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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
DUTY FOR WOODEN SHOES.

Nothing, apparently, is too small for
men who desire to accumulate money
through the operation Of a benefcent
tariff to reach out after. There is in
Michigan a large colony of HoIlanders.
These Dutch people, excellent citizens.
We're accustomed in their home land to
wearing wooden shoes. 1t is a custom
from which they have been Ioath to de-
part, and they have been in the habit
of sending back to Holland at inter-
walls for wooden shoes. These shoes
have, up to the present time, been ad-
mitted free of duty.
Now a firm in Grand Rapids. the
place where the furniture comes from,
has recently engaged in the manufac-
ture of wooden shoes for the special
benefit of the Dutch-Americans The
other day the proprietors of this tac-
tory filed with the house committee on
ways and means a petition asking for
the imposition of a duty of 123 pc- cent
ad valOrem on wooden shoes. II is
set forth in the petition that tne shoes
are now being imported at A figure
considerably below that for which they
can be manufactured in the United
States. The plea is made that here is
an infant industry deserving of en-
enlargement and that the only proper
way to encourage it is to levy the tax
proposed.
1t is not contended that the duty
would add a single dollar to the rev.
enues of the country. The sole -pur-
pose of the tariff would be to make
impossible the importation Of wooden
shoes from Holland and to compel the
purchase of the American product. The
figures are not obtainabIe, but Il IS
very doubtful if more than few
thousand dollars worth of wooden
shoes are being imported now. Conse-
quentIy not many pairs could be sold
under any circumstances. The Amer
lean public is not going TO begin wear
ing wooden shoes. The only 1eg:,.t Of
the tariff would be to add to the bur
dens of the little Holland colony.
The matter may seem IaughabIe to
a great proportion of the public, but it
is not a trif1ing one to the Dutchnen.
They viii see no humOr in being com
PEELED to pay more for their shoes Just
to make an American manufacturer of
wooden shoes a little richer. Still. il
is difficult to see how congress can get
away from levying the tax. It in
wolves great Republican principle.
the principle Of protection, the buiIC-
ing up of home industries So the HoI-
landers can go hang. The wooden shoe
factory must prosper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
a RATIONAL STREET SYSTEM.

The move of tbs Civic Improvement
association to secure improved streets
and to use macadam instead of as
phalt on the residence thoroughfares
has met with a most encouraging re-
Spouse from the public. There is no
doubt but that Salt Lakers are anx-
ious to see a general campaign of
street Improvement inaugurated. but
the one obstacle heretofore has
been the enormous expense of paving
with asphalt, particularly when it was
proposed to cover the entire width of
a street.
The plan of the Civic association to
reduce the paving area ny parking tie
streets and to use macadam for ma
teriaI brings the cost of Improvement
down to a point where property-hold-
ers can stand the burden without suf-
fering, and will realize enough in ad-
vancing realty values to more than
cover the outlay for paving.
With such a plan carried out Salt
Lake would easily be one of the most
beautiful cities in the country, and the
result could be achieved at u moder-
ate cost, bringing returns much great
or than any other investment the mu-
nicipality and property-owners could
make, and removing one serious sub
jeot of criticism-the lack of modern
street system.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
SPIRIT TIPS.
Baltimore Sum-

Wall street is commonly assumed to
be of the earth. earthly, but there is a
lady banker there, according to a re-
cent dispatch, who conducts a large
bond investment business in the Mills
building on tips received from the spir-
it of her husband, who died two years
ago The judgment of the present
head of the firm was matured, it is
confessed by communion for twenty
four years with the late husband in
respect to financial affairs. Matters
of routine are not now referred to
him, but whenever I am in doubt
about anything" says the widow, 7
seek my guidance and advice from
him" 1t would be interesting to learn
just how the information is communi-
Gated. There are hundreds of departed
financiers whose opinion of present
stock prices would be interesting read
ing. Everything that Midas touched,
we are told, turned TO gold What
was his combinatiOn-4-11-44? If he
can be called up there will be no end
of seekers after tips. Croesus was
likewise a good financier, to say moth
ing of Crassus and Jay Gould. But
there is q shreWd opinion that a point
err from Morgan. Gates or Ryan might
be worth more just now in cold cash.
Every decade has it's own way to
make money fast, and even Jay
Gould's way is now out of date
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
A HELPLESS VICTIM.
Csan Francisco News Letter.

CSan Francisco News Letter.
They closed around him, and as he
eyed them undaunted they seemed to
him to be a pack of wolves, ferocious.
menacing. Here and there an angry
snarl arose but he did not finch
they could not brighten him. He had
an advantageous position, but still
they far outnumbered him, that close
compact mass, Swaying to and fro as
a unit. He thought of their combined
power, and yet he did not shudder.
No sign of fear marred the expression
Of his face. Unafraid, he drew him
self to his full height and looked at
them imperiously, defiantly-
With angry chances they returned
his gaze, and suddenly, as If impelled
by some irresistible force, lurched at
him savageIy, and when about to crush
him again lunged sullenly in the other
direction.
There crept into his mind the
thought that he was their plaything,
and one laughed a hideOus, CHASTITY
caclle. as if the idea of his situation
were n7irthfuI. Strengthened by the
arrival of newcomers, they seemed TO
become holder, and crushed against
him. wedging him into what seemed
TO be an ineXtricable position
Then, with no forewarning, despair
seized him and broke down the brave
demeanor which seemed to have been
fortified by hope. He weakened. AS
if beseeching them for mercy, he
thrust out one lean hand, supporting
himself in the surging mass with the
other.
He uttered one forlorn cry, as again
thew surged toward him. 1t sounded
like the wall of some agonized being
"Fares!
Transient" 1 said as handed him q
nj
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
q PROSPECTIVE STAGE LOSS.

Willie Collier, we believe he prefers
to be- called William, has contributed
SO much as an actor to the gayety of
nations, that wherever he has been
seen and heard. and especially in the
United States, the announcement That
he is to retire from the stage VIII be
received with genuine regret. Mr.. Col
lier has declared his intention TO retire
He has even gone so far as TO fix a
definite date for stepping out of the
glamour of the footlights. the white
CLEAN of the calcium. That date was
fixed in the first report at May 81, 1896.
Asked about the matter, Mr.. Collier
is reported as saying:
Yes, it is quite true that I have de-
cided to abandon my stage work, al
though the date is not exactly right.
IT should be April 30, 1895, and not May
81, for my seasons will not be so long
after this. I have been devoted to my
art for years-or will have been by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
CARELESS RESCUE Work.

The finding of another living sur
vIvoI of the terrible Courrieres mine
disaster in France affords practically
conclusive evidence that the work of
rescue was carried on in 4 manner so
careless, so slipehOp. so devoid of In
telligence, that the individual or indi-
Viduals responsible should experience
difficulty in escaping arrest on a
charge. of murder. For twenty-five
days this lasc survivor, Auguste Der
ten, wandered in the darkness STUN
bling over the rodies of his dead com
rades. eating the food they had left
and suffering so much that ne at
tempted to kill himself in order to put
an end to his misery.
The dispatches tell of Ike finding OF
bodies Wednesday, the day Berton was
rescued, that gave evidence of
very recent life. If the rescuing
parties had prosecuted their work
with a proper amount of zeal
and Intelligence there is little doubt
but that these victims, and per
haps many o.1ers, WOulG have been
saved No wonder the crowd Of fren-
zied men and women. relatives of the
miners who wecs lost, gathered at the
pits mouth and talked of doing VIC
lCnce to the engineers in charge of the
rescue Efforts
An investigation has already been
begun by the French government into
the affair The state engineers, it ap-
pears, took the work of rescue out of
the hands of the company's engineers.
If the inquiry should show a lack of
celebrity or incapacity or neglect Of
duty on~the part of the state engineers.
says the dispatch, prosecutions will en-
sue on the chargesof involuntary hom-
icIde. the penalty of which may be two
years Imprisonment" The penalty
will strike nns, observers as being
altogether too lisht
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

that time-and 1 think that 1 viii be
entitled to a rest. We viii say nothing
about the public. I will retire simply
because I will be tired. During the
next thirty years will make few
short tours. beginning with one to Aus
tralia this summer I will not be
party to a farewell tour. 1t tends to
get your name in the public print. 1
trust that my friends will not be I'M
duly overcome by the announcement
of my proposed retirement
Mr.. Golfers friends will at once be-
gin trying to dissuade him from his
purpose The blow to the public is
something too terrible to contemplate
calmly. Everybody will worry from
now until April so, 1886. for fear they
won't get another chance to see Will
liam. That's a long time to have such
a thing on your mind. William should
have broken the news more gently. He
should have first talked about retiring.
This thing of Pumping a fatal fact
right out at us that way is too much
of shock.
And while we are on the subject of
retirements. there's Olga Nethersole.
She announced in all seriousness the
other day that she would retire in
eight years. Next thing we know that
young fellow Stoddart, who is only a
little over so, will be declaring his in
tention to leave the stage inside of
forty-five or fifty years. Richard
Mansfield started it all by saying he
would retire in three years. The fever
seems to be epidemic. But 1t hasn't
invaded the ham" contingent as yet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

the aggregate is so large that it cuts
down the great trade balance which Eu-
rope annually owes us for our products
What we should most deplore is the ig-
norance which so many OF our own peo-
pie have of their own country. of its
scenic beauty and of it's material re-
sources A trip up the Hudson is balm
for the soul. A visit to Niagara or to
the Grand Canon inspires to higher
thoughts even than a cathedral service.
A trip across the continent discloses to us,
as nothing else can do, the wonderful
richness of the country, the mary elous
capabilities of our people and the splendid
destiny of the nation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Dear old Mark Twain expresses the
hope that in heaven there will be no
grand dukes or cars. We really can
not understand why Mark should wor-
~ about the population Of heaven. He
surely doesn't expect to go there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

The Russo Chinese negotiations have
owing to the obstinacy of Russia.
about come to an abrupt period. VIII
somebody please make a noise like a
Jap?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Hugh B. Sprague entertained a party
of friends at the play last evening
| followed by a supper at the home of
MS sister, Mrs. A. z Walker, in the
Emery-HOlmes. The party was chape-
roned by Mrs. Walker, the guests be-
ing Miss Alice Goodwin. Miss Estelle
Mcintyre. Miss Eloise Sadler, Miss
Beatrice Cheesman, Miss Mary Moore
Ward Brown, Ben Siegel. Ellis Freed
Hooper Dunbar, Wallace Bredemeyer
and Leslie Savage.
Samuel Newhouse entertained a par
ty of Out-of-town guests at a luncheon
yesterday at his home. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Bacon and
Miss Bacon Of New York and Mr.. and
Mrs. Upshur. The party is returning
from coast trip and left last evening
over the Rio Grande Western for Col
orado Springs, whence they go direct
to New York. Mrs. Bacon is a sister
Of Lady Gilbert Parker, wife Of the
| great novelist.
] Miss Fannie Bird entertained a num-
/ Der Of her girl friends yesterday at a
luncheon at the Bird home on Fourth
East street. The decorations were all
of daffodils and jonquils, and the
/ guests were Miss Addie Hampton, Mrs.
Robert Roy Hampton, Miss Jane How
| att, Mrs. Leroy Gore Dinwoodey, Mrs.
! Lear Ritter, Mrs. ]. Fred Oden, Mrs.
/ 7. G. OdeI, Mrs w. Schoppe. Mrs.
Mrs. ]. H. Richards, Mrs. Frank Rob-
erts and Mrs. A. w. McCune, jr.
The current events and current liter
/ allure section of the Ladies' Literary
/ club will meet this afternoon at the
/ club house. Mrs. W. a. Lee Will read
a paper on Some Recent Excavations
Near Pompeii and Athens" and Mrs.
Robert w. Fisher will read an orig
inal story written by Miss Mile ia
cobs.
Leslie Savage came in yesterday
| from Nevada, and is a guest at the
! Goodwin home.
Mrs. Ida Chandler Wells of Monte
! cello is in the city visiting friends.
!
Mrs A. H. Ahmad and her niece.
/ Miss Lillian Fitch, are back from a
visit of some weeks in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Davies have
! given uD their home on Brigham
street, and will be at home for the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Groo at q First street
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry St. Claire Hath
away viii move to Lockwood, n. Y,
shortly, where they viii make their
/ Miss June WhittemOre will leave this
morning with Mrs. John Reed for
! Denver, where she will be the guest for
some time of Miss AIine Yard.
/ Samuel Newhouse goes to Denver
this evening to remain over Sunday
with friends.
Miss Mary Olive Gray gives a pupils
recital this evening at her studio, 445
! South Main street
Mrs S. G. Bassett of Brookline.
/ Mass, spent yesterday in the city Wis
/ iting her old friends Mrs Bassett was
/ formerly the wife Of Chief Justice
/ Sanford
| Mrs. T. Bryant gave a luncheon yes
/ terday to a number Of her friends at
/ her home, 372 First street.
Mrs J. F. Marshall is back from
! stay of some weeks in California.
/ Mrs. VI. H. Kervin has returned from
/ a brief visit to Nevada.
=
The First Regiment band will give q
dance in honor of Keith-O'Brien en-
/ plOyes at ArmOry han this evening.
Miss Amber Bardsley Of Park City is
! in town visiting Miss Eva Hamlin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

An American girl is reported as tilt
ing her British lover because her
mother threatened to cut down her in
come from $4,000 to $1,000 a year. Our
guess is that she hurried in order To
beat her lover to it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
ONE MoURNER lei
Chicago News'.)

Her-I suppose Mrs. Wedagain has
ceased to mourn the loss of her first
husband.
Him-Yes, suppose so, but 1 under
stand her second husband hasn't
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
1T NEVER FAILS.
(Houston Post.

(Houston Post.)
Get up in the mornin',
Meath gray skies or blue.
And grin at the world
Till the world grins at you.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Andrew Carnegie says he reads .noA+-
ry and finds some good in it How
ever, if he has set aside few billion
dollars as fund for the relief of poets
we haven't heard of it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
ALWAYS STILL.
Detroit Free Pres!

Detroit Free Press)
Friends your husband a quiet
man?
Mrs Wise-Is he? Why, he goes
into a comatose condition every time
I ask him for a dollari
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

If anybody has not been suggested
by somebody for that vacant apostle
ship he has a right to feel seriously
aggrieved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

In spite of Mr.. Jerome's talk about
the innocence of Mr.. Perkins. we have
failed to see anybody starting a peti-
ton for Mr.. Perkins pardon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

1t wasn't much trouble to muster out
company D of the Utah national
guard. He quit very willingly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

The new 20,O0O-ton battleship is to
be named the Constitution. Anybody
that tears her battered ensign down,
will have to hurry a whole lot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Well, when we do have a pretty day
in this country it is prettier than any
pretty day in anybody's country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06
ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

Salt Lake-Piffi Paffi Poufi
VILE
Cfrand--'EIer Fatal Love-.
nue. Girls" 49,. > -
Y. NJ. c. A-Dixie Jubilee concert.
Tabernacle-Concert.
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Fair.
THE METALS.
Stiyer-545sc per ounce.
, Copper (casting)-1Sc per mound
Lead-$5-35 per 100 pounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

The current events and current liter
allure section Of the Ladies' Literary
club will meet this afternoon at the
club house. Mrs. W. a. Lee will read
a paper on Some Recent Excavations
Near Pompeii and Athens" and Mrs.
Robert w. Fisher will read an orig
inal story written by Miss Mile ia
cObS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

This is a shame and a loss to the coun-
try. The extraVagant sums of money
which Americans spend in Europe are
the least item OF loss. Let us not be-
srudge Europe the money which she
makes from American travel even though
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Leslie Savage came in yesterday
from Nevada, and is a guest at the
Goodwin home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-06

Mrs. Ida Chandler Wells of Monte
cello is in the city visiting friends.
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Methodist Church Notes.

At the Epworth League business
meeting Wednesday evening the fol-
lowing officers were elected to fill va
cancies: Miss Edith Lihdquist, vice
president missionary department /;
Miss Belle Sale, secretary and organ
ist; Mrs. J. A. Sprcngle, treasurer.
A soei,l was planned for The last Fri.
day evening of the month.
On Wedue,d,y evening the Sunday
school board held a busy and interest
ing session. Three new elas es were
formed. Cradle Il Ill and Home Depart
ments were organized, md the follow
ing new officers and eschers were
elected Mrs. A. l.. Gerhart. Supt.
of Cradle Roll; Mrs. d. C. Roberts,
Supt. of Nome Department; Chester
Maddox. Sec'y; Miss Cecil lies, Or
ganist; Miss Helen winfrey. Asst
Librarian and teachers, o. L. Erick.
son. Mrs. ]. A. Sprengle, Mrs. ]. A.
Sale.
The frstquartcrly conference of the
new church year will convene on Sat.
urday evening at 8 o'clock, Rev. X. A.
Chase, Presiding Elder, in the chair.
On Sunday morning Rev. Chase will
preach. The Holy Communion will
be observed at his morning service.
In the evening the sermon will be
by the pastor, Rev. o. +. Merrill. The
Epworth League meeting is at z o. IN.
The Sunday School at 10 a. m. Ey-
cry one is cordially invited to these
services. pestor
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SOME FACTS ABOUT TIME.
According to the Poets, Il Is Hard to
Classify.

Classify.
Time Is hard TO define. According
to the best poets time has a heavy
foot. tooth. forelock and breakable
legs. II travels In dlvers PAGES; II
ambies. trots, gallops. runs, rolls and
stands still; 1t has whips; It crops
roses. So far It seems like horse.
But 1t has forennger, also a reck.
less hand that writes wrinkles. This
explodes the horse theory.
furthermore. time flies. Hence, "a
bird OF time" Time is money: be.
ing also n bird. time is a gold eagle.
perhaps; money is the root Of all evil
ana procrastination is the thief of
t,me. Therefore. procrastination is
w chicken thief. (2) good thing.
The wickedness OF time is beyond
question. 1t is vindictive. "T wasted
time. mourns King Richard, "and
now doth time waste me-" Time
waits Tor no man. Time shall throw a
oart at thee. Time robs us of our
JOYS. Time will tell. Time is uuthiuk.
ing. Iime possesses Its debtors. The
time Is out Of Joint. and well may It
oe. considering what nuisance It is.
Time is n sea, a sandy beach.
nahK' shoal. and an abysm. Also Il
vs. whirligig. which seems odd when
We recaii that time Is quiet MS a nun.
Time is good. bad. high, fne, rough.
not Christmas. spring. waltz, com.
mon and lovely. Among good times
may be mentioned quitting time and
uInner time.-Newark News,
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We are anxious to Dave ~
Republican in close touen, 'ns ~
ing in harmony with the Rsps'.' s'.'
National Congressional conna os'''
favor of the election OF .
Congress. .;m
The Congressional eampI:
b. based on the admini's'au
Legislative record Of the 7 pam .a..,|
that being 20, Theodore ~, p
personality must be : es' . -
and his achievements :
thought in tho campaign :. III
We desire TO- maintain -
.hi. campaign with popsl.' r
tions Of Ono Dollar each ~ Z /.
iicana 70 each suo:s''I; ~ d
send the Rspubliean. . ny y ~
paien Tsxs Book and =
usned s. The Commits
1zesp = aehievs :
1ac1s !. s,rra'ta'
s()I ~ r
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Why tho Hermit klnodsm.

Oppressed by her nelghbors for ces
turtles and overrun with war: her pep
pie decimated: her cities. her temples
and her libraries sacked and des,ror
ed: her mobiles and maidens dive
OFF to China and her artisans 10 j.
pan; tho most ambitious and unsera
pulous of her subjects constantly
stirred to intrigue and conspiracy by
foreign powers. II is small wonder.
says w. +. Sands in tho Century. Aa,
Korea has ondcavorcd to shut herss!i
of from tho world. aed. by becoming
the Hermit Kingdom" has eHec,ui
ly barred the way to all progress.