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.GtOiSKIDVWN'S AAAEEKLTM 7 M
I A Practical Proof.
The steady growth In ap
preciation of the Investment
value of our 6 Secured
Certificates is well evi
denced by the increas.
i n g number of investors
who regularly place their
surplus funds in these secur
ities. Throughout the years we
have been furnishing these
Certificates to the public no
customer has ever lost a dol
lar or waited a day for pay
ment of any principal or in
terest. Salt Lake Security
& Trust Co.
32 Main Street, Salt Lake.
i
I
The Utah State
i National Bank
At the cock corner
, We respectfully solicit the accounts
I of flniis, Individuals and
corporations.
I
I , Savings Department and Snfety
Deposit Boxes.
Joseph F. Smith, Pres.
I D. C. Jackllng, Vice-Pres.
Heber J. Grant, Vlce-Pres.
Chas. S. Burton, Vice-Pres.
R. T. Badger, Cashier
H. T. McEwan, Asst. Cash.
C. H. Wells, Asst. Cash.
Tho chief result of experience Is
clearness of vlow In discerning the
I fertile soil on which to plant that
j part of today's harvest sot aside for
I tomorrow's betterment.
Tho wlso planting of pennies and
dollars In a savings account whore
tho growth is cortain, Is making a
virtue, of necessity.
1 Planting therefore becomes not
merely an economic virtue but the
"symbol and instrument" of a man's
v independence.
1 We offer tho security and convon-
lenco of this bank for your accept
ance. I 4 Interest Paid on Savings
Deposits
The MERCHANTS BANK
"THE BANK ON BROADWAY"
IS THE HOUSE WIRED
FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS?
This is the first question asked by
those renting or buying homes.
A negative reply turns people away.
If the house is properly wired for
electric service, THAT is a big factor
I in renting or selling it.
i Builders are invited to confer with us in
I making plans. Free advice by our ex
perts is part of the service we render.
Call Our Commercial Department
i Utah Light & Railway Co.
"Electricity for Everything"
Mining and FinanciaL v
INSTEAD of resting after their tug
of war with the Western Federa
tion of Miners at Bingham and
Ely, which has been decided unmis
takably in their favor, the mine own
ers are facing new problems which
will call for different weapons than
those used against the laborltes. Soon
there will be a new president In the
White House, arid a new congress in
tho capitol. In the excitement of
the labor situation the master' miners
have given scant attention to the po
litical "zoo." They know that the
elephant is a safe and tractable beast
where mining interests are concerned,
but whether the bull moose sees red
when confronted by a tariff on zinc
ore, or whether the donkey feels a
twitching of the hind legs In the vi
cinity of a duty on lead ore are ques
tions of natural history that have not
been debated or settled in the couise
of the present campaign.
We used to leave the defense of
the zinc tariff chiefly to Missouri,
partly because the Missourians seemed
capable of defending it properly, but
principally because tire local produc
tion of zinc was inconsequential. Our
sympathy with the Missourians was
something like that which we feel for
a neighbor who hides his dog to keep
the dog catcher from getting it. With
lead it Was another matter. It al
ways has been clear to Utah mine op
erators that the duty on lead is a very
important pillar in the industrial tem
ple and one which could not be re
moved without serious damage to the
whole structure. This year we have
a clearer idea of the proportion of
things. We have a dog of our own.
Zinc has become an important factor
in the earnings of Utah mines while
tho necessity for a protective tariff
on lead has been modified, temporar
ily at least, by the political incompati
bility of our neighbors in Mexico.
Zinc mining Is a worthy and prom
ising infant industry in Utah. The
recent advance in the price of the
metal has done a great deal to foster
prosperity at TIntic and other camps
and to give employment to American
miners. A number of strong and con
vincing arguments in favor of leaving
well enough alone will occur to tho
r zinc producer at once arguments
that would cary conv.3tion to the
mind of every regular Republican
congressman. But suppose, when we
go to Washington, that we find the
Republican majority in the senate has
moved without leaving Its address
an'1 that a strange face looks from
the front window of hto White House!
Suppose the new tenants look upon
other folks' Infants with the critical
unenthuslastlc eye with which wo
were wont to contemplate Missouri's
household pet before we had one in
our family! Suppose, If you don't ob
ject to having your feelings harrowed
as well as plowed and stoamrolled,
the cold-blooded occupants of the na
tional nursery, not content with hoar
lng what a dimpled darling our par
ticular infant is, demand to know
just how often Its bottle is filled, the
temperature of Its pabulum, how Its
weight has varied from week to week
since It was born, whether we have
walked the floor with it at night and
how many miles, how often it has
crried and why and ninety-nine
other things of the same nature! can
we tell them? v
If everyone would take our Infants
at our own valuation we all might be
millionaires, but when we enter them
In a baby show a starched bonnet and
a clean dress are adjuncts not to be
despised. A change of administration
at Washington will bring together a
vast concourse of infant industries
and their parents. In such an event
will the progenitors of Utah zinc be
prepared to show just why and where
in their offspring needs protection?
This question recalls the effort made
many weeks since, to organize the
mlneowners of the state. One of the
functions of the proposed body would
have been to gather and formulate
the date required to prove that tho
local mining industry cannot grow
fat on a diet of raw tariff revision.
In an emergency, doubtless, John
Dern and Harry Joseph and one or
two other public spirited citizens
go to Washington and tell a congres
sional committee how dear zinc is to
tho miners of Utah. But then some
gentlemen from tho corn belt would
arise and produce figures purporting
to show that corn is still dearer to the
consumers of the United States. Hav
ing no statistical bureau to prompt
them the Utah volunteers would be
lost In the jungle of figures, just as
any other impromptu delegation
would be lost If It undertook to se
cure a revision of the mining laws
affecting the location of mineral
claims.
The work of making big mines out
of little ones is progressing favorably
at Alta and this, with the impend
ing absorption of the leading mines
at Park City by British capitalists, im
parts a great deal of interest to the
news from the Wasatch range. It is
admitted that the owners of the Col
umbus Consolidated, the Columbus
Extension and the Flagstaff have
their heads together considering terms
on which their respective holdings
might bo merged without leaving any
hard feelings. Tho Alta Consolidated
has found the support needed to ex
pand Its operations and tho friends
of this enterprising company are
breaking the news to tho public that
now is the time to subscribe Not a
little of tho enthusiasm for consoli
dation and development at Alta Is
due to the great success of the Michigan-Utah
merger in increasing and
cheapening production.
Tho cut in the Daly-West dividend
for the last quarter did not caus muoh
of a flurry in market circles although
It was entirely unexpected. Daly
West's cash surplus of three hundred
thousand and more proved to bo a
serviceable balance wheel in the emer
gency and averted what might have
been a crisis in the affairs of a coni-
home at the j2$s
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WALKER BROTHERS M H
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Will occupy soon Jljjjji illU IH
one of the finest ! T ' !e H
banking rooms In Ll' 53 1 1 1 1 1 91 ljH
the West, In the Jill mil jH
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National Bank of the Republic J-M
U. S. DEPOSITORY jB
FRANK KNOX, Pros. H
JAMES A. MURRAY, Vice-Pros. mM
W. F. EARLS, Cashier. mW
E. A. CUL.BERTSON, Asst. Cash. MM
CAPITAL PAID IN $300,000 mW
Banking1 In all Its branches trans- H
acted. Exchange drawn on :ho H
principal cities in Europe. Inter- vH
est paid on Tlmo Deposits. H
McCornick & Co. H
Bankers H
ESTABLISHED 1873. H
General Banking Business Trans- WM
acted. Wm
Accounts Respectfully Solicited. mW
pany less generously equipped with m
dollars. The strong demand for silver mM
and zinc, of -which the property is m
such a large producer, also tended to mW
console those who found their divi- H
dends short weight. mM
SOCIAL REDEMPTION. H
Schmidt I thear old Skinflint is ah- H
solutely stuck on a chorus girl and mat
goes to the show every night. H
Witte But his peoplo need not H
worry. iH
Schmidt -Why not? H
Witte Because he spends every H
evening in the family circle. H
A speed maddened motorist took for H
a mate 'H
A militant young suffragette; H
When he Is in jail she is out such H
is fate! MM
S)o they are happily married as H
Sllllcus 'All's fair in love and war. H
Cynlcus Or, In other words, hefore jH
and after marriage. Mm
