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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
MARRIAGE AND LABOR LAWS.

French scientists and statesmen were
greatly disturbed a few months ago
over the alarming decrease in the
birth rate of the nation. Many rene
dies were suggested. among them be-
ing laws to encourage wedlock.
The labor problem presents compl-
cations which conflict with the mar
rage system to some extent, and ap-
pear 20 be at variance with public
policy in this particular. There is a
French law, the passage of which was
secured by socialist leaders, compelling
employers TO pay pensions to the
families of workmen killed or injured
in their service. 1t required only a
limited experience with the law to in
duce employers to engage unmarried
men exclusively, the financial respon-
sibility with men of families being so
much greater.
For instance, a section of the law
provides that, in the event of work
mans death by accident in the course
and scope of his employment, the en-
ployer shall deposit in the "caisse des
depots ct consignations'' a sufficient
capital to insure the payment of an
annual pension to the window and
children who survive him. It requires
but a glance to see the impracticabilfty
Of such d requirement Few employers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
THE CIRCUS BAND.
Pittsburg Dispatch.l

1 have heard the grandest music that a
mortal man can hear;
And / have listened to musicians play by
note and play by ear
Heard Won Rulow and Joseffy do the
finest thing from List.
And chance at Paderewski have rarely
ever missed.
But the music. / remember now, that
pleased me the best to hear,
Which fell in loud crescendos on my ever
willing ear.
Was in hOyhoods happy days, my, oh,
my. but IL was grand.
When Pa and Ma would take me to hear
the circus band.
How they played with crash and thunder,
How that circus band could toot,
From the man who played the tuba to the
bassoon and the flute.
Then the trombone. and the altos, and
the cunning little drum,
Would ring out the finest music you VIII
hear till kingdom come
Bum-te -bum the bass would below;
tweedle-dee. the tenors blow.
To be answered by the fellow on the
shrilled-toned piccolo.
Oh, twas fine. that glorious music, my,
oh my. but ii was grand,
When Pa and Ma would take me to hear
the circus band.
Now my boyhood days have flown to the
dim and misty past,
And childish things are laid aside: my
blood runs not so fast;
But ! confess a. curious thrill extends
from sole to crown
When the gorgeous. gilded circus with its
glitter comes to town;
And when see the elephants and camels
in parade.
And hear the old familiar tunes that long
ago were played.
/ gather up the children. and take them
by the hand,
And with Ma we all go out to hear the
circus band
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
TALLY ONE FOR SANPETE.

Mayor Hanson of Ephraim issued a
call last week for a mass-meeting
which was held last night in honor of
the Utah volunteers in the Philippines.
Arrangements were made for a grand
demonstration upon the return of the
batteries, and when the plans are ma
tured and the boys, weak and weary,
sick and sunbrowned, come marching
home, bearing trophies of their valor
and mementoes from those who sleep
the long sleep in the tropics, they will
have a hearty welcome from one end
OF the state to the other.
Nowhere Will it be more enthusiastic
than in old Sanpete, where dwells the
mayor of Ephraim, the first in the
commonwealth to take official action
concerning the return of the volun-
teers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
TIN PLATE TARIFF AND WAGES.

Fifty thousand men were thrown out
Of employment yesterday by the clos
ing down of the tin plants. The scale
of amalgamated iron, steel and tin
workers does not meet the approval
of the trust which has two objects in
suspending operations: One is to cur
tail the output and place the consumer
at the mercy of the combination; an
other is to force the laboring man to
yield to the terms of the trust.
In no particular industry is the gen.
eral proposition laid down by Mr.
Havemeyer so indisputably exemplified
as it is in the. case of the tin plate
trust No one will venture to chal-
lenge the assertion that this trust
owes its existence, growth, power and
arrogant disregard of labor to the pro-
tective tariff.
Excessive import duties were laid
in the interest of the tin plate industry.
1t was a prohibitory tax upon the
home consumer which gave the manu-
facturerers a monopoly of domestic
trade and made them millionaires in
less than ten years. Tin plate was eX-
ported and sold in England cheaper
than it could be had i'll this country,
for it had TO meet there the compei-
ton that it pleaded inability to meet
on this side of the water When COM
petition threatened them here at home
a trust was formed which throttled
every independent enterprise of the
kind Prices were advanced on every
pound of tin plate sold in the United
States, and without either foreign or
domestic competition, the one pro-
hibited by congressional enactment
and the other stified by brute strength,
millions and millions of dollars above a
fair and reasonable profit were taken
from the pockets OF the American peo-
pie and transferred to the till of the
tin plate trust.
If a concern like this would content
itself with running men who start up
IN the same branch Of industry, with
wrecking their business and destroying
the value of their plants; if it would
confine its spoiliation to the consumer
who might regulate his demand ac-
cording TO the eXactions of the trust:
there wouldn't be so much danger in
the average industrial combination
But. like the tin plate trust, they all
assert the right to regulate wages, as
well as production and prices; they
reve1' hesitate to close down factories
and mills and throw hundreds of work
ingmen with families upon the world;
they cause more sorrow and suffering,
more death and despair, they consum- |
mate more ruin and destroy more |
property than all the labor riots and |
bread and butter wars this nation has |
even seen.
And whatever may be said of other |
trusts, the tariff is certainly respon-
sible in toto for the tin plate trust |
which closed its plants down yester-
day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
WOMEN OF THE WEST.

There will be rejoicing in all the
states represented in the Philippines
when the volunteers return. The
mothers and the wives and the sweet
hearts will shed holy tears of joy, and
the men and the neighbors will be glad
to welcome the heroes home again.
In Kansas and Nebraska, where the
companies We're recruited mainly from
the farms, the soldiers have not only
been wanted back but sorely needed.
The Philadelphia Press prints inter-
views with western men and women
which shows that such is the case:
Half of the crops raised in Kansas
are sown and gathered by women"
said Seymour Davis, one of the largest
agriculturists in southern Kansas.
This may seem a rather startling
statement TO comprehend at first. but
know it to be absolutely true. Since
the war in the Philippines nearly one
thousand more women have begun
work in the fields. Nearly every mem
Der of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers
was a farmer, and they left wives,
sisters and sweethearts behind them.
These women resolved at once to do
the proper thing, and they are running
the farms themselves while the boys
are away"
Scores of instances are given where
the already overworked women of the
farm have taken upon themselves the
task of caring for the stock and tend
ing the crops in the absence of sons
and husbands who enlisted to fight
the Spaniards. Their heroism is as
noteworthy as the bravery Of the men
thew sent out to battle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

yer and sell for gold. 1t is really aston
ishing the difference this makes in the
profits of a mine. Mexico and the Unit
ed States are constantly being drawn
closer together 1 believe that our pur-
chase of the Mexican bonds will induce
other firms and individual capitalists
to deal in foreign securities. This is
field that has been strangely neglected
by capitalists
He goes on 70 tell ''how prompt they
are in the p-yment of interest" and
altogether views the Mexican govern
ment, in spite of countless drawbacks
with which this country does not have
to contend, as a marvel of prosperity
and land of magnificent prospects. OF
course, he will contend, and so will the
newspaper that prints his interview,
that while other countries may prosper
without gold standard, our own could
not: that while others might pay in sill
yer and sell for gold, our own could
not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
COPPER HAS A RIVAL.

Copper will always be in demand, but
it has rival metal in aluminium. Not
that the latter can replace it in a hun
| bred uses to which it is put, but in
the one important function of trans
hitting currents of electricity alumni
mum is gaining in favor Not only is
| it cheaper than copper. but it offers
less resistance to the passage of an
electric current weight for weight.
In electrical undertakings the outlay
for copper is one of the principal items
of expense and the danger of a copper
corner has caused many railway pro-
ject to be abandoned in the middle and
eastern states where trolley lines were
being extended over counties similar
to the great network of railways that
covers the republic.
One prominent engineer in charge of
large lighting plant is quoted by
Electricity" as saying: Copper has
a specific gravity. of $685. whereas
aluminium has 2.6S. these being the
relative weights per unit. Yet il takes
a larger volume or wire of greater
sectional areas of aluminium for a given
amount of current than copper, the
difference being, copper 100, aluminium
$50. Aluminium has some advantages
one being the difficulty of soldering it
together On the other hand. it's ad-
vantage is its great tensile strength,
having $4,000 pounds per square inch,
while the tensile strength of soft cop
per, the kind most generally used, is
only $500 pounds per square inch.
With the sectional area of aluminium
for equal conductivity with that of
copper as $50 to 100, you can readily
see that the tensile strength of an
aluminium conductor is more than
twice the strength of copper, yet the
weight is not half as great as copper.
being only As per cent of that of cop
per for a conductor of equal conduc-
tivity. 1t having greater ductility
makes it more desirable for the reason
that it does not break or fracture so
easily on bending"
Owing to the greater tensile strength
of aluminium wire the poles for string
ing can be placed much farther apart
than with copper wire. This means a
considerable saving in line work; then
the cost of aluminium, weight consid-
cred, is less now than that of copper
and the production is becoming cheaper
every year.
Thus. while copper cannot be driven
out by aluminium, the existence of the
latter and the uses to which it can be
put preclude the danger of a perma-
nent copper corner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
A False Jewel.
Detroit Free Press.)

When Mrs Smith decided to give a
tea party she made up her mind that 1t
should be the event of the season. With
that in view she started elaborate pre-
parations, promising Mary, her cook,
an extra weeks wages If she would do
her best to make the party success
Finding that she would need a girl TO
help serve the tea she asked Mary II
she knew of anyone that she could get.
Sure. num- answered Mary. there 8
nv sister what's used to waitin and
who'll be glad TO get the chance for she's
a poor gurl just out of a job"
AS Mary herself was a jewel Mrs.
Smith did not not question her further
and Mary received orders to have her sis
ter on hand.
Mary's sister reported for duty, and
Mrs Smith gave her minute instruc-
lions how she should act. wishing TO give
the guests the impression that she was
regular member of the sousehold.
Things went on swimmingly until
Mary's sister, seeing that one of the
guests was out of tea, came up and
wanted TO know if the lady would have
..anither" The guest smilingiy an
swered that she would, whereupon Mary's
sister. snatching up the cup, bawled
across the room in the most approved
cheap restaurant code, Draw one!'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
The Dignity of the Law.

A celebrated judge was once trying a
case where the accused could only under
stand Irish and an interpreter was &C
cordingly sworn. The prisoner said some
thing to the interpreter and the latter
replied.
What does he say?" demanded the
judge.
Nothing, my lord
How dare you say that, when we all
heard him? Come sir, what was it?'
My lord" said the interpreter, begin
ming to tremble, lit had nothing to do
with the case"
If you don't answer I'll commit you,
sir. Now. what did he say?"
We'll. my lord. you'll excuse me, but
he said Who's that ould woman with
the red bed curtain round her sitting up
there?' "
At this everybody present roared.
And what did you say?" said the
judge looking a little uncomfortable
Il said, Whist, We sphalpeen-thats the
ould boy that's going to hang yez.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
A Novel Scheme.
(Chicago Record.)

During the presidential campaign Of
1892 Senator Quay and Senator Elkins,
who were managing the Republican inter-
ests, and ex-senator Brice and Henry
Watterson, who were in charge Of the
Democratic headquarters. used to live at
the same hotel, and frequently dined to-
gether. One evening, as they were sitting
at the same table, Mr. Brice looked over
to Senator Quay and asked:
How are you folks off for money!?
I'VE are very hard up" replied the Re-
publican chairman. How are you get
ting along?"
We'll" said Brice, whenever we want
money l go down into my own pocket for
it. have not been able TO get much any
where else
You are lucky to have a pocket to, go
into" said Senator Quay If l had
money of my own 1 would not grumble."
But" said Brice, Il have to borrow
it,
Gentlemen said Senator Elkins, Il
have a suggestion to make. Suppose we
four go down town tomorrow and Dor
row 100000 upon our joint Endorsement,
and divide it between the two parties,
and then let which ever one wins pay the
notes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

could afford to withdraw from their
business concerns the capital which
might be required in the case of a
single explosion or wreck and the re-
suit is that single men are preferred
while married men are deserving their
families to secure employment.
AS there are in almost every civilized
land companies that insure work peo-
pie against the risks incurred in the
industries they follow it seems that
they should look to accident insurance
for protection and petition the French
government for a repeal of the pension
law which places marriage under such
a han
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Caring For Summer Carnations.
CWoman's Home Companion)

CWomans Home Companion.)
During the summer. carnations bedded
out are inclined to throw up stems and
flower. which tends to greatly weaken the
plant and detract from it's blooming quail
tiles later. Frequent and continuous
pinching back must therefore be resorted
to until Aug. 10, after which date the
plants should not be disturbed in that re-
spect. as the shoots for fall blooming
will then form. About the LIST of Septem-
Der or before early frosts Cthey must new
er be touched with frosD the plants may
be lifted and potted into five or six-inch
pots according to the size of the plants.
NAV be added one-fifth well rotfed ma
nure. After potting water the plants well
and set them in the shade for a week.
for If exposed to the sun after lifting for
a few days they would wilt. After this
keep the plants in a light. airy location
in q. temperature of as near so degrees
Fahrenheit as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
She Was Candid.
Chicago Times-Herald.)

Chicago TimeS-Herald.)
And So" he said, you believe in pre-
destination"
Yes" she replied. lit seems to me that
anyone who believes the Bible at all must
believe in that doctrine"
You think everyone has an appointed
time to die?"
"'Of course"
And that no one is in any danger of
dying until his or her time comes?
Eyes. 1 believe all that implicitly.
Then why did you scream. jump back
from in front of that cable car and faint
this morning. he demanded. with the
triumphant look that men assume, when
they succeed in breaking down peoples
cherished beliefs.
She opened her lips. as if to reply, but
hesitated.
Come" he urged, my question is
fair one. You can't answer it, can you?
YES" she said, looking him steadily in
the eyes. Il can; L jumped back and
tainted because L knew you were there
to catch me in your arms.
Then. at last. he had the courage to tell
her of his almost overpowering love.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
In Good Company.
Detroit Free Pressl

An interesting anecdote of the elder
Dumas, illustrating the authors perennial
flow OF. fine spirits, has been told. A gen.
ueman calling on the author of Monte
Cristo," had been ushered into a room
adjoining the hosts studio, the servant
alone
AT that moment" says the narrator
Il heard a loud burst of laughter from
the inner apartment, so I said:
would sooner wait until monsieur
visitors are gone
Monsieur has no visitors; he is work.
ing, remarked the servant, with a smile.
Monsieur Dumas very often laughs like
this while at work. :"
1t was true enough; the novelist was
alone. or rather in company with one Of
his characters. at whose sallies he was
simply roaring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.
Salt Lake CITY. Utah July /

Salt Lake City. Utah, July 1, 1899.
Maximum temperature. IS degrees; min
imum temperature, 60 degrees; mean tenn
perature, % degrees, which is. l degree
below the normal; accumulated deficiency
of temperature since list of month, l de-
gree; accumulated deficiency of temper
ature since Jan. !, III degrees. Total pre-
cipitation from p. m. to p. m, trace:
accumulated deficiency of precipitation
since list of month, .02 inch; accumulated
excess of precipitation since Jan. l, 1.62
inches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
The Only Thing Left.
(New England Home Magazine


A grandfather, well known in the Eng
fish house of commons, was chatting
amicably with his little granddaughter,
who was snugly ensconced on his knee.
What makes your hair so white,
grandpa?" the little miss queried.
Il am very old, my dear; L was in the
ark" replied his lordship, with painful
disregard of the truth.
'Oh, are you Noah?"
No
Are you Shem, then?'
mo. i am not Shem."
Are you Ham,"
Mo-
Then" said the little one. who was
fast nearing the limit of her Biblical
knowledge, you must be Japhet.
A negative reply was given to this
query also. for the old gentleman in
wardly wondered what the outcome
would be.
But, grandpa, if you are not Moan.
or Shem, or Ham, or Japhet, you must
be a beast"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
IFS CWo
Cbinkers See II.

The Herald's Home Study Circle could have no
higher commentator than the opinions given below
Methodist Church, Salt Lake City, and President W. J.
Kerr Of the great Brigham Young Academy at Logan
Both gentlemen are thinkers and readers of the best
literature both are conservative in their views and both
represent the most progressive type Of citizen.
Here is what they have written about The Herald's
new educational feature:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
POINTED WITH HUMoR.
Cheap Gas.
Detroit JournaI.)

The gas war in New York profoundly
affects many relations of life.
For instance, the conventional farmer
room at a New York hotel starts violent
~.
Il see no Don't blow-out-the-gas
signr'-he faltered, betraying much I'M
easiness.
The beil-boy says:
mo, gas has got so cheap in New York
that We don't care any more"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
A Pointer.

Chicago Times-Herald)
Little Willie-I guess sister Grace won't
want TO go ridin' on your tandem much
longer.
Mr.. Simperling-Why?
Little Willie-They was a Teller with a
not-tomobile here last night and 1 heard
her say today that she thought the horse
less carriage had come TO stay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
At Ten Dollars a Week.
(Ohio State Journal.)

Hiram Crossroads-Zeke Billings is
countin' on maxim money enough this
year t pay off that mortgage.
Silas Turnpike-Does he think his crops
are bettern usual?
Hiram Crossroads1Tain't that. He's
got several city folks comm t board with
him this summer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Protected.
Detroit Free Press.l

Detroit Free Press.)
Yes, indeed. Bradley Biggs is a real
widower.''
What do you mean by a real widower,
Lucy?"
why. he's so afraid some strange
woman will marry him that he takes his
mother-in-law around with him all the
time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Basis of Popularity.
Chicago Record.)

(Chicago Record)
DO you think we can get into good So
ciety out in that suburb?"
of course; you give porch party and
LII buy new lawn mower"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

Tconcerning the Home Study feature Of
The Herald, I like it. It is certainly
a move in the right direction. It cannot
fail to meet with the endorsement Of the
rapidly increasing circle Of Herald read
ers. I believe it would be a splendid
thing to encourage the formation Of Home
Study classes, keep a record Of the names
and what courses are pursued and in other
ways systematize the work.
EVERY day shows more clearly the
need Of a broad, liberal, easily access
ible and thorough system Of education, so
arranged that it can be made available to
the workers Of all classes who have only
odd moments to devote to study. So sharp
is competition in business, so imperative
are the demands Of our modern life, so
short is the time for leisure for those
who compelled to labor, that in many
cases instead Of the Individual going to
college the college must come to the in
dividual.
"The time is coming when every great
newspaper will be considered lacking in
one Of the essenti al features Of modern
journalism unless it has arranged to
supply this need. ALFRED H. HENRY"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
A Bride.

New York Journal)
Doctor-Well, Johnny, what can 1 do
for you?
Johnny-What will you take to tell pa
that ought to have bicycle?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Sure of One Follower.
washington Start

do you mean to say that you will
recognize Agwnaldo as dictafor?';
asked the rebellious Filipino.
Il can't help myself" was the SORROW
ing reply. I'm the official stenographer'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Her Bathing Suit.
philadelphia Record

This is my new bathing suit papa."
I'll look in it?"
We'll, judging by the dimensions" re-
sponded her papa, Il think you'll look
more out of it than in it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

1t is said that the Queen of Swedens en-
thusiasm for the Salvation Army and its
works has caused a certain amount Of
dissatisfaction to be felt at court by
those who do not feel in sympathy with
the armys methods
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Superstitious.

indianapolis Journal)
do you believe it is unlucky to open
an umbrella in the house?"
Il have had worse luck opening jack
potts."