Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-12

TO time. a. tho vessel slowly cruvIr
along In the murky gloom, the syreus
OF other unseen steamers yup and
screcch. biare and roar snnrl and howl.
some apparently endeaNurIng tn initiate
the growing ana swapping of den OF
hycnas. some swelling Into q de-
tonatinr. ronding blast, ana a0mo
sounding az u thousand Growing
cocks were COntCndinr upon dung
hill. And SD it goes on. hour after
hour. hour after hour. until 0t length
M the distance is heard the we'll
known. measured. ten second hout uf
tile Needles lighthouse, soundings arc
again taken, the anchor o. dropped. and
the captain knows that. by dead reck-
oning alone he has clevorly stccrcd his
course exactly true. And now, as sud
IDENTIFY as the fog had no first mantled
US in Cts gloomy shroud, "a change or
the wind drives IL away, and there, nor
"a mile distant. are the white cliffs of
Albion and the lighthouse whence is-
sued the timely warning TO proceed M
further. And how like 10 the CNueri-
ence Of some OF ourselves. We rr0pe
In the darkness and gloom OF doubt os
Of infdclity, our future, In the here.
after. uncertain, and perhaps even mo-
assurance that there IS a heaven or "a
he'll. And then, I'm answer to an earn
est fervent cry for guidance TO the
Holy Spirit OF God. the light sudderiv
breaks In upon us, and we realize thar
the Son OF God having received In
His own person the punishment due 10
u.s. there can be no condemnation f1-
us, ard we PROSTATE ourselvcs ir
thaukfulness before Him. and fun o.
JOY, eXult in the sunshine Of His favor
A Banker
\ Little Girls A most touching inr,-
Tender Love dent recentlv az
For the Flag. CURED at a gradua.
ton exercise In Men,
York City: the little daughter OF a for
eigner. In passing. caught the edr. q,
an American flag held by a school com
radc, and, believing herself unubscrvol
gently raised IL to her lips This ine-
dent has awakened more editorial co-g
ment throughout the country than tbs
most eloquent Fourth OF July Grafton
delivered this season. II shows very
clearly how needless Is the alarm ~
those who are so sollcitous about tba
patriotism Of thousands OF our new citi-
zens growing 70 these shores. I'm f4st
In the breasts OF most OF these adorfej
citizens lies latent a patriotism such as
was expressed In OUT revolutionary,
fathers. but which. in the sviruy-mo,-
ing generations that have succeeded
has faded TO almost a shadow of its
Il
her deep love for the emblem. tho
meaning OF which had no doubt been
taught her by her parents; and when
she paused to kiss the stars and Strres
she simply showed that she had the
courage 20 express a feeling which am
American child Is too apt to De- back
ward in showing. Love the hagl Honor
the flag We can learn a lesson from
the little alien child who was so eager
TO greet the emblem of democracy and
freedom. Joe Mitchell Chspple I'm "Af.
fairs al Washington" I'm National Mag
azine.
Is Standard oil II a thing is an octo-
An Octopus pus it is a wicked
Or a Whale and deadly enemy of
the human kind. and
any man is at liberty to put an end 20
its existence: indeed. for the good Of
humanity Il is his duty TO DO so. II
on the other hand. a thing IS whale.
it Is simply the biggest producer Of oil
that floats. 10 Is proper 20 kin Il in
order 70 get It's light, but not TO de-
stroy IL as an enemy. Is the Standard
OH company an octopus or a whale2
This. however. is a question for tho
courts 10 decide. and 10 would be Inn
proper TO express an opinion upon it
while the case Is I'M the lap OF tbs
court. Besides even tho courts could
not pass judgment on the evidence now
before them None can do this except
those who are ready To- say that any
thing that is large Is a wicked octopus
by reason of its size. The only capa-
city that Is itself wicked. according to
the courts Is the capacity to prevent
competition. and It may be that the
government entertains the design Of
charging the Standard OIL with being a
monopoly because Il II big enough TO
be one. SO far. however the only proof
is that the Standard Is enormous; that
Il owns a large part-sometimes the
major part--of other oil companies
that Il is very rich. and that II has
earned IN the last twenty-five years
hundreds of millions OF dollars. The
government a. yet to prove that the
Standard OIL ought 10 be dissolved be-
cause ~ is an octopus, which is very
much mora Of q crime than being "a
very large. perhaps overgrOwn, whale
Newspaper editors who write as If the
standard had been found guilty be
cause Il has been shown 10 be big
are misleading their readers The gov
eminent may prove satisfactorily I'M
deed. that the Standard Is a big octo-
nus ana not "a big whale. but until it
aoes this It IS well for the commenta-
tors on the evidence TO wait until the
evidence IS in.-Harper's Weekly.