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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
LEWIS RICH AND RARE.

IL may be true that the American
people are too lavish in their expendi-
lures. but, after all, it is cheering
to know that they have the money TO
spend. Whether they invest in auto
mobiles or precious stones doesn't
matter very much, although the lat
ter do not wear out and come in
mighty handy as collateral I'm times Of
great stress.
The country is prosperous. no
doubt about that. The extent Of such
prosperity can best be Judged from the
August report OF the appraiser Of the
port Of New York, who states that the
imports Of precious stones during the
month amounted to 100000 in ex-
cess OF the imports for the same pc
Rod in 1909: and sS.OOO.OOO more
rnan the receipts Of August. 1908.
The appraised value Of precious
stones and pearls for the month is
S4.315.s9O.27. as compared with
S3.262.O99 I'm August. 1903, and ST.
257.s6s I'm August, 1908.
An average crop being now assured
money spent abroad viii soon begin
to flow back across the ocean Con-
sequeutly there is no good reason FOR
viewing with alarm the importation
OF diamonds and other precious
stones.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09

year aggregated 1.O52.5OO tons. divid-
ed thus: Europe. 5O5.sOO tons; United
States, 339.7OO tons; Mexico, $4,000
tons: Australia, 1920 tons. The
United States consumed 365.2OO tons
OF lead: Germany. 21s.2OO tons; Great
Britain. 199.5OO tons; France, 10000
tons: Russia. $500 tons.
or tin. 1Os,SOO tons were produced
in 1909. Of which $500 tons came
from the Straits Settlements ports;
$500 tons from Bolivia: Germany
produced Cmainly from Bolivian ores)
$500 tons. The consumption OF tin
was distributed: United States. Assoc
tons: England. 1850 tons; Germany.
.17.1OO tons; France, $3.50 tons. and
Belgium. 1900 tons.
The zinc production in 1903 was
7S9.200 tons. of which the United
states contributed 24O,44s tons; Ger
many. 22O.1OO tons, and Belgium 49,
100 tons.
In 1909 the world produced 5000
tons OF nickel. the chief contributors
being the United states. 5000 tons;
Germany. 800 tons. and England.
?. 500 tons.
or aluminium. 24.2OO tons were pro-
duced and $4,000 tons consumed
throughout the world. while the pro-
duction Of quicksilver amounted to
:. 200 tons. OF which Great Britain took
LAS and Germany 723 tons.
The figures are particularly interest
/ ing on account Of the great increase
I'm the consumption OF copper I'm the
| United states. the excess over 1905
being more than 100000 tons. It is
probable an equal amount is being
/ consumed this year. and that under
| normal conditions the year 1911 will
make an equally favorable showing.
In the production OF lead. zinc and
nickel the United States easily main
| tanned its lead as well. as I'm the mat
| ter o consumption.
Utah being one OF the great copper
/ and lead-producing states. is vitality
interested in the statistics showing
how much or these metals is beins
used at home and abroad. a careful
re-lew OF the figures from Germany
fnclines one to take an optimistic view
regarding the market during the com
ing year.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
woRLp.s NrErAL PRopUCTION.

Figures given by three German joint
stock mctallurgical' companies furnish
conclusive proof Of the supremacy OF
the United States. both I'm the prOduc-
ton and consumption of metals.
The world production Of copper in
1909. for instance. aggregated $4,000
metric tons. 2.204.6 pounds. which ex-
ceeds by about 100000 tons that Of the
year before. Tho United States had
the largest share. 49s.2OO tons. an in
crease OF about 16 per cent over the
output in 1908. The world consump-
tion OF copper in 1903 reached 7S2. 500
tons. exceeding that Of the preceding
year by $500 tons. The giant share
in the consumption fell 70 the United
states. and amounted to 31s,9OO tons.
against 20S.S0O tons i'm 1905: Germany
consumed 1890 tons: England. 109-
100 tons. France. 1900 tons.
The world production OF lead last
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
sorrH ANrERIcAN TRADE.

notwithstanding our lack or mer-
chant marine the trade Of the United
states with South America IS slowly
growing. and this, too, I'm the face OF
active competition on the part Of the
United Kingdom and Germany Some
encouraging figures were given a few
DAYS ago regarding our trade with
Brazil. a healthy growth being shown.
Now comes a report from the United
states consul at Puerto Cabello. Venc-
zucia. stating that although the i'm
rorts into that Venezuelan port de-
creased from S1.729.039 in 1903 to
s1.4O5.956 in 1903. the United states
made a gain % Si7.692 in its sales,
tue imports therefrom being valued at
S4g6.Sz1 in 1909. against S3SS.629 in
1905. The United Kingdom and Ger
many lost S298.130 and S1O7.243. re-
spectiveiy. as compared with their
sales IN 1905. For the first time the
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09

United States led all other countries
in the import trade OF the port
These good results are due for the
most part TO the policy OF Elihu Root
when secretary OF state. which has
been followed out and enlarged upon
by Secretary Knox under the present
administration. With a sufficient
number OF vessels in the carrying
trade a much larger proportion Of the
commerce Of South America could be
secured. In spite OF this serious han
dicap, however. President Taft and
his advisers are doing a great work
in binding the Latin-Americsn re-
publics to the United States in com
mercial way.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
TIE GAMBLING SPIRIT.


Il has often been claimed that all
OF the men and most of the women in
the world are born gamblers. Man
kind is probably slandered by such
broad assertion. but not to any con-
siderable extent.
In the United states countless thou
sands Of persons imbued with the
gambling spirit try their luck i'm Wall
street. playing the railroads. indus
trials. cotton or any other commodity
or enterprise to win or lose. according
TO their fancy. Then there is the
I board of trade in Chicago. where it is
| possible TO bet that grain or provisions
will go up or down.
These are recognized forms or gam
bling in which the doctor OF divinity
can indulge without being called to
account by the good people 20 who-h
he administers. 1t is possible. too. to
play Tor high stakes. and the 'piker"
has no show for his money.
/ Horse racing used TO be popular as
\ a means OF getting rid OF cash that
otherwise might have found its wsy
10 the tills OF the butcher or groocrv-
man. but the lid has been put on in
most Of the states. and it isn't good
sorm TO play the races at the present
time.
Faro. poker. the wheel" craps and
the thousand other alluring games so
popular I'm the mining camps during
tho carly days. are against the law
and are tolerated in but few cOmmu-
mites II is even an offense against
the peace and dignity OF the United
states to print n lottery advertisement.
Yet the gambling spirit has not been
wholly allayed. Americans will play
the slot machine when the bank"
isn't running. pitch dollars into a pint
cup or even spit at a crack I'm the floor.
the loser TO buy the drinks, rather than
not take a chance.
over in England they have a new
+ form Of gambling. In that tight little
isle insurance has been made TO cover
almost every happening. such as the
death OF the sovereign, climatic condi-
tons affecting the success OF a pa
, Ecant. n horse show. an agricultural
fair. etc. and now a new form OF in
surance has been inaugurated which
will enable persons whose holidays
have been marred b. rain to obtain,
under certain conditions. monetary
compensation.
s Underwriters are prepared to insure
e against one-tcnth OF an inch Of rain
, falling on more than two days a week
- at any towns on the south and east
coasts Of England between Bourne
j mouth and Scarborough, where tho
n daily rainfall is either officially pub
= lished or where satisfactory records
r can be obtained.
n As matter OF fact. by paying n pre-
s. MUM one can insure I'm Londor
against anything happening. the pre-
MUM in its last analysis being merely
a bet against odds laid by the insur
L ance companies.
\ A great many forms Of insurance
Z policies arc used in the United States
= but the business has not reached tn
pure gambling degree that obtains Il
n Great Britain just at present. 1t vii
o come in course Of time. IL there 8
r money 70 be made and the laws do no
z prevent.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
sONTE OPPORTUNITIES.

A correspondent Of The Herald-Re-
publican believes that an opportunity
presents itself in this city TO one Of
the daily newspapers in fostering and
building up home Industries and home
business Of all kinds" This paper
fatters itself that It has been doins
that very thing ever since the first
number was issued. It certainly has
no regrets on that score
OF the good things that might be
secured. the correspondent has this
to say:
The location OF salt Lake is such
that 90 can be made the head
quarters for all lines of enter
prise and professional work and
that is what we need 90 sustain
the city and make II whas IL
should be. TAKE. fOS instance,
fire and life insurance compa-
mics. We should have at lea &
STATE headquarters here for al
Of them. But. as a matter OK
fact. the greater part Of our in
suranco. placed through local
agencies. comes through head
quarters at either Denver or san
Francisco. and both Of these cit
les get a nice big slice Of she
commission
Again. nearly all states I'm the
union require by law that in
eurancc companies must invest
certain sums Of money in sccuri-
ties within the state in which
the business IS done. There fS
perhaps a million dollars paid
annually in this state for lie
and fire insurance prcmg ~
this million dollars. or even halt
Of &C.. was invested in +his state,
IL would soon add a great deal TO
our wealth. The wa it is now
money IS going out OF the state
all the time and very little OF q
is coming back.
Again. I'm the way OF wholesaler
there are many statesmen coming
here from Denver and SAL Fran
cisco that represent houses car
rying stocks in those towns All
the patriotic citizens OF salt
Lake ought TO buy only from
such houses that carry the stock
here. a concerted move OF ms
character should be made IN 'hi
city. There are many more
things I can mention. but / ar
not sufficiently posted
Ali good citizens, as we'll as the
newspapers. are interested in the up.
/ building Of salt Lake as a wholesale
point. There are wholesale houses
here at the present time doing an en-
ormous amount Of business. Tha
| there are not more lines represente,
is due to the fact that freight rate
would not admit Of their being con
Quoted at a profit Under the work
ings Of the new railroad law It is pos
sible this. state OF affairs Will b.
remcdied.
| As regards a law requiring the In
vestmcnt OF money within the stat
by insurance companies, that is a mat
ter for the legislature to decide.
/ seems to have worked well en- othe
states and probably would do the sam
in Utah. The proposition has beef
advocated before. however, withou
causing anything like demand for it
i enactment into law.
The Herald-Republican does no
feel that il has neglected a single op
portunity during its career TO say
good word for the city and state fror
which il derives its support. Will
others have knocked" this paper Ia
always boosted" It's conscience
j clear. and IT stands ready at all time
10 put its shoulder % the wheel
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09

Two-thirds OF the men elected to
form a constitution for New Mexico
are Republicans. sane and sensible
document being thus assured.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09

Uncle Sam won five out OF the
seven points involved in the fisheries
disputes, but the whopper got away.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09
UENYER & RIO eRGNDE TIME TABLE
(Effeotive June -. 1olO)


Drpart-Dniiy.
Provo, Mantf and Marysvaic.. $50 am.
bingham and Bingham juno. $500 am
Denver. Chicago and East. SIZE am
ogden and intermediate points.10:25 am
ogden and san Francisco. LAS pm.
ogden san Fran. and Vest. 2.55 pm.
ogden. san Fran, Portland. 1850 pm.
Midvalo and Bingham. ....... ESQ pm
Denver. Chicago and East. 4:O5 pm.
Provo. Tintic and inter. points. b:O5 D m.
ogden and tntermcdiate points $40 pm.
Denver Chicago and East. 7:10 PM
Grand juno. and inter. points. 7:10 pm.
ogden. san Fran. Portland IL 80 pm.
Arrivc-Daiiy.
Ogden san Fran. Portland . $3.50 m
OGDEN and intermediate points $500 n m.
Provo. Tintic and inter. points. 1920 am.
bingham and Midvale. -..-.-.l 1880 am.
Denver. Chicago and East. 1880 pm
ogden and intermediate points 1:fg pm.
Denver. Chicago and East. 2.15 pm.
Grand juno. and inter. points. 2.30 I'M
ogden and san Francisco 1855 pm.
bingham and Midvale. 5.f5 pm.
Provo Mand. Marysvale.
Heher --------- go. zee n'W1 pm
ogden. san Fran, Portland. 900 p. M
Denver. Chicago and East. -ll.l3 pm
Ogden san Fran. Portland... T.lo ~ M
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-09

Now they are trying TO induce Mayor
GaynOr to go out beyond his depth.
The presidency is bespoken.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

into other and strange hands or be-
come neglected and abandoned, as is
the condition in many States, will de-
pend largely upon the effort on the
present-day farm father and mother
to make the farm home and the
farm rivals in attractiveness of the
other life in the city.
The Neglect of Modern Conveniences.
Perhaps the chief failure OF farm
life to compete with the town is in
the lack of comforts, often regarded
by the farm father as Injuries, the
possession of which has no interest
to him. In far too many farm homes
there is not only an entire lack of
comfort but some of the most neces-
sary requisites to health in the way
of sanitary conveniences about the
farm home are wanting. Occasion
ally the children from these neg
lected homes go into the town, per-
haps to visit city cousin. The in
come of this city family may be
small, but the home is heated, il
has bathroom and electric lights
The young people from the neigh
borhood come in after tea. The ia.
Their enjoys his evening paper in ar
adjoining well heated, well lighted
room. When the city cousin return,
the visit he finds stoves for heating
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

dren are to fol-
low t h e profess
sion of their par
ents or a r e to
seek a new life
and new occupa-
t / o n elsewhere.
Whether the farm
is to develop un-
der the direction
Of the new gener-
alton or pass over
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
By Mrs. F. L. Stevens.

kerosene lamps, cold halls, no bath
room. The family rises at o'clock
in the morning the year round. with
the days work often extending far
into the night during the busy sea-
son. She sees the mother in the
family cooking food under discour-
aging conditions. no equipment ex-
cept that with which she set up
housekeeping in the early days. She
sees this mother washing clothes in
old-fashioned tubs and boiling them
in the old-fashioned kettle in the
yard. The roads are so bad one
half the year that visiting among
neighbors is difficult and during the
other half the pressure OF work is so
great that there is neither the in
clination nor facility for this pas
time.
Making the Farm Home More At.
tractiye.
Is 1t a wonder, then, that the
farm boy says: "I'll never farm un-
less can get capital enough to farm
right and have a home with some of
the comforts that our town cousins
enjoy?" The girl says: "T'll never
work hard to maintain a home where
there are no conveniences. nor sub
nit TO. the solitary confinement en-
dured by my mother"
! am not talking OF the very poor
man on the farm, because the poor
est people In the cities live harder
lives than the poorest people on the
farms, but / do wish to reach the
people who think they are too poor
but are not.
The lack OF these necessary COM
forts are not so often due TO lack
OF money as to lack OF forethought
and interest in making the farm
home all that 1t should be. Those
who have read the articles in our
'Housekeepers' Special know that
an improved water supply, bath
room, etc, is in reach OF nearly every
farmer; so is better kitchen equip
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
1.-THE WEED.

Here's to the weed!
Bully for him, his forebears and his
seed,
I sing his own innateness
Of qualities of greatness.
Choose any little spot
Of all your garden plot,
Dig it and pulverize and plant the
seed
OF any flower you please. Up comes
the weed.
Sit down beside it with your hoe
And watch it grow.
Chop off it's top, dig up its seed,
Tomorrow you behold-the weed.
1t is the first thing
Above the ground in the spring.
1t is the last to go
Before the winter snow.
Spurn it and smite it.
Burn it and blight it,
You cannot spite it.
Still with humility complete,
1t casts itself beneath you feet.
Chop it and crop it; if you nod,
It's head peeps through the sod.
Curse it full seventy times and seven,
And still it meekly points its green
toward heaven.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
THE HOME CIRCLE
Two Poems of Perseverance.

So ! say, here's to it!
For undiscouraged grit,
For pure git-up-and-git,
Consistent and insistent
Stick-to-it and hang-by-it,
Keep-at-it and re-try-it.
The weed, unarmed, unloved, un-
aided,
Has all the garden faded,
Edmund Vance Cooke, in the
Woman's Home Companion.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
Illus KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON.

If the day looks kinder gloomy
An your chances kinder slim,
If the situations puzzlin'
An the prospects awful grim,
An perplexities keep pressin'
Till all hope is nearly gone,
JUS bristle up and grit your teeth.
An keep on keepin' on.
Fumin' never wins a fight
An frettin' never pays;
There amt no good in broodin' in
These pessimistic ways.
Smile JUS kinder cheerfully
When hope is nearly gone.
An bristle up, and grit your teeth,
An keep on keepin' on.
Backbone.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
MAKING THE FARM HOME ATTRACTIVE.

Complaints
People the Farm-The Average Farmer Could
Better Water Supply Bathroom, Better Kitchen
Equipment, Music-Think boutI
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

when they were old enough to sell.
father sold them and kept the money.
They had always been my calves.
and / think | should have had at
least part OF the money they
brought"
Make the Boys and Girls Partners in
Farm Work.
The unreasonable demands of the
farm father for the faithful, unre-
warded service of the farm boy. has
driven more than one boy from the
farm into other pursuits. As early
as the boy or girl shows the faintest
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
Books, Pictures, and Music.

Books, Pictures, and Music.
The farm home abeve all others
should be provided with good books,
magazines, newspapers and good pic
lures. If the farm home is 10 hold
the boy and girl in contentment
there must be opportunities for rec
reative reading and self-culture. This
personal bit of experience comes
from a farm mother: THE sons stud
led various phases of soil, the Guilt
walton OF crops; but when they left
the daily toll and entered the home
the soil did not enter with them.
We all love our work, but when the
evening comes and the days duties
are done, we turn to books. pictures.
and music before we go to bed. The
children's friends are welcomed III
they come If they do not. we have
taught ourselves how TO entertain
ourselves and to entertain each 9th
err. One of my girls was encouraged.
because she loved TO work, TO take
up home course in English litera-
ture. Father and myself read with
her because we were deficient in the
matter, and besides all children need
older companionship in work or
play"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
PRICE IS CENTS

A select assortment Of al kinda At Ns~dles. Ae.
which would cost you four timss the price d
bought separately. and then efssn difficult h %.
tain the prcp<s stsss yoo dssira.
The Seedks are hishiy pelsshsd md perfectly
tspersd. thus sewing with greater sass. and have
improved eycs and stree Gthessd points 20 that
they do not cut the fhrssA o. hr~sk easily
The assossmsa, 10 jus, What every family wsass.
Send only one 25-ccnt Circulation Rails
ing Subscription and we will mail you,
postage paid. Work Basket Companion
as described above.
The Progressive Farmer and cazstte,
Starkviile. Miss.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

OST OF THE middle aged
N farmers and their wives, now
Az living on the farms, will re-
main there for life. The important
consideration is whether the chill
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

ment, and the books and music need
ed for the interior of the home as
we'll as paint for the exterior.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
Revive the Old Country Amusemcnts

The lack of wholesome amuse-
ment and social life in farm
neighborhood Is responsible for at
least some OF the discomfort among
that we see the passing of many OF
the old-time entertainments which
played so large part in the social
life OF the country in days gone by
The singing school, the spelling
bee" the quilting" corn huskinTs
and corn roasts. Our young people
to-day invariably turn 10 the towns
for their pleasures and amusements
The amusements for the boy and
girl OF the farm must OF necessity be
different In nature from town enter
tainments. although with good roads
and easy mode OF transportation the
town and country may frequently
join social forces. Most OF the girls
who leave the farms to-day TO be-
come clerks. stenographers or teach
ers have seen their mothers grow
gray doing house work. gardening.
raising chickens. putting up fruit.
doing the milking and rearing chill
dren. rs IL any wonder" said a
young girl. that we prefer man
who wears clean linen. has n suit OF
clothes or two. shayes and bathes
regularly and gives his people a few
pleasures OF life? It's useless to
plead poverty. The trouble is. that
the farmer wants all the land in
sight. and they're close listed" The
boys have gone 10 the city because
they objected to the long days work.
the absence of incentive or reward
for the hardest kind OF labor. IL
reared two calves" said boy;
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-08
GOvERHM- Mt MEN
WILL MEET HERE

To reach an understanding regard
ing the inspection of mining and
homestead claims In national forests.
a meeting of about 100 representa-
tiyes OF the department of tho interior
and the department of agriculture has
heen called for Saturday at Ogden
The meeting viii attract land office
and forest service officials from most
of the departments west OF the Mis-
souri, river, and the outcome OF the
meeting will be OF great importance.
The meeting has been called at the
request OF James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture and r a Ballinger. sec
retary Of the Interior. after an inyeS-
tigation OF the conditions as they ex-
ist.
At present. when a mining or a
homestead claim comes up for pat
ent on a national forest, IL is the duty
of both the forestry officials and the
land office officials to make an inspec-
ton. In some cases the land office
turns down the claim for patent,
while the forest service officials ac.
cept the claim.
The requirements of the one de.
partment for a patent are different
from those of the other department.
1t is to establish uniform system
OF inspecting the claims and prob.
ably to leave the inspection to one
department that the meeting is being
held.