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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16
PEOPLE ARE NOT
BUYING PIANOS

New York, July 15.-Another
count has been added TO the
indictment against the auto
omblle. Benjamin Lesser. at
torney for several creditors,
who have filed petition In
bankruptcy against n local
corporation which manufac-
lures pianos, says In explaoa-
ton OF the case.
THE corporation would not
realize on Its stock OF pianos
on hand. People are not buy
ing pianos any more: they are
buying automobiles
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16
PRE- airing
FOR STRIKE
Pennsylvania Railroad
to Resist Demands
of Unions

Philadelphia. July 16-The Penn
sylvania Railroad company today is
sued Its first statement in which
strike is forecasted The company
announced that arrangements had
been made to accommodate men In
the yards of the company In West
Philadelphia. Freight cars Will be
fitted out for their accommodation
and they will be given police protec-
ton.
No strike breakers, the statement
says, will be employed and the men
will be recruited from the shops oil
the company The statement says
the company expects many of the
old men to remain loyal and In malt
ing up train crews the company viii
send out one inexperienced man Win
two experienced men.
Tho statement assert that men more
than 40 years old who leave the ser
vice cannot be re.employed
When the conference OF the labor
leaders adjourned at noon, Mr., Cor
retson said
IF we can dominate the company
by winning a strike, we can dominate
It's policy as to the age limit
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16

Hollldaysburg, Po.. July l6-The
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company TO-
day served a demand on William H.
orr. Sheriff OF Blair county, for the
appointment and swearing in OF l.
200 special policemen, whose duty
1t shall be TO protect railroad property
In the event that the threatened
strike OF the trainnen and conductors
is called .. .
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16

Now York Money.
New York, July 1G.-Money on call.
nominal. Time loans. somewhat cas-
Ter; sixty days, 3 l-2a3 81 per cent
80 days. 4a1-4, six months, Ii.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16
cHINATOWN'S TONG
WAR CONTINUES

New York. July 16-China-
towns latest murder. like the
majority OF the killings In the
never-ending tong war in that
section. is likely to go I'M
avenged by the law, Chu On.
the fourth brother, who was
shot In the On Leong territory
last night, died this morning
without regaining conscious
ness long enough 10 identify
the suspected Chinese held by
the police.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16
SUGAR and Coffee.

Now York. July 1s.-Sugar-Raw
steady: muscoyado SO test. $S so; cen
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20
This VIII Stop Your
Cough in a Hurry
Save - by Making This Cough
syrup at Home.

This recipe makes a pint OF better
cough syrup than you could buy ready
made for $3.50. A few doses usually
conuuer the most obstinate cough
stops even whooping cough quickly.
Simple as il is no better remedy can
be had at any price.
Nix one pint OF graduated sugar
with - pint OF warm water. and stir
Tor minutes Put y ounces OF Pinex
1ffty cents WORTH In pint bottle;
then add the Sugar Syrup. IL has n
nIeasant taste and lasts family long
fine. Take teaspoonful every one.
TWO or three hours.
You can feel this take hold OF a cough
I'm a way that means business. has
good tonic effect, braces up the appe-
ftte and is slightly laxative. too, which
is helpful a handy remedy for hoarse-
ness bronchitis. asthma and all throat
and lung troubles.
The effect or pine on the membranes
Is well known. PineN Us the most VAL
liable concentrated compound OF Nor
Wegiau white pine extract. and Is rlch
in guiaicol aud all the natural healing
pine elements. other preparations VIII
not work in this formula.
This PineN and Sugar Syrup recipe
has attained great popularity through
out the United states and Canada. IL
has often been initiated though never
successfully.
A guaranty OF absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this recipe. Your druggist has Ptnex
The Pinex Co. FIT. Wayne. Ind.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20
Fixes DEFENDS
HIGHER CRITICS
They Are Students Seeking More
Light Baptist Pastor Tells His
Fellow Clergymen.

Christmas preparations seriously
interfered with the attendance at the
Baptist Ministers conference. Mon
day morning. in the Woodward-ave.
Baptist church parlors, when not
more than a half dozen brethren
were called to order" by President
Fixes
The paper of the morning was
review OF Orr's book, The Faith OF
the Modern Christian, by the Rev.
Ernest A. Seymour, OF immanuei
church Mr. Seymour gave resume
OF the book that presented the au-
thors thoughts in "A comprehensive
ii tabloid way. The discussion which
followed resolved itself into the
views of those present on the natural
and supernatural acceptance OF the
Bible and its incidents, although
neither Mr.. Orr's book nor Mr. Sey-
mour's review OF II suggested any
such controversy.
Il believe the Bible 10 be super
natural book, but then I'm an old
fashioned conservative, said he
Rev c. F. Conley by way OF start
ism degenerates into naturalism, |
am entirely out OF sympathy with
il -
God laid more stress upon the
natural than the supernatural de-
clared the Rev H. H. Cooper of the
Grand River-ave. church.
The minister who says from his
pulpit OF the Bible stories, If this
H. no
that may draw a big crowd TO hear
him, but he will never save sonl. :
said the Rev J. c. Calder, emphat-
ically A man must believe before
he can preach and preach what he
believes. In the churches of the SO
called higher critics there is rare
ly conversion
The Rev. Mr. Cameron. of Wind
sor. gave another lab at the higher
critic, when he related a statement
made to him by a noted missionary
that man with higher critical
views was simply no good as mis-
sionary.
"A radical either becomes an ex-
tremist or returns to the most con
seryative belief: there is no middle
course" Mr. Cameron said this great
lllSSiNbSNlg lNohtA NOiu
Il do not believe the higher critic
TO be a monster with a cloven foot"
said the Rev. NJ. VI. p Fixes. To
my mind he is a student II he were
not seeking more light he would
not question his ground in the first
place. Truth is as old as God Him
self. There is no such thing as new
truth in this old world But there
is always new light TO be found and
the higher critic is merely seeking
new light.
II do not consider the miracles
in the Bible as supernatural Jesus
was divine being, and, therefore.
the most natural thing in the world
for him to do We're the very acts we,
IN our human limitations. recognize
and call miracles There are lust
as many miracles shown us today.
Is not the turning OF a man. black
with sin. to Christian life. a
miracle? | agree with every speaker
here this morning-it is all in the
individual point of view not in the
thing itself
The conference will meet again the
first Monday in the new year
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20
ATTACK PARCELS POST.
Combination of Mercantile Houses
Starts Vigorous Campaign.


CHICAGO Dec 19-The American
League of Associations, powerful
combination of leading mercantile
houses throughout the country has
started vigorous campaign against
the proposed establishment of local
rural parcels post service, and big
fund is available to fight the bill
now before congress.
For more than a year the organ
ization has been in the process of
formation, but heretofore all its
movements have been marked with
the utmost secrecy. The members
have been meeting in the basement of
zoos Calumet-ave, the residence of
Attorney George II. Maxwell, organ
izer and general counsel of the as
ISOLATION, and the seventeen Chicago
houses belonging have obscured their
identity by having credit men, clerks,
and others not filling official posi-
lions represent them.
But everything is now in readiness
for attack, and the personnel OF the
organization is disclosed.
Edward b. Butler of Butler Bros,
is president of the association, Geo.
RI. Partridge, vice-president, and ID.
r. Forgan. president OF the National
City bank, is its treasurer.
Last week members OF the associa-
ton began sending, Enclosed with
other mail, petitions for presentation
before congress attacking the pro-
posed Improvement.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20
Fine Display Of Christmas Beef.

A fine display of Christmas beef was
on view in Hammond. Standish e
Co S Twentieth-st warehouses, Sun.
day morning, when butchers from all
over the city were present TO make
selections The firm has installed a
new refrigerator, in which can be
stored upwards of 900 pounds OF beef
and which is lighted with powerful
Tungsten lights so that the huge
Christmas display shows to the best
advantage OF $50 sides of beef spe.
cially chosen for the Christmas trade.
over 200 weighed from coo to $50
pounds each. Each piece had been
carefully inspected by the state food
inspectors and bore their indelible
mark The beef was eagerly bought
up by the retail butchers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20
Saved From Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity IN his
family was prevented is told by A. d.
Mcdonald, of Fayetteville, N. c., r. F..
ID. No. s. My sister had consump
ton" he writes, she was very thin
and pale, had no appetite and seemed
to grow weaker every day, as all
remedies failed. till DIR. Kings New
Discovery was tried, and SO complete.
ly cured her, that she has not been
troubled with a cough since. Its the
best medicine ] ever saw or heard Of
For coughs. colds, lagrippe, asthma,
Group, hemorrhage, all bronchial tron.
bles, II has no equal. Guaranteed by
f. c. Kinsel, Central Drug Co., Gray
az Worcester.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-20

ausiness-IINe Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co, 10
John R-st Main 1893 or City sass.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08
ARNCE CONGRESS.

II is proposed Co hold "a congress I'm
London. In July. 1911, for the purpose
Of discussing. from scientific and
practical point OF view the race ques-
ti1n. II is 90 De a Universal Races
Congress" and especial attention will
De given 20 the questions that have
arisen from the relations that now
exist between Asiatlc peoples and the
rest OF the world Questions OF vital
interest TO the Chinese Japanese the
East Indians Turks. Persians. etc,
will be discussed In the light OF mod
crn knowledge
A congress OF that kind ought 10 aid
in the removal Of many prejudices that
now exist There was time when
every nation looked upon its neighbors
across the border line as barbarians
and had all kinds Of run at their "a
pense This stupidity has been very
largely removed, as the means Of inter-
national communication have facllitat-
ed intercourse between neighbors. Ma
tional preiudices have vanished But
racial prejudices still exist An enor-
nous lot OF nonsense has been said and
written about the insuperable barrier5
that separate races. A race congress
ought TO help us to obtain a more true
conception OF those barriers, II the
questions are taken up in scientific
spirit and the promotion OF truth is the
only object in view. Those who have
Travelled great deal and made OBJ
servations are prepared to admit that
the difference between races is not
nearly 50 wide as many imagine.
At the London race congress next
year, political issues will be excluded.
The American negro and the Indian
will be discussed under the head OF
The Modern Conscience In Relation to
Racial Questions" Sir Harry II. Johns
ton. the distinguished writer and trav-
eler, is chairman OF the executive COM
mittee, and other prominent men ara
associated in the work Of organization.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

the great staples. which are in part
imported. are higher priced in Germany
than in America. the smaller products
like butter. milk and eggs, are az pres
ent about the same price there as m e.
Perhaps not less than 100000 Ger
man women are regularly engaged In
agriculture. together with a seasonal
influx Of 10000 Polish. Bohemian. and
Lithuanian women Yet it is clear
that prices for standard foods. with
few exceptions. are as high as IN
the United States.
The supply Of foodstuns In Germany
has only been kept up 90 the maximum
figures by intensive agriculture. the
employment Of modern machinery.
scientific fertilization and the employ
ment Of millions Of female hands.
So fsr as foods is concerned Amori-
ca still holds the position accorded her
by Thomas Carlysle-a country in
which the worklngman can get AN he
needs 60 eat
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

For months following the close Of
the Civil war. one Of the great anxieties
felt throughout the United states was
born OF our enormous national debt OF
more than three thousand million dol
lars. Where were we going to get the
money 10 carry on the government and
pay the interest on this colossal debt
Many persons were doubtful OF our
ability to raise the necessary revenues;
they felt that the burden Imposed
upon US by the war was so great as
practically 10 prostrate--in fact. almost
bankrupt-the nation.
In the midst of this widespread
anxiety there appeared one day mod
est little pamphlet which bore the title
"Our Strength and our Burden and
carried the name OF David A. Wells
as the author. As logically as one
works out "a problem I'm arithmetic, he
demonstrated that the natural re-
sources Of the United States We're of
inconceivable richness, that we had
hardly scratched their surface. and
that from their development would
come an the money necessary 90 run
the government pay the interest on
the national debt and ultimately 10
reduce II to normal proportions.
So simply so convincingly. was the
pamphlet written that it changed the
national viewpoint la "a day almost.
from that Of pessimism 10 hope; and
at once too, from being an obscure
school teacher iu Troy. New York Mr..
Wells sprang into national fame as
an economist. and from then on til the
day Of his death I'm 1895 he was an au-
thority on economic matters
About a decade after he had done
this good work for the nation. / met
Mr. Wells for the first time, and one
day, months later when our acquaint-
anceship had ripened into friendship. /
told him that ] was curious 20 know
how he came o. write the essay which
had served go greatly 20 change the
business world from % condition OF
despair 10 one Of enthusiastic optim-
ism.
"WelL" said MT Wells. as he tuggcd
gently at his vhiskers, which grew I'm
Clumps each side OF his ears, when /
was "a college lad back in the forticl
] was intensely Interested in an sub
iCCts that related 90 the natural re-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08
WASTE OF rood.

A contributor 90 the New York OBJ
server. Mr.. waiter Graham has inspect
ca a number OF garbage cans In that
CITY. for the purpose OF ascertainlng
whether It is true that the average
American family is wasting enough
food to feed number of persons and
his investigation confirms the general
impression. Everywhere, he says, he
found waste. he believes that enough
is thrown away every day iu New York
to feed the starving In North China and
India. and the waste is not only among
the rich.
Mr. Graham says he found iu garbage
cans of the fashionable districts. large
plcccs of hgh-pricod meats chickens.
b.s3d and rolls. almost fresh from the
bakery vegetables of every variety, all
of which would furnish "a royal feast
for tho hungry. Nor were the condi-
ttons materially different in the poorer
districts. except 8s to the quality of the
stuff thrown away ln every can and
barral. hc says ho found bread, part'c-
ularIy. There were portions OF the
riEht-uound Ioaves Co which the sons OF
Italy are $50 partial large chunks OF
rye or black bread, not infrequently
whole Ioaycs lu fairly good condition
hall buried In debris of tomato cans,
old shoes and medicine bottles.
This waste of food ls another factor
d
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

sources OF the country. For example,
/ found deeper pleasure than 1 have
ever received from fiction in reading the
statistics which aimed TO tell how much
prairie land we had and how much Of
it was available for growing wheat.
This liking 1 carried with me from
college, INDUCED I'm IL at every oppor-
tunity, and, finally, / became convinced
that the American people had not be-
gun TO realize what their natural re-
sources were.
This was my frame Of mind when
all that unreasonable doubt about our
not being able 10 carry our heavy civil
war debt was filling the country, and
one day / went for a walk over Mount
Ida, the high hin back Of Troy, n. Y.
20 think about the problem. on the
way back / made a detour which took
me by some freight yards There 1
saw cars marked with the initials Of
railways Of Illinois, Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and IL was easy 20 guess
that most N them were Allied with the
natural products Of those states And
there were other cars carrying the
manufactured products Of New Eng
land and OF New York state Why
l said 10 myself, as / looked down upon
them an, what is three thousand mill
lion dollars TO country with such in
oNhaustiblc resources as ours? our
railroads alone are soon 90 have "a
greater capital than our debt And
with that there popped into my head
the thought, why not publish an essay
that viii show the people what they've
got In the way Of natural wealth. and
what they must do In order 10 get ma
terial results from 70? Put Il simply.
and they'll see IL, and thereu no longer
be this foolish doubt Of our ability 20
meet our national obligations
So concluded Mr. Wells. 81 went
home and wrote a pamphlet along these
lines. IL was published n attracted
Wide attention ] had letters Of thanks
from members Of the federal admins
tratlon. J was told that what I had
written had at last opened the eyes
Of the people Perhaps Il aid. At
any rate, I know that / enjoyed Inn
mensoly writing that little essay ON
the subject that has always been near
and dear In me-"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

American consuls abroad are busny
engaged in investigating the cost Of
living in other countries.
In Hamburg. Germany. the following
prices prevail for butchers meat. beef.
for boiling, 1915 cents per pound: ribs.
FOR boiling. 1875 to 2sS cents; for bouiI-
Ion 1875; leg. 1875; roast. 1875 TO 217:
roulade, $50; sirloin. 324 to Sl5; tender
loip. 1873; sausage and hash. IA to
21.7 cents per pound.
These prices. it win be seen. are high
err than In the United States. Yet the
difference is less now than formerly.
About a decade ago, German meat
prices. according 90 current accounts
were fully a third, and In some cases a
half higher than in this country.
For veal the following prices are
quoted in Hamburg; boiling. A7; leg.
25.9; saddle with Kidneys 300, chops
32.4. sausage and hash, 23S Calls liver
sells az 32.4 cents per pound.
For mutton the following schedule
prevails: boiling, 1875. large CHOPS, 25.g.
small chops, 80 cents per pound
The prices for pork are as follows:
boiling ia TO 27 cents per pound:
ribs. 217, loin chops 25.9. hash 1875 to
21.7; hllet, 324
Ham sells as follows: smoked. raw.
for eating. by the whole ham, e26 to
25.g. sliced. 40 10 5l9. for boiling
whole. 1875 10 1853; boiled and sliced. 433
cents per pound.
Bacon sells for wholepriccs AZ 195
and al 2l.7 cents per pound for sliced.
Consul-General skinner, by whom the
facts are given out, states that there
are slight variations charged for SINH
lar cuts by fashionable and unfash,on-
able dealers, with the chances. more
over Of securing a superior quality in
the shops whore the higher prices pre-
vail lie continues;
The figures supplied ln tho foregoing
lists were furnished by hrst-class
average dealer. whose prices are
neither the highest nor the lowest. II
must be remembered that retail butch
ers do not cut their meat in this coun-
try in exactly tho Same manner as loo
the United States. In comparison with
the American workers, so far as food Is
concerned, tho German. on the basis
OF income says MT skinner Should
not pay moro than 90 per cent OF the
prices he now pays Tor his food. while
he pays practically the same as the
American with the exception OF pota-
toes. milk and vegetables. This con-
dition rs met by certain self-donials
and by the economies exercised by the
German housckeeper who. in an orr
binary household. would be almost able
90 live fairly we'll on the waste OF many
American families Of similar position
in life"
The following statement shows the re-
tail prices NJ leading foodstuns in Han
over. which rs considered an inexpeu-
sivo city TO live in, I'm American cents
per pound; Reef and veal 2OE pork
and mutton, 10; smoked ham, IS. bacon.
22la. wheat -four. ~; rye -four 3is:
wheat bread, 81. rye bread. 3. coffee.
medium Java, roasted 39h; table but
ter 81: milk per quart, Az eggs. per
| dozen, 40.
These last figures show that while
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

with their reckoning. when the Judges
who bought their positions with cold
cash and have been using them for
political purposes ever since will as
surely meet with their deserts as did
Mr.. Aids. Justice Davis's point Of
view Us clear enough. II he Is quoted
correctly he defends his action be-
cause the fee involved was "such a lit
tie one and he adds: Il have known
Mr.. Haffen for ten or twelve years We
belong to the same political organiza-
ton" There lies the whole secret OF
an attempted outrage upon the public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08

portion TO the cost Of living. and the
increase in wages is an evidence that
they are trying 70 be fair
Few people realize fully the impor-
tance OF the railways 60 the country
except as a means Of easy travel and
transportation Of freight They do not
realize. for instance. that more than
thirty millions NJ the inhabitants Of
this country. about one-third ~ the
population. are more or less directly
affected by the financial ups and downs
Of the railroads II the roads are
prosperous, they prosper; II the roads
are at disadvantage, they feel e..
There are the stockholders. besides the
employees. and the policyholders of in
surance companies and the depositors
IN the banks. because a large percent
age Of the money entrusted to the care
81 such Institutions ls Invested in rail-
roads Railroad earnings are shared
by millions Of people
The general prosperity " the coun-
try has been promoted by the railways
t0 O. greater degree. perhaps. than by
any other single interest that can be
mentioned. and the railways also
constitute q barometer by which the
general prosperity of the country may
De- gagged The increase In wages
should promote the good feelings and
harmony Indispensable Co success and
suu further add 20 the prevailing gem
eral prosperity