation I HE march of the thc boy scouts over the old Mormon trail into Salt SaIl I THE Lake I should reawaken interest in that historic thoroughfare belated as general expression of that interest now is As intimately inti inti- l mutely connected with the history of Utah as i is Bunker Dunker Hill with that of the nation or Faneuil Hall with that of the progress of constitutional constitutional liberty it is indicative of the new spirit in Utah that steps should at last be taken to preserve to posterity the trail over ocr which the fathers and mothers of the tho commonwealth wended their way into the valley of of- Salt SnIt Lake and from which they caught their first glimpse of the place where tho they thoy were to build a great city On that morning in July of 1847 when they caught tho the twinkle of the waters of the Great Salt SaIt lakein lakein lake lakein in the tho distance and their able leader announced that tho the end of their pilgrimage image was at nt hand their probable failure to realize that they were making history and that they were gazing ga upon the site of the future futuro capital of a great western empire was typical of those who take part in in initiating great affairs and who must await the issue of events to com comprehend comprehend com com- om- om fully what they have done It is understood that this march of the boy scouts over the old trail so full of memories both pleasant and bitter for their forbears is to blaze the way of a movement for marking and aud improving the time trail and preserving ng its historic landmarks in order that the tho way may be e used by coming generations and that the visitor to Utah ma may be shown the road which history chose for the founders of a sovereign commonwealth Time alono alone can furnish the tho proper perspective for the march of events and give them their proper relative importance in the record of the tho times Those who ho made that fearsome journey across the continent through an almost unknown country harassed by cold hun hunger er and the savage denizens of tho the prairie were t too o greatly occupied with bending to their use the tho forces of nature in the new country to have restored permanently the old trail had they understood the i importance it would assume in the eyes oyes of those who come after them The interest o of non Mormon in this historic passageway has tins become as great grent as that of his bis Mormon neighbors and friends While its importance importance importance im im- im- im in the tho history of the thc church has been understood and it has held an absorbing concern for the sons and grandsons of those who were in the company that sought out the way to Utah it is now taking its place in the story of the state and gaining r general recognition by others than members of the Mormon church that the stirring events in the lives of the pioneers are arc indeed n a part of the history of the commonwealth as well as of that church and its people The old Mormon trail should be plainly marked and preserved While retained permanently or as nearly so as possible as it was in the days when the pioneers traversed it on their wa way into the Salt Lake valley it should be made a state road for the use of present and future genera The tourists who visit this city are alC keenly alert with interest in whatever was con connected with the early history y of r the state and o or of the Mormon formon church and facilities should be provided whereby they ma may maj take a trip over the trail The movement has now had bad its beginning and it should not be dropped until the work is done I IT T is not surprising sin that British consular representatives representatives England I in the tho United States and even en the Brit British ambassador himself should be pleased for Hopes at the threat that this country is to abandon the American prot protective tariff principle and that this the best I Free Trade market in the world is tf to be thrown open to the I manufactures of all nations James Bryce the British ambassador r to the United States betrayed that hope in a recent speech in Melbourne in which he is quoted as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows by the London Times Mr Br Bryce c s said ld that America was increasing her manufactures but her city population was also alBO increasing g so fast last that her whole product would soon be required for lor home consumption and she sho would cease to be an exporting nation Ho said that a a. portion of ot the American trade will fall to Australia especially Australia especially so since there thero exists at this time a greater prospect than ever before of ol substantial substantial tJ l reductions in the American tariff One can thoroughly understand that Australia and other foreign lands which produce so much so cheaply would welcome the opportunity to enter the American market free of imposts and compete with products grown or manufactured aJ and d handled bandIed by priced high American labor That Australia will have haye this opportunity in the event of the election of Professor Wilson as President there can be no question since personally he be is committed to a tariff revenue policy and the platform upon which he lie stands is is bitt bitter r in its denunciation of the tho American Americ n principle principle principle prin prin- ciple of protection This prospect rather excites William Randolph Hearst one of the tho bellwethers of 01 Democracy and one of the most conspicuous figures atthe at atthe the Baltimore convention His editorial discussion in the New York American of the tho tariff plank in the Democratic national platform may be bo illuminating Mr Br Bryans Bryan's ans free trade plank declares declares- that protection does not nott t tend to Increase the tho wages of or American workmen but that tho those e ewa wa wages es are determined b by the competitive s system stem If It however er a a protective tariff properly levied led tends to develop new nev- industries and nd in that W way to give employment to a greater number of or men It is impossible to maintain that a protective tariff does not Increase in increase increase In- In crease the demand for tor labor and so tend to raise wages |