Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-17


general along the streets and boulc-
vafds. which are rcsplcndcnt with lln-
forms and cOlotcd globes. Germany en-
fete Giles t0 the country which rcsound8
with rich. patriotic melodies, for Gar-
many sings With as muon enthusiasm
nf F'ranca throws into her dances. Nor
way aud Denmark comhlno charity
with holiday slice. and chldrcn's days
and commemorative funds are part of
fhpir national Observance. As for Swift
aeriaud, 10 celebrates its day or patriot
I.n. Aus J. with % fcrvor deep and
silent and almost storm which d. as APP
realmg as DC is inspiring But we
Americans oven when abroad on our
fotc days ere not apparently Influenced
by the surrounding sanity ana order
Am instance OF this was afforded last
July when a number OF Americans Goa
Berlin ceichrtcd the Fourth with
-Drize fights a przo-nght in Berlin.
where such things are absolutely under
tne ham, ana whore permission To- hold
this one was given only after repre-
s.ntauons had boon made that prize
lighting was am American Institution.
and that 50 was thus that we habitual-
ly honorcd tho glorious memory Of our
Revolutionary hcroes'-Nrs. lsalc l..
Rice la the April Forum
LIQUOR ono great question these
Versus latter years Is tho labor
Labor. question. Why have strikes
In demand for reasonable
concessions SD often failed? Because
the laboring men have cut on their
own arm Of power by taking on the
domination of the saloon. 10 is not
the sober industrious men who strike
reluctantly and then stand by their
principles with true hearts and devo-
tion who defeat these efforts. 10 Is the
men among Thorn who drink and pre-
cip'tate violence who withdraw the
strong arm or public sentiment which
Us the greatest power the strikers have
In their favor In the liquor business
labor gets least returns Of all Indus
tries and capital gets most. In some
manufactures "a per cent goes 60 Ia
Dor. but I'm the liquor business 1t is
never higher than per cent-Aaron
S. Watkins.
Looking We shall probably see a.
Tor New considerable Increase uf
Citizens. immigration IN the spring
Calabria and Sicily VIII
doubtless send us an army OF refugees
from the earthquake region. ANA if
business keeps on improving thc influx
from all sources is uEoIy Co hc reatcr
than that OF last year. Tn 1879 We got
1,2>s000 Immigrants Dob 1873. 1S2,S10.
and these figures wore offset by
strong human current r1nlnr from
our ports blck Co Europe Out of last
years total. Austria Hungary sout l6S-
GOO; italy including Sicily. l-N0.o. fba
Russian Empire and Finland. I g. 90.
over thrcc-hfths OF the total huuber
thus coming from southern and south
eastern Europe. There is e. prospect of
a Russian emigration Of higle"
0mgffty- than wa haNa had hnuaf,fa FORE
from tho refOrmer and hghgrade revO-
lutionist Class-disCouragCd patriots,
such somewhat as came here from Ger
Schurz among them-aftar
the troubles Of lS4S. IL has often haau
said that that suppressed revolution
gave as the very pick Of Germany Now
If We are to get the chosen best Of
Russia IL win be a considerable solace
Co the Keepers of our gate. albeit Hu STA
can iu spare them to us.-Harper's
Weekly.
source Of TIE annual fan OF rain upon
Future the surface Of tho United
Wealth. states SIS about two hun
dred trillion cubic feet. a
figure which sounds considerably i'm
pressive. This rainfall ultimately Will
be the source Of all our power. just as
&c Is now ono Of our vital resources /
without which land would be worthless
and life upon Il impossible. IL an |
tho energy Of all the falling water
throughout the country could be uti-
liZed IL would amount 20 three million 4
horse power, This, OF course, Is impos- |
sible IN the present state Of our
knowledge and invention. and this fig
ure for present purposes is wholly the /
oretlcal According 20 the most caro- |
full estimate that has been made the /
volume of wator-power Immediately /
available Is thirty million horsepower. |
or just about sufficient for the present |
mechanical needs OF the country BY |
the extensive development Of streams /
through the use OF dams and reservoirs !
III is calculated that this amount may /
DO increased ultimately TO one hum
dred and nifty million horse power. We /
have. then, the two figures Of thirty /
million and one hundrnd and nffhu |