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can support her millions who are real
ly crowded out of the island, is to in
crease the British army in India. As
pretext for this, England tells the
other countries that she fears that
Russia will invade India. thus excusing
the tremendous increase in the Brit
ish~army in India.
In the several years 1 spent in st.
Petersburg. Russia, l never heard any
mention Of proposed Russian inva-
sion of India. / was close to many
men of rank and often discussed it with
them, but they poo-poohed the Lare
idea of the thing
Another most unjust thing is that
the British consulateS in China. Per
STA and Arabia are supported out of
the Indian treasury. and yet England
has almost so per cent of the interest
In the commerce of China and Persia
while India has scarcely 20 per cent.
Scores Lord Curzon and Heiresses.
While L am speaking of misrule, let
me speak of man whose name has
received a great deal of notice i'm
America, because of his American wife
1 mean Lord Curzon.
His Durbar-pahi Do you wish TO
know what the people of India have
termed his Durbar? The great Chris
tian vaudeville. In other words, that
Durbar was a scheme of Curzon for
selfish and ambitious motives.
That Durbar was to proclaim Edward
VII as emperor of India. 1t cost the
people of India $50, 900 900, and in that
same week 100000 people in India, sub
jects of this class, died of starvation
and the plague.
Yet the New York society people. the
400 fools, and Chicago's 400 fools will
teach their daughters to sell their
bodies and their souls TO the English
ping-pongs known as lords. These men
are the most corrupt, impure and full
of hypocrisy of any men in all the
world.
At the same time these American
queens, silly women, will go to the
churches and pay large salaries to their
bishops and clergy. and call themselves
civilized Christians, and bring dis
grace to their government. as America
is a republic.
The last visit of the Prince of Wales
to India is known IN India as the royal
highway robbery. In his honor in some
of the large cities of India as much as
$4,000 was spent in a night in fire
works. During his stay Of five months
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
BOTH AUTHORS ARE
NATIVES OF UTAH

Race Whitney and Waldemar Young.
authors of The Old Bedstead." are
Salt Lake newspaper men. Both were
born in Salt Lake, and did their first
newspaper work on The Salt Lake lIsr-
aid. About FIVE years ago Mr.. Young
went TO San Francisco, where he later
became sporting editor of the San
Francisco Chronicle. Mr.. Whitney went
TO Portland later, where for a year and
half he was dramatic critic and spe-
cial writer on the Journal. He left then
for San Francisco and was added to
the Chronicles staff
For several months before the San
Francisco earthquake and fire Mr..
Young and Mr.. Whitney were working
on musical comedy with r s. Bas-
sett, prominent in San Francisco's nu-
steal circles After the production OF
the Press club show in the Salt Lake
treatre, Sept. 6, its authors will go TO
New York to confer with a theatrical
firm Of that city with regard TO the
production of this musical comedy.
They have received assurance. of. a.
hearing. Mr.. Whitney is the son or q
F. Whitney. and Mr.. Young the son Of
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. III. Young
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Young reversed the tempo indicator on
the pianola, stopped playing Because
the Fellows Didn't Want Him to Do It.
and shouted: There's a title. Come,
Race. To work." Whitney put up his
cue and the first step towards writing
The Old Bedstead' had been taken.
Work of Writing Begun.
The board of managers of the PrNss
club consulted with the authors-tO-be
in regard TO securing materials.
I'VE have a typewriter saved from
the earthquake and fire in San Fran
cisco" announced one of the writers.
A messenger was sent TO the Whitney
Young offices in the Hooper building
after the machine. While the literary
pair were waiting for the machine an
electric light was installed on the back
porch of the Press clubs quarters, pa
per collected and. everything put in
readiness for the commencement of
work.
By midnight a scenario, which to
playwrights is what a sailing chart is
to seafarers, was finished. The char
acterS and action of the play were
mapped out and the first act was fin
ished five days later. This installment
was read to the board of manag gers.
Despite that this august body o. critics
was ready to discover and pounce upon
the Highest flaw or weak spot, the
reading went off like bunch of fire
crackers. Every line was the signal
for an outburst of merriment.
The board Of managers expressed a
hope that the other two acts would be
UP TO the standard of the one read.
eff they are this show will be the
best one ever presented by the Salt
Lake Press club or any other amateur
company" said one member.
Working Night and Day.
Young and Whitney did their writing
at night on the portico, sitting at the
machine in turns The second act was
finished four days later This was also
read to the board of managers. The
critics were more delighted than ever
The third act was written in two nights
The authors stayed at their machine
until o'clock in the morning on the
second night
I'VE struck a hot line of dope and
were afraid to let it get cold explains
Mr.. Young
So pleased with the play were the
board of managers of the Press club
and it's members that but one copy of
the play was made. The authors re-
vised their work as they progressed.
But four or five alterations in the lines
have been made since the story's COM
pletion The action of the play through
out is exactly as mapped out originally.
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There is no food supply in India, for
the reason that before England con-
quered India. when Indian emperors
ruled, there was a specific law provid-
ing that no man should pay taxes I'M
less he was supplied with provisions for
the succeeding twelve months India
does provide enough food for the mill
ions OF her people, but the food IS
overtaxed, and that is what makes the
people die Of starvation.
There are three reasons why famine
exists in India:
The first Is that the lowest taxes
paid from the income from land is IS
per cent. and this runs up TO So per
cent Under this condition even the
richest farmer can scarcely produce a
supply of food sufficient for ten months
Of the year. If he has nothing outside
Of his farming, he must suffer for two
months. This is the case with the
richest
Take the case Of the average farmer
He produces under present conditions
enough TO last for seven months. As
he has no other means he must make
the provision for seven months stretch
over the twelve months of the year.
Thus II is that overtaxation is the
first case for the famines in India
The second reason is that there is
no country under the sun today that
pavs as high salaries as the Indian
government. To maintain the governor
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Trewellan, by running on the ticket
which lost Stubs his heirloom, loses
the old mans favor. Both he and the
girl are driven from the Stubs home
in a binding snowstorm. Gwendoline
goes to the city and is forced to earn
her living selling violets in the street is
of Fountain Green.
Bid Dubbs, Josiahs chore boy, and
Sue Brette go to the city on q trip.
While there they try to find Gwendo-
line, but meet Sope instead. Sope in
forms Bid that he is out of money, and
money he must have. Sope asks Bid
10 hold up a train. promising 10 reward
him, not with congratulations alone,
| but by finding GwendOline for him. Bid
in his eagerness to find Gwendoiine half
promises to hold up the train and
agrees to meet Sope later.
In another and more binding snow
storm, Gwendoline meets Sope and de-
noUnces him, but the villain -sneers
and is unmoved by the beautiful girls
impassioned words. Another lash Of
| thickening,
Bid Dubbs keeps his engagement
with SOpe and the train robbery is
planned. 1t comes off on time.
Sope is still pursuing Stubs. and by
a stroke of master finance secures the
! money TO purchase the old bedstead.
Foiledi All ends happily!
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100000 people died of starvation and
100000 died Of plague
In other words. the promises made
by Queen Victoria 10 the natives of
India, given on five occasions. are moth
ing but Samples of Christian deceit
and robbery.
At the same time no Hindu will ever
say single word against the royal
family of England if these promises
are fulfilled. 1t is never in the mind
Of any intelligent Hindu TO show
hatred to England, but il is always in
the mind of every Hindu TO show his
loyalty to and his love for his own
country.
The English people are imperialists.
Such as Humpty-Dumpty Balfour and
Dummy Pong Chamberlain will boast
of empire at the cost of India. For in
stance, India supports English steam
ers that ply between the two countries.
yet ii costs three times as much for a
native of India to send a letter to Eng
land than it does for an Englishman to
send the same letter.
Praise for Marquis of Rippon.
The happiest period in the history OF
British India was from 1880 to 1885.
when the Marquis of Rippon was the
governor general of India. He planted
the seeds of local government. press
liberty and several other things that
we considered essential to the happi-
ness of civilized people as the Hindus
are. His stay of four years in India
is the pleasantest memory of British
rule in India in the mind of every
Hindu.
The worst governor general India
ever had is known as that greatest of
robbers, or the Idol of the American
fools Lord Curzon. Lord Curzon dou-
bled the military expenditure and other
expenditures. Under his rule the taxes
were nearly doubled. He robbed the
natives of liberty of the press. He sent
an expedition. against the will of the
people, TO Thibet, that cost India mil
lions of dollars. with nothing in return
either for India or for the crown.
Again. under him higher education Is
absolutely impossible. II is so hard
that it is beyond the means of the ma
tives to establish more high schools
and colleges In every word he was
the model of European hypocrisy and
highway robbery among those gentle
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general or viceroy. it costs $1,000. 900 per
year. His private secretary is paid
$4,000 per year. besides having free of
cost an official residence. Now there
is one native in the civil service in India
to ninety-nine Englishmen. The money
in that proportion goes to England and
impoverisheS the country.
At the same time the governor gem
eral in India, the governors of prov
inces, the ministers for the states of
India, the provincial ministers, judges
of the seven supreme courts, the COM
mander in chief. the provincial COM
manders. all of these men retire after
five years of actual service in india
with life pensions of $4,000 per year
Big Tax for Army.
Besides spending S13O, OOO. 600 per year
for the British army and navy in India.
she pays $4,000, 900 per year 70 main
tain the British army and navy in Eng
land This is the second reason for her
poverty.
There is not civilized country in the
world that has ever paid such enor-
nous pensions as $4,000 per year for
life for five years service England
does this. and yet no Christian mis-
sionary has pointed this out At the
same time England's ruler is the De-
fender of the Faith.
In England and America you call us
Asiatic heather. When you see En-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
HOW 1.-THE OLD BEDSTEAD"
CAME TO BE WRITTEN

THE Old Bedstead," which the salt
Lake Press club will present at the Salt
Lake theater Sept. 6, was written by
Waldemar Young and Race Whitney,
Salt Lake newspaper men. How the
story came TO be written is in itself
an interesting story
THE Old Bedstead" is the first show
undertaken by The Press club since the
presentation OF The Ham Show" A
previous production was The Tom
Show
THE Old Bedstead' is the first en-
trely original play ever attempted by
the club The authors of the Ham
and Tom shows had books TO follow.
The tom Show" was a burlesuue upon
the overworked Uncle TOMS Cabin
and The Ham Show" a dip at bur-
lesque in Shakespearian drama, taken
from Hamlet THE Old Bedstead''
is one of the few plays written around
title. No book has been followed.
The play is a burlesque on the rural
drama after the type of The Old
Homestead Way Down East" Sag
Harbor. "ShOre Acres Our New
Minister" a dash of melOdrama bur
leques such plays as Lights of Lon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
ARRANGING PRODUCTION
OF "THE OLD BEDSTEAD.'

Staging any production is a stu
pendous task, but doubly so with am
ateurs. not because they are slow in
grasping the purport of their lines, but
for several other reasons. These are:
First-They are inclined to make
dates on rehearsal nights
Second-They are inclined to confuse
the back drop with the auditorium and
address their lines to a back fence in
stead of toward the man who paid 81 80
for a seat.
Third-They are timid, speaking their
lines in a voice that dies before if
reaches the footlights.
FOurth-There has never been an
amateur who when corrected has not
said: "Oh, don't worry about ME! I'll
be all right that nightr'
Bringing the, presentation of the uIay
up to the required standard was a mat
ter of time, work and many rehearsals.
Five scenes had TO be constructed.
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THE Old Bedstead," a burlesque on
the rural type of dramas. will be pre-
scented by the Press club of Salt Lake
evening, Sept. s.
Salt Lakers who witness the produc
ton of THE Old Bedstead" will find 1t
the best local play ever presented in
the Salt Lake theatre THE Old Bed
stead has q plot and deals with prom
inent local men. Pearsford Sope, the
villain. a lord and promoter, will be
readily recognized by local f1nanciers
and others. Each character is typical
of men prominent in the public eye To-
cally. The plot itself was built around
recent and well known happenings in
Salt Lake.
The story of The Old Bedstead" in
narrative form follows;
Once upon a time i'm the little viii
lage Of Jordan Crossing lived Josiah
Stubs, a prosperous miller, who had a
beautiful daughter. Gwendoline. Next
to his daughter Josiah treasured an old
bedstead. This was a family heirloom.
Among the many suitors for his daugh-
ter's hand was a brawny blacksmith.
Arthur Trewellan. They were happy
i'm their early courtship. but clouds de-
scending upon Josiah threatened to
mar the future lives of the young peo-
pie.
The first shadow was the appearance
in the village Of Pearsford Sope a lord
and promoter. He had discovered the
secret of making denaturized alcohol
from the pulp of sugar beets. On a for
mer visit 10 the village he had secured
a large part of Josiah's prosperity
Sopes plot now was to obtain possess
sion Of the Stubs farm 10 grow these
beets. and for the further purpose of
securing financial backing in the vii
lage. Josiah, however, remembering
his former experience was suspicious
of the promoter. Having been scorned,
Sope now approaches Squire Kettleson,
the wealthfest and "crustiest" native.
whose hatred for Josiah was a matter
of common knowledge. Kettleson en-
ters into a plot with Sope to break Jo-
siah's heart by obtaining possession of
the old bedstead. the most treasured
heirloom in the Stubs family This
Kettleson can do. for he holds a mort
gage on the bedstead secured in an
election bet years before. Kettleson
agrees to foreclose the mortgage and
advance Sope money with which to
purchase the bedstead al the auction
Kettleson had not foreclosed before
this because Josiah was so popular i'm
the village that nobody would bid on
the bedstead had il been offered at
auction. The plot thickeps!
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>PART TWO.

Scenery had to be painted or dug out
of the cellar of the historic playhouse.
The list of properties (paraphernalia
used during the play) is the largest
known to the Salt Lake theatres stage
hands with one exception. F. H. Soth-
ern's IF I Were King is the ealcep-
ton. 1t was obvious in the beginning
that it would be difficult to obtain all
the properties needed. Everything
used had to be rustic and true to the
rural atmosphere of the play, The
management employed an experienced
property man, T. /. Clawson, to work
in connection with the Theatres mas
ter of properties. Carl Reynolds. Both
have worked like Trojans for two
weeks gathering the necessary proper
ties.
Famous Bedstead Obtained.
master stroke was obtaining the
loan of the Brigham Young be1stead.
more highly priced by the family than
any other heirloom. This relic Of for
mer days in Utah is now on exhibition
in a downtown store window. Great
care will be taken in removing this
property from the window and carry
ing il 10 the Theatre on the night of
the production. The removal will be
superintendent by H. 3. Clawson, Gus
todian of the bedstead.
Difficulty was experienced ia obtain
ing suitable furniture TO set the stage
for euchre party in the third act
Every piece of furniture used IN this
scene has a history. The master OF
properties found much to do I'm Secur-
ing material for the thrilling train rob
berry scene. An engine bell was Dor
roWed from the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company, q whistle from an
implement company and the train itself
from another source. Telegraph instru-
ments and all connections had 10 be
fitted up, and finding the Theatre cleo
trician in the summer season is q story
which would read like a 10-cent sIeuth
tale. a horse and wagon. pump. saw
buck, organ, fireplace and other prop
critics were easily secured, but when
the collectors tried to find a rag car
pet they were UP against it Finally
the greatest of care had to be prom
ised the Jordan Stake Relief society,
who loaned them the relic desired.
A force of five men is needed to l,ro-
duce stage effects during the presenta-
ton of The Old Bedstead'' exclusive
of the electrician and regular stage
hands.
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QtP TUX AMERICAN HERESSES WHO SELL THEMSELVES TITLES ~

the Turks and other Asiatics in tbe
name of Jesus Christ, the humble and
holy one. termed your Savior I
industries Are Killed.
The third reason for midas nov
erty: 20
England has absolutely killed the ma
tive industries. Before the English neo-
pie succeeded in robbing the Indians.
we mad our own industries. which pro-
duced enough for our own use al
though our industries at that time. 100
years ago, were primitive and not de-
velOped
Now for an instance of how England
has killed our industries The British
government takes the money. several
millions of dollars, every year out of the
indian treasury to support the so-called
mail subsidy. This subsidy is called
the Indian mails to England" subsidy.
| On that pretenSe English Christians in
| india steal that money in that manner.
Every steamer going from India to
England carries mall and as the sub
sldy on that mail is so great that it
reduces the cost of freight TO practically
nothing, English merchants can shin
goods to India at the cost of the Indian
taxpayer AT the same time anything
made in India is taxed from s to 70
per cent. This is not an export tax
but tax on the manufactures for
home consumption.
These two things entirely kill the In
dian industries and the commerce of
the country.
Clergy Live Like Princes.
"A large sum is spent out of the In
dian treasury for the maintenance of
the Church of England in India.
Bishops and the clergy are supported
from the Indian treasury. They live
like barbaric princes on the money that
England steals from starving millions.
In addition to this there is not a sim
gle mining or metallurgical institute in
India. There is not one school of tech
| nology. There is not even a primary
school for every twenty-five square
miles of territory controlled by Eng
land
These three things are responsible for
the famines in India, with their I'M
utterable horrors and the awful loss of
| life.
Now the reason that England does
| these things, ii is plainly shown, is to
rob the Hindu For instance, the grow
ing population of England is unwel-
come in New Zealand, in Canada and
| the other colonies. The only way she
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VIEWS OF INDIAN SCHOLAR.

Englands
rebuked N
who is in the short time political
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of sef-g
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affairs of India administered that the burden
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of in
the
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PARTIES TO THE CONSPIRACY.

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to write something to fill these re-
quirements and consented to do so.
What kind Of a play do you want?''
they asked. "A minstrel show or bur-
lesque on some drama?'
Uncle Toms Cabin had been bur-
lesqued and The Ham Show had put
an end to stunts having Shakespeare'S
works as a foundation. For more than
a year a burlesque of the rural drama
had been suggested.
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DON" After Dark" and the Silver
King"
When Waldemar Young and Race
Whitney, the authors, returned from
San Francisco, where they had been
working, they learned that the Press
club, of which they are members,
wished to present a show-something
more original, pretentiOus and better
than anything yet attempted-and
that's going some They were asked
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Make it along. the line of The. Old
Homestead, = was the final instruc-
tions.
few days later some one who had
overheard this remark walked into the
billiard room at the Press club and
after asking if those fellows had
started on The Old Bedstead' vet ."
mixed with the spectators of the game.
The question got a laugh. Whitney
paused in a ruu of eighteen balls.
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BY DR.. NJ. kRISHNA.

BY DR.. NJ. kRSHNA
Member
form Congress Member Indian National Congress
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the Turks and other Asiatics in the
name name OF Jesus Christ, the humble and
holy one. termed your Savior !
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-07-21
E&faa3i!2IlH!l& E1I33 az:;l;

Few people give enough thought to the earning
capacity of dollar. When you look at dollar, do
not think of how much it will buy, but
HOM MUCH 1T WILL EARN.
When you find yourself thinking of your dollars
in this way you are starting ON the only sualSht
and sure road to wealth Idle dollars are OF no more
use to the world than idle Every dollar you
make over the cost of actual necessities should be
Immediately placed under the safeguard OF strong
bank and kept busily at work earning other dollars
for you. We pay four per cent interest on savings
accounts and figure the interest every six months
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-07-21
ROBERT X. BONNIE ON MAUI.

Some time ago the Hawaiian
Promotion Committee and the Wal
luku District Improvement Asso-
citation induced Robert K. Bonine
to come to Maui and take moving
pictures and scenic views of the is
land for use in the theatres of the
United States.
Mr.. Bonine arrived in Wailuku
last Saturday morning and was
met by the committee appointed to
look after the work here.
Many pretty views were taken
here and on Sunday morning he
was taken up the lao Valley by
Representative w. ]. Coelho and
Hugh M. Coke, editor and mana
ger of the Maui Publishing Com
pany. In the afternoon some fine
views were taken in Waihee.
Continued on page 6.)