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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Yesterdays hotel arrivals were: The
Knutsford.-James coo9er. L. NJ Hall.
r. o. Stannard, jr-. St Louis; George r.
King. Z. Waldo Ward, Frank bIleke.-
maier. New York: c. :. Sergent, Brook
line, Mass; w. NJ. Cau,y, Wilmington,
De-; G. II. Barron and wife, Mss Frances
Greathead, MeGresor, Ia: Mrs. l.. NJ.
Dodge, San Francisco; H. G. Carter, Miss
s. ". Carter. Honolulu; Miss Marie a.
Schultz. Berlin. Germany; G. Herman
Schultz. New York; r. W. Pillsbury,
child NJ. and Mrs. William Best, Miss
Florence Best, Vincent de Messinny. c F.
DIETRICH. Chicago; r. l. Free. Detrois ;
j. H Dougherty, St Joe, Mo-: w. G.
pington and three children, Houston,
Tex; John Gilman, Worcester, Mass. !;
NJ. Feuehtwanger. s. II. Stinslein, Pitts
burg; Robert s. Poole. John s. jenkins
Loose. Provo; William Hatfield, Eureka
James 4. Murray. Butte: D. c. Nc
Laushlin. wife and child. Park City;
Frank NJ: Foote, Evanston; q, T. Hin,
Denver; Mr. and Mrs James H Eckels
aud Miss Phebe Eckets. Washington,
d. c.
At the Templeton.-George D. Adams.
j. d. Adams. Boston; William c. Eckels.
p h. Mcdonnell Chicago; j. IL Sud
nolm, {. V D'ossone, Philadelphia;
LANES Ran1es Harris d MGs SPRINGS AT e D.
Omaha; C. II. Jeffries and wife, Logans-
Sort, Ind; ". q. Pierce and wife. STAN
ford, Conn; F, w. Little. Kansas City;
Carmine. Pendleton,, Ore, c, A Ma
geath. Great Falls. Mont: Fred X Clark,
Ogden.
Kan.; G. 6. Page. Norton. Kan: G. q.
McCarty, Hanford Ind; James Macloiu.
w. H. Smith. Chicago: Paul Bohan and
Wife. Pittston. Pa: Maso-Yoshi Ota. San
IN1--r II ~ ~ "
Hessel, Frankfort Ind; Robert Shelton,
Provo: e. D. Turner, DeLamar, Ney.;
P b NcKeon, Milford j. L. Mann. Ran
dolph; W. H. Smith, Eureka.
At the Walker.-C NJ Livingstone,
Grand Rapids. Mich; e. G. Herman, Chi
cago; J. w Peterson and wife, Lawrence,
Gan; NJ f. Boweg, San Francisco; G, L.
land; p. H. Deylin. DeLamar. New: S.
LeSieur, Henry Vincent. Provo A A.
Cahoon, Mt. Pleasant; B. H Jones, Brig
Yer City.
s1 White M, House Leslie I Giilett, Soda
Fa KAN john T Bs anaeT Elsa S0s snrnE
Percy Wrathall Grantsvflle; w. c. Pot
ter and daughter. Park City: j. H. Ne
Cole. Los Angeles, Cal; Lloyd Thomas,
Green River. Wyo-; w. D. Began, Park
City.
b d o
&c. Grand ! PaGifiG-Mrs- a G Cone, Brook
lXn, n: Y; j. t. Riggs and wife, Denver:
Tony Trent, Denver: Mrs. p. H. Cooke,
Omaha; j. G. Jacobs, Leavenworth, Kan.
G. r. Watts. Leavenworth, Kan; Mrs
II. B. Eldridge Mrs II. T. Moves Phil
lpsburg, Mont; Clark A. Wallace. EIgina
@; Harry 2. Grier. William Washleum'
W B. McCausland. Paul NogIe. John
Barrett, 3. Samson. L. Laffain G.
Loffain, Andrew Francis. Edward Frbs
Leadyille Base Ball club: W. L. Randall
| ValDaraisO. Ind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
A Type of the True American.

Indeed, the civil engineer seems to
me typical of the highest Americanism
in many ways He is forever making
the best of neWneSSeS and roughnes5e5
and crudities, while planning some
thing better to take their place: one
hour he is occupied with elusive prob
lens of big fnanciering and indeteG
inmate estimates of probable travel
and possible commercial development
the next he may be running a COM
pound curve between two fixed tan
gents and experiencing an exquisite
satisfaction as his vertical hair bisects
the rod and his YernieT reads ab9SEute
~ true. What would be the ideal lime
in some cases would be absolutely
ruinouS in others. and all the nlinutiae
of location must. be considered with an
omnipresent realization of what the flu
ture possibilities Of this particular road
may be, as well as what are the finan
cial possibilities of its promoters The
cheapest line in some regions would be
dear indeed, whereas in unsettled and
barren districts the first cost must US
ually be minimized. There cannot be
many professions which combine SUCH
large and comprehensive views with
such infinitesirnal niceties of detail
From Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt, A.
NJ, G. e., by Henry Wysham LaElier-
one of group of three sketches en-
titled. The Nicaragua Canal Commits
sior-A Trio of American Engineers "
in American Monthly Review of Re
views for September
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
Recent Antitrust Legislation.

Mr. David Wilcox, in the September
Forum. From another standpoint also.
the procedure sought to be established
by the statute radically offends against
constitutional rules. The statute pro
viSies that, for he purpose of deterrl4r-
iES Whether an action or proceeding
should be commenced hereunder" the
attorney general may examine wit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
Our Mearer Klondilze.

From Progress Of the United Stat s-
Tins Paeifc States" by Michael G.
MuhhaM, +. S. $, in North American
Review fer September: The annual
product of precious metals in tlle Pa
cif1c states since 1890 has averaged SO
tons of gold and 1900 of silver worth
$500, 100000 which exceeds the Yaius of
precious Meals ulat any country mas
vet pro6lced. in the history of man
kind.
If the agriculture of the whole. Union
were on the same fti-.ing as in the
Pacific states, the improved area under
farms CAT "a acres per hard) would
reach 615. 000, 600 acres, or 70 per cant
more than at present. This shows how
efficient and economical is the labor ap-
Piled in these states, WlAera a machine
wish couple of men outs tAreshes,
winnoWs and bags 60 acres of wheat in
cav. The largest falnS on the Pa
cific slope are in Nevada, averaging l.
200 acres. the smallest in Utah. average
f26 acres. In the latter state the mum
Der of improved acres gives only 80
acres to each farm hand, which shows
that the labor cf TWO Mormon farmers
is required to produce as much as one
ordinary hand, not for Want OF Industry
on ,3he Part Of MoImons. but because
small farms are ill-suited to IaVor-sav-
ing machineIS, of the newest kind.
There is en- immense field for agricul-
ture, as yet un3evelope'5. the Pacific
states having only 6 per cent of their
area under farms (eYen including lands
that are unirnproved), whereas the
farming AREA of tiae Unicn is 20 per cent
Of the superficial extent
In whatever aspect we may view the
Pacific states their progress must APP
pear marvellCus. At,:lCuGl of such re-
cent formation that most of chem nave
sprung into existence since 1860, they
possess mere miles CT railway than any
European state EXCEPT France or Ger
many, and their wealth exceeds that of
Sweden. Norway and Denmark in the
aggregate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
Strikes and the Coal miners.

Mr.. Samuel Gompers. in the septem-
Der Forum: Awful as the conditions
we're at the lime of the panic of lS9s-
and stin are as a result OF that panic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12

White House-LesHe GHIett. Soda
Springs, Wyo.; J. 3. Sanders Cottonwood
Fails, KAN, John. Bailey. Fish Springs
ter and daughter. Park City: ]. II. Ne
Cole. Los Angeles, Cal; Lloyd Thomas.
Green River. Wyo-; w. D. Began, Park
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
WINE-MAKING IN FRANCE.

In a report made to the State Depart
ment some Two years ago G. w. ChanCel-
lor, United States Consul at Havre, de-
clared that much of the sc-called wine
made in France was perfectly innocent
of any acquaintance with the product of
the vineyard" 1t was alleged that IL. 600
casks of wine had recently been destroyed
by thu municipal laboratory OF Paris. the
official inspection having failed to reveal
a drop of grape juice. In the May num-
Der of the'Uni.ed States consular reports
appears a statement from the French en-
bassy at Washington to the effect that
investigations have shown some of Mr..
Chancellor's representations TO be incor-
rect From official inquiry it appeared
that there was no record at the municipal
laboratory of Paris of such destruction as
the Consul reported. Attention Is directed
10 the exceptionally abundant production
of wine in France during the last two
years, that of 1896 alone being L, 1873 388, 600
gallons, valued a $3.50, $50, CO.,
ut is hardly credible" the statement
proceeds, that when such enormous
quantities of natural wines are produced,
French wine merchants would resort to
the fabrication of artificial wines contain
ing no grape juice" as "such fabrication
could be profitable only in countries pro-
ducing no wine or but little"
Notwithstanding tais, however, the
statement shows that the French mer-
chants will bear watching: "The occa-
sional seizure and destruction of small
quantities of aduIterated winA are rather
to the honor of the French Government.
which thus protects the health of its citi-
z,ns"
The statemen adds the very interesting
fact that, according to medical inquiries
made by highly competent authority, a
moderate consumption of French wine is
beneficial to public health. The official
statistics In this regard are worthy of
attention. They show that drunkenness
is less frequent in understanding regions.
Out OF 100 cases of pub ic drunkenness,
twenty-nine cases were recorded in the
northwest of France and thirty.lour in
the north, where spirits were mostly con-
sumed, while only nine cases were re-
corded in the center, five in the south.
west and only four in the south, where
the use of wine among the laboring classes
is general.
There is no question but that our Cali
fornia wines are making great inroads on
the French article, in point of popularity,
throughout this and other countries. The
o!d-time prejudice in favor of imported
wine is rapidly dying, if not already dead.
In the bit OF statistics about drinking lust
quoted we have an excellent argument for
the moderate use of California wines.
That they are beneficial to health when
temperately used the best authorities con-
cede. 1t the laboring classes would more
generally patronize the product of our
vineyards they would encourage a deserv-
ing home industry with profit TO them
selves.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
DEMOCRACY AND PoPULIsM.

The report from Atlanta published in
The CALL of yesterday, to the effect that
the PopuIists of Georgia, led by Tom Wat
son, have joined in the movement of the
middle Populists TO overthrow
Marion Butler and the National Com nit
tee is one of more than ordinary signif-
canoe. 1t is an evidence that the move
ment is increasing in strength as it pro-
crosses, and that it is Likely TO have a
strong influence in shaping the course of
American politics for at least the next two
years.
1t is we'll known that many Populists
did not like the coalition with Democracy
in support of Bryan. Thousands OF them
who supported the com bination did so un-
der protest, and with the understanding g
that their support was to be for the cam
paign only. These men constitute the
thinking element of the Populist party
and are aware that the differences be-
tween Populism ana Democracy are funda-
mental and can never be compromised.
They have therefore noted with indigna-
tion the efforts of the National Committee
Of their party to make a complete and
permanent union with the Democrats.
The movement toward a revival of genu-
inc Populism was started some time ago
in a call for a National convention to meet
at Nashville in July. The call was for a
time regarded as of little moment. Short
ly after it was issued Senator Butler was
quoted as saying, ANY Populist who at
tends the convention deties the regular or
ganizauon of the party" That of course
was 10 some extent true, but now that the
candidate OF the party for the Vice Presi-
dency has joined the movement it be-
comes a question whether it will not be a
party convention in the full sense of the
word, leaving Senator Butler and those
who oppose 1t in the attitude Of defying
the organization.
1t is fairly certain the Nashville conven-
ton will be important as regards both the
mum bers represented and the resolutions
adopted. II will speak for the Southern
wing of the party at any rate, If not for
the organization throughout the Union.
Many who voted for Bryan will be pres
ent, and it will not be an assembly of
| "soreheads." 1t will be an earnest at
tempt to revive genuine Populsm and TO
TeorganiZe the party on its old platform
after the confusion into which it was
| thrown during the last campaign.
Whether the National Committee will
| continue 10 oppose it, now that the move
ment has become so strong, remains to be
seen, but it is fairly well assured that if
the opposition remains the convention
will set UP a committee of its own and go
| forward with the work it has undertaken.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
our sunny cline will be of the most de.

our sunny cline will be of the most de-
lightful character.
The people are not worrying their minds
over problems of Federal politics to-day.
They settled the question OF their prefer
ence seven months ago, and the first three
months of President McKinley's admins
tratlon have served TO teach them that
their confidence was rightly placed.
Already do we feel the goo influence of
the promised new order of things. Every
indication points TO the gradually return
ing prosperity. The passage of the relief
measure now being DEBATED in the Senate
will confer upon the people a great boon
by lifting the Government out of the
financial straits into which Democratic
incompetence had led it, and a greater
boon by securing to our industries the
measure of protection which will enable
them 10 enlarge their scope; which will
open mills that were closed through the
blighting influence of the Wilson bill. and
thus bring about the good times for all,
which are coming as surely as day follows
night, and in which no man willing to
work will have to beg for bread. Mr..
Bryan will share with all of US the bene-
fits OF the Republican era. Come right
along, Mr.. Bryan. and make yourself at
home. California extends to you the glad
hand.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
A FIEND IN JOURNALISM.

"Durrant to the Gibbet Before His
Mothers Eyes" appeared as a four-column
headline in yesterday mornings Examiner.
The news report which it prefaced related
that Governor Budd had decided to spare
the laws of the State the disadvantage of
his objection, and that in accordance
Herewith Mr.. Durrant would be duly and
la wfully punished for the crime of which
he stands convicted before ali the courts
of the State.
That was the primary object of the re-
port, to which there were a few incidental
details added. One of these incidents
and one which should have been deli
cately and respectfully treated-Tas the
circumstance that the mother of the con-
demned man had expressed a desire TO
share with him the ignominy of his fate
by witnessing the fulfllment of 1t to the
bitter end. This almost sacred detail
among the mass of rough circumstances
which go to make up the closing chapters
of the doomed mans life-story-this one
little thing which should have, by its de-
fenseless and innocent purity, won i'm
munity from the unclean hands of the
new" journalistic monster-was the very
thing which was pounced upon 10
safe his craze for sensational headlines.
The act was so startliagly brutal, so cow
ardly, so BADLY indecent and sickening
that, Notwithstanding the striking appro-
priateness OF its connection with the
Examiner, most people were ompelled to
pause once more in amazement at that
papers persistent and versatile vulgaritY.
And yet it is q safe conclusion that the
Examiner, after evolving the gruesome
headlines, fell into trance of admira ton
thereat, and deemed them triumphs of a
magnIiu le which Dame Chance had fortu-
itously rendered accessi bic to its editors
ingenuity, coincidentally with his recep-
ton OF particular momentary inspiration
from his watchful master, the devil. It is
to be hoped that only chance coincf-
dence of opportunity and feeting brill
lance could give birth to so striking a
'feature" of "new' journalism; and that
such a coincidence will not in future occur
with any regularity or frequency. For il
would be hard indsed for the rest of us to
suffer the thought that an ordinary Jour.
nalist under ordinary circumstances could
do what this Examiner fend has done, and
q sore affliction anyhow to know that the
conductor of the Examiner were not dis
tinctively different from every other jour
nalist on the face of the earth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
BICYCLISTs AND lBE RAILROADS

New FORK Times.
One railroad alter another is making what
are called concessions 10 the bicyclists but
most of them do it only on compulsion. and IN
ma iority of the exceptional cases the conces-
sions are granted voluntarily only in the
sense that the company does OF wait for the
compulsion which 1t saw was imminent and
inevitable. 1t is a curiousy short-sig ted
policy that delays until the last possible
moment action so obviously dictated by self
interest and equally mysterious is the appar-
ent desire TO do as little as possible TO create
and attract profitable patrons. Bicycles make
lot of bother for statiOn-masters and baggage
men, but they also cause the sale of many a
ticket which would otherwise remain for in
definite periods on pretty little racks behind
the windows through which so large part of
every railways income may enter. When the
Dicyclist Is also commuter he has the con-
sciousiess Of b.ing doubly hated By, as well
as doubly valuable TO, the transportation
company he supports, and therefore he is
doubly delighted when he discovers a scheme
Tor getting around the regulations OF his foe.
In all the suburban towns 1t would be more
than convenience to the bicycling commuter
II he could ride his wheel 10 the station in the
morning, leave it there during the day and
get 1t again at night. This privilege, by en-
aolng him to live farther away from the sta
ton, Could mean decreased rent OF interest
charges and incidentally it would increase
the number OF the roads possible patrons.
None OF the railways grant this inexpensive
AaNOI, however, Dut the wiser and craftler
commuters have discovered that by taking
their wheels into the city with them every day,
they can get free storage for it at the urban
terminus, and ride home from their own sta
ton every night, with no more trouble to
themselves than If the thing were done in
simpler way. This practice is apidly spread
ing in commnter circles, and it causes vast
amount OF wholly unnecessary labor to the
railroad employees. Sooner OF later the COM
panles viii see that it costs no more to grant
Storage privileges in LOnelyville than in New
YORK, and then another step in the march OF
progress will be taken.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
EXTENDING THE GLAD HAND.

The approaching visit to this State of
Hon. William J. Bryan of Nebraska will
be an event of some Importance for sew
eral reasons. 1t will not be the first time
that tthe distinguished gentleman has been
soiourner in this favored part of the
country, but upon. his last visit he was q
comparatively unknown man and his
presence here awakened only a passing
interest among people of his own political
oeIle'. To-day he enjoys the prestige of
having been the candidate of great party
Tor the chief magistracy of the Nation
ana the fame Of being magnetic and
brilliant orator. These things will assure
hlm hearty welcome throughout the
State. and We bespeak for him a most hos
pltable reception wherever he goes in our
pleasant domain. The interest in his
Coming is not confined to any party nor
to the members of any financial creed
de will be as warmly greeted by the
stanch advocates. of ample protection and
sound currency as he will be by those who
supported him in his demand for a species
of silver monometallism as the National
remedy for every i'll.
The people of California, as a rule bave
a pardonable curiosity to see and hear Mr.
Bryan, but this curiosity, of course. should
not be construed 10 signify that they sane
ton his political course or believe in his
doctrines. As man of National promi-
nence. with reputation for a high order
of eloquence, he will be treated as cor
daily as would any other American citi-
zen correspondingly familiar to the public
at large. We trust that his experience in
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
HOW NATIONS WASTE GOLD.

Que gleat cause of the loss of precious
metal from the stock of the world is shown
10 be the practice which prevails at the
mints of each nation OF melting foreign
coins and recoining the metal. Thus
our mints melt English sovereigns and
other foreign coins as soon as received,
and cast the metal into ingots for coinage
into American money, which is often
shipped back to Europe, recoined into SOW
ereigns, and again, after another sea voy-
age, transmitted in TO dollars.
This goes on in endless process. and
hundreds OF millions of pounds of gold
have been melted over and over again in
this way. Experiments made many years
ago in the British Mint proved that an
appreciabe loss of the precious metal
takes place with every handling. Even
the most careful transferring OF coin or
ingots from one room to another or from
one package TO another causes a loss.
Every time the metal is melted consid-
erable loss occurs and this is increased by
the metallurgical operations necessary to
convert sovereigns into dollars, or vice
versa. This loss is declared, by financial
experts. to be absolutely unnecessary.
Here is an exam pie of the process as be-
t"CeH IhtS CO0ulIG LhRldnU. ne
United States standard of fineness is 900
parts of gold and 100 parts of copper alloy,
being based on the French decimal sys-
tenn. The English standard is based on
the old 'carat," the sovereign being %
carats or eleven-twelFths fine, which is
equivalent to 9l65 parts of gold in 1000
parts. the balance being alloy. The
weight of the sovereign is 1924 grains,
or s. 726 grains less than our S. gold
piece; and its value in our money is
$4 S66 as determined by the United States
Mint assay. When a lot of gold sovereigns
are melted at United States Mint for
coinage into our gold money the requisite
amount OF copper Is added to bring the
proportion of gold down from 9l6. 5 to 900
parts in 1000. When this money is shipped
to England and recoinel into sovereigns
the revere process takes place, sufficient
pure gold being added to bring the pro-
portion back to the British standard of
916.5.
To take steps to avoid in time to come
the extravagant wastefulness which has
thus been going on for years and years
an International monetary conference has
been suggested. its ultimate object to be
the coditicatlon of all monetary laws and
the formation of uniform international
monetary system.