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H 6 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER " l 7," 1912. If
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Sunday, November 17, 1912.
II What is happening in Mexico, that
we don't hear of any more new revo
lutions down there?
Col. .Roosevelt is said to desire a
vacation from polities. If ho will give
tho country one it Trill gladly reclpro
A traveler returned from Malta says
there are no Maltese cats there. Per
haps they have all been, exported tb
meet the large demand.
Candidates for Congress in Texas re
port that, their campaign expenditures
were nothing. Because they had no
opposition to speak of, probably.
Reports from tho Balkan war say
that multitudes of refugee Turks had
no food, except decaj-cd fruit. 2sTo won
der an epidemic of cholera began.
Some of tho Eastern newspapers
analyze Koosovelt's after-election
statement as muck liko the whine of
a lost boy sniveling to got back home.
The escape of Felix Diaz from prison
(provided he has escaped) will no doubt
prove to be ono of tho best political
coups that President Madcro has de
livered. Michigan voted for woman suffrage;
but. the antis givo out that they will
contest the result, on tho ground of
legal flaws. But a victory won that
way would not be worth the winniug.
Tho Republican party is said to be
legally dead in North Carolina, not
polling enough votes to give it recog
nition in the law. But. then tho Re-
IpubJicnn party was never robust in
aiy of the Southern States.
The quashing of indictments against
meat packers in Chicago because tho
word "transport" was used instead of
"transship" is one of those fine-spun
technicalities lhat exasperate tho public
and foster tho spread of tho demand
for tho recall of judges.
The dispatches say that the Turks
recognize tho loss of their empire in
Europe, and that there is a general em
igration of the Moslems from the lo
tion recently conquered by the Chris
tian allies, toward Asia Minor. Which
is ominous for the Armenians and oth
er Christians there.
Boston Globe: "If the papers should
print a few detailed stories of the hor
HJjjj rible conditions of suffering resulting
Mj from tho war of the Balkans which
Mjij arc uot published because they are too
terrible to print the Red Cross appeal
m l -for relief funds would meet with uui
8, I versa, I immediate response."
Ifij ! ! Tho fiual estimates of tho U. S. Do-
j partnirnt of Agriculture on tho com
'a J crop of tho country this year put tho
H yidd at .'5,100,000,000 bushels. Whew!
1 That's some corn, sure enough, to feed
m !j a famishing population. Its effect ought
S 1 to make for tho cheapening of bcof and
'El pork, and other forms of food.
fig. j The terms of tho armistice as' laid
n',! down by Bulgaria are straight business,
Sl)j so far as tho surrender of tho Turkish
f I armies and of conquered territory are
ijS concerned. But in othor respects tho
H rc oris are probably inaccurate, the of-
IStfj Jicinl toxt being withhold. But what a
Hg humiliation those surrenders will bo to
Im Turkish prestige and vanity I
Ejj Thobe who imagine that it will ibe
M plain sailing with the Democrats to
HH "throw off the obligation" of the
al Philippines and grant immediate inde
pendenee, reckon too hastily. For
Hf Democrats have never yet shown any
ID! disposition to surrender territory ac-
WM quired, however doubtful they may
Ijffi: have been about acquiring it.
fl i President-elect Wilson finds it ncccs-
Wt j sary to go to a foreign jurisdiction in
Wj order to gel the rest that he craves. It
nH doesn't tpcak well for American man-
MM- ners that this extreme had to be resort-
Mm cd to. A Prcsidcnt-olect driven out of
9 tho couutry by political importunities,
H niado a refugee and cxpatriato, ought to
H raiso tho blush of shame on many
H$ Bryan's opinion (and it is deaerving
HI of weight) is that tho Progressives will
M'i return io the Republican party and take
Wat charge of it, adopting in tho next cam
BH paigu a platform "which will bo a
compromise between tho two cx
troines. " Not a bad guess, provided
Roosovolt is eliminated, and it can bo
found out what tho Progressive plat
form meant.
EXTRA SESSION SURE.
President-elect Wilson gives ouL the
positive announcement lhal ho will call
an extra session directly after his in
auguration, for the 'purpose- of revising
tho tnrjff. lie gives as his reasons
why he will do this, that the pledges
of tho party ought to bo redeemed as
promptly as' possible, and also because
he knows it to "bo lo the interest of
business lhat all uncertainty as, to
what (ho particular items on tariff re
vision are to bo, should bo dealt with
as soon as possible.
These reasons are good and sound.
Thoy aro in direct consonance, with the
platform upon "which Governor Wilson
won his election. Therefore, in pledg
ing himself to call an extra session of
Congress not later than April 15th next,
he is not only acting on correct busi
ness and political principles, but. is re
deeming tho direct pledge of his party.
It will bo interesting to sec upon
what, lines tho Democratic revision of
the tariff will proceed, and it is to be
hoped that tho idea that protection is
unconstitutional will not bo put into
immediate- practical effect, although no
ono can blame statesmen who really be
lieve that protection is unconstitutional
for pwooping protection away,, so far
as may bo without disastrous results to
tho business of the country, which has
boon so largely shaped upon conditions
built up through the protective idea.
Governor Wilson, however, has given
very reassuring pledges of caution in
this matter, and unless something to
annul those pledges comes to the front,
tho people will not be under very seri
ous apprehension as to what Democracy
will do to tho tariff.
It is well enough to remember in this
connection that if the Republican Sen
ato at tho session of 1909 had kept
faith with tho peoplo and revised the
tariff downward in place of- upward,
and had not mocked tho peoplo with a
false pretense of fair rovision, there
would probably have been no split in
tho Republican party and no defeat of
that party to chronicle this year. The
Utah Senators were distinguished for
their contumacy as- lo tariff rovision,
following the worst pbssiblo models
and doing this so constantly, so faith
full', as to cause wonder to the Sen
ators of every other State in the Union.
Tho Utah Senators must, therefore,
bear rather more than tho ordinary
sharo of blame for tho Republican de
feat this year; but as to Smoot, he
emphatically told tho carded wool men,
who protested against tho unfairness of
thq methods ho was pursuing, that he
would not amend, and he responded to
their suggestion that th'c country might
go Democratic if better methods were
not pursued, by asking, ' 1 What the hell
do I caro if it does go Democratic?"
Perhaps Smoot does not caro; but if
he does not, ho is probably tho only
prominent Republican in .the United
States who is in that indifferent frame
of mind.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The Business Men's League of St.
Louis held a banquet in that city re
cently, at which Mr. Thigh L. Cooper,
ongineer of the great Keokuk dam in
tho Mississippi river, was the honored
guest. Mr, Cooper at that time ex
plained the matter of putting in the
dam, and discussed tho problem of
handling the Mississippi, and then of
all the rivers of this country., lie
showed that there has been no compre
hensive plan adopted by the Govern
ment, or even recommended by engi
neers, with a view to controlling the
flow of the rivers of tho United States.
The general problem involved is the
holding back of the flood waters of the
spring, so that these waters can be
released later on for tho Toinforccnieut
of the channels when tho water gets
low. Tn connection with this, there
would also bo vast power plants which
would furnish electric energy and light
for the whole of the United States.
Thcro would also be in the arid region,
in such control of the river flows, vast
irrigation enterprises ou a scalo grand -or
than any heretofore attomptod.
There is no doubt but that a scheme
of this kind, skillfully put into effect,
would pay for all tho cost of making
tho improvements, although, as Mr.
Cooper said, this matter would require
to bo viewed "in the terms of mil
lions;" yet that should not appall a
government which has been able to ex.
pend almost $'100,000,000 in puttiug in
a world-beating canal at tho Isthmus.
Mr. Cooper declares that what is
nooded is a board of engineers appoint
ed chief ry from tho quginopnug corps
of the U. S. army, to make surveys,
measurements, and a thorough study of
the water systems of tho United Slates;
and upon thoso surveys and investiga
tions to formulate a thorough and far
reaching schemo by which systematic
and permanent river improvements may
bo effected. Plenty of timo should be
taken to make Uioho preliminary inves
tigations; and they hhould cover not
only tho points indicated, but they
should provide a system whereby tho
lower Mississippi would be handled as
the Nilo is handled, by taking out the
waters and distributing them in the
scasou of high water to fertilize the
farms of the Slates of Mississippi and
Louisiana. The sedimont carried by the
Mississippi Kiver would bo of incal
culable benefit in enriching tho soil. of
those two States, and tho spring waters
could be so distributed as to make those
States tho gardens- of tho earth, thoir
fertility being renewed and increased
year by year.
Thcro is no doubt but that tho in
vestigation and system proposed by Mr.
Coopei' would be of immense economic
advantage to tho United Statps It
would also, among othor thinge, provide
for waler-wa3'M, and the cheap trans
portnt.ion of products from one Stato
to another, aud facililalo the getting of
products lo oceau ports moro cheaply
than possible under present conditions.
The question is a great one, far
roachiug, and of moro sweeping im
portance than anyono could possibly
imagine from a mure cursory thought
upon the subject; and tho statesman
ship of this Nation will necessarily
some day ta.ke up that question in the
proper economic and broad-minded
spirit, aud solve it. in a way that will
be as astonishing to tho world ns the
accounts of the groat irrigation pro
jects of the ancients in the liuphrales
and Tigris have been for generations
lo the students of thoso ancient, civili
zations. But wo should be. ablo to excel
what, the ancients did in Huh lino in
as great degree as tho facilities and
mechniiical ingenuity, power, and appli
ances of the present' day excel the
mechanical knowledge of tho ancient
woi Id. Whou the perfect work which
is beginning to be practically consid
ered by American hydraulic engineers
is fully completed, the United States
will bo the wonder of all peoples, tho
great, dominating power of tho whole
earth.
TIME FOR CONCILIATION.
In the upheavals of politics the
present year, the Republican party
suffered a tromondous defeat by rea
son of the extremes to which partisan
ship and personal ambition were
pushed. What has been dqncv cannot
be undone, but it, is certainly tho part
of wisdom and constructive politics
for the party leaders to take such
stops as will bring together the two
factious, eliminating tho personal ani
mosities and ambitions that, led to the
split. Indeed, a beginning in this good
work has been reported. Colonel Roose
velt cannot possibly expect to figure
any more in Republican polities; and
without him, thcro is nothing left of
the Progressive party that ennnot
easily bo adjusted to Republican poli
cies, Republican traditions, and Re
publican advancement. Wo have con
demned the aet of the Progressive
committee in Sew York which con
temptuously rejected overtures from
the Republican committee of that State
for a reunion of tho two factious of
the Republican party. For, eliminat
ing Roosevelt and setting aside somo
of hi3 vagaries as having nothing to
do with roal politics or practical gov
ernment, there are no differences be
tween the two wings of tho party
that cannot easily and fairly be ad
justed. We consider that any factions
outcry or recrimination on tho part
of cither wing of the party with re
spect to the other is not only exceed
ingly bad taste, but exceedingly bad
polie', and detestable politics. An
tagonisms of that kind simply tend to
make reunion moro difficult, aud per
haps to postpono it indefinitely. As
we have said heretofore, we consider
that the Progressives (aside ifroni
Roosevelt) deserve well of the Repub
lican part', as striving to lead it for
ward, as against the standpatters, who
were determined cither to stand still
or go Ibackward. The two elements of
the party can easily fuse, and ought
to fuse; but they cannot fuse if thore
is a constant irritation kept up and
continued attacks on party leaders.
These can servo no possible purposo ex
cept to keep alive acrimony, that ought
to be allayed.
Accordingly, wo do not find auy
words too severe to condemn tho edi
torial in the Smoot organ of this city
yesterday against Senator Borah of
Idaho, claiming that he "is roapiug
just as he sowed." That editorial is
as follows:
Senator Borah of Idaho seems to bo
ruapinp -jl Just harvest from the seed
sown by himself at the outset of the
National campaign. When he assumed
his strictly Impartial attitude of support
ing neither Air. .Roosevelt nor .Mr, J'aft.
ono could but gutss at his motives, but
tho Inevitable results forecasted them
selves with ease. Jlc wuu warned that
neither Bull Moose nor Republicans
would be pleased at his position, and
that he who would endeavor to ride two
horecs risks falling between them and
apralning his political ankle. And the
news from Idaho indicates that both the
Taft and Roosevelt men In the leglsla
laturc will require powerful arguments
before they will consent to Join Issues and
support -Mr Borah for re-election.
That editorial losos sight altogether
of the Republican party, and of tho
principles upon which it was founded.
Every Republican will agree in a gen
eral way, and ought to agree, that the
party is greater than any man in it
or than any combination within itself.
It is altogether unreasonable, there
fore, to stako the fortunes of the Re
publican party upon Prosidont Taft, al
though he is a grand Republican. On
the other' hand, it is an impossible
proposition to piaco the permanent fyr
luuca of ciLher faction of tho party
upon Colonel Roosevelt, That sort of
thing is personal politics, and not poli
tics of principle.
But what is wautcd just now is a
return to principle, leaving aside the
personal equation as much as possible,
and especially to leave aside irrita
tions founded upon personal animosi
ties and personal vindictiveness. There
is no reason why any Republican
should resent the course of Senator
Borah. As we understand his position,
ho planted himself squarely upon Re
publican party principles, declining lo
bind himself to any individual, no mat
ter how high or how vehemently tho
cause of that person was advocated.
Senator Borah's allogiance to Repub
licanism has never been seriously ques
tioned, and ennnot honestly be ques
tioned. But ho declined to commit him
self to tho fortunes of any individual,
which is merely to say that he con
sidered Republicanism and Republican
party principles as having greater de
mand upon his allegianco than tho per
sonal cause- of any man, even though
he was tho nominee of tho party. Wo
consider that it was Senator Borah's
duty as a RopuMicau to support Pres
ident Taft; but hi did not so look
upon his duty; and now lhat ihsuo
has entirely gone by. Theru is noth
ing now to bo gained by assailing any
one for not supporting President Taft,
or for supporting Colonel K'oohcvelf.
Hepiiblieanism is greater than oUhcr,
greater than both. Upon Republican
ism Senator Borah took his stand.
There is no reason, therefore, why any
Republican, regular or Progressive,
should rcfiihu to vole Lo return Sou
ator Mornh lo the U. S. Senate from
Idaho.
"MINORITY PRESIDENTS."
There is a good deal said sometimes
in a sort of sneering way about Wilson
being a "minority President;" but
there need be no sneers or attempt to
minimize his victory on that account,
for wo have had a good many minority
Presidents, among them the greatest of
all Presidonls that can bo remembered
by living man. We refer to Lincoln,
who was decidedly a minority Presi
dent, 90 far as the populur vote went,
on his first electiou, although he got
tho majority of the electoral college,
as the law requires; aud a man who
gets into the Presidency on tho same
terms that Lincoln got thero need have
no misgivings as to his title.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post points out that eleven of
tho last twenty-three Presidonts, al
most half, have been minority Presi
dents; that is, they have been elected
President by tho electoral college, al
though having a minority of the pop
ular voto. These Presidents, with tho
date of thoir election, were as follows:
1824 Adams. IS80 Garfield.
1S-H Polk. 1SS4 Cleveland.
1S48 Taylor. 1SS8 Harrison.
1S&G Buchanan. 1S02 Cleveland.
18G0 Lincoln. 1912 Wilson.
J 876 Hayes. :
That is a pretty good array: and'
Governor Wilson is in very good com
pany when ho appears in tho same list
with them;
AMERICAN APPLES ABROAD.
. We see b' a report of Consul Pen
dleton King at Aix la Chapelle that
American apples arc groat favorites in
the region covered by his consular dis
trict; which includes these cities, with
tho population of each as indicated:
Aix la Chapelle, 160,000; Crefeld, 310,
000; Mueuchen-Gladbach, 07,000;
Rhcydt, 40,000; Dueren. 33,000; Vicr
sen, 28,000; Eschwoilor, 26,000; Stol
berg, 19,000; Eupen, 15,000; Duclken,
10,000; Uerdingen, S000; Kevelaer,
G200; Juelich, S000, and Oedt, 4000.
That is a prett' good population to
speak for, and when Consul King tells
how popular American apples arc in
that consular district, wo can under
stand, that such popularity - means a
demand for American apples-, from a
great many people.
Consul lung says that the part of
Germany which ho thus reports upon,
docs not grow more than ono-half
enough apples to supply the local de
mand; tho deficiency is supplied prin
cipally by Switzerland, from which
place apples in sacks are imported,
dill' free, from September 1st to No
vember 30th or each 3-ear. During
the spring aud summer months tho lo
cal demand is supplied chiefly from
Australia, the apples being shipped in
cases and packed in cotton or excel
sior, aud paying a duty of $1.19 per
220 pounds to the case. The wiutcr
supply from the United States usually
begins to arrive about December 1st,
largo shipments of Orogon and Wash
ington fruit being received in bushel
'boxes. Later, the barrel product of
our Eastern orchards comes on the
market. Oregon apples at tho end of
last year retailed at .15 to 20 cents per
pound; whereas, tho local fruit of poor
color and quality, retailed at 5c to 10c
per pound. Consul King reports that
the Gornmn-Russian Association of
Berlin have taken up the subject of
increasing imports of fruit from Rus
sia, but ho adds that tho Russian ap
ple "docs not compare in flavor with
the American,"
Thero is evidently a groat field
opening in Germany for American ap
ples, and tho American apple having
already conquered tho British market,
thero is no reason to doubt that with
the increasing popularity of American
apples in Europe, wo shall presently
have as complete supremacy in tho
German apple markets, as wo now have
in those of Great Britain, and from
thence wo shall doubtless proccod to
the conquest of the French markets,
tho Spanish markets, tho Austrian
markets and also of the Russian mar
kets themsclvos, this depending upon
the applo raisers' enterprise. This
year we havo a record-breaking apple
crop in this couutry, and now is a
splendid time to push the market for
Ajnorican apples in all parts of Europe.
Wo doubt not- but that Amerieau apple
shippers are fully alivo to tho situa
tion, and their trade conquests should
be great.
PATTERNED AFTER. PANAMA.
Uore is a little editorial Item, which
we find iu an Eastern contemporary,
which ia of peculiar interest to Ameri
cans ;is showing that their oxnmplo has
yielded fruit where that yield might
have been least expected:
Mongolia, under Rucaian Incitement
and encouragement, has declared Us
8ecosalon from China, and Russia has
Instantly recognized and suaraptccd its
Independent and Is aondlng an army
to prevent tho nialntenanco of Chinese
authority there. Tho moral of which Is
that the territorial Integrity and Inde
pendent sovereignty of China must bo
observed.
Ho who reads that item will be irre
sistibly reminded of tho incident which
evidently has given pattern for that
work. Precisely what was done by the
United Statos with respect to Panama,
could hardly bo -more concisely slated
than the story of Russinn action, as
given in thnt littlo item. If wo should
substitute Panama for Mongolia, the
United Statos for Russia, and ( olombia
for China, wo would havo a sufficiently
exact duplication of tho two ovents,
and tho statement. Ihoroof ia enough to
make startling reading for the genera
tion that ia to come.
BUSINESS AND TRADE.
The chief business ovont of tho week
is of sensational importance. Et is tho
sale of tho Bamberger railway lino be
tween this city and Ogdcu to Mr. M. B.
lloroloy, the groat traction orpcrt of
Chicago. . Jt is understood that nego
tiations for the sale are practically com
pleted, and that they aro to cover not
only the Bamberger line from this city
lo Ogden, but tho Ecclos lino north of
Ogden, and tho lino southward to Pay
.'ton aud Ncphi. Tho consideration for
the properties taken is said to be $10,
000,000 and Mr. Simon Bambergor an
nounces that every cent of this will bo
used in Utah, cither direct in making
improvements and building, or in low
interest loana to individuals for tho
purpose of building up tho city. All of
which is splendid news for this region.
Tho system of intcrurban traction
which is indicated by this big transfer,
will, undoubtedly, bo a most valuable
asset', a paying vonturc of high and per
manent quality. It is understood that
Mr. Ilerelc3' has at his command ample
money to put through all of tho enter
prises that he may contemplate, and' to
add to the mileage of tho intorurban
system which hia negotiations will take
over, as rapidly and as extensively as
business foresight will justify. It is
one of the greatest transactions ever
negotiated in Utah, and it will, un
doubtedly, bo fruitful of many exten
sions of transportation facilities.
Douglas White, industrial agent for
tho Salt Lake Route, speaks enthusias
tically of improvements along that line,
and of tho great work that the Panama
California Exposition at San Diego will
do for irrigation.
Tho Chicago Northwestern office here
has receivod authority to increaso its
field forco in this territory on account
of increased business.
A dispatch from Denver indicates
that tho Moffat road will bo pushed
hither in spito of Colorado's vote
against the tunnel project.
Mr. Kruttschnitt of the llarriman
lines gives an optimistic report of con
ditions as he found them in his recent
inspection trip over tho line.
The Denver & Rio Grande is to spend
3,000,000 in making a detour around
Soldier Summit in order to roduco the
grade from four per cent as now, to two
per cent. Other groat improvements
are contemplated by that road in its
lino between horo and Denver, includ
ing a good doal of work in Utah aside
from the Soldier Summit grade reduc
tion. , ,
W. T. Maddox, superintendent of the
southern division of the Southern Pa
cific Electric Company of Los Angeles,
has boon choaon assistant gcnoral man
ager of tho Utah Light & Railway
Company of this city.
The general railroad situation from
tho standpoint of tho railroad interests
is concisely stated in the following sum
mary:
The compiled reports of 90 per cent of
American railroads show that thoir op
eration for the year ending June o0, 191 J,
cost ?C0 a mile more than It did for the
vear previous?. In other words, while
the net operating revenues for these roads
Increased $23 a mllo In the 1912 year their
net operating expenses Increased ?S3.
These roads, comprising an aggregate
mileage of 219,137, showed on June 30,
1912. total revenues from operation for
the year of ?2.761,721,094, an avcrago, it
will bo seen, of $12,603 per mile. Their
total operating expenses were Sl.OOS.lib,
452, or 8703 per mile. That left a net
operating revenue of ?353,544,C12, or $3S9d
a mile. , . .
This net revenue, It must be remem
bered, represents gross Income before any
reduction Is made for taxes, rentals. In
terest on bonds, appropriations for .better
ments or dividends. Tn this connection it
may be aaid that taxes are steadily on
the Increase. For tho month of June, this
year thov amounted to S10.S79.746, or $47
a mile, a'n Increase of 16.G per cent over
June of 1911. it L. .
It would appear from theso figures that,
while owing to tho natural enlargement
In volume of traffic, tho rallroad6 of the
country have earned larger revenues, they
have not shared in the net prosperity on
the whole as much as they should. They
have had to meet Increased costs of op
eration on every hand. All tho materials
and equipment necessary to their busi
ness continue to advanco in prlco and
labor mav be Included In tho list. The
roads, on the other hand, havo not been
permitted to increase ineir raiea ut. a.
means of meeting this general advanco.
The conscquonce, therefore, has been that
while operating revenues havo gone up
$23 per mile over tho last year, operating
expenses havo Increased 583 per mile,
making a decrease In net revenues of 360
a mllo. an siiormous sum. Coupled with
this Is still another Increase of ?47 a
mllo In taxes, which, taken with smaller
net revenue from outside operations, such
as boat and fcrrv lines, electric railways
and dining and chair cars, resulted In
a diminished operating revenue or ?lll
per mile for the year. ,
Some Interesting facts aro further
brought out by a comparison of the
groups of railroads. In tho East operat
ing revenues Increased -1S3 a mile.
There wer.j Increases In :ill accounts,
tho largest being In frelghL rovonuc.
which amounted to $367 a mile. Tho total
operating expenses in tho Eastern group
amounted to $219 a mile.
In the Southern group tho total operat
ing rovenuo advanced $261 a mile and
operating expenses $430. Tho not operat
ing revenue In this nection decreased $178
a mile, or 5.7 per cent. This was tho
largest decrease actuallv and proportion
ately of all the various groups.
Tho Western group was tho only ono to
show an actual falling otf in operating
revenues. It decreased $227 a mile, or
2.4 per cent, and this was duo. chiefly,
to the diminished volume of freight
hauled. But tho Western group was also
alone In tho ability to cut operating ex
penses lower than they hud been In J 911.
These expenses wero reduced $79 a mile,
or 1.3 per cent, duo to tho reduction In
all accounts except truffle. Tho decrease
Iu tho operating Income of the Western
group of roads as compared with 1911
was $192 per mile, or C.O per cent.
Tho Tetail business of tho city con- !
tinucs normal, with much attention be
ing directed to the approaching open
ing of the holiday trade, this promising
to exceed all records. The formal open
ing of that trade will be about Decem
ber 1st, and tho displays will bo larger
and moro varied than ever before. Tho
features of the past woek have been
sales in Thanksgiving linens and tho ac
tivity of art sales. Cash sales in all
departments have been heavy, and col
lections aro good.
Weather conditions havo favored tho
realty dealers, who have had an active
market with bright outlook. Many
transactions are reported. Tho most
important deal wan thu salo by the
Newhouso Hcnlty Company of a cornel'
at Exchange place nud Statu street, op
posite the Newhouso theater site, for
moro than $100,000, or about $1200 a
front foot, this being an increase ol
four hundred per cent in State street
front foot values in that locality with
in five years. Dealers doolaro that oth
er big Balos involving record prices will
bo consummated before- tho 'season
closos.
Building opcra'tiono proceed with due
activity, on business blocks, tho east
bench high school, tho University ad
ministration building, and othor largo
structures. Uomc-building, however,
has been tho feature of the week. A
new apaTtmont house is to bo put up
between Scvonth and Eighth East oti
Fifth South, by tho Bcttilyon Home
Builders Company, anothor by the
Cheesman Auto Company on tho south
east comer of West Tomple and Fourth
South, and others arc planned.
Inquiries from Europo for American
copper began their appcarauco for the
first time in about two months during
tho past week, the improved conditions
of tho Balkan situation being given as
one reason for thi3. It is moro likely,
however, that tho foroign consumers of
copper have proceeded as far as they
can 6afely with their extromely limited
stocks of tho metal, and that the needs
of the future can no longer be post
poned. It is probable, therefore, that
tho exports of copper soon will show a
good increase, and nt tho sumo time
thero is no indication that tho domestic
consumer is using any less inotal than
tho avcrago of the year so far.
Copper metal is in tho strongest posi
tion of the metals or, at least, it shares
the honors with spelter, both remaining
very firm in the faco of a decided drop
in lead and silver from a we ok or two
ago. Lead is especially sensitive to
tariff revision talk, much moro so than
spelter, for the reduction in lead tariff
proposed does more damage to the metn-1
than the complete proposed removal of
the existing tariff on zinc. It 13 evident
from this that we can stand little if
any reduction iu lead tariff.
For the purpose of preparing for tho
metal tariff struggle certain to eomo
with tho next session of congress, the
metal producers of Utah have been
called together for Thursday evening,
November 21st, at which time they will
be expected to complete somo sort of
programmo for the protection of this
very important industry of tho State.
It is to be regretted that the mining
men of Utah have delayed this action
a3 long as the3" have, falling far short
of tho timely action taken by their
brethren in other Stares a fleeted, and
as the3' havo no time to lose it is urged
upon them to attend Thursday's meet
ing, and each one help to the full ex
tent of his purse and ability.
Stock market conditions East arc un
settled, owing lo tariff revision talk
and its probable effect upon business.
Local mining shares are more ajctive
than the3' have been for two or three
3'ears, and there is a vorj- encouraging
Money Begets 1:
Money 1
.ust as poverty begets vM
-rt3- .Money Avm IS
Pcr.iustasthciaSjM
condemns y0ll to iff. SB
tude of others. crW
To make money rotm!
but to keep it rel3J
i". A savings .-.?
strengthens character
cause it induces lmbitt'B
intgahty, economy M
prudonco. J imM
It is the fnnnrlatwn M
which all substantial M
tunes are built
' . building yours today
wi,;),bif.So.'",i"Ii"Atl
Utah Savings il
Trust CompaJ
Friend of Eegiiinora and iSw
235 Main.
amount of investment buying v
ablo. ,
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The general commercial aac-nti
poTt continual expansion 0f bw
uuehecked by politics or by the'
pean war. The domestic and fi
demand for iron and steel prodd
larger than ever before. The rai
are making every effort to';
promptly tho tremendous traflicA
country, and at the .&ame time ai
ing preparations for the requite
of the future. The prospective;
ing of the Panama Canal is stitnri
railroad activity iu an unusual d
The increase of over a million f(
unfilled orders of the leading jt
terests over last mouth sboivs th,
dition of that industry-. Crude 3
production has reached tho mafB
and there is still a scarcity of man
with premium asked for small lots'9
able. The Pittsburg car planum
booked tq the limit of capaciljB
eight months ahead, and tfie rafl
tracts during the past fow days fl
gate about 100,000 tons, while W
for close to 4-1.000 cars arc peifl
Heavy orders for pig iron haveM
placed, and quotations arc firm.
Buying for next spring is expan
and industrial operations arc 33 ii
as heretofore. J
The heavy business of tho cowri
imposing an immense task upon iti
mone' resources, and tighter rats
money are reported.
There is a slight weakening r$p
in the wool market, but prices lav
shown any sign of Ing off, ai
the markets of the v.prld geni
there is a distinct upward UbiI
The mills aro well equipped, man
them running night shifts.
All in all, the situation is eriri
bright, and the business of the u
practically certain to close with g
cedented volume-
j Come t the Mel
j The Greatest Coat and Suit Sali
j Ever Placed Before the PubM
At All Prices ' ' j
E We have never made such a
SACRIFICE
as this SALE, but are obliged to reducl
1 our LARGE STOCK, and will shoij
1 EVERYTHING on the. Floor mark.
in PLAIN FIGURES. ssJi'
I See Windows for WonderfdVM
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