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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
is THE WORLD IMPROVING?

n, come respects the world IS I'M
-. "A I1,nn kellness Is not so common az
q nn,.e2 Vas. ..Gentlemen" do not com
NIT murder under the name of dueillll's.
PROFANITY is no longer consi eae q
necess,,ry part OF the vocabulary, any any
o,tn and women see more Clearly .''s.i'
formerly the truths relatins - 49,
d,,f,es and responsibilities. Women aie
~ burned at the stake as witches,
nor arc superstitions as potent % MY
once were over the thoughts ana lase
OF the children of men
on the other hand, it is q question
whether the world is not losing many 4
~ The virtues which 1t once had.
,.vvl,are. tlsks the Living Church. rs
the simple hospitality that made noun NOM
ing OF putting on another plate any 4
aes,nr ihe casual visitor to sit by
Disap,enred almost altogether; and III
ia n,aee. I. rare and fussy elaporatloh
Of something quite different from tiie 1
ordinary family rApast, Hospitality N
the New Testament sense, that Is, wy
entertainment Of strangers, IS quiz
forgotten Why should one be eSpesc '
"a ,nt,rtai, people he does not Know
1.af them 60 to the hotel, or, II they
cant afford that, to the trainp-house''
orr entertainment must be for those
Who viii entertain us in return.
R,,t mis- is not all. Some or the pub
lie teachings of today are Simply NJ
dications of the disappearance OF lnoral
standards. For instance, one Chicaso
y,ofessor has recently declared that
1there can be and are holier alliances
without the marriage bond than within
it, a professor of another university
has said. ut is not right to set UP d
| technical legal relationship as morallS
| superior TO spontaneous preference
| Of d man ard woman" while sun an
| other learned light of prominent edu-
! cntional institution has advocated mar
! riaee Of consanguinity and apoloSized
for incest When teachers OF children
ARE permitted to advocate such views,
! the world must be retrograding in some.
| important respects.
| Here is another indication of the d.
| rection or the wind. The figures on the
/ building activity published By the New
| York building department show that
| during the past decade the costliest no.
tells, tlleaters and private houses in the
entire country have gone up during this
time, but while the enormous eNpen-
! ditures have made New York n place
of considerable architectural beauty,
the building OF churches has fallen
steadily behind.
Tho student of social conditions will
/ find 1t difficult to prove that moral
progress in keeping pace in tho world
at large with the intellectual and in
dustrial Advancement that is in evil
dence on every hand. And the moral
advancement is the most important.
Nations can grow and develop even
If they are not basking in the light of
the highest enlightenment, as long as
they are morally clean and vigorous
The decline Of morals Is fatal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

sees an opportunity of overtaking or
ssurpassing Great britain In the num-
| ber. of Dreadnoughts ayailabiei for ser
vice at particular dates during the next
| three years. and scouts the idea fhtit
| this superiority&ip Dreadnoughts alone
would be fatal to British naval sti-
premacy, on the absurd snppositlon
that Dreadnoughts have rendered All
earlier types obsolescent and OF little
1ghting-value.
He shows with great clear11ess that,
after NIL the Dreadnought is not every
thing in naval warfare, and that the
enormous superiority of England III
vessels of O. pre- Dreadnought type
would tell heavily in naval conflict, Y
large vessel might be sunk by submarine
attack, and reinforcement would pc
necessary. even If provided by ships OF
inferior weight and size. The British
Admiralty have long been alive TO these
considerations. They have CONSEQUENT
Nv kept in commission old-fashloneu
ships which may be brought into aeT
ton as reserves during the destructive
vicissitudes OF a great naval war IN
the course or which many superior
ships must be sacrificed.
The German military authorities, as si'
William points ont. cherish no such II
luscns as those which possess The Brat
ish public but fully recognizes the
enormous preponderance in power q
the British feet, and it is folly 70 at
tribute to them the desire 10 provoke
a conflict In the near future. German
authorities conclude that THE recent
panic stirred UP by the Conservatives
in Parliament, and thence communicat-
ed to the whole country, was polh
preposterous and ridiculous.
The ..yossische Zetung Of Berlin,
an Impartial and very influential 1ous-
nal. laughs at Tie idea Of any attempt
ia bc made by Germany on English
territory. on Canada, Australia, or IN
dia. 1t declares that England needs .
navy QUITE different from that or Ger
RAINY; that England, because oil he'
colonies and her dependence on liipoit-
ri food, must and will secure TO iief-
eelf the most powerful navy at any
period. Upon her navy she stakes i'ssi.
very existence.
When the English and the German
military authorities thus agree, me. re-
sult must be to aliay tho great wa
scare that has SO senselessly arisen "
~ ,orv cent ers OF the worlds great
est power and civilization.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The May Century has fiction plenty
the last chapters of Alice Hogan
Rices novel Mr.. Opp and stories i'll
which hu,nnr Is the dominant note by
Mary Heaton Worse. Adeline Knapp.
and w. Albert Hickman-but leading
place is given to Thomas Nelson Pages
story, 1.-THE Old Planters" a wide
range Of matters much in the public
mind is covered in the number. VIII
liam NJ. Wins, chairman of the New
York charter commission, in a, paper
on Public Service Commissions COM
ments on Frederic w. Whitridae's pa-
per on Public Morality and Street
Railways III the March Century,;
Christian Brinton gives critical estt-
mate of the two great Spanish paint
ers whose work is being shown in this
country, Sorolla and Zuloaga; The
New Basis of Work for the Blind" Is
discussed by Samuel H. Bishop; Daniel
Gregory Mason has recorded con-
Sersation on music with Ossip Babrilo-
witsch: and Cardinal Gibbons and
Professor Edward Alsworth Ross have
much OF interest to say on Americas
increasing divorce rate and its signifl-
canoe. There is a graphic account by
Edward Beecher Bronson of Big Game
in East Africa based on facts and
incidents OF The writer's experience
while a guest of Mr.. William North
tup Mcmillan, the young American who
Is preparing to entertain ex-President
Roosevelt at julia farm, near Nairobi,
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DEBTS AND DEFICITS.


The United States treasury statement
for the past year Is expected 10 show i
large deficit, and, according to an Of
fcial statement for Great Britain. that
country faces a deficit of at least s75,-
o00,o 900. Germany, France, Russia, and
other European nations are in the same
,predieanent, and Japan, as the result
OF It's lata war, is carrying 50 heavy a
load that it is forced to forego many
of it's plans for military and CONNER
cial development for the reason that its
people cannot bear the tax burden.
The Indebtedness of nations is also
enormous. The aggregate debt of this
country. Nov. i. 1908, was given as
81, 63T7, sT3, 747.04. But vast as this sum is,
some other countries owe still more
Great Britain is owing very nearly -four
billion dollars; Russia. over four; Italy
very nearly three; the German states
about three: France over FIVE and a
half, and Austria-Hungary over one
billion dollars. But there Is not a ma
ton that seems to deem il necessary
10 retrench. The expenses are ever
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
BR1TAIN's HEAVY INCOME TAX
Cassell's Journal.

Tho British income tax is not only
the heaviest, but the hardest, most in.
quisitorial in the world. The three year
average having been done away. a man
now is assessed on his profits or gains
during the year OF assessment. The
death duties are a fearful burden on
all classes. Since they We're imposed.
iii 1894. they have yielded over ego, 600,
600. Many landed estates have pald
twice or three times within five or six
years, with the result that they arc.
utterly crippled. Fine houses have gone.
To ruin and hundreds of agricultural
laborers have been thrown out Of en-
ployment For a so-called free trade
country, the duties are very high.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

increasing, In spite Of debts and de-
| ticits.
To realize the meaning Of this eilor.s
nous Indebtedness it must be rernem-4
bered that the cost of carrying the Toad
is chiefly assessed against the earn
ings of the laboring classes who can
least afford 1t. Through the indIectl
taxation that obtains SO generally.
every consumer, be he poor or rich,
contributes about the same amount 70
the public funds, to say nothing OF
fact that the commander of capital
generally manages to make somebody
who is not so well off to pay q large
portion OF his share It5ai comes put
of the common funds created by labor.
have to carry in addition to making
living for themselves and families!
A great part OF this Indebtedness Is
due to the wars of the past. And a.
large portion Of the government rove
nue. Is spent on war preparations.
Otherwise they would be ample for all
government purposes. For that reason
the friends OF peace insist that u
cheaper ana more rational method OF
settling International differences, than
war, ought to be adopted by the civil
lied nations. They urge some arrange
ment whereby the enormous armies and
navies Of the world will be srendeied \
unnecessary and the cost of govern
ment decreased They rightly argue
that II we had International courts. bill
lions Of dollars could be devoted -
wealth producing enterprises: the ma
lions would be prosperous. and tho
prosperity would be shared by all.
The work Of the peace friends is, by
no means, sentimental, 1t first Of all
aims at the solution Of an economic
problem that involves q number Of so
cial problems. all of which must be
solved before our civilization can adj
vance very much farther.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
ANNUAL Y. NJ. AND Y. Il. NJ. j. y.
CONFERENCE.

The Fourteenth General Annual Con
ference of Che Young mems and tous's
Ladies Mutual Improvement Associa-
lions OF tie Church of Jesus CHRIST
VI Latter-day Saints viii be he'll IN
Salt Lake City, on Saturday ana sur
day, June 5th and 9Th, 1909.
All officers anu members Of the as
location are requested to be present
1t all of the meetings of the confer center
.ancc, and cordial invitation is here
by extended to the Saints gereraits
10 attend the meetings to be held IN
The Tabernacle on sunday. June eth'
at 10 a m. and at 2 and pm,
JOSEPH T. SMITH.
HEBER j. GRANT.
B. II. ROBERTS.
General suptcy. \, NJ. Nj !. A..
MARTHA II. T1NGEY.
RUTH NJ. FOX.
MAY r. NYsTRoM.
Presidency y. L. NJ. 1. a.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

The National Employment bureau in
New York. that has just commenced
operations, may have some Influence
upon labor all over the country. II has
a capital of 100000 and proposes to
help preventing a congestion of idle
labor. at one point while there IL
demand for it elsewhere. To begin
with the bureau Will extend its in
Auence only to so-called unskilled or
common labor, but it is expected to
Increase the scope of the enterprise
ultimately to all the fields OF labor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
soc1ETY,s DUTY TO CHILDREN.
Phtsburg Post.

Among the problems in which sociol-
cgists and charity workers are deeply
Interested, the8care of dependent chill
idren holds an important place. And
there}is none to which united effort can
be better exercised for good. undea'
modern conditions of life, especially in
,congested districts. 1t ls inevitable that
hundreds or future citizens shall htt
left orphaned and without means of
livelihood. Society owes to these 70
provide that they shall be reared IN
der the best possible influences.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
ANNUAL PRIMARY CONFERENCE.

The seventh annual general confer
.nce OF the officers of the Primary as
,ociations OF the Church OF Jesus Chris.
II I-atter-day Saints will be held IN
salt Lake City. June 4th, 9TH and 9Th,
1909 All officers, stake and local, are
requested to DO present at all the ses-
iions OF this conference.
Ell LOUIE b. FELT,
MAY ANDERSON.
CLARA w. BEEBE,
Presidency Primary Associations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
NOT coMMERcIALIsM ONLY.
Philadelphia. Record.

1t is common to stigmatize the pres
ent as the age of Commercial ism, and
America as distlnctively the land OF
the dollar. I3ut there mover, was .
period i'll history when SO many people
We're working for religious, philnnthlo-
pic and scientific ends. irrespective %
pecuniary returns, as there are today,
and we very much doubt if these htsn-a
or ends of life are drawing as many
persons in the Old World as in the New.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
ALIAYING THE WAR SCARE.

}s When Webster called attention TO the
military and colonial colquests Of that.
splendid world-power, whose morning
a arum- beat, following the sun and keep
ing company with the hours. circles the
globe daily With one continuous and
nnbrolsen strain OF the martial airs
81 England, people could scarcely have
z dreamed that this great nation, cele-
brated as Well for the calm nerves and:
Z Tie compliment self-confidence of its
people, could show pronounced synp-
IONS Characterization over u s discovery
4 tliat their nation was III sudden dam
4 ger of being ranauished, looted or de-
stsoyed by impending attacks from y.
& Christian nelghbor.
Lord BaIfour's solemn warning that
lie British navy is no longer twice
tile size of that of Germany. and that
Therefore .the mistress Of the seas' Is,
q In grave danger, has not unnaturally
reminded the cartoonists of other coun-
+ tries that in Nelson's day Britons did
not fear other nations with navies twice
MS large as England's own.
a very amusing spectacle has never
theless been presented in thi; hysteria
pf the British people over the wholly
! imaginary prospect of q war with Ger.
Z many.
,}3 The leading magazines and newspa-
pers have We'd with one another in
printing articles that speak ominously
Of England's great danger" and the
gravity. of the; crisis which faces the
nation"
The World notes, that in the corre-
spondencc columns of the English pa
pers, one writes on German prepara-
tons for II surprise movement" Wo-
men write to ask, What can women
F. do for the national defense?" a mimic
battle of Hastings is fought, with a
charge of the motor brigade" to repcl
Invaders. Maps and summaries Of his
turic attempts at Invasion from the
Continent are printed. The mysterious
purchase of 500 shares Of suez Canal
stock in the Paris market raises the
new bogy of German control Of the
canal. Most remarkable of all is the
crumb Of comfort extracted from the
report OIL y doe!lhihs herman os'li''
rate; there VIII ne FEWER recruits LOT '
me me sierpis'. 500
;a' ~ r. no ooup' rs 10 tiis' Fe-
amy OF inc lopulas apprehension e
/. esarei''l'S eoiiuelsed summary ny shs
paper ape just quoted cans htseiitio'i 70 NJ"
4 CERTAIN DEFIANT PRESENTATIONS 10 tf'e el-
+ feet that me scepter OF sea power i
stu firmly held IN britain $ grasp az
I ternate '"ith warnings that England j
living IN 4 naval foofs paradise
how profuse thanks are rendered u
New Zealand for her splendid exam
pie IN providing the empire with :
Dreadnousht lin a moment OF stress an t
crisis and how detailed description;
E OF krupp's works are printed and esti
mates made of their capacity for sup
plying the armament Of eiern1any.s nsv
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
Tact Versus Fallacy.

Money is not at the bottom OF ev-i
erything,' sadly remarked the college
man as he plunged his hands down
deep into his pockets-Hon Herald,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

the center of the big game country "
British East Africa. Not the ieast
Interesting and important artlcie Oh Tue
numher}is the narrative Of low, IN Less
than six years, 3SS,oo0 American ll,,
ers have pulled up stakes in the states
and moye,a to free homesteads IN the
Canadian Northwest.--S3 East seven
teenth street, New York.
An Indictment of the richest church
in America is Ray Stannard BakefS
theme in his article, ".rhe Case Against
Trinity" which Is the leading feature
OF. the May American Magazine. ~, II
bar of public opinion The indecent
Stage by Samuel Hopkins Adams IS
"a comment on the present tendency or
the theater. True stories which illus
trate how sharp eyes, quick thlnklnS
and ingenious signals win baseball
games. are told by Hugh y. E.u aas. ths
the great baseball expert, under me
title Of 1.-THE Fine Points of the
Game" The article is full of pictures
of the most prominent players. his
particular issue also contains some eX-
5ceptional fiction. A thrilling story OF a
Butler by Mary Raymond shipnlan
Andrews. Marion Hill contributes
poor Old. Dogs, and other writer's
of short stories who appear in this
number are James Oppenhefm and
Mary Mnllet. 'Margarita's Soul con,
tinues in an absorbing installment and
&c c." contributes some more OF hef
delightful letters. A young Instructor
and His Big Dream is a revolutionary
idea in collegiate education: WI liam
Allen writes again on The Old order
Changeth;' an editorial on the tariff
appears from the pen of Miss 7Tarbell
and the'Interpreters House" contains
It's usual meaty reading.
The burden of our changing social
order falls upon our daughters, claims
the Wolnan's Home Companion for
May, and this magazine shows BY
striking examples and figures how top
syturvy is our way of training girls.
In this same issue is q charming ar
ticle by Margaret salngster, showing
that the millionaire mother Is by no
means as black as she is painted. Mary
Heaton worse, proves that II We are
fat 1t is our own fault. Iii more seri-
Gus mood is a trip through the Metro
spolitan museum of Art With Sir cas-
par Purdon Clarke as guide This yal,i-
ablo article is illustrated by exquisite
Reproductions Of famous paintings
Other articles of interest are THE Art
Of Economy by Mrs. John Van Worst,
and THE Commuters OF New York,
by Albert Bigelow Paine, can Imperial
WRATH" by Clara Morris, contains
charming "reminiscences of the Empress
Eugenie Lucy Green n friendless
seventeen year-old girl, tells how she
went to Boston penniless, in search OF
IL job, and how she got one. Afraid
is story In IONA Gales exquisite style,
,.Hearts and the Highway has Cyrus
Townsend Brady's usual swing and
dash, and :.rhe Four Adventuresses'
is another story by Hubert Footner,
whose freshness and humor have estab-
llshed his reputation. Madison Square,
New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
InferentiaY.

Nell-I'in afraid Mr.. Guzzler had TOP
much drink at the dinner last night.
Belle-What makes You think SO?
Nell--When the charlotte russo was
served he tried to blow the froth off e..
Philadelphia Record
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

How different, and how much better.
is San Francisco's reception of Adj
rnirai Iiicht than its treatment of the
Japanese school children.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
JUST FOR FUN
Shady, branches,

Mr.. New-Yes: in some places our
family tree has lots of branches.
Mr.. Knoz-Huni! Quite shady, too,
in parts, Ell ?-Exchange \
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Naturally So.

81 wonder what man on record call
ed the biggest bluff?"
II guess it was the man who named
Gibral baltimore Sun
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Beats the Dutch.

Diner (impatiently)-W how
long are those frankfurters going to
be?
Waiter-About eight inches sir.
Exchange.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Agricultural statisticians are the.
wIsest people in the world. They can
tell to a decimal what damage frost
has done to the crops but they keep
as sacred as an Eleusinian mystery
the formula by which they determine
what Is a crop. 59
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Live and Learn,

Castro has discovered that it ii bet
ter to tell his troubles to Il reporter
than to a French policeman.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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Rude hnsinuation.

Knte-Jnck called last night, and it
wasn't long before had him at my
feet.
Ethel-was no hard to throw?-Bo
ton Transcript.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Seeing how Thaw's plea of insanity
turned out, Captain Hams must be
insane TO put up such plea az his
defense.
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One Way.

'HDo you believe in Vegetarianisln?''
"Yes; between meals.''--New York
Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

1t doesn't take long for the recip-
tent Of charity to turn It into sour
grapes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

a regular line OF airships is to be
established from sIucerne to North
Germany. via Frankfort-o Main.
The line vii, be entirely free from
dust. that bane OF railroad travel. un-5
less it be cosnlic dust.
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y Desire.

Perhaps the liberty bell will be
brought to the Pacific coast. We wish
it could ring in a revival of Americana
ism-Los Angeles Herald.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Cannot Sultan Mehemned push back
the wave of murder and massacre that
is inundating his empire with blood?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

There is very little difference be-
tween holding corporation aid a
grasping corporation.
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The College Pnnstcr Again.

1911 qnournfully)-Ive been playing
poker.
1910-Again.
1911-No; a loss.--EIarvard Lampoon.
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The Main Thing.

Poeticus. What age do you think
most charming in woman?
Sashit. "A rich age-BaItimore
American.
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Already Colonel Roosevelt has given
the Smithsonian Institution an earnest
of fauna specimens yet to come.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Few contractors build better than
they know. as many a house now go
ing up proves.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Why should the price of -four affect
the price Of sweetbread?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

The stan of life known as the five
cent loaf is becoming more and more
attenuated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

Three-fourths of the cry for big
navy Is nothing more than sychophant-
ish me-tooing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

In Washington a good many of tho
lumber men are carrying chips on
their shoulders.
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The tariff has ceased to be an issue.
1t has become feast,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05

People to whom the world owes q
living generally collect 1t through the
5pcorhouse,
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The only way to distinguish high
patent flour from patent flour is by the
high price.