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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Absolute Free Trade With Islands Can
Do No Harm

most earnestly hope that the bill to
provide low tariff for or else absolute
free trade In Philippine products will be-
come n law. No harm will come 10 any
American industry: and while there Will
be some small but real material benefit
10 the Filpinos, the rnain benefit will
come by the showing made ms 10 our pur-
pose 20 do all I'm our power for their well
fare. SO far our action In the Philippines
has been abundanrly justified. not mainly
and indeed not prlamlily because Of the
added dignity IL has given us MS nation
by proving that we are capable OF honor
ably and efficiently to bear the interna-
tional burdens which a mighty people
should bear. but even more because OF tho
immense benefit that has come TO tho
people OF the Philippine islands In these
Islands we are steadily introducing both
liberty and order, 10 greater degree
than their people have ever known before,
We have secured justice. We have pro-
Ylded an efficient police force, and have
put down ladrOnism, Only In the islands
OF Leyte and Samar - the authority or
our Government resisted. and this by
Wild mountain tribes under the superstl-
uous inspiration OF lakirs and pseudo
religious leaders. We ;.Te constantly in
creasing the measure of liberty accorded
the islanders and next spring. II condt-
tlons warrant, we ahall take great
stride forward In testing their capacity
for self government by summoninS me
first Filipino legislative assembly; and the
way In which they stand this test VIII
largely determine whether the seif-soV-
tlllil'ut luhS EIdnlSN VIE 'f 'h'iSoCNNs
or decreased for If we have erred at all
In the Philippines il has been in proceed
Ing too rapidly In the direction OF grant
ing large measure Of self lf-government.
We are building roads. We have for tho
immeasurable good Of the people, ar
ranged for The building cf railroads. Let
us also see to IL that they arc given Tree
access to our markets. This Nation owes
no more imperative duty 10 itself and
mankind than the duty of managing the
affairs Of all the islands under The Amer
loo no Il h. hlIlInniFt Porto
Hawail-so as to make ii evident that IL
is I'm every way TO their advantage that
the faG should ny over them.
American ciulenshiy should ba cone
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
CURRENCY REFORM.
Additional Legislation Needed to Safe
guard Business Interests

] especially call your attention 10 the
second subject. the condition of our cur
rency laws. The pa,tonal bank act has
ably served a great purpose In aiding the
enormous business development Of the
country; and within ten years there has
been an increase in circulation per capita
from S21,+l TO S22.0S, For several years
evidence has been accommodating that ad-
ditonal legislation is needed. The recur-
renee OF each crop season emphasizes
the defects OF the present laws There
must soon be revision OF them because
to leave them as they are means 10 incur
liability OF business disaster. Since your
body adjourned there has been huctua-
ton In the interest on call money from
2 per cent OF 30 per cent. and the fluc-
tUation was even greater during the pre-
ceding six months, The Secretary Of the
Treasury had 10 step in aud by wise ac-
tlon put a stop to the most violent period
OF oscillation Even worse than such iluc-
tuation is the advance in commercial
rates and the uncertainty felt in the SUI
1ciency of credit even ut high rates, All
commercial interests sMffer during each
crop period. Excessive rates for cali
money in New York attract money from
the interior banks into the speculative
field; this depeIes the fund that would
otherwise he available for commercial
uses, and commercial borrowers are
forced 10 pay abnormal rates. so that
each fall a tax. In the shape OF increased
commerce of tho country.
Serious Defects Apparent.
The mere statement OF these facts
shows that our present system is serious
ly defective. There is need Of
change. Unfortunately. however. many
OF the proposed changes must he ruled
from consideration because they are COM
plicated. are not easy of comprehension.
and tend TO disturb existing rights and
interests We must also ,Ule out any plan
which would materially lrpair the value
OF the United States : per cent bonds
now pledged TO secure circulation. the
Issue OF which was made under condi-
ttons peculiarly creditaole to the Treas
ury. | do not press any especial plan.
Various plans have recently been pro-
posed by expert committees of bankers.
Among the plans which are possibly fe0s-
ible and which certainly should receive
your consideration Is that repeatedly
brought TO your attention by the present
Secretary OF the Treasury. the essential
features OF which have been approved
by many prominent bankers and business
men. According 10 this plan. national
banks should be permitted TO issue a
specified proportion of their capital In
notes of given kind. the issue to he
taxed at so high rate as TO drive the
notes back when not "an-ed in legitimate
trade This plan would not permit the
issue OF currency to give lnnks addition
al profits but TO meet the emergency pre-
sented by times of strlngency.
] do not say that this Is the right sys-
tenn. l only advance II 20 emphasize my
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
AND WITHDRAWN.
Providing for Working G
dder Royalty Favored.

that the Nation should
manning coal lands. ] have
ithdrawn from settlement
biological survey has indi-
aiming. or in all probability
al. The question. however.
rly settled only by legisla =
n my judgment should pro
| Withdrawal Of these lands
fronl entry. save IN certain
INSTANCES. The ownership
tnain in the United States.
not, however. attempt to
1t permit them TO be worked
Individuals under q royalty
Government keeping such
permit II 20 see that no
f.e was charged consumers.
tcourse. he as necessary to
II rates charged by the COM
to transport the product as
rged by those who mine a.;
rvision must extend 10 the
c common carriers. so that
no way favor one compe-
expense of another. The
pf these coal lands would
policy analogous 10 that
ZEN followed in withdrawn
fnds from ordinary settle
7oal. Ike the forests. should
- The property OF the pub
disposal should he under
yich would lnure to the bcne-
.blic as Il whole.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
TO COMBAT TENDENCY

In every possible way we
should help the ge-worker
who tolls with his hands and
who must Eve hope in CON
stantly increasing measure) also
toll with his brain. Under the
Constitution, the Nation Leg
islature can do but little of di-
rect importance for his welfare
save where he is engaged in
work which permits it to act
under the interstate commerce
clause of the Constitution; and
this is one reason why I so
earnestly hope that both the leg
islative and judicial branches of
the Government will construe
this clause of the Constitution
in the broadest possible man.
ner. We can, however, in such
a matter as industrial training,
in such matter as child labor
and factory laws, set an exam
pie to the States by enacting
the most advanced legislation
that can wisely be enacted for
the District of Columbia.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
Farmers Must Have Chance for Tech
nical Scientific Training.

The only other persons whose welfare
Is as vital 10 the welfare OF the whole
country as is the welfare cf the wage
worker are the tillers ot the SOIL the
farmers. II Is mere trlism 10 say that
no growth of cities. no growth OF wealth.
no Industrial development. can atone for
any falling of in the character and
standing Of the farming population Dur
Ing the last few decades this fact has
been recognized with eVer-lncreasinE
clearness There Is no lnnger any fail
ure TO realize That farming. at least in
certain branches, must become a techni-
col and scientific profession This means
that there must be open TO farmers the
chance for technical end scientific train
ing. not theoretical merely but of the
most severely practical type. The farmer
represents a peculiarly high type Of Amer
lean citizenship. and he must have the
same chance To rise ami develop as other
American citizens have. Moreover. IL Is
exactly MS true OF the farmer. as II Is of
the business man and the wage worker.
that the ultimate success OF the Nation
OF which he forms part must be founded
not alone on material prosperity. but up
Velopment. The educa ion OF tho farmer
self education by preference. but also
education from the side as with all
other men-is peculiarly necessary hero
in the United States. where the frontier
conditions even In the newest states hayo
now nearly vanished. where there must
he substitution of more intensive sys-
tenn OF cultivation for the old wasteful
farm management. and where there must
be better business organization among
the farmers themselves.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
||ulORK DONE
RIlST CONTROL
didn As Made Progress in
erk ig Supervision of
Interpretations.
h ME- COMMERCE LAW
NM AS ILLUSTRATION
| Al ressive 0ver-CapitaI- l.
,nh Can Be Properly
~. by Government.

,yers and employees when
r'e This expression of belief
= ~ favorable consideration OF
Go and the enactment of its
Y - law. a bin has already
Nc d TO this end.
'h,w that during the twenty
Z s,.lnuary /. 1881. to Decem-
Il here were strikes affecting
:shments. and 6,10o.6 69a en-
IN Thrown out of employment.
4 sTne period there were lOO5
y, living nearly 10000 estab-
N owing over one million per-
= fmployment. These strikes
Involved an estimated loss
rrof S30T. 0o0.000 and 10 en-
I z3, 100000. a total OF $3.50.
public suffered directly and
,.obably as great additional
-S,e money loss, great as IT
measure the anguish and
: s.ured by the wives and chill
~oloyees whose pay stopped
york stopped. or the disas-
tsof the strike or lockout upon
, of employers, or the Increase
.of products and the inconve-
toss 10 the public.
these strikes and loCEouts
ave occurred had the parties
ute been required 10 appear
hprejudiced body representing
and. face 10 face. state the
their contention. In most
le dispute would doubtless be
2 due 10 q misunderstanding
the Others rights. aggra-
unwillinsness of either party
, true the statements of the
i.he Justice or injustice OF the
dispute. The exercise OF a
/ Il by a disinterested body
{ the Federal Government,
sd be provided by a commits
and arbitra ton
i5.o create an atmosphere of
b nd Cancellation between con-
tss: and the giving each side
--ortunity to present fully its
-oresence OF the other would
.iy disputes from developing
! STRIKES or lockouts. and. in
! would enable the commits
lrlade the opposing parties TO
ms
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
Distinctions in Combinations.

II Is unfortunate that our present laws
should forbid all combinations. instead
OF sharply discriminating between those
Combinations which do good and those
combinations which do evil, Rebates.
for instance. are as often due To The
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05

A age of great corporate
r combinations. neither
8 nor employees should
ompletely at the mercy
Ssronger party TO a dis
| 4 nardless of the right
"a of their respective
1.-THE proposed measure
~ in the line Of securing
-1n of the fact that in
vTrikes the public has
i Interest which cannot
a. disregarded; an inter
y merely Of general con
= for the question of a
proper public policy
be considered. In all
|BSs1 of this kind it is we'll
Il. ce cautiously, testing
by the actual results;
tIproposed can surely be
ken, for the decisions
| n ommission would not
s. parties in legal fash
Jet would give a chance
|ovc opinion TO crystalize
- TO exert its full force
; sght.
W Observation-Disclosures.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
'RATION CONTROL.
,s,s Made Progress in Secur-
r5sroper Superyision

L5t Congress has taken long
she direction OF securing
Vision and control by tho
> 'ernment over corporations
lterstate buslness-and the
f1ority OF corporations of amy
aged in interstate business
\ of the railway rate bill.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
Citizens Rather Than Scholars.

Several factors must cooperate in the
improvement OF the farmers condition.
He must have the chance To he educated
In the widest possible sence-in the sense
which keeps ever In view the intimate
relationship between the theory of edu-
cation and the facts Of ME In all edu-
cation we should widen our aims. 1t Is n
good thing to produce a certain number
OF trained scholars and etudents: bur the
education suPerlntsndcd by the state
must seek ather to produce a hundred
good citizens than merely one scholar
and IL must bs turned now and then
from the class book fo the study OF tho
great book OF nature itself This is espc-
cialiy true OF the farmer, as has been
pointed cut again and again by all oh
servers most competent to pass practical
Judgment on the problems or our country
life, All students now Iealizo that educa-
ton must seek TO train the executive
powers of young people and 10 confer
more real significance upon the phrase.
dignity OF labor" md to prepare the
pupils so that in addition TO each dcVel-
oping In the highest degree his individual
capacity for work, they may together help
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05

The law should be amended so
as specifically to provide that
the funds derived from customs
duties may be treated by the
Secretary Of the Treasury as he
treats funds obtained under the
internal revenue laws. There
should be considerable increase
in bills Of small denominations.
Permission should be given
banks, if necessary under settled
restrictions, to retire their cir
culation to larger amount than
three millions month.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05

The actual working of our
laws has shown that the effort
to prohibit all combination, good
or bad, is noXious where it is
not effective. Combination of
capital, like combination of la
bor, is a necessary element of
our present industrial system. It
is not possible completely TO
prevent it; and If it were pos
sible, such complete prevention
would do damage to the body
polite. What we need is not
vainly to try to prevent all COM
binatlon, but to secure such rig
orous and adequate control aud
supervision Of the combinations
as to prevent their injnring the
public, or existing in such form
as inevitably to threaten injury
for the mere fact that a COM
bination has secured practically
complete control of necessary
Of life would under any circum-
stances show that such combina-
tion was 70 be presumed to be
adverse to the public interest.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05
AGRICULTURE's IMPORTANCE.

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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-12
The Glove cron.

Nine-tenths of all the cloves used
in the entire world are grown on the
island of ZadzibSr, but the people OF
that countfs are so Indifferent that
it is impossible to secure the labor
necessary to gather the crop. The
wants of these people are very few
and they are generally without ambi-
tion above the qualification of their
most immediate wants. There are
few tribes in the world whose mem
bers are not at least spurred on by a
desire to possess a few personal orna-
ments, but not so with the people of
this island, for they are satisfied to
make use Of the commonest shells for
this purpose.
In order to take care of the Glove
crop it is necessary to make use of
the prisoners which are hired out by
the government These men work in
gangs Of Is and are chained together,
with a sergeant in charge of each
gang.
4 man can live in luxury for a
month for the sum equal to one dol
lar, while the natives can exist in
their own way for a few cents for the
same period.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-12
TORCH lis His RAZOR.


Every man is his own barber IN
Mount Vernon, NJ H., ais far as shay
ing is concerned, for there are no
tonsorial parlors. In many other New
Hampshire towns men are frequently
accommodated by the village postmas"
ter storekeeper, locksmith or carpen-
ter, who owns a razor or two, ana IS
a barber, when occasion requires.
When Mount Vernon men want q
haircut they 20 to Milford or some
other large town.
There Is one native Of the place
man Of Sc years, who has neither a
beard nor a heavy growth OF hair,
who does not leave town or enlist
the aid Of neighbor in "chopping
Off his locks. He ID his own bar
Der, and probably one Of the best
known characters In Mount Vernon
Jarvis Smith, or "Jarve," as he is
called. "Jarve' has unique meth
cd Of removing his superfuous hair,
and while it is possibly original with
himself, II is not a secret. He has
no patent upon it, and rather prefers
others to follow his example, II they
wish to practice economy The
process can be done anywhere, III the
parlor, on the street, in the field or
on the woodlot, and aJarve' does 1t
when be finds it necessary, regardless
Of where he happens to be.
Smiths method is by singeing.
After dipping a piece of wood into
kerosene oil and igniting it he starts
to work. With the burning torch in
one hand, and using the other for a
fire extinguisher," he sinres one
side of his face, then the other, the
upper lip and chin, and in that way
rids himself of all the hair Oh his
face, and while he crops it down about
as close as the average man does
with a razor, he very rarely burns
himself. The same sort of torch is
used to remove his superfuous hair.
Burn yourself?" said Smith. mo
II a man knows how to take his
whiskers and hair off in this way he
needn't be afraid of scorching his
face or head. | conceived the idea
some years ago, and | would not take
chances with sharp razor Life
Is too precious, and am not ready
to die yet"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-12

Self-government with tenderness
here you have the condition of all
authority over children. The child
must discover in us no passion, no
weakness of which he can make use;
he must feel himself powerless to de-
ceive or trouble us; then he will rec
ognize in us his natural superiors,
and he will attach special value to
our kindness, because he will respect
it. The child who can rouse in us
anger or impatience or excitement,
feels himself stronger than we, and a
chi.d respects strength only.
The mother should consider herself
as her child's sun, a changeless and
ever-radiant world, whittier the small,
restless creature, quick at tears and
laughter, light, tickle. passionate, full
Of storms, may come for fresh stores
of light, warmth and electricity, of
calm and Of courage.
The child sees what we are. behind
what we wish to be. Hence his repu-
tation as a physiognomist. Uncon-
sciously he passes under the influ-
ence of each person about him, and
reflects it, while transforming it
after his own nature. He is a magni-
flying mirror This is why the first
principle Of education is: Train your
self; and the first rule TO follow, If
you wish to possess yourself of
child's will. is: Master your own
Exchange.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-12
80 scHo0NEna HIs Ho00oo.
Skipper Even Objected to Bringing
Blue Sop-chest Aboard.

When the weather is contrary and
ugly and a fog blanket hangs closely
over the water the old salts Of this
coast look around TO see If there is a
blue schooner in sight, says the Ban
gor (Me.) correspondent OF the New
York World. Should a vessel painted
any shade OF blue be in the harbor,
then the old-timers grunt and remark
that 1t Is no wonder that the weather
is bad. The blue schooner Is consid-
cred a rank hoodoo and is cussed
roundly every time she puts in an
appearance.
The schooner Donua r, Briggs is re-
garded as a sure enough herald Of bad
weather, for not only is she painted
blue but she Is also a three-master,
and when she appeared in Portland
harbor recently. on passage from
Bangor TO New York, all hands in the
fleet already anchored there concluded
that they might as well turn In and
have a good sleep. They knew what
was to follow, and 1t came -easterly
winds, cold, snow and fog. Said Capt.
Baker, of the little schooner Wild
Pigeon, when he made out the color
OF the Donna 7. Briggs
There's a blue schooner. That's
what's making Of this weather, and
you won't see no change till she gets
outer here.
"A blue schooner is hoodoo any
way, and you won't find one cap'n in
hundred thatll paint vessel that
color Once in while you viii see
some blue hatch-combings or a little
blue stripping, but 1t amt poplar.
member once that Cap'n Eben Lewis
OF Boothbay harbor was going to take
new schooner, built somewheres
down east, and when he went aboard
he found they'd painted the matches
blue.
Here, he says to the managing
owner, you turn to and paint some
other color on to them matches, or
you'll get another man to go In this
vessel
They painted them matches good
Fourth q July red, and the vessel al
lers had good luck. Mother cap'n was
standin' on the poop Of his vessel
watching d crew come over the side
The last man to show his head over
the rail had blue chest, and when
the cap'n see it he yelled:
Here you leave that blue box on
the wharf or get back there yourself;
blue don't go on this vessel. That
man had to go ashore ag'in and shift
his dunnage into bag, and then he
was all right
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-12
A Trln Of the Orange.

The Orange was the fourth locomo-
tive owned by the Erie, and the first
engine ever seen in Binghamton and
Hornell, the first to cross the portage
viaduct and the first to sound a
whistle to the Genesee valley Of At
tica.
The feat that first brought her
fame was made in January. 1842
when she was used to draw special
train from Goshen to Piedmont, car
rying Gov. Stewards message to the
New York Sun. This had been
brought from Albany to Goshen by
post riders In a race between the
Sun and the Herald, to see which
could first get the message into
print. The Herald relied wholly on
post riders. The Sun supplemented
these post riders with the service
OF the railway and SO ran the first
railway news service ever run. The
Sun had typesetters on steamer at
Piedmont, and when the Orange ar
rived with the document had 1t put
into type on the steamboat. and beat
the Herald by several hours in hav-
ing the message In the hands of its
readers. The Orange had helped en-
able the Sun to have the message for
sale on the streets full hour be-
fore the Herald's post riders reached
the Herald office.