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Show DESERET EVENING DESERET EVENING latkSaltTvmpU Lake Caviar . y "alt per year By Cairler, per year Baalneaa TRICE SUBSCRIPTION T Street and raat Temple City. Utah. ..... Kara re O. Whitney NEWS , Maaaser. - - I r. ill Saturday Neva per year per year....... . Forelea I poet aye aU bnalnese eemmimlretlone aatf'all remittance T BE DESKRBT NEW Salt Lake City. Utek- Sail-Weekl- y. rtr tvm Correepeadeeee and other readiBg "iff?.. pphUcatlea ebouU be add reeved to the Editor. I Member Aadlt Bnraan Ctrealatloa. JEJ. P McKinney. Eastern repreaentatlvn. . I NeV York Office. SJ4 Fifth Avenae. CMcage Office, lit South Michigan. Aeenao- K titered at the poatofflee of Salt Lake City, an neeoad clean Matter according to Act of Con green. 5 17 March iiLT . LAKE CITY. APRIL ft. mt: 'NOTICE. In consequence of etatamenta having bawi made that hoed wheat and potatoes could sot be obtained. Inquiries have been ' made of the wholesale produce and aaod 'Lake,' and wa leant that they "hcniea for . ere prepared to fill promptly all order aeed wheat, potatoee and. other eeeda; and. so doubt, the wholaeale houeee of other iuKU ol Salt. Lakecanalao fill ' orders promptly. . C. W. NIBLET 117. . April tVHlLH everybody la reading war and talking ,YV war and thinking vague generalities as to hat a condition of war may maaa to the country, , ... aet one bt s hundred has yet brought his mind to a raaltaatlon of the actual situation as It Is and As It win be before the nation shall bars again emerged from the shadows On every hand there Ip activity la recruiting young men Into the country's armed service, with much lightness of talk by 'those who enlist, and atilt more by those who do not OnUst without any great amount of as ficus consideration that this service is to ba for months and probably for years, that It will bo bard, grueling, dangerous work, and that la the ggtu re of things It will coat many lives, la every locality there la much. agitation for the planting ft , mors acres, the cultivation of hack yard as 4 vacant lota, and the conservation of aU fooo resources: hut much ef this is spectacular, sporadic, amateurish and experimental, and la Its feMilts will bo disappointing unless the gravity ot Ok need is more deeply felt than la at present the ease. From one end of the land to the other people talk In terms of bllllona for war loans and expenditure, as if such sums onuld ba raised overnight without In the least disturbing tha course of business or the country's every-da- y hnsneta functions. Ail these and many other siatiiar problems are immediately upon us. ana yut. as a people we go on with pur eating ana drinking, our playing and working, our and pleasure see king, as if the morrow were certain to ba aa serene as yesterday, and as if nothing could ever come to disturb the placid grrrent with which we float along.-- - ... , It is all right to be cheerful and optimistic, bet not. in such time as these, at tha coat ot There is nothing. frivolous peeper eerlnueneee about war, either in its operation or Its effects. It object Is te destroy, even though Its hope Is to revs. Once entered upon It. all though of cost ceases treasure Is poured out In torrents, blood 4 spilled In streams Sacrifice Is demanded from every one. not leee from vigorous manhood than prattling cftUdhopend puling qjd age. Thp 'figbtsousaeaa of the cause dees not lightaa its burdens or lessen its woes. The conscience may her ies r aa to the motive which nerves the arm to xtnkc. but the tragedy Is still there. For three weeks now, the country has been actually at war. according to all the formalities that constitute such a state. Yet few of us realise the fact, because none of the customary horrors have been brought immediately home to us. But three must of necessity cent, sooner or later. In one form or another. We have been uplifted by" the waving of tha banner stirred by til appeals of the orators, stimulated by the htuxas of the enthusiastic, and encouraged by the premises ef tha confident. Let us now address ourselves te the real business of meeting the situation aa It la, as becomes sober men pledged to a great purpose. . Boms few have already-do- ne so, hut the great majority have acted, and are wntinuiag to act, aa if nothing had occurred or uld occur to change in the least the easy, peaceful tranquil progress of their lle plan-maki- -- t ' NO fel'N DAY BALI GAMES. - decision of the board of education against the use ef school grounds for Sunday baseball games meets with the hearty ap- -. proval of every right thinking reaidem of the city.' In reaching this derision the board was reepo naive to the expressed wishes of An example hi set in this eetion that might bv fallowed with profit by other representative - bodies. In dealing with public questions. TOO often such bodies appear to consider themselves the repositories' ot delegstsd authority ami 1m- -pose their will upon their constituencies instead of fivinjk official expression to the will of those whom they are elected to represent 3 Thera'reuld he no logical argument advanced Ip favor of permitting the use of school grounds tor Sunday baseball games To do so would violate not only the Scriptural Injunction against (ba desecration of the Sabbath but would offend an well the standard of propriety accepted oven By persons wnp are not deeply religious but who entertain a wholesome respect for the opinions of those who regard, the Sabbath es the Lords dey The extenuation pleaded by th&ee asking for the nee of the school grounds for Bunday games la entitled to no more consideration than a request tor tha suspension of civil laws which might In- terfere with their particular Inclination The proposition for Sunday games having Been defeated, those who sought the privilege should ndw seek relief In the way they should have proceeded at first to pipes their claim for A holiday. By far the greater number of business activities eao conform to a schedule 4 Which gives employees a respite from work dur-m- g one afternoon in each week during the summer season. - Those whose Inclination runs toward '!. eiorta may than gratify them. , Those who would employ their day off In the cultivation of a garden could then do so. Those who would ebek the resting places of the canyons and park WMuld have the opportunity. But tha Indication THE -- mid-we- ?; J 4 1 war-.dk- that the coming summer la going to permit a he expect lo see, nil come from looking too. tong minimum .of sports and recreation. The young upon the contents of one oi his own cask in the man Who puts in his leisure time playing on diabottom of which lurk many spooks and spectre mond, court or links will cut a rather poor figure visible only to sodden, bleary aye beeide thoee who are spending thetr time In the bCHOOLS CALLING FOR MONEY. ' military service, la the preparedness gardens or on thy farms or the hosts of others who will feel citlw la proud of the Salt Lake school that the cat of duty' requires that even their EVERT Its building Ra teacher Its pupils pare time ba spent la some .productive and prof- and Its general excellence and enviable 'reputaitable line. The time Tor play should fee exceedtion. It has Cost much money to obtain, and it ingly limited this sumjner. The young mas who must needs cast much to keep up. No one regrets, elects to frivol away-bi- s time this summer and pest outlay in tha good cause, nor Is unprepared perhaps for a long time beyond the summer-sho- uld to continue the outlay for the future within the not feel that Injustice was being done him But (he mass of the people If some patriotic foung woman should pin a white bounds of reason. at tha present timv have one or two other- - pressfeather oa him. ing dqtlee besides that of paying taxes and they I, cannot be expected to go into raptures of deSENDING TROOPS TO FRANCE. light over the prospect, ot any new and qjnueuet increases la this direction. . In tne eaerctoe of. to In no mood to have its war fought AMERICA but there is a its official function the local board of educagrave doubt whether the United States should consider sending arty tion has figured out that it needs a considerably part of Its army to the front oa foreign sell for larger amount for next year's operations than several months to come. Sentiment muat net the present basis of taxation' will furnish; and no solution of the problem except' by control the government In reaching lta decision a I a weighty matters. There can be no question raising the rate unless perchance, an Issue of hut that there is a strong desire on the part ef a bonds be deemed preferable, and the present de be bridged fey fee crowing for Xu future le large majority of Americana In have the mere and Stripes flying on the- western battlefront in make good. , . France or Belgium. The proposal to send a diI the daily mass ot more exciting new this vision of volunteers to France carrying the Amermatter to in danger of receiving too little notice. ican flag may spring from the loftiest sentiments For this reason. The News to constrained to bring of patriotic devotion te the American cause, but it prominently to public attention. Tha school Seeen tlally,q neoy nd.tWit hou t. d etraotlng 1 a board .flow btl esjre tQhe. guided, a .far as jt least undoubted of lta the from tha patriotism possible by the wishes of thq people; and If the chief advocates and of the great number of men latter have views upon the now to the who would eagerly enlist, for the expedition, it time to make them known. subject, has been eaia It la but simple recognition of fact and reason to that under Jlaa fentatively considered fey the admit thxt tf the United Stairs 'Is to send a fores' board, the jhe property-owne- r who now pays (lot to tba tranches it muet-.b- s a force of highly In taxes will be required to pay If this trained professional soldiers led by highly trained to true, it to so increase too ateep and too sudden, professional officers. Thera meet be nothing the- to be submitted to without ample explanation and atrical in an undertaking ef such seriousness as argument aa to its advisability and necessity. this would be. This in no sense discounts the Is there none of tjia proposed expenditures that courage or tha willingness of those who woulu can be reduced or postponed ? Is there no possicanvolunteer for tha service. This government bility of retrenchment anywhere? Ie there no not ba a party to any undertaking which In- other way of getting the funds than by direct volved the needless sacrifice of a gallant army. taxation, nothing that can be sold, Thera is much more required of tha modern war- dispensed with or omitted ? - These areexchanged, questions rior than that ba be brave, and toy at which the people "wilt naturally, ask, and w(ich to his flag. ' Fairness to tha army, moreover, tha board must be prepared to answer. electa It aa tba proper force to first carry tha The tows would not willingly forego a single into no battle. is This of flag shifting dangerous one of Its school children, or deny them work te the army merely because it la paid fpr the utmost precious In gaining the education opportunity doing such thing but to dictated by the wisdom which the schools impart. But the unadorned that recognises modern warfare as the business truth to, the community to beginning to feel that of skilled specialists highly trained In the most It to already taxed to tho limit ef IU paying powmodern practices of the profession of arm and to growing exceedingly restive under the But tba army cannot be spared for the pres- er, of haring its nose pressed harder and ent. The officers and men of the regular army proceee ever tighter upon the tax grindstone are tha schoolmasters who will bo required to closer and r ' year. year by Even train tha war army of tha United State Utilising every available trained soldier we have, LABOR AND- - THE WAR. we shall' not have a sufficient number to instruct the raw levies la tha art of War. If we NE more sign that tha United States to pre- sent our army immediately to the battlefront wo pared to profit by tha experiences of Engshould be committing the same mistake that England and other countries engaged in the war to land so bitterly repented of after tha first expe- shown In the announcement from Washington dition toft for tba theatre of operations at tha Thursday that the appointment ot a national outbreak of the war. Tha policy that should bo labor council baa been determined upon. The pursued for the present, and evidently it to the purpose of the council will be to safeguard work-rand adjust questions relating to working policy recommended by the military experts ot the army, to to utilise tha army as the great In- standard Samuel Gompers to to be head of structing force for the first increments of the wer the committee and a number of accomplished and When this Instruction has reached a satisievte energetic men are to assist him. .The national factory point it will ba time than to consider the defense council recently Issued qn appeal to emrendlbg of a force abroad. ployers urging that they refrain from taking In tha meantime, the Stars and Stripes may advantage of war conditions to change working ' renditions and wage standard fly on the western front, carried by American There are great numbers of Americans In the Not only to such action a matter of simple French and Canadian forces. Let them ba as- justice to the laboring man, but K le a considwith American uniforms and eration that bears directly on national effectivesembled, organised as a real American legion with the ness. England learned early in the war that it Red. White and Blue at the head ef the column does not pay to sacrifice men to material If the colors of the United 8tate ef Great BritIt to Important In peace times to maintain proain and of France. This has already been protective standards, and if high living costs mult posed for the American flying squadron attached be met with high wages and health and efficiency to tha French army. It would be visible evidence promoted by proper restrtetiops as to working to th to fe dsufely ks5$ark that is tetagHt would-seetoaas&apQuA'Jasiwte in the war. For the time being .the best In time of war such matters receive tha closest which America can give to her allies attention. to to provide them with the sinews of war, to The American Association of Labor Legislaemploy the navy In keeping the sea lanes open tion recently outlined what it consider tho essenand to undertake Speedily to train the two miltial minimum requirements of the situation. They lion men required for the war army. When the might with the soundest reason ba Insisted upon proper time come the American people will in ordinary times WHb the nation Involved In rejoice to see the Stars and Stripes carried Inte a most serious conflict. It to imperative that they battle by a great American army. receive the careful attention of Congress and ot stats and federal officials charged with overA TYPICALLY FAMILIAR SPIRIT sight of production and labor. It may fee necesto enact special statutes requirin New York on tho ltth of each sary for Congress PUBLISHED employers to lire up to standunscrupulous ing journal which calls Itself (la large ards of whose "Importance the more intelligent type) American Wins Press and (In small type) are aware. Rome of there requirement! Mineral Water New a copy of which, detea are: already Maintenance of existing standards of safety; April II, has coots to tha sxchangs tablo of Tbo special watchfulness over the health of workers Deseret New Explanation of tho unexpected and consideration of practicable mesne Of comcourtesy to found in two articles entitled respecoccupational diseases; adoption ot a genbating "Method A and Fine eral eight-hoDeal, tively basis and of a Bench In Utah." The latter relates to the inrule; equal pay for equal work withcidents of tha legislative procedure in connection aa to sex and revision of Wage out discrimination with tha local prohibition law; but the former standards to mart changes in the coat of Bring; to more entertaining as noting the unearthing m maintenance of all existing regulations In the mata deep, dark plot from which the writer appreot child teborr maintenance ot existing regulahends the most malign consequence We quote: ter tions pertaining to women's work; maintenance In some unknown or sub rosa way. certain of existing regulations for workmens compensafflclato high In the "Mormon" Church tell tion and social Insurance; extension of public Schemes in with the of the employment bureau service; rigid enforcement of League. Some kind of a dsal was made. labof1eglslatlem.ua regulation.' whereby a prohibition measure for Utah was The committee which was called upon to put through. Just why high officials in the Mormon" Church should work with the grapple with labor conditions. In, England when League, which to the powerful they were at their worst said in its report: "Misreligious sad political machine for the Methodist Church, to aa yet somewhat of a mysguided efforts to stimulate woreere to feverish remains to be seen which parties tery. It activity are likely to be aa damaging to the deto the - deal will find out that they were sired result as the cheers of partisans would be If buncoed. they encouraged tha long distance runner to a For yeare the Methodist Church has been tha bitterest and most persistent enemy of futlla sprint eafly in his ract." Tha fact muet -- tba Mormon Church. If the "Mormon not be lost sight, of that American labor to enwho have been working with the leader In a long distance rare, la creased productered schemer think League cunning to get away with vary much. tion calls for Increased material. Increased fa, they are going The manuthey will sooner or later learn what kind cllttles and Increased working force of deep religious reformers they are dealtnr facturer who tries to get along without any one of with. It may yet ba a case of diamond cut diamond. . . . Thoee who claim to a. there will be making a mistake he will regret knew say that tha Methodist schemers to the. later on. Employers muet net expect or require beckgreund, by clever publicity methods end more than an honest days Work for an honest In other ways "smoked out" the "Mormon" srage; sad on the other hand, workers must not leader who were lukewarm in the matter . of the League's propaganda. expect more then an honest days wage for an d At any rate, there to much speculation In -- honest days work. It toa proposition, inside circle aa -to how long the unholy al-- " n oneslded to Aian who tries and tomake thb llance will teat. Already, It la said, eoneid-"- " - , . not doing hi bit. arable pressure to being brought to bear on certain leaders high iq the MethodlerCfiurcb " to disavftw a deal with officials in the "MorSecretary Houston has Invited the editors of mon Church. Otherwiee there may be trousome fifty womep'e publications to go to Washble In the near future. ington next Monday for a food Conference A If In this the Methodists md nothing more food conference to not a dainty lunch where . to be disturbed about than the "Morroony do. gossip to disseminated. , tha Wine Press writer's detenatlng bombshell will French diplomatic maxim: Audacity, au not bring down game enough to be. worth his Teutonic dlplomatle dacity, always audacity, powder. "Deals. "schemas, "banco business,' "smoking-ou- t. sfe: these are specimens of the naxlm: Mendacity, mendacity, always mendacity. 1- "t crook's argot, which ba uses with the familiarity Dropping copies of President Wilson's adborn of long acquaintance; and the sneer about dress in German camp might ba said te be heap-Ir- tf "unholy alliance coming from such a source reals of fire on the Teuton's head'. - , Av would be gmuaing TT Ifwere pot pitiful, comereeMttooaMrereamre mon charity will suggest that tha weird things - Students who leave relief for farm work are . he thinks ha has seen, and the thickening trouble seeking the hire education.-''- , ' ne 1917 ! la III. AT WAR, THOUGH WE SENSE IT HOT. 7 SATURDAY APRIL 28 ftj ;uviu , NEWS able-bodi- ed ' at We Are Prepared to Fill AH Order for. Garden & Frait Tracis HUSLERS (The' Flour of the Hour) 1450.00 to $500.00 each. Terra: 10 per cent down and balance in easy payments. Located on 23rd East near (old) 14th South. 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