Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-29

the Trusts. and the People and THE
Heart OF the Railroad Problem
luminous and informing story OF lhe
taking over OF the railways by sWltzer-
land and the results that have followed.
Or. Parsons made a careful personal
investigation Of the subject rev years
ago when the Swiss government was
taking over the railways Last SUMMIT
he returned 10 switzerland TO ascertain
the results Of governmcnt-oWhtrsnlP
and operatiou. This paper Is a strong
brilliant and authoritative contribution
to the great railroad question now 50
engrosslng public attention. Another
important railroad paper in this issue
is entitled lis Railroad Rate-Regula-
ton a Step 10 ernment.OWnefshlp'
by Edwin f Gruhl and Edgar Il. Rob-
inson In Il are given the views OF
number of the most prominent authorl-
ties Of America. Governor Joseph W.
Folk" a character sketch by the Hon.
Thomas Speed Mosby Is a graphic ana
interesting study OF Governor Folk'
with an account of the work he mas &c,
complshed by the pardon attorney Oh
Missouri A fine portrait or Governor
Folk from his latest photograph, forms
the frontispiecc OF this issue. william
Morris and Esthetic Socialism by
Thomas Dickinson Phi. D., Is an eN-
trernely interesting paper by the author
whose sympatries are In harmony with
tho socialistlc ideals, "Our Vanishing
Liberty OF the Press by Theodore
Schroeder is a vigorous paper that ~
well calculated 10 make even the most
careless reader pause az from the eyl-
dence adduced he clearly sees now
rapidly the old ideals Of freedom are
given place to reactionary restrlc-
tive policy that Is inlmcal ia scientlhc'
social, political and humanitarian ad-
vance Two OF the most profound In
teresting papers to students Of social
affairs arc BROAD Aspects Of Race
Suicide" and Child Labor" the first
by Professor Frank T. Carlton, the lat
ter by Elinor II. Stoy. Both are rich
I'm vital facts presented In a striking
and interesting manner william
Wheelwright, "The Yankee Pioneer OF
Modern Industry In South America Is
the title OF an interesting and instruc-
tive paper by Professor Frederick NJ
Not. which Is handsomely Illustrated
"Pornrio dag The Maker OF Modern
Mexico" Is the title Of the Book-study
By the editor Of The Arena. II II
based on Mrs. Alec-Tweedie's late eX-
tended biography of Portirio Diaz, The
editorial department is unusually stronl
I'm discussions OF value to all persons IN
terested in present-day social, economic
and political questions considered from
the viewpoint Of progressive demo-
crazy.
The January issue Of The People,
Magazine is a special holiday number
Short stories by Eden Phlllpotts, f.. f
Benson. Gilmore Elliott Peake, Georg
II, Sims, Albert Kinross, and othe
equally well-known writer's and com
plete novel by Charles Carey the au
thor Of "The Van Suyden Sapphlres
lend distinction to this special issue
Mr.. Benson's story Is OF the ghost var
lety. and Is one Of the best ghost stor
e les that has come to Hight IN a lon
time. II Is told with that breath 0
b, excitement which Is so necessary t
| stories of the unreal-although afte
| reading the story II Is hard 70 sa
| what Is real and what Is unreal. Thu
Is undoubtedly one Of the best thing
A that the famous author OF "Dodo" ha
. ever written. and the short story read
\ ers will miss treat II they let It 8
= by.
!. In the Times Magazine for Januar