The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01
|E Of LIVING IS
|}[R|Dus PROBLEM
/. Necessities Going Be-
|,pi the Reach of Aver
age Mans Income
/ ASK HIGHER PAY
4 Employers Cannot At
a Increase, and Situa-
ton Is Puzzling.
ASK HIGHER PAY
:, ppEsToN G. ADAMS.
10 The Tribune.

y PRESTON G. ADAMS.
wire TO The Tribune.
Z, yoRK, Sept. 3o.-one OF the dis-
Y lions IN the business world Is
,.nnv increasing rise In the
,ts necessities Of life, 1t Is TO
~ y tnis tendency is not checked
I lad to disturbances in the labor
LIN will have a bad effect on IN
n ls not at all likely that we
= ,uch riotous demonstrations
!, recently arisen in France ana
I, = MT there is grave danger that
!. ,,r Increases in wages, Whica
- can III afford TO meet. VIII De
,,;,,c necessities of the Ameri-
.'.st,st table, sugar, coffee, ana
.r1r.f,nce. are advancing so rap
q, ,Ssy sill be beyond the reach
\ ,rJInary workinginan' 5 family,
/, over record prices now Win
..-S.snIty OF going higher: Coifee
Al thc highest prices for years
.n .s sgsy up. other foodStuifs
= = J:ino 10 point whore all those
,.,,,s incomes are feeling The
/. ~ ih4 best this means a curtah-
} l; resumption IN other lines ana
so-.r II means country wide labor
,,rx, phase of The situation Is
.,,s increases seem 10 be due not
i n manipulation. eNCep, per-
8 lie case OF coffee. as 10 natnra,
! ard consequently a remedy VII
Z! 10 find.
Nellen Will Not Retire.
!, tost has been no little amused
4 rscenl mixup on the New York.
'r,ren & Hartford road and Pres
|v.ien has been the object OF n
Ib.l Of good -nalured chatting over
Fsr1ce between him and the press
|. Of his own company. The press
4 announced that he was going 10
rm. Mr. Mellen came back with
r.s,nen, that ne had no Intention
rtEss until old age or directors
- incapacltste him for work. EVIL
/. uusone made n mistake. Mr.
4 * not~the sort of man 10 have
~, abou, the meaning OF his state
1 His language is generally fore
Z 10 ine point. Only few months
} th2racterized the ruInor that the
I9s. New Haven e. Hartford would
b ert lis dividend as the vaporlngs
tprtersd Imagination II seems i'm
~. ,',at f-l,rr,1I lac,
|uy statement TO his subordinates
SIi be construed into an lu0ma-
3 bis retirement. 1T looks rather
|sss Kind friend in the organiza-
- prepared this announcement us
|f15s for MIR. Mcllen while he was
his annual autumn run over the
J Z Maine system. II reached him
} bari Of the White mountains. The
|nra IKE a SHOT from a rifle. u
= Interesting TO know who was
LeI VI lie little surprise
Lundon Is Fessirnistic.
"a Is taking very gloomy and
caSing view OF things. and 1t Is
" going 10 extremes. II is con-
-tat the worldwide declines that
Nct5tly been so active in all classes
tslnenI. no less than speculative
g. are neither temporary nor
Ih=y are the belated reflection of
-zf,s that arc fundamental.
~ me main Influences OF The llqui-
Edoubledly originates IN the un-
~ argentine loan OF SO, 900. 900 re-
.zswntteu by Paris and Belgian
lhs banks have had poor sue
dNHbu'inE these securities, and
Z Sssnns OF The underwriting payment
tDst be made before the end
lohlh' Hence the active selling
4" pcuritles TO provide adequate
i9S compulsory Liquidation has
V ,puy completed,
..luoh tbare is no question that
= 'srssF rs entertained regarding the
w lastlng settlement OF the
II eootrovcrsy, The belief is very
nst Franco and Germany are
.tl man the diplomatically in
; sS.aNents Of negotta tons signify.
.@'Tssel revolt Of labor against
responsible for the high prices
ta raiment Is one of ihe most
Il ''Sgns''s Ihi''s against Immediate re-
-,,,, ias revolt is recoFnlzed 10
"a rEsG sn rom social conditions that
sli require delicate handling
st.,'..o'!l" IN, o'!l"r than a violent manner.
i,e IN preventing the optirnists
s's up cheap stocks.
ness Conditions Normal
T easy TO hnd evidence nf any
g,ssess depression in current
R,Mass. These nsures as re-
~ ns Financial Chronicle for the
! dl.o september 9 show an Increase
tsr , vi -. per cent over the cor
Ii "'ek last year. The gain IN
es,e per cent; In Philadclphla.
IN N Chicago. II per cent. I'm
In rs, NJ per cent. and in New Or
|s<ta MI; WJa'Il; The dry goods trade,
'rhls lsr,nn,s sna!l Field e: Co.. is also
|ts ry. rnmy The weekly review OF
D En"sn' the situation as
|rcis,s, ana road business In gen
Ebns vi normal conservative
/ N I,nmnS,chan eS,chants arc filing In lIb-
|etlap hasulhte needs. th"y arc not
|isn.nFF Fobd What tho present ex
trraa, ior fall mcrchandise leads
% hIx -nis, cotton broker Of New
[A st,l, way 10 Africa on business
IA en,,a investment of American
ane hs 'h plantations there Bc-
N ',hs Ms said 9TH. Afrir.n o,tn,,t
al"' year will probahiv he -
~ abor, tton ION land IN Africa can
~ N tbo Az cents an acre. while
| w 'ou'h Is worth 500 an