Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15

MRlT IN LETTERS big, high
~ on the roll Of failures are
the names Of Letter Phil-
IA lps Price and stilwell They
EI ore known as men OF dar-
Wv ing-men who hurled NIL
' lions against millions, cap
talns who planned great
csmpaigns but who had their MoSco"S
and their Waterloos a did that o'ne'
sUeat captain. Their fame was meet
ing and they are but memories YET
hoy hpnded better than they knew
ord there was success in their failure
success wider more dlffusive ana more
ndrrlrg than they or their Fellows
rssuze There was no thought OF
SrhIapthropy in their schemes says the
8cbIcago Record Herald yet their beneil-
cence has been scattered over a broad
a. 0ed and through more channels
dthan Carneges they are not recoghiS-
ed as great educators, yet they nave
ttaupht more men than have a hundred
ANNIVERSARIES. ooi1oD
BrraIn. Philips the sCepter in the DOMAIN
Tx maize, Price the klngshlp OF the
SNorld of cotton and StlIwel the I'M
#nerlal rights OF ruler Of the rails, To
bach and all disaster came at the steps
Ia the throne. Few are so poor as to
do reverence to them those who bene-
gfuad most honor the benefact0rs least.
II Ask the farmer who lifted the mort
&.age that ate his yearly harvest and he
4ylll tap his broad chest or show his
1'ealoused hands ask him what doomed
HID price Of corn and cotton, wheat
anl oats. and he win tell you the de-
b.nand Is greater, the nation Is richer
Ind Europe Is becoming more and
.Inore dependent upon US for supplies,
4ask him who lowered the transporta-
tIon rates from the farm to the ship
1slde and he will tell you of railroad
commissions and political agltatlons
'5fnd Of farmers alliances. In each
bnd every Instance he Is right, but
7ffight only In part, for he never has
HknOwn, and never viii know, how the
nen who failed worked for his uplift-
26ing
III POpulIsm and free silver were but the
E'sroans OF The aching, suffering follower
Nof the plow The medicine Of money
|4Nas the surest cure for these Ills Lett
Ner Philips, Price and Stilwell were ply
8fclans 10 the patient Theirs was a
Nom Of absent treatment peculiarly
fitting to the time and the conditions,
Al No one can tell how much Of the
wealth that has come 10 the producer
3is due to these four spectacular figures,
fo one can measure what viii be the
&9aln In the future through the more
1jldlcl0us marketing of the crops,
Through the better knowledge the far
|rsr has Of his power, and through the
improvements he has been able to in
Produce and the burdens he has been
Pile to throw of.
LETTERS GRAIN DEAL.
OF the four men, Joseph Letter Is the
post conspicuous character. What
~ MIN into the maelstrom OF wheat
Spectators he alone can tell. He had
,peen reared in luxury, was the heir to
plulons was able to indulge In any
enprlce Perhaps he wanted excite
= n'nt or 10 show the stun he is made
~ Returning from a long yachting
puf IN the Gulf Of Mexico, he began,
& 4 The spring Of 1891, the most remark
|iOt grain deal In history. He was a
IfSylCs' but soon developed abilities
R's nc stamped him as a great leader.
The first LOT Of wheat he purchased
ssaS at l2Ss cents a bushel. The mar
~ was heavy and seemed to have no
tusIalnlhg power. As It sagged and
ESQ he added to hls purchases. The
'InCe dropped to 6ls, cents. All this
..me The traders thought young Letter
tmply was taking dyer in the mar
~ and was waiting only for q good