Show EDITORIAL GOSSIP ABOUT M MANY PEOPLE OPLE AND THIr THINGS GS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION Secre ex The ThEl Hon James Wilson tary of Agriculture In an able paper published In Forestry and Irrigation we think disposes effectually of current current current cur cur- rent Eastern objections to Irrigation of our arid lands under the auspices of ot o othe the Federal Government He argues that Irrigation would build up a a. new home market for American and would not Injure Eastern fa farming Interests as the products produces s o othe of the Irrigated lands would be consumed In in the neighborhood or go to rheet meet the th great demand which Asia Is begin ning to make upon us Moreover Mr 11 Wilson says that In 1900 we bought commodities to the value alue of the greater part of which could be produced produced produced pro pro- in the arid land reg region regon on under conditions con of effective Irrigation He lIe regards the project as useful and even necessary to check the present tendency tend ency of population to congestion in jn inthe Inthe the large cities lie He says We should do everything we can to to promote the growth grow h of rural population by opening opportunities for people to get homes on the land and training them to till tillit tillit tillit it so that they will know how to get their living from fron the ground As The Telegram TeJe r m has has urged hitherto hitherto much nuch and perhaps most of the opposition to irrigation is born of Ignorance Instruction Instruction Instruction In In- on the subject such as is given b by Mr Wilson can hardly faUto fall fail to exert a a. beneficial effect In the East IS SUICIDE CRIME A singular criminal case has been singularly decided by a Philadelphia Judge A Aman man arraigned for attempting suicide was discharged ed on the th ground that no offence of the the kind was known in this country He said the law emanated from cour courts court where there were Kings and Emperors who adopted the theory that it was wrong for a a. manto manto man to kill himself and thus reduce the number of the Kings Kings' subjects He lIe also said that a mans man's life belonged to himself himself himself him him- self and his Creator and it was doubtful doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful If one had not the right to kill himself if he so desired Not many Americans will agree with the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Judge Suicide and the attempt attempt at at- tempt to commit it are offences under New York law at least The former former cannot be punished because the offender offender of of- fender ender has passed from the jurisdiction of all Earthly courts courts But the latter can and ought to be It is in the highest degree obnoxious to public policy that people should kill themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and If they try to do so and fail should l be made of them UTAH MINES Residents of Utah Utan and Eastern people people peo peo- pie Interested in IIi mines within the State who have 1 been lieen en watching developments developments developments devel devel- In W- W Wall Wl l street o of late are more than jl to note note the attention attention attention atten atten- tion which the Investing class is devotIng devot- devot in ing ine to t our mining properties The year v year ar in ing ine to t our mining properties The year v year ar 1891 1191 witnessed a a. marked improvement in this respect and arid the indications are that the present year ear ar will sh show w a great deal eal brt better bete ef The mineral n ral resources of Utah only need 19 p 9 be ably and arid vigor vigor- brought to the notice of the right kind of people to command all the capital capital capi capi- tal tai necessary for their development Good mining propositions are popular just now largely for the reason that they offer opportunities for securing returns sturn that are not usual In the cases case df f ordinary forms of Investment There Is ts a plethora of money money East E st st. l I Much ch of oft It t ought to move this way and will I EGR GRO MIGRATION I A statement Iss issued ed by the Census B Bureau 13 In relation to the migration between et en sections of the United States shows hows that the movement of Southern Into Into the North Northern rn States is steadily In increasing In 1900 there were negroes or mixed breeds of Southern bi birth th living in the North an Increase ase of six forty-six per cent over ove 1890 This is not a satisfactory development development development devel devel- eIther cither from the Northern nor northe northe northe the South Southern rn viewpoint An exodus of negro labor would seriously affect the agriculture re of the So Southern thern cotton rice and nd sugar regions regIon They Thay need all the negro negm labor obtainable and in many localities it is to get If lost it cannot be replaced with white labor for obvious reasons White working people cannot compete with African labor in the South In farming climatic cli cli- cli- cli matic conditions forbid it over o a large area of country and were not that inthe in inthe inthe the Way refuse to accept conditions of life Ufe which u up uj to the present time have been satisfactory to the blacks To avoW avoid a clash between the races I It t would seem to be good policy to discourage rage the migration of I negroes to the t l already overcrowded manufacturing and commercial centres of the North Wherever they appear they they displace white wh e labor to the extent of their numbers and that is not a nice thing to contemplate As yet the competition competition competition com com- petition Is felt but little except in the field of unskilled labor but It may not always be so ENGLAND AN ASYLUM Advices from London state slate that Magistrate te Kennedy of the ough Street police court has decided that members of the Jesuit and other religious religious orders expelled from France Fratic have the rIght right of asylum In Englana England A considerable number of the fathers and sisters of the suppressed religious houses in France have taken refuge across the chan channel eI This movement it British organization organization organization or or- appears has displeased a known as the Protestant Alliance which which was th the complainant be before re the Magistrate That officials official's decision it is understood was Inspired b by the Government The ground for it was that the section of the Catholic Emancipation act of George IV providing providing providing pro pro- viding for the banishment of Jesuits entering the country and of British subjects joining the society are obsolete obsolete obsolete lete and cann cannot t be invoked at this dayas day dayas as live law lav In a a. somewhat similar as live law lav In a a. case a week weel or so ago the Court of Kings Bench decided the other othet way reversing Magistrate Kennedy It is to tobe tobe tobe be be hoped hop t that t t the e same me thi tiling g. g m may not happen 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