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Show I E2Z2I South Tempt tail Ukt Q. Vkitur Mr rr psr ' rtflr. Ittantr fJ-Vkl- HEWS EVEIiTKG Mst cptM pr Ilh M Busts PRICES. SUBSCRIPTION News, Tetnpls Streets, and Cur. ? jrssjr yeer cou Foreiga postsc extra. 11 soramunlrsttoss Address (U busts NKW8, THE BHtucu. Suit Uk City. Utah. sad other reading i CorrsayesdeQc gubHsetisn should b addressed to th Editor. ft Msmfcsr Audit Bure a ClrruUUeo. It J. P Tork McKinney. Eastsrti RoprMcotBtlT. Office. tit Fifth Are.. P Now Offlce. Ut South Michigan Ambus. Chic I; r, t' mtr fr . Entered Sosd March At th of Bolt postoffle A Ut City, mattsr peeordtng to Act of Coegreo. 4171. class Tbo Assoclatad Pros Is clustTly entitled to tho us rupublloaUoa of all ersdltsddjspstch to hit uot othorwls orditd to Itandor also th local aw pubUhd newspaper, of herein. All rights of republlratlon sped el hr aro also reeerved: fr I aBwawawaaBoanvaasaasaannwa SALT LAKE CITY, I -- - - 1919 AUGUST 28, f" advists GO TO WO W. S., Slone, Brotherhood of Loco the t president of motive Engineers, in a message wired to the striking brotherhoods in Los Angeles yesterday. It is the counsel of wisdom, nd imnrtedi-$- U compliance wim it will be the beet rescue or .eecape from the senselees and indefensible ettitude lnlo which the strikers have permitted themselves to be placed.- Any body of workmen sraet nowaday! have a clear eaee if they expect to have public approval for or sympathy with a gtrike. This the striking train operatives in Southern California have not attempted to show. They havo no real or justified., complaint, either as to wages, hours, living conditions or any of the other grievances under Which a strike might be warranted. In all these respects they are much better off than the generality of i the people in the communities where they live. Yet they have unreasonably yielded to the striking mania which can do them no good and does incalculable injury to everybody else. They ought to be grateful to Mr,' Stone or anybody in authority who wU! iesue to them orders by which 'they. can be extricated from the purgatorial unpopularity which they have brought upon themselves. This is not a time for strikes, but for work f and still more work. It is not a time for advy ocating working days ' or weeks those luxuries of leisure the world cannot just now afford.' By no such process can production be kept up, much less increased; yet the immediate duty, lor this country particularly, is to produce as much and as fast as possible. The world needs every pound of foodetuff and every product of Industry as they aever were needed before; and every person who viciously or Mly intervenes to prevent the stimulation of production and of distribution is , a pest to the country in I cldg, a which bo lives and a traitor to humanity. Only la men shall quit haranguing and conspiring i and striking, and shall bend their brains, backs and fcgndi to productive work, can this weary old world emerge from gloom into sunshine. ' Only hard work will restore to mankindChV blpeeings of peace, and to humanity the priceless tyxm of contentment and happiness. AT THROTTLE, AND AT HELM Or STATE. f : 0 back to work," vj - i six-ho- ur five-da- . dead-weig- ht, ! , "wild rare to seek political preferment in theoe piping times, if he saw a chance to become the engineer of a freight or even a i passenger train? There may be, for instance, tmoro glory and dignity in the governorship ch la about as high in the ; I line as most men would venture to aspire to; Uirre is more money in I; runningthe at least In several, of the state' of the ; Union. A few days ago, the general manager of Pennsylvania railroad submitted figures to a if Vj committee of the House of Representatives shewing that freight engineers are now getting ' 1392 a month, or $1,704 a year, while passengerlrin engineers get only a little less, f 1,520 per ? annum. There are thirteen atatee which do not n pay their fovernora so much-n- ot the original thirteen of course, bat pretty good states just ;lhe same. Of these, Maryland and Oklahoma pay their chief executives $1.5o0 per year; Ari- -: son a, Delaware, Tennessee, Texas and Wyom-- T ing pay $4,000; New Hampshire, Rhode Island : South Cvplina, South Dakota and Vermont pay "hile Nebraska pays only $2,500, which I iis little more than a stipend. " Even freight hnd passenger conductors, re--f ceiving 13,788 and $3,898 respectively, are better paid than the governors of Nebraska. New i Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina. South Dakota and Vermont. i Here is clearly a ease of discrimination and t maladjustment, and the marvel Is that the un- -' derpaid executives do not resent it and go out on strike.1 At the least, they would seem tq be 'justified in organizing a governors, union, .which should demand a "closed shop-arefuse to function until something were done or promised by way of redress of gubernatorial grievances. : VTV office-holdi- ng loco-moti- ve, section-forema- n's nd SMALL PROFITEERING, AND LARGE. to date there has been an almost amusing , unanimity on the part of producers and Seilers in welcoming the investigation which' Mbe government is trying to make as to the causes of the high cost of living. Most of them. It is, true, continue to pass the blame for high prices to somebody else; nevertheless they affect in most cases a readiness to havo their books and business examined in order that they may be freed from the odious charge of profiteering. The present prospect is that they will be taken at their word, and some of T TP them, if Congress keeps its present supply of courage, will doubtless get more investigation than they want. The governments inquiries and stricture have hitherto been mainly di-- v reeled against the big fellows" the. packer!, producers and only those retailers doing a business of more than $100,000 a year. Under the hew 'program the little fellows" are due to receive attention and severer treatment The law proposes ) .dose of the same medicine for the profiteering proprietor! of the corner grocery aa for the plutocratic packer or the princely producer of a popular brand of breakfast food. If anybody "exacte excessive prices for any necessaries," after the prosecution has established the nice distinction as to what excessive price" are, the penalty on conviction ie two years imprisonment or a $5,000 fine. The theory of the 'new statute is that a grooyman does not have to be a millionaire in order to be a profiteer that there arevougers in little as wcll as in big business. Locally, the purchasing community .apparently does- not fed that it is being greatly overcharged by its retailers at least it does not see much saving in the purchase of aurplus army store as offered at the post office sale. But It will be a gooL thing to have a strong law on the subject as a warning to the conscienceless, who if brought to account would have little to expect in the way of merey from the average jury. In the meantime, a long step in the right direction will be the wide publication of average and fair priees right along the scale from producer or Importer to retailer, with a fair allotment of profit to each, so that the consumer can protect himself. To this fair price list, published by the government, the retailer should be expected to conform, and in the main g, he will do so. Bbort of absolute this would seem, to be shout as far as the government can legitimately go. STRONG MAJORITY FOR RATIFICATION. 'T'HE national council of the National Econo- - mlc League, whose object is the education and expression of public opinion;" and in whose executive council are such men as William H. Taft, as president, Charles' E. Hughes, Frank A. Vanderllp, Lindlvy M. Garrison, David 8tarr Jordan, Franklin K. Lane, John Hays Hammond, John Mitchell and others as and which has affiliated societies in the various cities of the Union from Boston to San Francisco, has just taken s vote on the following resolution; Resolved, that the United Stales should ratify the treaty with Germany, including the League of Nations Covenant, without complicating, delaying, or invalidating, reservations." A footnote explain that "this is not to be construed as excluding auch interpretations of the Treaty and Covenant as may be thought necessary to clarify the American position,, provided no danger is thereby created. of delay or of furnishing ground for Germany, or 'other signatory, to. declare that the ratification by the United Slates is not complete and binding." Out of a total of 885 votes, 519 members are recorded as favoring and 168 as opposing the resolution; from which it would appear logical to deduce that three out of four of the thinking men of th county are in favor of ratification. The council of the National Economic League ia elected by ballot in each state from nominations submitted with the aim of making up a Representative body of the most influen- . . well-inform- ed and public-spirit- Democracy we now eat of freely. In the vote of no state as recorded was the majority against the resolution, though in New Jersey it was almost a lie, andjn Indiana and Wyoming there were as many negative as affirmative votes. Utah is recorded as giving It in favor, and 1 against.As an indication of "the informed and unbiased opinion of the country" which the National League claims is what it has aimed to present, this vote of, 75 per cent in favorvof the Treaty to 25 per cent opposed to it, la interest' ing and significant. - MOT modern times has there been resort gas in warfare until 1915, when the lethal of Ypres vapors were directed in the nowprfmitita way along the course of the prevailing winds. The Germans then developed better projectors and finally shells which were practically gas cylinders which, opened by a slight exploding charge, spread panic and death among her enemies. When the United States was called to take part in the world waj we were not equipped in any way to meet the conditions o gas warfare, and what is called the chemical warfare service was created through the energy and initiative of the chemists of the country, many of whom left highly paid positions to volunteer. Thereafter xaal plants were soon built for the manufacture of poison gases; new processes were evolved and new projectiles were invented, until at length the poison gases developed by American chemists proved to be more potent than any which the skill of the German scientists had produced. These efforts culminated in the making of Lewisite, the most powerful poison gas known to the world, a single shell of which would have exterminated a city of 5,000 persons within a few minutes. So terrible were the gaseous, weapons devised by the Americans that it is commonly reported that the Armistice was signed many weeks before it would ordinarily have been had it not been for the German fear pf the new weapons in the American chemical armory. On the defensive side, a division of the same service achieved results not less notable. It invented, designed and perfected gas masks, its latest production being regarded as far superior to any other employed in the F.urop-ea- n wr. This final type, only a few thousand In much-vaunt- ed . , Ralph Cloninger In LAST TIMES TODAY a Girl Truly Love Two Men the Same Time? ' at Gna Johnny Get Year n Week Seven Night Mata Wed and Sat. O eight xwm Moaday-A- and Taeeday Matinees Bogin Thowdry NOW PLAYING TRIXIE FRIGANZA o At a Block Party By Jean Haves JAMS A CHAPhOW 8 WILLS AT JASPER JUNCTION" EMILE A JOHN NATHANS JUGGLING NELSON SHEILA TERRY In i A flnlt "More than thsatr Lak institution." COMING-TOMORR- o V Gorin ne Griffith o o 9 " O 0 ' . IN ' Tho Bramblo ' Gush Production Jane Goes e OW BEAUTIFUL In the New Paramount o o - LAST TIMES TODAY OLIVE THOMAS in The Spite Bride and REVIEW ' FRANK GIBXEY , P.VTHE NEWS a-Wo- oing la BURTON HOLMES TRAVEL PICTURES v Vocal Selections At GUST J I Premier of PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA THE WORLDS NEWS IN MOTION VIEWS utuj ' . A CROWD." A Musical Romance In Three O - . b Scenoni with HARRY PETEIiNON and GATTIhON JOXK8 Prices Mata. JSo. 25c, 50c &0O, 7!o Evenings 15c, 25c. !1.00 . Arrange Now for Season Reservations o 0 . , 'Special Matinee Labor Day. Seat Sale New On. . VIVIAN MARTIN A. very - 1 and bk company Sr, Dainty knd Charming Little The par Great Country New- -' This Beetles Is th SEMI-WEEKL- y Y NEWS A SXjSO fkarsadtear. Thursdays Issued Meadaye EBSGEiaiEK) Ijydflii S7ISH3II1 BLOODIBUILDE Pent Acpt 5eSaltutSI and hut th easier half, of the teacher's task; the harder half Is wetting the pupil into condione-hal- f, tion to receive It. In the very beginning of., thy late war clear-seein- g writers were insisting that only a League of Nation could save mankind from the waste and destruction of war. 3ut it took several years of unprecedented bloodletting to get the minds of politicians ready to listen. Reformer are apt to forget that reform, progress, ia a Growth. It come aot by act of Congress but by the slow development of people's minds. Reforms go forward ln wave. Tbsy are first advanced, then hesitate and seem . to fall, and afterward they go on to fruition. They must have their period of gestation. The only Millennium we shall get will be on w grow. There must be new visions, new Ideas, new revelations, but they must be made to be a part of all w now a A. The universe ia like a Tree, not like a House. (Copyright, 11. by Frank Crana) Do You KnowYour Own Business? If you own shares in a business do you want a Government employe to tell your executives how to run your business? If . you are a loyal .employe, do you want a political appointee to have the power to injure your concern by pampering its operations or by interfering with its efficiency? TWENTY YEARS AGO. From the Files of The Deseret News AUGUST $8, IBS. The Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers were welcomed home from the Philippines with a rousing celebration at Pittsburg, where resident McKinley made oae of the greatest speeches of his career.' -- A dispatch from Rome to the New .Tork, Journal A Advertiser said th Pop was dcflly concerned about the war In th Philippines and had a strong desire to see peace established between the United States natives of those Islands. George Q. Cannon wa Interviewed on condition In the "Mormon settlements of Canada, from which he had juat returned. Tie stated that the people had had many difficulties to contend with, buF-tl- tt prosof canals and the pects for future prosperity of the community were quite hopeful. Undertakers of Utah held a convention In Salt Lake for (he purpose of effecting an organization and becoming affiliated with the western association. Twelve steel arches supporting the superstructure of the Chicago Coliseum fell to the ground, killing nine persons and Injuring fourteen, four of them fatally. , Walter Wellman, leader of the Wellman polar expedition, who returned to Trom-so- e; Norway. Aug. 17 after having pleted operations In Franz Jozeflaud. arrived at HU'I England. and th Prest of which were forwarded to their deallnation before the end of hostilities, was Yo perfectly devised that it could be worn without the slightest discomfort to the wearer. Soldiers who were equipped with it could run and jump and charge without being conscious of even wearing it. and could even talk, to each other without the slightest effort. Effective as the materials of these masks were for filtering fumes, they were ao light in weight that the human voice could easily penetrate t!)em.' chemical According to Gen. Siberi, U. S. warfare has more possibilities in it than any branch of the armed service. He thinks it is a branch inwhifh specialists should be at work all the time, or ,it is entirely probable that some pew substance might be developed that the protecting devices which we now have would not turn. Our soldiers would then be, in ease of another war, in the same category as the' F.nglish troops were at Ypres when the Germans sent over the first gas clovi. n V . . Perhaps you have noticed the effect r of Government control on the railroads, telegraph, and telephone. Bills have been introduced to license t ; w- and regulate the packing industry perhaps your business will be next. You would probably dislike; to thi happep to your business even than you would dislike to have daily supply of meat interfered f have more your with. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Salt Lake City Local Branch. 336. So. Third Street,' West A, Gav&Manager V . HynTciry r?vrvi Watch the Big Electric Sign. Oor. ner of Mala and Second Sooth mi. in Gvgfng Information ie "Cheating Cupid' PAEpSJN . SEASON OPENS WEEK OF AUGUST J1 CWn THREE! tions, riot and social violence hav been .but th feeble stomach of humanity Strug- -' fling with a New Idea which it wa not At able to digest Liberty, equality and fraternity," resulted ia whole! slaughter In Franc In the eighteenth century; they were partaken of fnljfty abd enjoyed at the peace tabic at , ' to the use of poison in the battle A Play in Three Act By Philip Moeller Price; Eves., 50c to $2,50 Matinees, 50c to $2.00 . - CHEMICAL WARFARE. Moliere READY 'NEW WAJATCM Bocisetti Troupe AND SEVEN OTHER RIG ACTS Three shows dally !:4S. TXS t:l! FtIomi Mmz. JOc, too, 0o Nights, Me, Xeo, 4So . IN SEATS MfilEttffii?vxu towowg ROW FLAYING Mzdsee Sstsrdsf ' CLIFFORD & . JO Henry Miller Blanche Bales Five hundred years, ago tho Ideas of President Wilson, now generally accepted by th peoples of Europe, would havo landef him ' la tho dungeon or cost ilm his Ufa To produce a workable conviction there must he not only a New Idea but a suit-- . able preparation of the Old Ideas. Most martyrdoms, persecution, revolu- citizens. ed v o; diet roe. - AUG. 29 A ts; tial, Frank Crane). by Dr. Tbo rcsoog why tho Mow I4o 4oo not succeed to that It fail to connect with th Freeont Idea. Ton have, now, a certain (roup of oplnt domootl-eatd have Iona. They ar youra. Ton them. They havo fcoooma a part J nowoomor In tbo way of aa tdoa Any you. must hoeom aaAlsnftatod lota thia group bofers you caa uoo it It le a If a otrsasor com to tbo village. Ho cannot hav mueh Influence until ho la properly Introduced, to looked ip and goto acquainted. Wo don't trust hint much , till ho- ia on of tu. Or, it is Uk a piec of food, which, to do of any good, must ho digested and, minx- -' Ung with our othor food, become tranamut- d lnto bon and sinew. If it remains different retains Its dletlnetlveneee, and will not becoroo Uko. Bl, all It does to uo 1 to givo 10 indigestion. Bo It takes tlm for you or m to digest a now thought, and It takas much ' mort time fok th world I to ddost a thought Th digestive Juloes of maaklnd hav .boon ttacklng Christianity, for Instance, tor two thousand years, and only now ar our political beginning to Incorporate It Into r thinking. It has boon about ninety years sine th United Slatos began tooting th Prohibition Idea; w hav boon eating It all along, a bit at a time, and In attempting to digest wa hava it havo had many a stomach-achrecently swallowed tho wbol lump, sad while w wUl eventually assimilate It, we shall doubtlaee hav a good deal of internal - price-fixin- Doeerot Now j Salt Lake Theatre Why Reformers Dont Succeed. (For Tho AUGUST 28 1919 NEWS THURSDAY. EVENING DESERET ' !i; |