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H 6 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1912. j
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Tuesday, November 19, 1912.
IMaj'or Gaynor bas forbidden church
euchre parties, That is, lie euchres
them.
Col. .Roosevelt has given Socialism
h( biggost boost it ever had in this
country.
When n rann comes into a fortune of
a. hundred million dollars on Fridny, as
Vincent Astor did, how can ho consider
Friday an, unlucky day? j
A St. Louis professor says that, peo
ple can keep their servants by teaching
them thcosoph'. May be; but who
would want to keep them at that
price?
Turkey's downfall was swift and
sure as the downings of turkey will be
on the last Thursday of November in
the various households of the United
States.
President Taft proposes to organ
ize a leaguo of Eepubljcans. inside of
the party proper, to defend tho Consti
tution. It would be a good movement,
and President Taft rs .iust the man to
head that league.
Hj "Republicans are now benevolently
solicitous to save the Democrats from
making mistakes," remarks the .Demo
eratic Philadelphia Record. But wo
J far that the JRopublicaus will have no
hotter success at this than thoy had in
the election.
President TafL is planning to enter
tain President-elect and Mrs. Wilson
before leaving the White House. It
is a graceful courtesy, which elevates
Hj Mr. Taft higher than cvor in the csti
mation of the American- public, which
Jcj es a good loser.
Hj 7- seems as though tho more crime is
exposed, tho more remains to be ox
posed. The developments in tho new
system of postal frauds involving a
million dollars testify at once, to the
credulity of tho people and tho knowl
edgo of that credulity by the swindlers,
llof-ton Globo: "Washington reports
tliat the average 'farm prices' for corn,
Hi wheat, barley, flaxseed, potatoes, col-
ton, aud hay were lower on Isovcmbcr
Hj 1 than the' have been for five years.
Howoer, tho prices will be found to
Hj hac recovered by the time the prod-
nets reach tho consumers."
Hj "Lot us hopo, now that women havo
the ballot, that sledding for cheap
skate politicians will become rougher,"
hays tho Portland Orcgouian, But
I tab's experience docs not justify
that hope; for a. scurvier lot of cheap
.skato politicians than the Federal
bunch that hat, so long dominated this
State never throttled principle or scut
tied a parly era ft.
Hj Now that the Servians have cap-
lured Monastir and tho Bulgarians have
been repulsed at Tcbatalja the Scrviau
army can go to tho help of the
Bulgarians. J3ul what a tremendous
j victory tho capture of .Monaslir is,
w.th its garriou of fifty thousand
Turks! "With a defending force like
Hl that, no wonder the stronghold resisted
fl ho long.
Friends of former Governor Adams,
of Colorado, aro working to have him
j mado Secretary of tho Interior in lrc?i
dent Wilson's Cabinet. It would bo a
1 Mrsl-class appointmcul; for Mr. Adams
ha; a profound knowledgo of the condi
nous of Ibis western country and the
j laws bearing upon them that few men
possess, aud that it seems Kastcru men
i'au !iccr acquire.
HH Tt is to be hoped that there is a
n intake in the report that the .Balkan
111 all!cs aro not 10 cutc Constantinople,
being held therefrom by "advice"
from Russia. Such advice is a veto
l that cannot well bo disregarded; but it
1.1 8 ;i fchamc to call oil' tho gallant
Ughlcrs who have richly earned this
HI rt:lt satisfaction. The appropriate
ng 's that the allies should dictate
terms of pe;icc in Coii.stantinople.
H ' It seems as though to make bets on
tho rewIt of a trial ought to be peril
H I ously close to contempt of court.
H j Yet the gamblers -or shall we say
i speculators? aro makinc two to ono
H bets that the gunmen in the Rosenthal
H assa.ssinaUou will ljc convicted. That
H , may note quite a?, ofTensive as though
tlioy should bet two to one that these
gunmen would bo acquitted; but
where's the difference in principle?
SMITH IS TOO MODEST.
President Joseph F. Smith is cntiroly
too modest. Ho oindcrcstimatcs his in
fluence. Jn his Boise interview pub-(
lished yesterday, ho denies that he had
anything to do with Utah's going Re
publican, or with Governor Ilawlcy's
defeat; in Tdaho, And he inaUcs the
samo old futile contradiction, asserting
the same old deceitful and inischiovous
sophistries,
But the fact remains that President
Smith, in the exorciBO of hi a "rights
as a citizen," did that which no other
citizen of Utah or Idaho has a right
to do; he- insortcd an urticle in a
strictly ecclesiastical publication set
ting forth his views as a. Republican,
endorsing President Taft and his ad
ministration, and expressing a decided
preference for tho Republican ticket.
And when wo recall his emphatic claim
in his noted Provo address of the right
to rule his people temporally as well
as spiritually, his true meaning and
intent in that editorial is not subject
to doubt
It may 'bo said that the Dosorcr
News made au editorial explanation of
the matter, which intimated that the
people were still free to exercise their
own judgment, nothwithstandiug what
the' read in the Improvement Era. But
it will be remembered that the Era
article was ,ipned by the President of
the Mormon church, and that the pub
lication which carried it to the Latter-day
Saints in all the world, was
official, strictly sectarian, and is ec
clesiastically recommended as '"'breath
ing the spirit of the gospol of Jesus
Christ on every page;" two of .which
pages were occupied by tho signed art
icle endorsing the Republican National
administration and commeudiug Presi
dent Taft for re-election.
Bctweou tnia signed article in the
Era and the unsigned explanation in
the News, the brethren and sisters
knew which to follow; thev knew whioh
was meant for the world and which
for the elect: and. the politicians kuew
which to circulate in all Mormon
strongholds as the vote- in -Utah, Idaho,
and Wyoming conclusively demon
strates, Jt is said'thnt; hundreds of cop
ies of the Era were worn out during the
campaign just ended, by zealous gum
shoors, anxious to do the will of those
over them by explainiujr thatthis edi
torial was God 's political oracle from
constituted authority.
There is every reasou to believe the
Era article was written and published
at the requeat. of Apostle Smoot, whose !
false political prophecies will continue
to embarrass the church. The editorial
in the Era was undoubtedly written
and printed for the express purpose of
influencing the recent election, It
was 110 idle production, of a thought
less man tr3'ing to fill space at the
call of an impatient printer. It was
a political document, designed for po
litical effect, prepared (by clever poli
ticians, re-road and revised, by the
First Presidency, and published for no
other purpose than to causo Mormon
readers to vote the Republican ticket.
Any denial of those facts is essentially
insincero, and any disclaimer of re
sponsibility for their natural effect is
absurdly ovor-modest.
As ono citizen of Utah recently re
marked, -with the Improvement JUra
in the Stato and the votintr machines
in the city, any party ought to win,
and any set of candidates ought to
secure election, regardless of campaign
issues, purty organization, canvass fig
ures, or anything else. And the ouly
way to remove auch suspicions is to
givo- the people the right to mark
and deposit their own ballots aud to
givo them a chance to vote without ec
clcsiastical counsel or interference.
HOW DIRECT TRADE WORKS.
The Tribune bus frequently referred
to the fact that tho combinations of
wholesale aud retail dcadcrs have more
lo do with the increased cost of livin"
than tho tariff or the cost of manufac
ture. Indeed, the cost of manufacture
is steadily decrcaain, aud if customers
could buy direct from tho manufac
turers they would save half the prkc.
This is illusiraled by the way in which
tho United Slates eliminates the mid
dleman in the purchase of its supplies.
For instance, the United Stales is
able to buy clothing for its soldiers at
prices that arc not only impossible to
tho retail buyer, but that aro absolute
ly amazing, TJc new olive drab woolen
uniform costs the soldier but .$7.iU
complcto, being t.5T for tho coat and
$2.83 for the trousers. The eoldicr in
service buys his gloves for J37 cents and
his linen collars for -1 cents;- cotlou
stockings cost him 8 cents a pair, heavy
woolen stockings 2-1 cents, and ligbt
woolen 13 cents, lie buys heavy woolen
mitts for ."-0 ceuls aud his overalls cost
him 57 cents. His dress trousers, made
of the finest 22.ouncc kcrsoy, cost him
$o,03, aud his dress coat, of the same
material. .o.37. He pays 52 ceuts for
a chambray shirt, $2.G0 for the olive
drab llauuol shirt and only .'51 cents Tot
tho muslin abirt. His olive drab over
coat, made of excellent material, costs
him but $I2.:;S. These priees arc but
from one-third to oiic-hulf of what the
retail prices ould be to the ordinary
cus-toiucr buying rrom the usual sources
of supply. The reason why these
things cost thq soldiers so little is that
the United States buys direct from the
lowest bidder among manufacturers,
and he lets the tailoring also to the
lowest bidder.-. The goods aro sold to
the men for 'the. actual cost of produc
tion, plus light sloragc'charges.
Of course, neither the manufacturer
nor the tailor loses any money in the
transaction. They both, in fact, make
wages and profit. And the difference
betweeu these prices aud what the
ordinary buvor has to pay for the like
quality of goods represents tho profits
of the uiiddlomon and retailer and the
expenses of both for help, tailoring,
freight, rent, and other business costs.
Tt is evident that any communitj- of
eizo enough to match the liko require
mcnts as thoso of the United States,
could combine and get as favorable
prices for the clothing it needs at? the
Unitod States cots for the needed sup
plies for it soldiers.
A PROGRAMME FOR CHINA.
The statesmen of China appear to bo
working out in a more or loss defi
nite and harmonious manner, a pro
gramme for putting into, effect repub
lican institutions in that country.
"Wliou the republican leaders of south
ern China visited Pokinir, there was
a goucral expectation that these lead
ers would lose their heads on getting
to the national capital; but the chief
representatives of southern sentiment,
Dr. Sun Yat-scu, Huang Using, Chen
Chi-mci, persisted in their determina
tion to visit the northern capital. Their
friends bade them farewell as men
goiug to t.hoir deaths. It was well
known that there- were those in Peking
who thought these men ought to be
killed; but Yuan Shi-kai thought dif-'
fercntly, and Yuan is the master. Sun
Yat-scu convinced Yuan that he wan
not a candidate for president, ud
would support him; and ho convinced
him, further that his fellow delegates
and the whole south of China would
be loyal to Y-uan 's government. The
result of this mcetiug, it is roported.
was the accomplishment of wonders
for harmony between the north and
tho south.
As a result of that visit, there has
been published in the name of Presi
dent Yuau Shi-kai. with the approval
of Sun Yut'-sen, and his fellow dele
gates, a programme containing eight
propositions for official procedure.
These propositions are ns follow?:
1. That tho country shall b unified
2. That the distinction between right
p.nd wrong shall be accentuated for tho
betterment of the morals of the people.
That the country shall be equipped
with adequate armaments and that naval
nnd military experts shall bo traincu for
this purpose.
i. That tiie principle of the open door
shall be followed, and that foreign capi
tal shall be Imported, wherewith lo con
struct railways, to open mines and to
estublish steol works for the improvement
of the conditions of life among the people
5. That agriculture, forestry, industry
and copynerce shall be encouraged so that
tho general productive powers of the na
tion may be fostered.
6. That the principle of centralization
shall bo applied to military, diplomatic
and financial affalra, to the judiciary and
to the organs of communication, but that
all other matters, In pursuance of the doc
trine of decentralization, shall be left to
the local governments after due consid
eration of the circumstances of each
province.
7. That the finances of the country
shall be adjusted
S. That order shall be maintained by
means of a compromise between the var
ious political parties..
These propositions, although framed
in the most general terms, are held in
China to go directly to the needs of
tho country and it' is said thatjprobubly
they will be the rallying point upon
which all factions' can meet". The revolu
tion is a thing accomplished ; the country
is ordained to be a republic; but mil
lions of Chinamen do not know any
thing about it yet, b' reason of the
lack of communication and the remote
ncEs of some of the provinces. Prob
ably not half of the people of China
either know or care anything about
the movement and the change that
has been made.
lu the meantime, tho new govern
ment is sadly in need of money) The
proposition for th loan of .$300,000,000
under tho patronage of tho Six Pow
ers, fell through. Then, Wendell Jack
sou negotiated a loan in London for
China of 450,000,000, through C.
Birch, Crisp & Co., who offered to
loan tho moucy without restriction as
to how it should be spent. That was
the critical point, and that; was what
made the Chinese govcrument reject
the proposal of the Six Powers; 'since
those powers wished to oversee I he ex
penditure of the money and to prevent
all C'biucso grafting.
Tho next step was to discredit the
?50,000,000 negotiated by Mr. Jackson
and to revive tho rumor that China
would have to come lo the terms of
the Six Powers. This Mr. Jackson ni
di;, uautly fights. The Tiritish govern
ment undertook to htop thc negotia
tions by the Jackson syndicate, and
laid before Mr. Crisp of the lending
firm that. China ought not lo borrow
money outside of the Six-Power com
bination, at least until she had provided
for tho repayment of thc advances 'al
ready mado by those powers. To Mr.
Crisp it wna also explained that as
a matter of principle the powers would
never support a loan which wna con
cluded without satisfactory security
aud control of its expenditure. To this
Mr. Crisp replied in effect that it
was noiio of tho business of the uow
ors what he did, and ho would do
as ho liked; and then ho offered thc
loan for public subscription. Thc
British government then warned the
Chinese govcrument that if it accepted
the loan "his Majesty's Government
would be- obliged to take thc most
serious view of such proceedings." In
spite of this a part of tho loan was
actually floated and was accepted by
China; but tho Yuan government pres
ently began to sec that, it- might be
making a false atop, and so it has
turned to the Six Powers again for
relief and asks their support. ' That
support, of eour&o, is lo too had only by
"iviug wav to their terms; and those
tonus are more likely to be made se
verer than easier. The great control
liuj; fact ia that China needH money,
nnd needs a lot of it. By agrccinjr to
thc terms of thc Six Powers it can get
plenty; fby undertaking to get- loans
aside from these powers, it can got
spiall sums from time to time, but un
der precarious conditions, and the lend
ers arc likely to repont. Thc Chi
nesc government Jooka upon the inter
fcrcncc o tho powers in the matter
Some sales are planned for and some result from un- I g
looked-for conditions often bringing the snappiest bargains, as in I ffa
fm this instance. This sale is to serve the double purpose of reducing a
jL too. large stock in carpets and rugs and of making a clean sweep of jflj
all draperies and curtains preparatory to making our estimates for j
spring purchases. j;
Y Entire Stock of New Carpets Included in the Sale ?(
Y Wiltom, Awninstprs, Velvets, Tapestry 'Lace-Curtains Half Price ' E
m .o-Av f 6f-Vi t " ,iio " One, Ttoo and Tkrec-Pair Lots
lUJ 2.2o Wiltons for .-fcJ.CO 1.6o civets for $1..10 i'i
Y IwWf!.:::::: S J&V::::'::: M It does not matter-to you if there are but one ;i"
lfih iSS Si!' ibro LAID Al&rtsSSoBD ' price! to Pir of a kind it that is nil you need-ami yet. j ,
W Finest -Domestic Rugs 1-3 Less Ttmtty -aVe you 8everal miars " eaeh pail' j I "
Finest grades of domestic rugs made. A ;
ffljfi stock carefully selected from the best mills in the ccmu- Lace CurtaiT2S Neat" Half PfCe ! 1
Y LT Wili0 VcJvote insters and Tapes- Qur entire stock of Nottingham, Cluny, l
tnSx tries. Every one a- recent, purchase and all new pat- -r, , T , -r, - . t, . r,i. "'1Ji'. ryLllv
TO terns. I.looni-size rugs. Bnissds. Irish Point, Renaissance. Scrims and Morqms-
Value $75.00, for $55.0(1 'Value $40.00, for $81.50 Cl eS , j , ..
Value $05.00, for -19.50 V:ilue $35.00, for 22.50 $1.00 values for (ia $-1.00 value for ' $2.50
tfYt Value $50.00, for :58.5ll Value $27.50. for ....... 10.50 1.35 values for 75 5.50 values for 3.15 V
fifiljA Value $15.00. for iKi.OU Vnluo $22.50. for 15.00 1.65 values for 1.00 7.50 values for 1.75 Hi
luJJJ , Value $20.00. for 13.50 3.00 values for 1.00 15.00 values for S.50
S : ' ". .- 17.50 values for 9.75' ;
gjL CretOlltieS Half Price ylUOnc.lwo andThrec-Pah Lots of Lace Curtains Ila'f Pri- c.
rAjO A larirc slock of all Uie choicest patterns. I . ;
)f " n7, j 1 Portieres
lnb utlftOlnCS ., . ,r . $5.00 values for $3.00 , '
. ,, ... 4i ,- , r ,., - I. apeStneS, O.OO values for .. -1.50
JnJJJ; All tins years patterns. .kc grndc for lie. 1 ' 7.50 values for 5.00
r i - r n c 7- Damasks and n.so values for ooo i
? Colonial Drapery ben ms Lxctusive Designs 25.00 values for 15.00 1
fft 75c uradea for ."..50c HOe Krndos for '.... 7c VcloU-VS '1- values for . ' 12.50 . ,
jyjfj) 50c snides for 35c J5e grades for 0e J -'-on values tor lu.00
fQ 1 ip fj kh iQt
of the expenditure of thc loan made, as
a virtual surrender of financial free
dom. And so it is; hut ihoso who need
to borrow often have' to accept hard
tonus; and it looks as I hough China
in her great need, will be subject to
the usual rule for tho borrower, who
not only has to pay, but has lo agree
besides to thc louder 's conditions and
terms.
OPPOSE AJVIEPvICAN GOODS.
An interesting report is made by
Consul General Frank "D. Hill on Amer
ican trade in his district, comprising
J.rankfort-ou-thc-!Main, and embracing
a population of about half a million. It
appears that American competition is
arousing a . good deal of opposition
among tho Germans in that regiou. this
opposition being manifested in advertis
ing depreciation of American r goods,
and a call uj)Oii Gerjnans lo support
home industries. This opposition is
chiefly manifested in tho. trade, in son'
iug nine hi ncs, maehino- tools,' type
writers, nnd cash registers. The Ger
man tradesmen themselves aro active
ly engaged in this opposition to Ameri
can imports, setting forth their pleas
through articles in trade papers, and
newspapers, in -lectures and pamphlets,
and by way of personal persuasion. A
leading importer of American machine
tools snys that this systematic cam
paign is- moat obnoxious, and is re
sponsible in part for thc fact that we
are not getting our share of the grow
ing demand for machine tools. A
pamphlet is quoted which makes a
strong: attack upon the American sew
ing machines, cauli registers, and type
writer. Those handling these Amcr
ican goods arc accused in this
pamphlet of having resorted to repre
hensible and in sonic cases even il
legal practices in order to dominato
the German market. An explicit at
tack was mado upon American sewing
machines by the union of German sew
ing machine manufacturers ami thc
union of German dealers in sewing ma
chines. l.!ut this opposition to these Ameri
can manufactures is not universal. Gcr
man business circles nre divided on thc
desirability of opposition lo American
manufactures. A series of articles
priutcd in a Frankfort monthly publica
tion for business men, discusses the
charges made against American meth
ods by the. opposition pamphlet re
ferred to, and points out that Amer
ican firms owe. their success in Ger
many "to their admirable organization
and to thc fact that they specialize,
whereas German firms generally turn
out a considerable variety of ma
chines.'' The article further states
that the appeal addressed lo German
people against American sewing ma
chines "is a confession of tho inability
of Gorman manufacturers to compete
with thc American manufacturers."
Further, the writer of that series of
articles points out that tho United
States is one of Germany's best mar
kets t for manufactured "goods, "that
cortain Gornran industries arc depend
ent upon American trade for their exist
ence, aud that any attempt to boy
roll American products must create op
position to German exports to the
United States
Consul General Hill points out that
it 111 11 t be understood that the iaui-
paign ia not carried on against all
American products, although American
products only are attacked in this way;
but American shoos find- an oxcollent
market in his consular district, and
have apparently no difiiculties of I hat
sort of opposition to contend with, and
so with a uumbor of manufactures, lo
say nothing of our -raw materials,
where, of course, competition is either
nonexistent or with foreign couutrica.
.Mr. Hill adds that "it cannot bo said,
either, that tho German people are
projudiccd against American goods in
general or the four classes of articles
mentioned in particular." On tho con
trary, widespread popularity of Ameri
can products seems to bo largely re
sponsible for tho ' campaign which is
being carried on by more or Ick direct
ly interested concerns against them.
All of; which is, on tho whole, en
couraging, as it demonstrates the su
periority of American methods of
manufacture and of doiug business. It
is natural that German manufacturers
with whom the' American products
come into competition, should endeavor
to mako as much difficulty for thc
American products as possible, because
these products, being superior and more
desirable, are naturally preferred by
the German buy or, aud thc German
manufacturer finds himself curtailed by
just that much in his market. Tt is
good to sco that with man impartial
and better educated Germans there is
a friendly spirit, and that they rocog
nizc the fact that trade- with America
must be mutual in order to amount to '
iniu-li. These better informed Germans
;pi" i'"call point out that if they do j
not, buy from America, they nrojjj
not to bo able lo sell to America;
so the campaign, so far as thial
ticular class of goods in that local
concorned, dwindles down to a tra
position l)3- jealous rivals, and thi
American manufacturers and Amflj
agcutr. appear to bo fully able to:
aud in this efTorl to meet that bc
opposition, they are supported b; tL
better opinion of broad-mindedj Jfe
mans themselves. r
Medicinal opium (nol sinjM
opium) has gone up materially itta
since tbo opening of the BalkanaJ
as thc bulk of this sort of n',u,"jn
from Smyrna and Beirut. Atar OjQlP
is another raro commodity
been considerably increased n!'!.
it comes mostly from Bulgana
thc Bulgarians' aro too busy "
bother with making it. fflE
Thc now $10,000 bill is said ll
work of art. It ought to be ill
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