Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31

| oSiitl sections were almost NUnal1I-
| prislng, especially those Of tl,e Lake and
Paciilr coast cities Men living today
Were counted in the first federal CON
sus of Chicago In 1870 when tho nopuln
tioh was only 4,479 Now II is 2lS5o,S
easily the country's second city
The census also shows thot Nov.
York state has one-tcnth Of Tho nnnu-
laticn of the entire country eli3 27o
This means that tho conversational IoIo.
cation from tho cmpire state VIII ho
one-t.nth of the entire horse or renro-
scntatives Tho prcscn, ncmhnrshin@
OF That body Is 39l. of whom AZ nrc from
New York state For thc first timc i'm
It's history the population of New York
city has outstripped that of thn rcst nf
the state, the figures being 4. 100. $50
Ei' El'f-iiAl- ACTIVITIES,
Throughout tho vco, tho ,,,vorn,ron,
kept on the trail of tho ,s,,-csl,nI ..h"h"
trusts In March the Nationni p,,l,iry
company, commonly knovn ~ thn hnni
trust, and ten subsidiary conrorns ,ycr,,
indicted for ALLEGED vin,ntions nc ~
Sherman ANTITRUST Inv md - I'm 90.
the dissolution of the alleged co,,ninu.
ton was filed In ChicDpo Novnmbr,.
% the long expected suit against thc
sugar trust was started in New York
city. 1t alleged a combination and ~
conspiracy in violation Of tho antitrust
law. and was directed al tho American
Sugar Refining comD;,nvI-,hn trusi.
30 subsidiaries. and 20 individuals A
dissolution OF the companies IL NOT
asked but that Tho court sb,l, onioIn
them, tnelr stocknoiders, ottr.it,,s GiIrci.
ors ana agents from doing any nct in
pursuance Of the conspiracy nrainst tho
antitrust law or engaging in interstate
or foreign business. Both these suits
affect interests that arc nntion-widc
The customs service was administered
with an ever increasing degree or mi
cheney, especially nj the mort Of Snw
York. where ollector Ioch ,ncn,,or,d
numerous Irtuds. both big ana lttle,
against The service. The rostotiicn do,
partmcnt came to the end of the nscn,
year With n deficit of Sc. 100 000 an i'm
provemcnt Of sll. 800 OOo ovc, thn rrc-
vious year: and following tbo ins,rur-
lions OF the president every donnrtmen+
OF the government eudenyorrd Ia con-
duct its business on lines Of rigid ccon-
omy Throughout tho vcnr tHn most
dent cari,ied an tbn ,n,,,,, 49,,
after nc took office, of trying to place
the departments on an up-to-dnte. econ
omical, yet efficient and SMOOTH
running basis. nv tho end
of March the nresidcnt had
completed the tasl; of cr,,,t.
ing the minimum rates unde,. tb,s Mn,
tariff law TO al the world IN eseh:;nrn
for similar courtesies. and In DacG,nher
he filed the bench of tho United Stiltns
supreme court by appointing Associate
Justice Edward D. White. chief Justice.
Wills Vandevanter, of tho tinted
States circuit court OF wyoming ana
Joseph Ruckcr Lamar. of thc Georgia
supreme corr, aesociato i,.,;,as. ,r,,a
now commerce t1nI, wa. ar,,n,,,,n,
Mt the Same tImo MARTIN I,,,a,,I
taken from tho chairmanshin |nr thssir,
terstate commerce commission. .Iudr,
Robert w, Archibnld .lrdpo lvi,Iion
II. Hunt. John Il. CnrlanJ and Iulinn
W. Mack. The supreme court appoInt-
mcnts were promntlv conGrmnd
The governmnnt's most ;n,r,r,,r.
dealing With n foreign marion ,rns thc
by arbitration NJ ,hn Now-
lomdland fisheries cnsr nrtnr n ais.
cussion lasting 1870 years win C,rnn,
Britain. Cannda mud Nawfo,n,lIann
The award was rendered. s.ntnrShn,.
ut The Hague ana became law ,ive',,av
later.
me issue was presented i'll the form
ol seven questions ana the decision sup
ana Great Britain on two mo nrst
question concerned tho RIGHT az c.ro,,t
Britain TO make rcason,hin rag,,,,t,nn.
without the assent OF tj,n, Trnits.d sta tns
in the matter of tnkjnr tish lnsptnn
waters of Canada and Newro1nj,nnI
The award went tn Grent Eritain. IN
this. The second nueet;on dn.,it III,
the liberty Of American ritizens to ON.
p!oy persons not inhabitnnts of tho
United States MS members az ,hcir
crews. rhc verdict was favorable 10
the American claim. The third ana
fourth questions dealt with the right OF
Canada and Newfoundland to subject