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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED
Meet Dcnth When Boiler of Locomo.
tive Blows In

Wiliiamspor;. "a. March Flour
men were Killed at Muncy. fourteen
miles south OF here. tonight when the
boiler Of locomotive attached TO u
freight train blew up. Til. dead ARE
William Fink, engineer.
Hurry RobInson. fireman.
Bolton White. conductor.
William Meyers. brakeman.
All the victims Were In the cab OF
the locomotive when the accident oc-
Cured ut point ahout 100 yards north
OF tn Muncy station. One side OF Tho
wooden station was completely de-
moishcd. bu, no ona ia or about il
was auri.
The :reigat train was running 4, n
high ritr of speed when tho boiler
blew up. The men We're blown clsar
OF the locomotive, Fink being 'ound
some distance from the tracks. RE
lived twenty minutes. The other men
were killed Instantly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
Delegate. Uninstrnc,c,I

Florence, S. c.. March 1.-$iXth Dis
trict delegates to tho Ecpnolicnu Ma
tionnt Convention elected to-day are
Joshua l.. WILSON and j. 4. Baxter,
uninStructed, :
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
CUMMINS WANTS TO REVISE

We notice that Senator Cummins of
Iowa wants the Senate to enter upon
a complete revision Of the tariff. He
wants the wool, cotton, sugar, aud steel
schedules revised not only without ref.
erence to the House bill making revis.
ions of some of these, but ''without
waiting for the report of the Tariff
Board.' And he wound UP his plea
by giving notice that he would himself
report tariff bill making such revis.
IONS If the committee insisted on wait
ing for Tariff Board reports.
We suppose that this is Senator Cum.
mins's bid for the Presidency. Roose-
welt made his bid in his Columbus
speech. and LaEollette makes his bid
by declaring radical platform. Cum
osltion ignorantly to revise the tariff
schedules as his idea of what will
take with the American people.
But we should have supposed that
Senator Cummins and all concerned
would have had enough Of ignorant tar
ih' revision. When the Senate made
its revision at the extra session of
1909, it proceeded on the theory that
it did not want any information Of any
kind on the tariff schedules and the
difference of production cost here and
abroad, and the baldest and most ig.
norant statements were injected into
the debates from time to time. The
result was the framing of tariff bill
which the American people iuconti.
nently condemned, and punished the
party that made ii in the elections Of
1910 so that the supremacy Of that
party In the United States was not
only challenged, but ieopardized. =.
1t is incompreheusibic to understand
why Senator CummIns should want to
undertake another ignorant revision of
the tariff law. Surely the experience
of 1909 ought to be enough on that
point. But, since Senator Cummins still
clings TO the idea that an ignorant and
partisan revision Of the tariff law is
what the American people want, he
will have to be ranked with the Bour-
bons who never learn anything good
and never let up on their proneness
to action that is bad 1t must be
Cummins S proposition in this will fab
as fiat as his announced candidacy for
the Presidential Office
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
1T WAS A BLOODY DAY.

The news this morning is bloody in
deed That from Virginia, which tells
of the assassination by mountain out.
laws of the judge on the bench, the
sheriff, the prosecuting attorney, the
clerk and a juror in the court room,
where one of their number had lust
been sentenced to a term of imprison-
ment, is grim news indeed. The whole
machinery OF Justice was thus wiped
out IN that county; but it is one of the
vital principles of American institu-
tions that ''the Government still lives, -
no matter how many officials may be
slain; and the mountain outlaws will
undoubtedly be hunted down and
killed
Another bloody affair is. the mutinv
in the Nebraska penitentiary, where the
warden and two others were killed. and
the mutineers carried all before them
for time.
Another sensational bit of news was
that which tells Of the attempt of an
anarchist to shoot the King of Italv.
fortunately, without success.
In addition, there is the usual prisf Of
troubles, altogether making it dole.
full day S record
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
LA FOLLETTE'S PLATFORM.

Senator La Toilette OF Wisconsin,
vainIy imagining that he is still in the
Presidential race. seeks TO emulate Col.
Roosevelt in setting forth his position
on National questions. Roosevelt made
tremendous mess of it in setting forth
his policies in his Columbus speech,
That speech has shown the American
people what a dangerous, reckless and
unsubstantial man he is. His candi-
dacy has distinctly weakened since its
delivery. But Senator La Toilette
evidently imagincs that the duty of
his policies. and accordingly he sets
forth lot Of Impractical notions Of
about the same foolish chara cter as
Roosevelt 5. He wants to investigate
the alleged illegal acts ''of all trusts
and combinations, and 10 invest the
Investigators with extreme powers. It
would almost seem as though he would
like to have the investigating commit
tee endowed with powers of imprison-
mept. and even death, in all cases
where offenders are caught This in
vestigatlon would go into pretty much
everything. entering into the daily life
Of the people and would, If La Toilette
had his way, fill our jails to overflow
ing and give ms more convicts' than the
industry Of the people could feed.
He is opposed to ship subsidies. with
out offering anything else that will
give us merchant marine; so that he is
opposed to the American merchant ma.
rine, He wants to stop % extravaganza
in the building Of warships. and in the
meantime 10 stop that building. He
of the commercial class. - 10 the end,
undoubtedly, that American exports shall
he crippled and our foreign trade de-
creased. He is opposed to the Canadian
reciprocity agreement, which afforded
promise of the breaking up of specu
lative trusts that are in control OF the
food necessities of life this apparently
for the benefit of such speculative
trusts. lie opposes the Aldrich scheme,
which is well enough in way. for it
ought to be opposed but he does not
suggest anything by way of improve
ment of tho currency system as con.
structivee statesman ought TO do when
lie announces disapproval of any pro.
posed scheme OF this kind.
The final paragraph OF La Toilette =
| dec larstion is e stiff srrsignmeut OF
Roosevelt on the ground that when he
went into office the total amounts OF
stock and bond issues of all combina-
tions and trusts were less than four bill
| lion dollars. and that when he went out
| of office, the life stock aud bond is.
sues had increased 10 upwards of thirty
billion dollars. He docs 1ot say how
| Roosevelt could have prevented this in.
| crease, even it that prevention had been
! desirable. As a matter of fact. there
would bc no way Tor the President 20
shut off such stock issues, and thiG is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
A DILAToRY SENATE.

The work Of the United States SEN
ate can hardly be very pridcfu to the
people OF the United States during the
present session. If there is anything
that has been done by that body to
the advantage Of the people, it surely
is time that such act and advantage
were pointed out. Its destructive ac-
tion upon the arbitration treaty is
enough TO far more than Offset even
the most friendly claim of beneficial
action on the part Of the Senate, IL
has passed in crippled form the chill
dren' s bureau bill. has abrogated our
commercial treaty with Russia, and has
killed the arbitration treaty. What
else7 We see i, plainly stated in the
Eastern papers that this is absolutely
all that the Senate has done, either by
way of constructive or destructive leg
islation.
II is shame that We should have 10
record so little done by the Senate
after "A session OF three months OF Com
eress 4 tithe of the interest in behalf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
THE PROPOSED CAPITOL.

The illustrations in yesterday morn
ing's Tribune of the proposed new State
Capitol showed that it is to be beau
tiful and imposing building, and it is
to be hoped that it viii be raised high
enough so that it will be visible from
the city. and generally from the valley,
1t is, indeed. beautiful piece of archi-
lecture, and Mr. Kletting, who submits
the successful plans, is TO be congratu.
lated heartily upon winning tho great
prize. But he has earned that prize in
presenting such harmonious and ele-
giant set OF plans as these,
Mr.. Kletting has been we'll known IN
the city as a first.class architect for
a good many years He has made, aside
from his general architectural studies,
a speciality of investigating reinforced
concrete construction. If it is decided,
as we trust that il may be, to make the
vaults where the archives of the State
are to be stored, OF reinforced concrete,
this knowledge of Mr.. Kletting's will
come into excellent play. A large num-
Der of the States in this Union have lost
their early archives and invaluable rec
ords because of the destruction of their
capitols by fire. Missouri has lost
two State houses in this way, and with
the burnings has lost records that can
never be replaced. New York has had
a very serious fire in her State capitol,
losing enormously valuable and rare
manuscripts and documents Wiscon'
sin has also had a serious fire in her
State capitol. without. however, the
great loss that was suffered by New
York, And so we urge again, as we
have urged often heretofore, that the
vaults for the storage Of Utah S State
archives be made commodious. conven-
lent, easily accessible, and absolutely
secure as against fire Of any unlawful
attempts to invade or destroy the rec
ords or valuables stored Now that the
plans for the capitol have been selected
and approved, this matter of safety OF
the State records is the question Of first
importance,
Tt is evident that more ground will
be needed for the great structure, the
plans or whlch nave poon approved,
than the original site as selected and re-
served for so many years as capitol
site. This addition will doubtless be
made to the southwest by way Of sQuar-
ing out the corner and making consider
able addition TO the grounds, This will al
low Of making the front face the south,
the wings extending east and west. The
dimensions of the building are ample,
and with the four stories. including the
basement (Which should be devoted
chiefly TO fireproof vaults), this CAPT
tol structure will be sufficient for the
States business for generations to
come
We are confident that the people of
this State will approve the Judgment
of the Capitol Commission in selecting
these beautiful plans for the capitol.
The desderatum in this approval. Of
course, is that the building sha be
raised up so that it will appear above
the brow of the, bench, thing. OF
beauty TO approve and admire
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
LAWRENCE STRIKE ENDING

The dispatches indicate that fhe
great strike of the mill operatives al
Lawrence, Massachusetts. is about over.
This will be good news in every part
of the United States, and the Justice
OF the raise IN wages offered to the
operatives must be conceded. In fact,
something more might easily have been
conceded to the public approval; for
the. wages received by the mill opera
tives at Lawrence are disgracefully low
for an American community, and they
exhibit a shocking misdirection OF the
tariff idea that discloses at once the
gross evils Of the pervcrsiou of the
protective tariff system which has pre-
vailed In Lawrence, and the eraspjng
hoggisbness Of the manufactures
1t was extremely unwise of the mill
owners at that place to allow a ques.
tion Of this kind to come up in the
Presidential year, for the developments
have shown that, SO far as these mills
are concerned. the tariff affords no pro-
lection whatever to American labor
in fact, the American public learns
with shame and disgust that the tariff
idea is wholly perverted in Lawrence; !;
and in place of the laborers getting
what the intent of the tariff certainly
was to gain for them, better wage
than the foreign ''paupor scale, they
are getting the lowest wages of Europe
and wages far below anything ever
known before in the United States.
In place of the tariff being allowed to
protect American la Dor in this case,
American labor is not employed TO any
appreciable extent, and the protection
TO American labor is merely made q
lining of the millowDeTS' pockets. The
thousands Of employees in those mills
are cut short of their dues under the
American protective tariff system and
arc compelled to work for the Euro
pean pauper wages. while thb mlllown-
ers pocket the difference between those
wages and the wages that American
laborers ought TO have.
a surprising piece of fatuity, indeed,
IT, was for these millowners 10 allow
this full and positive demonstration o,
the miscarriage of the protective sys
tenn TO come out this present year.
II was a revelation to the American
public that will not be lost sight of.
and that cannot be obscured. In so
far As the Lawrence practices are the
prs ctices Of mlllowners in America.
thew demonstrate absolutely that IL -
futile TO undertake To protect Ameri-
can Ia Dor from the grasping aVaricc Of
millowners: and this il tho most ma
teria point in the whole tariff discus
sion that has ever developed on that
measure a, any time in the treat
ment of II IN the United States. For.
If we have labor conditions that are
practically Identical with the Invest
Ia bor conditions in Europe, il is idle
TO talk about protection against those
conditions We might as well get 20
rhe free trade basis at once ii the pro-
tective tariff idea is 10 be thus per
verted.
But. aside from all that. tho strike
was tremendous interference with
the business life of the United States.
and every one will rejoice when il is
settled.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MORNING. MARCH IS, 1912

known fully by La Toilette, u is there
fore incomprehensible why he, as can
did. straightforward man. should bring
forward matter of this kind as against
Roosevelt or rs against any President.
He might Just as well bring forward the
destruction OF Sau Francisco by earth
quake and fire during Col. Roosevelt g
Presidency. against Roosevelt. as TO
bring forward a matter of this kind,
which is not only not preyentable by
the President, hut is wholly outside of
the jurisdiction of any President, who
ever he might be.
On some points. La Follette's 5 plat.
form is even more fantastic than Roose-
welt IS, although on the point of the re-
call Of judicial decisions, they fall short
Of the ridiculous demagogism and i'm
practicability of the Roosevelt idea
But the two platforms taken together
may fairly be said TO represent the i'm
practicable notions of political dema-
gogues of pretty much all shades in the
United States. If Roosevelt's Comm
bus propositions were contemplate,
these OF La Folette's arc not less so,
aud they are more in number and they
lack even the appearance of an effort at
constructive craftsmanship. IF La Fol
lette was out of the race before giving
out this platform, he is now doubly out
Of it, because Of the demerits of the de.
structive and unwise platform which he
urneppfc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
STEWART ON THE PHILIPPINES.

The Director of Commerce for the
Philippine Islands, Mr. NJ. l.. Stewart,
spoke, In his call in this city, cnthu
siastically in favor Of the retention OF
the Philippines; he scouts the idea of
letting that rich dependency go. He is
on his way to New York to establish a
Bureau of Information in behalf of
the islands The purpose is TO show
their advantages and to interest the
people of the United States therein.
He and his aids are not asking any aid
from the United States, either by pub.
lie appropriation or otherwise, but are
desirous of having an influx OF Ameri
cans and American capital to develop
the islands and to establish them as a
permanent American outpost Of com.
merce.
Mr., Stewart points out that the 10.
cation of the Philippine Islands is singu.
larly serviceable for advancement of
American trade with China and with
all the Oriental countries. He points
out that China is awakening from her
sleep Of the ages, aud will absorb i'm
mense quantities of American goods,
the Philippines being used as an Inn
mense depot for the supply of those
goods.
There is no question that the Philip.
pines are adapted in extra ordinary de.
gree to this service. The idea was fully
developed by Mr.. Harold NJ. Pitt, for
merly Of this city. when he was here
TWO years or so ago, and his explana~
tons on this: line were presented
through The Tribune.
Besides all this, as Mr.. Stewart
points ont, the Philippines in them.
selves have enormous riches and Won
derful resources. The advancement in
the Philippines in the past ten years
has been very great. especially in the
educational lines and in the spread of
the knowledge and use Of the English
language. All this is first-class, and
1t shows that the field is ripe for such
an effort as Mr. Stewart is now max,
ing in behalf Of the Philippines.
The great drawback, however, is the
legislation of the United States forbid
ding the acquisition by Americans of
sufficient land or interests in the Phi
lpp1nes TO make it worth the while OF
big capital to enter that tfield. Until
this legislation is relaxed. there will be
dlfticulty in getting American capital
interested IN that archipelago IL was
crushing mistake when the United
States adopted the Hoar policies in this
respect. But for that the Philippines
would have been as thoroughly Amcri.
canlzed as Porto Rico is today, and we
would have had neither a Philippine
question on our hands nor any talk
whatever about a Philippine problem,
either in the form of independence OF
letting 90. But. so far as possiblee, The
Tribune wishes well to Mr.. Stewart and
his enterprise, and hopes that every
possible success will attend him. If
american capital and enterprise were
as free TO employment in the Philippines
as In Porto Rico, or even in Cuba. as
they ought to be, there could be no pos.
sIble doubt of the triumph of his mis-.
sion ''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
ADVERTISING TALKS
CONTINUED From Page one.)

where the TRUTH, and nothing
but the truth. is TOLD ABOUT
THEM.
"The pianos and player instru-
ments sold here have no secrets
that need be kept from you. They
are like certain men and women.
The more you see Of them aud the
better YOU know them, THE
HIGHER THEY RISE IN
YOUR ESTEEM AND AF'FEC-
TION."
That is what i call HUI
MAN INTEREST in adver-
tising. Many advertisers
welded to old customs
have an idea that advertis-
ing that talks to people is
not half so effective as adj
vertising that merely names
the article to be sold with
the price attached thereto.
The fact is that all over
the country merchants are
paying MORE ATTEN-
TION to their advertising
than they ever did. They
are trying to make their
talks to the public as inter
csting as possible.
They are really making a
strenuous effort to have
their ADVERTISEMENTS
accepted by the people as
REAL NEWS-news that
they want to read and
NEWS THAT WILL GIVE
II III f. NJ INFORMATION
THEY ARE SEEKING.
have talked with many
advertisers who have adopt
ed the new style OF Gescrip-
ton in their advertisements
who have put human in
terest into their copy-and
they tell me that the RE
SUITS FROM THIS KIND
OF ADVERTISING ARE
MUCH GREATER than
from the old style, and that
it establishes d friendly feel
ing between the store and
the customers. 1t keeps
both in = f. II son A l..
TOUCH. one with the other.
The IMPRON EN- ENT|
IN NEWSPAPER ADVER-
TISING is most marked all
over the country, and the
improvement in copy has
INCREASED RESULTS
FROM ADV ERTISING.
(ro be continucd).
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

of the public which the Senate shows
in any matter affecting its own powers
or dignity, would help the people very
much AT this time, and it is to be hoped
that there will be a reform in the
Senate which will lead it to do some
real legisating.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The House bill for the regulation of
the Panama canal rs cncountcring oppo-
sition on the Pacific coast. where it
seems 10 he apprehcnded that foreign
ers aud the railroads will obtain the
sscendsnce. II is difficult TO see now
This can be brought about, since our
eoastwise trade, Of which it would he a
part. is absolutely assured to Amer.
fran ships.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

4 Roosevelt is hot for the Presidential
Urinary. But that WIS first adopted
~ Oregon, and. as the Oregonian points
cut, was ayowedly urged as protest
against and means of escape from
Roosevelt : arbitrary control of Repub.
bean conventions in tho Southern
states. 50. that he IL nov loudly csll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The clearing Of Carl Hard from all
suspicion of irrcgularity is a gratifca
ton TO all his salt Lake friends. He
had done fine service in the Philippines
for more than a decade, and no one
who knew him could put the least cred
II many intimations of crookedness on
bis mart
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

There is to be scramble for Col.
Loose s shoes on his coming resignation
from the State chaIrmanship of the
bogus Republican party, All applicants
should remember that the size is No
n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The Mongolians have seeded from
Cbinn; aud yet the Mongolian Gov.
crnor, with Mongolian army Of 10000,
Is reported as marching ON Picking to
restore the Manchu monarchy. 1t 8 Z
case Of eating ones cake and still hav-
ing it. Mongolia severed from China
should let China alone.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The value Of steel cars was further
demonstrated in the Poughkeepsie
wreck. That demonstration is now SO
complete that it is hard to see how the
railroad companies can refrain from
making their cars all steel rs rapidly
rs they can
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The talk about q ermapy negotiating
Tor a coal station Oh the Colomb bian
coast near the Panama canal. or the
proffcr of such station to Germany by
Colombia. is no doubt IA fake. For il
such was the case. the time TO enforce
the Monroe doctrine would be right
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

Chicago, business manager of Life
and Action, publication devoted to
1.-The Great Work in America Luck
20 with him. We supposed that he was
making money in Idaho; for he is 4
moqey maker wherever he goes, lively,
warm. hearted, and good friend
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The latest form OF catering 10 the
passenger public. is the setting apart of
a kissing room - in the Gran Central
station in New York. Honeymooners
Will be at once attracted and relieved
II S great art. this providing all pos.
sible convenienees for the travelling
public
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

Harper 5 Weekly shrewdly says:
HODc term as an ex-President seems
10 be about all some people can stand. !"
And would ''some people ever be
content TO stay out!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

The idea of the sugar trust that il
is going TO pay pensions to its super.
annuated employees is pure fiction. 1t
will make the American sugar-consum-
crs pay them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15

Col. Roosevelt modestly says that he
would accept a nomination to the Presi-
dency. if it is offered: then starts A
fierce campaign to force the offer.