Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
From The Battle-Ground of Thought.

finally settled, but that it has ceased
to be an international and become u
domestic problem The relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba and
Porto Rico and San Domingo PROFOUND
several questions in craftsmanship that
have still to take final shape, and the
solution of which is not by any means
clear. Similarly, the present status of
the Danish West Indies can scarcely be
looked upon as permanent. But this.
too, is question that by no stretch of
the Imagination can be called serious
either In Its present form or in any form
II Is at all likely to assume. No one,
that is. can conceive 1t possible that
the United States VIII ever forclbly
seize the Danish West Indies. They
win become American by amicable pur-
chase or not at all. With Cuba, Porto
Rico. and San Domingo brought defn-
itely within the sphere of American in
fluence, with the Danish West Indies
lowering on the outskirts OF 1t. the Car
ibbean has thus been deprived of its
last element of international friction.
The storms that blow from 1t in the
future may often beat upon America,
but VIII no longer threaten to ombroll
her with any other power.-Sidney
Brooks, in Harper's Weekly.
Beware of tho The question
Many Schemes where do these
To Get Rich Quick surplus funds, In
small amounts. that
are constantly being taken out of saw
ings banks 20. Is easily answered by
the alluring prospectuses and adver-
tisements In the daily press which
guarantee 20. 80 and so per cent profits
10 the investors who act quickly"
The promoters of these schemes who
send these messages to the public, UNI
der alluring head lines. almost invar-
iably inject q clause that the investor
must act quickly" in order to get the
securities or real estate at the price
offered; intimatlng that, II he does not
do so, he Will lose the wonderful op-
portunity offered because the price
VIII be advanced. He wants quick ac-
ton; he wants thoughtless action; he
wants action without any investiga-
ton; he must have such action I'm or
der 10 sell the offered commodity; for
80 times out OF 100, the careful.
thoughtful, studious man who con-
templates an investment Will discard
these schemes as worthless, with al
most triiing amount OF investiga-
ton. II IL interesting to note the men-
tai attitude of the people who do go
into these promotion schemes, which
have been we'll termed "get-rlch-
quick II is one that may be easily
compared with a man about TO dive
into a muddy stream, he can not see
the bottom, but he hopes that the bot
tom III far enough away 90 that he may
dive IN safety and be refreshed by the
cool water The bottom OF the river
and the facts regarding the large re-
turn on the offered Investment are
frequently nearer than the plunger be-
lleved when lac stood on the bank
r. II. Swartwout In Moody's Maya
zine.
LncoIn's Death Now that have told
Due 10 Neglect the story OF my three
OF the Guard months association
with Abraham Lin.
coin. there are two things OF which /
feel that / must speak, The first
question relates TO the circumstances
OF the assassination OF President Lin
coin. II has never been made public
before. l have often wondered why
the negligence OF the guard who ac-
companied the president 10 the theater
on the night of the lith has never been
dlVulged So far as ! know. II was
never even investigated by the police
department, Yet had he done his duty,
/ believe President Lincoln might not
have been murdered by Booth The
man was John Parker He was n ma
tive OF the District, ana had volun-
teered. as l believe each OF the other
guards had done, In response to the
Presidents first call for troops from
the District, He IL dead now and, as
far as l have been able To discover, all
OF his family. So II IL no unkindness
TO speak of the costly mistake he
made. II was the custom for the
guard who accompanied the President
to the thoater to remain In the little
passaGeway outside the box-tbat