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The herald., 1894-02-11
MOULD NOR INOREAsE RENTS.


SIT would not increase rents, as some
people, unread in political economy,
may at first imagine. AS the tax on
land values will fall equally on the land
in use and the land held for speculative
purposes, it will tend Immediately to
force. all land into market, thus increas-
ing the supply of available land without
increasing the demand for it, and will
tend to reduction OF ground rents and
not to it's increase. Upon this question
all political economists from Adam
Smith to Henry George agree. The rea-
son that the tax on production increases
the price of commodities produced is
that it tends to check production, but as
nobody is engaged in producing land the
natural supply of land remains the same
regardless of the tax; but heavy tax
discourages the holding of the land not
utilized for speculation and thus tends
to increase the available supply. A tax
on the margin of production, therefore,
always remains where it is laid namely,
on monopolists, upon whose share of
production it falls. Such tax, by max
ing monopoly of natural resources un.
profitable. would tend to throw them
open to labor, thus increasing labor's
opportunities in exact proportion to the
diminution of the advantages OF monop-
oily.
INCREASE NOT DUE TO OWNERS.
'The lands of California are now esti-
mated to have value of more than one
Thousand millions OF dollars. Not be-
cause OF anything that the owners have
done, because access to these lands is
dollars to laborers who need them for
productive usee. The lands are not any
better than they were so years ago,
when their market value was less in
thousands than it ia in millions now.
The seasons, rain. sunshine and other
natural elements do no more for it now
than they did then. But the industry
and enterprise of the present population
OF California have increased the margin
of production on these lands sufficiently
present price. The system of taxation
which propose, falling entirely on this
margin of production, would simply tend
to take away the present monopoly adj
vantage. and without in any way inter
fering with the usefulness OF the lands
OF California would make them immedi-
ately and constantly accessible to labor
on terms of justice and equality.
This bill, OF course, is intended only
as the first step in that direction, but lite
effect would be far-reaching and highly
beneficial TO labor. The history of the
world shows conclusively that labor
never can be free except where land is
free. What labor needs is. not restric-
tions upon either production or ex-
change. but greater freedom of access to
natural opportunities. Freedom OF
trade and freedom of production are
the only reforms that can greatly and
permanently improve the condition OF
labor. This measure will tend to make
production free."
The herald., 1894-02-11
DISEASES Of the BLOOD and SKIN,

As scrofula, rheumatism, Eczema,
SYPHILIS, ETC., causing ulcers, eruptions
glands, mucous patches in mouth, falling hair
and many other symptoms, are quickly re-
moved and all poison thoroughly and perma-
nentiy eradicated from the system by purely
Vegetable Treatment.
Spermstorrhea, Impoteucy, Nervous
Debility, etc., resulting from youthful indis-
cretion excuses in matured years, aud other
causes, inducing some of the iollowi ng symp-
toms, as dizziness, confusion of i'd eas, de-
fective memory, averAton TO soctety,
blutcher, emissions, exhaustion, ETC., etc..
are permanently cured
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
CAN YOU TELL WHY.
Certain Queries for Male Critics of
the GentIer Sex to Answer.

The little peculiarities of women are a
fruitful topic with some masculine
writer's They continually rush into
print with such questions as: Why
does woman always want to know if
her hat is on straight? Why does she
keep you waiting ten minutes after
she's declared she's all ready? Why
does she do this, that, and the other?
Here's a counterblast from a woman
writer:
Why does a man rush through his
dressing and throw everything all over
the room, because he's in such hurry
-he knows he'll be late" and then
spend a good five minutes filing and
lighting his pipe?
Why does he never put together and
fold up a newspaper?
Why. when pretty girl praises an
other mans Charming manner" does
he say the girl is soft?
Why can he never, by any possibility,
find anything he is sent to look for in
closet or drawer?
Why is his headache or toothache so
much worse than anybody else's ever
was?
Why is it always his liver that does
not work, instead of the welsh rarebit
and mince pie that have disagreed with
him?
Why does it rain too hard to go to
church, but not too hard to go to a din
ner, or a theatre, or club on any sue
ceeding stormy day?
Why does he suppose when he notes
women's funny ways" that women
are not at the same time noticing his
own funny ways?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
BRET HARrE,s LONDON HOME.
The Novelist rs Not Like His Books,
but Is a Man of the World,

The Novelist rs Not Like His Books.
but Is a Man of the World.
1t is one of those winter mornings
in London when upon parks and lawns
and all the architectural distances the
cold gray mist lies heavily, says Nc
Clure's Magazine. The sun, a prepos-
ferrous ruby set in fog, looms red and
high. Through the study window its
radiance comes balefully, as if fleeing
the drearineSs of streets that stretch
silent and deserted under London'S
Sabbath spell. Within the room, how
ever, all is cheerful and warmth. The
Iheaped-up Goals make Pickering tracer
les of shadow over walls covered with
the originals of pictures and engray-
ings which all the world has seen in
certain famous books. Some of these
originals are Interesting exhibitions of
the manner in which the English inn
agination endeavorS to conceive the
unfamiliar California types The sides
of the room are given up to high
bookshelves. Bric-a-brac meets the eye
in all directions, the mantel being COW
cred with pretty souvenirs of CONT
mental watering places, those guide
posts on the highway of memory by
which charming acquaintance are re-
called and favored spots revisited.
At the desk. surrounded by an in
calculable visitation of Christmas
cards, sits Bret Harte, the Bret Harte
of actually, gentleman as far re-
moved from the Bret Harte of popu-
lar fancy as is the st. James club
from Mount Shasta, or a Savoy hotel
supper from the cinder cuisine of a
mining camp in the glorious days of
1S49. Instead of being, as the reader
usually conceives, one of the long
bearded, loose-jointed heroes of his
western Walhalla, he is a polished
gentleman of medium height with
curling gray moustache. In lieu of
the recklessness Of western methods in
dress, his attire exhibits nicely of
detail which, in a man whose dignity
and sincerity were less impressive,
would seem foppish. This quality, like
his handwriting and other characters
tic trifes. perceptibly assists one in
grasping the main elements of a per-
sonality which is as harmonious as 1t
| is peculiar. and as unconventional as
| it is sensitive to fine shades, of what
ever kind they may be. Over his cigar
with a gentle play of humor and a va
riety Of unconscious gestures which are
always graceful and never twice the
same, he touches upon this very sub
| ject-the impressions made upon him
by his first sights of gold-hunting in
California, and the eye and mind
which he brought to bear upon the
novel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Chicago. Dec. pa few hundred of
butchers and Gamers stock and lean
steers constituted the supply of cattle in
the yards today. In expectation of a
very light run for next week there was a
fair inquiry and L firm feeling. About
everything was closed out. Extra steers,
1,500 TO 1850 pounds. 55005.75; good to
extra, 1.SO0 to 1,5G0 pounds, 4.25@5 50:
choice steers, LOO to 200 pounds 1850
450; common TO medium steers. 300 TO
1850 pounds, 2.9O04.25; feeders, 900 to 1,20o
pounds, 2.75d340; stockers, 800 to 800
pounds 2.00G2. 20.
No important change in tie price of
hogs occurred today. The demand was
slack and the feeling rather weaker but
Fridays quotations were pretty closely
adhered to, light weights selling at 1900
AS for poor to choice and sales of heavy
weights being made at 425645o with 40
m460 the range at which most of the
hogs were weighed.
Sheep were moderately active and firm
at 1.50d3.35 for poor to choice sheep and
at 2.25d400 for lambs. EXtra-fed sheep
were quoted at S40G3.50. Receipts-Cat-
tie 500; sheep, $500: hogs. Il 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

How many people are there who
know how to buy spectacles or eye
glasses? Very few.
People think they do, but they don't.
and there is no one who knows this
better than the skilled oculist, who's
is called upon to minister to eyes dis
eased from wearing imperfect glasses }
as from any other cause. Z
To have the eyes properly fitted
means to prolong the life of the most
important of the five senses.
What is life without your eyesighta
All the money in the world would not
compensate for the loss of vision, yet
people will allow men to fit their eyes
to glasses who are not capable of
judging what tbs patient really needs.
Many people are afflicted with bad
headaches and nervous diseases, caused
by defective eyesight, which may be
easily cured by the use of proper
glasses, where medicine fails en-
tirely.
DR.. Shelmerdine, who makes a spec
ialty Of defective vision, uses original
methods of escertaining errors, to-
which may be attributed his great sue
cess.
The following are a few of the most
prominent of many testimonials he has
received from his patients, and are
printed to show that his ability is rec
ognized by leading men:
What HON. T. J. GEARY, the Califor4
mia congressman, author of the Chi
nese exclusion act, says of the Doctors
ability:
Il am wearing glasses for both far and
near vision fitted by Dr. SheImerdine-
They are perfect. and I recommend him
to all whose eyes need attention.
'"THOS. ]. GEARY''
Congressman from Calfforni4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Unable to Draw a Picture Except in
the Presence of n Certain Figure.

----~@- -
the Presence of a Certain Figure.
Walter Burridge, the artist, tells a
good story on himself and proves it by
showing the blank space on the wall
where the picture, one Of the accesso-
ries of the tale, used to hang.
He went one day to the studio Of a
friend and found there an anatomical
figure. such as are to be seen in stu
dos everywhere. 1t was a good one,
and Burridge wanhad it, for his own
had been broken. He expressed a de-
sire to have it, but the artist friend
wouldn't give it up for any money. 1t
was his inspiration, he said. He need
ed it even for the composition of a
letter. And as for drawing anything
in the human figure without it, that
was simply hopeless. He couldn't spare
it.
So Burridge went away. But another
day. while in the same studio, and in
the absence of the owner, a third ar
list, who commonly shared the place
and worked there, said Burrdge could
have the model if he wanted. The
owner had concluded to get along
without it,
And about an hour after the owner
came back. He sat down and tried
TO draw a wagon. But he couldn't.
He tried to write a letter that had
long been overdue. But he could not
get his thoughts together.
Something is gone" said he. 81
can't do anything. | have lost some
thing"
Maybe it is your brains,' said the
man who shared his room. s"Burridge
has been over
The figure cried the artist.
That's it, And he started out. When
he came back he brought not only the
figure, but water color sketch as
well. 1t had taken Burridge days to
complete the picture, and it marked
one of the pleasantest events in his
sojourn along the Grand Canyon of
the Colorado.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

New York, Dec. 22.-The share specs
ulstion during the two hours of BUSH
ness today was generally heavy in tone
and with a few unimportant eNcep-
lions, prices declined steadily to the
close. London was small seller of
st. Paul and Northern Pacific prefer
red and this, coupled with the fact
that American securities were rather
heavy on the London stock exchange,
was a factor in the depression Of the
market here. Sugar declined "a at the
opening, advanced Is and then sold
down to rs, with a final recovery OF
Is, leaving a gain of 1 per cent Oh
the day. General Electric opened a
per cent. lower and recovered the loss.
Under the pressure of offerings, how
ever, the shares gave way ~ per cent.
with only recovery of 7s at the close.
The movements in the rest of the list
were merely fractional and the mar
keU closed weak at a decline on the
DAY of 1sM3s per cent, the latter iii
Reading, Cordage and Tennessee Coal
& Iron and 3s@% in the Changers. In
exception to the general decline,
Wheeling & Lake Erie preferred is IS,
New York Central, Laclede Gas pre-,
ferred u and Distilling Is higher
The volume of business on the week
has been extremely light, the approach
10 the holidays having a restrictive in
fiuence on trading and the aggregated
sales are only S31, 100 shares. The mar,
ket in the main has tended downward.
A majority of the stocks traded in
show declines ranging up to pes
cent
The bond market today has been
dull and heavy, the sales reaching only
a total of $S39,000. The only changes
above a fraction are a decline OF 1ss
per cent. in Laclede Gas SIS and an adj
vance of ! per cent. in Atlantic g. Pa
cific IS. During the week the market
has been fairly active but the resaiA
of trading is a depreciation in values
in the majority of the issues dealt in
The sales aggregated IS, $50, 800.
Petroleum-Ffrm; Pennsylvania oil
sales. none; January option sales,
none; closed $50 bid.
Lima oil sales. none.
The total sales of stocks today were
53,423 shares, including: American
Sugar. 1900; Chicago Gas, $500; Dis
filling. 1000; General Electric, 11,10O;
Northern Pacific preferred, 1920: Read
ing, 5000; St Paul, 300; Burlington,
1900.
Money on call easy, at 1h@2 per
y cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 2a4@41S.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 4SS1s@
4.SS& for demand and 4S7J5d48 734 for
sixty days.
Posted rates, 4.SS15@4 S95649O.
Commercial bills, 1864 d4S615
Silver certificates, 601s bid; no sales
Bar silver. 59$4
Mexican dollars, 80.
Government bonds steady.
State bonds dull
Railroad bonds heavy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Military Notes.

As to the establishment of an officers
school in this city. the project is gain
ing ground day by, day.
A company's ball at Christiansen's
hall on Christmas eve promises well.
A great many tickets are being sold.
D company, Second infantry, of
Provo, has new armory in the base
ment of Shoots hall, to which will be
added a library and gymnasium.
The revolver practice by members of
battery A, at the Fort Douglas military
reservation on Christmas day is an
event looked forward to with great
interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

from the new weapon penetrates
smoothly. the wound closes up prevent
ing hemmerhage and it is argued that
in the excitement of a charge wounded
man might be able to stand and do duty
for a long time after being hit.
However, time will tell. AS a matter
of fact the days of armies are nearly
over. The perfection of the air ships
dooms the rifle, the bayonet and the
sabre. One man in such an event can,
with the aid of powerful explosives,
annihilate cities and armies. But IN
til that time the Utah National Guard
will continue power for good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to more
than make them good all the advertis-
ing claimed for them, the following
four remedies have reached a phenome-
nal sale: DR.. Kings New Discovery,
for consumption, coughs and colds,
each bottle uaranteed-Electric Bit
tiers, the great remedy for liver stom-
ach and kidneys, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, the best in the world, and Dr.
Kings New Life Pills, which are per-
feet pill. All these remedies are guar
anteed to do just what is claimed for
them and the dealer whose name is
attached herewith will be glad to tell
you more of them. Sold at 2. C. NJ. /.
drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
THE LONDON MARKETS..

London, Dec. 22.-The weather has
been mild, but it is now stormy. The
wheat trade is quiet in view of the
holidays and values in some cases are
easier. But the tone of the market has
been generally steady with more con-
fidence in the situation. United King
dom stocks are low, and the quantity
on passage is relatively small.
California wheat, prompt delivery,
was quoted at 25s. Red winter wheat
parcels. December delivery, was quot
ed at BIS. Sd.
Flour was depressed. owing to heavy
American shipments. The demand was
poor, and prices We're rather lower.
Maize was quiet and offers were not
large, but prices were steady. Old
mixed American maize afioat was quot
ed at eos Cd.
Cats were dull and steady.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Challenge Accepted.

To the Editor of The Herald:
in reply TO the challenge published in
your columns yesterday signed by Mr..
j. A. Langton, would state that the Y.
NJ. c. A. team is pleased to accept the
challenge and inasmuch as we are al
lowed the privilege of setting time and
place of game would appoint Christ
mas day at 8 p. m, at the exposition
grounds. 1t will be impossible for us to
play later as we are negotiating with
the University of Utah for game
about January 1. 1895. Yours truly,
Y. Nj. c.. A. Football Team,
GEORGE M'INTYRE,
Manager.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

by challenges the Y NJ c. A. football
team to play game for the champion
ship of this territory, at such time and
under such conditions as may be ar
ranged between the two teams. The
game played on last Thanksgiving day
was not with the Fort Douglas Football
team, but with the Fort Douglas
Athletic club, and we still claim the
championship of this territory
FORT DOUGLAS FOOTBALL TEAM,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
p FeU From Salt Lake

My vision has been wonderfully improv-
ed by the glasses that DR.. Shelmerdine
prescribed. through them the world looks
clearer and more distince than formerly
while for close work they are very rest
full to my eyes.
GEORGE REYNOLDS.
Secretary to the First Presidency Nor
mon Church.
'I can read for hours with glasses fit.
ted by DR.. Shelmerdine's peculiar meth
DDS. They give my eyes complete rest.
JNO. W. GREENMAN
United States Commissioners.
CDR. Shelmerdine made a thorough ex-
animation of my eyes. and the glasses
he prescribed have improved my visioI.
wonderfully. Reading in the evening is
a pleasure where before it was a diff
Guilty. J. w. SIMPLER,
The Photographer"
Having. consulted high authority for
my defective sight and experienced a
benefit at their hands, I am pleased to
say that DR.. Shelmerdine is the first TO
prescribe glasses that give my eyes per-
feet ease. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
POPULATION IN GOTH CENTURY.
French statistician Shows How the
Rate of Decrease VIII Vary.

A we'll known French statistician COM
putes the following figures, based on
present statistics, for the end of the
Twentieth century. According to his
tables the population of the earth at
that time will be:
Europe, 7SO,OOO,OOO, (at present 1884,
100000
Asia, 1,11o,OOo,OOo, Cat present s8O,OOO,-
OOO)
America, sS5,ooOoOo Cat present, 17o,-
900, OO0.)
Australia, 3O,OOO,OOO, (at present, $780,
0O0)
Africa, 2oo,ooo,ooo cat present, 10000
0O0)
Thus America will be first in regard
TO increase, and Europe second, while
the ratio of increase will grow steadily
larger in America and smaller in
Europe. The decline of the ratio of in
crease, which may be already observed
in France, will extend in rotation to
Germany, Italy, England, etc.
The population of the various coun-
tries at the end of the next century, is
given thus:
Russia, 100000, 900.
Germany. 115,OO0000!
China, 55OO00,OOO.
France, 56,00O,000.
United States, 400, 900.
Mexico and Brazil, 150,O00,000.
Canada, 40,000,000.
Argentine Republic, 3O,000,000.
English will probably be spoken in
1894 by more than 500, 900; German
by 120,0O0,000; French by 10000, 900;
Spanish and Portuguese by 235,000,000
people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
RnclzIen,. Arnicn salre.

The Best Salve in the world fer Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by z.
c, NJ. /. drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS.
Via the Union PACIFIC.

On December "a, % and December
81, and January /, the Union Pacific
will sell excursion tickets at all sta
tons to any point within a distance
of $50 miles at one fare, good return
ing until January q.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

The favorite route TO all points east
Is via Missouri Pacific railway. Close
connections and through sleepers ano
chairs cars. Pueblo to st. Louis. s. ".
Derrah. C. F. & p. A.. 2: Morlan block,
Salt Lake city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.

Liverpool, Dec. %.
WHEAT-Spot, quiet; demand poor;
No. 2 red winter, As Cd; No. red spring,
stocks exhausted; No. hard Manitoba,
IS Sd: No l California, 5s I'd.
Futures closed steady and unchanged
to one farthing lower; business about
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.

Receipts. 1903; shipments,
S209 Market strong for best; Others slow
and weak. Texas steers. 2.10CG9.50: Texas
cows. /. S5G2.75: beef steers, 3.25G5.40; ma
tive cows l26d3.55: stockers and feed
ers. 200d3.50: bulls, 1.50G300.
SHEEP 100 shipments, 200.
Market steady
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Darlington Route Half Fare Clerical
Permits for 1898.

Applications fer half fare clerical
permits for 1895 should be made to the
not later than December
81. 1894. W. F. Mcmillan, General
AGENT. Room II, over No. 10 West
Second South street, Salt Lake city,
Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

Gymnastics are having a great boom
in Oklahoma schools, and the small boy
who can't do the knee-swing on a bar
doesn't dare to put on airs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
EXPORTS OF SPECIE.

New York, Dec. 22.-The exports of
specie from the ports of New York for
the week ending today amounted to So
$4,000 in gold and S9OS, $50 in silver.
The imports for the week We're: Gold,
$5l. So; silver, $l6,327; dry goods. 5000. $50
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
TENDENCY
DOWNWARD.
Share Speculation Generally
Heavy in Tone. Prices
Declined.
APPROACHING HOLIDAYS
HAVE A RESTRICTIVE INFLUENCE
APPROACHING HO
HAVE A RESTRICTIVE INFLUENCE
ON TRADING.

3'he Week Fairly Active-The Result
of Trading is Depreciation in
VaIues-BOnds Dull and Heavy
London Market Steady With More
Confidence in the Situation
Chicago Wheat.