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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
COM EMIT IN LONDON.
The Thunderer Takes a Hopeless
View of the Situation.

London, Aug. 1.-THE morning neWspa-
pers carry lengthy dispatches today, COW
columns, from Portsmouth. The tone OF
these dispatches is general is pessimistic
although it is admitted that the mere
fact that the plenipoteutaries are son
tinning 20 talk is indicative OF the pos
gibility that some arrangement finally VIII
be reached whereby the continuance OF
the war may be avoided
The Times this morning is particularly
hopeless in its expressions regarding the
say that peaceful outcome is ompis-
NJ. Witte IN which the Russian envoy
DISCUSSES the question of an understand
ing being reached between Russia and
Great Britain. which. he said. was quite
within the bounds of probability.
M. Whites Explanation.
pan, the Morning Posts correspondent
quotes NJ. Witte as saying that 1t Is due
in the first place to the, spread Of Guilt
gence of Russia in failing TO place her
case properly Before the world, and, last
with regard to an understanding be-
tween Great Britain and Russia, NJ. Witte
is quoted as saying:
and Russia to reach an understanding
direct against a nation friendly to Rus
sia. If it did not have the object IN
view. then there is no reason WHY RHs-
STA could not be friendly with England
and still remain on good terms with Ger
many. For instance. Russia and France
are allies and Russia and Germany are
good friends The fact of Russia's hay
iTg the good will of both France ana
Germany has prevented many historical
events from taking place that otherwise
would have happened"
According TO the Post. NJ. Witte firm
ly declined 10 discuss the peace negoua-
tions beyond saying;
''All 1 can say is that the outlook Is
not clear"
On the financial situation NJ. W'tte is
quoted as showing that Russia is amply
able to carry on the war, not for year
but for years, for so long as may be
necessary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
PEACE ENJOYS
DID NOT MEET
Continued from PAGE I

insisted, if the conference was to be held
in the United States, II was essential
that the most rigid secrecy be observed
d ne mater of Ives MAS aS o,Df t en-
and Mr.. Takahira, conduced through
medium which is not disclosed. as a re-
suit of which secrecy was agreed upon
as a condition precedent to the confer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
CONDITION NOT SERIOUS.

= Manila. Aug. I2.-At ocfocl this .
y afternoon Mrs Dubois. the wife of -
= Senator Dubois OF Idaho, who was y
= injured I'm a runaway, was very nerv- y
Aous and restless, but her condition is y
= not considered serious
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
DO THE BEST YOU
CAM IT'S THE
BEST YOU CAN DO
august 14th,

But we've done even
better. We've made this
the best clothes-shop in
Utah with the best clothes
Utahns ever wore--H. S.
& NJ. hand tailored, ready
to-wear clothes. Some
as low as $500. The
best of all sorts of fixings
for men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
Burnett's Vanilla Extract

has OutliVed criticism It is the finest
vanilla extract that can be bought.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14
Decided It WouId Be lmproper.

But In view of the worldwide inter
est. and the enterprise Of the American
journalist. Mr.. TalSahira decided that 1t
WSuld be proper to make TO the press
at such times were deemed advisable
brief formal statements agreed to by both
sides. All other statements published We're
TO secure the possibility of secrecy that
the United States placed at the disposal
OF the plenipotentiaries the building on
a government reservation where the en-
trance could be cieaped.
'It would be considered remarkable if
Mr.. Witte was not apprised before arri-
val a. Portsmouth of this preliminary
agreement as to secrecy entered into up
on the particular suggestion of Count
CaSsini. At any rate when the question
was raised by our plenipotentiaries at the
first session of the conference he assent
ed and has not since protested
Witte Courts Publicity.
Mr. WHITE, however. still insists that he
courts on behalf of the Russians the wild
est publicity of the proceedings. He said
today in response to the Japanese state
ments:
II am not acquainted with the under
before / was appointed plenipotentiary
for the peace negotiations. What / said
and what repeat is that the initiative of
keeping the deliberations OF the confer
ence secret was taken at the first meet
ing by the Japanese plenipotentiaries. It
is true that the Russian Observation-Disclosures
made no opposition to it because the Rus
slams did not come to America to defend
the rights of the press. There are so
many differences on serious questions be-
tween Russia and japan that we would
not undertake 10 add more or less i'm
Dortant affairs. What 7 wish to have
clear is that if the Japanese have moth
ing TO the contrary / am ready at any
moment TO publish the full text of all the
ence as well as the record OF the proceed
ings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-14

Two Bands. Lagoon. wed. Aug. ls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

that enterprising American nnanufac-
turers and capitalists might take adj
vantage of the tariff to establish in
dustries on the Canadian side. But
that IS Just what is being done, and
not only will American trade ultimate
ly lose its Canadian market, but the
transfer of American manufacturing
capital to that side will enormously
strengthen the opposition in Canada to
any more liberal tariff arrangements
between the two countries. Not only
is American capital being transferred
to the Canadian side, where it will dis
possess American manufacturers OF
their Canadian market, but the Cana
dian government is revising its tariff
and preparing to add probably 10 per
cent to it's height at an early date.
This is the answer to the stand
patters who have antagonized every
move toward Canadian reciprocity,
meeting the demand for more liberal
trade relations with that country with
the claim that it didn It make any diff
ference about the tariff-We had the
Canadian trade anyway. What is being
done in Canada can be done in other
countries, too, till we become our own
fercest competitors in foreign markets.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Endorses Discipline.
To the Editor of The Journal: -
e A writer in vOl1r nanar. who Si,

To the Editor of The Journal: a..
4 A writer in your paper who signs him
self Discipline, = hits the nail on the
head when he advocates corporal punish
ment for unruly scholars in the public
schools. I know of one teacher who is
contemplating giving up her work be-
cause she cannot enforce discipline. She
has taught successfully in other schools,
and she has f1rrnness Of character, too.
There are three iSapish boys whose ex-
ample demoralizes the other scholars
Ordinary punishments have no terrors for
them. Their parents DO not uphold them,
but say, make them behave" What is
she to do?
These boys get worse as they grow up.
They are the ones that make the toughs
and heodlums that are terrors to neigh
borhoods. A few weeks ago a party of
these young rascals entered house that
is vacant for the winter because the fam
lily IS absent from the city, and wantonly
destroyed property valued at several hun
bred dollars. They went thru the rooms
defacing the walls and pulling down the
chandeliers I'll venture that IL these
boys were properly disciplined they would
have more regard for property and peo-
pie. "A Mother.
minneapolis, Dec. II, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
How MIR. RYAN Bushes.

The greatest philanthropist has at
length been discovered. His identity
has been suspected, but owing to the
virgin modesty of the suspected it has
been difficult to obtain the evidence
upon which monument might be erect
ed. What has caused Mr.. Thomas F.
Ryan to abandon that maiden reserve in
which he has hitherto cloaked his good
works, we have no means Of knowing
It is sufficient that Mr.. Ryan has aban,
doned it and has come out with state.
ment which proves him the greatest sin,
gle-handed friend of man who ever cot
up on his hind legs and did things .~
Mr.. Ryan amid his bushes has testi
fed that he bought the Equitable stock
& in order to avert the greatest panic
this country had ever seem He bought
it and put it in the hands Of Grover
Cleveland and then he felt safe. Mr.
Cleveland has a great record as al
averter Of panics. In conjunction
with J. P. Morgan he is said to put w
an invincible "wrastle'' against panicE
in all forms.
Mr.. Ryan's philanthropy is appre
ciated at just the same value as hi
truth. There was as much chance Of {
panic at the time Ryan ran off with thu
Equitable stock as there is today whe1
the main facts about insurance abuses
| have been made known. Mr.. Ryan
bought the stock because he wanted tt
get into the game. He ran away will
| it when Hartman was not looking
Hartman went to. him afterward AM
suggested an equal division of the stocl
at the price paid by Ryan to Hyde
but Mr.. Ryan resisted. This was no
philanthropy. If it was to save tn
country he bought the stock, he coul,
have no objection to Mr.. Hartman >
sharing the responsibility. No, it wa
not philanthropy; it was business. MI
Ryan will be better thought of if h
excuses his imagination and sticks
closely to the facts. The people d.
not believe in him as a philanthropist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
THE MAGAZINES

The Christmas critlc.-t'At the House
OF David a description Of the sacred
play david" or the School Of the
Cross" as given by the WOod-carvers of
Oberammergau by Maude Barrows Dut-
ton, is the leading article in The Critic
for December. Robert Herrick contrib
utes a Christmas poem, and Richard
Burton a poem, with Dickens at the
Christmas HEARTH Other things in this
Gallery Of American Art. No. x.-Hugo
Balm" by H. ST. G.; kate Greenaway,
the Artist by M. H. spielmann and G..
s.. Layard; Trees of Christmas tide in
Folklore" by Frances Duncan; Mod
ern American Miniature Painters" by
Homer Saint Gaudens; There's no
place like the old place. poem by
Richard Watson Glider; 'The Philoso-
piers Joke'-L. by Jerome K. Jerome;
''The United States Thru German Spec
tacles," by James Bryce; christmas
with Irving, Thackeray and Dickens" by
Charlotte HARDWOOD; "Provencal Trouba-
dours and the Courts Of Love-" by Emma
Calve; "The Artistic Temperament and
Its Expression by Edward Fuller; also
book reviews and literary chat
The Arena for December.-Among the
articles in The Arena for December is
one ors. special interest on 1.-THE Bourn-
vile Village Experiment; Twentieth
Century Experiment at Housing the
| Workers." by Lyra Dale Trueblood
Other articles are: Possibilities of Gov
eminent Railroad Control" John Bur.
ton Phillips, Ph.D.; Guarded Represen.
! tative Government the Vital Demand O.
Democracy" George H. SHIRLEY; "socia
Scarecrows," Linton Satterthwait; "a
Physicians View Of the Divorce CUES
| tion," A. D. Bush Md; 1.-TWO Souls il
One Body; a Realistic but Scientific Ac
count Of a True Psychological Case
William Lee Howard, MD; "The Vita
Issue in the Present Battle for Grea
American Art" an editorial sketch ant
an conversation with Frank Edwin Ell
well, B. 0. Flower; "The Economic
| Struggle In Colorado"-I. 'Dominan
Trusts and approximations
J. Warner Mill; 1.-THE American Judicia
System" William v. Allen; why I Fa
vor the Single Tax" H. H. Hardinge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13


+ DICKENS "a CHRISTMAS CAROL"
IN BEAUTIFUL FORM.-The Baker &
Taylor Co. has issued Dickens A Christ
mas Carol and The Cricket on the Hearth
in most attractive form for the holiday
season. It Is bound well and printed
beautifully on excellent paper, but, best
of all, it is illustrated sympathetfcally
and with genuine art by George Alfred
Williams, a great lover Of Dickens and
his characters, who shows the spirit in
which he has approached the two classics
in the present volume, in the following
from his preface: 1.-THE interpretations
in this volume aim to eliminate the gross
er phases of the caricature in favor OF
the more human. If the interpretations
seem novel, If Scrooge be not as he has
been pictured, 1t Is because a more hui
man Scrooge was desired-a Scrooge not
wholly bad, a Scrooge Of a better heart,
Scrooge to whom the resurrection de-
scribed in this story was possible" The
book is one to win a boys or girls
heart for Dickens and give the reading Of
either a direction that will be lifelong
source Of pleasure and good.
The Baker & Taylor company, New
HhE -a5F51. York
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

voted with either of the other parties
on national questions.
Philadelphia then had the inspiring
spectacle Of former republican post
master general and a former democratic
national chairman speaking from the
same platform, for the candidates of a
party who were pledged to redeem Phil
adelphia from graft. Neither republi-
can nor democrat feels that he has lost
any Of his standing in his national
party by this act, but he does feel that
he did his city the greatest service pos
sible by his vote.
The question that naturally arises is:
rs the Philadelphia city party fix
ture or did it respond to an ext
gency merely to resolve itself into its
component republican, democratic and
prohibition atoms after the election?'
Nobody who watched the course of the
Philadelphia campaign can believe that
it would be- either wise or safe to sur
render the future fruits of this almost
unexampled victory over corruption.
Disintegration of the city party is just
what the machine managers are looking
for. It would enable them to recover
lost ground, to make the city once more
part of the machine and to make it
"pay the expenses" once more. Logi-
cally the city party must remain.
The Philadelphia experiment. is OF
tremendous import to all the cities CT
the country which are grooming under
the burden Of misrule dictated by state
and national parties, whose interest is
not the building up Of the city, but the
draining Of the too easy marks who con.
stitute it's taxpayers for the solidifying
of a larger machine. If the Philadel.
phia city party can maintain itself and
win second victory it will be notice to
the other cities Of the country that what
can be done there can and ought to be
done in every other city in the country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
No Casualties.

The annual OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES de-
bate was pulled off at the university
last night without casualties. That the
men were all in splendid condition may
account for the fact that not man
was hurt during the debate and what
is more remarkable, not a minute OF
ntime out'' was taken during the
game. There was an entire absence
of brutality. Only one incident which
looked like a violation Of the rules
occurred. One of the freshmen
kneed sophomore with a mino1
premise, but it was shown that there
was no intention to do personal injury
and the wounded sophomore came to
in a. few seconds. There was no scalp
inc of tickets and the gatekeepers
never had a more orderly crowd to
deal with. The faculty and regents
should encourage these contests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
CIVIC ACTIVITIES

One of the most elaborate municipal
publications of the year is the report
Of the controller of Greater New York,
showing the financial operations OF the
treasury for the year 1903. The report
should have been issued within Two
year dealt with, but Controller circuit
explains that the charter provision
allows too little time. At the close of
the calendar year bulletin is printed
and later the report, which is the real
history of the finance department., is
issued. This report is in two volumes,
admirably planned. Six primary tables
in volume I. contain lucid summaries
of all the financial transactions, OF the
expenditures and revenues Of New
York city overtop anything in the way
Of public expenditure in the country
except the bill of the national govern
ment The receipts for 1908 were $253,-
566,O28.29 and the disbursements about
So, 900 900 less. The total debt of the
city was $4s5, 100000 in round numbers,
various sinking funds as investments.
Grand Rapids, Mich, has recently
adopted new charter. The previous
conditions at Grand Rapids were quite
similar to those we are familiar with
in Minneapolis. The old charter was
adopted in village days and has been
added to by special acts from time to
time. Three years ago the Civic club
began to agitate for new charter
which should include:
First-Better protection Of the city's
rights in the granting Of franchises.
Second-More equitable assessments
of the cost of street improvements.
Thlrd-The merit system.
The charter adopted declares for
these and has centralized the govern
ment in the council and four executive
boards in charge Of public works, police
| the mayor is chairman without vote.
Los Angeles is called the most adj
vanced of all our American cities by
William E. Curtis, the noted correspond
ent. Every two years the charter of
| Los Angeles is open to amendment.
Changes may be proposed by the council
or the people. The Municipal league of
the city has secured amendments COW
ering the adoption of the merit system
in all departments and the initiative
and referendum. Los Angeles has no
political boss and national party lines
are not maintained in local elections.
| The London Morning Post, discussing
the Philadelphia election, gives the peo-
pie credit for having overthrow a
machine, but doubts whether any lasting
good will become Of it, because it claims
the cities of the United States can de.
stroy but cannot construct. The Lon
| don Post is trife vague in it's knowl-
! edge Of American cities. More con
structive work has been done in build
| ing and rebuilding American city gov
ernments in the past dozen years than
in almost any other direction of effort
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
Chamberlain Has Hopes.

The coming campaign IN England VIII
be a bitter one, judging from the align
ment Of parties already effected. Be-
fore the liberals could take office, the
Irish party in solemn convention at
Dublin declared that nothing short Of
local parliament will satisfy the aspira-
lions of the Irish people. This is no
tice to Campbell Zimmerman to prepare
for battle on home rule. This suits
the tories, Of course, for they can agree
not to grant home rule to Ireland when
they cannot agree upon anything else.
On the other hand the liberals will
strive to keep the question before the
electors confined to the fiscal issue
raised by the outgoing government.
They will stand for free trade and ring
the changes on the absurdities of Cham
berlain IS protectionist program.
The people Of England will likely
vote for free trade, tho the present con
ditions Of the labor market make an
opening for plausible talk for protec-
ton. Many industries are stagnant and
the unemployed are marching in process
sion in the streets of London. Mr..
Chamberlain has already intimated that
he will ask why, if free trade is the only
policy for England, are not these men
happily and pro6tably employed9 He
will answer that it is because England
imports her shoes, her clothing, every
| thing she uses or wears, instead Of max
ing them. Referring to the appeal of
the unemployed to Premier Balfour, the
London Times says the real cause of the
present distress is free trade, under
| which the work that should be done in
London is executed in Berlin. It says:
"'The state could easily put our la.
Dor upon equal terms with labor in
other countries and then the qualities
of our workmen would have fair play
But the liberal party is going to die
In its last ditch, rather than listen to
a proposal which sets at naught some
theories propounded sixty years ago
so we give our real employment to for.
e1gners and then have to face the de.
mand-which, after all, is not without
an element Of justice-that we should
make good it's absence by inventine
and paying for sham employment. - /.
Mr.. Chamberlain, the leader of the
protectionists in Great Britain, frank
ly admitted some time ago that he ex
pected that a liberal ministry would
come in with the general election, but
he was confident that it would not last
long. But now that the home rule has
been injected into the campaign, he i
inclined to withdraw his admission that
| the liberals would return even q TEN
porary majority. He believes that Eng
land will turn to protection as a relie4
from the tory party, which does not
| know it's own mind on the fiscal ques
tion, and the liberal party, which i:
equally baHled by the complexities Of
the home rule issue. n. gs.5.. I'D
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
The Work Of the Standpatters.

The Chicago Tribune says it is esti-
mated that upwards of fifty millions Of
the manufacturing capital Of this coun-
try has been transferred within the
past FIVE years to Canada. One hun
dred and thirty-two Of the leading man
ufacturing industries have found it
necessary to establish branch plants in
Canada for the manufacture of their
goods for that market in order to es-
cape the Canadian tariff. The Tribune
gives a, list Of some Of the more i'm
portant ones represented in Chicago or
having heaquarters there, and says that
the conditions are such as to be alarm
ing, and that they are to be consid-
cred within a few days by the Illinois
Manufacturers association.
We are not at all surprised at the
concern manifested because of this
transfer Of American capital to Can
ada. We have had at least one notable
instance of it in Minneapolis, and per-
haps others not so important. Time
was when the head Of one Of the most
important manufacturing establish
ments here was an ardent advocate Of
reciprocity with Canada. Despairing Of
having anything done to make that
market more accessible, he transferred
considerable amount Of his capital
to Canada and engaged in the manu-
facture Of his goods on that side for
the Canadian trade. Since that time
he has lost all interest in Canadian
reciprocity, and that will be the case
with the men to whom this fifty mil
lions Of American manufacturing CAPT
tai transferred to Canada belong. II
| is not surprising, however, that bust
ness men on this side should become in.
| terested in the situation. The wonder
| is that they have not been awake to il
before.
An attempt was made in this state
( three years ago to secure Legislation
designed to promote freer trade will
Canada. It was difficult, however
both here and in other parts Of the
country to arouse much interest in The
proposition. The standpatter point
led to the fact that our trade with Can
ada shows a large balance on our sidt
and that it constantly ncreasingg
i No account was taken of the DANCE.