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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
JEROME VS.. COX.

District Attorney Jerome of New
York and Governor Folk OF Missouri
ciashed slightly the other day and We
are sure any unprejudiced observer
would be willing to admit that the gov
ernor had the better of the argument.
In one Of his recent speeches in the
west Mr.. Jerome said that while he
had the warmest admiration for Gov
ernor Folk and his efforts to secure the
enforcement of the law against the
Sunday saloon in St. Louis and Kan
sas CITY, the law could not be per-
maHently enforced because public SEN
timent was against it.
Another point that Mr.. Jerome seemed
to consider a very strong one was
that it would be political suicide for
any man to enforce such laws. TO
which Governor Folk very promptly re-
piled:
1t is political suicide to enforce
these laws says Mr.. Jerome. An ex-
ecutive official should not ask, Is Il
popular? Is it good politics? but, Is
Il the law? And. If it is, it is his duty
to carry it out He swears to support
tine law, not public sentiment. Mr.. Je-
rome is mistaken. The Iaw-abiding are
the vast majority, and looking at it
solely from the sordid standpoint of
politics, it is better politics to serve
the law-abiding than to serve the law
less. If any official were allowed to
ignore law because it is unpopular in
his opinion, then each official would be
a judge as to whether or not any laws
at all should be enforced. Such a doc
trine would lead TO absolute anarchy"
That Sunday closing is justified by
results i'm st. Louis is shown by the
Republic of that city, which is heartily
supporting Governor Folk. Says the
Republic:
Except for the two arrests on a
charge of murder. as against one arrest
on this charge in 1903, the police sta
tistics show record of better order
and a reduction in crime during the
midtown period in 1905. The arrests
for assault to kill are only half as
many as in 1902 and only one-third as
many as in 1903 or in 1904 The ar
rests for drunkenness are only about
half as many as in either OF the other
three years. Statistics are not always
conclusive; but, to the extent that they
are valuable, these show better order
and a decrease in criminal acts and the
common offenses. 1t seems clear that
the common exhibitions OF disorder
disturbances and drunkenness-have
been reduced almost fifty per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
AN INTERESTING COMPARISON.

Professor Werner Sombart of Bres-
lau, Germany, has been investigating
the manner in which American work
ingmen live with a view 10 comparing
their condition with the condition of
Germans of the same class. The re-
turns are all in faver of the Ameri-
cans. and the publication of Professor
Sombart's conclusions in Das Leben,
Berlin, is calculated to cause q rush OF
Germans to America. Professor SOM
bart was amazed at the homes of
American workmen, their bathrooms.
meals, cleanliness.
The German speaks of the neatness
of American working girls, their good
clothes and their general appearance of
good living and sound health. How
far ahead, even of some German So
ciety ladies, in style and elegance" he
says. Then Professor Sombart insti-
tutes some comparisons. He says:
According to the reports of the
American labor department, the aver
age workingmans family lives in a
dwelling place of five rooms. This may
be an abnormal housing condition, but
certainly the average number of
rooms enjoyed by American workers is
not under four, while I'm Germany the
average is two. For this abundant
satisfaction in the way of housing the
American workman pays absolutely no
more than the German for smaller
dwellings. He moreover pays a COM
paratively small part of his wages for
it. Above all, the American eats more
meat than does the German workman;
fruit is literally consumed, and enorm-
Gus quantities of sugar are eaten. Bread
and fruit are used normally. There are
fewer potatoes. eggs. milk and vege-
tables eaten but butter and lard in
large quantities"
That certainly is a good showing for
the American workmen. To be two and
three times as well off as his German
brother in the same occupation, and for
the fact to be admitted by a German
student, is feather that is worthy a
place in the Americans cap. But there.
we have known II all the time And we
are glad our foreign friends are coming
around to an understanding of the
situation They have been a long time
coming, but they have arrived at last.
The American worker is better of
than the worker in any other country
under the sun. However, that is not q
sufficient reason why he should be en-
tirely satisfied with his condition. One
beauty about this country is that the
toiler OF today may be the capitalist of
tomorrow. He may be more than a
mere capitalist, he may be a useful.
public spirited citizen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
MISTAKEN CHARITY.

kalamazoo. Michigan, will be a
Mecca for al the tramps of the coun-
Try hereafter. This because a KaIama-
zoo woman, Mrs AImira Kramer, has
lust died, leaving $4,000 to be put out
at Interest, the income to be used IN
feeding the gentlemen OF the road Now
let the glad news be disseminated
asnong the tramp fraternity Let the
word be passed along that in Kalama-
zoo they viii be fed copiously without
money and without price; and. what is
more 10 the point. without work.
The people of Kalamazoo are natur-
ally much concerned about the beduest.
They don't want their town TO become
a tramp haven but they don't see any
way to avoid It. The money with
which TO feed the buns is there and the
buns know it is there. They will
surely lose no time in claiming their
own, whether Kalamazoo likes it or
not. Mrs. Kramer's charity is sure to
prove a considerable nuisance to Kala-
mazoo.
1t is mistaken charity. This notion
OF feeding every tramp that comes
along and asks for food has been much
overwOrked. Some people pride them
selves on the fact that they never turn
a professedly hungry man away un-
fed. They think they are nobIy gem
erous, that they are philanthropists.
that they are casting upon the waters
bread that may after a long time re-
turn to them. The theory that all
Corners must be fed is a foolish one.
We don't believe in turning hungry
men away hungry, but we do believe
that they should be made to pay In
work, at least, for their food
No man who is really hungry, and
we speak now of the able bodied only,
viii refuse to do some work in ex-
change for some food. No man. able
to work, should be permitted TO eat
without working. 1t is the indis-
criminate feeding of tramps by house
keepers that has built up the great
army Of buns in the United States.
There are thousands of them trampinS
across and UP and down the country.
They ride in freight cars, on brake
beams. they even walk when they can't
steal a ride.
But they never work, for they are
always sure of finding some soft
hearted Individual who will feed them.
y general movement for requiring
trainps to work before they eat would
have the effect of thinning cut that
army IN a little while.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
AUTO OWNERS
VIOLATE LAW
Fail to Have Numbers on Machines of
Right Size and Color.
THEY ALSO RUN TOO FAST
COMPLAINTS FROM HORSEMEN
ON SOUTH MAIN SPEEDWAY.

Is the number on the back of your
automobile "legibly marked in white
upon a dark background, in figures not
less than six inches in height, and of
the style known as boldface?''
If not, you are operating the machine
in violation of the laws of Salt Lake
City and are subject to punishment
by fine of not more than $780, or by
Imprisonment in the jail not more than
100 days. or by both such fine and inn
prisOnnent''
Probably some of the automobiles in
Salt Lake City have numbers that
meet the requirements OF the law, but
il is safe TO presume that a large ma
Jority of the vehicles are not so
equipped The legal style of number
provides for figures that are some
what unsightly from the aesthetic
standpoint. but are much more
slightly from the optical standpoint.
The purpose of numbering the ma
chimes is chiefly for identification, so
that when an unfortunate pedestrian
IS knocked down he or bystanders can
by glancing at the disappearing rear of
the automobile ascertain its number
and from that the name of its owner.
For this reason, the ordinance calls for
large white figures on a dark back
ground, figures that can be made out
easily from a distance.
1t may be more from a desire to
preserve the appearance OF their ma
chine than from a desire to avoid
Identification in case of accident, yet
the fact is that Salt Lake automobile
owners have not taken kindly to the
figures prescribed By law. You viii
search long before you find a machine
with white figures six inches high. You
will find some white figures, but they
will be less than six inches high and
they viii not be "of the style known
as boldfa ace" You viii also find dark
colored, metal figures, such as are used
in numbering houses, attached to
the automobiles. Instead of being
white on a dark background, they are
black on red, green, or black back
ground, depending on the color of the
paint on the machine. Some of the
numbers cannot be read thirty feet
away at noon and cannot be seen at all
after dusk.
Recently horsemen who have been
using the Main street drive between
Ninth South and Tenth South have
been complaining of the speed of auto
mobiles there and express a belief that
somebody is due to get hurt as a re-
suit of reckless work. The hOrsemen
are wondering whether an automobile
is nearer to a bicycle or tricycle. than
to a horse and buggy. If it comes
within the classification that embraces
bicycles and tricycles there is an Ordin-
ance which says it must keep off the
drive
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

viii pay any attention to the black
wedding, the Office, the store, the
workshop or the school
The beginning of the Niagara
Movement is an address to the country
at large. The address is interesting
mainly because it shows that fool no
tions are occupying the heads of some
colored brethren TO the exclusion of
everything else. In the address en-
ployers are sharply criticized for using
negroes as strike-breakers and unions
are denounced for excluding negroes
from their ranks. The Jim Crow
cars Of the south are given a special
paragraph of abuse, the courts come
in for an attack because negroes are
kept of juries and the government is
raped for not promoting negro SOL
diers.
Continuing, the address says:
ANY discrimination based simply on
race or color is barbarous, we care not
how hallowed it be by custom, expedi-
ency or prejudice. Differences made
on account of ignorance, immortality,
poverty or disease may be legitimate
methods of reform, and against them
we have no word of protest. but dis
ordinations based simply and solely on
physical pecuIiarities. place of birth,
color of skin, are relics Of that unreas-
oning human savagery of which the
world is and ought to be thoroughly
ashamed"
1t is difficult TO view the Mia CARA
creed with patience. The most PROM
inent negro in the United States. the
greatest benefactor of his race. Booker
II. Washington. is taking no part in
the movement and it is safe to say he
does not look tolerantly upon it. Wash
ington has never preached social equal
ity, he has never urged his fellow ne
groes to seek political offices. Instead.
he has taught them to be useful citi-
zens within the limitations that are
properly theirs.
The black is not being held back in
this country. Wherever he shows a
disposition to cOnfne his endeavors to
legitimate felds he is being encouraged.
Everything that is good in-the negro
has come to him through association
with white people. In Africa the negro
is today the same barbarian he was a
thousand years ago. He is a savage.
And If all the negroes in the United
States we're sent back to Africa every
one of them would lapse into savagery
before a hundred years had passed.
Negro talk about American barbarism
is the widest sort of folly. And their
talk about social equality is even moro
absurd. The last decent white man
in the United States must be killed be-
fore it can become a fact
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
NEW NEeRo MOVEMENT.

number of negroes got together at
Buffalo, ~. Y. the other day and start
ed what they call the Niagara Move
ment." Translated, this means that
they have started a movement for So
cial equality, business equality and
every other sort Of equality they can
think Of. They propose to ACCOMPLISH
the thing so thoroughly that nobody
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Takes A Shock.
Richfield Sun.)

The eSitor Of the Sun, 20 escape the
heat in Richfield last Sunday. drove out
to j. NJ. Bolitho's ranch, northeast of
town, and spent the afternoon in a way
corded a glad welcome by Mr.. and Mrs.
Bolitho and by Mrs. Dwight Meter and
her two big boys, who also were visitors
at the ranch II is worth anyone's while
to go out TO the BOlithos just 70 get a
drink Of pure, cold water from one of the
flowing wells on the place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

San Francisco, the home OF the anti
Chinese sentiment, is to have a public
meeting to devise methods of raising
the Chinese boycott on American goods.
Doesn't the turning OF the worm make
a lot of difference?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

f. J. Smiley of Kansas is gaining
fame as the first man who has ever
been convicted and sent to prison for
violating an antitrust law. We are
sincerely hoping he won't have that
distinction very much longer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Talk Anything But Horse.
milwaukee Sentinel.l

1t may be noticed that M. White and
Baron Hayashi approach the subject much
like two men about to enter a horse
trade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Better Write a Letter.

washington POst)
Senator Penrose IS becoming dis
couraged at getting the busy now
signal every time he tries to talk to
Oyster Bay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Might Chew Ice For a While.
New York Commercially

NEW YORK commercially n
1t will he well for Senator Depew to sail
home calmly. High temperatures excite
the suspicion of quarantine officers. and
plain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

The new chief OF police of Chicago
says he is going to drive all gamblers
out OF that city. VIII he include the
board Of trade gamblers?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
He couldnt't Help II.
Chicago Record-Herald

The sultan Of Turkey has decorated Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia But no man
should be judged according to the source
Of his decorations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
He Passes the Gold Brick On.
Detroit Free Press.

Tom Lawson was one of the 'Fads and
FanCieS" victims. 1t is astonishing how
Mr.. Lawson can be wealthy and still have
been VictimiZed so often.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
They Certainly Are Not Fools.

philadelphia North American.)
Since the place where they fear to tread
has as Vet not been disclosed. Baron Hay
ashis assertion that the Japs are not
angels is a bit SuperfIuOus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Miaht Haze Heard the Name Refore
CBrooklyn Union.)

Perhaps Secretary Shaw might be I'M
officially interested in the cry that some
thing must be done because Cuba is rapid
~ approaching the deficit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

The acting secretary of the interior,
Mr. Ryan, seems glad to give a Dern
for the Uintah land drawing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Better Clamp the Lid on Them.
lChicago NeMs. ]

New Orleans. which has passed an anti
mosquito ordinance. should bear in mind
that the MOSQUITOES viii not respect it ull-
less it is enforced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
Shouldn't France So Soon.

ATLANTA Constitution.)
Mr.. Fairbanks trusts that Mr. Root will
remember that so far his only call is a
call to be secretary of state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

After bath try Saltair Cafe for
something good to eat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
His offense Was Innocuous.
Washingt

Nv
Paul Morton is viewing panorama OF
financial duplicity that makes a railway
rebate look like a Sunday school lesson.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
MEMS CLUB HOLDS BANQUET
Christ Church Members Attend Quar-
terIy Gathering-Earl Rogers
Makes Address

The quarterly banquet of the Mems
club of Christ churcn was held last
evening at the church. The arrange
ments, in charge of the Woman's guild
of the church, were novel and artistic.
The tables were arranged in the shape
of a maltese cross, the centerpiece be-
ing a large mound of ferns surmounte1
by a graceful potted palm. At either
end of the table were tall clusters OF
poinsettias, the color scheme being red
and green, silver candelabra being
shaded in red. Covers were lail for
one hundred persons, at each plate
dainty buttonhole bouquet being
placed beside the club song, composed
by H. II. Been, member of the club.
"Pioneer Days" was the topic Of Earl
Rogers. who was followed by G. w.
Parsons, who spoke on The Past and
Present of Christ Church" ''Ou: state
was responded to by George Burton and
"a Word Picture of Our Club House"
by r. A. Eisen. Rev. Baker p. Lee, rec
tor of the church. spoke on "A Point of
Sin in All Recreation" w. w Heath
cote spoke on 1.-THE Man of the Hour.
Brief remarks were made by Messrs,
Rockwell, Langdon, Semineau, Wool
wine and Milwood.
Following are the women who served
the banquet: Mines. Hoag. w. w.
Weir, e. r. Earl. Swift. Clark, Grace
Sanborn, Glass. Kimball. Badger Green
Walter Wren, Murphy, Bean, Misses
Richards, Hentz, Payne. Hyr1n, Gra-
ham and Wyman.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
DEFICIT? BOSH!
SAYS COUNCILMAN
MEMBERS HELD PERSONALLY
LIABLE
George Smith, Head Of Financial Conn.,
mittee, Declares There viii Be
No Shortage at End
Of the Year

There will be no deficit at the end
OF the year if the city has to close
up shop in order to avoid it,"
This statement was made yesterday
by Councilman George A. Smith, chair
man of the finance committee Of the
council.
There is one very good reason why
there will be no deficit" continued Mr.
Smith, "and that Is that should a de-
ficit occur the councilmen are person.
ally liable for the shortage. You can
rest assured that no councilman Is go-
ing down into his own pocket to pay
the liabilities Of the city when by sim
ply voting mo" on a demand from
some department that is overdrawn
he can avoid 1t. That is just what we
propose to do from now on. Depart
ments that are overdrawn will have
few demands honored by the council
until they have practiced sufficient
economy to make up their overdraft.
"All this talk about deficit is non
sense. Some departments are over
drawn, but only five months of the
fiscal year have passed and we still
have seven months in which to make
up any shortages. This thing occurs
every year, and why such a hue and
cry should be raised at this particular
time is something that | cannot under
stand. There has hardly been year
in the history of the city when the
council has not had to say to one OF
more departments. Thus far and no
farther Every department. in the city
government would overdraw its allow
ance If we would let il.
This talk about a deficit is espe-
cially to be regretted at this time,
when the city is in the money mar
ket for water bonds and other impor-
tant features. Such talk can have no
other effect than to injure the citys
credit. and as it is entirely uncalled
for it is discouraging to those who are
doing their utmost for the city's ben
eft.
when this question of a provsona,
deficit came up l was out of the city
and did not return until the latter part
Of last week. AS chairman of the
finance committee ! am in a position
to know something about the clty's
condition and [ am sorry I was not
here to head off this discussion before
it arose"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS
MAY NOT BE DISCONTIN UED

According to statements made by
Southern Pacific officials yesterday. it
is probable that personally conducted
excursions will not be discontinued on
Jan. 1, 1906. notwithstanding the fact
that orders have been issued to that
effect by several of the railroads.
The Southern Pacific" said one Of
the officials, has been getting the
worst of the deal right straight
through. A number of the other roads
have been in the habit Of delivering
cars to us at Ogden that are only
half or quarters full, and we are
compelled to carry all of these cars
the full extent Of the journey. We
cannot put the people into a number
of cars that would accommodate them
and leave the rest of the cars behind
for the reason that they have come on
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
YOUNG "SLEUTH" IN TROUBLE
Lad Reads "YelIow-Back" Novels and
Has Ideas on Catching
Nri,,oinaIe

Thrilled by stirring tales read in
"yellow-back novels, Alfred Meek of
915 Waldo avenue, Pasadena, left home
yesterday with a badge from a So
called detective agency and came to
Los Angeles. but unfortunately ran
amuck at Second and Los Angeles
streets yesterday afternoon and was ar
rested by Patrolman j. j. Murphy
Meek came to Pasadena from Grand
Rapids. Mich, and entered the en-
ployment of a carpenter. Yesterday
he came to Los Angeles to find a new
place to work. Patrolman Murphy
thought that the lad was acting sus-
piciously. Upon searching him he
found the detective badge.
When questioned by the police at
the central station the officers found
that the lad was possessed with foolish
ideas about capturing criminals. The
officers took the badge. gave the lad
some good advice and allowed him to
go free.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08

q personally conducted car and have
engaged the same berths all the way
through.
"Of course all OF these cars are full
when they leave Chicago. but the peo-
pie stop off before they get to us.
The only solution for us would be TO
demand that all OF the people coming
clear through to California be put into
the same cars, and then nothing but
full cars would be delivered TO us.
"a number Of the eastern roads are
making a fuss over the orders that have
been issued TO discontinue these eX-
cursions. for they say It would greatly
injure their business. None of the
roads can do away with this service
until all of them agree to do it. and |
don't believe that they can get more
than half of the principal roads to come
to such an agreement"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
UNION LEAGUE CLUB BANQUET
Or. MaiIe Tells Fellow Veterans Of
Life in AndersonvilIe Prison
During Civil War

DR.. John l.. Maile superintendent OF
Congregational church, was the prin-
cipal speaker at the regular monthly
dinner of the Union League club last
evening. DR.. Maile was a member of
the Eighth Michigan infantry during
the Civil War and his address was a
personal "Reminiscences Of ten months
that he spent in the Andersonville
prison.
Among the members of the club are
many veterans of the war. and the
sneaker touched some tender chords
IN his address II. n. Bulla presided
and when the toast TO Our President
had. been responded to The company
Sang America
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
Woman Gets $1,000

Suit was brought yesterday by Califta
l.. Blanchard in the United States court
against the Los Angeles railway for $780,
900 damages for injuries alleged to have
been received year ago last Septem-
Der. 1t was stated during the course
of the suit that Mrs. Blanchard was
thrown from a car of the Los Angeles
railway and disabled for life, her hip
being crushed. The sum of $1,000 was
awarded to Mrs. Blanchard by Judge
Wellborn.