Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17
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changing ofAny expires ion from one
system 10 tho other
Such facts Of these, proving the great
simplicity OF the mctii' tyit,m must
meal 90 all true erucstofs. la n Io.
tort n the metric system maize ~ the
II iuse com mittee on rDtuaga, wtights
aud measures 10 tho FItiy.sixth Con.
gfrts, the rtmsrk OF an sxu, fienc' II
writer l. quoted with APPROVAL, bat
the adJptiOu Of the metric tyst ia 90
solving Matthew teal pfublums our
public AMI ~ vatr schools woul saw
one iull ye 70 hsrJ study ~ a boy's
" glfi's COLI vi lie Cuu .sv. N this tt
true, anu there IL no rsasou e. doubt
Il Is an uuauswetAhle afgumont o.
favor o the adoption OF tlistys,cm IN
our public &c ouls, Aud { att once"
Tue metric system b. used almos.
eXclusiveiy ior All t,i iut'n DC wUrE; tu
tue isb fat0fits IN lur own UnivortIty
tue sysOm has lDur itUu Ia Hrfg &C..
]. hss b,cu ] gahztd Ia Tie Uti,eu
stat since 1863; but tht enactment
ucius only pu,mi-sivc inrtuau o. sn
obligatory mtafurr, the adoption has
MOI become reucial. in vow of tn
many advantages promised ~ its u.c,
Ouo may well ask why tue
delay cuuiiuuVs2 IL Il Uus 10 the
ssmu cause inst has UIctateJ iu all age
~ ktep men .n fut-, confined t. a uar
row, muddy, stony ruaI, when tnt
great gtAss.c1vtrbl PLAN Hifelcht
without buuuus on either ia v. Its 1.
cause that holds the Old.ashiOntu hf,
crate In favor IN spite oi the demo &.
stratcd tact tina. % ies cggt OF tue MA.
h wasted; It IL tao cause that operate.
to tufu htalthiul reverence tUwarU
the pact into a species VI id1 utg ut
~urihrJ; the cause that mates "a uiH
aifail 10 ufive "a % from nis huuft les
they DO hereditary rats.
During recent year. Bri'ish consu.f
have repeated y rep0fle 10 thcir home
Cover uvht that OWNS ~ tnv British
Ieuauity la hu.dius 10 the Oh motn IL,
EugIaui Is losing a vast amHuut OF
uAue. Forci uualBfs wal have little
to DO with utJple puuli'hing clreul ,it
and price LETS IA astl lr wHich w iusui
IL uUipit lgibic ana lot which they
nave too much disguHi o. wish ight.
eminent Ate the ttopie VI a., UUuI
states 30 iavufab y ,ituated2 To
JemOns,tA e. tie tN eat 10 " zen tnt
new system has been nlupir 4,
let Us consider the follow ls
~ countries using the moiuc fystvu.
exCiusivrly:-Atgtris, Argentine Coz
i-utrat on, Auttfa.Hu gary, BE x IN,
Brazil, & nary lslauut, Com. vi IN.
bis, CuUa, Dsumstk, EuuAiOf, EsyuL
France and col0nits, Gfutor, Gus q.
maln, Houuufap, lcgia No. aiy, NJ J..
Rga, Ma Ills, Mexico, M.1aut VI
Netherlands, n fway, ranq. 5,
Peru, Portugal, Russia, ruTke,, Spaiu
anu o'louits, SNourn, swltzrfiauu,
Nrnt zuula. Tue system mas be, u
legaliLsJ IA NAM other countries.
There II perhaps no QUO ming which
could hccnmpi h more thrn SOutu
the uniVor.al adoption o. tie metre
az . me- o her n az 10 system OF weights
anu siuasurte tOwsfd uLiting the uH
tons 10y tirs OF 10 ,tntfh10i. lhiH i.c
h,s long teeu recognized. In 1910
Hon. JONI q iuUi A Ians, Thea ttc,r.
~ ui snu, Sr t. NJ dow:
"rho system approaches 10 the ideal
perfection " uniformity applied to
weights aud measures, aud vic hor desc
stinrd tu ,ucrr d. or doomed 10 iAIi, val
,h,d uuiading clio y upon the age IA
which Il was conceived, ami upon tho
ma ion by which It, execution was at
temp cd, aud ua- been IN part achieved.
Ia tho progress II It. o-tnblishuouttheIc.
u has often boon brought M con il,ut with
tho laws Of physical aud moral nature,