Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31

\ Why Was 10 sGeslilpt euS y =. IL
The Wall use the Wall
10 81 y needed. who can SCI tor IN
! accurately and technically all the
strategy involved and the wet ponS en- ,l1f *
| ployed.' q In default Of him. lay view
ma v help the general read 4 ne AZ s1.s
conception of aachain of thousan tg1 I: ~ y
strong block houses, linked by " an
mart. and stretching over more than lltL y
thousand miles, betokerls a mind t tl3El,
can conceive great r,leaslir Vast re II
sources were needed to- execute y }tile5
idea and to defend the wall when once
erected. U "a Wall would need an army
or workuierl to erect II. an army OF s. sol
Iadiers to defend 1t, The trowel m s si1
be laid aside in a few month rs. I'd tiioS
sword must be ever read w. = Is me- ilere
wall without men behind 1t cannot de-
lay an invader for n day. The Wall OF
China involved a standing army. At,--
cordingly, China was the irst 9la tlon
to have a standing army. ana MS
torians say 1t numbered 3oSo,0o men:
There are signs In the brielswo r, tha az
first before any wall was erected ted me
order was not. therefore, all first and
then towers ON it.: but towers, ana
then a 5clirtain between them. In CUBA
and in South Africa there was a time
when 1t WIS found wise to erect foyy
of block-hnuses near enough 4togetnver
to command the Intervening space by
rifle fire. and r1u,neTousl enough to-
stretch for miles. The line Of Chinese
defense apparently began in the sarae5
way; only. as. they had no missiles that
T Guild be thrown far and swiftly, q Solldt
line OF wall became needful flt an cary
stage. We can imagine that each gar
rison would be charged to build q sec
5tion of wall on to meet the builders
tI,., fS,tst
would not be idly spent in mere watch
ting.--W. u. Cell, in Harpers Maga2ire
for August.
Fashions Some society women ex--S
5Abicct haust so much OF thelr
Slaves time and energy in cater
Sts ~ Ing to their vanity that
they have comparatively little left Tor
the things really worth while. M rs.
EGrundy has more abtect slaves IN
America than in any other country on
the globe. NIultitudes of her devotees
neglect their children, their homes.
and their mental improvement, and
resort to all sorts of expedients3 ana
sextrayagances to cater to their VANITY
III is mot so much the purpose of this
paper to coudemn the rich for their
wicked extravagance, as to point out
the demoraIizing influence OF their
vicious example upon those who can
not afford either luxurio GUS dress or
living. Not only 1nuchSof the adiscon-
tent and filnhappiness. hut also a. large
part of the immortality. and crime in
this country is 4 due to theE inf1t1ence3
of the ostentatious Haunting OF wealth.
in the faces ofSthose who are less ia
vored tits a powerful undermining
force in our civilization. The mere
possession Of money does not give one
4 l. 1r,1ryc rNY ffN
set an example which Will make them
ldiscontented. unhappy and tempt
them to strain to keep up an appear
sance of wealth. at the possible sacri-5
.flce of their integrity and virtue
$Orisons SWEET Marden IN Success
Magazine. =
Have we Ours is declared to be a
IA One-NIan government of laws and
Power? not OF men, But it is men
who pass the laws; not in
I treauently, 1t is one man alone who
causes them to be passed, or gives
them tlieii. character, or keeps them
from passing. All our study and ex-5
Bperimenting in government have not
enabled us to free ourselves from that
S"one-man power which the ancient
cepublicst dreaded and detested. AT the
present moment, however, we cannot
pIGlSiiu tO4itS LIS Spp sLpI
at the present moment, whatever. may
be5the case when this is printed, the
tariff agoflStis not ended. On the COM
at it's climax; and the! form
of that climax Is of q nature, not to-
set one reViing the one-man power,
but ratlerto set one wondering wheth-
er representatives government is not,
so far as our national legislature is
concerned, a failure. Consider q mo-
IL. 4t,s.
year. a. strong demand for tariff re-
Vision, to get rid of extortionate ex-
scesses in the rates, had arisen among
the people. Both the great parties re-
sponded to 1t, put it in their platforms
stind nominated candidates i'll sympathy
With it, Congress being called in
sneeial session to comply with it, the
lower house passed q bill which In GER.
tain parts went a good way to meet
it, but in other parts took the opposite
direction. This bill the senate took
and turned into a measure which, so
far from being intended as a compli-
ance with3the demand forgreforsll, prac-;
atlcally7 defiesi ii. Now the matter has
gone to II men, all of one party, and
not one of whom stands unequivocally
for doing what both the parties gave
people to understand they would do If
lgentrusted with power. Over against
ches'S -, tilEre Is SCI one man.,
the president. who does stand. so far
as the, country can Judge, for that
which has been demanded and prom-
isesl. II lie alone. as we take t. now In
| the end represents the will of the peo-
lsple as expressed through the party plat
forms and at the polls. Here is the
''one-nlnn nower'' in the attitude Of res
j3cuing democracy from that very rep-
resentatlon which 1t has fought so
| many battles to win. What would the
barons of Runnymede have thought of
such a sight? Or the Long Parlia-
nent?-- Harper's Weekly,
IF Yon Whoever you are
| Resign. who read these words
| Who Cares? this question is one that
you should ask yourself
most seriously: II L We're to resign,