The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-03
UNIONS COULD
NOT WIN STRIKE
Other Means VIII Be Found to
Dust Miller.
MILES GOES OUT NEXT WEEK
COLUMNS OF THE TREASURY
BUILDING CRUMBLING.

/ the request OF the union. The civil
service rules do not recognize this as
( legal ground, however, and Miller has
gone back to work again, pending the
/ outcome of charges of a personal char
acter made by. the union 1t appeared
at one stage Of the proceedings as
though strike of the printers and
allied trades was imminent; but even
If the supplementary charges are not
Sufnc1ent to get Miller out of his job,
II is not believed there viii be any Sc
rious trouble. 1t is asserted by those
| who claim to be familiar with the ma
/ ture of the accusations now made
against Miller that they viii be found
sufficient to cause his removal from
government employ, and thus avert,
temporarily at least, a crisis in the re-
! ldt1Ons of labor TO the government.
| The truth OF the matter is that the
employees of the government printing
Office do not want TO strike. for the
government in that case would have
rather the best of the controversy. IN
der the civil service rules a govern
ment employee who struck could not 2e
taken into government employ without
an order TO that effect made by the
civil service commission. Such a re-
instatement would have to be made
within d year as We'll or the employee
would lose his or her position i'm the
claSSlhed service. II is not believed
that the civil service commission would
willingly issue an order restoring an
individual to employment who had
struck because of a controversy with
the commission itself.
Another point in favor OF the gov
eminent in the event Of any contrO-
versy with the employees of the gov
eminent printing office is that all such
labor is now done by hand, and in
case of any trouble an opportunity
would be afforded for the Introduction
Of machine composition. This has been
feared and expected by the printers
for several years past, and they are
not anxious TO do anything which
would hasten such move In the
meantime Miller is again at work, but
has been sent to Coventry by his fell
low laborers and his position cannot
be very pleasant one from a person
al point of view.
Wall Street Situation.
Washington was only mildly inter
ested in the recent disaster i'm Wall
street. This is a profitable town for
the brokers, for an unusually large
number of people follow the market.
on margin. There has been little trad
ing of late. however. so the recent
slump did not do much damage. From
national pOint of view. and the
standpoint OF the treasury officials. the
most interesting phase of the Wall
has had upon the general business Of
the country. Representative Cannon
has emDhatiCally declared his OppOsi-
ton to any legislation calculated to
assist the street in its operations. for
as he has claimed, these did not par
ticulariy concern the country at large
The events Of Friday. the oath of July,
gave considerable strength to Mr. Can
mons position, though il is fully UNI
derstood that since his visit to Oyster
Bay he has practically agreed to let
some financial legislation become ef-
fective when he is speaker of the
house.
Exit of General Miles.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
is retired from active service on the
10th of this month by the operation of
the law which makes siXty-four years
the limit of age. at which an Amer
lean can serve in the military arm o.
the government As announced he
VIII be succeeded by General Young. It
has become the fashion, during the
past two years, to make sighting re-
marks about the commanding general
Of the army. A just estimate of his
career, however. shows that such small
defects Of temperament as have led
TO lnJudiciOus action during recent
years are not for a moment to be
weighed i'm the balance against the inn
portant services he has rendered this
country. He received his commission i'm
1861, when he was but y years of age
Three years later he had fought his
way to the rank Of major general. and
was in command of an army cOrDs
His bravery under fire was the cause
of universal remark. even in those
days of great achievement He was
not only brave, but clear-headed ami
resoU ceful handling his troops with
acknO wledged skill. 1t was General
Hancock who said Tell Colonel Miles
from me that he is worth his weigh.
in gold"
1t has been the small defects in his
temperament which have brought him
under criticism. but these have only
been noticeable in times OF peace They
have never interfered with his ability
TO serve or command. He was no
carpet knight. He bears upon his BODY
many honorable scars received in
battle. His first thought throughout
his service has been the welfare of the
enlisted men. He has been a good SOL
der and a good citizen He will now
shortly enjoy. a well-earned rest. to
which he says he is now looking for
ward with pleasure.
They Herd in Cities.
With the crying need for agricultural
immigration into the west. considerable
wonder has been expressed TO the eff
feet that more of the enormous Italian
contingent now coming to this country
does not settle upon the lands. instead
OF herding together in already over
populated cities. over so per cent of
the Italian immigration TO the United
States is composed of peasants who are
skilful and industrious farmers. but
they lack sufficient initiative to Jour
ney on into the western states and
avail themselves of the many opportun-
tiles to secure land. The already es-
tablished centers of Italian population
attract the newcomers. It has been
suggested by the immigration EXPERTS
that If colonies of Italians could be
scattered about the western states in
time a large number of these Deople
would find their future i'm American
agriculture. They are clannish. but in
dustriOus and peaceful. and their care
full. painstaking methods are needed on
the great tracts OF land which viii
shortly be reclaimed by the many stu
pencous irrigation projects now in their
inception.
Reduced to Pulp.
on a table in the basement of the
United States treasury a few DAYS ago
lay bundle OF greenbacks. amounting
10 S4,000.0Q0. About 10 were grouped
several solemn looking men. They and
the bundle of notes were posing for a
photograph. The men constitute what
is known as the maceration committee.
Periodically. the government renews a
percentage Of it's paper currency and a
percentage Of the paper
in circulation is drawn in. Then the
afss.r-sa ion faf.f ffr.r.