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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
oEnsoRiRe The PRESIDENT.

CERTAIN SELF-APPOINTED CEN
y sors OF the public morals have
worked themselves up 10 a fine pitch
Of Indignation over the replacing of a
picture by Watts in the White House
art gallery. The picture is the Love
and Life" a study in the nude, that
WAS removed from tfhe White House
by President Cleveland in response to
a demand from these same censors
eight years ago. It has been in the
Corcoran gallery in Washington ever
since. until President Roosevelt had
it brought back to its original place.
Mrs. Emily d. Martin, national SUI
perintendent Of purity in literature and
art for the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union. is mainly responsible
for the present agitation. She said, re-
Gently:
MY first step viii be to write
letter to President Roosevelt asking for
an explanation. IS It win be
very misunderstanding for the women who
have admired him to learn that he
has given a place On the walls of the
White House to this vuglar nude paint
ing of Watts. The president must have
been led astray by the great name OF
the artist. and. like many others. con-
cluded that a celebrity could not pro-
dacs anything that would be demoral-
ling
In the absence of any further infor-
nation We may conclude that Mrs.
Martin wrote her letter and that the
president replied TO it in fitting lam
sGage. At any rate. the picture still
hangs where he directed that it should
hang. Whatever the president said to
Mrs. Martin we are sure he will be
forgiven by the public If he told her
thas he was the best judge as TO what
should adorn the walls OF his official
abiding place.
President Roosevelt has z. grown
daughter He also has younger chill
dren- 1t is quite probable that he loves
his flock Just as ordinary fathers love
theirs. Ipdeed. we feel that it is al
most certain that he would not place
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
a COOPERATIVE SCHEME.

| THE UNITED STATES STEEL cor
poration, commonly known as the
! steel trust, has seen the advantages
which may be derived from co-opera-
ton. Hereafter its profits WILL after
/ a certain amount has been earned, be
divided among its employees after
fashion that seems thoroughly just and
equitable, In addition. the employees
who are able to save any money from
their earnings are to be permitted to
purchase stock in the corporation at a
figure slightly lower than t..c market
rate.
Stated in figures, when the earnings
Of the company reach $4,000, 600 in 1903
and there is little doubt that they viii
go far above that amount per cent
Of the total is to be set apart for the
use and benefit of the men. From $780,
100000 the percentage for employees in
creases until. at $3.50, 600, COO a not IN
likely mark. 2.5 per cent will be given to
the men. All of this will not be dis
tributed IN cash.
At the end of every quarter, one-half
of the accumulation viii go to the men
as a gift from the company. At the
end of the year. the other half is to be
invested in stock to be held for their
benefit and to be distributed among
them at the end of five years of faith
full service. In the event that an en-
pIoye who has an interest in the stock
accumulation leaves the service prior to
the expiration of the five years speci-
fed. he is not to participate in the d.
vision. but his share goes TO those who
remain.
1t is not probable that a very large
proportion of the men will be able to
buy stock outright, as proposed, but all
of them can benefit by the free distri-
button. The plan seems to be a very
magnanimous one, but it is not alto
gether unselfsh. Corporations are en-
gagged in business for the purpose of
making money and if the officers Of the
steel trust did not believe their benef-
cence would yield handsome returns
there would be no benefcence.
Men will work harder for a concern
in which they have, or hope to have, a
pecuniary interest They win give to
such company all of the best that is
in them. They viii be less likely TO
become involved in disputes and strikes
over trivial matters for they win know
that every idle wheel win mean re-
duction in their personal dividends,
aside from wages. Therefore the
United States Steel corporation can
well afford to be generous. 1t is the
very best kind of sound business policy,
and if more employers could be per-
suaded to adopt a similar course there
would be far fewer strikes. il. this coun-
try.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
SOME WEALTHY INDIANS.

7 HE REPORT of the government
agent for the Usage Indians brings
TO light some interesting facts about
those wards of the nation. The Osages
are the weaIthiest people in the world.
figured on the per capita basis. OF the
pinch of poverty and hunger they
know nothing, for they are far beyond
the reach of such evils.
According to the report of the agent.
the Osages have more than $S.5OO.OO on
deposit to their credit with the treas
urer of the United States The inter-
est on this money amounted last year
/ to $415,553. and the Usage income from
other sources was $155,47S the latter
sum including money from leased
lands. The only charge against the
tribe consisted of SSS.791 for school
maintenance and 1897 for incidental ex-
penses.
In addition to their money, the
Osages own outright 100000 acres of
the finest land in the territory of Okla
homa. AS there are only 1900 of the
tribe, ali told. it will be seen that every
member is at least comfortably provid-
ed for Their only real trouble con-
sists in finding a way to get rid of
their wealth. Perhaps, if left to their
own devices and the rapacity of white
men, the Indians might soon be pow
erty stricken, but so long as the gov
eminent continues to look after their
interests they will continue to grow
richer.
1t is reported that the number of
Osages is growing less year by year.
In spite of, or perhaps because of.
their splendid homes and their rich
lands. they are dwindling away, and
the time may not be very far distant
when the last of the Osages viii take
his place in history along with the last
of the Mohicans. When that time does
come, though, the last survivor will
be able to repose his bones in d tomb
that will equal any mausoleum in the
United States, if he desires to do so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04

! pie, or any other ancient classic, and
ind If he can q single line which would
ena bic him to perform any of the duties
in the above departments. Everywhere
he would find admOnitions to be just,
good and honest References to an
honest Judge and upright ruler. etc.
frequently occur in these Venera Bile
pages, but of biography. railroads,
medical and surgical practice or any
thlng else pertaining to nineteenth CEN
fury civilization. not a word These
moral admOnitiOns Of COnfucius are ev-
identity taken in the usual Chinese re-
verse sense, for, outside Of the munich
pal affairs of New York and PhiIadel-
phla, no greater corruption or dishOn-
esty exists than can be found in
China
The reader cannot fail to make his
own comparison Of certain features of
our own examinations with those just
cited.
Finally. we are Chinese in yet an
other characteristic that is not so
worthy OF condemnation; namely, in
the prevalent custom of bringing home
our dead for burial. The custom in
China is due largely to ancestor wor-
ship land here again one might look at
our interests in genealogy and exclaim;
How very Chinesel), while in our own
case it is probably due to the rapid de-
try by individuals whose family ties
bound them to the burying places Of
their birthplacsS. Unlike the other SIM
iiarities, this particular one has no
common root. In the other cases il NAV
happily be argued that We will eventu-
ally outgrOW a certain natural bar
barism which Chinese conservatism
has maintained for itself since long be-
fore the Middle Ages
Wherein we are unlike John China
man has been many times pointed out.
He laughs says one observer, when
he tells you his father. or mother. broth
er Os sister is dead. He asks you if
you have eaten your rice instead of
saying, How do YOU do? and locates
his intellect in his stomach For Good
by he says. Walk slowly Instead of
telling you to take heart and be brave
when danger threatens, he tells you to
lessen your heart; he makes the most
earnest inquiries, not only as to your
health, but asks your age. and compli-
ments you IL you are old. He wishes
to know what your salary or income is:
other polite questions which we think
impairment. He shakes his own hands
instead OF clasping yours
But all this. while amusing does not
compensate for the fact that we may
find in crowd of Cinnamon character
istics that we find in a crowd of our
selves. and in these characteristics and
their outward manifestation an ex-
PLANTATION of the Chinese custom of re-
ferring to us as barbarians, and of the
American custom of returning the COM
pliment. UnfOrtuna tely, that which we
have in common are the things which
the saneSt and most civilized minds of
both nations, from COnfucius to Emer-
son. have held up to condemnation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL.

A FRIEND in Kemmerer, Wyo-, asks
a The Herald for some information
about the international court of arbi-
tration, commonly known as The
Hague tribunal.
In July, 1893, a universal peace con-
ference was held at The Hague. Rep
resentatives Of practically all the prom
inent nations of the earth were there
and as a result Of their deliberations
The Hague tribunal was authorized. 1t
consists of four citizens of each Of the
following countries. which were the
Bignatory powers: The United states,
England, Germany, Russia, Japan,
Austria Hungary. Belgium. Denmark,
France, Italy, Netherlands Portugal,
Roumania. Spain, Sweden and Nor
way.
Tie original appointees as repre-
sentatives of the United States We're
ex-President Benjamin Harrison. Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court Fuller,
FORMER Attorney General John w.
Griggs. and United States Circuit
Judge George Gray. The stated object
of the court is. as its name signifies,
30 facilitate the arbitration of inter-
national disputes. The court is in ses-
sion whenever necessary.
Although designed primarily for the
benefit of the signatory powers, the
court is accessible to all nations.
Whenever two or more of them agree
To submit their differences to inter
national arbitration. they are at lib
erty to select from the members of the
court such men as they please to hear
the case. Evidence is then taken, argu-
ments made and a finding handed
down, as in an ordinary court pro-
cedure.
The thirty-frst article of the con
vention says: Arbitration functions
may be conferred upon d single arbi-
traitor. o. on several arbitrators des-
ignated by the parties at their dis
erection, or chosen from the members
of the permanent court established by
the present act. Unless otherwise de-
cided. the formation of the arbitration
tribunal is to be effected as follows:
Each party viii appoint two arbitra-
tors, who viii choose a chief arbi-
traitor In case of division, the selec-
ton is TO be entrusted to a third
power whom the parties will designate.
If an agreement is not effected in this
manner, each party is to designate a
5iffereGt power. and the choice of a
chief arbitrator is to devolve upon
them"
In article % it is provided that the
tribunal will usually sit at The Hague,
but may sit elsewhere by consent of
the contending parties. 1t is interest
ing 10 note that the delegates from
the United States. to the convention
guarded against the possibility of an
ENHANCEMENT over the aonroe doc
trine, by inserting in the convention
this clause:
Nothing contained in this conven-
ton shall BE so construed as TO re-
auire the United States of America
to depart from its traditional policy
Of not intruding upon, interfering with
or entangling itself in the political
questions or internal administration of
any foreign state; nor shall anything
contained in said convention be so
construed rs to require the relinquish-
ment by the United States of America
Of its traditional attitude toward pure
~ American questions"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 4 1908

be permitted to take vote for or
against the abolition Of tobacco the
weed would win by majority of about
twenty to one. A statistcian has fig
ured that at least eight men out Of
ten use tobacco in some form the world
over The two non-users in ten don't
object to it very strenuously, either.
It is 10 the abuse. rather than to the
use, of tobacco taat valid objections can
be made
Surely eight-tenths of the male popu-
lation of the globe are not drifting to-
ward cancer, apoplexy, bad temper.
bankruptcy and kindred evils. It is GER
tainly a fact that dogs don't smoke and
that birds prefer grain and other nor
NAL foods to tobacco. but dogs and
birds DO great many things that hu-
, man beings would consider decidedly
objectionable If done by one of their
own number. SO the preachers COM
parison does nPt hold good
If smoking is "atheistical. agnostical
and infinitely detestable," then lots of
mighty good men are going wrong right
here in salt Lake. Some Of them preach
excellent sermons from their pulpits
every Sunday. too. OF course. the Lon
doner went further than he. perhaps,
intended. If he meant every word he
said he simply didn't know what he
was talking about We very much
prefer to remember the attitude of an
other eminent London preacher, a man
whose sermons have been heard around
the world, the Reverend Mr. Spurgeon,
who said, between whiffs from his long
stemmed pipe:
Il smoke to the glory of God"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04

before his children anything in art
calculated to demoralize them. While
it is true. too. that in a sense the
White House is a public building. still
to all intents and purposes it is Pres
ident Roosevelt's private home today.
and he is most interested in its con-
tents.
Some people are inclined TO imagine
evil where evil does not exist. To the
absolutely pure mind the nude in art
is not suggestive. unless a deliberate
attempt has been made to make it so
Love and Life, has been exposed to
the public view for years in one place
and another and we have not heard
that anybody has traced an alarming
increase in vice TO it.
Mrs. Martin is guilty of unwarranted
afhciousness when she attempts to pose
as the presidents censor. She would
be much better employed ia looking
after her own home and her immediate
circle of acquaintance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
WON MONEY.
On Horse Race While Enjoying
Sound Sleep.
New York SUM-

New York SUM
To celebrate his remarkable achievement
of winning a bet on a horse race while
he was asleep. Hon Mike Kirk. some
times known as the mayor OF Canal
street. and probable candidate for alder
man in de Ate, next yer, gave dinner
yesterday to number of his friends in
Lqeber's restaurant in Grand street
kirk, who keeps a saloon at Canal and
Chrystle streets, went 10 the Hanfield
House in Grand street on Saturday after
noon and there net Louis Cells, the pro-
Prletor. Cells plays the races now and
then, and on saturday someone wired him
mat James j. Corbett could not lose the
first race at New Orleans. Cells gave
the tip out to Kirk, Charles Luger, Char
lie Crawford. Brooklyn Johnnie Rea-
gan, jim Devine and several others. All
played II, and when the horse finished
OUTSIDE tne money they turned upon Cells
"Ach,' he said. II viii get hunk nait
YOU l VIII vim today undt you viii all
feel lag kiging yourselfs''
Shortly before the fourth race at New
Orleans was run Cells marked on slips OF
paper ali the horses that were entered
put the slips in a hat and drew out one
wnich read Fiocariine.
Dot vas der horse Id ISIS der only
way TO pick Winners. ANY chentlemans
vat wants ter bed init me can set into it,
yes2 No2''
The crowd laughed at Cells; all save
Kirk. who was sound asleep in a corner.
"Neffer mindtS dis is we're / laff at
you said Cells. as he went 10 the tele-
Hello. hellor' he shouted. dis is Louis
Pud me. down for Won hundredt by Flo
carline
Sucker! Grey DutehmanF' yelled the
crowd.
ass dot SOP" said Cells. 81 will show
you now much of a sugger I vas.
Hey hello. hello1' he shouted again
in the transnitter, put down another bed
for me for Mag Kirk for Won hundredt
toilars on Floearline.
At this point Kirk woke up. "Ol
dropped me coin on Jim Corbetts" he
said. but l Just had fOine drame. OF
thought I won a hundred to wan OF n
sorry OF woke up"
Then he went to sleep again Cells ana
Kirk were the subjects of all kinds Of
jeers until The eieker unrolled the infor-
nation that Flocarline had won at -
Cells dashed for his safe and fished OUT
$500 With the money in one hand he
shook Kirk with the other
Mag. Mag" he shouted, We YIN, We
win. Here is der ade hundredt-
Lave me slape. muttered Kirk How
did vez guess me drame2
1t took Kirk some time to realize his
good fortune. He and Cells finally de-
eided 10 give the dinner Hen Phil Wis
sic presided and Charlie Wagner. the
Grand street dry goods man. who never
bets on horses. was POSTMASTER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
Americans as Cinnamon.

our national holiday. the Fourth, we
also celebrate in Chinese fashion, says
Ralph Bergengren in the Boston Tran
| script At first we imported Chinese
materials. But conservative China
! could not keep up with US. The benefi-
| cent invention OF the dynamite cracker
has now made the original Chinese
product an inefficient means of express
ing our appreciation of our inalienable
right TO the pursuit OF happiness. The
parallel goes further In China il is
the grown man. quite as much as the
child, who participates in the burning
OF holiday gunpowder. In this country
II becomes yearly more evident that
much of the dynamite exploded on the
Fourth is touched off by children of the
older generation.
One gathers from many of the books
already written about the doings of the
Celestial empire the impression that
China and the United States have in
common the theory and practice of civil
service reform. It has been often noted
that China holds regular examinations
for public office; but the relation of
these examinations to the public offices
Tor which they provide was found BY
Professor Morse to be as toDsy- tllrVy
as most other Chinese charact aristics.
Among the many interesting fea-
lures in Canton was the examination
hall. The candidates who compete for
examination come from all parts of the
empire These include young men and
old men, some of whom have reached
the age of so or 80 years. who have
been competing since they were bows.
and appear again and again to win the
coveted prize of recognition, and If
successful to get some Office under
government with modest stipend the
balance of their salary being squeezed
out OF the inhabitants by fraud and
persecution. Early in the morning a
single text from Confucius or some
other ancient classical writer is issued
70 all, each one receiving the same text
On this day are all to write an essay
and deliver it the next morning. An
ignoramus on everything but the Chi
nese classics may beat other numb
Skulls IN writing the best composition
on the text given. and attain some Of
nee dealing with matters pertaining TO
the nineteenth century. AS an illus
tration, competitor has secured a DO
sltiOn in the army by passing a literary
examination on the art of war. not as
understood today. but as set forth by
authorities 1900 years ago. One of
these authorities, held in high repute
sunrise by name. solemnIy recon-
mends such a maneuver as this: Spread
IN the camp of the enemy sweet mu-
steal airs, so as to soften his heart.
This matter of literary examination
Tor public Office has been repeatedly
dWelt upon. yetono one can realize its
overpowering absurdity until he comes
to examine the conditions infinitely
CHINA is supposed to have an army and
navy, arsenals and departments of tel
eSraph, customs, etc. Now let one open
a page of COnfucius. the Doctrine of
the Mean or the .Analects.' for exam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
NEW GROUND FOR DIVORCE.

THE NEWEST CAUSE for divorce
L has been located by Mrs. Lulu E,
Wuest of New York city. Mrs Wuest
has other grounds. but the first allega-
ton in her complaint is that her nus
band takes too many ice-cold baths.
She declares that on at least one men,
orable occasion he took seven icy baths
in a single night. If that isn't a really
chilly proposition The Herald has an
other guess coming
It is hard to understand though, why
Mrs. Wuest should consider it a valid
reason why the courts should give her
a decree. Now. if she had alleged that
her husband compelled her to take sew
en- cold baths IN a night, a whole lot Of
US would rise up and say amen to
her prayer. Perhaps, though, he kept
her awake with his splattering and
spluttering around in the bath room.
In such a contingency, Mrs. Wuest
must have really suffered Few things
are more aggravattng that lying in bed
while somebody else is splashing cold
water in an adjoining bath room. It
is nor only noisy, but it is calculated to
make even a warm bed feel chilly. As
to a husbands right to take as many
baths as he pleases, we shall leave it
to the courts to decide.
On general principles, though, we
should declare any man a nuisance who
takessas many as seven per night. Some
people don't take many more than that
in a year and yet they seem perfectly
unobiectionable to themselves at least.
We trust the Wuests may agree on a
happy medium and that the wife viii
withdraw her suit. stiH. if the courts
win pass upon this interesting question
great work will have been accom-
plished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
MAsCAGNI.

o son of Italy, not in this strenuous lane.
Not IN the confines OF this great world
Where street on street Trades mighty
Is there a thatch TO shield your mother.
art.
She is tho beggar singer at the door,
When Mammon and his own make gala
Ana happy she. if from mis- misered store
He deigns to toss q coin or two away
Sweeter TO us the music of our gold,
Or intermezzo risen from clang and
smoke
OF industry; or cry of.'bought~ or sold. :
Than any strain your genius might in
Perhaps-perhaps some hundreds years
from now.
Fer more than money We may feel a
And fashion laurels for your statues
brow,
And give your genius its belated need;
Salt LAKE.. Jan. l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04

Major Pratt. the United States army o.
ficers who is in charge of the Carlisle IN
dian school. admits that many Of his
graduates who return to tribal life fall
into Indian ways again Therefore he IS
doing all he can 20 prevent the educated
Indians from going back 10 the reser-
vation.
He tells Of an incident he saw at a
western Indian agency. A sqGaw entered
a traders store wrapped in d blanket
pointed at a straw hat and asked: How
muehee7"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
ATLANTA Constitrtion.D

ATLANTA constitutional
Lightning knocked the church steepIe
down" someone said to Brother Dickey.
Yes; Satal's eyes always flash fire
when he sees a church steeple gwine up -
And here's a colored brother killed an
other at camp meeting
Yes; Satan goes ter meetin' long wild
de res or dem. en- sometimes shouts de
loudest.''
And a preacher was drowned in the
river last week
oh. yes. Satan's in de water too. He's
'bleeSe to go dar ter cool off"
so you blame everything on Satan. do
you?'
,'Bless God" was the reply, ''ain't dat
what he's fer2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04

/; --EIow muchee2' she asked again. point
ing at another article. The price was
quoted and was followed BY another
query of How mgchee2
Then she suddenly gazed blandly at the
merchant and asked iaiidiy-
DO you not regard such prices as ex-
t0rtiOnate for articles or such -Dalpably
and unmisf ka bly, inferior Qualitv9 Do
YOU not really believe that a reduction IN
your charges would materially enhance
yoslr pecuniaTy profits as wei as o.
efhlcally proper L beg you TO consider
H7y suggestion.
dian srhan-