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The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

April brought the largest number OF
visitors, the daily average for that
4pnth h"ng 2lOl and March was a
t'".m rurl, with a daily average
ol 2IiH The day visitors to the n
hray In April numbered l.G32, and
i'.9' pcrsuns saw or used the library
after d. O'Clock IN uat month The
largest number Of visitors In any one
day vas 5,-oi, In April. aud the
smallest ~, ua one OF the hottest
days In july
An idea Of the size of this library
may be- obtained from the statistics
FOR last year, which showed a gain In
the number Of volumes of 1885.
bringing the number of books on the
racks np To l,379,2ii. The total Of
books, pamphlets, maps and charts
ana pieces of music added last year
was Sl.3S5.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

hrrnllor's house in Tarrytown.
uros, subject on which Nj. Rookie
lellcr's general education board has
all manner of statistics. there are
some essential practical things that
his thirty-two millions would do. For
example II costs even al present high
prices, about $500 to build house
In Brooklyn with all modern convent.
cnccs and Of sufficient size To contain
two families Of five persons each.
Technically these are known as two.
family houses The education gift
would build 10000 Of such houses,
giving happy homes Ia 100000 people
who now merely exist in crowded
tenemcnts
Albany Is a city of 100000 people
An of them could De comfortable put
into homes that might he built with
such a sum The total assessed real.
~ valuation Of Albany is SOL 900 600
of which more than One-half Is bust
ness property So that the education
gift might purchase the homes of an
entire capital city. The cost of Hv.
ing last year in the United States was
sos per person, giving all the neces.
stiles of life, At this rate 304, 1852
people could be supported for year
out OF the donation Nobody IN such
cities as Newark, Washington, Nil.
waukee, Detroit, or New Orleans
would have to worry about food or
clothing. The mere interest on the
sum would support perpetually the
entire population of such cities AZ
Ansonia, Conn; Johnstown. \. Y. or
New Rochelle Any city Of $4,000
people could live on the income of the
gift.
In lhe matter Of food alone such
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
Gift Is Discussed in Europe.

Discussion over the KIT has spread
TO Europe The Worlds Paris cores
pendent In a special cable despatch
said:
THE Rockefeller gilt has excited
astonishmeut In the French press.
Several studies Of his Temperament
have been published In which IN,
writers seek for reasons which
prompted the giving away of such an
enormous sum one editor suggests
piety as the cause and another sup
gcsts that an American millionaire
tremble In dread of laws that may
rob them Of their wealth
The American temperament. 60
the article continues. IS FESTIVE
against great acCumuiatons, and this
enormous bcqUcst Is intended to stay,
or public action or the individual act
OF murdcrous jealousy and envy.
Still another writer SAYS that Mr.
Rockefeller wants to be talked about
for other than financial distinction.
lie cannot do tanything great for lack
of cultivation lie has no art collec
tlor 6ns.ullectual pursuits about
WI - hear. therefore he
maRbs ms WIVy ialE.
The Petit Paris.cn. however. takes
a more generous view. believing that
Mr Rockefeller unlike French mil
l!onalrcs, feels deeply that grca,
wealth imposes duties upon it8 pos
SCISSOR and In pure Justice is doing
his best TO ncIuit himself"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
PATHETIC SCENE OCCURS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Never mind" replied the bonefac
lross. wen go down 10 Washington
and see the president and then ms
have good news for you"
They had long chnt with the pres
ld"nt Lady Cook said she had prom
is"d not Ia reveal the presidents
views, and Olive Logan said she Var
s" dear that she could not hear whsI
he had said
Judging from his expression.
though she declared with pathetic
pride over an old hobby OF hers. ''bs
seemed to favor woman's suffrage
Lady Cook and myself would like 10
get hearing before a congressionsl
committee, but | suppose she has no,
time 10 stay"
No responded her commands
WIN smile, and neither have VOC.
Tor you are going back to England
with me and live the rest of your Life
az my home"
iIh'" replied Miss Logan, dazeS
aud bewlldcred
England shouted Lady Cook wits
her mouth close To Olives ear. Home
with mcguire going abroad-under-
stand"
Miss Logan understood. They dis
appeared down the White HOUSE
driveway with Lady Cook again shos'-
ing the good news into her old friends
.aI
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

ID REPRESENTATIVES, JAMES u.
IN WATSON. Of Indiana Republican
whip OF the house. win go down in.
to history a the FIRST real whip ac.
cording To the international accept.
ancc of the term, who has ever served
In that body
Speaker Cannon Is partially re
sponsible for the innovation and when
he picked ont Representative Watson
for that job he had In mind a set pro.
gram. until Mr. watson came into
the field with the present speaker be
hind him a party whip In the house
has been n hgurehcad Nobody knew
anything about him and nobody cared
The job. at present, Is not the most
agreeable In the world and the neces
sary loyalty of the whip" to the
speaker sometimes leads into narrow
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

A STORY of o. Good samaritan was
~ revealed ul the White House the
other day Il had ru DO with the ten
der ana imucuahlb'n friendship Of
one woman, prosperous aud happy, FOR
another close 90 dnaiiuliun and AT,
nlctcd with q physical ailmcnt which
has made soIfauupDrt impossible
Lady COOK, fOImoruIy Tennessee
Claim, now resident Of England
was tho bcnolictross and olive Logan
the recipient Tennessee Clanm ana
olive Logan now past the middle
score of lifo we're intellectual aud
famous women IN America years ago.
They were friends way back In the
lays of the ClyIl Hnr and were known
10 presidents and public officials of
administrations Tor two decades
Tennessee Clahin eventually mar.
rcd an English uobcman Of wealth.
and her friend owe drned along
pursuing literary work but Miss
Logan did not prosper and short
time ago a New York newspaper told
of her want for the nccessarics of
life. Lady Cook, her old friend. saw
the story and Immediately cableG
funds Then she came to America
TO see and aid her In person There
was pathetic scene on the pier al
New York when they met
Are you really so poor" asked
Lady Cook,
Indeed II Is piuful.' replied Miss
Logan,
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

Mr.. Rockefeller's eift, said: 1T is an
anchor to the windward against the
time when an aroused people will
curtail the privileges of puhlic-service
corporations The gift was not in
cash. Most likely It was railway Sc.
curities. Every one of these is a
mortgage against the future Some
day it will develop, perhaps that the
special privileges which these rail.
roads enjoy viii be- threatened.
1T Will result in sudden suuccz.
ing of the water out of these stocks
Then there will so up cry hat these
great educational interests. dependent
upon the returns from these securi
ties, are oelng threatened There will
be talk, also, Of what the widows ana
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

That Sum Could Support I'm Com
fort 3Of, 762 Persons for ono
Year, Could Build Homes for
100, 600, Could Pay One Years
Interest on the National Debt,
and Could Provide for All the
Yearly Expenses of the Gov
erDmcnts of Denmark and
Greece Combined.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
J. c. Phelps Stokes Ideas.

while ! am not prepared to dis
cuss on.haud how would dispose Of
80 vast a sum. certainly would not
give it 90 public charity would
regard the doIug out of S32,00O,o1
In aims as a calamity do not ap.
prove of extensive charity II accom-.
pllshcs no permanent results In re-.
licvinu poverty. without removing tn
cause Education alone will do that
aud mis- gift 10 higher education will
affect the poor In that II Will work
To create "a koonor appreciation Of jus.
tiCe.
1T Is unfortunate, however. that
the suspicion should attach 10 this
gift for the purpose Of leading men To
the truth that men who dare teach
the truth as they see II may find their
chairs In colleges vacated,
Should that money be- given Ia hos
pitfalls. YOU ask? | should say no,
would have the hospitals supported
by the state Disease Is the result
of conditions created by man. And
To have the individual turn around
and give back to society part of the
money he has wrung from II Ia alloyi,
ate the conditions he himself has ere,
atod Is incongruOus. That n the
function of the state.
Education Is the only hope for The
relief of the conditions Of the Pc .
Unul man Is taught The rights Of his
follow imam and learns To respect
them, conditions will continue as they
are Under present social conditions,
gifts 10 education are the best way Of
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
Tom Johnson's Opinion.

On the other hand, the motives
prompting such a gift are questioned
by many people Of advanced ideas
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, OF Cleveland,
himself = man OF wealth. speaking Of
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

sum would DO wonders. Its mere
interest income. amounting to &4.32e
day. would forever feed B1eisch-
man bread line of SG.5S0 men, giving
one loaf OF bread every night. That
line would extend not merely around
Grace church. as at present. but %
miles up Broadway to larry
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
Would Build Another Subway.

II could build another subway In
New York city like the present one
the most marvellous railway In the
world. carrying more passengers in a
day than many great lines do in six
months II could construct trunk
line from New York 1850 miles west
ward Ia Kansas city. at the rate OF
$4,000 q mile. which is all that roads
cost under normal conditions.
rhu things that could he done for
hy material benefit ol humanity with
the sum Of So 100000 are of great
number Tho question arises whether
the money might have been better APP
piled to some Of them
MIR. ". H. Mallock. the eminent
English antagonist of socialism. was
asked how he regarded Mr.. Rockefel.
lrH's Request
To pass any competent opinion on
lis effects on public welfare and hap
piuess would require careful study
hf replied Such an enormous gift
so overtops anything we have had In
England that | hardly know how to
gauge II
In one sense I should say that the
individual who by extraordinary abil-
iiy aud talent makes great fortune
would do better not to attempt giving
il away himself but pass that duty
on to his sons His genius has been
that of work and money tnaklng. The
.nng wpuId u,t necessarily he brought
mp in the same line Of accumulation.
They could devote their time and tai
ont therefore. better To the question
at proper distribution.
MT CancgIe's requests 10 librar-
les have produced much criticism in
England because of the burdens he
imposes on the taxpayers. In this
respect the giving failed of due appre.
citation
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
What Gift Means in Labor.

The census report says that the ay.
erage wages paid in oil rclincrics
To able-bOdicd men over lG years Of
age in 1899 was S557 year, or a trine
over $40 week Dealing with the
matter OF labor alone, In the accuma-
lation Of these thirty-two millions II
would require the unrcmitting work
OF an army of 57,450 men giving all
their wages to Mr. Rockefeller for
one whole year at the average rae
Standard OH men were paid 10 make
up his gift,
That would be equivalent Ia all the
workingmen in Providence or Kan.
sas City or Rochester turning over
their wages for year 10 Mr. Rookie
feller-a whole city working for him
so that this gift might be accumu,
lated.
The production of crude petroleum
In the United States In 1905, the lat.
est year for which statistics are avail.
able, was approximately 40. 600 900
barrels. A trihing difference of %
cents per barrel, or about one-half
cent per gallon, on this output would
make up the gift in single year.
The Standard 10 not so much a pro.
ducer Of petroleum as II il IA refiner
and seller. it buys from oil.well own
ers most OF its raw product and fixes
the price, which fuctuates considera.
bly,. Therefore so slight a reduction
as one-half cent per gallon in the
amount The Standard pays 10 produc.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

You ask me how ! should have
liked to see this Request of MIR Rookie.
fclicr's applied differently | cannot
answer. as have not examined 1t ful.
~. To certain extent would have
the philanihrupiC gifts 50 made rs to
benefit labor as well as education.
For example, gift that would enable
the excavations of llcrculaneum and
other buried cities to be uncovered
would afford not only labor but In
crease our sum of knowledge
Whether such enormous donations
will affect the theory of socialism is
question yet to be answered In
one form it certainly is a distribution
Of wealth. The scale on which II II
being conducted In the United States
fairly bewiders one
Socialism views the Rockefeller be.
quest with partial approval rs q
means toward the end II desires. j.
G. Phelps Stokes, one of the party
leaders. said
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

New Thirty.two million dol.
lars for education This latest gift
of John ID. Rockefeller so oyertops
anything ever known in the line OF
philanthropic giving that It requires
some Analysing to comprehend the
vastness Of the sum In recent years
the American people have had their
financial sense of proportion unduly
expanded by talk of millions tossed
about To various institutions.
II is worth while To look first into
the enormous amount of labor requir.
ed to produce this sum which Mr..
Rockefeller is able tn give away. says
the New York World The United
states census report for 800 contains
some statistics upon OIL rehneries.
The Standard OH company. Of which
Mr. Rockefeller is titular president
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

Socialism Views the Great Git
WIN Only Partial Approval;
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson Says
II Is An Anchor Cast to Wind
ward Against the Time that
People VIII Become Aroused:
the French Press, Astonished
at Its Size, Differ as TO tho
Motives for II.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

Would give every one of ihe 5000 40,
families In the United states eight best
books
disposing Of these vast accuDiulalions
OF wealth"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

One-hnlt cent uu' gallon on IN, five and
a half billion gallons ur crude rntrol,'iin
produccd Itst year would nearly equal Ito
orphans are IN anger of losing. 4
condition will be- presented that may
have n protective effect for the cor
porations involved"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16

Interest Si329 dnlly-wouid give Bcu
miles long % miles from city han a. TO
and from which he made his wealth
owns or controls nearly an the re-.
hncries In the country
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-03-16
Rockefeller's $32,OOO,O0O
Gift to Education

ers would quickly sum up to the edu
cational gift figures.
Evening star., 1907-10-13
CHAPTER XVI.
Diana Undertakes a Strange Errand

If I had not been tingling with anger
against Lisa. who had seemed to enjoy
saying needlessly cruel things to me.
perhaps I would have been utterly dis
couraged when she pricked the bubble
|of my hope. She had made me realize
that the plan I had was useless. per-
haps worse than useless. but in my des-
perate mood 1 caught at another. /
would try to see Iyor. and find out some
other way of helping him. At all events
he should know that I was for him, not
against him, in this time of trouble.
Perhaps this new idea was a mad one,
told myself. Perhaps 1 should not be
allowed to see him, even in the presence
of others. But while there was q ''per-
haps'' 1 wouldn't give up. Without wait
ling for cooler or more cowardly mood
to set in. 1 almost ran out of my room
and downstairs. for / hadn't taken OF
my hat and coat since coming In.
I had no knowledge Of French law. or
police etiquette, or anything Of that sort.
But I knew that the French were q gal
liant nation. and 1 thought that II q girl
should go to the right place. begging for
Ia short conversation with an accused
man. as his friend, an interview-prob-
ably with q witness-miRht possibly be
granted. The authorities might think
that we were engaged, for all cared. l
did not care about anything now. except
seeing Ivor. and helping him If could.
hardly knew what I meant to do at
Evening star., 1907-10-13

is known of a depth exceeding forty
miles.
No Contraction Now.
AS the earthquakes all have super
fetal origin. and no shakes have deeper
source, 1t follows that there Is no deep
seated contraction of the earth. Conse-
quently. all changes in the crust are due
to ordinary earthquakes. and to no other
cause.
Secular cooling is infinitely slow. and
affects only the crust, whereas world
shaking earthquakes proceed from the
layer just beneath the crust AS earth
Quakes occur mainly along the seacoast.
they cannot depend on secular cooling
from beneath the oceans. Hence great
earthquakes are not due to secular cool
Ing at all. but to the leakage of the
oceans, which produces steam beneath the
crust. This eventually pushes out at the
sides. and raises mountains along the
coasts.
AS the effects of secular cooling are in
sensible. It follows that the earth is not
contracting. as held In all the books for
three generations. DIR. See shows. in
deed, that at an early stage OF the earth 8
history contraction was going on, but it
ceased after our planet became incrust-
ed. In fact he thinks that so far from
contra citing, the earth may now be slight
ly expanding. owing to the formation of
pumice everywhere beneath the crust
All the old theories that mountains are
due to secular cooling and contraction
of the globe must be, therefore, entirely
abandoned. The mountains are forme
by the expulsion Of lava from beneath
the sea, and hence they are so exactly
parallel to the coast.
Not So Old.
DIR. See concludes by elaborate mathe-
matical inquiry that the age of ou- In
crusted earth does not exceed some ten
Evening star., 1907-10-13
CAPTAIN W. J. P. BENSON
All Rights Reserved.

stations beyond Mendoza was still open
for traffic; but beyond that point II was
closed. On we went however, swinging
round sharp curves. clnging to the noun
tain side like fly to window pane.
now running along the edge of a precipice
with the tossing. tumbling torrent of the
River Mendoza deep down below With
a sweep that would have brought the en-
CINE almost on to the rearmoSt carriage
had there been ona-I forgot to tell you
that we were now on the engine by itself
the two coaches having been left behind
at Cacheuta. beyond which place the line
was closed-we swung round the craggy
corner or a hliI, on mere ledge of rock
just wide enough for the narrow-gauge
line and nothing more. oyerhangIng a
precipitouS descent of many hundreds of
feet. when, horror, Immediately In front
of u.s. not twenty yards away, WAS a troll
ley laden with firewood. The driver ap-
piled the brake with jerk that nearly
wrenched my arm from its socket l Just
had time 10 yell. Look out when.
crash! We dashed into the trolley. | re-
member thinking. in thar instant OF time
before the fearful irlpact. that nothing
could save US from topping over that
precipice. then flash of thought of home
and those | had left behind me | have
confused recollection of some cries, and
a feeling as though l We're being struck
all over my body with something very
companion. his eyes Were closed, his face
as pale as death, he had relaxed his hold
on the rail. and was In the act of falling
outward toward the precip!ce. | saw all
this as | made "A frantic clutch at his
coat / realized that If | could not hold
him he would fall headlong down that
dreadful abyss, and be dasneu to pieces
upon the jagged rocks standing out of th.
boiling torrent below. His weight how
ever. was too much for me. and before
/ knew what was happening, had both
fallen from the engine 10 the ledg,.
OF rock. But my sudden clutch had al
tered the direction OF his fall we both
had fallen more forward than sideways
and though We We're perilously near the
edge of the prec!picn we were not over 1t.
The fall had restored him to conscious
ed round upon the debris of the shattered
trolley. the firewood lying scatt red on
the line, and the mad torrent of the River
Mendoza below, We realized as We grasp
ed each other by the hand. how narrowly
we had twice. in tha space of a-moment
or two, escaped a terrible death.
The line too, was blocked, and we were
too much shaken and bruised to continue
our journey: moreover we knew that We
could get but little further. on account OF
the snow and Ice, which completely buried
the line Il few kilometers beyond. And
my first attempt to cross the Andes 81 :,a
to sudden dramatic and unexpected
conclusion.
Evening star., 1907-10-13

In the September number Of the pro-
ceedings of the American Philosophical
Society. held at Philadelphia. Prof r. ]
J. See, United States Navy. has an i'm
portant memoir on Temperature, Secu-
lar Cooling and Contraction of the
Earth" and on THE Theory Of Earth
quakes Held by the Ancients" Prof. See
Is the author Of the new theory that
earthquakes are due primarily to the
secular leakage of the oceans bottoms,
which appeared last March. and set the
scientific world thinking on new lines, and
the present investigation confirms and
extends his previous researches. The
new memoir Is certain to awaken the
deepest interest among biologists, seis-
mologlsts and physicists the world over
For almost a century scientists have
heid That the earth IS cooling. and there
fore slowly contracting. In this way. they
explained earthquakes and mountain
formations. Now comes Prof. See with
an elaborate argument. much more ex-
haustive than that of Lord Kelvin, tend
ing to show that the effects of secular
cooling of the globe are insensble. and
totally denying the contraction of the
earth.
The earth's temperature has an elliptical
distribution within, being about $500 de-
grees Fahrenheit. at the center. and fall
ing off toward the surface, where 1t is
zero. AS the earth slowly cooled, the
crust was the only part which expert
enced an appreciable fall in temperature.
Hence the crust is thin, with q thickness
of not more than twenty miles, which
agrees with the depth deduced from the
study of the Notwithstanding earthquakes.
The great earthquakes originate at the
depth of about twenty miles, and none