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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-19
Fritz Benson"
Yah, / ban kicked. "

Fritz Benson.
Yah, I ban kicked"
Fritz in the police court seemed to
forget that ne had been drunk on Sat
urday night and had, with his brother,
George, broken a window in the front
of the Buffalo saloon at Second South
and Commercial streets. But he did
remember that he had been kicked.
Even had his memory been faulty, his
swollen lips and the bruises upon his
face would have suggested to his mind
that something had happened. But
Fritz needed no reminder. He not only
had been kicked, but cherished a very
vivid recollection of the kicking.
When questioned about the charge of
drunkenness he had to face, he ex-
planned to Judge Diehl that he was a
miner, and came from the Deep Greek
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Attention.

There are some grocery stores sell
ing you imitation Butternut bread.
See that our blue label is on every loaf
1t is not genuine without. Superior
Baking Co.
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New York. From that capital there are
already numerous railroads, but two great
trunk lines are about TO be built by Amer
iGah ana european capital, which will be
IKE the trunk lines Of the United States.
IL IS estimated $1,000, 0o0.OO0 will be ex-
pended within the next ten years in the
construction of railways and in the ex-
ploltatlon of the natural resources OF Bra
I'll although portion of ii is In the
tropics, large section has a favorable
climate in which white people can live
with as much comfort as in the United
States.
Prosperity and Progress.
''In the republic of Argentina we have
a Veritable wonderland, Inhabited by the
most progressive races of people that the
world knows. 1t now has population OF
nearly 100000 people, while 100000
people could live in comfort and well be-
ing. These 100000 people last year made
a record in foreign trade that simply as
tonished the world. Their exports and inn
ports amounted to nearly $500, coo, 600. AT
gentina has a river in the Parana that al
most rivals the Amazon, for out OF II
ont ee tbc M If SSe The eoMntry is
gridirOned with splendid railway systems
and a traveller can go from Buenos Ayres,
its capital. across the continent to chile,
or, north and south, from Bolivia TO Pata-
gonia, i'm handsome Pullman trains.
What Buenos Ayres Has.
NOW ] call your attention to a most
astonishing fact, and that is that Buenos
Ayres has a population exceeding 1,100.-
000 people, and is growing more rapidly
than any city In the United States. with
the exception of New York and Chicago.
TO say that it is one of the most beauti-
full capitals in the wide world is no exag
geratiOn. 1t has parks and boulevards
surprising even those of Washington"
Countries and Facts.
After going into this detail, Mr.. Barrett
went on to describe in the same way the
remarkable features and progress of
Chile and other South American republics.
In the course of his address Mr.. Barrett
took up also the Panama canal, pointing
out what is being done there and the
bearing of the canal upon relations with
the Latin American republics.
Need of Better Facilities.
Before concluding, Mr. Barrett empha-
sized the great Importance of improving
in some way the steamship service be
tween the United States and the ports of
Latin America. If the idea of subsidy is
unpopular and that word is a bogie he
said there is no reason in the wide world.
he conteuded, why the United States gov
eminent should not pay legitimate sum,
or wage as IL were, to a steamship COM
pany that would put on lines of fast mail.
express and passenger boats, which are
Just IS much needed to build up commerce
and trade on the high seas as fast mail.
passenger and express railroad trains are
required TO build up trade on land.
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country to have a good time in Salt
Lake.
Il work hard" he said, "and 1 amt
got drunk, judge, since June g.
He was SO sure of the date and of
the five months of sObriety that Judge
Diehl DISCHARGED him.
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DESCRIBES LAND
OF OPPORTUNITIES
John Barrett Describes Won
derfuI Possibilities of South
America.
PRESENTS LARGE FIGURES
U. S. SHOULD CULTIVATE MAR.
kETS OF SISTER REPUBLICS.

John Barrett, director of the reorganized
bureau of American republics. delivered a
lecture last evening in the First Conere-
gational church on South America. Mr..
Barrett's talk was intensely interesting
and was full of information for those who
composed the large audience. Mr.. Bar
rett described the southern half of the
western hemisphere as a most marvellous
iand, offering opportunities on every
hahd. Mr.. Barrett believes that the time
mas arrived TO quit, in a measure at least
deVoting exclusive attention to what
might more properly be called foreign"
countries and spoke for the cultivation Of
the South American trade and the devel-
opment of the South American marts. Mr.
Barrett said in part
The subject which l have the honor to
orihg TO your attention tonight is one Of
part OF the world which is entering upon
an era OF marvellous progress It involves
an unparalleled commercial opportunity
ana an unprecedented moral responsibility
Iof the United States. None of the ques-
ions which nave grown out of the rela-
lions OF the United States with Europe
ana Asia have embodied so much for good
or bad, according as the policy of the
United States may be wisely or unwisely
greeted as the question of our present
and future relationship with our sister
American REPUBLICS. IL is an issue of the
hour' and, therefore, Of most timely in
terest.
Lack of knowledge.
I'VE have been so devoted TO the study
of the history and development of Europe
ana of the political and economic ques-
tions of the orient, and we have spent so
much of our time and dollars in those
= parts of the world, that we have failed
TO comprehend the wonderland of the
twenty republics lying directly to cur
south, and we have neglected, as ii were,
to call upon our own neighbors and kin
bred.
"A mighty change in our attitude to-
wards Latin America, which Is the proper
term to give to our sister republics view
ed collectively, is impending, and the man
who has, above all others, been RESPONSE
BILE for this is our great secretary of state,
Elihu Root. In the history of the state
department no man has held the premier
position of our cabinet who has done more
TO build up the position of the United
States where it needed building up than
has the present secretary. The journey
which he made to South America last
year and his supplemental trip this fall
10 Mexico. form the most important diplo-
matte visit to foreign lands ever under
taken by any secretary of state in the
history of our country. By these travels
he accomplished more to bring about a
better understanding among the American
nations and to awaken new interest in
each other than all the diplomatic CORE
spOndence for a hundred years. Now the
International Bureau Of American Repub
lies, of which l have the honor to be di-
work he inaugurated and to educate the
people of the United States to an appTe-
citation of the splendid progress and de-
VelOpment of Latin America.
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An international Official.

THAT bureau is strictly an international
institution, maintained in Washington by
the joint contributions of all the twenty
one American governments, including the
United States, and its affairs are directed
by governing board made up of the dip
lOmatic representatives in Washington of
these countries. presided over by the sec
rotary OF state Of the United States. As
director of the international bureau l have
the honor to be the officer of all these
governments, and am talking to you to-
night not only as the representative of the
United States. but of Mexico, Brazil Ar
gentine Chile. etc.
''The total population of the twenty
one republics, which occupy the western
hemisphere, including the United States,
is approximately 000, of which near
~ g, 0000 600 live in Latin American nations
Now siXty-five millions are a lot of peO-
pie. They are a mighty power, when
united, and they Will have not only a vast
influence in the affairs of the world but
an enormous purchasing power in the
field of commerce and trade.
Facts About South America.
Il doubt if many people here appreciate
the fact that Brazil, the largest republic
of South America, exceeds the entire area
of the United States. If the United States
still be room left for the greater portion
of the German empire. out of the ANA
Zon river there flows every day four
times as much water as out of the Mis-
SlSSlpBl. Willie ottdAA-6DiltS Vessels can
sail up the Mississippi river only few
miles-to New OTleans-steamers as large
as the gigantic Lusitania' can steam, dur
ing the greater portion of the year, one
thousand miles up the Amazon into the
very heart of Brazil From there steam
ers as large as those that come up to New
Orleans can proceed another thousand
miles to IquitOs. in Peru. Steamers of
small dTaught, such as those that ply on
the upper waters Of the Mississippi and
Ohio. can wind about for 5000 miles i'm the
interior water channels of Brazil, Ven
ezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia No
man with foresight and knowledge of ma
terial opportunities can fail to cOmDre-
bend what this means for the future of
that part of the world.
Rio Beautiful City.
I'm Rio JaneiTO. the capital OF Brazil
we have one of the most beautiful cities
of the world. 1t has a population of near
" 10000 and spent more money last year
for public improvements than any city in
the United States with the exception of
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DR., Thos. J. West

Removed from Keith Bldg. to Brooks
Arcade, opp. Knutsford.
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Bargains In Picture Frames.
Midgley-Bodel Co, 80 E. 1st South.
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Wanted, by young lady. bookkeeping
or clerical work; reference. A II, Her
aid.
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Try the Vienna Walnut Bread Fresh
every day. Ask your grocer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-19

Expert Chiropodist
The Sanitarium Baths
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Rio Beautiful City.

I'm Rio JaneiTO. the capital OF Brazil.
we have one of the most beautiful cities
Of the world. 1t has a population of near
" 900 900 and spent more money last year
for public improvements than any city in
the limited States with the exception of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-02
Fish and Hartman.

Go 1t. Fish! Go 1t. Hartman! AS they
have been intimately associated in business
they should know a good deal about each
other. and as the country is very much in
terested in Mr.. Hartman. MIR. Fish could
not perform a more patriotic service than
by giving the public the full benefit of his
experiences with him. There has .,een some
disappointment at the failure Of the gov
eminent to press it's case against Mr. Harri-
man. 1t has appeared to halt just when the
developments were strongest. Maybe Mr..
Fish can help out, and il he can he should.
At any rate the more we know about Mr.
Harriman's methods as manipulation of
railroads the better 1t will be for those who
are charged with the settlement of the rail-
road question.
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The Hopeless Korean Mission.

There Is something pathetic about the
visit of the Korean delegates to this coun-
try. which they hope to interest in the fate
Of their country to the point. possibly. of
causing the United States to intervene to
prevent It's political absorption by Japan.
Their mission Is utterly hopeless. The
rights of Japan. whether real fictitious
have been sufficiently recognized by this
government already to prevent it from
taking a hand now that the authorities at
Toxic have undertaken to safeguard the
Japanese rights in Korea There is no
official warrant for Ignoring the treaties
between Japan and Korea. Even IL the
Korean claim. now set up. that they were
obtained by duress and possibly by fraud
were granted. they stand as formal docu-
ments. sealed and delivered. and the pow
ers have acted toward the two countries
In accordance with their provisions. The
United States now would have to incur
the responsibility Of a championship Of
Korea even to the point OF waging war
with Japan II 1t merely received these dele
gates In an official capacity and thereby
granted any degree Of recognition OF the
right of the abdicated king-emperor to dis
patch emissaries to foreign powers without
consulting Japan. His abdication was pre-
cipitated by his conduct in sending these
very men to The Hague as delegates to the
peace conference. They therefore come
here doubly discredited. having been re-
fused admission to that assemblage.
Nevertheless. 1t is always a sad spectacle
to witness the struggles of a people to
preserve their historic autonomy. Korea
has been in state of interna tional ferment
for many centuries. 1t is the traditional
trouble maker Of the far east, and there
will undoubtedly be greater chance for
peace In that quarter when the administra-
ton at Seoul becomes thoroughly Jap
anized. 1t Is unnecessary for the United
States now to peer into the future to test
Japan's motives. possibly to foresee an ag-
gressive continental campaign on the part
Of that power. 1t holds certain truths to
be seif-evident. chief OF which Is that there
should be no partition Of China and that
there should be forever an open door Of
trade there for the benefit of all nations
J 1t does not withdraw from this traditional
position. which is doctrinal. in acquiescing
by inaction and silence in the steady ad-
vance Of Japan toward the point of es-
tablishing Korea as a colony. AS we'll
might the United States have inter-
vened in behalf Of the Manchurians when
the treaty OF Shimonoseki was signed. grant
ing to Japan the territory around Port
Arthur which was later wrested from
that power by Russian trick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-02

Taft for President. If the members are
merely machine politicians in one camp
one year and in another camp the next,
what Is their favor worth? Who may not
hope to enjoy 1t by bringing pressure to
bear? If they were Mr.. Foraker's crea-
lures last year. and are Judge Taft's
creatures this year. whose creatures may
not they be next year? 1t all depends on
the pressure. They may be back in the
Foraker camp again.
If 1t is urged that they are going with
the tide now, the question comes up how
Is this known When they were Foraker
men last year they We're going with the
tide for the republicans OF the state had
just expressed themselves on the subject
or the senator and his record at a state
convention. With the exception of the
brownsville matter. his record of today
was his record then. and his republican
constituents Endorsed it.
but there has been no expression by the
Ohio republicans on the subject of Judge
Taft's candidacy for President as presented
by his local managers. II the matter had
been presented to them free of all refiec-
ton on Mr.. Foraker 1t should have APP
pealed very strongly to their state pride.
Judge Taft Is much appreciated at home.
as he Is everywhere. But who shall say
what the Ohio republicans Will say to a
proposition. not alone to elevate Judge Taft
to the presidency. but to retire Mr.. Foraker
to private life? What has happened in the
past year to produce so great a change
an affirmative vote on that proposition
would show as respects Mr.. Foraker?
Judge Taft cannot be successfully certi-
fled to the country as Ohio's favorite son
for the presidency by committee without
the authority to take up the subject or
official or other knowledge Of public senti-
ment In the state. The Secretary Of War
is not a machine map. and his interests
cannot be advanced by machine methods
This effort to do So therefore. is certain
not to help him either at home or abroad.
and he will be lucky If in the end 1t does
not injure him.
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1 ain got time fob kickin'. cause each
month that comes along
Is p.easin to my fancy. so 1 sings a little
song:
When de snowdrifs is a-sparklin', jes' as
white dey kin be-
Like de world was made O. diamonds-dat
looks purity good to me.
An when de blossoms waken to de sunshine
in de spring.
An de south wind comes inyitin' all de lit
tie birds to sing,
An de crocus. playing Il spy finds it am
no use to hide,
Oar doesn seem no cause fob me to be dis
satisfied.
An when de roses comes out strong-and
when dey fades away.
An de fruit begins to ripen big an sweet
"' FUN day to day,
1 goes ahead a-bein' jes' as happy as can
be,
No matter what de season is Dey all looks
good to me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-02

Owing to the conditions inevitably attend
ing the turret explosion on the battieshfp
Georgia the investigation into that disas-
ter. the report Of which has finally been
published. had to be conducted along the
lines Of a deductive analysis. with exceed
ingly slight bases for observation. The ex-
piosion rendered the occupants of the tur-
ret who survived II incapable OF giving q
perfectly lucid account OF what occurred.
Some of the men became unconscious from
the shock without warning Of danger. 9th
ers who might have testified valuably. were
80 horribly burned by the flames that they
could not speak afterward Only q very
few were capable of giving the investi-
gators the least assistance. and upon the
Information thus derived. coupled with the
facts already known. based largely upon
the assumption that the routine of the drill
was being faithfully followed. the board
has reached the conclusion that the explo-
sion was caused by "hare-back." or a puff
OF hot gas or flame from the bore of the
gun remaining from the preceding dis
charge.
This verdict leads to certain recommends
tons chief of which Is that the loader be
not elevated for the insertion of the shell
until the air blasts devised for that purpose
have effectually cleared the bore OF the gas
remaining from the prior discharge. 1t
would seem that at the time of the disaster
the action of the blast interrupted by
. too hasty elevation OF the load. due to
the anxiety of the turret. crew to continue
their notwithstanding series of shots. Other
recommendations are offered. all calcu-
lated II adopted and enforced. to lessen
the risk attendant upon turret drill.
Our naval lessons are dearly learned
This disaster illustrates the risk which Is
run in the inculcation of highly COM
mendesbe spirit of competition between the
gun crews of the same or different vessels
The haste of the men In the Georgia's tur-
ret attests to their enterprise and admirable
desire to excel. but 1t suggests that the
necessary degree of supervisory attention
was not bestowed by those higher in au-
thority
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Prosperity.
+
From the Baltimore American.

In the general glad note over the-pros-
perity of the country-a prosperity admit
ted to be unequaled in it's history-there
comes now and again a discord in the pes
smistic warnings that the country is too
prosperous, and that something will happen
unless this unprecedented tide Of prosperity
is checked: that we will all be swept away
il the flood. These warnings. however. are
sonnet thing like the doeful shaking Of heads
by the English dominant classes. who fear
that the masses are getting too much self
government for their own good 1t is a sig
nificant fact that the wailings over pros
perity are not coming from those who are
enjoying the fruits of legitimate business
enterprise. but rather from those who think
themselves endowed with a paternal sort Of
control of the prosperity and interests of
the public at large. or from those who do
not relish the public's sharing so largely in
the profits.
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Taft and the Machine.

In an editorial on the Ohio situation the
New York Evening Post says:
esterdays vote of the Ohio republi-
can committee. 10 to o. undoubtedly puts
Secretary Tafts presidential candidacy In
a forward and promising position. 1t is
all very fine for Senator Foraker to de-
clare that the action signifies nothing is
not technically binding on Ohio repub-
licans. and amounts to no more than the
opinion of any chance gathering of
twenty one mon He knows better
Everybody knows better. When a candi-
date. opposed by the machine. Is strong
enough to wrest an Endorsement from
the creatures of the machine 1t bespeaks
a powerful sentiment in his favor. That
IL the true Interpretation OF the course
OF the state committee. All unprecedented
Observers win @so-take IL. In spite of the
protests and desperate efforts of the two
United States senators. their own under
lings broke away from them and went
for Taft. 10 deny that this Is significant
is to deny that the rising Of the tide
peans wsttins for those who do not
nee before It"
This description of the committee does
not strengthen Its Endorsement OF Judge
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? - ~ -
John Sharp Williams.

The state of Mississippi the democratic
party and the country at large are to be
congratulated on the success yesterday Of
John Sharp Williams. 1t was a triumph Of
intelligence over fusdan: OF demonstrated
capacity over pretense; of q real performer
over a mere poseur. The opposite result
would have been discouraging from every
point of view. Every consideration bearing
upon the matter from local pride to ma
terial national interest called for the choice
the people made
1t must be admitted that In the campaign
Mr.. Williams descended at times to the
plane of his opponent. He did not keep to
the key of a high-cass discussion. On oc-
oasions he was quite as noisy bidder for
the votes Of the "hill-bulies' and the FED
necks'' as Gov. Vardaman himself. He
showed a surprising capacity for matching
biuf with blufr and gun with guff Some
Of his delverances were shocking In q man
OF his education. travel. uprightness and
large experience.
We may set 1t down to the exigencies Of
an unusual political situation. 1t was
case OF STOPPING to conquer The hill
billies" and the red necks" entered into
the equation. and. as Gov. Vardaman was
making especial play for them. Mr.. VIII
liams evidently thought 1t necessary to
tickle them little. too. Nevertheless 1t is
a chapter in Mr.. Williams career which his
best friends Will never recall with pride.
In the Senate Mr.. Williams will take rank
with the leaders. and be a valuable addition
to his party's fighting force. No hill billy"
or red neck Influence will confront him
then. and we may expect him to address
himself to public. questions in tone befit
ting the surroundings and his best abilities
He is able man. with courage and high
character. and when he gets into his stride
will recall the best days Mississippi has
known In, the Senate since the civil war
Not the orator that Mr.. Lamar was. nor
the lawyer that Mr.. George was, nor the
picturesque figure that Gen. Walthall was
Mr.. Williams Is yet better politician and
all-around legislator than any of them.
and his work In the Senate should TELL not
only for his constituents. but for the en-
tire country.
At ffty-three Mr.. Williams Is in his
prime. and II his people are wise they will
keep him In their service as long as he is
willing to give his time to public business
His usefulness. already marked. win in
crease every year.