The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-02
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c. J. Bassett. secretary of state of
Idaho, arrived from Boise yesterday to
ENJOY q visit with his father, c. II. Bas-
sett: his brother, Fred; his sister, Mrs.
". 3. HuTd, and other local friends. Mr..
Bassett is stopping at a downtown hotel,
and was kept busy all day receiving
callers.
of the Fort Hall agency said Mr.. Bas-
Sett last evening That opening will
mean a boom. Work is progressing as
fast as the land Office can put it into
shape. vast era of gold and copper
country, not to speak of rich agrl-
cultural district, will be thrown open to
settlement, and it is going to be settled
very quickly
John Sparks of Reno, New, left last
evening for home, after a brief stay, EN-
route from the Kansas City stock show.
Mr.. Sparks is going home a prize win
ner, and is preparing to exhibit at the
big stock show in Chicago next month.
I have captured first and class prizes
on a 2-year-Old steer" he said upon leav-
ing. The animal a Hereford, weighed
2,Gl0 pounds. / VIII show him at Chi
cagO also. Stock like that. If it will dress
up s. per cent. is the kind to raise. That
is the variety We are trying to turn out
in Nevada, with the result that Nevada
beef commands the most ready sale, I
raise shOrthOrns, too, but l think the
Hereford the quickest beef developer in
the world, and the best paying stock
K. G. Guzderp. proprietor of the Great
Western hotel, Bombay, India, is in the
city, enjoying a tour of America, Incl
dental TO a tour of the world. Mr.. GuZ-
derp will spend several days in Salt
Lake, seeking enlightenment concerning
the Mormous. Yesterday he was the
guest OF A w. McCune, iT-. whose uncle,
Harry McCUne of NeDhi, was a mis-
siOnary TO India, and whose grandfather
was a British army officer in the same
country. Mr. GuZderp is a PaTsee. one
of the ancient religions of India. He is
tall stately and as dark as an octoroou,
and a member of the upper class of the
Indian natives, being a highly educated
Hindoo, and possessed of a considerable
fortune.
1T is a queer world" ne declared last
evening. You Americans are spending
fortunes to send missionaries to the
Orient. Ny people in turn are sending
missionaries among you. Your people do
not style themselves Buddhists when you
borrow ethics and religion from the
Orient, but prefer TO call themselves The
oSOphiStS. Ny opinion may not count for
much, but I believe in both instances a
mistake is made. Nothing beyond trou-
bic and expense is accomplished by mis-
sionaries. They go into communities of
which they are WOefully ignorant and
! attempt to turn the world upside down
/ in a moment. My religion teaches love
/ to all mankind, the imperative necessity
/ Of charity and forgiveness and a. broad
/ brotherhood. If those principles are fol-
/ lowed 1 think mortal man is as near the
/ divine as he will ever get"
/ Mr.. GuZderp is a great admirer Of Kip
/ ling, with whom he enjoys a personal
acquaintance. He declares that the Eng
/ lish are benefactors TO the people of India
rather than oppresSOrs.
/ J. c. Collins Of Fiji was the center OF
/ interest al one of the local hotels YES
I terday. Mr.. Collins is Fastening home
I ward from a business trip in connection
/ with his extensive mercantile interests in
I the islands. He will remain in Salt Lake
a few days, however, sightseeing.
1T is a common saying that wherever
I the British flag flies all men are free
said Mr.. Collins. las an Englishman
am proud OF that maxim. It is not true
/ however At home a condition of slav
! cry exists the natives being the victims
( 1t is creating considerable agitation anC
I as a consequence is being slowly elm
/ mated We are particularly anxious tC
bring the facts to the attention of tn,
/ American people that we may have thei
moral support in stamping out the blot
The natives are compelled to pay
! tax amounting to S. in American none,
/ each year. Instead of being allowed [,
/ proceed to earn the money, they are mad
| slaves and pat to work improving tn
/ roads or performing other work. TIL
women-and children in turn have to wOrl
to provide the necessities of life for tn
I man thus enSlaved and to pay his taxes
so to all intents and purposes the system
euslaves all. 1t is a more elaborate sys
tenn Of slavery than found elsewhere, a
neither clothing nor rauonS are provide
for the wretch by those who reap tn
benefit of his toll. and he is still as
sesSed a heavy tax.
THE government has sanctioned thi
sort of thing and has been mute to tn
- ~fao arn Tod of
/ spectacle.
American goods are finding a maTke
{ in the islands and American institution
are being introduced. I am now gOin
/ back in an effort to introduce America
arms I'm the army. or guards of the islant
At present the Martini-Henry rifle
useG. a cumbersome and obsolete weapo
American arms and ammunition are no.
leading the world"