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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

- ENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, presi-
dent Of the University of Cali
fornia, at the commencement ex-
ereises at Dartmouth college last year,
said; "Abundanee of goods cannot in
sure either to a people or to an indi-
viduaI that quality of existence which
we are justified in associatins with the
notion of richness, fullness, abundan nee
of life. A man lives abundantIy accord
ing as he opens his life to the oppor-
tunities of the world he lives in both
to be and to do. We need national laws
for divorce, for the oversight of insur-
ance, for the regulation of the traffic OF
the great national system Of railways.
We are nation and must have ma
tionaI laws for national concerns. 1t
behooves US while holding fast to local
safeguards Tor local interests to court
the Inspiration of the fuller, richer nas
tional life and be Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Eg !. !. !. ! !. !. !. !. !. ]. ]. !.
N Sr1a va of It's KIM III 1-A~
liz As K world. and certainly
I'm ~ the most noteworthy
WI Sz7N institution of any kind
VIZ III in Chicago, is the in
III - sSzSCSi dustrv which has been
K9S-lJSJ developed by the live
stock and meat pack
inc interests AS now carried on at the
Union stockyards the live stock trade
and the packing business are really
distinct but they are of necessity
correlated and interdependent. The
Union ,stockyards proper consists Of
about SEQ acres of pens, buildings and
facilities for receiving, handling, feed
ing. watering. selling, weighing and de-
livering from $4,000 to 10000 or more
animals a day. this being the approx
mate record of actual receipts The
packing house district Familiarity
known as "Packingtown. contains an
almost equal territory. covered with
huge brfck buildings devoted to the
slaughter of animals and their con-
version into raw materials for finish
ed commercial products.
This is the point on the American
continent to which the gaze OF the
whole world has recently been direct
ed by Upton Sinclair's novel THE
Jungle and by the outcome of an in
vestigation into The business methods
of those who have pr0hted greatly from
the meat packing industry There has
been of late "a public awakening to the
evils of impure foods and authorizations
of all kinds The great army OF food
consumers has at last begun to take an
active interest in what it eats and
drinks. 1t win NO longer consent 10 be
put off with comestibles attractive in
appearance. but mysterious in compost
ton. Dainty packages and high art
establishment are no longer sufficient;
specious literature and plausible state
ment coming from the makers of all
these articles of unknown composition
are received with suspicion. To put it
somewhat vulgarly. 'the game is up"
At present it seems to be the meat
packers who have most cause 10 fear
from this determination on the part of
the American public. Their day Of
reckoning has long been delayed, but
the most optimistic of them all can
not fail to recognize that it has come
The public understands now why Up
ton Sineiairs challenge TO the meat
packers to bring an action for libel was
not accepted 1t is known today that
the truth Of Mr.. Sinclairs charges may
be substantiated easily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

W WOODROW WILSON, president
wv of Princeton university, is re-
sponsibie for this classic yarn:
can elderly minister appeared before
board to be examined for some post.
The first branch to be taken up was
Latin. What is the Latin for ooose2'
the examiner asked. The poor old min
ister was stumped. It was pitifuI to
see him, and young man seated near
could not resist helping him out. An
SER he whispered. But the minister
continued silent. 'Anser,' whispered
t. young man in . louder tone. The
minister turned his head and looked at
his promPter oddly. Poor old chapI
He almost heard. He wants me to try
again. the young man thought. An
SER he repeated. The minister turned
and shook his forefinger at She youth.
Answer yourself, YOU young jack
anapesl' he shouted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

n AVID STARR JORDAN, presi-
dent of Leland Stanford, Jr., uni
Versity, once said of crime and
punishment: "The law of crime is the
correction of cause and effect, but
there IS no such thing as punishment
IN nature. Any enc who sins gets the
punishment. We punish but few of
the criminals that exist. II seems to
me to be one of the greatest elements
IN the philosophy Of punishment to
eliminate all desire for revenge. An
tndeterminate system of Imprisonment
seems to be better than the present
system. It seems to me that when any
person is dependent upon society he
should be restrained and not allowed
to reproduce his kind. The point in the
philosophy ct punishment is to find out
what should be done and then how we
can do it. Not until then is it possible
20 sct"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

president of Harvard university,
spoke these words at the close of
his inaugural address in 1869: "a hear
in your voice the voice of the alumni,
welcoming me to high honors and ar
duous Iabors, charging me to be faith
full to the duties of this consecrated
office. take up this weighty charge
with a sense of insufficiency, but yet
with hope and a good courage. High
examples will tighten the way. Deep
prayers of devoted living and sainted
dead will further every right effort,
every good intention. The university
is strong in the ardor of its teachers,
in the vioor of the corporation and in
the public spirit of the community.
Above all, devote myself to this sacred
work, in the firm faith that the God
Of the fathers will be also with the
children"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

JACOB GOULD ScHURMAN, presi-
dent OF Cornell university, self
made scholar and political econo-
mist, is the author of the following;
Just here is the danger of the TWEEN
tieth century. The retired, secluded,
sennimonastic ideaIism Of the old col
iege IS nnenaced in its own historic
home by the modern, professional and
Unitarian studies and interests which
encompass it. The educational prob
lem of the next generation is SO to
maintain the practical and useful that
we shall not let go of what is ideal and
spiritual. In the insane desire of
wealth by all classes and it's mad pur-
suit by so many of our ablest young
men lies the greatest danger to our in
stitutions. knowledge, culture and even
scientific efficiency in ones calling are
in themselves not only desirable ends,
but the sU1renae ends of life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

A ! dent Of the University Of Michigan,
told this story to class in inter-
national law: "Sone years ago, when
was minister to Turkey, Greece was
visited by a famine. A wave of SYM
pathy swept over the Union, affecting
the women particularly They raised
hundreds of dollars With true Yankee
husbandry they did not send the money,
but spent it in buying quantities of
dresses fer the women. One entire ship
was loaded by this outpouring of char
ity. Shortly after the ship arrived
made 4 trip through Greece 1t was
in the days when our ladies' wore ex-
tremely large sleeves, but the style in
Greece was not the same. imagine my
surprise when | saw that the women
had not known what the garments
were and had put them on their hus-
bands for trausers.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

n NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER,
IN president of Columbia university,
in his inaugural address June 20,
1902, uttered the following words:
Scholarship and service are the true
university's ideal. The university of
today is not the home of lost causes
and forsal<en beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible ioyalties.' It
keeps step. with the march of progressf
widens its sympathies with growing
knowledge and among a democratic
people seeks only to instruct, to upift
and to serve, in order that the cause
OF religion and learning and of human
freedom and opportunity may be con-
tinually advanced from century to cen
fury and from age to age. With schol-
arship and hearty and united service
a university need fear nothing. It may
face any difficulty with the assurance
that time and opportunity will come"
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1906-03-08

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10 phro' tr aud Ol'it; disappoiEt-
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Hon Or. Ausuliin tlIihhsIt.
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Grltrr She'll.
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ask en- las.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1906-03-08
Ger SInB sibt Veter SrrH actes
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Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1906-03-08

.ruo{o Noo52c.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-24
IDAHO MISAPPLICATIoN,

\ very interesting paper is the
Southern Idaho Mail, published at
Blackfoot, Bingham county. 1t is sup
porting IN this campaign The ticket
which represents the alliance OF the
Mormon church aud the Idaho poll
ticians. Ia rather able editorial on
the subject of Intolerance it details
the horrors TO which religious proscrip
tion, political persecution, and race
prejudice have subjected unfortunate
classes in various ages and countries;
and then in clever and not too pointed
application directs the whole Thing TO
the Mormon issue in Idaho.
There is no appositeness; there is
neither political nor religious perse-
cution Of Mormons. Every Mormon
has all his rights in politics and reli-
gion-.iust as much right in both as
any other citizen Of the Republic. The
trouble is that the Mormon leaders
want more rights than other citizens.
They not only want to merge into their
own holding all the rights of all their
followers, but they insist upon eXercis-
ing the influence which this prepond-
erance OF power gives to them to secure
greater rights than non-bcljevers en-
Joy. That is the whole trouble.
The Mail accuses The Tribune OF at
tempting to "sow dissension" in the
ranks of the Idaho Republicans by stat
ing that Mr.. Brady will be candi-
date against Mr.. Borah for United
States Senator, and the Mail adds:
''The Republicans Of Idaho have con-
fidence in Mr.. Brady, and believe he
will do just what he says he Will.
The only trouble with the complete
defense which the Mail makes for Mr.,
Brady is that Mr.. Brady has said so
many differing things on this subject
that even his most faithful adhercnt
is of necessity left IN doubt.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-24
A BARRARoUs HABIT.

ssFormer Mormon III g. communica.
tfou TO Tho Tribune this morning, en-
titled "Ungenerous Bigotry." calls at
toption TO a Mormon practice which
would receive more honor in the breach
than il is entitled to in the observance.
We refer 10 that habit common to the
highest ecclesiast Of tho church as il
IL customary to the humblest member,
Of referring TO every natural event
which has fatal or terroriging effect
upon humanity as special dispense
ton of Providence administered to
sntte the non-beheving world. And
there is a worse phase which this habit
assumes-that OF attributing the woes
OF any particular locality or jurisdic-
ton to the special woes which the Nor
mon people have suffered in that par
ticular locality or jurisdiction.
Tho civil war has often been attrib-
uted by Mormon preachers and teachers
and writers to the 'barbarous refusal'
Of President OF the United States TO
interfere and protect the Mormon peo-
pie in the State of Missouri. The feuds
WHICH SurNlNcoI IN LhaI io(dIeJ lHe civil
war, have often been attributed by Nor
mon preachers and teachers and writers
to the wrongs suffered by the Latter
day Saints in that commonwealth.
"Former Mormon" may not recall the
fact, but the Deseret News editorially
conveyed this same idea about the de-
struction of San Francisco by earth
quake and fire, The Tribune called Mt
tention to tho fact at the time, and
as usual, silenced the News.
Ono would not think that ordinary
mortals, gifted with the common sense
that ordinary people usually have,
would make pain for such sufferers as
these unfortunate victims Of the San
Francisco calamity. There was a not
able demonstration in their favor in
Utah Immediately after the disaster,
and it is a pity that this beautiful
white record should be marred by any
intolerance and bigotry.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-24
Ungenerous Bigotry.

Editor Tribuue:-About two months
ago there came to Salt Lake family
who had previously resided at San
Francisco, They are honest, upright
peoplc-good citizens in every respect,
as thcir neighbors have so far had op.
portunlty to observe Their conduct
here is an evidence of what it, must
have been clscwhors. They arc indus
trious; they mind their own business:
they live in peace with their neighbors;
and they attend their own church aer-
vices when circumstances will permit
These people were among the uufor-
tuuatc victims OF the San Francisco
disaster, which tried the courage of
strong men and brought tears, grief
and woe to good women. They lost
every .crumb, rag, stick and stone of
their belongings. They came to Salt
Lake 10 start afresb to make n new
home for themselves, and TO live in
the peace and freedom which they had
experienced elsewhere.
But unfortunately (because OF its
proximity to the place Of employment
Of the husband and father their resi-.
dence was taken un in the midst of
the politically mobile and rcligiously
1mmobIle constituency of Fernstrom.
On several occasions the heartache Of
these good people has been aggravated
by hearing some Mormon speak about
IlhN tulS- SdH T2nClsCu WIS u'-
stroyed by the Lord because of the
wickedness or the people there. -
What sort of a Christian is he, Mr..
Editor, who will thus assail the sen.
sibilities Of decent people7 ] will say,
though, that the person who gave
uttcrance to that diabolical barbariam
in this particular case was not its
originator. Tt has been heard in pri-
vate from the ecclesiastical betters Of
its parrot-like repeater. No rank and
file Mormon would ever say anything
like that without first having heard
it from some Elder TO whom he looks
for instruction, or from some Of "the
authorities -
And it is all in the plan to delude
the unthinking into the belief that the
rest Of the world is vile, and that true
virtue and uprightness before the Lord
are to be found only in Zion
In view Of Joseph f. Smiths ad
mission IN Washington that he is a
persistent and knowing breaker of hui
man law and defer of divine command
and having this peculiar Mormon the
ory In mind what sort of q calamity
would the Lord be justified in sending
to the Deighborhood OF the Beehive
houseS
FORMER MORMON.
Salt Lake, Sept, II, 1906.