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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Horse Department.

The horse department will carry one
of the largest and best displays Of
draught horses ever shown.
The Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition
will open in Seattle on June l.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
SPANISH DEMAND ON CUBA.

The bringing forward by Spain after
ten years dormancy, of her alleged
claims against Cuba must be viewed by
the world with surprise. 4 great por-
tion of the debt incurred by Spain aud
charged TO Cuban account under the
old regime, was incurred in Spain s
monstrous crueltics and wars against the
Cuban people and in the support in
Cuba of malevolcnt and uufriendlv
army, kept there to slaughter and NAL.
treat tho Cubans.
In the treaty of peace between the
United States and Spain, made in Paris
in 1899, the Spanish commissioners
made strong effort to have some sort
of a guarantee from the United States
that Cuba would pay what was alleged
TO be her equitable share of the Span.
ish debt. The United States absolutely
declined to intcrpose in that matter. and
our representatives in that treaty.mak
ing, rejected all proposals that would in
volve the assumption of any Of that
debt on this side of the ocean.
1t appears. however, that Spain en-.
tered into some sort of secret under
standing with the French holders of
Spain s bonds, whereby, after the ex.
piratIon Of ten years, there would be
a renewed effort TO have Cuba acccdc
TO Spain s demand and assume part of
the Spanish debt. 1t is explained that
the present revival Of her plea that
Cuba should pay some Of that debt is
not made with any expectation of sue
cess at this timc, but only 10 keep alive
the claim by asserting it from time to
time, or at ten year periods
AS We understand it. the Cuban as.
sumption Of any part Of Spain s debt
is absolutely prohibited in the consti-
tuition Of the Republic Of Cuba. There
would seem TO be no reason in any sort
Of fairness for Cuba TO pay any part
of il. if Spain had treated Cuba with
ordinary human consideration, instead
of robbing her. maltreating her, and
numbering her people. then there might
be some sort of justice in asking Cuba
to assume a portion Of the debt. Es
pccially this would have been so il il
could have been shown that Ger.
tain amount of that debt had been in.
Cured for public improvements and
benefits in Cuba that were really useful
to the people or in q public way. Moth
ing OF that kind can be shown, however,
but on the contrary great balance is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
WHAT AIL5 AT ANNAPOLIS?

a condition has developed at the
United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis which calls for precisely
the inquiry that Secretary Meyer is
reported TO be making, The surround
ings of student life at the great naval
academy do not seem 10 be conducive
TO the production Of sound manhood.
In fact, they seem to operate in quite
the contrary direction. The young
mon who 60 TO that school, go with
healthy bodies, They cannot enter
without passing 4 strict and rather
formidable physical examination. II
would naturally be supposed, in fact
it ought to be the uudisputcd fact, that
when young men enter after such an
examination, their physical conditions
would be thcnccforih assured; barring
the matter of accidents. or unavoida-
bic sickness, il ought To be the uAtural
presumption that these yOurlV men
should continue, not only in as good
physical condition as when they en-.
tered the school, but that thcir physi-
cal condition should continually jm
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

prove. The reports, however, tend to
the contrary Of this reasonable pre-.
sumption. Last year, in n graduating
class OF two hundred, there were re-
icctcd eighty after the final physical
examination, or 40 per cent Of the
whole class. From this years class Of
one hundred and eighty, there were
dropped forty three on account of the
same reason, physical defects
Every one of those boys entered the
academy four years before in perfectly
sound physical condition The fact
that after four years Of training 40
per cent Of last years class were found
defective physically, is n terrible show
ing against that school. What in the
world can be the matter! Nothing of
this kind is true of West Point. so far
as has ever been made public. On the
contrary, at West Point, precisely the
thing to be expected is found That
rs, that the students in the matter Of
physical soundncss. gain all the time,
as is actually reported. Clearly. there
must be something radically wrong at
Annapolis. 1T is a gross injustice to
those young men TO take them in
sound physically, and turn out so many
OF them unsound four years later. 1t
ls also an imposition upon the govern
ment to spend the money that is spent
on that school and in the education of
these young men for naval careers. and
then turn them loose after four wears,
IN civil life for which they are then
unfit, to the injury of themselves and
at an enormous waste of public money.
Secretary Meyer should make his
examination of the most thorough char
acter, and he should determine to the
satisfaction of the public, where the
trouble is, and not only let the public
know what that trouble is, but take
radical and effective means to cure il
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TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING JUNE a. 1909

particular friends of Utahl Those who
remember what that other sort Of Re-
publicans did to silver. arc hardly in
the temper to listen to silly and fraudu-
lent alarms where there is not the least
cause for alarm. And those who would
progressive Republicans arc the
real friends of Utah had better begin
with the silver question, and bv the
timo they, have convinced the people
of this State that the demonetization
of silver was blessing to them, then
they can pass on TO something else.
But by that time they will be very
aged men, even though they start in
I heir youth
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
TREE PLANTING PAYS.

We have always insisted that the for.
estry policy which has prevailed hither.
to In this country is wrong: that il
takes hold Of tho question at the wrong.
end. 1t endeavors to make this west.
ern mountain country atone for the sins
| of destruction committed for genera.
tlons in the East and in the Mississippi
valley, where forests were cut down.
in order that the pioneers might make
themselves homes. and where timber was
wantonly destroyed to get rid of it be.
cause it was in the way.
That timber being DESTROYED scores
OF years ago, there came on wood
famine, partly real and partly imagi.
nary. The obvious remedy was TO plant
trees where trees are needed, and where
the timber could come into immediate
and economic use. Nothing Of this sort
was done, however; but the cry arose
that the scattered trees in this remote
mountain region. that could never be of
any particular value, must be preserved: ::
and under that cry great areas of
grazing lands were made into forestry
reserves. The grazing privileges of
these grass reserves are sold yearly, and
the forestry bureau, under whose ad-
ministration this grazing is permitted
have no more idea Of putting out
trees on those grazing reserves, than
they have of planting them in Great
Salt Lake. In fact, TO plant trees on
those grazing lands would destroy the
revenue from grazing permits. The
last thing in the world that these for.
esters want is forests.
It is manifest that nothing which the
Government can do out here i'm the wav
of forest work will add apprcciabIy to
the available wood of the country. And
it doesn t seem disposed to do anything
in the East that viii amount to much.
The main thing appears to be to keep
up hue and cry, 60 make the public
believe that something is being done
But other influences arc at work, whose
success may shame the Government in
to actually doing something TO add to
the tree growth of tho country The
Pennsylvania railroad company is set
ting out this year upwards of mil,
lion trees, Jt began this work of tree
planting on a large scale three years
ago, and when its labors are done this
spring. it will have 3,I3O.0OO trees
growing on its lands, contiguous TO its
tracks. This wood, of course, is for its
own use in timber and cross-tics. And
as the company 5 trec-planting opera
tons have now spread pretty well
throughout the State. its example is
proving contagious. and trees by the ten
thousands are being planted by others.
and individuals. And all
this done without "A tithc of the talk
INDUCED in by our forestry (shouId be
named graZing) bureau. This will be
the ultimate and effectual remedy. We
have always insisted that when il pays
TO raise trees, the landowners will
raise them. And the tree planting in
shows that the time has
come when it will pay.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
SMOOT ON RA2ORS,

some days ago, while the metal schcd.
ulcS Of the tariff bill were up for dis.
cussion, Apostle Smoot undertook to
say what is the matter about the high
price of razors, and to show that the
making OF ra2ors is on tho decline in
thls country. On these two points VIC
copy on this page this morning a most
interesting and illuminating exposition
from larpcr's Weekly Of June 9TH, in
the form of an editorial.
flrst is stated, fairly and fully, the
committee case as set forth by Smoot.
Ihcn comes the overwhelming rout Of
that position.
Instead of razor making declining in
THIS country. it has increased four-fold
In the period taken by Smoot. Instead
of razors selling at the comparatively
cXtortlonate prices named by Smoot,
many times more than the manufac
turers' price, duty added, at So and
upwards apiece, they sell by retail in
st. Louis at cighty-nine cents to a
dollar
1t is an overwhelming proof that
Smoot didn t in the least know what
he was talking about, or else that he
falsely and willfully msstated the case
to the Senate. In either case, the
showing fully iustifes the stigmatizing
that Senator LaFollcttc made Of
Smoot's explanations as pipe.
dreams.
Tho liarpcr's Weekly showing on this
incident is well worth The reading. 1t
shows Smoot up, in tho plainest terms
us an impertincnt impostor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
NOT TOO MUCH PEACE.

! In the discussions Of the peace qucs-
ton, some things have evidently been
overlooked, Universal peace would
eliminate the heroic patriotic services
of mankind on the field of battle, and
in the services Of humanity, where
such service or hcroism was part of
war. Under the new regime war
would be under the ban, and no war
heroes would be in order, or could be
held up TO the admiration Of the youth
full generations. A Chicago school
teacher, noticing this in connection
with the recent universal peace con
gress held in that city, writes;
We all believe In peace. VIC all honor
the men and women who arc devoting
so much time to it's real establishment
on earth, but TO take from our school
books the war tales which make them so
interesting and which do so much TO
awaken the spirit OF patriotism In our
children would be going step too far.
The men who spoke of the ',blood!css
books" should see our boys when they
read aloud rccitc about the achieve
ments Of our army or the armies OF other
lands. Could stories OF the great sclen-
tfic achievements move them as they
do? Let the war stories stay, even when
peace has Comc-the children will be bet
ter for having read them.
1t is evident, therefore, that some
Of the ideas expressed by speakers at
that peace congress were too radical;
that they would deprive the young of
some of tho highest and most stimulat.
ing examples of duty and patriotism
But the extreme peace idea, that
which calls for disarmament in this
country, for example, or the crippling
of our defense, is not only unpatriotic
and unwise. but invites absolute de-
structon TO MS as a nation. An old
worthy, writing of the prevalence of
extreme peace ideas, said: Courage
is wanting 10 the people throughout
Germany. We are becoming the laugh
ng-stock of the nations. Make sheep
of yourselves. and the wolf Will eat
YOU We shall find our destruction in
our immoderate desire for peace
And so, indeed, il was. War ragged for
n generation. and misery untold swept
along in its wake
1t is well TO be peaceful; but not too
peaceful lest selfrespcct be lost and
the ability to defend against aggres.
sion forgotten. The nation that dis
arms in the face of an armed world |
simply invites the first armed people |
that can reach it to step in and take
possession. China is the great eX.
emplar to the world against rash |
disarmament. Hundreds of millions |
put under the foot of handful of |
Manchu fighters; and the mass Of the |
country at the mercy Of any warlillc |
nation that will step in and take: |
jreat Britain taking possession of the |
Hong Kong region and Wei Hal Wei;
Germany of Kiao Chan; Japan first de.
aching the dependency of Korea, and
Russia taking Manchuria. and then
Japan and Russia taking possession
II Manchuria and Japan taking Korea
,vcr bodily. In this matter China is
10Th great lesson and great warr.
NO.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

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If you would like special advice
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

But while wandering far aicld in
It's assault upon progressive Repubh-
cans, and undertaking 10 set up fan
ciful scarecrows against them, the
Mouth" apparently forgets what an
other class of Republicans, by no means
progressive, has done to Utah. 1t is
idle TO try TO get up n scare about
protection on lead The Tribune at
tended to that lead schedule while it
was a matter of critical interest, with
the aid Of Mr.. William +. James, SO
long the stalwart lcadtariff champion
for Utah. 1t is idle TO attempt re-
vival of that scare.
But what has the other sort of Re
publicans, those that are not progress
sivc, done for siJver7 There is some
thing worth talking about. For years
the Republican party Of Utah declared
the remonetizing Of silver TO be "the
paramount issue.' In this they were
supported by Representative CATER
wards Presidcnt) Mckinley, What was
the result? Does any one forget how
the Republican party "soakcd us'' on
that question: And what is the sense
in attempting to get up scare on
lead, which is not threatened; on wool,
which is not threatened; and on sugar,
which the tariff does not in the least
affect, in order to assail progressive
Republicans, on the basis that the other
sort of Republicans are the special aud
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
Smoot on Razors

An editorial in Harpers Weekly Of
June 9th discussed the reports in the
congressional Record on the tariff
speaking and procedure, and showed the
ignorance Of the general public on the
whole matter. What is worse. it showed
the ignorance Of the Senators them
selves, and the deceptive information
upon which they acted. Illustrating its
point, 1t brought forward the cXplana-
ton OF the Senate Finance Committee.
through Smoot, of its action in fixing
the duty on razors. First il gives the
committee case, then the opposition
case, which sends the committee md
ITS spokesman off the field in confused
rout, as follows:
Take the paragraph on razors. for in
SthhSG. FOR day or two those useful
i,l nul dangerous articles We're fairly fly
ing through the air OF the Senate cham
Dot. and the amount of INSTRUMENTATION
GlspIayed about them-and on which the
senate acted. ,apparently-would almost
mas never shaved himself I'm his life The
amendment to the House bill proposed
by me Finance Committee increased the
present or Dinglcy bill duty on raZors.
amounting TO Nfty-flve per cent ad
v9lorem, and which the House bin had
already raised slightly. 10 nearly one
hundred tn,. @ per cent The usual demand
OF Utah undertook TO speak for the com
mlttee: and the facts he announced
looked impressiVe-lndeed. overwhclm-
ing. When the present law went into
effect. reducing the duty on razors
somewhat. there were. he alleged sixty
seven concerns in this country manufac-
turing TaZors: today there are but five
and the home production OF these arti-
cIes is but a small percentage OF the
total American consumption. II being
pointed out that the high price of razors
two 60 three dollars apiece for the bet
ter soCt-would seem To indicate that the
manufacturer has plenty OF margin for
a good profit the Utah statesman was
ready with his answer. Not the manu-
facturcrs. he declared. but the dealers
the CoTmor3nt rctailers-are responsible
for the prevailing high prices. and get the
bencilt. Why competition doesn't pre-
vent this-sinCc no one imagines trust
among the retailers-he did not explain
further than by rcmarkng that razors
do not sell like hot cakes. but frequent
~ lie on the dealers shelves a long time
before they arc disposed OF. For proof
OF his charge against the dealers. he pro-
duCed an imported razor which he said
had cost the wholesaler but forty-Dine
cents, and which retailcd for three dol
lars. Asked about the labor cost of MAX
Ing raZors, he estimate IL as high as
eighty seven per cent of tho whole cost.
and declared that the wages paid In this
Industry In Germany are but third
these paid in America.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

rolled up on the other side Of the nc
count, IN pillagc and destruction.
In View Of tho fact that SO much of
inc Spanish debt was incurred in ruth
less, direct repression and destruction in
Cuba and of the Cubans. it is the height
OF Inequity TO think for one moment
that Cuba Is under the least obligation
To respond to the Spanish demand.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
The Revisionist Side.

That was the committees case. Here
is what happened to It. Senator La
Toilette and certain others. having the
audacity TO so behind the Smoot version
OF the facts. made some surprising dis
coveries. Il turned out-and Senator
Smoot had 10 admit it--that OF the sixty
seven manufacturers OF 1897, when the
Dinslcy law was passed. the vast ma
111rity were not really manufacturers at
all, but merely 'aSSGmblCrs. That is
TO say. Instead of making razors. they
merely bought the pieces of which razors
are composed-usually from importers
and put them together. II actually APP
pearod. on full Investigation that there
was only one bona fidc manufacturer in
th" country at that time. The propor-
was. accordingly. siNty-siN 10 one. and
instead of a decrease In the number of
American manufacturers from sixty
seven 10 five under the present law there
has been an increase from one TO five!
Meanwhile. Senator Stone OF Mis-
souri, had telcgraphed Smoots statements
to the head OF the greatest hardware
store in the country. Mr.. +. {. Simmons
OF St Louis. and had got reply flatly
contradictng them. Razors imported at
forty-ninc cents. it appeared, were be-
after being honcd, at one dollar and a
department store in st. Louis was Of
fering them at eigbty-nine cents. MI
simmons. who has been selling razors for
fifty years. had already explained In "A
letter that the real reason why Ameri-
can manufacturers do not succeed Is SIM
zors as are made in Germany. The Ger
man grindcrs-particular those of So
lingcD-posSes n skill art which our
American workmcn In this particular
line have not acquired. The English.
also. send razors To Solingen TO be
ground, on the wages question IL was
asked why the German razor-makers do
not respond TO the inducements plainly
held out 10 them to cmierate 10 this
as countless thousands OF othe-
Germans have, and the committee could
not explain. 1t appeared further that
Mr.. Smoots estimate OF tho labor cost
eighty seven per cent OF the whole
was far too high; and II turned out also
that his figures for German waSes-takcn
from a statement of tho Amerl-
can manufacturers-wcrc about onc-half
the true figures.
The committee failed completely TO
find answers To these facts, which fairly
their contention. But the
had something which they val
ued more than facts or reasons: they
had Votcs--votcs which would simply go
any way Senator Aldrch desired. fIav-
iI.S been utterly worsted In the argu-
;ncnt. the committee ought. OF course; TO
have been defeated in the division. But
not SO. That is not the way high pro-
tectivc tariffs get themselves made. SEN
ator Stones amendment, restoring the
Dineley rates, was voted down. and the
Senate clapped on the big increase OF
duty!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

An Eastern writer thinks that "E
Pluribus Unum' isn't good, com
prehensible motto; that an old Roman
would never have understood it, Well,
he wouldn t have to- The main thing
is that the modern world both under.
stands and respects it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

luxurious pictures, without paying any
duty. AS the law is now, ,Aintings
intended for public galleries, museums
Of art. or educational institutions are
allowed to come in duty FREQ; and that
has served its purpose vcry well. There
did not seem to be aay good reason
for change.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

Chancellor DAYS vigorous defense of
the rich is not without reward, lie
has Just received $300O00 from one of
the plutocrats for his Syracuse univer-
sity. Thus does the washed hand re-
turn a favor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

Such incidents AS the revolt Of the
native constabulary of Davao, in the
Philippines, and their attempt to mur.
der their American officers, saves the
service there from becoming monoton-
Gus and the time from hanging heavily
IN the hands Of the authorities.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

Secretary MacYeagh looks for set
Ting currency law during the present
term of President Taft. He is as op-
timistic as the man who bets on horse
race, and the odds are just as great
against him.