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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

| the narrow passageway, crowded on both
| sides with the operators. one catches a
! glimpse OF the turmoil OF tho floor OF
the exchange during a time of excite
mcnt
! Uttered papers In incalculable numbers
| strew the floor; uniformed attendants,
with their watering pots, sprinkle in
whose height and weight give ' them mad ad- :
f., vantages push away their weaker breth-
ren with all the Drawn OF strong bodies,
while Others with the virtues of voice
raucously shout the shares with the aban-
don OF madmen, and din arises from
the floor Of tho exchange which is unique.
In the midst OF this our operators arc
earning their princely salaries. The bell
rings; an order to sell SO many shares of
such a stock comes over-another-an-
other-han a doZen-So many that
he has no time to write all down; he must
lncmorize an occasional one and after
ward commit 1t to writing. Some are
sales, some arc orders to buy-all
different in figures and namcs-and the
roar of hundreds Of men shouting, with
the abandonment OF Wild excitement, still
goes OH dozen yards away, while other
operators nearer still. actively repeat
their orders and wildly and with much
noise rush through the central passage TO
place the receiver to his ear he would
probably hear no single word. And in all
this tumult should this poorly-paid clerk
mistake an order to buy or TO sell. or
the loss OF much money. 1t would seem
that one telephone operator Mt least is
worthy of his hire.
Each Of these operators upon whom SO
much depends is stationed standing at the
front of his telephone on the top of
which is printed the name Of his firm
In front Of him, upon a ledge, are sew
eral printed pads OF different colors. One
OF purchases. On the wall within his
reach are five or six numbered buttons
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Not So Bad After All.

From time to time reports of the find
ings Of the medical inspectors in the pub
lie schools find their way into print. They
usually show that from sixty to eighty
per cent OF all children are suffering;
from physical defects. These terrifying
statistics have given rise in some quar-
ters TO the conviction that our schools
are filled with physical wrecks, or else
physicians. The feeling has been general
that something is wrong with the re-
turns-that figures will lie or that liars
will figure The real trouble has been
that in our statistics of the medical in
spector of schools we have not yet learned
to discriminate between defects. We note
as the perfect human animal is exceed
ingly rare, the grand total of defects Is
appalllngly large-Charities and The Com
mons.
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MEASURES TO END
TURKISH REVOLT
Continued from Page One.

vllayet and Adana, although details are
lacking. A telegram received today
from tho vice consul at Adana reports
a great loss Of life and property at that
place. but it adds that disorders have
practically ceased in the town.
Serious attacks have been made on
the Christians at Tarsus, and part of
the town has been burned, a school,
thought To be the American school,
was saved, No additional news has
been received here regarding the fate
or the missionaries. a British warship
is now on its way TO Mersina,
Beirut and Erzcrum are quiet. In
the latter town the Moslems and Arme-
mans arc fraternizing. They are anx-
lous to send men to Coustantinople TO
ascertain the true meaning Of the revo-
lutlon. On the other hand, movement
IS reported to have started in Khar-
put, Il town of Turkish Armenia, but
its significance has not yet been asccr-
tanned
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TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 49, 1909

AS he presses one Of these, large CORE
spending numbers. marked with dis
tinguishlng haracteristics, become dis
sides Of the exchange. 1t Is the signal
for particular brokers Cor buyers and
sellers Of stocks) who are wanted to mako
marks OF red balls, etc. Indicate the house
by which the broker is needed, and what
ever his business he must constantly
watch the board.
he must answer and as twenty or fifty
of these may be exhibited at oTce, and
as minutes are valuable on the STOCK
Exchange. his regard Is fixed and con-
stant. AS he secs one he rusheS To the
operator to receive the small slip which
is his order to buy or sell and hastens
TO that post al which the stock IS traded
He buys or sells, as may be, and returns
the slip, with of the name OF his trader
attached TO the ubiquitous operator. who
files 1t on the nail at his side as rec
ord. 1t is here again that care must be
exercised on the part of the operator.
ders will not excuse bad writing-figures
must he legible. The five which looks
like eight may have fateful conse-
quences when shares are selling at per-
haps $500 each He must report too, gos-
sip given by the brokers which may be
calculated to interest the clients of his
firm, who are waiting eSpectantly in the
home office. This operator. then, needs
to know Stock Exchange affairs inteli-
gently, as the greatest gossip comes with
excited days. when 1T is necessarily given
feverishly and hurriedly.
Next time, then. you stand on the gall
lery OF the exchange and view the moving
scene below. look also at the young men
standing in their tense, eager rows at
the receiver ends Their working place
may be obscure, but their duties, as may
be judged. are responsible. And it makes
one think that there may be easier ways
of making perhaps $40 a week.
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II you stand on one particular balcony
at the end OF the stock exchange and
look Immediately below, you may notice
a large number OF separate booths, in
every one OF which, ranged In rows. stand
about thirty men.
Each fronts a telephone, and jf the
market be brisk. all seem TO be very busy.
They listen; they write on slips of paper;
change where stands the lvered at
tendant, and they hurricdly hand the
slips to the messenger boys TO be given
TO brokers They rush Sass
ad iniinitum during their hours or work
II. further. you trouble to inquire what
remuneration these energetic young gem
tlemen receive (for there are no women
opera tors on the fioor OF the eNchaugc)
it Will be found that TO many comes the
princely salary Of $40 weekly. and. though
the more experienced among them may
get much more. yet as rule they may
be said 10 receive the poorest OF COM
pensation
And yet, were one of those young men
TO make a slip. it might cost his firm
They stay thus in the booths and trans
act their business. but you are not likely
to regard such obscurity, because the
stars will probably attract your attention
what they have to buy or sell-the human
eddies which surge In times of excite
ment about the different posts at which
attention. And yet nearly every share
which is bought will be repeated through
the telephones by the alert young gen
tlesnen in front of them, and most OF
the shares which are sold probably will
go through one of them to the brokers
who are Instructed to buy or sell.
1t is only when among the stock eN-
that one realizes the difficulties in the
path of that deadly accuracy which is so
essential to their positions. From between
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
CORNER IN WHEAT
is GIVEN A REST
Continued from Page One

Secretary Wilson points out that the
amount of wheat produced in the cal
endar year 1908 was 665,000 900 bushels,
as compared with GA ,000,0 900 bushels for
the crop year 1907, making 3l,060000
bushels more for the last crop year than
was found the year previous. After
calling attention to the department IS
report, which indicated that the
amount of wheat on farms as on March
] last was about 143,00000O bushels,
in round numbers, the secretary states
that an analysis of the wheat move
ment after March l in past years indi
Gates that the yearly estimate Of the
percentage of crop on farms at that
time has been about > per cent below
the actual percentage, He says that
when wheat becomes dear, as it is now
as the result of the Chicago corner,
people use more corn than they do when
wheat is cheaper, and declares that the
people who are responsible for the cor
ner will have TO consider that less
wheat will be used while it remains at
an abnormally high price.
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PERPLEXlTIES OF THE PASSPORT

"The passport question is q serious
one in Russia.'' said an American ship
builder who has built for the Russian
government. IF you haven t such
document when You arrive at the Rus
sian frontier the chances are hundred
to one that you will find your journey
from Berlin, or elsewhere, has been
taken in vain, for you will have to go
back there, or to some other capital
where there is an American ambassador
or minister, and get such an official
identification of yourself.
Even when you are In possession
of passport you have got to see that
it is properly viseed by the Russian
consul at the last place in which you
stopped before starting for Russia, for
if you don't the police may make it
very unpleasant for you. However, /
found out on one occasion that little
bit of American bluff might help one
out tremendously.
'When | was in Russia two years
ago | had occasion TO go from Sevasto-
pol TO Constantinople, and had my pass
Tort viseed by the Turkish consul at
Seyastopol, When I left the Turkish
capital to return it was on a boat I
had built, and ] neglected to have my
passport viseed by the Russian consul
n Constantinoplc. Arriving at Sevasto-
I'D l was not obliged to enter port
through the customs house and forgot
MI about the passport requirements un-
Ill the next day, when a servant came
40 to my room at the hotel and told
ne the chief of police was waiting
downstairs to see me.
GA tall, military looking man rose
rs | entered the reception room and sa
luted.
"'I wish to see your passport, he
said. / gave it to him and he examined
il carefully.
60 But this is not viseed,' he said.
docs it make any diference?"
! inquired.
q Does it make any difference!' be
repeated. why. it is absolutely neces-
sary that something be done and at
once.
stfBut what7' I asked. IF you Will
tell me what to do L shall do it,.
q THAT do not know. But you must
do something. Officially you are not in
Russia, but in Turkey
"a man in my employ gave the po-
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Raymond Illinois Mining company. prln-
cipal place OF business, Salt Lake City,
Utah; mines at Eureka, Utah
Notice IS hereby given that at meot-
ing OF the directors. DULY held March
/. 1909. an assessment Of one-half
cent per share per month. Tor three
months. was levied on the outstanding
capital stock OF the corporation, payable
to NJ. B. Johnson. at room sos, Atlas
building. as follows:
One-haH cent per share payable Inn
Uledately Any stock upon which this
assessment may remain unpaid on tho
31st day OF March, 1909. will be delinquent
and advertised for sale It public auc-
tion and. unless payment is made befoYes
Will be sold on the 18th day OF April,
1909. to pay the. DELINQUENT assessment,
together with the cost of advertising
One-half cent per share shall be pay
ayble on the 18th day Of April, 1909. Any
stock upon which this ASSIGNMENT may
remain unpaid on the 18th day Of May,
1909. will he delinquent and advertised
for sale at public auction. and. unless
payment is made before, Will be sold on
the I'd day OF June. 1903 TO pay the de-
linquent assessment, together with the
cost OF edvertising und expense of sale.
One-kalf cent per share shall be pay
BILE on tie Sd dag of June. 1909 ANY
stock upon which this assessment may
remain unpaid on the Sd day Of July.
1909. will be delinquent and advertised
for sale at public auction. and, unless
on the 18th day Of July. 1909. to pay the
delinquent assessment together w,,,. la
cost OF advertising and expense of sale.
j, c LYNCH SecrerarS,
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lice even more anxiety. He was an
Italian who had declared his intention
OF becoming an American citizen. He
had no passport, and when the police
began to take an interest in him he re-
ferred them TO me. The Italian consul
refused to have anything TO do with
him, and there was no American consul
at Sevastopol, ] was waited upon by
another police official.
Your man has no passport, and he
cannot remain IN the country without
one
sc Then send him out ] suggested.
But he cannot leave the country
without passport. This is serious, and
you must do something
But what can | do? He is here
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tLet the Buyer Beware.

"I went to man in Wall street
whom [ knew very well,'' says John
Parr, writing of 1.-THE Stock Yards of
New York." in Everybody IS" capi,
talist, financier, manipulation, and
worth, say, $30,000,Oo0, mostly extract
ed from the stock market.
4" Have you. l asked. 'ever con-
sidcrcd the ethical side Of your busi-
ness?'
What do you meant
"'I mean the ethics of manipula-
ton. | know you to be an honest man,
esteemed above the average by your
associates. j know you to be also a
charitable man, who has performed
quietly much personal good in his world.
But l know your business. too You
have made great deal of money by
stock~market manipulation-by selling
things to the public for more than they
were worth and taking them back from
the public at less than they were
worth.
- You think that is immoral9'
t<tI am asking you
But suppose in selling a thing
high or buying it low [ am myself
wrong, as J. very often have been?'
You have got rich by it. Anyhow,
that doesn't touch the moral. BY
manipulation you purposely create fic-
titious market on which you can sell a
stock for much more than you think it
is then worth. and later, perhaps, when
you arc ready to buy that stock back,
you resort again to manipulation that
you may obtain it for less than il is
worth.
"After long pause. he said: Il have
been down here in Wall street more
than thirty years. [ have had to take
things as J. found them. / have had to
do things pretty much as other people
did them. This is no moral training
ground. It place for strong g-minded
men. Much that goes on here is wrong.
where. I should not like to be judged
by what 7 have done in Wall street here
against such competition as we know
to exist. l should want to be Judged
by what [ have done outside-by the
railroads I have built and by the other
works for which have found the CAPT
tai AS for speculation, 1T cannot be
eliminated from human activity. AS
for manipulation. 1t will IN some way
be always the accompaniment Of specu-
lation until man s ingenuity is exhaust
ed or human nature reformed. 1t is
sometimes necessary, sometimes profit
/ able. and always temptation
"This man is a type. He is hkable,
shrewd, sagaeious. big hearted-a man
who would honestly boast of having
never turned sharp corner on his asso,
cates. I am sorry to say that for many
years he has practiced the kind Of
manipulation by which the few take an
unfair advantage of tho many who
bring money to Wall street. All the
money there is in Wall street was
brought there.
"And we haven It the moral yet, We
have nothing but the empty principle
! of cageat emptor-'Let the buyer be-
ware. ~
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Tribune Want Ads.
Bell Main 5000. Independent 360
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the assess
nent Of the tax levied BY the city coun-
ell OF Salt Lake CITY Utah. by ordinance
passed April o.. 1909 upon the property
abuttlng upon lots 1 and >. block 8: l.
2. and 4 block 2; 1, 4, and 8. block
inclusive, block 3; 12 to % Inclusive
block 2, City Hall subdivision, block l.
plat a and 8, block Z: to 26 inclu-
slye. block 2; | TO ~. inclusive, block ! /:
plat B, Salt Lake City survey, for the
purpose of constructing an eight CD Inch
Vitrifed pipe sewer on the north side OF
Ninth South street. between Main and
Third East street, between Eighth South
and Ninth South streets; on the east side
OF Second East street between Eighth
South and Ninth South street: on the
west side of Fourth East street between
Eighth South and Ninth South streets;
Eighth south and Ninth South Streets in
sewer district No. 2. is completed.
That the board OF equalization and re-
view, appointed by the city council for
the city recorder, room 100. city aud
county building. on Monday April 10.
1909. and continue in session until Fri
day. April %. 1903 between the hours OF
consider any objections and make cor corr
rection OF any tax which said board may
deem unequal or unjust.
That during said time. between the
hours of a. m. and o p. m. said list
will be open TO public inspection at the
office OF the city recorder, room 100. city
and county building, Salt Lake City.
Utah.
BY order of the city council. dated
April IL, 1909 J. 3. MORETON,
Sewer extension No 1S5.
First partial estinInto- p1ST2
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You say he ought not to stay here. If
you cannot send him out, and I cannot,
what is to be donc9 He is willing to
CO.
"The official shook his head, NUT
tered something 1 could not understand,
and left me.
"Well, sir. as long as / remained in
Sevastopol that police official called
every week and the same scene and the
same dialogue were repeated. Just be-
fore [ left l sent the Italian American
to Odessa to the United States consul
there, with the request that he do some
thing for the man. ] never heard any
thing more about him, and for all ]
know he may be still causing the Rus
sian police sleepless niphtsD -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Three Men Rob Woman.

PARIS, April 17.-Mrs William Bar
tells Of Chicago, who was robbed in her
apartment in the Avenue Rylau yester-
day afternoon, had quite recovered
from the shock this morning. Mrs.
Bartels was not so savagely handled as
at first stated. The robbers threw her
to the floor and held a pillow over her
face to prevent her from screaming.
She was not seriously injured The
three men got away with only $50 in
cash, but the five diamond rings which
Ghey wrenched from Mrs. Bartels' IS I'm.
gers are valuable.
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EXPENSE PROBLEM
WORRYING TAFT
Continued from Page One.

will be interrupted by few short
trips to fill speaking engagements he
has already made and others which
he has under consideration.
Two splendid new motor cars, ordered
some time ago, have just arrived at the
White house garage, making three ma
chimes in all now at tho president s
disposal. The president and Mrs. Taft
both are looking forward with pleasure
to motoring long distances over the
splendid New England roads.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Coal by the Basket.

\ recent investigation by the Chicago
Relief and Aid society shows up the ex-
orhitapt prices charged the poor by coal
by agents of the society in several Sc
lected neighborhoods. For soft coal that
retails at from 1915 TO s425 in ton lots
chaser pays all the way from So so to
$500 IL ton, All advance in some cases
of 100 per cent. The baskets. which a
CITY ordnance says vaguely must hold
to sixty eight pounds. They were sold
at 20 cents for poorer grades and rs
cents Tor better grades. In hard coal
the discrepancy was not so great but
SIN formidable. Anthracite that retaiIs
at sl.I5 in ton lots was found to cost
cents q basket was the uniform charge
and the weight varied from sixty-seven
70 seventy-tbree pounds.-Charities and
The Commons.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Pearls From Tiny Chinese Images

Compelling oysters to produce pearls
by placing foreign substance. such as
small pebbles. in their shells has become
an extensive industry. in which the Jap
anese have especially eXcelled' but the
inality OF one of the substances often used
by them. This is none other than tiny
leaden gods or images, and when the
nucleus, a process which extends over q
period Of four years. the shell is opened
and the prize removed-Popular Me
chanics.
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giving them a profit of $4,500,000; and
profit in Jul y wheat, to say nothing of
the September and December options
which he has scalpcd in the market for
profit of from 3 to . cents, making
his total winnings not much under $o,-
100000
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the regular
the Nevada Douglas Copper company will
be held on May 3. 1909. at 10 o'clock a. M,
1T the general office Of the company. 30S
Auerbach building. Salt Lake City. Utah.
The purposes Of said meeting will be:
First-To hold the annual election Of
officers and directors.
Second-To transact any other business
that may legally come before the meet
ing. w. c. OREM.
Secretary.
aZSzA
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PROFITS OF NEARLY
S5OOO,OOO ALLEGED

CHICAGO, April 17.-'FThe 'Patten ,
pool has cleaned up between $4,000,O00
and $5,000,000 on the May wheat deal, "
says the Tribune in news article to-
day.
Jim Patten has pocketed fully two
thirds.
the broker and his coterie have sold to
the public 20000,000 bushels of May
wheat at an average profit of 20 cents,
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PHILADELPHIA, April 17-Col
George Knox Mccain was formerly one
of the best known newspaper men in
Pennsylvania, his speciality being poll.
ties. He held responsible positions on
newspapers in Pittsburg and Philadel~
phia, and about eight years ago became
one of the editors Of the Colorado
Springs Gazette.
He retired from the newspaper bust
ness few years ago and is now de
voting his time to travel and lectures.
He left Philadelphia several months ago
for London, and from there went south
Until tonlght's information was re-
ceived, his whereabouts were not known
to his friends in this city
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AMERICAN TRAVELLER
ARRESTED AS SPY

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, April
17-George Knox Mccain, formerly
publisher of the Colorado Springs Ga
zctte, but now resident of Philadel
yesterday by the sultan'S soldiers on
suspicion of being a spy.
The news was cabled to his nephew
here, f. i. Overholt, by Mrs. Mccain,
who is travelling through Turkey and
Russia with her husband. Details Of
the arrest are not contained in the ca
blegram, but it is supposed Mr.. Nc
Cain was taking photographs or motion
pictures of the Turkish troops and forti
fications
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Guggenheim Surprises.
'ial to The Tribune,

Speciai 10 Inc Tribune.
WASHINGTON. April Ex-senator
Guggenheim of Colorado surprised some
ate today by imparting to them the
information that he was thinking seri-
ously of voting for an income tax.
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They are Mrs. La RENE Baker OF Spo-
kane and the three Misses Langley OF
Seattle, and they drove in the procession
in an open carriage decorated with the
Stars and Stripes.
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A private safe may be rented in the
fire and burglar-proof vaults Of the
Salt Lake Security and Trust company,
81 up Main street, $500 per year.
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LEMBERG. April 17.-Mierslap Sjezyn-
ski, the Ruthenian student, who killed
Count Andreas Potocks. the governor OF
the Austrian Polish province of Galacia,
on April L. 1903. was this afternoon con-
demncd 20 dea tn.
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Foreign News in Brief

PARIS. April 17.--Announcement was
made tonight at the Turkish embassy
that complete agreement has been ar
rived at by Turkey and Bulgaria, and
that d protocol will be signed soon.