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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
THE WORLDS sANITARIUM.

A gentleman who passed through Salt
Lake City this summer, and through the
arid West generally, writes in an en-
thusiastic strain about the vast
stretches of land, mountain, valley, and
plain, which would be the world g sani'
tarium il occupied, and he believes that
the area will eventually all be occu-
pied SIS grand and far-reaching sani-
tarium. He says that in st. Louis
there are over 10000 consumptives and
incurahles in institutions, and he
thinks that a location between Salt
Lake City and San Francisco would be
desirable for all such cases where they
could have the benefit of the dry air
and outdoor life. He says that those
afflicted would heal quicker in this re-
gion than anywhere else in the world.
"There are millions of acres,' he
writes, "of waste arid land lying along
the Sierras and in the mountain chains
Of Colorado and Utah which could be
made inhabitable by those who need
the air and climate here found at its
best Wherever irrigation is possible,
and land could be reclaimed, it would
be healthful for those patients TO irri-
gate the land and work it, and thus
purify their flesh and invigorate their
bodies He contends very properly
that these patients will never get we'll
by taking drugs and patent medicines.
He says that Memphis and other cities
all through the country have those af
flicted in smaller ways by the scores of
thousands. Lots Of people, he says,
have left the cities because they can
not bear the sight or smell of the odors
from the crowded population; and the
best possible place for them to go, in
his judgment, is into the arid regions
of America, where the dry, pure air
would be life to their lungs and physi-
cal systems.
There is vast deal of sound sense
and judgment in that claim. There is
no doubt but that all this region is
the great sanitarium of the world, and
will be so utilized in time. There is
apparently a great deal Of waste land
in the moutnain regions, but it will all
be utilized some day, and the popula-
tion throughout the region will be what
we would now call dense. The letter
affords plausible forecast of what
may very easily come to be true.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

change in the law can be made thai
will provide for it, Just as tho Vree-
land law, which is about to expire by Its
own terms, made similar provisions, and
as the Aldrich plan would provide one
combine for all. Congress seemed quite
willing, when passing the Yreeland law,
to provide for such consultations rs
the National Bank of New York has
set out to make. But, the Vreeland law
did not do this in a practical way. The
banks themselves are doing it in u
banking way, and businesslike way,
and in place of getting up contentious
IN the cabinet about whether it is legal
to do it or not, tho best thing would
be for the Attorney General and the
Secretary of the Treasury to unite in
asking an amendment Of the law tha
would provide for such holding COM
panies as the National City Bank of
New York originated. surrounding such
companies with proper and legal safe
guards that will be just to the banks
and to the public alike.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
CRoSS-CoNTINENT HIGHWAY,

Ever since the automobile attained
the great Importance that it has
reached in American transportation
and life, there have been suggestions
of transcontinental highway for the
use Of automobilists. The coming Of
automobile parties from the Atlantic
on their way to the Pacific, Of which
we have had a number of examples,
gives added force to the suggestion of
an automobile highway from coast to
coast. There is now a project to make
link of such a highway, including Og.
den and Salt Lake, on the route, in
connection with a proposed automo.
bile line from here to Ely, Nevada.
No compact National organization
has been formed, however, so far, to
supply the funds for making such a
highway; but some Of the States have
undertaken highways within thear bor.
ders that might be used as part of this
transcontinental route We note the
adoption Of an official route for a
cross'State highway in Missouri. The
road will run from st. Louis to Kansas
City 300 miles. 1t will be made Of ma
cadam, and is estimated to cost S45OO
mile. Three separate routes com.
peted for this highway, but the one
finally selected was the natural one.
the one first opened into the interior
from st. Louis. 1t follows the course
of the old Boone click" route and
the Santa Fe trail. This Click" road
was the first regularly Travelled road
in Missouri back from the Mississippi,
Boone, his two sons, and their friends
Baldridge and Manly, established salt
works in 1907 at Saline springs, which
Boone discovered in what is now
Howard county. Traffic TO and from
the springs beat out first a pathway,
then road, For hundred years il
has been used, and over it went the
Santa Fe trail and the column of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
GERMANS AT AGADIR.

IT would seem, from summary
which we find in the New York Even
ing Post, that Germany's occupation
of Agadir was not a matter of sudden
impulse, but was move taken after
thorough consideration and exhaustive
examination into the harbor, and the
productiveness of the region back Of it..
This account says that when the Ger
man gunboat first anchored in Agadir
harbor, while the world knew little
about that Morocco port, the German
authorities knew practically all about
1t. The harbor was generally described
as Of small Importance, and compare
lively little was known Of the region
commonly referred to as the "hinter.
land or, as we would say, the region
contributory to that port. But it ap.
pears that Germany had made pretty
thorough exploration of that stretch Of
southern Morocco. The German scien-
tist and advance agent had been there,
and had reported On the whole region.
The explorations have been conducted
for some time; scientific study has
been made of the resources back Of the
port: German agents have mastered the
language Of the country, and have much
influence with the tribes of that re-
gion.
All this exhibits once more and en-
phaszes the thoroughness Of the Ger
man system, and the persistence of Ger
man application brought to bear on
given point. And it all adds materially
to the seriousness of the outlook at
tending the German occupation Of
Agadir. For, with all Of this prelinli-
nary inquiry into the region, and with
the known mineral richness Of the At.
las range, which is near at hand, the
difficulty of persuading Germany to
lift her foot away, having once put it
down, will be seriously enhanced. It
looks very much as though Germany
has gone to Agadir to stay; or at least,
If she is persuaded to move out, that
move will be made only at a price
which will be high corresponding to the
pains she has taken to establish the
advantages Of her exploration and OBJ
seryation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

up in the Portland police court on
Monday charged with Sunday intoxi-
cation. The hypocrisy Of the campaign
is attested in the fact that one of the
men to whom the seized liqnors were
consigned, is active in the no-license
league The Argus reports that there
is as much drunkenness in tho streets
Of that city daily, after several weeks
Of alleged rigid enforcement of the
prohibitory law, as there ever was.
And SO it goes, Not only in Maine
but elsewhere, the efforts to enforce
prohibition have been sad failures
Alabama has shaken off Statewide
prohibition, and the capital, Montgom'
cry, has voted wet. Birmingham also
which at the last election went dry, re-
versed that verdict at tho election held
on Friday last by vote Of two to one,
The prohibitionists are rallying in
tremendous force to endeavor to hold
Maine in the prohibition column, and
the traditions of two generations for
prohibition are appealed to vehement
ly, to hold the State in the prohibition
line. But the ineffectiveness of it all
is being SO thoroughly shown, that the
vets are gaining ground daily, and
have fair hopes of carrying the State
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VICIOUS CONGRATULATIONS.

We find in a late number Of the
Financier of New York computation
of the debts Of the various nations Of
the world under the heading "Bank-
rupting the World Through War" Be
ginning with France, the Financier
shows that its debt totals about s6,000,-
100000; Russia having $4,500,0 900, 900
Of debt; the German Empire $4 ,250,-
100000, the British Empire 1885 ,000
600, and SO on. The Finaucier figures
up the total of the debts Of the world
to be $40,000,000, 900, chiefly incurred
for war purposes, and in e1travagant
administration.
Making an attempt at concrete il"
lustration Of what this debt means, the
Financier says that the total wealth
Of the United States is not more than
three times the amount Of the world s
debt, and that the entire stock Of gold
in the world accepting the statement
of the Director of the Mint as correctly
is less than 100000, 900, "we begin
to gain an idea of the magnitude of
these national problems. Proceeding,
the Fnancier puts the present popula-
tion Of the world at 100000, 900, and
it adds this generalization: "Every
living being, therefore, has strapped to
his back per capita debt of more
than $25, and every being who enters
the world assumes that burden lust
as those who go out escape it, And
the Financier proceeds: "But the bur
den of the worlds debt where it un-
doubtedly affects the existence Of all
who live on the globe, is carried by
not over one'half of its population, .
the latter being very far from correct.
For. in the British debt is counted the
debt Of India; and China g debt must
be reckoned in the total; so that very
much more than half the population of
the world is included in the debt,carry-
ing nations.
But. what we wish to get at espe-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
NAMES PROHIBITION.

For about sixty years Maine has
been prohibition State. Prohibition
Is IN the constitution, and not only is
prohibition in the laws, but the State
has law that the prohibition law must
be enforced. This is piling requirement
on requirement, statute an statute, and
statute on constitution, And yet there
has always been a good deal of houor
sold in Maine. There has been right
along for years fully as many gov
ernment special tax receipts issued to
liquor dealers in Maine per capita as in
other States. The people Of Maine got
tired of it all last year, and elected a
Democratic State ticket and Demo.
cratic Legislature, their avowed pur,
pose being to have that Legislature
pass resolution taking prohibition
ont Of the constitution, and allowing
the people to vote on the question
again This was done, and the election
Is TO come on next month. There ia q
tremendously not fight in the State on
the question. The prohibitionists are
making stalwart effort to enforce the
law; and yet the Portland Argus shows
that, although on recent Saturday
the sheriff seized $4,000 worth of LIQUOR
IN that city, which were there in spite
OF the law, twenty-five persons turned
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

ments of ore long held practically value
less without concentration are now be-
ing made at a living profit to both
shipper and smelter.
Local mining stock market conditions
are quiet. The public is not interested
in stocks, and no general betterment
should be expected until financial cir
cles gain confidence.
The general commercial agencies re
port further improvement and better
ment Of conditions generally in trade
throughout the country. The demand
for wash goods from retailers is great
ly expanded, and textile conditions arc
brighter. with a more favorable out
look for cotton and wooden mills. Trad.
ing in wool Is more active, with the
market stronger, and advances in prices
on few grades. Wholesale trade holds
strong in Chicago, outside business be-
ing conspicuously strong Staple com.
modities show the effects of a general
better buying movement; but there is
no disposition to load up or to speculate
on the future. Cooler weather ha:
moderately improved retail trade, stim-
ulated by marked reductions in prices
to clear out old stocks.
Crop reports are little changed, the
showing for corn being bad.
Operations in industrial lines are re
pressed. eurtailment being general il
many lines; and there is talk of re
trenchment in railways, but traffic is
increasing. In iron and steel lines new
orders are disappointingly light, ant
output exceeds new business. Collec
| tions show some improvement Ih
| stock market crumbles as usual, an
is a weak factor in the general situa
| tioo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
THE UTAH TURNED OVER.

| The battleship Utah was turned over
TO the Government yesterday com
pleted. The time of construction was
less than two years, the keel having
been laid in 1909. The ship has been
put through moro than ordinary tests
and has stood them well, The contract
speed is twenty-one knots an hour;
but the ship is expected to make TWEEN
| ty-two knots at need,
The Utah and the Florida are sister
ships. They are the greatest ships in
the navy, and will remain so until the
completion of the Arkansas and the
Wyoming each of $4,000 tons. The
Utah and the Florida are each of 81,
S25 tons displacement, of $4,000 horse
power, and cost of the Utah is placed
at 1896, 900. The Utah was built on
contract; the Florida is being built at
the Brooklyn navy yard, and her cost
is estimated at $6,000,000.
The Utah is completed and ready for
service; the Florida is not quite ready
yet. The Utah's armament will be
ten 12-inch breech-loading rifles, and
sixteen 5-inch rapid-fire guns for her
main battery, The secondary battery
will comprise four 3-pounders, two
1-pounders, two 3-inch and two 80
caliber guns. She will for time be
the most formidable vessel in our navy,
and probably is unequaled in any navy
in the world,
The size and power Of fighting ships
is increasing greatly all the time. It
looked as though, when the dread
noughts Of $4,000 to 10000 tons were
turned out, that the limit Of effective
size in naval ships had been reached.
But it appears that that was only the
beginning of big things. Even the
26,000-ton ships that are now under
construction arc surpassed by the new
29,000-ton Argentine battleship Moreno,
now building In the shipyards at Phila-
delphia. The probability is that 10000
ton battleships will be as common in q
few years as the 26,000-ton ships now
under construction will be when fin
ished. Indeed, it is likely that the ca
PdSlOy VI LuC poILo III QCpbH VI
Dor and commodiousness will be the
final test. But to this there may be
check, Judging from the hint that
comes from Great Britain to the effect
that the tremendous cost of the big
ships, their unwieldiness, and the pos
sibility Of injury to them even in time
of peace, will cause halt in this sort
of expansion. It is stated, also, that
the comparatively smaller battleships
yield greater fighting capacity per ton
of displacement, and per dollar Of cost.
So that the expansion Of battleships
in size will not be had without a strug-
gle on the part of those who doubt the
wisdom of big construction.
But, it is proud thing for Utah to
have the battleship Of her name stand
supreme in the navies of the world in
swiftness, in battery power, and in
general effectiveness.
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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MORNING. AUGUST e.

pioneers as they marched westward in
the settlement of the State.
The road, therefore, is partly me-
mortal one, as well as a significant
step in the good roads movement. The
road will cross the Missouri river a
short distance back Of st. Louis, and
will keep TO the north Of that stream
to Glasgow, whence it will cross the
river again, and keep on the south side
to the western terminal at Kansas City.
The time has not yet come for Utah
to do any work on her part Of this
transcontinental highway. nor will it
come until the route east Of US is well
defined. If that highway goes through
Denver, the probability is that it would
come through the Colorado mountains,
down the Grand river, crossing the
Green at or near the present railway
crossing, following up Price river, down
Spanish Fork, and thence up to Salt
Lake. But, OF course, this is not the
only way; though it is the most direct.
Another route, which perhaps might be
preferred, would be from Omaha,
through Wyoming in the neighborhood
of the Union Pacific lines, to Ogden,
thence to Salt Lake and on westward
from here. Utah will doubtless be pre-
pared to do her share on this trans
continental line if it is to be linked
line opened and kept up by the States
But, if it is to be unified National
proposition, built as a through line, and
without regard to State roads or State
aid, then we can afford to sit down
and wait with the other States until
the plan develops.
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eially is the broad statement A
every living being, therefore. 4
strapped to his back n per capita Al
OF more than $751; which ia moral,
picture OF imaginary routing rockoni
As concrete fact, there is no (,
debt to every individual. The daht
the inhabitants Of the United Stat
only abont $40 per capita. The dobt
France, on the other hand, is a a
deal more than 500 per head. nj
Is no way TO bring the inhabitaute
the United States into the debt-beav
class of the Frenchmen, who have tS
own burdens, and their burdens
about the heaviest per capita of 4
But, 1t is to be held clearly in =
that that debt, that burden, ia a rYe
debt and French burden, and does
attach to any other people. The
habitants Of those nations which h
10 debt escape altogether the ave.
liability made On mere academic 4
putatlon. The people of those natI
which have but moderate debt. b
moderate per capita obligation.
so 1t goes all through to the Frs,
which have the heaviest Of all. d
not true, therefore, that every lix
being in the world has stated ann
of public debt hanging over /
1t is not true that that oblieation
taches to him as long as he lives.
to his descendants as they coma Z
him. For each nation carries its
debt. be that debt large or small.
the inhabitants Of each nation i
the obligation Of their own m
hanging over them, and of no othe1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
BUSINESS AND TRADE.

Building activities and prospects
have comprised the leading business in
terests Of the week On Friday the
Walker Brothers, who have given notice
to their tenants to vacate the north
east corner Of Second South and Main
streets, selected the architects to draw
plans for their twelve to fourteen story
structure, and designated New York
firm to receive the contract for con-
struction. Excavation will, it is re-
ported, begin Immediately after Novem-
ber 1st. The Auerhach building at State
and Third South streets is being exca-
waited for; and the work of excavation
for the new half million dollar high
school building is also progressing.
There have been suggestions during
the week for changing the site of the
new State capitol, in view Of the pos
sibility that the commission would Sc
lect low architectural effect for the
structure. But, as the capitol site is
designated by law, and a special ses.
sion of the legislature would be neces.
sary to change 1t, we do not look to
see any move of this kind made. The
commission is getting along well with
the preliminaries looking to the settle
ment Of the plans.
On the same capitol site is to be con
structed the State Armory. which will
make the capitol hill very busy place
before long.
There is to be constructed on the east
bench also, at cost Of 100000, the
Administration building for the State
University, Plans are being matured
on this structure, and the building Will
proceed as soon as practicable.
The realty market promises some i'm.
portant deals soon, and increased activ.
ity in 1t is to be expected with the re
turn of the vacationists from their sum.
mer rests.
The relations between the Hartman
lines and their employees are the sub
ject Of much speculation, but it is evi
dent that the company, while econo
MIXING, would rather shorten the hours
or cut off days work in the week,
than to discharge its men. Other roads
are not talking of reducing their work
ing forces, and it is probable in the
long run that there will be little change
on any Of the roads.
The Yellowstone Park travel is very
heavy, and excursions Of various kinds
have been frequent during the week
The merchants of this city report
good trade, with active clearing out OF
the old stocks and the coming in of
the new. They will be fully prepared
for the fall trade on its opening.
The bank statements published during
the week show a gratifying and strong
condition. The bank clearances Of the
city during the week show q gain OF
80 per cent as compared with the cor,
responding week Of last year.
The crops of Utah are reported in
excellent promise, the grain crops being
very heavy, the hay short crop. The
fruit yield promises special abundance
and excellence. Early fruits are plenty
in the markets. at reasonable rates.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

Roosevelt. while President, evidently
thought that the steel trust, which
Frick and Gary frightened him into
approving and protecting in it's viola
tion of the antitrust law, was "good
trust, - Any trust was good that would
make fervent appeal to be taken un-
der his protection.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

Those who never studied geography
before are taking to it keenly now, in
order to keep track of the flights OF
aviators. a hint is here to the wise
teacher, who may be able to furnish
pupils a real interest in their studies
by presenting something to attract
forceful interest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

Beekeeping in Great Britain is TO be
encouraged by the Government, which
has just given a preliminary $2500 10
the British Beekeepers' Association. "A
-urther grant of 1880 has been made
to aid in establishing an experimental
apiary. But If such a thing as. that
were proposed in this country, what a
howl would go up!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

The world is aroused at the stealing
of 'Moua Lisa and the chances of
the thief realizing on his prize are
Iessening every day. But the picture
IS probably IN Paris, hidden away until
4 NOR, favorable time i IT moving it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

The question is asked, if the tariff
bills had been put ahead of the Can.
adam reciprocity bill, would President
Taft have been as free with his vetoes.
lt IS a question that can never be an.
swered squarely, but it is likely, since
President Taft is an honest, conscien-
tl0us man, that he would
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, owned
and managed by Professor Holden, well
remembered in this city, says emphati-
cally that s'Wilsou and McCabe should
CO." and gives incontrovertible rea-
sons for its position.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

II is said, in mitigation of the high
cost of living, that the supply of
sardlnes will this year be more abun.
dant than for long time past But
unless they are materially lower in
priee, that will be no relief, and the
speculative combines can be depended
on to prevent any drop.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

The French journalist who went
around the world in forty days, may
have his curiosity whetted to the point
that he will want TO circle the world
IN style that will enable him 10 see
sonnet hing OF it.