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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

Boston, II seems has not profited by
It's experiments in municipal ownership.
The city had printing office. an Ice de-
partment, an electrical division, a gen.
eral city repair shop and so on.
According 20 the figures now pub
llshed the various products Of these
municipal shops came extraordinarily
high to the taxpayers. In fact the
prices paid were exorbitant one ac-
count says that when the market price
Of ice was SO ton. It cost the city
nearly $50 ton to procure II through
the municipal department The printing
done for the city at It's office was found
to cost from 20 to 90 per cent. more
than when done by contract The cleo
trical and repair departments also
yielded in practice exceedingly unsatis-
factory results. In one case work for
which contractor submitted a guaran-
teed estimate OF $40, cost the city $500
when done by It's own bureau.
II is probable that all such expert
ments viii prove failure, as long as
public offices are regarded as public
spells. In the case Of Boston II Is
pointed out that the heads Of depart
ments were not free TO employ efficient
help. but had to find places for men
with a political pull and to employ
many more than were needed for the
economic management OF the business.
II Is hardly fair to Judge from the
failure Of the Boston experiment that
the principle itself is impractical, That
II Is impossible under present condl.
lions may be perfectly true. But con-
ditlons can change. II would have been
useless to put powerful steam engines
into the old tubs that used to carry on
the ocean traffic years ago, Such en-
gines would not have transformed them
into racers. They had no room for such
an addition to their equipment. Their
rigging and unwieldy area Of canvas
had TO come down. The lines OF con-
struetion had to be entirely changed.
Then. and not TIL then, were they capa-
BILE OF receiving the advantage OF mod
ern engines that transformed navlga-
ton In all its branches.
Society as now built cannot adopt
methods that come in conflict with all
principles OF both politics and trade.
But some time, when the rule Of
Righteousness extends over all the
earth, It is quite probable that some
thing like municipal ownership will be
common. 1t may be known by some
other name. 1t may be universal
brotherhood" or "united order"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
is KRUGERs GAME UP9

The latest London dispatches take
very hopeful view Of the South African
situation. They indicate that the Boer
power Of resistance Is about broken,
and that peace may be looked for In
o near future The assertion Is made
that the Boer army is demoralized; that
General Joubert has resigned: that
President Kruger has sued for peace.
and that general panic prevails
throughout the Republics.
This may be too optimistic view Of
the situation. but the probability Is
that the effects Of the surrender % Cen
eral Cronje are great deal more far
reaching than at first supposed, Not
only has cronje the reputation OF being
one OF the greatest strateglsts living
but with him were men whose loss 20
the Beers cannot be made good. Among
the prisoners that We're taken with him
were two German army officers, one
eleyer artillerlst and one an expert
military engineer. There were also one
prominent Scandinavian officer, and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

other. influential foreigners who aided
materially In the resistance offered the
British army. The loss OF these to the
Beers Is equivalent to the loss OF a
great army II is. therefore. not un-
reasonable to suppose that the Beers
at present are to some extent democrat
ICED.
President Kruger, however, knows
better than. al this juncture, to ask for
peace and the preservation OF the indie.
pendenoe OF his country. That was
the very question for the settlement Of
which an appeal to arms was made
And he cannot suppose that the British
government is prepared to acknowledge
Itself wrong at time when the fortune
OF war Is smiling upon the country.
Kruger knows that there is now no
other alternative than a fight 10 the
bitter end. and that end VIII be the an
nexatlon OF both the Free State and
the Transvaal by the British empire.
Kruger may sue for peace when he Is
willing to give up the independence OF
his country. The only question Is
whether he believes he can make an
other effort at defense, or not News
is scarce from the Boer countries. II is
impossible to Judge clearly from the
dispatches OF what Is actually taking
place beyond the British lines. The
events. as they transpire, must be
watched for reliable information.
Anyone who lmpartially views the
campaign 50 far, must admit that the
Beers have failed. Their plan evidently
was to capture few strongholds In
British territory, incite the Dutch sub
jects OF Great Britain to a general ris-
Ing and then overrun Natal and Cape
Colony and dictate terms of peace, per-
haps at Capetown. Every particular Of
this plan has failed The Beers failed
to capture Kimberley and the military
stores at Ladysmith. They failed par
ticularly IN their efforts to inclte a gem
eral rising among the Dutch. The
struggle is one for supremacy In
South Africa, between the two races,
and the decree is plainly FOR British
rule. Kruger to all appearances played
a daring game and lost. The sooner he
Acknowledges this the better for him
and his people.
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THE SHRINKING CHURCHES.


There is still much comment In the
religious press on the fact that the
Protestant churches are losing mem
bershlp. DIR. James NJ. Buckley the
editor Of a leading Methodist organ,
thinks that:
while conferences are steadily de-
cllning, population In the same terri
tory Is increasing. In these confer
ences districts are weakening, and In
these districts societies are becoming
lifeless. This inevitably leads back to
pastors and people. In the most fruit
less churches there may be some who
are doing all that man can do to. build
up the waste places. but the majority
are Indifferent; hence the decay"
Or. Ralnsford. OF the Protestant Epls-
copal church. thinks the decline is most
ly due TO the clergy:
THE church Is not fitting herself TO
new conditions. The people don't want
her because away down In her soul
she don't want them. our clergy arc
narrow and ignorant. II we are going
10 be able ministers OF the New Tesla
ment we have got 10 know our country
for one thing. Wherever / go | see
churches that are failures You never
see printed records OF the falling, but
you hear Of the sudden collapse. What
causes these failures? Because the
churches do not hold the fact that new
times bring new duties"
Governor Rollins, Of New Hampshire,
takes the matter UP in this vein:
"You clergymen are no longer the
spiritual guides OF the people. who now
follow the religion Of the newspapers.
The ark has been overturned. the Bible
account OF the creation denied Jonah
repudiated, and the anchor OF the old
faith has been pulled up before the
sails are set for the new, The best
blood Of the country towns Of northern
New England has for generations been
going TO Boston and New York, leav-
ing in some places only the weaklings
10 do the work In the old country home.
These less energetic ones have inter-
married TIL one town am acquainted
with In Maine there Is an imbeCile In
almost every family
There is a great deal Of truth In all
this. Yet another fact is not to be
overlooked In this connection, II seems
to be law observable all through
history. that the old institutions live
until ali the good in them has been
transfused into the new. Paganism
did not expire all at once In the coun-
tries where christianity" now rules.
Romanism did not die sudden death
at the appearance OF Professionalism.
The decay OF the churches, II correct
ly interpreted. means that they are
gradually losing their power to enlight-
en- and lead human souls to happiness.
II means this tina, a new light has ap.
peared OF greater brllianoy and that
the nations have seen 1t. 1t augurs
that gradually modern Christianity is
giving way for this light, just as Ro-
manism receded for Professionalism, and
odenism for Romanism. For time
longer 1t may rise and fall along the
shore Of civilization. but it is never
theless reoeding In order to give room
to that which is new.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The dispatches from South Africa
say the Beers were completely para
lyzed" by British tactics recently, yet
they spoiled the whole plan which had
been beautifully calculated TO destroy
them entirely that Kruger shed
tears at his Intellectual attempts TO rally
the Beers" yet that the same day he
was in Bloemfonteln, two or three days
distant. with President Steyn, formu-
lsting peace proposals; that the Beers
are anxious 10 surrender, yet fee when
British troops come In sight. Evident
~ the censor is willing TO permit
news" OF two sides Of the question.
whether or not either describes the
facts. but II Is impossible to learn from
the special correspondents in South Az
RIGA anything further than that they
are doing lots Of guessing as to condi-
tons they cannot observe themselves.
and are not permitted to tell much OF
that which they are familiar with.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
PIE PUERTO RICO DISCUSSION.
Boston Transcript.

Mr.. Reds way with Puerto Rico Is
to treat II as colony. with the larg-
est measure Of government consist
ent with the preservation OF our author
ity, thereby excluded from the union Of
States. Mr.. Reid looks upon the people
Of Puerto Rico as 50 allen In their
ways. tastes and conditions, as 10 make
the admission to statehood undeslr-
able The result Of the application Of
Mr. Reds policy would be to give to
Puerto Rico status very similar TO
that which the British colony Of jana
Tea, say, maintains towards Great Brit
ain. Puerto Rico would legislate for
herself within certain clearly defined
limitations, choosing her own leglsia-
tors. but not participating In the law
making OF the sovereign power
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

OF morality. II must come to this tina,
the good and noble side Of human life
must be exhibited as something worth
initiating, while that which Is eyil IS
no longer paraded continually before
the public view.
A painter. who would close his eyes TO
all that which Is beautiful in nature
and devote himself TO a reproduction Of
uglIness, under the plea that he must
be true to nature, would be scorned,
because everybody would know that his
pictures would be rather reflex OF his
own inward nature than Of the outward
nature But there Is no reason why a
dramatist. a novelist or a journalist
should be tolerated IN that which would
be condemned In painter or sculptor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

less respected. and more and more d.
verse as 10 their reasonings, rules and
conclusions. They are, therefore, fall
Ing into desuetude. Marriage has come
to be viewed simply as a civil contract
and divorce the dissolution of that bust
ness agreement II Is losing It's sane
tity.
what God hath Joined together Is
largely looked upon as religious joke.
When the ceremony is performed with
out any pretense OF an ecclesiastical
ceremony God is not in II, and even
when a professed minister Of the Gospel
ofIlclates, his actual authority from
Heaven TO solemnlze the ordinance is a
matter Of extreme doubt with all the
parties concerned. The sanotity which
originally surrounded this solemn COM
pact has gradually departed, and
whether the ceremony Is performed by
a churchmau or civil officer, It's status
Is that Of an ordinary contract
Modern society needs a revolution.
To be effectual It must come from
above. The authority held In olden times
By chosen messengers Of Deity Is as
necessary today as ever The binding
and iooslng power belonging TO the
Priesthood Of God, Is essential to the
regulation Of this important matter. II
Is In vain to proclaim to the majority
Of mankind, just now, that this has
been restored 10 earth, but there will
come a time when II win be accepted
by millions, and be regarded as the
source Of social salvation and the regu-
lation Of the marriage question, In
which the welfare Of the whole human
family Is seriously involved. That day
IL fast annrnaohipQf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
Worcester Gazette.

Under the terms Of the peace treaty
Spain IL guaranteed for ten years uni
formity Of duties upon her goods with
those OF the United States In ell ter
rltorles held bv the United States. II
II should be held that our colonies are
an entitled 10 free trade with the
United states. then Spain. under the
terms OF the ,reaty. would be entitled to
similar privileges II Spain was en-
titled 10 free trade With all parts OF
the United states there would be a
speedy clamor from the other countries
Of the world. many 81 them parties To
treaties containing the most favored
nation" clause, for similar privileges.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

From the fact that the discussion
over the Mason pro- Boer resolution in
the Senate is sought to be kept secret.
for fear Of Offending Great Britain, It
is evident that many senator's have
something to say that is Ear from COM
pllmentary to the larger power in the
present South African war
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

That Kansas paper which proposes to
be run a week "just as the devil would
run a newspaper is not getting much
favorable comment, but It will likely
have a big list OF sales, out Of mere cur
ioslty, to know what the devil would
do, and then this will not be found out.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
NOTICE.

The Seventeen Annual Conference OF
the Church Of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints will convene in the Taber-
nacle, Salt Lake city, at ten a. m, on
Friday. April 9Th, 1900.
LORENZO SNOW,
GEORGE Q. CANNON,
JOSEPH F, SMITH,
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
san FrancIsco Chronicle.

II should be patent to all that the
contention In Congress is not with re-
gard to Puerto Rico. but In regard to
the Philippines. There will be free
trade with Puerto Rico because It is
to the interest Of the East that there
should be free trade, The trifllng House
temporary duty Of is per cent is not
retained in the House bill for revenue
but for precedent. There Is an evil
dent intent on the part Of some men,
bers OF Congress, while giving the East
free access to the island trade on the
Atlantic, to sacrifice the producers and
laborers Of the Pacific coas; on the altar
% the trusts. We do not believe that II
can succeed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The Supreme court has decided that
an Institution incorporated for humani-
tartan purposes is not "sectarian'
merely because It is conducted by sis
tiers In religious garb. That Is a de-
clsion of greatest importance to the
Catholic church. but II should work
more than one way. In the same way,
schools may not be ''sectarian,' per-
haps, though conducted by people In
q religious garb.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

THE History Of Utah Volunteers ~ ~
the Spanish. American war ana ~ ,"s
Philippine Islands is the ulie ~
handsomely illustrated volume col contain,
ing over 400 pages OF history, lmpeI."a,,,
10 the State of Utah. and interesIls !"
ali her patriotic citizens, II Is oGm
plete account OF the military Organic.
tions in which Utah boys served ~ -, 80
talns biographical sketches OF on's IA
and men as well as official reports wv.
special articles by eminent W. ~ ~
The volume starts with review ~ '.,,, ,'i
causes that led 10 the war, ana iev :, he
how the news OF the blowing up 81 .r, .Ss
Maine was received In Itah' IN
come, sketches Of the cavalry sV .hs
tho batteries the rough riders anu ~" c
engineers. with "reminiscences OF .s."s
life. the voyage, and 80 on. ",,ry
chanters are devoted the regular e l,,As
The eolored soldiers and the hsa O' ~
society. The second part an a.. me
reader to the Philippines ~ sass sra
history Of that group OF ls l,.In me
their present condition. ln M
struggle with the insurgents y rs0VV'yo
"A IN h fascinating Ieadihk' .sn
i,hrarv IN Utah. public or priYa's.s, MN
word 20 be withcu, this volume, s Va.
!. "a a monument. indeed. 10 the pauT,yhs
ism and bravery Of young utan 4,
frontisplece is splendla ~ the
Goyernor Wells. The eol.oaa ,hs pub.
volume Ia Mr.. A. Prentiss' anu Wv
Usher, Mr.. W. 7. Ford.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

1t VIII be Of interest to watch the
course Of Senator Nelson's party asso.
ciates on this amendment. and also the
attitude which the President assumes
towards IT, IL he was correctly reported
as 10 his unchanged convictions regard
ing the plain duty OF Congress TO give
Puerto Rico free trade with the United
States, while al the same time anxious
to avoid committing the government TO
the doctrine Of equal constitutional
rights OF the island possessions and
the United States, President McKin-
ley's views may have inspired the Nell
son amendment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

Folks who want to learn how to take
a trip to Paris during the Exposition,
and to view the chief places Of interest
While there. should apply to Mr.. I. A.
Benton, at r. c. Western office in the
Dooly block, for the neat. finely Illus
trattd and comprehensive folder. called
Paris, 1900 1t is worth having, any
how.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Puerto Rico Is not State, at the
present moment any more than the
Philippines and Will certainly not be-
come a state within the existence OF men
now living. II behooyes Congress. in
dealing with Puerto Rico, TO make pre-
cedents which will render II easier
rather than harder TO deal hereafter
with the Philippines Congress has
possible future complications in mind,
and Is proceeding heedfully. II IL not
depressing the Puerto Ricans with a
burdensome tax, nor Is II expressing the
people OF the United States with a
troublesome precedent,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
st. Paul Pioneer Press.

SO far as the need Of revenue is con.
cerned, that will be done away with
by the adoption by the Senate Of the
House bill approprlatlng the 1910, 600
already collected on Puerto Rlcan prod
ucts. As that sum is much more than
the Is per cent tariff could yield in the
two years OF its existence, there is no
need Of what II would produce. SO
far as the constitutional principle ia
concerned, Senator Davis amendments
assert II more clearly and explicitly.
No other argument except these two
was presented which was at all de-
feasible or was not palpable trumpery,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
Chicago Times.Herald.

The American peonle have seen the
Constitution stretched 20 cover new ter
ritories beside which Puerto Rico Is a
fly speck on the map Of the Western
Hemisphere. The Republic which has
swallowed the Alaskan glaciers win not
rag AT The tropical plantations Of
Puerto Rico. Let not the Republican
leaders commit the second mistake OF
attrlbutlng Ignorance OF the facts 20
those who express amazement at the
startling political blunder which con-
verted the free trade DUTY OF Decent
Der into IL per cent tariff compromise
In February.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

Queen Victoria did not so TO Italy
this season because the government
there feared II could not protect her
from the anarchists. This incident re-
veals an anarchist activity that has
been kept from the public heretofore.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

lens Of diplomacy or commerce may
come TO them. They have never yet
failed to meet whatever tests Time has
brought them. The President meets the
fear and hesitation and SCOTS OF the At
kinsonlan league with the assertion OF
his own full confidence In the intelli-
gence and patriotism OF the people.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

An Irish heiress has married an Eng.
llsh army officer to keep him out OF the
poorhouse 1t IL a question now wheth.
er, with rich wife. he viii not be a
worthless husband.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The German shoutcr against Ameri-
can meat is like the man who breaches
temperance for his wlfe's sake. His
theory never fails In being reduced 10
practice by himself,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

Or. Jerome a. Anderson write, o.
Universal Brotherhood and me ~.
testing Churches" calling 20 me laVs,
TO make their choice In this houi y,
world peril for tolerance as Their nlv NV,
and watchword. The present numys.
closes the fourteenth volume Ol ns
magazine. and several new features a'V
promised Tor the forthcoming VOLUME
Madison Ave-, N. Y.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The s25OoOooo capital Of the new snur
combine IL a power not to BE- sneezed al.
but II the corporation disregards the
antitrust law, Uncle Sam should take
a few pinches.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

In Universal Brotherhood Path for
March ls begun a valuable series OF ar
tlcles THE Spiritual Thread In Opera"
by Elizabeth Churchill Mayer. dlrec-
tress Of the Isis Conservatory Of Music.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The Denver Field and Farm this week
has a three-eolumn Illustration giving
an excellent picture Of Logan, Utah.
The view Is taken from the southwest
part Of the town.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

New Workers are stirred up over the
late gambling scandal there The din.
Guilty Is not In the police permitting
gambling, FOR consideration, but in
being found out at II.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

The supposed settlement OF the
Alaskan boundary seems not TO have
been a settlement Fl all. and there Is
now talk Of arbitration. There IL yet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
New York Nan and Erpres.

But even II they should there can
never be any successful appeal 10 the
American people based on lack Of faith
In their ability 10 solve whatever prob
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

in the question much that may occasion
Ill feelings
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

Horseless dinners in MafekIng seem
to be a greater luxury than horseless
carriages In France.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-16
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