The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-26
MILLIONS SENT
OVER THE OCEAN
Foreigners in This Country Re-
member Folks at Home at
Christmas Time.
WESTERN IDEAS PREVAIL
SIXTY STREET CARS GIVEN TO
POOR FOR FUEL.

New York Dec. 25.-Whiie returns are
stiH incomplete. it is apparent from
those already at hand. as tabulated by
Postmaster Morgan. that this city sent
AT least IS, 0O9, 600 in the form of postal
orders 10 foreign countries for Christ
mas presents. or an average of 81 for
each man. woman and child. When 10
this is added the money gifts sent in
the form of drafts. bills, checks and
express orders, the total will probably
exceed $40, 000. 900, the most striking ex-
ample this city has ever had of the
practice Of its foreign population OF
sending money back 10 the 'old cOuu-
try"
The 332.S75 postal orders already tab
ulated, which are estimated as less than
stwo-thirds of the total. representing a
money value OF 5000. 1921, show IN
their classification some interesting
facts. The smallest was for 40 cents
and went to China, while the largest,
amounting 10 81. 500. went. to England.
The average amount is about SIS, but
the most popular sum was s.. To Eng
land. as compared 10 other foreign coun-
tries, went the greatest number of or
ders, 1904 valued at $SS8. 40S. So. The
smallest number of orders, :, 594 went
10 Greece. while the smallest amount OF
money. S46.102.44. went to France. The
list so far classified gives Italy second
place with 27,224 orders. amounting to
SISS.304.14. or a total value nearly equal
10 that Cor England.
Other countries rank in the following
order: Sweden. 2S,3S1 orders, totaling
S340. 364.21; Austria, 1905 orders. total
ing 1923. 025.36 Germany, 25,249 orders.
totaling S299.312.43; Hungary. 1880 o.
ders. totaling 1922, S52 IS; Russia. II. 494
orders totaling S199, 17312: Norway, TO-
140 orders, totaling S147. 1924: Greece,
1884 orders, tOtaling Sos, 116.42; France,
ESQ orders, totaling S4e,l02.44
Becoming Westernized.
Is New York becoming westernized?
That Is the CONCLUSION of many observ-
ers who point TO the increasing promi-
hence In business, professional and lit
erary life of men from the western
states. For example, this city has seen
a veritable western literary invasion
this year An unusual number of boohs
by western authors or dealing with
western life are numbered among the
best sellers, while the most popular and
successful plays produced during the
past year have come from the pens or
westerners. Eugene Walter and Au-
gustus Thomas are the most noteworthy
examples Naturally enough. the pic.
lures OF western scenes and charac-
ters drawn by those who have grown
up among them are more accurate than
the brand of western fiction or drama
produced by men who never penetrated
west of Pittsburg. which was the only
kind that the east had an opportunity
10 become familiar with until within tsA
past four or five years.
whether or not IL is true. as some-
times charged, that New York is I'M
popular in the west. it is certainly the
case that the west and everything west
ern enjoys a very great popularity IN
New York at the present time A case /
in point in which a western book by a /
western author is in greater demand in /
this part Of the country than in the /
west itself is David Graham Phillips' /
Joshua Craig" concerning which the /
publishers announce that the advance /
orders have been heaviest from such
places as New York. Washington ana
Boston. Particular curiosity has been
aroused by this book because the ca
reeT of its hero follows so closely that
of one of the most prominent Uniteu
States senator's who was a boyhoOd
friend of the young Indiana author and
who is portrayed in an intimate but not
flattering light
Queer Christmas Present.
Probably the queerest, as it was the
most unexpected Christmas present in
the city. was the donation of sixty
street cars to the poor, and the proIe-
tariat which formerly howled in anger
hpCauSq or the transfer n boIfst, ,,,,,,t :