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Show How Will The Country Vote THE clamors of the campaign are on, but voters should not become confused by the noise. Mr. Wilson rests his campaign upon what he and his party have accomplished during their control. Europe, for war munitions and war material generally, has poured billions of dollars in gold into this country. , This gives a raging fever to the country's busi ness, and a seeming wonderful prosperity, but this i'- should deceive no one. The Democratic party '' points to this and claims the credit of it. But that should deceive no one. ' ' The question is, how would things have been had affairs remained normal? 'i The president and his party declare that they have so revised the tariff as to give to the country coun-try the first real industrial freedom that it has enjoyed for sixty years. In passing it is good to ' consider the fact that during those sixty years the country advanced four hundred per cent in ' wealth, that its settled area more than doubled ' from being as poor and creditless as Spain and ' Turkey to the very fore-front of jiations, majestic in its position and wealth and glorious in power. Lot us consider this "Industrial Freedom" for a moment. Mr. Wilson speaks of it as something new. When he does he ignores history. It is but a return to the conditions which his party established in 1847. In 1849 the gold from Call-"fornist Call-"fornist placers began to pour into the lap of the nation. That and the trade awakened to supply i California, held the country up until 1857, when there was a sudden collapse and panic and the skilled artisans of the nation were forced for the first time to eat the free soup of charity. An investigation followed and it was found that all the gold had been shipped abroad save $57,000,000 and all the eastern coast warehouses were stuffed with foreign goods. No effort was made to change legislation until the Demorcacy went out of power and the great 1. Civil war broke upon the country. The treasury was empty, the credit of the country gone; a mighty war had to be met. I In six months the Republicans had reduced the chaos to form, met the interest on the bonds 'that the Democrats had issued and the Itopub-1 Itopub-1 lie was running on an even keel. Again in 1893 i the Democracy came into full power, and passed i through the house just such an other tariff raeas- I ure as the Underwood law. All that saved the country was that the foremost Democratic states- ! men of the land, Mr. Gorman in the senate, tore the measure in pieces, revised it to something reasonable and compelled the house to accept it, at which President Cleveland was so angry that he would not sign it, but left it to become a law ; by limitation. As it was the country was so be reft of money that in the last year of his administration admin-istration ho was compelled to sell $250,000,000 of bonds to meet current necessities. Except for the war there would have been no beets for making sugar in Utah this year, for the tariff assasination included the placing of sugar on the free list, and was to have taken i effect last spring, only the need of money to carry on the extravagance of the government caused the time to be extended. If Mr. Wilson is re elected that measure will go into effect within with-in a year as first intended. The producers of the country depend upon selling sell-ing their products for any profit. Much has to be sent away in the form of raw products. When the war burst upon Europe two years and two months ago the whole country saw the mistake that had been made by having no merchant mer-chant marine. Our ship yards could have made ready a dozen lines of ships in eight months. Not one has been built and now trans-Atlantic freights have doubled. American ship-builders are equal to the best, so are American seamen. But it is simply impossible im-possible to run ships, unassisted, against the subsidized sub-sidized or bounty-fed ships of Great Britain and Germany. After waiting two years in the last days of the last congress a bill was passed for the government to buy ships and run them to certain foreign ports, and for any deficit they make draw the money from the treasury to meet it. That is so different from paying a subsidy. That makes the government undertake the work that should be done by citizens and which could be so much better done by them. That helps no ship-building in this country, it is only intended to bridge things over until England and Germany can again take up our carrying trade. Those two questions the tariff and our foreign trade will be the urgent ones when the war closes and business begins to assume normal conditions. con-ditions. With the tariff left as it is, we shall be stranded strand-ed within ayear. As to foreign affairs, we are told that peace has been kept. There has never been one moment danger of war with any European power, as any man can see by taking in the conditions there, for every great power, for two years has been in a contest not half so much for victory as for life. As to the president's performances in Mexico, the American who can review them without the blush of shame coming to his face, must have been so much outdoors that the blush does not show through the tan. The last official great act of the president, the yielding without debato to the demands of the over-paid hold-ups; the yield ing, too, under threats, on its face should satisfy voters. Kill That Proposed Amendment THE people will be coming to conference in a few days. A good many of them will be able to recall how things were in Utah prior to thirty yean ugo. If questioned they will be forced to admit that while- the people did the best they .could, they were very poor. That there were very few comfortable homes in the territory and not one decent school house, save two or three that the church had built If honest they will be forced to admit that tho first change came when their young men began to receive regular wages from tho mines. That because of the mines practically every splendid structure in the state has been built; that because of tho wages paid by tho mines thou sands of their young men received their first start H in H That because of the mines thajr scnooi build- M ings have been erected which are tho admiration M of strangers as well as our own people. M That because of the mines tho farmers first re- M ceived fair prices for their products. M That since statehood came almost all the net M proceeds from the mines have been invested in M the state. M That since mining began it has been the para- M mount industry of the state, the industry on which M all other industries have leaned for prosperity. M That were mining to suddenly cease, it would M in effect be a stroke of paralysis to all other In- M dustries in the state. M Why then should an insidious blow be aimed M at the leading industry through a constitutional M amendment imposing double taxation on tho net M proceeds of mines? M If adopted we do not believe it would hold up M against a half hour's investigation in any compe- H tent court, but why try to pass the monstrosity at H The ordinary man may think that money ob H tained from a mine is not different from a like H amount received from any other product. H But there is a vast difference. The early farm- M ers in Utah found that if they had a bountiful H crop, the prices for what they had raised, sud- H denly fell. Again they found that when the mines H doubled the money in circulation in Utah, their H products, suddenly, were doubled in value. It is H an Inviolable law. H So long as money remains the measure of val- H ues and the medium of exchange, the amount in H circulation in a community measures the value of H everything else that community cuu proauce. H Every farmer and every manufacturer, every H producer of any useful thing should keep this fact H In mind, that if he votes "Yes" on the proposed H amendment, so far as his vote counts, it Is to the H detriment of his own private business, and be- H yond that he votes to kill tho cause of whatever H prosperity ho has had in tho past In this state. H Every nation, except ours makes a constant H struggle to keep all its money at home and to H meet its outside obligations through trade. H To double the purchasing power or money by H reducing the value of commodities one-half, when H measured in money, and to this make interest H bearing bonds outstanding a perpetual debt, a com- H bine of bankers and interest gatherers caused H twenty years ago the changing of half the money H in the world into a commodity. We all remember H the destruction wrought by that legislation. It H was the crime of the ages. H Two years ago tho business of the country H was tottering under the effect of some sinister leg- H islation, when suddenly untold sums began to H come to us in payment for war munitions. That H Btrearti of gold has been pouring in ever since and H has doubled the money in circulation in the east, and business under that same Inviolable law has fifl been quickened as never before. That Is It has B followed a natural law. Hj .Whatever may have been the object, by the fl framers of the proposed amendment, it is on its H K face a menace to the mining industry, by far the H L most, important industry of the state, and if H adopted' would be a blow to every other industry H of the state. H The people in every community of the state H should bestir themselves and see that the menace B j is removed; snowed under by such a drift of in- H dignant ballots that it will be years before any H ( one will again try to resurrect it. H There is now and then a man elected to the H legislature, who before assuming the duties of his H office, should be examined by a commission ol H expertB, to decide if possible, how much damage M ho wilkbo likely to inflict upon the state if ho ob- H tains his seat. I H The State Fair 1 "J"' HE Fair opens today. The promiso is that H it is to be1 the finest ever seen in Utah. H State fairs are the spectroscope for analyzing H - the progress of a state's business in all its in- H dustries though more especilaly its agricultural H and horticultural progress. H It is said that the displays exr volume H and excellence, those of any previoi r. H Pairs are good in a great many v.ys. They H bring together the people of all sections to ex- H change Ideas, to enlighten each other, to renew H friendships, to catch upon every new device to H expedite work and improve on old methods. H They aie great places to take children to. H It is a new world to them and to have planted H in their minds germs which will begin to ex- H pand when they are older. H They are a good place for ignorant people to H obtain new ideas. H They are a good place for learned people to H- teach them how much great learning fails to H make clear in the methods of the poor to make H a living. H They supply examples of the very best the H state can produce up to date and supply hints H for earnest workers to improve what they are H now doing. H They are filled with interest for all kinds of H people. They tend to Incite farmers to raise H better and better flocks and herds and show H them that one really valuable animals is worth H a dozen inferior ones of the same breed. H They show that an acre of fruit of the right H colors and flavors is more valuable than ten H acres of neglected orchards. H They are a perpetual entertainment to vlsi- H tors, and give an idea what the state will be H when only thoroughbreds are raised in the houses H and outside. A learned church man once said of B his flock: "We in Utah are a peculiar people." H The state fair gives a glimpse of what Utah H will be when all her people are great people H and all their Avork will be great work. George Y. Wallace THE city is shocked at the death of Mr. Wal- lace. But a week before his death lie was out H riding and his family said that while ho had not H been feeling quite well of late he was improving. H He had a bad day on Monday, but on Tuesday he H had rallied so much that his family was greatly H encouraged. H On Thursday came the final relapse and death. H He was a Christian gentleman. For more than H forty years he was a leader of society, a leading H man of iffairs here,' a kindly neighbor, a most H valued citizen. For years after the coming of H ' the overland road he carried on an extensive B forwarding business to the northern territories B and to southeastern Nevada. He took charge of H the Bell telephone when it was in its infancy H here, and under his care I scaled the mountain H tops and established its stations until Salt Lake H City was in direct telephone connection with H the cities lotween the sees. All the time he was the same; his home was a very templo of hospitality; his life absolutely consistent with his professions. When he retired from active business "lie bought a country home out in the foothills where the waters run clear and the birds sing, and in summer he has spent much time there; he made an extended visit to the orient; he made frequent fre-quent visits east and west and only two weeks ago said: "I believe I am growing old and need a trip down to sea level." If all men were such men as was he, no courts would be needed, no laws to regulate society or business, for justice would be the rule among men justice tempered'by mercy and made beautiful beauti-ful by unostentatious charities. If questioned by the judgment angel, his soul will be able to answer: "On earth I tried to serve God, and if I ever wronged a fellow man it was because of the dimness of the light which comes to the vision of mortal eyes." Sincerest sympathy goes out to his stricken family and other relatives. May his pillow be soft as down and everlasting peace wrap 'round his final couch. Local Politics THE local Democrats are telling what they will do if given control of the state and how little the Republicans have done. But how does the assessment roll compare with the one that existed when the Republicans took hold? How does the volume of business compare with that when the Republicans took hold? Were there any small corners selling for $350,-000 $350,-000 then? . There have been some improvements made, have there not? Did the Republicans get in the way to stop them? Some new schoolhouses have been built, have there not? Did the Republicans try to stop their erection? The area of land under cultivation has a good deal increased. The Republican administrations in state, counties and cities have not held back any improvements, have they? A good deal of money has been expended on the public highways. Has that all been Democratic Demo-cratic money? Rather has it not been against the protests of such Democrats as Warden Pratt has drafted from his institution for a part of the work? Since statehood came to Utah there has been a transformation of the state, has there not Under Whoso direction has that come about, both in the cities and the state at large? Has there been any malfeasance in office? Any marked failure in the direction of affairs? Have not our governors made fairly good records rec-ords for courage, ability and faithfulness to their trust? Have not the supreme court and the lesser courts made enviable records? Is there any want to be filled requiring a change of politics? Do we not require steady brains at home in charge and other steady brains in both houses of congress? The cow that gave i a full bucket of milk and then kicked it all over has never had a good name. The Average New York Banker ANEW YORK banker is reported as expressing the opinion that Europe is likely to go to a silver basis after the war. That has a familiar sound. We often, between 1873 and 1893, were told by those same New York bankers that this country was liable to go to a silver basis, and yahoos ya-hoos all over the country who had not a cent in their pockets, shivered in contemplation of the pending frightful disaster. If this present banker was asked what he meant by that, he could not tell to save his life what he meant. If told that all the time he and brother bankers have been fooling the people of tills country on that same subject, Franco has been on a silver basis, he would probably choke. That is France has kept her silver interchangeable interchange-able with her gold and received and paid out her silver money at the rate of fifteen and a halt ounces of silver to one ounce of gold. And as much as the values of both gold and silver depend de-pend entirely upon the recognition of the gov- , ernments of the earth, if the nations of the con- ' tinent decide that both gold and silver are natural nat-ural money metals and fix the ration that shall govern, what does this Now York banker think can change that edict? Those New York bankers make men of ordinary ordi-nary intelligence very weary. Nino out of ten of them read nothing but the stock and money ' exchanges daily; their business is merely to turn over their money daily at a profit; their intellects are measured by the thrift of the woodpecker and wood rat whose sole occupation is to lay up supplies sup-plies for the winter; they could not bound a state in the Union; their wisdom does not extend seventeen sev-enteen miles beyond the corporate limits of Now York City, and yet they daily give off opinions that they could no more give a reason for than a Mexican bandit could repeat the Lord's Prayer or sing the Doxology. Of course there are some bright men who steer their business. We speak only of the majority, and it is that crowd that has held the business of the country in chancery for a full quarter of a century. And they love to talk of their conservatism, though half of them do not know the meaning of I the word, of the integrity of their motives, even when they are squeezing the financial breath out of the country, and when the man from New Zea- land sits on a pier of Brooklyn bridge and mor- alizes over the general decay, they will still be . there even as are the rooks and ravens and owls that occupy the ruins of the palaces of ancient Babylon. I An Echo I LIKE the echo of an old anthem stately and j sweet and soft and low, there came yesterday yester-day the program of an organ recital by Fidelia B. Hamilton at Woodstock, 111., yesterday. , What a world of memories that brings back! ' That is to a few of us, for there are not many left of the old company. Mrs. Hamilton's organ playing in St. Mark's ' in tho old days was exquisite; so wonderful the i touch, so marvelous the cadence, she could evoke all that was material eliminated and it was the very soul of music. While her gifted husband hus-band was the moving force that founded St. Mark's hospital, she was the presiding musical genius that drew people to St. Mark's church, and their home was one of the most winsome in the city. The doctor long ago finished his wonc, tout f , Mrs. Hamilton is stil charming the sphere in which she moves, with her music. A brave, true women is she, and our hope is that her music on earth will long continue and s that it will at last merge with that oher music '" which sounds when tho organ of eternity is f played. Provo Potatoes A LOCAL paper says the potato crop of Provo Is yielding $2,923 per acre this year. v That is an item worth noting. In Ireland in tho old fpmine days a great potato crop was always followed by riots and the shooting of landlords. If the potato is a belligerent tuber, what may we-expect from Provo? Don't let President Wilson hear of that crop, or he will ascribe that crop to his peace policy. ' If that is the present price, when the middle v men get in their work, how many of our milllon- aires will be able to indulge in the luxury of po- B tatoes for dinner once a week? If an acre of land at Provo yields $2,923 per annum and money is worth 8 per cent per annum, what is an acre of Provo potato land worth? That is a problem for our high schools. And we who claim that there is no aristocracy in this country must rustle with the problem of what a man must be who owns land down on the Provo bench. Only The Best Wins HP HE best impression that a state fair can make 1 is that only the very best that can be pro duced is what wins. This "applies to all the animals, ani-mals, all the fruits, to the bread that the house wife makes, to the picture that the artist paints everything. v It gives to the boys and girls who visit the fair an idea that only the very finest is good i enough. It will have its effect on their lives no mat ter what may be their stations or occupations. Unconsciously they will be making estimates of men and men's work, on that basis, all their lives. It is the same in high fields and humble stations. sta-tions. It applies the same to rare paintings and statuary stat-uary as to pigs and chickens. All the children should visit the fair. All the young men and women should visit it, and go away with the thought that the great world is but a great fair and the only honest prizes drawn in it are for superior excellence in all its fields. |