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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
NEW YORK'S CITY ELECTION

New York is a most wonderful city, probably
the most cosmopolitan city in the world And it
can safely be said that most of the many people
living there have idea of the fitness of things.
Just the city is undergoing municipal cam
pagn as are some other cities of the land not very
far from home. The New York City election. how
ever, has widespread interest at least the news
paper dispatches would have us believe such is the
There is peculiar interest attaching to what
evr goes on in New York, from divorce scandal
or murder trial among the "400' to municipal
election police department corruption The in
terest attaching to these things probably arises
from the fact that New York is the biggest city in
The country-the leader and we are all supposed to
have interest III what our leaders are doing
whether it be in the divorce courts or in fashions
for and
With all its wonders and with the leadership of
the city acknowledged by the whole country there
yet remains certain modesty about the people of
the city which is charming, Only last week the
dispatches in telling of the progress of the cam
pagn of vituperation contained the modest an
nouncement that the office of mayor is "next in
Importance to the Presidency of the United Statesn
Next in Importance! Bah! Did not the good peo-
pie consider Theodore Roosevelt unfit for the
office of mayor of New York, did they not do
everything in their power to prevent his political
advancement New Workers are altogether too
modest about the Importance of their city and the
mayoraty. The Presidency is essentially second
airy to the mayoralty of the city, as is proven by
historical facts. In justice to themselves and the
fair name of New York, the truth ought to be told.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
TO CONTROL THE MISSOURI.

Missouri capitalist according to the Kansas
City Star, has offered to confine the Missouri river
in a fixed channel if the state will guarantee to
him deed to all the land reclaimed if his under
taking should be successful. We do not know if
his proposal has been given serious consideration
not-probably not, for it would be an almost i'm
possible task to secure from the owners of lands
along the river deed to any that might be re-
claimed by the enterprise. The eccentricties of
the Missouri river are well known, and many sto-
ries are told, some Of which are founded on fact,
about how the stream will change its course, plac-
ing mans farm on |'the other side of the river,
night. If the stream could be confined to a
single channel, millions of acres of valuable land
would be reclaimed, and many thousands of dollas-
of actual loss annually sustained during the spring
rise would be obviated
According to the STAR the contractor proposes
to the methods which have reclaimed large
in The Netherlands; he would dixie the stream
ON both sides from one side of the state to the
other, taking out unnecessary curves and wide
sweeps, and giving the stream as near a straight
path practicable. The contractor would of
course, expect to make money out of the scheme or
he would never have made his offer And his profit
would be confined to the profits coming from the
reclaimed land. He wants and asks nothing for
adding couple of hundred miles of navigable river
to the state of Missouri an asset that would prove
of no less value than the land made tillable 1t
would be stupendous job, with more than one
chance for failure, but the proposal indicates that
such thing as controlling the cratic stream is
considered possible by at least one man. who offers
to take a chance on the correctness of his views,
and it will probably be followed in the next few
years by undertaking by the federal authorities
who in much better position to command the
money to do the work than the state of Missouri
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
SARTORIAL ADORNMENT.

Some kind friend or more likely some ambitious
advertiser frequently favors with picture book
of styles for men, showing the extremes and the
more conservative models for the current season in
mems wearables In the latest style book. we learn
that the broad shoulders which have been SO stylish
of hate years are going out No longer viii the
counter jumper whose most strenuous exertions
would be required to shoulder fifty-pound sack of
shot appear before the public with chest evelop-
ment equal to Jeffries and shoulders that would
be the envy of a Hercules. Hereafter we are to
have shoulders more after the kind we have de
veloped by hard work and natural physique. If they
are puny we will be in better style than if have
exerted ourselves and developed them to the point
of ungainliness, if withal usefulness. There is
feature of the style book. however, which should
bring Joy to the hearts of those of us who pride
ourselves on our physique. The pictures of the
young in the latest cut of coat show them with
nice little pipe in their faces, or a cigarette neatly
held in the right hand-such a shapely hand, too.
The puny size of the head of young men remains
as good form, too especially among the more ex-
IRENE models. The pipe is fait, the cigarette
ditto. broad shoulders are on the wane, and we
still have last winters suit to out We fear we
shall be hopelessly out of style the coming season
Rude are at times impelled to say I'M
pleasant things about the artificialty of the wo-
men folks. They all know that no young women have
been gifted with half bushel of hair, but of
they realize that the modern hat requires a slighU
addition to the hirsute adornment, and they do look
pretty nice when they get rugged out. Perhaps we
have been unfair to them in our criticisms, but
when they see in the latest style cut of coat we
need. not be surprised if we should be asked if we
have been live have fallen away so.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
BOTTLED GAS.

Some time ago we commented on consular re-
port from the American representative to the Ter
man empire in which the consul told of the success
of an invention which promised to revoutionlze
the illumination of at least that part of the world
where the population is somewhat scattered Taking
advantage of the invention, company made up
of prominent financiers, including Ebert ii, Gary
Theodore P. Shonts. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
Theodore n Vail has been organized to exploit the
new illuminana. The company, according to the
newspaper account is a $5,0000C0 corporation and
has secured the American rights in the invention OF
the German. The new illuminant is called blaugas.
after the name of the inventor, Herr Blau. The
first factory for the manufacture of the lllu-
minant in America has been opened in Long Island
City and it is the intention to build other factories
wherever there promises to be a field for the
product
Blaugas is manufactured from the refuse of pc
troeum after the kerosene, gasoline benzne, vase
line etc. have been extracted from it. 1t is said the
at the head of the corporation stole
march on the Standard Oil company, but that cor
poraion is resting easily in the knowledge that the
raw materials are in its control and will probably
find some way to secure an interest in the new IL
Eliminating gas if it finds such possession desirable.
Unlike ordinary illumnants, blaugas can be deliv-
cred in tanks to the place where it is wanted where
after attaching the tank to a simple contrivance it
can be used until the tank is exhausted, when
other be substituted 1t is not believed present
methods of illumination in cities will be seriously
affected by the new invention, but it is said to be
especially valuable in outlying districts, on FARMS
and in small communities not equipped with pres
ent-day lighting apparatus For automobiles too
it is expected to prove valuable convenience
Speaking of the blaugas, Theodore P. Shonts said
in interview in New York this week:
at gives a marvelously beautiful white light
1t does not need great pipes to convey it to the
house 1t can be compressed in tubes and carried
in delivery wagons to the house like milk bottles
1t is cheaper to make than ordinary gas though
doubt whether it will replace gas where pipes are
already laid
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

quench." She alone, today stands for the entire
teaching of Jesus Christ-a laborer and the ward
of aborer-and she would be untrue to her divine
mission were she anything but friend to the la
boring man.
A Catholic or indeed, any laborer need have no
fear IN submitting his case to the judgment of his
church, II she had the power she would enforce his
rights. John Mitchell has already given testimony
! that at the council board of the commission ar
pointed by the United States for the adjustment of
misunderstanding between the great industrial cor
poratlons and the labor unions the laboring man
had no more eloquent advocate or warmer friend
than Catholic bishop who was a member of the
commission.
Granting that society or combination for the
protection of labor is well and prudently managed,
that 1t is directed by honest men, that it protests
against unlawful acts and is not oath-bound, the
Church lends its support to it and wishes it Good
speed" As to collateral issues which may arise.
such whether it is polite prudent to enter upon
contest, whether greater misery will follow from
strike, whether the hope of victory or the risk of
losing all is to be preferred these the Church leaves
to be settled by the calm Judgment the experience
and the good sense of the themselves.
The Catholic Church. no matter what her enc
mics may say is and has ever been the protector
and the friend of the working man and of the OPP
pressed. Her attitude towards them is well illus
trated by passage from the address lately deliv-
cred at Hyde Park by Mr.. Hyndman, the well
known London Socialist. We quate from the Au-
gust 2Sth number of America, published in New
York:
"The authors who represent the middle-class
economy of our times, the Protestant divine whose
creed is the devil take the hindmost here and here
after, fail to discover anything but luxury, de-
bauch and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church of the
fifteenth century. 1t is high time that, without
any prejudice in favor of that Church. the nonsense
which has been foisted to the public by men in
terested in suppressing facts should be exposed
The Church, all know, was the one body in
which equality of conditions existed from the start
The lands of the Church were held in trust for the
people, whose absolute right to assistance when in
sickness and In poverty was never disputed. Uni
versites schools, roads, reception houses hospitals
poor-relief all were maintained out of the Church
funds Even the retainers dismissed after tie wars
of the roses were in great part kept from actual
starvation by the conventual establishment and by
the parish priest"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
INLAND WATERWAYS.

The sentiment III favor of digging canals
improving river channels In such way as to make
them navigable and generally taking up the 1ues-
ton of inland waterways, has grown wonderfully
during the past decade Some of this sentiment
may be accounted for ON the ground Of hostility
to The railroads of the country the belief being that
water transportation coming in competition with
the railroads will necessarily compel the railroads
to reduce their rates. More of this sentiment in
favor of inland waterway improvements is based
the needs of the country without reference as to
how it will affect the railroads There is no reason
to believe that the great strides made in America in
the last hundred years, will be checked and every
to believe that the country will continue for
many years to develop its resources, to increase in
population and to enlarge in opportunities for the
industrious and capable. The nation has by no
means reached the limit of its ability to support
life there is here for as many more people as
have today, and the time will come when the
United States will hold within her borders more
than 200000O00 people. When this time comes. of
course there must come with it either more frugal
standard of living or greater economy in produc-
ton and transportation. This does not mean thar
the high standards of the present day will be sinner
seeded by lower standard, but economy will be
widely practiced 1t costs more to build rail
roads than it did few years ago; it costs more
to maintain them in good repair and it costs more
to operate them. Wages are higher, and coal is
getting scarcer as the years roll round And the
cost of these things no doubt will increase rather
than decrease as the years roll by For economy of
transportation, therefore, we must look to other
means than the railroads. Waterways seem to of
fer the most practical solution of the problem.
Other nations have improved the river channels
within their borders and have dug canals where
there were no rivers to be improved
commission recently sent to Europe to study
the waterways of the continent has Just returned
but has not yet made report of its findings How
ever, it is generally understood that Germany has
the most complete system of inland waterways of
any country. In Germany, however, the idea of
water transportation has not been to make canals
of sufficient depth to float first-cass battleshps
or any other oeean-going vessels The German
canals have been built after well-laid plans and
they have been standardized as far as possible
Llght-draft barges are towed by stern-wheel tugs.
with tugs and barges of similar construction and
capable of carrying about the same cargoes. The
have been made one meter deep (about
thlrty-nine inches), and over this depth the coal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

would be due to the carelessness or incompetence
the man taking the observation which would De
practically impossible in the case OF these explor-
ers The other, mechanical error, might be eIInl-
mated by using instruments of the highest class OF
could be detected later by testing the sextant Inc
third would be due to refraction-the alteration Oh
the direction of luminous ray coming from "
heavenly body-and at any point but at the pole II
self would be almost unavoidable anywhere else Oh
the earth.
The commonest illustration of refractlon Is that
of an oar which looks as though it were bent when
coming out of the water. And thus it is with ray
of light from the sum- which is DETECTED when 1t
reaches the denser air near the surface of the earth
Even this error however, can be corrected by
good mathematician. Now without the light OF the
sum- neither Peary or Cook could make absolutely
accurate observations with the sextants, and TINS IS
why Peary waited for the sun.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND LABOR
COMBINATIONS.

The Catholic Church condemns injustice alike
in the employer and the employed. She pronounces
officially on the employer who treats the mar
who works for him unfairly and cruelty; she goes
further and puts the employer who "defrauds the
laborer of his wages" in class with murderers She
is not opposed to labor combinations or labor soce.
ties provided these societies respect the law of God
and the natural and civil rights of man.
But she is opposed to tyranny, come from what
source it may-from corporations Or individuals.
from broadcloth or homespun. If labor combina
tions encourage tyranny and prosecute non-nem-
bers, inflict injury on innocent persons DESTROY
property, damage machinery and encourage riot
and bloodshed consent to any member of a labor
society doing these things then the Church is com
PEELED to withdraw her encouragement to hold aloof
from these combinations or societies. and warn her
children against participating in injustice. The
temptation to violence is very great in these com
binations for there always in them hot-headed
or designing men with nothing to lose and much to
gain by agitation who foster quarrels between mas
tiers and men, and when wages are stopped food
scarce and the wolf at the door, it is easy for these
agtators to prompt TO deeds of violence and inius-
tice, and difficult for to maintain temper. pa
thence and forbearance until things are adjusted.
But when the taken to secure the lawful
demands of labor within the moral and civil
laws, the Church, far from condemning these So
cieties will be true to her traditions and will assist
the laborer to obtain what she teaches are his rights
before God and man. The Catholic Church has ever
sympathized with the oppressed She was founded
by Him who was sent ito preach good tidings to
the poor, to set at liberty them that are bruised
and to proclaim relief to the oppressed" and Of
whom it was foretold "The bruised reed he shall
not break and the smoking flax he shall not
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

mines of Westphalia annually ship some 15,000,Ooo
tons of coal.
There can be little doubt that the waterways Of
America need great deal of improvement and de-
velopment However, that the work of improve
nent and development should go forward under
well-digested plans is essential to obtain the best
results. The work of canal building and equippinp
cannot be left to individuals, whose object would
be to excel his rivals in the size Of his barges or
tugs Germany is getting good results out of her
canal systems. These results possible ONLY
because the whole system built plans which
permitted no variation. Before America begins
stupendous tack, the lessons learned by the Ger.
mans should be given to US. That the work should
be done under the direction of the federal authori
ties seems to be settled In this way only is it pos
sibe to standardize plans and carry the work to a
conclusion with any degree of uniformity
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICIT
GARD FROM BISHOP scA-1AN

feel my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
c generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
and gar5 Of priest sister or anyone else 10
authorized permitted TO solicit collect in this
diocese for purpose whatever with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such a document, he or
She rs the may be, should be regarded by all as
a fraud and an imposter. L. SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. It's circulation In Mon
tena, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large Only reliable firms and
business men advertise in the paper All subscribers
will find IT to their advantage when about to invest,
purchase or consult business matters read
the list Of our advertisers We only recommend,
but ask for them the patronage Of ali our readern
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Of course the disappointment is great when
we discover that what worked for was not what
we wanted, but the struggle was worth more than
the accomplishments it was honorable at all
times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Sometimes when duty calls we pretend to think
the voice comes from some other direction, and
rush away from it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

to the psalmist. And not even refined vaudeville
will then suffice to keep the churches open
"But you won't find the Catholic churches clos
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

The fact that there is money in some things Is
not necessarily guarantee that we can get any
money out of them
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Mrs Annie Besant acknowledges the frosts Of
10000 winters, but she is young yet. We trust she
will survive few years, in the hope that she
viii soon attain the dignity of age.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

The man who is "going to" do big things al
wary has lots of time to tell about Them but the
man who is doing them is too busy to talk He
will talk about them after they are done
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

1t is easy to impute wrong motives to others,
because so many guesses are wrong.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Certainly if there is anything in the weather
that develops poets, Utah ought to have big crop
Of October poems this year.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Nothing makes ordinarily sound and well
man appreciate the blessings of health like being
laid up for a day or two.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

1t does not necessarily follow that vegetarian
should develop urbanity as result of. his diet
Hal Ha!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

In the business world, an emergency arises when
it becomes desirable to merge several companies
into trust
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

man who can be bought discovers that he de-
teriorates in value very rapidly after a few sales
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Enthusiasm added to our work will shorten the
hours and make our burden lighter to hear.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

1t is easy to put off little things, but they grow
bigger every time wo do it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Everything is impossible to the fellow who will
not try to do anything
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

The world is always against those who try to
lean on it for support.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Most women are coneeited because they are
pretty; most men are conceited because they don't
know any better
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

The tax collector sends only one bill. and he lets
the other fellow worry about when it will be paid
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

The most prevalent idea of fair play is to fare
better than the other fellow.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

When your air castles begin to get wobbly it Is
time to descend to earth and study the defects in
your foundation
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30

Some people measure friendship by what they
can borrow from their friends
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30


1t is easy to put off little things, but they grow
bigger every time wo do it.
Everything is impossible to the fellow who will
not try to do anything.
The fact that there is money in some things Is
not necessarily guarantee that we can get any
money out of them.
The world is always against those who try to
lean on it for support.
Most women are coneeited because they are
pretty; most men are conceited because they don't
know any better
The tax collector sends only one bill. and he lets
the other fellow worry about when it will be paid
Nothing makes an ordinarily sound and we'll
man appreciate the blessings of health like being
laid up for day or two
The most prevalent idea of fair play is to fare
better than the other fellow
Certainly if there is anything in the weather
that develops poets, Utah ought to have big crop
of October poems this year.
Some people measure friendship by what they
can borrow from their friends
When your air castles begin to get wobby it Is
time to descend to earth and study the defects in
your foundation