The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21
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I get them here cheaper than you car
in New York."
If any one doubts this story beg tc
offer him all the evidence that would
carry conviction in court Of law
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On the occasion of my visit the clergy
of the isthmus were loud in protest be
cause the United States authorities had
| imported at considerable expense sew
/ era1 hundreds of cOlOred ladies.
Prostitutes are not needed on the
/ iSthmuS-and if they We're there is nc
call 10 send for them at the expense OF
| the taxpayer. They may be trusted tc
/ come without any especial assistance
/ whenever Colon clamOrs for kindred
/ consolation. For further details in this
matter I refer the inquisitive reader to
ministers of the gospel now on the 18TH
/ mus-fOr instance, the Rev. Thomas II
/ Wood, who has been a missionary in
/ South America; Rev. Mr.. King Of the
/ British Wesleyan church; the rector Of
/ St. PauPs Episcopal church, Mr.. Es-
| kins.
The correspondent of the New York
Herald at the isthmus is an ornament
| to his difficult and honorable calling
and his letter of Nov. Is, which ar
] rived in time to flavor the Thanksgiv-
1 ing sermons of many American pulpits
| is a document which our Washington
! officials should occasionally refer to
when preparing an address on the ele-
waiting influence of American rule over
alien races
/ The way to fight such immortality al
the isthmus is to raise I'D conditions
favorable to family life. In order to
encourage young men we should pre-
/ pare places where they can bring their
wives and rear families. Furthermore
the same power which recruits the man
should also have some say anent the
woman who is destined to make or MAJ
his career. We want no vapid village
bellies or women who come here limp
from idleness and OVereating- We
want women who can sew and cook and
bring uD babies and cheer their hus-
bands and of this kind we cannot have
too many.
Today we have the gTotesque picture
Of legal tribunal at the isthmus~the
head of which is Spanish. serving out
law according to Spanish usage; and
with him are associated two Americans
who know but their own local Ameri-
can law, and who are not even familiar
with the language Of the place, which
is Spanish.
The confusion resulting from this
may be compared to what would result
if We attempted to run a tTanscOnti-
mental train without determining be-
fCrehand a standard of time.
I met many American officials who
/ knew not a word of Spanish. Even the
/ two doctors who came aboard my ship
70 torment innocent passengers knew
not a word of Spanish, albeit they were
/ N a Spanish port and dealing with pas
sengeTs from Spanish speaking cOUn-
tries
Criticism is barren unless sympathet-
iC and constructive. Is this narrative
discOuTaging?
Not at all. for it has, I hope, helped
US 10 note the fact that the alarms
which have been raised about the 18TH
mus are largely bugaboos. and that the
present problem is one with which we,
/. In our mechanical and engineering ca
pacity, are familiar.
In other words, we have but to apply
business methods to d business prOpO-
sftiOn, and then, and not till then. will
the filth fly, and also the dirt at the
bottom of the big ditch. But first of
all we must make the politicians fly
the barnacles, the drOnes, the men with
weak Chins and flabby lips who today
are standing about the works Of the
source Of encouragement TO negroes
who know the difference between a real
man and the ''Ornary, mean white
trashl"
We are practical men-let us there
fore profit by the experience Of our
predecessors.
The practical man does not build a
hotel in a swamp; he makes inquiries