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Show DAILY 4 OGDEN, UTAH. J. CANNON. EDITOR. EXAMINE ALL THE LARGE While the investigation is being made into the condition of the opera house, by Fire Chief Graves, attention should also be devoted to the other principal business blocks of the city. No doubt they are amply equipped with water pipes and emergency firehose and also with fire escapes. But it will greatly relieve the public mind to have these facts verified by If any conofficial examination and report. flagration shall occur in Ogden, attended by loss of life which could have been averted through compliance with proper fire regulations, the public and the law will be justified in taking proceeding of a punitive character. The unparalleled disaster in Chicago would not have occurred except for disregard of the city ordinances; and all business districts should now take notice of the need and be governed Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, accordingly. proposes to have every large building in that city investigated to see what are the means of exit; and such should be the scope of the inquiry in Ogden. In case of a conflagration in any of the office buildings in this city in case the elevator and the stairway in flames could the inmates escape? This is a question which Chief Graves no doubt will propound to owners of buildings for answer. The chief knows what is required and he must have and exercise the power to enforce safety. were-wrappe- EQUIPPING CHINA TO DEVASTATE THE WORLD . . . i t The self cruelty of civilization is likely to receive another illustration in the armament of China by the countries which are desirous of enabling her to participate in the war. It is the most dangerous experiment ever attempted. The four hundred millions of Chinese are not a menace to the Occident so long as they are permitted to rest in the repose which has chacterized their land since long before the Christian era. But once equip them with the modern method of warfare, they become the most potent force for offense as well as defense that the world has Russo-Japane- JANUARY THURSDAY, 7, 1SC4 are as recklessly brave as the Pathan of the Indian hills. The centuries have toned out of them what is termed by the neurotic west as nerves. The German soldier is not more methodically obedient to his commanding officer thin would be the Chinese soldier. No other soldier could live on as little or march as far. After the European nations shall have equipped the Chinese with training and armament for the present occasion, they will hold to their knowledge through the generations; and it is only wanting that there arise in their midst some new Jenghiz of the Mongol race, or that there go to them some Gordon with a world's ambition, and China could put fifty million fighting men in the field; and the women and the children could till the soil and weave the materials for clothing. The centuries to come may witness the overrunning of Western Asia and then of Europe by trained armies to which now is imparted an incentive for the selfish purposes of the Occident. d 1 i STATE JOURNAL, Chinese in the interior who had just learned of the event, celebrated what they supposed was a great victory of the Chinese over their hereditary enemies, under the mistaken supposition that Japan had been subjugated and was once more compelled to pay tribute to The China as in the olden times. fear. without Chinese are almost They UTAH STATE JOURNAL FRANK UTAH se ever seen. The Chinaman is called that is because he is not understood. He at least adapts unto himself and his own use whatever he finds that he desires. It is the experience of men who have established industries in China that by the mere power of adaptation imitation, if vou will the average Chinese coolie becomes a skilled artisan in any of the trades in shorter time than would be requisite for an American or European to acquire the same skill. A few years ago a party of iron men superintendent and artisans, went out from Pennsylvania at the instance of Li Hung Chang to establish At the the imperial steel works in China. end of five years the only white man remaining was the superintendent; and there was a Chinaman ready to take his job. And that superintendent stated that in the brief space of five years a force of Chinamen had been trained to a point of such excellence as that they were amply competent to do all the work for which the plant was established; that among their numbers were comprised the best marine boiler makers he ever saw; that, whether the Chinaman was originative or not, it was of little moment since he could make any number of copies of the best article which could be used as a model; and that, therefore, the average product of such toil was equal to the highest type of product of the skilled labor of the rest of the world. There are one hundred million male toilers in China and if they shall once be equipped with the modern industrial method inured to toil as they are from fourteen to eighteen hours each day they can overwhelm the world with their pronon-adaptab- le; ducts. And not less certain is their ability to devastate the world in warfare if they shall be aroused. A popular misconception exists as to the Chinese in battle. Because they were defeated by Japan in a brief conflict, it has been supposed that the Chinese were not brave: by nature nor susceptible of training in strategy and skill in use of arms. This is all wrong. Not . ten per cent, of the Chinese people knew there was a war with Japan. Perhaps not half of them are now aware of it. Three years after the war, some of the RAILS ON TWO SIDES BORDER. OF THE Here is a little more light on the tariff question. Representatives of the iron interest GRAND OPERA HOUSE oLCanada recently paid a visit to the dominion JOS. CLARK, Manager. minister of finance and expressed a fear that JUST ONE NIGHT Canada was to be used as an overflow market AND for the product of American rolling mills. They demonstrated to that official that American made steel rails were being sold in 9. Canadian markets, at prices ranging from four to eight dollars less per ton than the JOHN F. STONE prices to American buyers of the same goods. PRESENTS There you have the facts. The protected Mr. Alvin Wycoff as Joe industry of America, guarded by a tariff of Morgan seven dollars per ton on steel rails, just adds In the Rig Scenic Sensation, that seven dollars to the worlds price and collects the total from American buyers. WThen it wants the trade of the rest of the IN A world, it ships goods to any market on earth and undersells there all other producers. And yet American citizens will vote for a It la the moat elaborate and grandest famous drama has ever system, under the sacred name of protection, production-thlIn every detail. Played had. Complete to to the pay by which they are compelled Just aa it was written. The only drama steel trust hundreds of millions more per Indorsed by the clergy. 8EE year for its products than other countries The Great Mechanical Effects. must pay for the same American-mad- e goods. $ $ 3 Special Matinee Saturday, Jan. i2 . TEN NIGHTS BAR ROOM a Poor Old Joe Morgan. The Delirium Scene. The Funny Yankee. GREATEST TRAIN IN THE WORLD. Stowe's Military Band. Stowe'a Symphony Orchestra. The Free Concert. Stowe'a big military band will give a free concert on day advertised. Seats are now on sale at the box ofllce. Prices Night, 2!ic, 33c, SOc and 75c. via Berlin and Warsaw and will occupy seventeen days in the journey. It will make regular trips starting every other day or oftener from each end of the line. At least this is the ' Matinee, 25c. plan of the companies interested and it is improbable that the projected arrangements Wait Luck will be changed except in case of serious war The Chinese are taking with difficulties. Begin to save. Buy a Gold Bond American The in North much kindness to railways ; and this train is Investment Company. to be a notice to all the world that the empire is open. H. E. WEST, MANAGER. Dont 3 The great care taken by the attorneys of Senator Charles H. Dietrich, of Nebraska, to find a technicality upon which to resist the prosecution, is the worst evidence which has yet been produced agaiust him. When a public official, charged with a public crime, declines to permit all the facts to be known, the people are usually justified in passing condemnatory judgment against him. The esteemed Deseret News and its - Congress is considering the appropriation of $60,000 to build a stable for the presidents horses. The architects plans, instead of being submitted to Mr. Roosevelt, should be referred to Senators Gorman and Hanna. It Is Clean and 4 Boyle Bldg, Ogden, Utah. Order Peery Bros. Flour" the next time you order. Our brands are Cresent Patent High Star Straight Grade. I ! ! 1 roar Subscription Daily Utah As whole rice when It enters the rolls. The highest nutritive value Is retained. Whole Wheat? or I State Journal Bros. Peery MILLING CO. Lyceum Family Theater SAWYER ft YOUNG, Proprietors Week of Jan. 4 ALL ' I quality. ' teemed contemporary, the Tribune, are slight- i' ly at variance over a gentleman named Perry Heath. The News couldn't find him and the Tribune could. Incidentally it may be remarked that United States Marshal Heywood was in the Deseret News class for this occasion. thanksgiving among Democrats that party leaders in the cast are Getting Together. With leadership that will lead and with following that will follow, the Democracy is talcing a new grip on political affairs. For taci es- From all over Utah sounds a pean of glad To lead In the flour trade. If you can deliver the goods. We have the grain, we have the mill, we have the millers, too. The wheat we grind Is noted for Its splendid 'Patent Process, as you prefer. HEAR After next May a train will run from Paris, France, to Pekin, China. It will go Its Easy J Telephone' " Dull, mysterious THE GREAT WE8TIN The Man With Many Faces THE HAMLINS Refined Comedy Artists headaches,head-ache- s you cant account for. NEW ATTRACTIONS Do MR. 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