The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-01
JUDGE POWERS TALKS.
NEW TARIFF LAW HAS ALREADY
PRODUCED GOOD EFFECT.
Trade Generally Imprcving-Many
Parts of the Country Suffering
For Lack of Rain-Free Coinage
of Silver Theory Growing in Fa-
vOr-Utah Much and FavOrabIy
Talked of in the East.

Judge Powers was down at business
again yesterday after his five weeks
holiday in the east. He is looking
fine and appears to have been greatly
benefited by his trip, one of the main
objects of which was to regain his
health, which for a long time had been
anything but good, overwork and the
worry Of political life having worn him
down. The judge Is In excellent spirits
and is now in shape for lots of hard
work again, which will, however, be
in the cause of his professional bust
ness as he reitera ties his determination
to take no more part in politics than
every good citizen should
The judge was accompanied on his
trip by his wife and boy. and spent
some time with Mrs. Powers relatives
in Burlington, Ia. after which they
went to New York state and visited
with the judges father and other. rela-
tives.
SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT.
The judge states that the eastern
and middle states have suffered greatly
from the drought. The condition in
Nebraska, particularly the western
portion, is deplorable. The crops are
a complete failure, being entirely
burnt up, cattle are dying and the peo-
pie are moving away as it is absolutely
impossible for them to exist there dur
ing the winter and next spring and
summer. Omaha is keenly feeling the
effects of the existing state of affairs
and the wholesale houses have called
off their statesmen as the people have
no means wherewith to buy ANYTHING.
Iowa and Illinois have also suffered
greatly but not to the same extent as
Nebraska In the two former states
the corn will probably be about half a
crop. The more eastern states have
also been hard hit. Great damage was
done in Michigan and in Western Can
ada by prairie fires which burnt for
weeks and darkened the sun with the
smoke from the burning
UTAH MUCH TALKED ABOUT.
Salt Lake seems more alive and to be
doing more business than any eastern
city of its size. Utah is the subject of
general talk all over the east. the
able views of this territory and are
thoroughly willing that she enter the
sisterhood of states There is a good
deal of speculation as to whether she
will go in as Democratic or Republican,
but the feeling is that with statehood
she will prosper and be a very desir-
able place in which to reside.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION. q
Speaking of the general political sit
uation, Judge Powers said the Populist
party would poll larger vote this fall
than ever before. In Chicago the Popu-
lists are very strong and have a big
following among the labor unions.
McVeigh, the Democratic candidate
for senator from Illinois, stands a good
show of being elected for the reason
that he has declared emphatically for
silver as money, whilst his Republican
opponent has shelved the question.
FREE COINAGE.
The rank and file of the people in the
east are being rapidly converted to
the free coinage theory, and silver is
gaining ground very rapidly.
TRADE IMPROVING.
Since the passage of the tariff bill
trade generally is improving, and the
good effects are already apparent. In
Chicago the Improvement is very mark
ed, and the merchants and business
men report great increase in their
orders. The Democrats generally con-
slider the new bill a step in the right
direction. 1t is not, however, what il
ought to have been, and there is a
great deal of hard feeling against Sen
ator German and the others who made
1t impossible to pass better measure
THEY WERE BUNCOED.
Wool being placed on the free list is
a godsend to sheep owners. Under the
Mckinley tariff wool was actually sold
in Wyoming at cents pound, and a
large flock of sheep was invento-ied al
60 cents a head. Wool and sheep will
now advance to a reasonable figure
and the producers cannot fail to see
that they have been badly buncoed by
law under which the raw material
came to be almost worthless, whilst
the manufactured goods were main
tanned at high figure.
THE LOWER TARIFF IS GOOD.
Under the more benign law just come
into force there will be a gradual and
steady improvement and the general
expectation in the east is that the re-
turn to prosperity has fairly common
ced, and that very shortly we shall see
the best times we have ever known.
THE IRVINE DIVORCE.
The judge is busy getting ready for
| the arguments on the motion for a new
! trial in the Irvine divorce case. which
will be opened on Monday. Both sides
are we'll prepared for the fight, which
will be most stubborn one.
AT THE GARDEN CITY.