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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27
GOLD AND SILVER MOVEMENTS.

The National Bureau of Statistics
has Just issued leaflet, which shows
the movements Of gold and of silver In
TO and out from this country for the
eleven full years, 1896 10 1906, and
the past ten months of 1907, the fiscal
year ending June 30th of each year
being the time reckoned. This leaf
let shows that the excess of imports
of gold for the present year are like
ly to be the greatest of any fiscal year
In our history, with the possible eXcep-
tion of 1898; but if the twelve months
ending with April, with their Sl14,-
9l4,s6s excess of gold imports, arc any
guide, the present fiscal year is likely
TO exceed all records in the net imports
Of gold. If TO this large net excess
of gold imports we add the gold pro
duction of our own country, it is plain
that the present fiscal year will give lis
an increase close upon, if il does not
fully reach, two hundred million dol,
lars of new gold, or nearly half Of the
world total production of the yellow
Nothing could show the financial power
and money strength of this country as
forcibly as this.
The movement Of silver shows n de-
creasing net export, with the market
strengthening of the white metal. The
imports Of silver are chiefly from
Mexico, The table shows constant
excess export, though for the two years
latest, the imports have increased large
ly. The greatest import Of the twelve
years was in 1906; but the present
fiscal year will come close to the rec
ord. At the same time, the net ex-
ports are pretty sure to be the least
Of any of the years reported,
The whole is most interesting study
in the movements of the precious me-
tails. The tables are as follows:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27

respect to the matter, that gentleman
would have been invited TO pcruso
certain revelation in the Doctrine and
Covenants, and would have been asked
If he could find any ground for com
plant against the stake official that he
did not olive his religion And
Brother Blank would hnve been like
wise informed that if he intended to
kick up any fuss over his superior Is ncw
polygamy, a charge Of apostasy would
be laid against him; because it could
be shown that Blank was merely com
planning against man who was prac-
ticing the principles of the gospel rs
taught by tho church, and as conse-
quence the complainant would have
been in error and apostasy. Blank
would have been asked to recant-and
he would have recanted or would have
been declared most hated apostate.
That may not have been tho exact
mode of procedure; but Joseph F. Smith
will be able to tell the inquirer just
what it would have been. And as the
President of the Mormon church knows
of this case intimately, he is foremost
among the men who are hiding 1T.
In fact. the official position Of the Of
fender against the statute and civilized
decency is the direct result Of that
offending. That is the way in which
the holy prophet rewards the willful
breaking of q community's sacred prom
Use; and that Is the manner in which
the hierarchical despot vilifles the
State of Utah.
But tho ecclesiasts are warned that
the time is now past when law-breakers
may satisfy the State of Utah by
"making it right with the brethren. -
There is in progress here at the pres
ent time movement which will finally
bring the criminals to book, and which
will reveal and punish all the hideous~
ness which the hierarchs and their hired
tools have constantly been endeavoring
to conoeal-only to encourage moro
crime and to further blacken the repu-
tation of this commonwealth and keep
people out of the State
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27
LESSONS FROM THE JAPANESE.

The japanese appear determined to
compel us to look into our complex
governmental system with more care
than we have been wont TO do. They
are accustomed to a national rule which
is supreme, complete and unchallenged
in all parts of the empire. The idea
of local authority setting itself up
to do anything other than to help and
further the national control IS alto.
gether foreign to their minds. Conse
quently, when they find in their treaties
with this country certain guarantees
and find in our National Constitution
the express provision that treaties with
foreign powers in accord with the Con.
stitution arc the supreme law of the
land, they expect them to be so. They
were not content to be told that the
school system Of San Francisco was q
local entity, with which the Federal
government had nothing to do, but dc.
manded that children of the japanese
should be given in those schools pre-
cisely the same treatment that other
children receive under like treaty guar
antees, as the children of English,
Irish, Italian, or other alien parents
President Roosevelt made their posi-.
tion immeasurably stronger than it nat
urally was by his instant capltulation
to the Japanese demand. And the Jap.
anese won,
Now another cause Of trouble has
arisen, less complicated in way, but
still, raising the same general question
Of the ability of the National Govern.
ment to fulfill treaty guarantees, 1t is
the case of japanese business house
which was mobbed and demolished in
San Francisco. Representations of the
facts were formally made to the Fed.
eral administration AT Washington. and
the protection guaranteed by the treaty
was invoked No doubt, upon proper
proof of damage inflicted, the United
States will pay the bill, as it did in the
case of the Italians lynched in Louisi-
ana, the Chlnamen mobbed in Wyo.
ming, and in other cases similar. But
the TACT that the United States must
be responsible for such damages with
out any way providing the necessary
local police power to enforce the guar
antees of tho rteaty is where the anom-
ally lies. The Federal Government is
helpless in such cases, but must as.
sumo the bill and acknowledge a re.
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OFFICE FOR THE UNFIT.

We print on this page this morning
significant editorial from the Logan Re-
publican on the desirability OF nomln-
ating for Office persons who are person
ally meritorious and competent for the
duties Of the office to which they aspire
That paper urges with vehemence tnat
can come from nothing but unpleasant
experience. and precedent. the neces'
sity of disregarding preference IN the
claims of relationship and of party ser
vice, and giving the priority to busi-
ness integrity, experience, and thorough
fitness 1t recalls with touch oil bitter
regret chow difficult it IS to defend at
times, and it knows how difficult 1T is
to find good things to say OF indlvlouai
members Of tickets named.
1t seems, therefore, that IN Cache
county, and perhaps in Logan itself,
candidates who are unfit for once,
who are difficult to defend, and as TO
whom it is hard to find anything good
70 say, have been nominated because
of their family connections, Merit ana
fitness have been lost sight Of III the
quest for votes Of relatives, and candl'
dates arc put on the ticket III spite oil
their unfitness and lack of business IN
teprity, experience, and thorough Mt
ness. 1t is pretty strong indictment
against both parties, and no DOUBT
true one. But what else can be expect
ed in a polygamous community, where
the chief thought in politics and IN all
other matters of community concern ls
the interest Of law defying hierarchy
and the protection of the rebelllous and
immoral polygamous system, which
these hierarchs made false pretense
of abandoning.
The necessity that compels in such
community life is not the selection
Of the best men for Office, but the
selection of men who will acquiesce In
the lawlcss conditions that have been
established, and which it is the deter"
mined purpose to maintain. The best
men for Office may be, and presumably
are, those who desire TO square the
community life with the law, to keep
the solemn pledges that were made i'll
behalf of this people by their leaders
and by those leaders for themselves
personally, that the laws should be kept
and the church separated from civil and
political control. But 1T is matter OF
common knowledge that no person who
might take that Just and legal position
would have In Cache county the least
chance of election TO an Office where
he would have the opportunity to bring
the community into the proper relations
with the law and with the decent senti-
ments of American civilization, And
what is true Of Cache county is true of
most of the counties of the States in
deed, we may fairly say that it is true
Of all the counties.
1t is interesting TO have this open
confession from a Mormon paper of the
evil workings of the prevailing hier-
archicaI system, 1t remains only to add
that if The Tribune had made the ex-
posure Of the rotten conditions of Cache
politics that the Logan Republican has
made it would have been vehemently
denied as "a Tribune lie
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27
THE TRADE MISSIONARIES.

The trade missionaries sent to Idaho
by the business men of this city. them
selves being composed of wcll.known
business men, have returned home, after
a most successful trip. They were ev-
erywhere warmly received and hos
pitably welcomed While their trip
was for business, and was cminently
successful in all its business features,
there were hospitable sociabilities con-
nected with the trip that were most
happily extended and rcciprocated, as
well as might be, with future credits to
be redeemed
IT was in every way a successful trip,
1t occupied the full week, and was a
week well spent, Idaho is nearer to
Salt Lake City than to any other large
metropolis. Idaho people delight to
come here, both for business and for
pleasure; and Utah people delight to
visit Idaho on the same basis. and for
identical purposes. The close neigh
boriness which nature has provided for
us gives the cue to the close personal
relations in every walk of life that the
inhabitants of Utah and of Idaho
should always maintain Especially
close must always be the business rela'
tions between the people of the two
States.
And that was the idea upon which
the plan for this business excursion was
conceived and carried out. That it
has been such triumphant success, is
much to the credit of the managers of
it: and the results must be immensely
to the mutual interests of all con-
cerned; that is to say. TO the interests
Of everybody in both States,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27
Another Socialistiic Failure
Chicago Chronicle

Chicago Chronicle.
This time the Illustration comes from
sunny Italy. and Duke Pompeo De Litta
is the victim. Ten years ago the Duke
was wanderer and spent some of his
time In Germany where he studied So
cialtstic theories under such teachers as
Bebel and Folmar.
He was a complete convert to their
views and made UP his mind that he
would. on small scale. put them into
execution. Eight years ago ne returned
tenants and turned over all his lands
and improvements to the peasants who
lived on them. They were organized on
the most approved Socials,ic lines, ey-
cept that they paid him nominal rent.
He did everything that money could do
10 give them fair start and then with
drew TO watch with pleasure the working
of Socialistic government.
For some years afterWard his highest
hopes were realized. The Socialistic
community was both prosperous and
happy. Then there came n change. The
first untoward symptom was idleness.
The peasants, having lost all idea Of
accumulation, lost all incentive to work,
Then, as an idle brain is the devils
workshop, they began TO commit all sorts
of depredations on the property. Finally
they consplred against the Duke and tried
TO deprive him of his suzerainty.
The Duke. seeing that the plan had
turned out complete failure. has now
instituted legal proceedings to recover
his property. Whether he can do so or
not he is forever cured of all admira-
ton for communism and Socialism and
apparently thinks they are OF the devil
The singular thing about il all is that
the world learns so slowly. These com
munistic experiments have been going on
for hundreds of years and there is the
same likeness among them that there is
In the growth of wheat, They all go
through exactly the same stages and all
wind up in the same manner
They start with charming altruistic
theory. held by Il number of exceptional
ly altruistic characters; they all meet
with immediate success. they all after
ward develop laziness, selhshness and
hypocrisy. They all break down finan-
cially and go out of existence. leaving
behind them a decidedly bad smell This
programme has been gone through hun
dreds and hundreds OF times and yet,
like perpetual motion, it never loses its
charm for minds OF Il certain class.
1t Is easy TO see that The larger the
be tried the greater the danger would be
OF friction and an ultimate breakdown
and that when it comes TO organizing a
whole state in this way, there is no
chance that 1t will ever be tried. The
thing is not only unworkable but un-
thinkable.
II the property owners OF Illinois We're
TO call meeting OF Socialists and offer
to turn over all their property for an
experiment In State Socialism, the So
cialists would stand appalled, and decline
the task They know that their theories
arc absolute nonsense and they would
not for a moment think OF putting them
into practical operation
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MRS. M'KINLEY DEAD.

When Mrs. Mckinley lay for so long
apparently fatally stricken In San
Francisco, her husband, hearty and Wig
orous. and watching over her with anX-
ious care, it would have been a prophet
indeed who could have foretold that
she would for years outlive her illus
trlous hsuhand. Yet, so the vicissi-
tudes of life have written their his
tory.
Mrs, Mckinley, after long illness,
in which she steadily drew near and
yet nearer 10 the other shore. passed
peacefully away yesterday afternoon.
She was the last of the immediate fam
lily. Her two children died in infancy;
her husband was smitten--by-an assas-
sin because he represented the settled
order of society and of government.
The venerable lady has occupied a
warm spot in the hearts of Americans,
first because of her husband, and then
for her own neutrality-suspicious.,
womanly-and for the Affections she
has undergone.
There was a great and noble family
reunion on her arrival on the other
shore Yesterday; and though we would
all gladly have seen her tarry yet a
while with lis, none would wish tho
postponement of that reunion which
was brought about in the good God s
own time and in His own perfect way.
Gnp1ucsc and mcrcy attend His decree
and the human heart must bow to that
perfect will. The great family are now
together, and all is well with them.
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sponsibility which neither exists in tact
nor in any repressive jurisdiction.
The weakness of the Federal posi-
ton is further illustrated by the can
made by Secretary Root on the GOV
ernor of California to see that the Ma
tional treaty obligation is enforced.
But there is n lack of connection al
through. The Governor of Cail1or-
mia can plead that his State is no parry
10 this treaty. that no provision Il
made in any law or Constitution when
either puts California in any relation
TO Japan, or TO the National EoSe'"'
mcnt in this matter To be sure, thcre
is the provision of the National ION
stitution about treaties being the su-
preme law when in accord with inc
Constitution: but there is no legisa'
tion that provides in what manner tniS
supremacy shall be made effective. Inc
point Of connecting the State Govern
ment with this Constitutional clause
has been overlooked; and the National
Government has made no provision Tor
local machinery to enforce treaty ooll'
cations 1T does not even hold inc
State Government responsible for dam
ages inflicted in violation of treaty
rights, but pays these damages itself
Evidently, we are about TO DC
brought face to face with some OF on1
neglected National obligations, duties
and powers, which must play 1aI
larger part in our future than they
have done in our past.
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The State Press
NOT PROUD OF CUTLER.
n Journal

Logan journal.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread" Cutler, by the grace OF Smoot,
Governor OF Utah, shows a Rooseveltian
tendency TO butt in-probably the ST.
mlan trait of imitation, His latest essay
wes by way of an assault upon the char
acter of the hundreds of girls working In
the cracker, candy and other factories In
Salt Lake, In meeting of their employ
ers that he called for the purpose OF in.
forming them as TO the class OF moral
derelicts they were employing. Cutler
had become over-eXcited through listen
ing 10 1.-The tale o woe" related by an
inmate OF the State Industrial school.
and Judged from the reports OF the talk
he made had come to believe that these
girls as rule were immoral, were given
to visiting assignation houses and other
places OF sin He succeeded In some
quarters in creating the impression that
even their physical condition was such
that he would feel compelled TO forego
Indulgence In the articles made or han
died by them, The employers promptly
denied the allegation. the girls denounced
the Governor as falslfier and the press
and public incline TO the belief that he is
simply fool.
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A CHANGE NEEDED.

blame and Is Judged thereby
A CHANGE NEEDED.
Logan Republican.
shall men he nominated for Office be-
cause OF merit or family connection?
Shall tho extent of a mans relationship
and the demand for party reward have
preference over business integrity, eH-
uerlence and thorough fitnessE
These questions. asked In q former
issue. have occasioncd no little comment.
nrssentation OF tho matter arouse3 COM
ment at all Is the hopeful sign;
The Republican is here to defend Re
publicanlsm against the assaults OF It's
enemIes. and once a convention has
spoken, the Republican Is here TO ear
nestly support the ticket named regard
less Of our own opinion as 10 the worth
OF individual men. but the Republican.
better than others who do not come so
closely into contact with the entire SIT
uation, knows how difficult it is 70 defend
AT times. and II knows how difficult II
is TO f1nd good things to say OF indi-
vidual members OF tickets named. the
Republican also knows that the public
knows the thorough unntness OF many
nominees for Office, and 1t knows the
public knows the faIsity Of much that
newspapers print In praise OF many party
candidates Secondary 70 the public s
right to intelligent. experienced nonest'
energetic administration or IFS aHalrS,
these are the reasons why the RepuD-
lican urges the Republican party TO give
greater consideration TO genuine merit
when It comes to naming men nt the
next city and county conventions. The
Republican would also urge the Demo-
cratic party to do the same thing. for
then the public would ever be certain of
capable men In charge Of Its business.
1t comes TO us that some have chosen
to consider the Republicans recent ex-
pression a personal attack here, there
and elsewhere The idea is absurd. The
Republican doesn't even care to attempt
to disahuse the minds of men who read
no more clearly. and II has no apology
for any strike that has been made. II
anv choose 70 consider that they are hit,
then is there excellent proof of the need
| of the article. The Republican would
urge that party success can continue hut
little longer than faith is kept with the
| public The strength OF any party is In
| the honor OF It's leaders and the ability oi
| its candidates elected to Office, Ii ie fol
| the public veal that we argue and the
| party success that must ever be the re-
| suit when the public's interests are con-
sidered before party reward family
| connection or "eXpediency.'
Just a suggestion, Democrat Repub-
| lican: When the political bee begins tc
| buzz again and men are out with tho
| glad hand, be courageous enough ant
honest enough with yourself and Will
| them to tell them the straight truth wher
| they ask YOU as TO what YOU think o
! their candidacy. II in your judgmen
| they are we'll qualified for the offices Il
which they aspire. tell them so. but I
YOUR opinion is to the opposite. do then
| the kindness OF telling them gently th'
purport OF what YOU will immediatel,
turn and say 10 others Of them.
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4 LOST SUGAR FACTORY,
Nnnn1 Plonsan PNra m i6

What has become OF the move for a
sugar factory for North Sanpete? Is il
10 be allowed to die out because of lnat-
tentlon? Ii not constant agitation is nee
essary TO keep up interest In the propo-
sition. The Pyramid has been ap-
gentlemen who are In hearty sympathy
with the move. and who are anxious TO
back their judgment by substantial stock
subscriptions whenever the proper mo-
ment arrives. The proposition met with
instant approval when 1t was made pub
lie some weeks ago, and a keen interest
In II was displayed throughout the dis
trict, II that interest is allowed TO die
out now IL will be difficult to arouse il
n second time. So action is necessary
right now. Cannot those in whose charge
the matter now Is get IT under way again
without further loss of time?
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And when those colored gentlemen
requested Governor Cutler to put few
tucks into Senator Tillman $ lecture.
and TO eliminate the cores, doubtless
the gubernatorial tailor assured them
with "a A-hemi'
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No announcement has been made that
the Secretary of War will visit Utah,
probably because of an abiding sense
of assurance that the hierarchs hold the
State in the hollow of their hands.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27

said that the Silent Smoot has been
continually mumbling, At this also my
heart trembleth, and is moved out of
his place.
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No. dear citizen; that ism Z one of
those dcmonlac auto alarms-it's mere
~ the combination result of the Els.
teddfod announcement and the presence
here of Apostle Grant.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27

County Attorney Hanson will not pre-
maturely console himself in the know
ledge that in these modern times the
priests never offer up, as sacrifice,
an he goat.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27

Having undertaken the defense of a
grating postmaster, 1t is very likely
that Smootites desire to keep them
selves strenuously busy-wiclding the
biz stick
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-27

As to the tithing accounts, moreover.
the bogus prophet is able to give a
life.like imitation of man minding
his own business