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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
PASTEURIZATlON.

he discovery made by the celebrated French
scientist that heating milk to a certain tempcra-
ture destroyed the germs bacteria and other unde
sirable ingredients which made the consumption
of. raw milk menace to the health, especially of
infants hailed few years ago as one of the
most important discoveries of medicine in
fury. The various cities of the land took up the
subject, and in some places laws were passed com
polling pasteurization before it would be legal to
sell milk to the consuming public A reaction has
set in, however, and among the more or less famous
doctors who are opposed to paseurzation is Dir.
5. j. Essenson private practitioner and member of
the staff of Beth Israel hospital, New DIRK who in
communication to the New York Herald says
pasteurzation at the same time it is killing the
bacteria, destroys the nourishing ingredients of
milk, He says the process exposes child ito
lack of nutrition and. consequently, to the nroads
of disease"
He further says that authorities on child feed
ing have abandoned pasteurizatiOn for this
Commenting edtoriay on the communication of
DR.. Essenson. the Herald says such testimony is
worth ton of theory. 1t reinforces the judgment
of many experts that to adopt compulsory pas
teurization for city's milk supply would be a
colossal mistake.
In dealing with the problems of pure food
supply, it is we'll to be right before going ahead,
but when the great discovery of Pasteur is thus
condemned by latter-day doctors. it is pretty hard
for the lsyman to know just what to do. In the
matter of milk supply. it seems that the wsest
thing 10 do is to get milk from good cows, clean
COWS, healthy COWS, and use it as it comes from
the cow without sterilization, separation other
process That seems to be the best opinion of the
day. but what the best opinion of tomorrow may
be is open to question.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.

1t IS interesting to read of a suggestion of Gov
ernor Gilchrist of Florida that the state of Florida
through legislative enactment, should make Feb
ruary -, Lncolns birthday holiday in the state.
The reasons set forth by the governor III his mes
sage are that Lincoln was broad statesman and
he was possessed of kindly feeling for the whole
people, The reasons are fair, and the inference is
correctly drawn. Florida could do nothing more
to It's credit than to make the birthday anniver-
sary of Lincoln holiday in the state. Coming
from the extreme southeastern state, it shows re-
freshing attitude toward the north and the great
turbulent days of civil war
Florida is not unlike other southern states in the
makeup of its population though there are prob
ably few more native northerners there during
part of the year than in some of the others. The
possibilities of Florida. however are unlike those
of some other states. Its position on the south
eastern corner of the country makes it the real
gateway to the West Indies as we'll as the Panama
railways and the Panama canal. A railway now
building will bring Havana within eighty miles of
the Florida coast and the trip from the cold north
ern states to Cuba via Florida will make Florida
greater winter resort than it is today. Max
ing Lincolns birthday legal holiday in the state
would be fitting memorial to the war president.
in evidence between the sane and sensible people
of both the northern and southern sections of the
country.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01

which will not be appreciated when he Is gone
There is an element of praseworthy publc-spirl'-
edness III such work planting trees. ana Tue
country after its sordid destruction of the forests
con do nothing better than in so far as pos
sble the destructive work that has gone on for the
past century and a half.
In this connection it is interesting to note the
purpose of the great state of Minnesota to renew
the fine forests which once stretched in almost I'M
broken areas for thousands of square miles MIN
nesota probably has suffered as much from the de-
struction of her timber as any state in the nation
With the woods cut off. the land fire swept where
once stood the most magnificent reaches of timber
land Is now blackened waste. To renew the for
ests the state of Minnesota has passed law OK
emptin2 from taxation both the land and the grow
ing timber where the landowner will clear OF the
underbrush and will make intelligent effort 10
renew the forest growth on the land. 1t as as
serted that much of the land that now lies black
ened waste is valueess for any other purpose. and
if a growth of trees can be secured. even under
law cxempting the land and timber from taxation
the future certainly holds rich reward not only
for the state aud the landowner. but to all pos
terity.
We believe there are several states in which laws
have been enacted exempting the growing timber
from taxation, but we know of no other state than
Minnesota which goes far as to exempt both the
land and timber. There is hope for a more gener-
Gus response to the demand for reforestation when
states will enact such a law as has Minnesota ana
the sentiment that we owe something to posterlty
receives healthy impetus. A man who lives only
for himself is wasting his life. and a nation that
lives only for IFS own, time taking no thought of
the future and the people who to come after
will soon exhaust the resources of the country and
leave land in which the people must perish
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01

constantly the natural state of very great portion
OF mankind. until the establishment of 1.-The Cath
Ollie church: and as the good sense of man in
general perceived the necessity of this order of
things, il was never opposed either by laws
gument. The world until the founding of the Cath
Ole church was always covered with slaves-even
the Jews had their saves-and the sages never
blamed the custom This proposition cannot be
shaken, The Catholic church alone abolished
slavery slowly and gently it is true. for all great
legitimate undertakings, of whatever kind they
may be arc always imperceptibly carried on Do
away with the Catholic church and slavery must
return to the race so surely the laws of nature
are memorable in their operations 1t might take
many hundreds of years or thousands, but it would
come. All governments require, as an indispensa-
bic minister, either slavery which diminishes the
number of independent and acting evils in the
state or Divine power, such as the Catholic
church. which by sort of spiritual graft holds in
check the asperity of those wills and makes them
obedient to the law of the whip or the voice of the
Crucified.
The menacing peril to our community today is
from awless spirit of nsubordinaton, disorder
and mental and spiritual disorganization
Revers1ce for parental and constituted author
ity and willing obedience to law are grudgingly
yielded if yielded at all.
Our country. now if ever, stands in peculiar
need of that contribution to the permanency of our
institutions which the Catholic church alone can
furnish. She alone, if any power earth may do
it, keep under control or neutralize the banefu
influence of the reckless apostles of self-will.
By Divine authority she teaches, from the
die of the child to the winding sheet of the dead
submission to authority and control, and that is
the first stride toward that habit of self-control in
the individual which is an indispensable condition
of elf-government in any community.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
READY MADE DINNERS

With the progress in things of all kinds. 1t IS
but natural that there should be progress IN the art
of cooking. Indeed. it seems to have been and is
even now the chiefest desire of a certain class of
manufacturers to save work" in the kitchen. The
principal reason given for using certain kinds OF
foods is to save work" to get rid of the drudgery
of the kitchen and make life for the housewife one
of never-ending bliss. While there may be some
merit in the contention of these manufacturers.
and while their products may be really worthy.
there is still cause for the fear that the good old
fashioned dinners like mother used to make are
becoming Il thing of the past-an obsolete instltu-
ton which nothing can bring back.
In the old days the dinner table dressed with
clean linen and on state occasions the best china
ware was brought forth, the silverware pol
ished and everything arranged for the meal,
and the meal prepared in the kitchen,
from soup to nuts. Now however, the idea is to
have the grocer bring the dinner around in tin
cans and the dinner is ready to after super
fetal heating on the kitchen stove. even In
more modern chatting dish The old-time cooks are
no more. The women of the household are kept
pretty busy hand-decoratng place cards and ar
ranging for the card game after the meal, and the
conversation at the meal is turned from spices and
pastry to broader topics
Now we would not be understood deprecat
ing the adoption of timesaving devices in the
kitchen economy nor of the broader opportunities
afforded the women of the household, but we fear
the old-time dinner of Thanksgiving day other
holidays is disappearing from the land and with it
all the old sentiments and memories which have
furnished bright spot in the lives of all of who
1 H. E. oat;o hat 10
the past so full of interest The ready-made timed
dinner seems to have come to stay. and there
more doctors in the world than ever before.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
A HIGH-cLAsS CATHOLIC WEEKLY

~ c.4ta1ic church in the Inltea 0'".eS
ne 4Lo highest intellects OF our
now apPe"iN7 hor history and her doctrine.
Gou ~, toda. i was impossible for her to get near
nun ;..o1Ioct # not the intelligence OF ."e
ing :, ornosition to her; the aceumui'''o"
al'r Recommendations. Of atroelous cai'Li"
80. -as 90 overwhelmingly great ana toioo9'' -,
- Homeless TO believe that the church coU'r
80. Got from under the load. But the very
~. t7,,ro nvramid of infamous falsehoou'
fo,,ndation of intolerance ana o'so'''
.l.ol tho structure. and when 1t fell men " U'
I..o,,d;ro, sow the vile material OF It's col"P0'
Eror, intolerant Professionalism theS 'urAeu
.a,+or;aI;sr. turned ON Professionalism l'Seil. anu
-. -. .o,d;ne the panther which tore mou'h'uA
Ell, from the Catholic hind. The Protestant
or,+her is doomed for these sons OF the nui'e'S
a.. C,a4hoEc hind are of tOughened flore ana
know, how to handle gun.
protestantism being dead among the stal"ar'
Nc. a onr country, the intellects which gov
a,,d load their remain but the Catholic church
-d r,o+,,ro1;srn or no religion But these same IN
H.. oro baoinninp to perceive the ravages OF
,,,o+er;s1ism among the masses in France ana j"
o,,, country and in despair they are turning to
tho s+ndv Of the doctrines of the Catholic churen.
To aid
brainv Catholic writers have launched the amer
icav bipb-class Catholic Weekly Review, the IN
ital copy of which is now on our table Amer
lea in form. type, paper and dimensions IS cast
from mould like that of the London Spectator
and in matter enterprise. international and eS-
planatory work is on literary level with the Lon
don Tablet. the organ of the Catholic party In
Great Britain.
America" it is almost idle to say appears
with the imprimature or appreciation OF the Amerl-
can hierarchy 1t has established bureaus OF lnfor-
nation in the leading cities of Europe, Mexico
Central and South America, and is likely to throw
ont of commission the enterprising correspondents
that until now have been feeding the American
stomach on legendary diet Of Romish a6omina-
tons shipped from remote parts Of Spain, Mexico
Central and South America.
If america" can hold to the high note OF ex
cellence it has taken in its first number and sus-
tain the pitch for the future then, we do not hest
tate to say that as Catholic weekly ct will not
be surpassed by any review in Europe or America
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
POLAR EXPEDITION.

The Shacketon expedition of discovery to the
south pole has returned to England with the pole
still undiscovered. While the expedition~may well
be cassed as failure in that the object of the voy
age-the definite location of the south pole--was
not accomplished, it is said the party got within
hundred miles of their search, which is nearer
than anyone else ever got and so may be said to
have been at least partially successful.
The definite location of the poles has been
subject which has held the attention of scientific
minds since it became known shat such things ex-
listed. Attempts to reach the south pole have not
been numerous so persistent as those to reach
the north pole the reason probably being that the
population of the world which is interested in sci
entifc subjects has always lived north of the
equator, and hence greater interest is felt in the
Arctic than in the Antarctic regions.
The Antarctic region differs greatly in physical
characteristics from the Arctic In the southern
frigid the ocean predominates while in the
north there is much land making necessary over
land trips with dogs. The difficulties to be over
come, however, much the same, the intense cold
and eternal ice making one end of the earth as
perilous to travel as the other.
Our readers understand, of course, that there
is no pole" to mark the ends of the axis of the
earth and that what is called the north pole or the
south pole is merely the point at the north and
south ends of the globe which marks the axis upon
which the earth revoves, gust as the equator IS the
point midway between the poles
The absolute pole could be discovered in no.wav
except by astronomical and magnetic experiments
and if anybody ever gets there, the stars will an
pear to reyolve around the earth, this being caused
by the revolution of the earth The definite loca-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
SIGNALING TO MARS.

1t seems to be almost unanimously the opinion
of scientists that the planet Mars is inhabited
Further than this, there are few astronomers who
believe that communication will ultimately be es-
tablished with the planet; indeed, that the Mar
tians have already made efforts to communicate
with the earth. 1t is assumed that signaling with
light reflectors would offer the only means of
munication at the present time which would prom
Use success. The most powerful telescopes of earth
could hardly distinguish any light signal which
any intelligent beings the planet could flash in
this direction. but the dreamers of the consumma-
ton of communication talk like they believed such
interplanetary communication will be established
All of which is very interesting if there we're
enough evidence TO show that the Martians have
ever tried TO communicate with the earth We
would attempt to say just what will be the out
come Of the experiments which are to be tried but
we can but voice the almost universal skepticsm
which followed the announcement that telegraph
ing without wires possibility. We would like
to have intelligent communication established with
our neghboring planet, if for no other reason than
it will afford opportunity for enterprising
boosters to organize under the laws of New Jer
sey the great Interplanetary Telegraph Company
with stock to sell, sure to double in value in three
months. We want to get in on the stock sale
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
FOR PosTERITY.

There is much less than ever before of the
timent abroad of the old chap who, when told to
do some good deed for posterity asked. What has
posterty done for meI" Men who have
cumulated their 'pie" are beginning to study the
needs of posterity and are devoting much of their
time and toward the establishment of insti-@
tutions which will meet the needs of the coming
generations. The qualification of the worlds de-
sres in time pals on a who thinks once in
while, and when man thinks he comes to
realize that the simple accumulation of wealth j
not as satisfying as it seemed before.
One direction which this sentiment for poster
ity has taken is in the planting of trees. There is
something sentimental ia planting trees, knowing
that the growth of that tree will not be completed,
even if it be half begun within the life of the
planter Somebody will reap the harvest, and in
this thought the tree planter who has gained all he
needs can do something better for the coming gen
erations than merely piling up lot of wealth
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01

hearts OF the people, and nothing prevent that
seed from terminating, and nothing prevent
the ultimate extinction of autocratic power and alb
soutlsm and misrue. The utter disregard for the
sentiments of enlightened peoples by the sultan and
the cruelties and expressions the system of espion
age which has baffled progress in enlightenment i'll
the Turkish nation the medieval devilishness of
the sultan-all these are fast disappearing. and
era of progress such as overlook the japanese
few years ago is about to set in. In the readjust
ment there may be q Encouragement of the political
map of Europe but it is altogether unlikely that
the United States will become involved in the
trouble Abdul Hamid, the sultan, recognized as
one Of the shrcwdest political rulers of the world
as well as the most unscrupulous, may for a time
repress the aspirations of his people. but that
preston can only be temporary for the downfall of
the old Turkey is already an accomplished fact.
and 1t only remains to organize and build up the
new Turkey. with individual freedom and enlight
enment the basis for future progress and greatness
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
MATCHES AND FIRES.

A bulletin of the National Fire Protection as
ISOLATION is authority for the statement that the
average per capita loss by fire in the United States
is 1902 while that for central western and south
ern Europe the loss is but SO cents. Estimating the
population at SO,OO0OOO we have loss of approx
mately s240 100000 while if the average were re-
duced to the standard of the European countries
the loss would be only $26.4O0000, or S213,600000
less than it is today In other words we are paying
toll of more than two hundred millions as re-
suit of our own carelessness.
The bulletin enumerates the causes of fires in
several states and shows that about a quarter of
the fire losses are result of the careless handling
of matches; carelessness on the part of adults and
carelessness the part of children who ought not
to have matches all. Rats and mice getting
matches in their meanderings about the house are
another prolific cause of fires, and these fires can
also be traced to eareessness the part of adults
Between 800 and 900 persons in the United
States are annually burned to death by matches or
IN fires following their careless use That is a
frightful toll in life to pay to be sure The bulle
tin pays its respects to the parlor match which can
be ignited on any hard surface, as distinguished
from the safety" match which cannot ordinarily
be ignited except the box or the lid of the box
iiiS tHeh II says Dennark and Sw1tZer
land prohibit the use of the 'parlor1 match and
other continental countries impose restrictions.
Continuing, the bulletin says.
1t costs no more to make the safety match than
1t does to make the deadly variety, and it is ord
narliy sold as cheaply. Modern matchmaking ma
ehlnery can turn out from four to seven million Of
either kind in day. 1t rests therefore with the
people themselves, either to continue the present
careless swapping Of match heads on bed covers
curtains carpets, clothing and other iniammable
materials for which practice so frightfu price il
paid IN property and life; or to protect the common
interests OF humanity and the life of their house
holds by thoughtfully exercising care in ORDERING
tneir match supply 1t is almost wholly matter Of
education" VI
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
WILL THE REPUBLIC LAST?

Last February auction of white men on
Lincon's birthday was the spectacle that drew
thousands of persons to the Parkside Presbyterian
church, New York. The sale was conducted by
Rev T. Loughlin and in reality an object les
of the conditions prevailing among working
men and served to get jobs for number of men,
The auction was precisely similar to those public
sales of negroes, which were of daily happenings in
the south before the civil war But the sale was
more than an object lesson. it was proclamation
of the terrible maxim which great Latin poet
has>put into the mouth of Caesar that:
"The human race exists only for the good of
few men,"
In the sense attributed to it by the poet this
maxim presents a revolving aspect; but from an
other point of view it is quite Just. Every where
very small number have ruled the great masses
of men; for without an hereditary aristocracy. an
aristocracy of intellect or of wealth. more or less
powerful. government is impossible. The sale last
February of human flesh and blood was mock
sale in that the services of the human ehatte on
the block auctioned, and not the bodies and
souls of the themselves. But coming events
cast their shadows before and we verify believe that
if it were not for the presence of the Catholic
church in Europe and America the race would re-
turn to white slavery. And why not one of the
most profound philosophers of antiquity Arts
tote went SO far as to say that there were men
who were born slaves" The ground hef<tands on
is founded all history, the politics of experience
and on the nature of man which created and is
creating history
Whoever has studied Intimately human nature
must know that man. in general. if left to himself
is too weak and wicked to be free With all the
restraining influence of public opinion Of fear
of the law and with the lingering dread in their
hearts that there may be God. who will reward
the good and punish the wicked" men and women
today in country immeasurably more sim
full than were their fathers and mothers This is
not open argument; we cannot argue with facts
Whoever understands mans nature in the raw
viii also understand that, wherever civil liberty
shall belong all alike. there will no longer be
any means, without extraordinary aid of govern
ing as national bodies Hence slavery was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-LAN.

feel 81 my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition By notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
name and garb OF priest sister anyone else is
authorized permitted 10 solicit or collect this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such a document, he
she as the may be- should be regarded by all
fraud and an imposter. L. SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt LAX
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01
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tsna, Idaho. Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-01

49, of the poles can have no me- Il; .,
other than scientific or academic egnIar Quitting
terest is great enough to cause Zen countries
Of expeditions for voyages into the O Of aving ma
T. T. seems likely that the pertectloa solution Of
hines will aid materially IN the ma
the problem.