Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

,,.n.,. i.,ninchs work is attract,r.
attention In Franco than IL ,s s more
coun,ry and both scientlnc ~ 'his
puoi,ca,ions there have prin,oS "u lay
on 'he SUBJECT. One Of the an.,, pases
yec.s OF the French papers 10 "es, OBJ
rom the Yankee doctor" tho axe
discovering the -phllosopher,S .teat Of
was not Yankee. the, s'Vne' 1t
rrenchman who first mad out
silver, and that Frenchnnn IL s W., from
rillereau. Tifrercau. tbsv " lheodore
gold from silver ami brass IN ,as, mads
On Dr. Emmens' desk t. surs ago
ieu,her casket In which are ii, little
mems OF Tlffereau's enld '' ny, speci-
himseif sent them To ~ Hereag
ceftihcate, saying thar I'll with
made IN Mexico in 1871 H.. 9oll was
rs vn.'rely satisfied of the cor ..'',Ilena
OF the statement correctness
Iiliereau had a harm a..
uisuoVery He went hoot. WIN hil
win IL and confidod II II, ~ pfaEee
h,eht a test was atto,nnt.a soVefn-
,n sonuitions We're not fiIeuaa,s OF
.est went wrong The s-,,et,''se' The
49, 10 make another. so r,o. re-
nus ooen waiting 90 years fo '.neteau
.,oh' NOW he has sent ia ~, r.pS'gni-
.he formula for his prooass 4,"inens
staten island laboratorv H. Nv az The
repeating Tiferoau's .-.h'nens
irieredu claimed that bo c,,,,, ''Ichts.
set as good results In Fronno never
sot IN Mexico. and he aftru,,,,,' ~ mad
,ne sunlight Under tba cas,,I II 10
mere ne hopes that Dr. Em,-e,,u o. ,'ii,,
peat his early success. H. WI re-
says that. though the nrooc,. .,t i-'il'hens
tireiy from his. he has ma S S,'tvIs en-
iereau was right H'"'t M
untii DR.. Emmenq nros,...
enormous quantities me-. b9iu In
means of verifying his clai,. pc no
ha . - standing IN the scicrlac world
,hs, "" 'hehi weight which entities
,,a. ,,le most respectful cunsdern-
,s V.' =. ~ years time Dr. Emner,
se.a "a, .'si's 'he worlds gold gupplv Inv
fv'V'o'V MONTH he Will be unaettIIn,
'''',, conditions In a degree Inn,
"i.' ui"W the worlds attention to bl,,
Anu what Will be the outcome n MI,
hopes are realized? It means revon,'
.'on' oi course, financial. political. com.
herciai' The gold standard win bo.
come mockery II artificial gold 4,
.''iiuiaStuteu IN enormous Quantities
II IT'S manufacture becomes universal
the value of silver win bound Mn to
three or four times the value of cola
The owners of silver mines next TO ths
alchemists. will become the wealthies,
men in the United States. The holders
of the gold bonds so much coveted to.
day Will find themselves IMPOVERISHED
The whole earth will be turned topsy
turvy. Is DR.. Emmens prepared TO
father chaos? Or win he be content to
make ten or fifty or a hundred million,
for the arEentaurum syndicate and then
break his machinery and let his secret
so with him to the grave?
There Is one reason for believing that
even II DR.. Emmens is right the max.
ing of gold may not become universal,
at least for a long time. With the
cheapening OF gold, the men who hold
the key to its production would find
their profits dwindling to the point
where II would no longer pay to man.
ufacture gold from silver. And Or.
Emmens has said that not science. but
money greed" was his incentive in his
search for the philosophers stone.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.