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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
A QUESTION OF POSTAGE.

There seems to be no end to postal
complications in this country and in
Canada 1t will be recolected that
President Taft was betrayed by mis-
calculation into the incorporation in
one Of his messages of the ridiculous
statement that it cost the Government
from eight TO nine cents pound to
handle secondclass mail. When we
consider that the express companies
have long handled this class of mail
at one cent pound, and are now
handling it at even less, and that the
Canadian postal authorities were hand.
ling this sort Of mail profitably at a
charge of three.quarters OF a cent a
pound, the wonder grows that President
Taft could have been so deceived as to
incorporate such a statement in his
message. But he was not the only one
who has erred the same. Our own post.
office department furnished him the
data upon which he founded his esti.
mate, and other authorities have been
even more at fault than that. But
since our express companies have re-
duced their rates on this kind of mat,
ter even below one cent it is evident
the computation that gave the nine
cent figure as the cost
We have now another complication
from Canada in the form of a new
postal regulation there which holds
that Sunday papers mailed from the
United States to subscribers IN Canada
arc hereafter TO be regarded as week
lies, with postage at sixteen cents a
pound, unless the recipients are sub
scribers to the daily edition as well as
the Sunday edition of the papers in
question. In that case, the Sunday
paper would be considered as a daily.
maIlable at four cents a pound across
the border. This regulation is sup
posed to be in the special interests of
the Canadian newspapers, and TO carry
what is IN effect a protective duty
against American newspapers and in
| favor of the Canadian issues. This. of
course, will lead 10 diplomatic nepotia
tlons, for our postal department will
naturally insist that Canada shall not
make any discrimination against Amer.
lean newspapers in favor of its own,
but shall admit American newspapers
to Canadian mails on the same basis
that it admits Canadian newspapers
We have here, therefore, the prospect
of very convenient diplomatic tangle,
which VIII be availed of TO the usual
extent, with The probability that in the
end the Canadian discrimination will be
annulled. since il il is persisted in tho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

means larboard to both. The some is
true of "starboard. When thore are
two steersmen and the order comes to
work to starboard both understand ex'
,actly what is meant, no matter what
their own position is with regard to the
ship. But to say "right' is likely to
be confusing and may be disastrous Tor
n few times until the steersmen get ac'
cnstomed to the new order.
We fear that Secretary Daniels did
not entirely think the matter out as he
ought to have done before issuing the
order. since cleft and "right" are
unfamiliar terms in the navy, and may
mean exactly opposite to the steersman
or other crew Of the ship without re-
gard to the position that they them
selves may occupy on the ship.
Besides, what special point is to be
gained by introducing this sort OF con
fusion into the navy?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
THE RIGHT" AND THE "'LEFT.,

A good deal Of comment has been
made in the Eastern newspapers about
Secretary DanIels's order to abolish
the term "port" and "starboard" in
the United States navy, substituting q
cleft and Fright" for them; and a
good deal of doubt is expressed among
those who understand the matter best
of the practical workings of that order.
Rear Admiral Schroeder explains
that the new order does not go as far
as it had been supposed to go by those
who have commented upon it. He says
that the "right" and Cleft" order for
the navy applies only to the command
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
GOOD RAILROAD POINTS.

Two railroad items Of unusual i'm
portance were carried in the news yes
terday morning.
The first was a dispatch from Dem
yer recitiug the fact that President
Miller of tho Burlington road had
written in support of the Moffat road g
tunnel projected through tho main
range this side of Denver, and stating
that the Burlington road would be
glad to use that tunnel in connection
with the Moffat road. This should
give a great impetus to tho pushing OF
that tunnel. and also to tho construc-
tion Of the road through to Salt Lake
from its present terminus at Steam
boat Springs. When great road like
the Burlington will come to the sup
port of pending enterprise like this.
that ought TO mean speedy success.
Another point was that given by
President Bush Of the Denver and Flo
Grande, stating that the detour line
Of his road al Soldier Summit in this
State would probably be ready for run
ming its regular trains upon by Octo-
Der 1st. This detour will very largely
reduce the summit grade, which is now
an extremely heavy one, and The i'm
provement effected by this detour will
be very great, 1t will lessen the cost
and stress OF the haul over the sum
nit, and when finished will complete
one Of the good things promised by this
road for Utah the present year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
of Japan. How would it do to tell ia
pan to take a rest for whilel
TARIFF BILL JAMMED THROUGH.

The bin revising the tariff was
iammed through the House Of Repre-
sentatives without opportunity for
/ amendment, examination, or consistent
revision. The fact that Senator Hoke
Smith Of Georgia pointed out TO Presi-
| dent Wilson that the bill was incon-
sistcnt. contradictory, and very much
in need OF amendment had no influence
upon the leaders OF the House. AS
Speaker Champ Clark said, they have
the votes, and they passed the bill
without any change whatever save
such as the Ways and Means Commit
tee itself brought forward, and these
changes were very few indeed.
The vote by which the bill passed
was 2sl against 1873. The Democrats
who voted against it were the eight
Representatives from Louisiana and
Charles b. Smith of New York, the lat
ter representing in part the city OF
Buffalo. Six members, nominally Re
publican, voted for the bill, including
Representatives NJ. c. Kelley OF one OF
the Pittsburgh districts; A, r. Rupley,
elected by Pennsylvania from the State
st large; j. W. Bryan, elected at large
from Washington, and j. I. Nolan from
one Of the San Francisco districts.
The action of the Democrats in OPP
posing the Democratic revision Of the
tariff was chiefly on account Of sugar,
this accounting for the eight votes
from Louisiana, with the vote of Mr..
Smith from New York unexplained,
The coast votes in favor Of the bill
may have been in revenge for cutting
the duty on lemons. The Progressive
vote seems 10 incline toward the Dem
ocratic party in its vicious hatred
against the Republicans.
1t is quite generally conceded in
Washington now, precisely as The Trih
une has urged from the first, that
enough Democratic Senators will refuse
to be whipped into line, and can be
fully depended upon to save the
duty on wool, sugar, and probably a
sufficient duty on lead and zinc. The
Democratic programme, as stated, is
TO divide these Democratic Senators so
as to carry the programme of the lead
ers by means of separation Of the OPP
posing vote. That is, Democratic lead
ers hope to carry free sugar, in spite
of the opposition Of the two Senators
from Louisiana, by segregating those
two votes from the Senators who op-
pose free wool. and as the Democratic
from Louisiana would not care
about wool, the hope is
that they will vote for the Democratic
machine bill so far as wool is con.
eerned. But it is not in the least like.
Iy that this opposition vote would con-
sent to be so segregated. 1t will prob
ably unite on a programme which will
include enough votes to beat free
sugar, free wool, and destructive cut
in the tariff on lead and zinc. For
this purpose probably enough Demo
cratic Senators from Louisiana. Colo.
RADIO. Montana, and Oregon can be
relied upon for the most part, and
these are more than ample to amend
The bill in the particulars stated So
that we expect TO see the tariff bill
,ome out of the Senate in quite diff
ferent form from that in which it has
passed the House.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION.

Under the impulse for the industrial
education Of the negro raco, as started
by Booker T. Washington, il is really
becoming a question whether the negro
schools OF the South are not more prac.
tically serviceablo to the negro race
than are the public schools Of the South
to the white race. Tho public school
system Of the South, like that OF the
country everywhere, especially up to
within very recent years, has been
purely academic. Its foundation was
the idea of preparing youths for col
lege, and it continued in that rut for
generations, although it was known
that very few Of the total mass of pub
lie school pupils could ever go to col
lege, or ever wanted to GO. And 80
gradually there has become an awaken
ing among public school educators,
which may be said to amount to this,
that they want the pupils of the grade
schools to receive somo practical in
struction which will serve them in their
daily lives and in their struggle to get
on industrially, commercially, and In
general, successfully. There is no ques-
tion Of the advantage of this change Of
view with respect to the public schools,
But the negroes really have the advan-
tage SO far as their schools are con.
cerned over the public school system Of
the South. They have been ostracised,
and their education, so far as the pub.
lic school system is concerned. has been
neglected or denied. And it is now
really a question whether this denial
has not been Of advantage to them in
depriving them Of the old-style educa.
ton and substituting the new industrial
and practical education for the old,
which was purely academic and imprac.
teal.
In this new form Of education for
the negroes of the South, Booker T.
Washington has had great success in re-
ceiving funds in the North for his in.
stitution at Tuskegee, Alabama. His
success has made many imitators, and
in so far as they conform to his practi.
cal methods and are honest in their
processes, these imitators will doubtless
do good in their degree. But the sys-
tenn of solicitation for the support Of
such schools offers large opportunities
for fraud. For example, a speaker at
the meeting Of leading negro educators
held recently in New York, detailed
what he called ga typical discovery"
this being the finding of "presi-
dent of a much-advertised school,
who was in the habit Of collecting
funds in the North for his academy"
in the South, but who, on lnves-
tigation. was found to have no school
at all, but that he used the money re-
ceived to educate at his own home his
two sons. This, of course, is merely
case of fraud; but there is no question
of the great benefit and practical util-
ity of the industrial education of the
negro in the South under the auspices
of Booker T, Washington and others
who are working on lines similar to his
And we have no doubt but that the ex-
ample and influence of these indus
trial schools for the negro in the South
will have an important modifying eff
feet upon the curriculums Of the public
schools for whites in that section.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

Japan protested against the school
management Of San Francisco, and
Colonel Roosevelt threatened the school
board with the army and navy; it now
protests against California IS State leg
isiation based expressly upon the terms
Of our latest treaty with Japan; it pro.
tested against our objections TO Japa.
nese raids on the seal herds of Alaska.
aud we had TO buy of the seal pirates
and seems ready 10 protest against
pretty much anything aud everything
That doesn I serve the special interests
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

sCol Roosevelt now comes out in fa-
vor Of arbitration, which is distinct
progress. While Mr.. Taft was Presi-
dent and proposed arbitration among
the nations, and especially between
the United States and Great Britain
Col. Roosevelt came out forcely and bel.
ligerently in opposition to it. ''De
world do move
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

Professor Taft, in declaring in his
first lecture at the Yale law school
that ''the new school of political
thinkers, recently sprung up, cannot
last uses language well calculated 10
stir up the bristliug hair on the Bull
Moose back
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

Opinion is said TO be gaining
strength in Washington that President
Wilson will be candidate for a sec
ond term. In that case. what becomes
of the party platform being n sacred
pledgel And bow about Bryan9
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

Last night the Descret News said
There has been some foolish talk
in the past here IL Utah about church
Interference in politics. IL might
fairly and honestly have admitted that
such foolish talk - had mostly come
from Itself in denial of such church
interference. and have admitted also
that its denials were as false a. they
were foolish
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

When wife makes five attempts to
secure divorce, three times in her
own State aud twice in Reno, as a
Massachusetts, wife is reported to have
done, it is probable that the wrong
party TO the marriage is doing the
slllnp
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

be positively and sweepingly in favor
Of the law and against the orders, from
whatever source, withdrawing lnnd
when there was no authority Of law
for the withdrawal
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

II looks as though things were ri.
pening in Mexico for the unanimous
recall of Mexico's "Graud Old Man, -
PorfiTio Diaz. bv unanimous consent.
For. the people must be getting worn
out by the bitter, destructive strife,
and it seems as though all the parties
and interests could unite On him aud
come under his rule as before; but no
such union can he hoped for under
any of the active faction leaders.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

u seems unaccountable in the slow
service from the pie-counter that the
widow Of the famous Gen. Longstreet
should be among the very first to be
ousted, and the American public gen
orally will tender her sympathy
which is earnest and heartfelt, even
though they can do no more
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

When DR.. Anna Shaw says that she
does not believe that there has ever
been a bad man in favor OF woman
suffrage, does she mean TO offer belief
in that cause AS a great moral regen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

blus sky law 10 protect the poor,
innocent whites against the spiteful
designs and operation Of the willy reds,
The account of Indians making a
rich getaway from white men in a
goldbrick gold mine is at once start
ling and a good deal Of joke.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

Governor Sulzer came out OF his
fipht with the New York Legislature a
badly mauled man. The Senate WAS
five to one aoainst him, and the Sen.
ate was Murphy's. The real boss
hasn't been dethroned-yet.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

The German fear, as expressed by
Professor Mucnsterberg, that the eele.
bratlon IN 1915 of the hundred years of
peace between this country and Great
Britain may lead TO an alliance be
tween the two powers antagonistie To
Germany, - is farfetched and unwor.
thy of consideration. There is no prop.
osition for any closer alliance than we
already have, and even if there were
there Is no ground for assuming that
it would be antagonistic to Germany
Germany jingoes are too touchy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
Saturday. May 10, 1913.

The "Bryan Ricky' is the name of
the newest drink You could hardly
fail TO guess its chief makeup.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

The 'trebuke'' which the peace
monomaniacs administered to DR.. Alb
bott is in fact big credit mark for
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10

United States can retaliats in like
manner and degree.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-10
YOUR home
may be next.

Burglars are busy thsu.
days. Put your 1ewelrv
and other valuables in /.
safe deposit box in on,
new, modern vaults, and
you can laugh at tn,
burglars. Most conveujen,
location in the city. sns
ctal elevator makes accss,
easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. January 1S.-All board Of
trade markets were dull and featureless
today. the usual week end situation.
Prices declined slightly.
Cables being unchanged from Liverpool
and advices generally without color,
somebody started story that the best
known of the private crop prophets was
preparing a bulish bulletin on wheat 1t
helped prices until the prognostica tor
published a formal denial. There was
another report that one of the most in
huentia, traders was buying wheat and
this was formally denied. but not until it
had caused a slight upward furry. In
general. the pit followed any important
buying or selling orders. and in the alb
sence of these did nothing. Primary re-
ceipts for the week We're larger than a
week ago, the grain coming from the
southwest The northwest receipts de-
creased little
Weakness in corn was based on reports
that down-state points were selling spot
at concessions which could not be met
here and to the evaporation of the export
demand Cash corn declined y. I'm
portant longs We're the best sellers. and
while those who took it checked the de-
cline, they found themselves well sup
piled when the session closed
The dizziness in oats was profound. and
the tone heavy. in sympathy with corn.
Provisions closed UNCHANGED to ) cents
lower on steady but dull market
Packers bought moderately from local
traders The western hog run for the
week was $4,000 head. as against $4,000
head the previous week and los 800 hea d
a year ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LONDON STOCK MARKET
Speculation Within Narrow
Limits, Though Investment
in IndustriaIs Is Heavy.

LONDON. January 1S.-While the I'M
certainties of the outcome of the Balkan
negotiations held speculation within mar
row limits on the stock exchange during
the week. quite large investment bust
ness was transacted i'm industrial shares
at individually improving prices. with
Argentine securities the most favOreI in
the list.
New issues during the week totalns
S:c."r.'aD We're only moderately success
ful, ana the knowledge that these must
eventually he marketed checked any
material improvement in silt-edgcd shares
which We're also unsettled by the shadow
OF dearer money due to the tax collec-
items and the large shipments of gold to
Argentina and Brazil. Consols declined
a quarter of point under these depress-
ing influences.
That the settlement of the Balkan
trouble would ease the monetary situa-
ton and improve the tone of the market
was shown yesterday by a hardening
tendency OH the presentation of the
powers note to the porte and uncOn-
trmed rumOrs of the fall of AdrianOple.
Meanwhile attempts at borrowing by the
beiliSerent states here and on the con-
tinent. even at high rate of interest,
without SUCCESS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, January 1S.-Today's cot
ton market was weak and unsettled. with
January losing most of the additional
premium it had gained yesterday and
with the general list closing easy at a
net decline Of from : to IS points. The
market opened steady at a decline OF :
to points in response to somewhat low
err cables than expected. The failure OF
Liverpool to respond more fully to the
local strength of Friday appeared to
make considerable impression or; senti-
ment and the market almost Immediately
developed weakness as a result of liqu:-
dation by recent buyers and renewal of
bear pressure.
The fact that January led the decline
under selling. which some attributed to
the leading spot interests. no doubt en-
couraged bear operations and the market
closed within a point or two of the low
est. RumOrs that increased shipments
from the south probably added to the
bearishness of sentiment. and the Janu-
AIRY premium over March was reduced
from ~ points at the close last night to
about 'S points during today's trading
There was little buying here supposed
to be for the account Of German Spinners.
but houses with southern connections
were considerable sellers. while there was
good deal of pressure from Wall street
sources. and the bulk of demand seemed
to be- i'm the way of realizing by old
shorts. Liverpool cables said the market
there was quiet and steady. but showed
some uneasiness over weakness in the
Egyptian stocks. Sales of print cloths
at Fall River for the week were eSti-
mated at 10000 pieces compared with
17I.rrO the same week last year.
COtton-Spot closed quiet; middling up
lands. 1880: do, gulf. 1916. No sales.
Futures closed easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
COFFEE FUTURES.
BOSTON. January Is.

NEW YORK, January 1S.-Coffee flu
lures opened steady at unchanged prices
to an advance of points in response to
steady European ables and talk of some
Improvement in jobbng demand. Early
offers from Brazil We're said to be un-
changed. and while the cost and freight
market later was reported slightly easier
prices here improved on covering by local
shorts and bull support. with the close
firm at net advance of 1 to ~ points.
European selling was supposed to account
for the relatively easy ruling of Decem-
Der. Sales, ~. 80 bags January 1870;
February. 1879: March. 1913: April, 1856
May. 1850: June. 1876; July. 1888: Au-
gust. 1890: September. 1898: October,
1885: November. 1892; December. 1886.
Spot coffee steady: Rio. as. lbs Santos,
As. 15a.. Mild coffee quiet: Cordova. 16a1S.
Havre unchanged. Hamburg unchanged
to Il pig lower. Rio unchanged. Santos,
80 reis lower: Is. $500: as, $500. Re
ceipts at the Brazilian ports 1000 bags.
against 2c,00O last year. Jundiahy. re-
ceipts, 900. against II 900 last year. New
York warehouse deliveries, 14,171 bags,
against y: - last year.