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itself felt, must be active, alert and
persistent. A mere vague wish that the
law be enforced is not enough. The
wish must be followed up by well.or.
ganized effort. When you find a CONF
munity in which the government is ringV,
ridden and corrupt, it does not mean that
the public sentiment is in favor of such
conditions. 1t means that public senti.
ment is impotent because it is either in
active or unorganized. Thus it occurs
that minorities can defy, and are TODAY
defying, the will of large majorities.
just how much of this active and de-
termined public sentiment is required to
insure strict law enforcement, depends
largely on the character of the law. A
stringent, harsh sumptuary law, like pro
hibition, could not be enforced unless il
had on it's side an almost unanimous
public sentiment, vigilant and well or
gained. Such law has all the odds
against it. 1t has an uphill job from
the outset. Public officials are, as
rule, far more inclined to heed and weld
to the voice of protest against the en-
forcement of a law of this kind than
they are to make an extraordinary eff
fort to enforce the law in obedience to
the demand of the other side Under
communities where the majority senti
ment is strongly opposed to enforce
ment, and even prohibitionists admit
that, in such communities, the law be.
comes a mere farce.
But even under the Local Option sys.
TEN, which is supposed to insure local
majority rule, prohibition, in great
many instances, does not actually repre-.
sent majority of the electorate. And
the reason is that at local option cleo
ton, a considerable proportion of the
voters do not mark the excise ballot at
all. In the writer's own town the vote
on the license question, during the last
fifteen years, has always fallen from
IL to 20 per cent. short of the total
vote cast on other questions and for
candidates for offices. During the period
in question the town has been carried
in every instance by minority of the
total vote polled. Moreover, the public
sentiment in favor of prohibition is not
only not strong enough in quantity to
enforce the law, but even what there is
of it is not of the right quality.
The great majority of those that vote
for prohibition are full of zeal and en-
thusiasm up to the time of the election;
but after election their enthusiasm dies
out, and they leave it to others to at
tend to the matter of law enforcement
They think that in merely casting their
ballots for prohibition they have done
their full duty and saved the country.
The writer has watched the prohibition
lists in his town for seven years, and he
can testify that no. two per cent. OF
the men that vote for no license ever
lift a finger or contribute one cent TO
have the law enforced under either sys.
tenn.
The prohibition public sentiment is of
that cheap, shallow, emotional variety
that exhausts itself in all manner of
hysterical performances during the cam
paign. Over against the inherent weak
ness of this prohibition sentiment is the
public sentiment opposed to the enact
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pei a hundred temperate men to follow
che rule of total abstinence. One man
is lame. and therefore all his neighbors
must use crutches.
Again, prohibition has failed because
it is wholly negative and destructive.
You cannot remove an effect until you
remove the cause. You cannot abolish
the liquor traffic until you abolish the
source of the traffic. 1t is not the
liauor traffic that creates the demand
for liquor it is the demand for liquor
that creates the traffic. And just so
long will the supply of liquor be forth
coming in one way or another. The at
tempt to abolish the liquor traffic by a
prohibitory law is as futile as would
be the attempt to dry up river by
building a dam. Prohibitionists seem to
imagine that they are dealing only with
the comparatively few liquor dealers;
whereas they are dealing with the vast
multitude of men that are determined
to use liquor. They tell us that the
saloon is a curse. Well, be that as it
may, the practical question is what
blessing does prohibition furnish as a
substitute? Absolutely none, unless it
be the w. c. r. U. mothers meeting
and the weekly prayer meeting These
institutions, excellent as they are in their
place, are hardly adapted to satisfy the
social needs of the masses. Students of
social science, men who have spent
years in observing and studying the
saloon constituency, whatever views they
may hold as to the character of this in
stitution as it now exists, agree unani-
mously on the following three PROPOSE
tons:
l. That the saloon fills legitimate
social need.
2. That it is practically the only in
stitution that does fill this need.
g. That it is worse than useless to
attempt to abolish the saloon until
some suitable institution be established
as a substitute
The lives of the great majority are
dull and monotonous. The proportion of
pleasure and leisure is meager and in
sufficient. This is as true of rural as
of urban life, but it is too largely true
of the masses everywhere. And what
ever will tighten and brighten and cheer
their lives without too great a sacrifice
will not be readily surrendered in the
interest of a questionable moral reform.
If men cannot get this pleasure openly,
they will get it surreptitiously, and
even if it could be taken from them by
force, they would resort to substitutes
which, in all likelihood, would be far
more injurious. The saloon exists be-
cause there is a demand for it. A pro-
hibitory law certainly does not remove
this demand. 1t does not eradicate the
social instinct and the desire to drink
that lie back of the demand. In short
it does not destroy single one of the
elements that constitute the life and
power of the saloon. 1t does not intro
duce into the community single ele.
ment that acts as an antidote for the
saloon. The whole root of this institu.
ton remains in the community intact
undisturbed and vigorous. Under these
circumstances it is inevitable that the
saloon, in one form or another, will con.
tinua 70 caruo SIC ouoto n,oro
Law enforcement is, in the long run
dependent on public sentiment. More
over, public sentiment, in order to make
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REGULATION The CURE
FOR INTEMPERANCE
Noted Clergyman Tells How in His Opinion
the Liquor Problem Can Best be Solved.
Copyright by Persons Maagzine.)

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attention problem in
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competitors as may exist; then il tells
the retailer what prices he must
charge. always fixing that price 50 as
70 insure its maximum of profit in a
monoposized market. The system
works perfectly and, as usual, the con-
sumer pays all the cost, from the
manufacturers enormous profit down
to the last cent of the retailers de-
mands.
Meanwhile the consumer is not likely
to be diverted by the discussion Of re-
tail prices so entirely that he viii for
get the tariff job now being railroaded
through the senate. Little things Ike
the sneaking raise of 100 per cent in
the duty on oilclcth. which Senator
Smoot defended so fervidIy when it
was uncovered. serve to impress the
common people with the sort OF pro
lection" Mr.. AIdrich and Mr.. Smoot
and their friends of the finance COM
mittee have arranged for the benefit
Of the trusts.
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FACTS AS 10 WHEAT.

While the ora rs and preachers keep
on discussing the crime of wheat cor
ners. the bulletins Of the United States
government as to crop conditions go
right on showing why the price Of the
grain stays in the high blue sky. This
months report 10 date shows that the
prospective crop is 400, 100000, de-
crease compared with conditions last
year of IS. coo. 900 bushels. Not only is
the condition of the crop poorer, So
per cent. as compared with 50 year
ago. but the acreage has decreased by
2.47s0OO acres.
Additional price factors are the poor
prospects in Germany and southeast
ern Europe. the light exports from the
Argentine and Australia, and the Ger
taintv that the demand for eonsump-
ton in this country will increase. The
total amount of wheat in sight and in
farmers hands Is about the smallest
known at this time of year and miilers
in the fall wheat district find 1t i'm
possible TO get supplies 20 run their
plants even II ildi- tliilL- -NNNNA ot.- .
at the high prices prevailing, the ex-
port demand has dropped to mini
mum.
Just what will be the outcome will
only be known when the crop begins to
come TO market and the spring wheat
outlook is known, but pending that the
orators might as we'll save their
breath and quit talking about the mi
quities Of spectators who raise prices
bv corners. There are just as many
SPECTATORS and as strong, trying to
bear prices as to raise them; the pres
ent situation happens TO favor the
guess of the bulls because they have
the facts behind them. and no decla-
nation is going to increase the wheat
in sight or make a mills difference in
prices.
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TARIFF AND THE RETAILERS.

Senator Shoots indignant attack On
the retailers Of the country who charge
extravagant profits is interesting so
far as it goes; and its obvious purpose
IS to make consumers believe the re-
taller. not the tariff, is responsible for
the high cost Of living in this country
Unfortunately for the object OF the
diversion. the retailer can easily show
that he is helpless, that he has to
charge the prices fixed by the trust or
else go out Of business.
The example taken by the Utah
senator. a pane Of glass does very
well for Illustration because glass is
controlled by tariff-pTotected trust.
and the ramificstions OF the business
extend down through the glass and
paint business in combination until
practically every retail store handling
by either the glass or the paint trust.
still better illustration is afforded
by the watch trade. No retailer can
sell the standard grades Of American
watches at his own price: he must
take orders from the watch trust or
else have his supply cut of. The same
watches sell for less money in Europe
than Is demanded here. and proof Of
this has been furnished by dealers who
actually bought American watches In
England. shipped them back 70 this
country and got them for less than
they had 10 pay in their home market.
Most % the standard electric fixtures.
the most important of pipe and plumb
Ing supplies. tobacco. agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS, indeed nearly every pro-
teeted article that enters into the cost
OF living is regulated in retail price by
the manufao turing trusts.
The causes which bring this result
are simple enough. the trust first gets
a protective duty so high that no for
eign competitor can como into It's mav-
ket. then Z erccses out such domestic
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POWDER BETTER THAN SOAR.

Soap IN powder form IS the modern cleanser
not only because the powder IS more conVe-
nient. but IL is more economical. IS well as
being more efficient.
Gold Dust. one Of the hrst and the best ex-
amplss Of soap powder. can be used more
economically than soap. because the guam
tity desired can be measured out and no
more used; while with soap. the whole cake
or portion of it must be put into the water.
wasting more than IS really needed. and soak
ing the rest Of the cake with water. which does
not improve It. On the contrary. some soaps
lose much Of their goodness By leaving the
unused part Of the cake in water.
Even IL only the amount OF soap desired IS
shaved" on. some time Is required for dis
solving it. while Gold Dust disSolves irmsdi-
stely, at the same time disSolving the hard
lime and other salts" making the water as
soft as rain water and Masking sweet. cleans
ing SuGS
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, REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

salt Lakes most remarkable cam
palgn for funds in behalf Of q public
Institution was closed last night when
the committee IN charge reported 1t had
raised the $3.50, 900 required 10 pay the
liabilities Of the y. ". {. \. and insure
its maintenance on the proper scale.
The city has a right to feel proud Of the
achievement, not only because Of the
sum raised and the promptness with
which IL was done, but because Of the
demonstration it afforded OF a fine pub
lie spirit among the people.
What this means to the city, and par
ticularly to its youth, is TOO well under
stood 10 need comment. but it has a
larger significance than this. 1t means
that the business men of the city can,
II they viii. get together for the COM
mon good. ignoring distinctions Of creed
and of politics; it means that they can
succeed in public undertakings of al
most any magnitude if they will work
in harmony; and it foreshadows the
long-desired day when the public well
rare win bring them together on such
terms as VIII end the dissensions Of
years.
Every man who worked on the COM
mittes has testified to the immense per
sonal benefit he derived from effort in
an unseldsh cause. from the opportuni-
" it gave him to become acquainted
with his fellow Salt Lakers, and from
the splendid solidarity it developed
among tho hundreds of committeeman.
Backed by such d success, supported
BY the unanimous good will Of tire en-
tire community. freed from the heavy
load it has carried. the Y. NJ. c. A.
ought to go forward now to a period Of
large usefulness and growth. The field
Is great one. and the institution is
amply equipped 10 take care Of it Wise
management will be needed. and doubt
less that win be insured by the men
who have placed It on its feet.
Primarily. % course. the success was
due to the Commercial club and the
splendid organization it had; but no
one familiar with the details will be-
grudge a large share of the credit to
p. j. Moran, the chairman OF all the
committees and chief energizer OF the
campaign. He instilied such enthusi-
asm into his committees that they went
into the campaign as Pat does into a
paving Job when it's showing in the
mountains and threatening rain in
town He not only got others to work
at high pressure but he worked inces-
sanity himself. HIS unfailing conf
dence in the ultimate victory, his per
sistence and optimism were infinitely
valuable. and his personality was the
b ggest factor in the final result.
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DEFENDANTS DISCHARGED.

The government has received a
black eye in another one Of the land
fraud cases started with such a -four
ish of trumpets under the late la
u1ented administration. J. B. west and
l. \. Smith, of Idaho, who have been
under indictment for q couple of years
past, have been discharged from Gus
tody by Federal Judge Dietrich in face
Of a request from Attorney General
Wickersham that the cases be contin-
ued There has been overmuch cry
and little wool a. q result Of these land
fraud prosecutions or prosecutions. as
the case may be. If the men in ques-
ton were really guilty they should
have been tried long ago and their
punishment fixed or they should have
been given a chance to prove their in
RoCence.
Roosevelt will go down into history
as the man who started things
which were never completed.
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The school children are answering a
question that has puzzled many older
heads. They are writing essays for
the Salt Lake Security & Trust Com
pany on practical plans for saving.
These essays will certainly prove in
teresting. II is possible that some older
people will learn a few valuable les
sons in thrift and economy when the
prize essays are published
Full particulars furnished on appIi-
cation.
SALT LAKE SECURITY & TRUST
COMPANY.
No. 90 Up. Main Street.
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ess was assisted by Mrs. G. G. Verbryck
and Mrs. George Ryan, and the house
was gay with spring blossoms.
= X
The senior and junior classes of Row
land Hall will present THE Princess"
by Tennyson, for a part Of their COM
mencement exercises at the hall on June
Is. The play viii be given under the
stage supervision of Mrs. Martha Royle
King, with Mrs. Charles G. Plummer in
charge Of the vocal work. Miss Flanders
of the instrumental and Miss Brookes Of
the dancing.
Salt Lake friends viii be interested TO
hear of the recent marriage Of Rev.
Benjamin J. Darneille, rector Of st.
Mary's church. Napa, Cal, to Miss Lady
Johnston. assistant in the public libra
~ at the same place. Mr.. Darneiile
was ordained to the ministry at St
Marks cathedral. Salt Lake. by the
late Bishop Leonard. some years ago
Later he was at Ely. New. and he has
many friends in salt Lake and Ely who
viii congratulate him upon his mar
riage.
The last meeting Of the year of the
regimental tournament at Fort Douglas
viii be held Monday evening in the post
hop room. The hosts and hostesses for
the evening will be Captain Willis Thine
and Lieutenant Kneeland :. Snow. and
also Lieutenant and Mrs. G. 4. Wiser
and Lieutenant and Mrs Hugh Walt
hall.
Mrs. Hugh Anderson and Miss Mary
Louise Anderson are now spending some
time in Bangkok on their tour around
the world. They go thence TO Japan,
and sail later from the Orient TO the
western coast Of this country before re-
turning home
Mrs. Harry Lane who has been
: spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs.
1 George Parks. viii leave Monday for
the east to visit relatives all through
I Pennsylvania, and TO spend some time
with her brother. Frank Foote, and his
wife in Camden. y. J.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Yundt announce
/ the engagement of their daughter.
I jeanette. to John F. Hartmann. The
wedding viii take place during the
/ present month.
I Mrs. Frank Lawrence entertained the
members OF her club yesterday at a
luncheon at the Lawrence home on
North Main street. Carnations were
used for decorations, and covers were
laid for eight
I Mrs. Henry Key KIingender will en-
terrain tomorrow afternoon at . bridge
tea.
/ There viii BE- no tea al the Country
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Wall Paper.

The attention our new line attracts
and the enthusiasm il is stirring up by
all who see it, is the best evidence that.
as usual, we are in the lead and have
hit the mark.
GEO. W. EBERT q CO, 81 Main.
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The use of Monte Carlo by Senator
Oliver Of Pennsylvania to illustrate a
point in the tariff debate is proof that
the Pittsburg millionaire knows as
much about the gambling game as he
does about the tariff schedules. Prob
ably more.
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fetal Copies of The Herald Printed
in April, 1908.

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The performances in the French
chamber OF deputies are said to excel
those of the Coincide FRANCHISE. Your
true Frenchman is theatrical as wei
as hystericaL
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James L. Dabell Of Grant, Ida, and Alb
bic Burnett OF Daniels, Va.
Albert McGimms OF Lancaster. Pa. and
Julia Downing Of Des Moines. Ia.
Alma J. Hogan and Ellen Jardine Of
Louisville Ida.
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Senator Rayner did not go quite 50
Ear as King David when speaking Of
liars. but he gave utterance to a well
known fact as to the way the truth IS
handled while a tariff bill is being
framed-"framed up" the gambler
would say-in Washington. The debate
on the Aldrich bill is instructive if not
amusing
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They call him the empire" IN kan
sss and the Jump" in Chicago, but
there are other names applied when
the game goes wrong on the home
grounds.
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President Taft fooled his putt IN the
great game Of golf. III the game going
on at the national capitol his putt is
liable TO be fooled for him by con-
gress.
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Mrs. George II. Wood wishes to an
nOunce the removal Of her Wade Cor
set parlors TO her own home, $50 East
Third South. Both phones 202.
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SOCIETY

4 beautifully appointed and original
ante-nuptial affair of yesterday was the
high tea given by Miss Josephine Spen-
Ger in honor of her niece, Miss Jean
Spencer, whose marriage to Merrill
Farr takes place in June. The quaint
oId-fashioned room at the Lion House
was chosen for the affair. which was
served by the young girls Of the domes-
tic science department, and was en-
joyed by a company of fourteen, mostly
the relatives of the young bride-tO-be.
The colors used were white and blue,
and they were carried out in great
quantities of marguerites, the individ
ual bouquets tied with blue ribbons, and
the central basket decorated with them
as we'll The same snowy white flow
ers were used with ferns in all the ar
tistic old windows, the deep sills ad-
hitting of masses Of the flowers and
ferns. A handsome cloth of Mexican
Irawn1vork over blue covered the CEN
tral part of the table. and place cards
done in the marguerites and forget-me-
nOts were at each place, on each of
which was written a verse of poem,
ITO JEAN" the work of her aunt. As
the verses were read by their numbers
they formed an exduisitely sweet trib-
ute to the young bride.
a wholesbevy Of Salt Lake girls VIII
be home from school in the east the
first of June, the New York and Wash
I ingtOn schools all closing earlier than
the western schools. Colonel z. A.
Wall will escort his daughters home
two who finish school. and his Oldest
daughter. who has returned from EU-
rope. The Misses Bryan and Grizelle
Houston viii be home at that time. and
Miss Margaret Mcclure, who is in Miss
/ Spence's school, Will be home at the
same time.
: Mrs. :. II. Pinkerton entertained a
party Of twelve guests yesterday az the
matinee at the Orpheum. in compliment
to Mrs. McMurtry of Texas. who has
+ been visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. W
Houston The other guests were Mrs
/ NJ a. Stingley. Mrs. II. G. Williams
/ Mrs. J. n. Davis. Mrs. J. T. Ross, Mrs
/ G. 3. Stiehl. Mrs. II. c. Hoffman. Mrs
: w F. Beer. Mrs. II. 3. Whitney. Mrs
Z W H Bintz and Mrs : g Snyder
! Mrs. Z. d. Hammond entertained
again yesterday at cards, the affair this
time being a bridge tea, at which about
twenty-four OF her friends were present
/ Six tables of the game were played in
+ progressive style. and the prizes were
& won by Mrs John Reed. Mrs. Frank
/ Johnson and Mrs. GOttdiener. The host
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Lieutenant and Mrs. Lowe A. Nc
Clure expect to leave next week for
Reno. New. where Lieutenant Mcclure
viii be stationed for some time.
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II the meantime Secretary Mac
veagh can sit back and watch the de-
felt grow.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The knights of Columbus Minstrel
show. salt Lake theatre, May l..
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LAGOON "Prettier Than Evsr.n

Date book now open. See J. =. Bean
or c. II. Patten for reservations. Fare
% cents. Office 161 Main St Phone 1000.
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Weddina announcement
How TO Save Money.

And invitations engraved. Best work
Pembroke Stationery Co. 54 w. % So.
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The Calhoun trial has entered upon its
fifth month Rascality long drawn out
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Mir. Maybene Gilman, nee Corey. h1s
gone to Europe TO spend a few OF the
steel trust dollars. The world looks
good to this particular Pittsburger.