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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
A MORMON
TRADE WITH JAPAN.
New York Press.

NC" 1o1k GTsSS.
Those timId ones who have been pre-
dieting that Japans great industrial
development would surely destroy our
trade with the far East ought to be
reassured. The island empire has. in
deed. In the past few years, made
marvellous industrial progress-and
what has been the result? She Is now
our best customer In the Orient Our
exports 10 Japan have grown from
$4,000 600 In 1895 TO more than s55, 900, 900
In the last fiscal year And, moreover
the industrial development of Japan
has brought II about that, while In
our dealings with Japan we had bal
ance OF trade against us in 1895 OF $22
100000, in the last fiscal year we had
balance OF trade in our favor of
81, 600 600.
The theory that the Industrial de-
velopment of a new country must Of
trial country already established is a
plausible but fallacious theory. Wher-
ever a new Industrial nation Is created
there also the wants OF the people In
crease and a widening market is Great
ed for the goods of the older industrial
nations. The present conditions of the
trade relations between the United
States and Japan furnish a striking
object lesson OF the wisdom OF encour-
aging progress. civilization and indus
tries in undeVeloped and barbarouS
countries Helping the barbarian In
his upward course is good buslness-it
pays.
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Case of Smo

MAJORITY REPORT Ap,l
Buffalo Express.
With the submission .,
ana a minority report On Il
Smoot case by the sanatn tn u
on Privileges and EIcct1o EI %
stage of this long oontrnA.
been entered upon. In accorsH !
expectations. the maioritv
mat Smoot is unfit IA ho,s sp|
OF Senator and that he u sh
PEELED from the Senate. ll ThJ
lts argument is that as p1
the body known as tho Az. I'M
and the twelve apostles -, "
mon church. Smoot lends ~.
and power TO perpetuate %
or the church over temnora|
which Is opposed to the CO
that he necessarily counten.na
amy, that he represents ~
which controls the church Al
representing the State az n
that the taking Of the so
dowment oath by him makas
sible for him To do h,s dm,
tional legislator.
rms is entirely In harmony
popular view of the case
possible 10 understand how
though pure in his private
opposed 70 polygamy. can II
the high officers OF a church
largely of men who are conat
latinG the laws OF the land
the samo time be a useful n,1
ant. A further inconsistencv|
In the taking of the cndowr|
OF vengeance. Allegiance 70
mon church first and the IJnI|
afterwards is impossible for|
official.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
FORCING THE COMPANIES.

It Is evident that the State 1nsur-
ance Commissioner of California has
the drop on the insurance companies,
Those OF them which might be dis
posed to shirk their whole duty In set
Ting for the San Francisco losses Will
have a hard row to hoe. Commission
er Wolf declares that he VIII cancel
their certificates OF authority to do
business in the State, will forfeit their
money deposit, and will blacklist them
throughout the United States. il they
fail to come to time In the settlement
OF those losses. He viii communicate
with the corresponding official of every
State, and will lay the recalcitrancy of
the companies before every Chamber
of Commerce and every Board OF
Trade In the United States; thus call
ing the attention of business mon d.
rect TO the failure OF those companies
10 meet their obligations.
This is q powerful cnginery TO start
against those companies which fail to
pay their losses in full. The black eye
they will get from that condemnatory
action Will be such a, powerful deter
rent upon any one doing business with
them that tho probability ls that the
companies Will make extraordinary ef-
Iforts TO comply with tho demand
rather than to default In any particu-
| lar. II any OF the companies find 1t
| impossible to pay in full, however. the
probability Is that Commissioner
VOLTS threat will cause them not to
pay anything at all. but to go out of
business under the incorporation and
name through which they have here
tofore acted, and reorgnnize on diff
! ferent basis and under q different
name. Whether this Will be OF any
particular advantage or not TO Cali
| fornia or San Francisco Is the ques-
tlon.
1t seems to us that while the Com
missioner Is doing his whole duty in
! applying every possible means 10 In
duce and compel those companies 10
settle in full. he may perhaps carry
the thing so far that tho losers by the
fire IN San Francisco Will not get any
thing at all from some of the COM
panies. For If the company is to be
driven out OF business. Its managers
will plausibly think that there Is no
reason why II should meet any Of the
losses OF paw any percentage on the
claims. The probability is that mod
Grafton in this would be the better
policy in the long run. and that If the
company is actually unable to pay IN
full. the best policy would be for the
losers to get as much as they can. Tho
companies do not have TO continue
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
Authorized

Editor Tribune:-There Is an edi- |
torial article In a late Semi-Weekly
Tribune that contained the following
notice TO it's readers: Readers should
note the use OF the word authorized
by the organ of the Mormon churcn.
Therein Is the Kernel in the nut"
The Deseret News lives and moves
and has Its being inside of the circle
OF Joseph Smiths authority. Is that
authority too great or terrible TO be
examined In the light of our tina?
What objection can there be TO an
examination OF that authority as pre-
sented by the history Of the church
itself? Should not the nature of that
authority be thoroughly understood By
all, especially those that are subje5t
to It's infuence7 There are hundreds
of thousands that are affected by that
authority. There is no church paper
that VIII allow an examination OF the
authority that has been handed down
10 them direct from Joseph Smith,
The Seer" They look upon that au-
thority as the pure gold without any
dross about It, to them II Is the pure
wheat, clean, without any smut In II.
Salt Lake City Is the headquarters
Of that authority. Then why is II not
the proper place for the proposed ex-
animation OF such authority? Some
may claim lnal SuCu an
would cause a kind of mental earth
quake in Utah. But under the cir
cumstances what harm would a good
mental shake-up do In this climate?
Where people have for many years
ceased to think for themselves and
consented TO have Watchmen on their
/ walls to think for them and watch
| while they went to sleep. But the
| watchmen, after providing for their
| own comfort, fell asleep, also, spirltu-
! ally all slumbered and slept, The walk
| Ing time has come. so that every Vne
| may think for themselves and use
| their own senses and act according to
| their own sober consclences. Is IL
not right according to American In
| stitutions that every one should use
| their own sense and exercise their own
| reasoning powers and act accordingly?
| Then why should we any longer en-
poy men to think for us, when we
find that they think more for them
selves than they do for the people?
|
Authority, as 1t has been set up by
| Joseph Smith, is the strong fort of the
| Mormon leaders. Within the walls OF
that fort they think that there is per
feet safety for them. Should not that
fort Of authority be inspected, to find
out the nature OF the material coil
tained in that building? Should uot
all know tho good and evil OF dan
gerous portions OF that fort7 Inside
of that building the leaders defy the
| world to move them; 1t Is to them a
| perfect, safe position. No other quos-
tion has the power to awake the people
of Utah from their long and death.
like sleep, like the question of thai
composition OF authority that JOSEPH
Smith made; it is the kernel in III,
nut" Respectfully.
A MORMON.
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LOGICAL ELIMINATION.

A Chicago physician, Dr.. G. Frank
Iyndston, comes forward with the old
proposition under a new name, for the
elimination of the criminal classes or
the community. He would not at pres
cnt move against them, he opposes
capital punishment, but as he says, he
would apply the process OF logical
elimination" Judging from the report
OF his address. that would mean that
he intends to do nothing further than
the law at present undertakes TO
do with the criminal classes that are
now living, but his logical elimina-
ton" would prevent the raising up Of
another generation of criminals. That
Is to say. he would stop the marriages
of those who are mentally tainted or
physically deformed. Apparently he
would, in case of the death OF the
parents leaving the children unpro-
vided for, have the State assume their
care and raise them up In appropriate
| places provided for that purpose.
| The doctor is very severe In his
| judgment OF the child. Primarily, he
says. the child has no moral sense. IS
a mere animal, Is little different from
| the small monkey, 1t can use its fingers
and toes about as we'll as any of the
monkey tribe. and as to conscience, 1t
| has none except as Ii learns to have
what the doctor calls dog conscience }"
| That Is to say, that it comes to n
realization that there Is a spanking ut
one end of a given action and candy
at the other end OF another given ac-
ton. After awhile 1t becomes fixed
in the childs mind that certain things
bring punishment and that other
things bring reward, and so q sort of
personal benefit habit is formed which
stands IN the place OF what Is COM
monty called conscience. And he as
sumes that a great many people in
their conception OF their duty in daily
life towards their fellow men and
their God rise to no higher conception
than this. That is to say. If they con-
form to certain standards Of action
they will be rewarded by eternal bliss
and IL they do not they Will be pun
ished by eternal hell fire.
But what is the remedy, after all
1t will hardly do to say that the rug
ged powerful persons who may
belong In a way to the criminal class
or border upon 1t. must not marry OF
have offspring. Their physical stami-
ma is needed for the Strengthening OF
the race, 1t Is unfortunately true that
With high culture, spiritual fostering
and delicate nurture, physical stamina
too often is lost. In high-bred roya
and noble houses OF Europe there ha:
to be from time TO time a replenish
ment from the warm blooded strong
lower classes, so-oalled, in order &c
keep up the stamina OF the stock. Fail
ing in this, there como disease anc
the decay of the family The roya
house of Bavaria for hundred year,
, has shown the effects of inbreedIne
so that there has scarcely been ;
sane monarch on that throne for nv
s generations.
1t is not difficult to theorize upo,
Y this question, and TO say that Ser.ai,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
early just because IT Is given by Frcsi-
dent Smith.
\ DISCLAIMER.

We find in the Denver Times OF
Saturday evening last a dispatch which
was later copied In the Colorado
Springs Gazette. giving an account OF
same the dispatch says: 1T Is claimed
that the blaze was of an incendiary
origin. and the charge is freely maze
that the destruction of the plant is
the work OF Mormon enemies"
We are not Informed. and have no
idea, who It is that makes this claim'
nor where such a charge comes from;
but we wish, with whatever earnest
ness and emphasis we may be able 10
carry into the statement, to say tnat
The Tribune makes no such claim ana
absolutely repudiates any euch charge,
wherever or by whomsoever II is MADE
The Tribune mas no such suspicion. II
considers the suggestion referred TO as
wholly out of the question. In giving
the account Of the fre in our own
columns the morning after the FIRE. We
gave the facts precisely as We under
stood them then, and as we under
stand them now. There is not the
slightest occasion for bringing this In
cident into the general contention here,
as between Mormon and Gentle, or.
more property, between the spirit which
animates and guides the American
party and the antagonistic spirit which
guides the church party under what
ever disguise 1t may act.
The Tribune believes in an open,
square and fair fight. Let 1t be as
hot as you please. az lively as the con-
testants can make 1t; but no striking
below the belt; no unfounded assertions
or insinuations; no wild speculations
without foundation In fact or reason
such as the above imputation Is,
finds the slightest favor with Inc
Tribune,
With this disclaimer we dismiss the
baseless unfounded and injurious ru-
NOR. We have no part In connec-
ton with It, Those responsible for
it-if responsibility whatever attacheS
10 it-must answer to the public with
out any help, from US,
II may be worth while to add that
the above was written before the re-
publication of the dispatch above re-
ferred to and a protest in connection
with it, in the Deseret News last night.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
Observer s Observations

1 observe that the Mormon church
has hobbled the G. O. F. elephant.
That an eel IS not the only slippery
thing in the world.
That the majority of people are not
dishonest; they only forget their obli-
cations.
That marriage Is a lottery in which
the majority draw blanks, while the
County Clerk and the minister pocket
the funds.
That marriage is a failure only when
one or both of the parties fall to keep
their contract
That it takes two TO make a bargain,
while It takes but one to spoil it.
That but few people seem 10 relish
the drinking water that is on tap at
Saltalr. II Ia too thin.
That the old lie about the Stars and
Stripes being hoisted on Ensign Peak
In lS47 has got into the minority re-
port down at Washington.
That when the women who prone
made Commercial street get too much
beer they get in the cooler" but when
woman who promenades Main street
gets too much, she gets In cab.
ON SUM OTHER THINGS.
/ observe dat de cunninlst little
pickaninny dat any colahed woman
eber seed wa covahd Wild black skin.
Dat de Coon what play de fiddle de
mos am de ono wild a hole In de crown
OBJ he hat and an othah In de sole oh
he shoe.
Dat de niggah what's alas ha
shootln' craps nebah hab no othah
game TO dinnah.
Dat de coon" wild no hole cut In he
skin can alas get de bes' price fo' he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
A TOILET TRAGEDY

(The news OF the day reports the case
of girl in Illinois who broke her arm
while trying to fasten waist which
buttoned In the back)
Her new waist thing was Of beauty
and style,
All white silk and ribbon and lace;
Twas made with yoke full OF butter
fly bows.
And it's At was a marvel of grace.
In fact; only eyes OF feminine cast
Could OF all its perfections keep
1t had a blouse dip and sleeves made
for long gloves,
And 1t buttoned all way down the
back
NO girl on the block has waist that's
so fine"
She murmured with fast swelling
pride:
" 'Tis pity to waste 1t to graduate in,
Tis just lovely enough for a BRIDE
Then she started TO put on this most
exquisite waist
with OF conqucring visions no lack
But struck a bad snag when she tackled
OF buttoning the thing down the
back,
She squIrmed and she wrIggled she
twisted md turned
She bent till her nose touched the
floor.
heels with her head.
While the buttons played tag till she
swore
She cut letter "S's" all over the room.
She writhed like a man on the rack A.,
Her contortions would gain her q lob
in the show,
While buttoning that waist down tho
back.
She waltzed like a windmill she
danced the con-can.
She wheeled like a cartwheel about
And desperately tried on herself tiu-
jitsu
To turn herself quite inside out
She curled round her arm In one last
frantic clutch.
Like pistol shot came a loud crack
For nature gave waY-she had broken
her bones
But not buttoncd her waist down the
back.
Baltimore American
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
CLEVER AS s PACKER

This appetizing extract from Pick
wick Papers" is being quoted as espe-
cially seasonable:
II lodged in the same house with q
pieman once. sir" Sam Weller went
on. What number O. cats you
keep, Mr.. Brooks, says l, when I'd got
Intimate with him. 'Ah,' says he. I do
"a good many says he. You must
be fond o cats says I. Other people
Is says he a-winkin' at me: they
amt in season till the winter. though
says he. Not in season. says 1. No
says he: fruits is In, cats is out.
Why. what do you mean2' says /.
Mean says he, that I'll never be a
party TO the combination OF the butch
ers, to keep up the prices o meat says
he. Mr. Weller" says he, squeezing
my hand very hard. and vispering In
my ear, don't mention this ere again.
but It's the seasonln' as does It. There
all made o them noble animals says
he, a-pointln' TO very nice little tabby
kitten, and seasons 'em for beefsteak.
veal or kidney, 'cordln' 10 the demand
and more than that says ne. L can
make veal a beefsteak, or beefsteak
a kidney, or any one on 'em a mutton
at minutes notice. just as the market
changes, and appetites vary"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
TROUBLES SETTLED.

We are glad 10 see that the difhculties
between the employees of the Utah
Light and Railway company and tho
managers OF the company have been
settled. The street car mems union
has indorsed the agreement made by
It's representatives. and there Will be
no further trouble with the company 3
service than has usually prevailed.
The agreement contemplates an In
vision for the hearing and adjustment
of grievances The street car en-
ployees also consider that the settle
nent involves the recognition OF their
union, although the company has made
no explicit agreement as to this The
details OF the agreement have been
printed. They involve no very radical
changes, either in the old wage scale
or in any of tho terms Of the employ
ment as these have existed heretofore.
In fact, these changes are of I'M
portance merely to the persons whom
they affect. and to the company, and
do not have any special concern to the
public
What the public is pleased about Is
that there is no interruption in the
street car service or the furnishing OF
lights. A strike would have been
troublesome TO the business Of the city
as we'll as to the whole people, II
would also have been a losing game
both 10 the employees and to the COM
pany. Happily 1t Is averted, and every
thing can go forward now on the usual
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
ACTIVE RAILWAY BUILDING.

The account carried in The Tribune
yesterday morning OF n complete rail-
way construction In connection with
the Hazen cutoff in Nevada would be,
If realized in fact. an important mat
ter for the whole west mountain coun-
try. The proposition as outlined was
In brief that the Southern Pacific line
which now runs south from Reno
through Dayton, Hawthorne. Soda
Keeler on Owens Lake, shall be con-
tlnued to and connect with the COM
pnny's southern railway system at
MoJave, This will give n direct con-
nection with southern California, to
the saving of the westering now made
by the trains that cross the Sierras
to Sacramento and San Francisco. Ha-
zen in Nevada Is a little further west
than Los Angeles although the ordi-
nary traveller would not think 1t, but
1t is q fact; and any travel westward
from Hazen is directly out OF the way
in going to Los Angeles.
This new connection would be of
considerable advantage to the people
OF western Nevada, who are going to
southern California. But to all per-
sons coming from the East, either by
way OF Denver or the Union Pacific,
and to all travellers from the interior
mountain country, the true way 10
get to Los Angeles is not to go to Ha-
zen at all, but to switch off here at
Salt Lake and take the Salt Lake
Route That saves about as much dis
tance over the Hazen cutoff as the
Hazen cutoff saves over the old route
by Sacramento and San Francisco.
The era Of activity in railroad build
ing In the United States has evidently
shifted to the West, The great con-
tention between the Hartman roads
and the Hill roads Is the cause of
much Of this building. and the In
vasion OF the Canadian Northwest by
Hill is a stimulus TO railway building
throughout the whole northern coun-
| try The Hartman line down the
| Snake river and down the Columbia
is one OF the most important OF the
new construction projects In view.
! The Hill construction down the north
bank of the Columbia is also of great
Importance,
The spurs now building by the
| Oregon Short Line to Yellowstone Park
and into the new developing regions
Of Idaho are part OF this general ac-
tivty So also, are the spurs build
ing from the Salt Lake Route up into
the new Nevada mining camps, and
| the construction also OF the branch
of the Southern Pacific down through
the old mining region south OF Toana
where the line switches off, down
through Cherry Creek and on to Ely.
This is an excellent line, and will open
UP a large country rich In agriculture
as well as in minerals. The Western
Pacific also will develop that region,
and the Moffat line from Denver hith-
erward will develop another very large
and very rich section OF the country.
For some years to come evidently the
great railroad activity OF the country
Will be In the mountains west of the
| main Rocky range
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20

under their present incorporation or
names, and there might be such a
thing as harshness being costly to the
State and to tho policy-holders. While
undoubtedly public opinion VIII back
the Commissioner In doing everything
that is possible by way of penalties
and forfeitures to compel the com
panies TO meet every obligation in full,
and Will help him TO exact fun pay
ment where 1t Is possible to get It, the
fact remains that even two-thirds or
three-quarters Is better than no pay
ncDt at all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-20
sNAILs AFFECTED BY oDORs.

Emil Jung, a professor In tho Univer
sity Of Geneva, says that snails per-
ceive the odor of many substances, but
only when not far away. In order to
provo this It Is necessary merely TO
dip n glass rod In a strongly smelling
substance and bring it near the large
tentacles OF a snail In motion. If II
is put close to these horns the ten
tacles are violently drawn back. AS the
animal perceives the odor It changes its
course Snals also smell by means of
their skin. Contact Is not necessary,
for the mere vicinity OF a perfume
causes an Indentation of the skin.