The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-12
Especial Corresnondencel

Especial COrresp Ondence.)
Manila, Philippine Islands, Dec. Q,
1s9s.-Major Young is back in Manila,
having arrived on the Pekin. accom-
panied by Mrs. Young and his family.
He has assumed his duties as a justice
Of the supreme court, while the family
have gone on a visit TO the southern
lSanais. 1t will be a unique visit, this
cal Of d Mormon lady on the sultan Of
sun. The visit was made necessary
BY the fact that the Marc datto sent a
petition to General Otis just before
the Pekin arrived, asking that a garri-
son be sent down. The Pekin was or
defed to BanbOangd Immediately upon
her arrival here, leaving no time for
the major to unload mis- baggage.
] wish the editors Of the gOldbug
sheet at Salt Lake could be in Manila
now, and see for themselves the sin
they have committed against the state
Of Utah and the city of Salt Lake by
attempting TO discredit the work Of the
man who made the Utah batteries, who
served through the hardest campaign
ever marched as chief of artillery of
the American army, and who was one
of the three men upon whom fen the
responsibility of introducing American
laws into cur new territory. The well
come he received from the MEN with
Nhom he worked here as a soldier was
one such as has been accredited to no
cther officer.
Every piece Of work he has attempted
he has completed magnifcently, and
his fellow workers in the task Of in
reducing American institutions have
loag been waiting his return with anX-
io.s tm9atienCe.
ens.t g paper in the city Of his home
could sDeak as the TTibure old Of aluf
is regarded as an outrage BY every. or
ficer in the islands who knew hiln. IT
has destroyed the good Isane Of the
state in the minds Of al his friends
We of the state Of Utah were proud of
the fact that Utah could contribute
such a pure example OF an American
to the list Of Americans who are devOt--
ing their lives to the cause Of evpan-
sion, but every member of the battery
who stayed here, and every general OF
foer is ashamed of Utah because she
possesses such newspaper as the Trib-
une.
Utah's Guns.
The matter of obtaining the eight
2-10-inch field pieces which the Utah
batteries brought with them from Utah
has been thoroughly Investigated by the
major. He has concluded that for the
Of obtaining them as they are in use
by the Third artillery in northern Lu-
zon. and until peace is declared they
will be needed here. However. the ma
jOr is confident that az soon as the war
clouds clear away ne viii be able to
have the guns condemned and sold to
Utah. While they have been consider
ably repaired since the batteries left,
they still wear the same old smile,
and are in no wise Iessensd IN value as
relics Of the batteries.
Utah Club Banquet.
The first banquet of the Utah club
was given Thanksgiving evening, when
a sweet perfume Of Utah, made from
the choicest of memories. pervaded our
souls; we were thankful we had so
much 20 remember.
The sharp edge of interest in holidays
has rather dulled out here; possibly be
cause there are ISL holidays in every
year They are cursing DAYS for the
Americans, because altsthe native Ia
/ borers cease their toll and commerce
must lay idle But Thanksgiving day
we celebrated just for old times sake.
( The evening was spent in one lOng
toast to Gods country, and closed with
an expressed hope that some day we
may return.
The health Of all the Utah colony is
! excellent. Mr. Shelly, VINO has been
/ dangerously i'll for several months, is
I just ON his feet again, while Lester
Young is convalescent, after a long
siege OF sever.
Bad Government.
The legal situation in the Philippines
/ is assuming the proportions Of a huge
/ joke, only it is a very grim one have
! lust seen a legal document III pages
! long. written on stamped paper each
page Of which costs 50 cents. Il was
merely a petition requesting the fore
closing of mortgage for $1,000. Inc
court feen were over that amount. IL
is a fact that a man cannot do business
here .olt honest principles. He is caught
at every turn Of the road by petty an
novarces and fined very heavily. They
collect taxes here every three m0ntSs
and YOU are supposed to know when
your taxes are due. They give no notice
Whatever. If you don't hunt up the
collector. YOU are fined % per cent of
The tax. A merchants tax lis $3.50 per
three months, and as no American
knows anything of local regulations,
most of the merchants here are fined
| $40 because they failed to find out about
the laws.
In the custom mouse every petty an
noyance imaginable is existing. / nave
before me custom house c1earance6 Tor
half a dozen shipments of milk. The
cases are all the same. but the duties
range from $500 per case to $3.50 per
case. The difference is due 10 various
methods of figuring employed by dli-
fayent clerks. Fines Of $3.50 were i'm
posed on one shipment, simply because
the papers laid at the cashiers ofnce
for a few hours over the twenty-tour-
hour init Duties on whisky, Wlne, elc,
are hardly anything. while they are
over 100 per cent on all fcodstuffs and
necessities
These fines. in Spanish times, went
to the collector of customs. and in the
hope that they will stlll be turned over
to This official, the collector IS plying
the vocation with a vengeance. our
revenue people here are making an out
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