Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13

olOl 10 secure u ildHCHlse LOT u ltle-
phone company Ia competition wlth the
Bel within the District OF Columbia,
Apparently Washington ana New YORK
are the only cities ot importance IN the
country IA which the telephone tran
chlse ls monoi ollzeu 10y the Beh COM
pnuy. Que or the strongest Arguments
against the admission OF riya,
company TO the capitol Is tha,
unuer the law an wires must be
placed under ground and that 10 in
siail new Inc would nevessitatc
the opening OF trenches IN practically
every street IN the city. but on me
othri hdnd complaints against The pres
eat iuouOpOiy and us methods aud
charges are so widespread tnnt II app
pears that at last the rival corporations
nave Nt least a fgnting chance This
chancc grows brignter as the independ-
ent companies grow ana n they suc-
coed IN breaking lnto New York city.
thty are certain 10 win eventually IN
,heir nsht TO gain an entrance to the
ca itol.
POOR OUTLOOK FOR TREATY.
There does not seem Ia be much
chhnec tor the ratincdtiOn of treaty
betMceh the UnIted States ana oanto
Domingo, IL is doubtful II there was
ever a convention submitted to the sem
ale Wilcn had 70 lew friends as this
document appears 10 have. Even the
administration evnces no disposition
whatever 10 make any particular EFFORT
20 secure It's ratification. This is per-
maps uue. IN part at least. 20 the TACT
that Aciales, the president at the time
ue az 'ctment Was made, has since
stepped down and out. But the modds
NNcnGi unner when affairs are at pres
el- conducted In the republic IS preju-
dltidl tn the interests OF q very power
tH American syndicate IL appears
trd' thls syndicate had an ARRANGEMENT
with t4r Morales go 1ernment whereby
J. objected the customs dues in the
IouI ! 'inc.pai ports OF the island and
reimbursed itself for the alleged in
debtcdlleSs @. Santo Domingo out OF
the collections. When through the
agreement between President Roosevelt
AGA Pres dent Morales this arrange
nent NaS set aside and the Tinted
states undertook to control the rcye~
hues OF SaGtO Domingo IN The interest
OF all l"rl'eS concerned, this syndicate
was Naturally set aside. The members
OK the syndicate at once organized a
pioiaganla against the mudus yivendi
ana Incidentally against the ratification
4 The urhty That was before the
ltrst upuefyal. since which the adj
hlhIStralloh has eylnced no particular
interest IN the ratification Of the
treaty. pf!cf II was hoped would solve
many 81 the perpleXing questions
which nave arisen in connection with
stEto domingo during the past row
years Every American who has visited
t'e island has come TO the conclusion
mat only through an absolute protec.
torate on the par- of the United States
I1h anything Ike stable government
ne hoped Tor, ana Il appears now that
Inc United states must either assume
t3tlre c0Liro, OF the civil affairs OF The
republic, or abandon It altogether. I'm
which event It WIN not be long before
me European governments take forcl-
DE steps towards securing the settle-
m9nt OF .heir claims.
II was as long ago as 1858 that Cen
eral Grant, then president Of the United
states, recommended the annexation Of
Santo Domingo to the United States.
But That was before this country had
acquired Porto Rico. Since then there
has been, practically speaking. an an
hual revolution and never real stable
government for five years mt a time.
The island of which Santo Domingo is
the eastern half II one of the most fer
tile on earth and with civil conditions
permanent In character il Is believed
that II would be come one of the
wealthiest.
SHIPBUILDERs STRANDED.
There seems to be a fatality connect
ed with the men who have been instru-
mental in the upbuildlng Of the Ameri-
can navy. The very first ships Of the
new navy were built by John Roach
NH Oh
Delaware, Before he began TO lay tn,
keel of the Atlanta, John Roach was
regarded as millionaire. He died CON-
paratively without means and it has
always been asserted that his financial
losses were directly due to the troubles
brought upon him through his efforts
to build ships for the navy.
No one man I'm the United States has
accomplished more In the way of
launching modern ships OF war than
Charles Cramp. II Is safe to say with
out consulting the records that more
than 80 rer cent OF the finest ships IN
the American navy today. were con-
structed In the Cramp shipyards In
Philadelphia. Charles Cramp and Sons
became corporation some years ago
and II appears that Mr.. Charles Cramp.
the founder of the company. and the
man recognized by the navy department
as the most expert shipbuider in the
country today, turned over to the cor
poraton all his holdings. or practically
all. Today It IL reported that Charles
Cramp has nothing left. II win be a
sad commentary upon American ship
building annals If Charles Cramp like
John Roach shall, when he passes over.
leave nothing behind for his family TO
show for all that he has done to make