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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
Prices in England.

The consul general at London shows
that in the United Kingdom. between
the years 1896 and 1910, while food
prices rose 49, per cent. wages In
creased only Ill per cent, and that
the wages OF railway employees in
that time increased only 10 per cent.
To emphasize what this incrca Sc
means 10 the British consumer, the
consul general gives specific quota
tions showing that bacon and ham.
which in 1898 could be bought in the
English market for a fraction under
cents a pound. now costs above Is
cents per pound; that butter has in
creased from 92.7 cents per pound
to 25.7 cents; cheese from los cents
10 Is cents lard from 6.5 cents 10
1876 cents. sugar cents TO 4.6 cents.
Flour is the only food commodity
showing q decrease In price; that
has fallen from 9.7S cents IN 1898
TO ,. i6 cents today. In the last I'VE
years In Southampton, England, sta
pie commodities. such ss beef, NUT
ton, ham. dairy products. fruits.
coffee fuel tin goods. women's ap
parel, footwear, clothing. cotton
goods. bedding, furniture and under
wear. have shown an increase OF 20
per cent.
AZ Huh, England. il is shown that
the increase in the cos. or living has
advanced far faster than toe increase
in the rate OF wages. The consul
nj Manchester drew an interesting
comparison between the staple eX-
peuditures OF the ordinary English
family IN 1895 and those required in
1910 The cost of living for such a
family. II was shown, has increased
some lS.@ per cent a taole COM
piled By tho English board Or trade
shows that in fifteen years potatoes
arc the only commodity in which
there has heen u decrease in price.
in France
France he's faTed no better. All
northern France. reports the consul
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
WILL NOT INTERVENE:
IN AFFAIRS OF CUBA

WASHINGTON, March IS.-President
Taft has assured the CUBAN minister, Or.
Antonio Martin Rivcro. In emphatic terms
that the United states has no intention
OF intervening III Cuban affairs. CharsC-
toriIing The reports OF contemplated In
teryention coming from Havana as pure
the president said. Inter
vention Is not being thought Of"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
ADVERTISING TALKS.
Written by
WILLIAM &, FREEMAN

JOHN II. PRAY & SONS
CO., Boston, printed an ad-
vertiseinent i'll the Boston
Herald OF February 10Th.
occupying a space Of 9 II
inches by three columns,
which read as follows:
"MY HAT is IN THE RING. -
This is declaration of convic.
ton, courage and red blood,
THERE IS A FIGHT on
(Coutinued on Page Threey
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
Wake Working Plans.

-
next step towards the
of Utah's ma guificent
''ehouse Will be the prep
Floy Mr., klctting of the
plans. Mr.. Netting will
'nh The commission within
s4yS for consultation, after
= VIII at once set 10 work
Dis task Of shaping things
'elling Of contracts. The
Is Ids tour months within
Y complete the working Q
ug the submission Of
Ahs plans the commits
Proceed to elect "A per.
etary to succeed John
LIZ private secretary TO
'n0f' who has been act.
'ary OF the commission
~ preliminary steps Incl
Il '"c determination of de.
~ selection of a supcrin
4, VI building and ground.
'Ae appointment Of Z
0~h that the commits
s''ns last night was no
Il !. harmonious, although
members, after til,
'0'pd admit that thcr,
Seflaus discord: indeed
VI Them maiutainc,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
Some Facts and Figures
Concerning the New Cab,to1

Architects design K Ketting,
frstco O capitol building
Cornthian
Building, o
length, 412 feet
Of dome, 246 feet.
Heieh from
Rotunda,
80
Interior anete o
Columns porttcos diameter
Nlanha in width.
building
length width
Site head street. City
Funds available, S227o000
A
Browning
Lake: acting Secretary Hardy secretary governor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
AMUNDSEN TO LECTURE
IN THE UNITED STATES

HOBART, Tasmania. March lI.--Eoald
.kmundscu will lecture through England
and America and then visit San Fran
cisco, whore lie viii Join the Fran In
1915,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
Settles Big Question.

The acceptance by the commits
sion OF a design for the capitol
settles a question that has been OF
momentous interest in Utah fol
the last six months During re
cent weeks the interest has
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
AS
POSSIBLE REMEDY
Agents of the United
States Abroad Tell
What Has Been Accom-
plished by Societies
Formed by British
Wage Farmers.
BY international News Service.

BY international News Service.
ve rASHiNGTON, March i4-T1lat
w sss..e ,s', ls. .ss = l.srsa:s ass:sS in ss 'ss
w cost Of living, and that the world
over there are multiplied evil
dences Of the universal Testlessness un-
der these conditions. lis shown in a re-
port submitted by President Taft in q pc
cial message TO congress today.
The report is the result OF an inyes-
legations extending over several years
made under directions OF the president
by the state department through its con
suIar agents In Europe. II forms a Sec
ond step in the presidents efforts 20
have this country initiate an Interna-
tioIal commission To look into the cause
for the high cost or living and the pos
siblc remedies. which he first suggested
TO congress in message on FEBRUARY p
Comparisons in staple food price in NIL
the important cities OF Europe for the past
twelve years are given and an exhaust
I've study Is made OF the efforts OF the
cooperative societies OF Great Britain to
help the wage Garner in his fight against
The increasing burden OF the high cost or
Ji,-iD
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14

EONGEONG: Mare, N.-Four gun
boais have been dispatched to Canton
from Hongkons- An eve witness de-
scrlbes the scenes at Canton as terrible
one thousand persons have been killed.
The British Eunboat <insha has been
damaged bv shells and tnss been com"
pclcd 10 SHIFT her anchorage.
a wireless dispatch has been received
from The Hamburg American liner Cleve-
land which sailed from New York ON a
nd-the world VOYAGE ON October u,
Saving the contemplated visit to Canton
has been abandoned as the officials have
prohibited the landing OF American visI-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
Personal Vote Is Secret.

The result OF the various ballots
taken by the commission was
withheld, so that il is not known
how the members stood with ref
orence TO the various designs,
Mr.. Kletting was on his way
home when he was informed OF
his success. He expressed his
qualification quietly. lie sand:
Naturally, | am very much
pIcaSed that my design has
been accepted. Ii is All honor
Of which any one in my pro-
fcssion might we'll be proud.
| shall now put forth every
effort to get the working
plans into shape.
Mr.. Kletting has lived in Salt
Lake twenty-niue years. lie was
born at Stuttgart, Wurtemblug
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14

that the meeting had been alto
gethcr without discord. One Of
the points upon which the mem,
bers were not agreed was the
amount of the awards to be made
to the non-succcssful competi-
tors. Some Of the commissioners
thought the awards should be
HIGHER. at least in some cases.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14
kor Among the Many
|antestants Merely Ex-
Issses Qualification
Ia Announces His In
ntion of Doing All in
B Power to Hasten
York of Construction,

HE DESIGN for Utah S new
capitol, prepared by r. X.
A. ketting. a Salt Lake
'archltect, was accepted by
apitol commission last night
/ dehberatlons covering a
q Of more than five hours.
7 meeting of the commission
hsld IN It's offices i'll the Felt
hg, and all of the members
present. In addition to Sc
B the kletting design, the
nSlOn awarded compensa-
p other architects in the
hilton as follows:
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s,,t Lake Metal Prices
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-14

The Wants contain messages
of personal interest--impor-
tant information that many
are seeking.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
SEEKING THE NON-EXIsTENT.

The South will have certain speculative
interest in waiting to see who will be the
southern man TO be selected as Rooseyelt's
running mate on the new party ticket. That
Re wants Southerner the Bull Moose
frankly admits that he can find him, is a
matter open to the gravest doubt.
There are men whose residences are in
Southern states who would jump at the oppor-
tunity of securing even such an advertisement
"a nomination at Chicago would bring them
But il is doubtful II any of them are OF
sufficient character TO meet the tests which
would be applied to them. The regular Re
rublicans, OF course, are included FOR the great
part in the small ofice-holding class Most
~ them are giving perfunctory support to the
administration as behooyes men who have
that elemental sort OF faith that honors the
source of their provender Such southern Re
publieans as have bolted the regular organl-
cation are OF even smaller calibre-men who
would have liked to be small ofhce-holdefs
but did not have even the standing or strength
necessary to satisfy their ambition as against
the weakest sort OF competition. Nor is there
hope for a Democrat worm the maine WIZ -"
be found ready to desert a winning parry 10
gain the vague honor OF the second place on
the ticket OF one that is as evanescent as all
things are which depend on a personality IN
stead of on principle for their life All in all
and the Colonel's expressed desire to the con-
trarv it ia a safe prophecy that there will be
no southerner on the Chicago tieket->-s3f the
safe reason that even potentially, sn@A man
does not exist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
MAY GET TO Be A
GREAT GRAIN PORT
NORFOLK DEALERS EXPECT BiG
THINGS OF REDUCTION IN
SHIPPING TARIFF

NORFOLK, VA, Aug. lit il the
prevailing opinion among railroad and
grain men In this section that grain
carrying lines between tho West and
Atlantic coast ports viii make a ma
terial cut in rates This Is to be done
TO meet a step taken by the Missouri
Pacific In AN endeayor TO establish New
orleans and Cuff ports as large grain
export centers
When the Gould interest first entered
the fight they made large reduction
In grain rates from Missouri river
points to the gulf. with a maximum OF
l5ia cents bushel 1t 10 believed that
roads entering the northern ports VIII
meet this reduction, with possibly an
even further step in the war for con.
troll of grain shipments.
At one time Norfolk was q large ex.
port point for grain brought hero by
the Chesapeake and Ohio. and the Nor
folk and Western railroads Her ship
ments I'm this line now. however, are
comparatively small Reduced rates to
the coast, 1t is though, will have n
tendency TO rebuild this trade. At pre-
sent bulk of the grain exported
reaches tidewater at Baltimore, New
York. Montreal and Boston.
Yesterday the railroad men wers
scheduled to meet in Chicago. expecting
to make the second move in this SraiA
rate warfare
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02

i've made one who owned to it neither despot,
thief nor Janssary Despite the ciamor against
ii. and despite its present use as term OF
reproach amounting to objectionable damna-
ton, it still has its uses as a principle. what
ever timdity may call it. There are hundreds
ef thousands of sincere. II silent. believers in
conservatism left in the eountry--men who
are in no sense reactlonary. but who are. on
the other hand. in no sense destructive.
Whatever the political clamor that breaks
ever his head for his honesty Governor Will
son will lose nothing through letting it be
understood thus early by all the people ex-
actly how distant his position is from either
Gre of the extreme poles OF professional politi-
cal sentiment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
CURRENT COMMENT
Thu Primary MuddIa.

The last legislature undertook to give 10 the
people "A new primary law and made of
It. Instead OF law there is no law that
Will stand the test ii might be best to
say there We're three laws, the old primary. the
primary and the convention plan. Pay your
money and take your choice.
In this the Fourth Congressional district the
new has been adopted the candidates have paid
their assessments and the day named, September
2lst. Other districts will act under the same
law. while still others will adopt one or another
the three methods
We never sat down quietly to draft primary
plan and should dare attempt what seems
to be superhuman, We too might make mess
OF il and yet to the outsider II doesn't look
to be a complicated problem. Let at least
hope that the suggestion that Unborn, in bred
undemocratc folks viii be allowed to take part
In Democratic primaries Is not true No time
foolishness -Farmville Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02

sort OF strike Is intended TO make decent
treatment OF women employees one OF the
things that cannot be overlooked.
New York already has had some very ex-
citing experiences with women strikers. 1t
has learned that women workers can be as
resourceful, as determined and as patient
under suffering men. The shirtwaist
strikers and others have demonstrated the
fact that women are economic quantity.
Their strikes have done much in the way Of
obtaining fairer wage treatment and better
hygienic conditions. The latest protest has {
deeper moral significance. 1t looks to the
emancipation of the working woman from the
cynical idea that when she enters into the
competition of labor she thereby relinquishes
certain instructive qualities OF refinement and
modesty. The prevalence OF the suggestion
TO the contrary has undoubtedly had much 10
CO with the grave questions of personal purity
underlying the fundamental one OF woman 5
participation in bread-winning. II employers
everywhere could be forced to understand and
admit that every sort of business must give
10 women certain measure of respect. these
problems would be bettered for the good Of
society. and business itself would be bettered
through more efficient service by more compe-
tent women.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02

them, David Belasco stated that he was always
being sued by BARRIERS and servant girls for
plagiarizing their plays
Further this remarkable combination of
playwright, author. stage manager and poet
explained that he got his start working in a
cigar store by day. carrying a spear as a
super" at night. and getting on the job to
sweep out the place at o'clock in the morn
ing.
All OF which shows that genius. or the
talent that approximates it, has the humble
does not lie in the dreams of BARRIERS and
servant girls" nor yet in the vast egotism Of
idleness Belasco carried a spear before he
ever spoke line He took small parts be-
fore be ever wrote one. He humbled himsaH
to sweep behind the wings, as he did 20
sweep out the store over whose counters he
scld tobacco.
When he did commence to write and - pro
duce, he knew what he wanted to Go, aud
how he wanted to do it. He had the sure
touch that looks so easy to the practiced hand.
that is so impossible to the novice. whether
the hand guides a pen, or uses ch'sel. or
stitches a seam.
The artist, as Belasco has shown. may dc
yelop out OF cigar clerk, or out of anyone
else who is capable OF taking art TO pieces and
finding out what makes II go round. He
never comes from the unrelieved artistic tenn
permanent, any more than from the deluded
persons who upset the bric-d- brdc OF life Wav-
ing feather buster in time with the day
dream of its being a baton.
Many great things start, figurattvely with
a sweeping of floors as first aid to accomplish
ment But the great f1oor-sweepers are those
who have the power to sweep first and dream
afterwards
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
TRADE BUREAU
MAPS NEW PLANS
WILL FOLLOW UP ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN WITH DIRECT AP-
PEAL TO MERCHANTS.

The trade extension bureau OF the
chamber OF commerce. at a meeting
held in the rooms Of the chamber yes
terday afternoon, adopted plan Of
appeal by direct correspondence as a
follow-up system to the campaign OF
newspaper advertising which the bu-
reau started a few weeks ago The
plan contemplates direct correspond
ence with buyers in Virginia and the
Carolinas, which the bureaus some
time ago mapped out as Richmond's
logical territory. and will involve an
immense amount OF detailed work. but
the bureau believes the results will be
well worth the labor expended.
Business Manager w. T. Dabney,
who is also secretary and manager OF
the bureau. has received a number
Of letters from business men in the
Carolinas, commenting most favorably
on the effectiveness of the newspaper
advertising the bureau has been do
ing. These letters, Mr.. Dabney says.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
nArTLEsmrs AND MONROE DOCTRINE.

The resolution passed by the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations reafirming the
Monroe Doctrine and extending it specifically
to cover the acquisition OF rights by foreign
governments, or corporations allied with for
eign powers in harbors or other places 80
situated that the occupation thereof for naval
or military purposes might threaten the COM
aluFieatfens or the safety Of the United
States" may or may not, have relation 70 the
pending naval program OF two battleships.
II the resolution is passed. however, it viii
mean battleships and plenty of them. With
out battleships it ought not to be passed.
For IN making such bald declaration, the
country VIII simply add an additional specii-
cation TO an attitude that Is constant inyi-
tation to trouble No such invitation should
he extended unless the United States feels
sufficiently prepared to take caro- of any
trouble that may arise-so we'll prepared. III
fact. as to make il reasonably certain that the
preparation will counsel peace and a2quies-
cence on the part OF other nations.
Although perhaps suggested by the Mazda
Iona Bay incident the proposed result on
goes far beyond any controversy with Japan
or suspicion of Japanese influence. Its IN
tendmest is 10 do al )lutely and by positive
prohibition what is now done tacttly by a
custom that has 30 basis in any treaty. II
would affect in a number OF instances rights
already acquired and interests already vested
in foreign corporations owing allegiance TO
oId-world powers 1t would defnite estop
other countries than those of the Western
hemisphere from taking trade and CONNER
cal advantages otherwise opened UP to them
Wv the Panama Canal Unless supported by
practically invinclble power such pohcy VIII
constitute continuing affront TO the rest 81
the world.
| The Monroe Doctrine found its effectiveness
| in the delicate balance of power among war
ring European nations 1t gained recognition
chieav through age Cleveland voiced it at
an admirably timed moment, when England
did not wish TO fight, and when there was
rothing al stake worth fighting over hh'
other powers notably Germany, have sr"m-
he'd al It. The doctrine only lives uneon-
tested by virtue Of the lapse of time since II
VAS promulgated: and it takes little reflection
10 see that its extension in positive terms VIA
,to a different matter The world is awake &c
Ire significance Stoutly as we may all he
Ilteye America 10 be The biggest thing in The
world and capable OF whipping creation i
must be recognized that it is Ar foolish IN &
nation as in a TO adjust chip on The
shoulder unless the possible consequences b'
carefully considered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
A STRIFE WITH A MORAL SIGNIFICANCE

-Four hundred women employees, members OF
the Dressmakers' Union. are on a strike III
Brooklyn. for a grievance with which there
ought to be general sympathy They are strik-
ing not for higher wages, for shorter hours,
or for special rights TO their organization III
stead. their complaint is based upon their de-
n7and for decent treatment as women. They
declare that the owners Of the factory permit
roremen and other male employees OF the SHOP
ia use language TO them, and in their pres
ence that is insulting and humiiatine. Not
only have they struck. but other women IN
tbat dressmalting and allied trades are pre-
pairing to take up the battle. Unless cond1-
tions in these respects are speedily bettered
the Metropolis will have the novel experience
of a strike waged apart from economic con-
dttions Az they are strictly defined, and in
behalf Of the finer instincts of womanhood.
We hope that these women will win their
strike II IL part OF sordid system that mas
been fastening itself on industry. that there
should be the necessity Of calling IT. bu'
that the abuse complained of exists in many
manufacturing establishments and other en-
employed in large numbers cannot he denied
Since the employment of women In the indus
tries became general there has grown up an
indefensible notion that far as the work
goes, they have ceased TO be women. True
they are not paid the same scale OF wages as
men and in many trades they have displaced
men exactly because they could be procured
more cheapiy, But these facts do not justify
The attitude that, because they have 10 work
in conjunction with the other sex. they mus
necessarily become machines without feeling
ard without modesty Many manufacturer
prides himself on the fact that he has an abso-
mtely impersoual feeling with respect to his
labor lie considers his employees only so
/ much inevitable machinery As consequence,
everything except the work and the output is
qyerlooked. that can be overlooked. This new