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-M ' Thursday, January 16, 1913.
n :m -
; jM Drunks must bo popular in Glove
rs! m andj only three, of fbom wore, arrested
'k !H When is CaptaVti Scott going to turn
:v :fl P and tell a waiting public what lio
i H liuovre about AmUndscn V discovery of
tH fh couth polo?
Now York Sun: "Ool. Roosevelt is a
qH particularly competent and'-experienced
iH holding part'; and ho will continue to
,HL, bold aud to bold an. ani. io hold
T"" -forth.1 '
Russia warns all aviators notto cross
tho Russian border; and if they will
do it she hiuts that ihoy may be shot.
"What ft. nice, gentle, reasonable) Chris
iian tohnlry Russia is, to be sure!
Litigant&Mu an Oregon county recent-
fl ly put the public to a cost of .$200 try-
iug a. case which involved a value oi'
but $.50. Which suggests the- need
of somo sort of supervision that iyonlil
prevent such ridiculous waste.
J
V professor in Minnesota advocates
a law to prevent feeble-minded women
from marrying. But why not prevent
Tccblu'imudcd men also? Aud huw about
those who contend that none but feeble
minded persons marry? Let's act, to
Hj the bottom and deal out exact' justice
A soar, mascot nn an American war
flup, butted an Admiral. The Admiral
t-Micd an order romovijitr all uutscofs
lorn the- thip. The men apncalorl to
J he War Department, which restored tho
mascots. And now the Admiral is tore
elsewhere thau where the ::oat butted
Mft. 'ini.
IX3ttinjivwoman sent .Mre. Woodrw
Wilson a soTaVillow for a Xew YcarV's
uil't. and rrs. Wilson' foiil. a clicck frr
'hrcc dollars, to pav for it. Which
?-ecms like Kinall-heartcdness. For. a,
enerou heart sliould be as ready to
reciic a.s to Lrive. ospociallv iu small
I'ourtcaicfi ;
""'Jackson dav passed thia vear with
.surprisingly little notice, iu view of the
recent Democratic victory." favs the.
Boston Globe, v.hich evidently hasn't
hqard of the ureal spread of the Utah
J$qriibcracy on that. day. But maybe af
ter all it wasn't the Jackson brand of
Democracy that won.
rt.mip-hl appear that Dr. Abbott is
getting tired of the strenuous uproar
of his contributing -editor, as Abbott
is. saying that "strength comes from
silcucc, not noise. ' But the Colonel
wauts to know how silence could make
for success in a political campaign.
San Francisco Chronicle: "Tho pro
posal that Emperor Franz Josef be
j.-iven the Xobel peace prize for next
vear iu recognition of his efforts to
preserve European peace during the re-i-c'nt
Balkan war sounds humorous It
was Austria's bellicose attitude that
constituted the chief danger to peace
all along
Tammany's Jeadcr, Charles 1".
Murphy, 'a said to have passed the
word that no radical or disturbing
legislation must bo enacted at the pres
ent scssiou of the New York Legisla
ture. Wonder what Utah's Tammany's
orders are to the Legislature now in
session in this city?
The American Sugar Company, which
H is the sugar trust, h quite willing to
ee a cut iu the sugar tariff: but it
wails. "Sparc, oh, spare our diffGteu
tial!" But right there is where the
pinch is; n?. between the two, the cnt
H in the tariff or the differential, it is
1 the differential that ought to go.
Philadelphia Record: tou-i be
pretty tough, after you have spent
half a million dollars or more tor a
H party, to have its leading spokesmau
come out and jeer your proposal for a
H nice little holding party, based on the
Hl most approved principles of high
H linancc, and to have one of its principal
Hj organ 5 say that it has novcr found in
H any of your statements 'evidence of
Hl an understanding of the real, principles
H or issues imolvod.' If this is the way
1, 3Ir. Munsey is to be treated wc s-hall
B expect to be hearing before long that
Hl- the Hon. William Flinu is not a aincerc
H apolitical reformer ;uid that hie met hods
aclc too much of those of con-1
NPvv driving bit. men to worK. And
ft hs conies, too, after Mr. Munsey 1
A egtJy called to toe front o the
Lnd h'eld 'p, Qing with Yliun aud
.others, for public commendation by the
piaster as most cheerful and 'liberal
givers. " ' :
FUNDS FOR THE U1HVERSITY.
Gpreruor Spry "s . very loug message
was distinguished by its general ap
proval of pretty much everything that,
had been done in the State administra
tion and in the management of State,
institutions. With respect . to the
matter of rovenuo of tho State Uni-J
vcrslty. howover, the Governor finds
himself at odds with tho regents. The
provision for tho "University is made
through a proportional division of the
three and one-half mills of the general
levy for educational purpose?, after
specific portions are taken out This!
provision, when it was first suggested,!
soomcd to be a step in adyanco. but
it appears that it does- not givo sufli-.
cient revenue for tic University, and
so the regents nrgo that in place of i
receiving the . ratio of taxes for educa
tional purposes, a fixed sum should l)c
provided for the University support;
Prom this tho Governor dissents, urg-,
ing that as the taxation increases the
revenue of the University will increase
.proportionatel', as" fixed by law.
Tho method whereby the University
now gets its revenuo is, therefore, made
to act as a boost for higher assessments
and- moro Slnto taxation. If the Uni
versity wants more money, let it come
ip the front, uso its influence to in
crease the assessment roll and to aid
:iii tho propaganda for .increasing the
Stntc;s revenue. If the University
;wau5 dollars, let it uso its influence
vitb all its graduates to bring eagles
jnlo the Stalo tronsury.
This is certainly an unlooked-for out
come of the supposedly fair proposition
to give a permanent aud definite in
come to tho University, which would
Ijo sufficient for ils needs aud upon
which the regents could confidently de
pend. This plan of supplying funds
for the University is nol, therefore,
primarily for the purpose of the Uni
versity, since it does not meet the
needs -of that institution; but tho main
idea in giving the University support
in ithis manner wns to get tho Univer
sity's iniluenco for the increase of
ta.valiou. At least that is' now the de
sign fairly disclosed by the Governor.
In the meantime, aud uniil the taxes
can bo increased sufficiently so as to
relievo the needs of tho University, tho
Governor suggests that thcro aro two
means whereby the University vnught
get "more money; one extending to that,
iiihtitution a participation in all tax
sale redemptions, the other making par
ticipation in yearly Slate revenue
available for expenditures during fiscal
instead of school years; this latter be
ing merely a shifting of accounts.
Wo arc sorry that tho Governor docs
not take a higher view of tho work aud
the needs of the University. Tt is clear
ly subversive of sound public policy
for the income of the University to bo
put on a basis which will require
it .16 boost for higher taxes iu
order, to get moro monoy. It is a use
of the Uuiversitj- which wo consider
thoroughly reprehensible, and trust that
the Legislature may be ablo to find
sonic "fncans to meet tho needs of tho
University without making it a. tax
boosting machine.
THE ALUMINUM TRUST.
It has been evident all tho timo that
the legislation of this country has been
directed against the trusts, that it
ironld be tho most likely move on tho
part of trusts to form international
combinations-, dividing the world's mar
kets to suit themselves, and conducting
tijeir business without reference to the
local legislation of nations and from
sup advantageous points in tho world
asl would offer their headquarters the
best facilities, precisely as New Jersey
has;, been nursery and protector of
trusts among the States of this Uniou.
Tho firs; move in this international
nlliancc for the control of the markets
of the world was the agreement be
tween our Standard Oil corporation
aud the Ilussian oil producers, which
agreement was very much to tho ad
vantage of the Standard Oil, because
it was able, by reason of its great
facilities Vof distribution, to occupy
the most 'of tho world, whereas the
.slower methods of the Russians limited
their activities to a very small' part of
the world's markets for oil.
Then caincj. the international steel
trust, which! Judge Gar3' was able . to
fix and doiiiuate. In this also the
United StatW operators, through the
U. S, S'tee :6rporation, took tho lead,
and they were able, by reason of the
shrcwdncsb cT their mauipulaiou and
the huge ounut of their plants and
the facilitios'thoy had for distribution,
to get the upper hand of iho English
and German jroduccrs who entered the
combine.
And now w have a statement that
the world's inirkets for aluminum arc
controlled by w giant combine. The
proof of this developed in the hearing
by the House Vays and Means com
mittee on Tuesday evening. President
Arthur V. Davisl'fif the Aluminum Com
pany of America, told about the com
bine. This, ho snd, owns the Canadian
Aluminum Comptjiy, and that in turn
has a perfect atreemcnt with all of
the six or seven foreign aluminum com
panies in the wVrld. The agreement,
as explained by i.r. Davis, covers the
whole world, except, tho United States,
aud this is explained becnus-c the law
here prohibit suui a combine. But
that the operation of the aluminum
manufacturer in uiulrol of the mar
Hols of the UnitcmSiacs is precisely
the same as the cWrol of the com
bine over the martots for aluminum
iu other countries t&nuot bo doubted.
Here again. th United States takes the
lead iu the wprld wtf.e combination
The lesson o nil xs is obviods. It
js ti c legislation of ihe United States
different fields to the international com
bination's. The great, producers in the
United States iu every instance -arc
tho priniii movers for these world
wide combinatiuns. Thoy see the need
of it; bociyiRo 0f the; anti-trust;' legis
lation iu tho United States they are
driven to take ti0 initiative, iu order
to protect thouibclves. 11 is plain, there
fore, that anti-trust legislation in one
country will not be sufficient to deal
with the big. trusts. There will have,
to be a concert of nations and unity of
purpose, of, legislation, und of ad
ministrative 'methods in all the great
nations of tie world, in order to head
off the evils of these- world-wide com
binations. .
The Tribum has pointed out the in
evitable tcnduicj of this legislation
almost; from die first, and every day
comes renewed evidence of the fact
that the great trr.steju re no longer na
tional but iiitirnalioafil. and that no
one nation wilJ bo aUo to do anything
effectual for tleir lrcHsicii.
FRANCE THE" TORE SPEEDY.
France will ilect 'V President on
'January 17th; ; will put him into of
fice on February lTtlljnst one mouth
after his election, w:h is in striking
contrast, with tlic slolnes's with which
the United States goo to a change of
administration after jio pcoplo have
voted that change. Ttthis country wc
hold a popular electiorfor Presidential
electors on the Tucsda after tho first
Monday in November j-he canvaS3 of
the votes is delayed, tl meeting of the
electors is delayed, an the change in
the Presidency docs t occur until
four mouths after the ' pillar election;
while under ordinary c-umstauccs the
newly elected Congrcssloes not. meet
until more than a yeanftcr tho mem
bers of the lower houswre vhoscn. To
be sure, when a speeinlJKsion is called,'
as was done in anul other times,
and as will be done ajn next spring,
the new Congress canjet to work as
early as it. is called loMbcr aftor the
1th of March; but 'Ihjllh of March,
four months aftor tboftpuJar election,
is tho earliest possibljlato at which
any change can be madin conscqucnco
of that, election.
There would seem toe no reason at
all why the new admijtration should'
not lake office on thoat of January
succeeding the populjj election for
President. The cauvarof the votes in
all of the Stales eouldc made within
a month, the electors ld meet early
in December in placcjf in January,
and make tho official clion of Presi
dent, and Vicc-Prcsidcr Tho inaugu
ration of tho new adnistration could
just as well as not be 5c on the first
day of tho new 3car. I
Wc are awaj- behind wry other civi
lized nation in the may of giving ef
fect to our clccliontoU tho time
that the Republic of ifrJuilcd States,
was organized, cpmricatioii was'
slow, travel was difhcuA.nd the times
fixed in tho Constitutiojor Ihe differ
ent processes of tho'elijons and the
change in' goverhmcntUed the timo'
very well, aud were ait as speedy
as-could bo relied upoijjth certainly
at the-time of the adopt of the Con
stitution. But now, to our install-"
tancous transmission 1 news, our
quick transportation, tlls no excuse
whatever for any dilatojss iu giving"
effect to elections as sflily as pos
sible after they aro heldAH the pro
cesses provided for in tbonstilution
for the election of Prcsit and Vice
President could bo gonojotigh with
in less than two months ijace of the
four months uow rcquin Indeed, it
would be possible to Tpedilc the
change much more thanjs; but to
have the new adininisjion begin
with the new year would JIU appro
priate time, a startingint from
which everything could lerly date.
The years of the admiulkj0Ij i,i,us
would coincide with the cJjiar years,
and our government accoij could all
be fixed on that, basis, ebbing cor
responding to ,thf caloudar- yearv
.'abandoning our- present fiscal year,
which- ends, on JuneOtln
'.Franco sots- "a '.'gopo example.' iu
Jbljitf by hfyUgpnifing hoc ' Presi
dent ono4"moritV . afjcr ' hhr. elec
tion. To' be '.sufe.'"tho two branches
of. the sreHOji . natioliiil, Jegislu'
tiviv. asseilibiy "male the 'election, in
(France, a'o; thaf there ,is iio delay, in
cJootiou returns anil JhLarriving at ro
Vults.' 'Bnr,thoren'is' no need' of much
'delay 'hi fretting, election returns and
.Tprnccodin'g wh'li the various ,tops that
jour Constitution .j'enuires. Wo could, if
,ueccssary, declar1 the election of tho
Vjiew President "(.Ija ,ffrsl Moudny in De-ji'cmhcr.-'tho
date at which Congress now
JUueoffl, ' if it wore ndcessary to do so,
Jfor all of the facilities for ascertaining
t he result", for .counting tho votes, for
Hie action of the electoral college all
this could-be specdo'd along, according
'to whatever requirements might be
Micfcssary. We suggest the' first of
Taii.uary as a fixed 'date, the .beginning
of ilje new'year from which the incom
ing of the new administration might
.appropriately be dated- The dilatory
jbrocoduro in this matter, instituted at
g time when communication was slow
mud difficult and transportation uncer
tain., should be superseded by moro up-"io-dalc
action, which is easily practical
and which should be taken iu order to
give practical expression with as little
delay as possible to tho will of the peo
ple as ascertained at the National elec
tion. .
A CURIOUS DISTINCTION.
i The awkward working of tlic parcel
post law has been pointed out in general
and in detail. Tho government, in or
der to' ina true I pnreol-senders how to
uso the law, .has issued a huge pam
phlet aud checkered map in immense
numbers. The cost has been tremen
dous to put the law into effect, and
.the difficulty of working its puzzles out
is accentuated bv the arbilrarv rcp-u-lalions
made. There would seem to
bo no reason, for instance, whv auv
postage- stamp should not bo available
for the transmission of parcels bv post,
as long as the full postage required
is paid. Why should there be any dis
tinction as between parcol post slamos
and other stamps auv more than be
tween the slamps used on letters and
thoso on second and third-class mail?
In postal practice the same scries of
stamps arc usable for letters, for cir
culars, for newspapers, for books, and
for any postal matter. Why should not
the same slamps be available for the
parcel post?
Again, tlic zone s.yslcm, which is
not a zone system, at all. but a checker
system, requires unjust discrimination
as between different localities. Thus,
persons who live on the outer rim ot
tho various zones have to pay a cood
deal moro to get a parcel through tho ,
posit into almost immediately adjoin
ing poslolHcc3 in another zone Ilia ti
I Jo send it a much greater distance
lyjthjjr Uxcir- ow-u-zono. This zonn svs
tcnif moreover, is merely a revival of
the old distance syalem of generations
ago, whereby lottcrr. or newspapers were
charged according to the distance car
ried, and not by a flat rate as now.
It is a marvel to sec-that retrogression
to old forms incorporated in this new'
parcel post legislation. When ' the
United Slates undertakes to transmit
a letter, a newspaper, a book, a circu
lar, or auj-thiug heretofore ordinarily
mailable, it takes tho matter to anv
part of tho United Slates at a. irivcn
rate of postage; no diffcrouco is made
as between a short distance aud a
loug distance. But this distance ques
tion is brought into plav airaiu in the
parcel post. It will have to bo done
away with, evidently, in order to bring
that post up to date.
A number of curious Questions arise
also in connection with the parcel post
service. Senders of parcel post pack
ages have appealed to tho .Postoilicc
Department to kijow whothcr they may
'include labels, a ujjl printed mailer de
script iyo ot fho'Joiitcnts of packages
sent. -Tiit;' repiy .j)" the PoBtmastler Gen
eral is that they, mar. '.But in order
to make this rujiug ho;'is obliged to
make such an. arjiitrnry-' distinction as
to amount to a o)iango in tho law.
The new parcepposi; lA.r oorntils tho
sending by parecu,post of ' fqurth-cl.iss
matter, r like fam products, aild - of
manufactures, butjexoludoa tho old clas
sification of tbirft'Clasa'mail matter.
ThiK class include); books and other
printed matter o.'lilusivc of "newspapers
and periodicals "Won sent to the sub
scribers bv tho publishers;. But there
does not 'seoin 'ad$; reason why boolcs
should not bo sent by parcel pqst if
desired, as vell agji'arm product?, manu
factures, and mer.cllants, goods. Ham
mers, bricks, oggj vegetables, can bo
sent by parcel post, but books caunot.
The parcol post unay carry fish, sau
sages, stockings, j eggs, and other cu
rious articles. whio books, lithocraphs
hi bulk, and catalogues are excluded.
This, as has bceih fairly stated, shows
the absurdity of distinctions aa carried
in tho law. 4
It is true that tho parcel post is a
great success. Jtj comine was oullm
siastically welcomed bv the ppnnlo and
taken advantage of to an enonnouB ex
tent. But evidently tho law needs, and
must have, further important amend
ments i'm order to brincr it up to tho
practical requirements of the people.
NEW JURSEYfS TRUST LAWS.
Presidonl-elccfc Wilson appears to be
getting into action, now that ho has
begun to dcclaro niinsolf. in excellent
fashion. It ' will lie remembered that
during tho campaign, Governor Wilson
was much embarrassed in tho discussion
of the trust and iionopoly problem bv
the fact that Neif Jersey is the Great
l.rust-chartcring SUtc, tho home of the
trusts, and tha.fc In had dono uothing
as Governor of Nw Jersey to eradi
ealo the trust evi; from that State.
Having become thoroughly aroused on
that question, bocauso of bir. being on
the defensive, am) it being impossible
for him to make ary natisfactorv rcplv
to the assaults undo upon hia Stale
and upon him by' reason, of its boing
the home of the 'frusts. and bo doing
nothing about it. lo has uow resolved
upon vigorous actjon. In bis messago
lo the New JcrsoV Legislature, scut on
Tuesday, he dcnoi.ncc3 tho trust laws
of his State, say that New Jcraov
has becomo uolcrious on account of
them, aud demandl that tho odium at
taching to tho Stito as "the Tiome of
trusts" shall be If ted. Ho docs not
want tho Slate to bo tho homo of the
trusts; ho docs noj want it to be iid
throughout tho Uiitcd States that he,
a determined foo o: trusts and monopo
lies, will consent is Governor of Now
Jcrsoy lo the conlaiuanco of the noto
rious evils conneclcd with tho incor
poration of trusts (n New Jersey.
Iu this Governor Wilson has undoubt
edly taken tho projev stop, for he can
hardly pass aa a foo of trusts if as
Governor of Now Jersey he does not
protest in tho mast vigorous fashion
against the trust ?olicy of that Stale.
To be sure, New Jersey gets largo rcvo
nuc from the incorporation of those
vast trusts, but (Jovcmor Wilson de
clares that this is a. reveuue which the
State caunot affoid to take, and he
domands reform ind demands it in
earnest, imperious tones. Whether be
will bo able to wi the Legislature of
New Jersey to his yiow ou this matter
remains to bo sccu, but in. taking the
step that he has, Governor Wilson pre
serves his own consistency and vindi
cates his own record.
Speaking of two notorious pardous
issued by Governor Dix, the New York
Tribune says: "Tltc pigeonholes opened
by Governor Sulier havo shown how
easy it was to reiich the soft spots iu i
the heart of the laist administration, not
to mention the soft spots in its head."
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start an' accourl itli uHs. u
Why not begin i)day? Hl 1
14 Por Cent Interest Paid
On Savings AccounKs
Continental National BanbH
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EFFECTIVEOnBIW! 1912.
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7:05 A.M..JS&iDVBag 9:25 A.M. IgJ
8:00 AM. PsaiJSM'. 10:00 P.M.
10:00 A.M.. Osdan ant hteMtatt points. . 6 .'50 P.M KS
11:40 A.M..verland SfSSO. Ch,ca 3:15 P.Ll mjt
11:59 A.M..13 'SeStef c 4:45 P.M
1:05 P31..Pvor,anaS!cJr Sttcra. 2:05 P,M,
2:45 P.M.. OKden. Bi.wieii(i. Butte. . 4:50 P.M, BS11
2:45 P.M..-dcn- ao&X"ton and- 6:50 P.M.' MtitL
4:15 P.M..0eden' BrifnSfeatr ara,ad. 11:30 A.M. 4Ki
5:30 P.M..gfty?n'GSQveI SK.Pft. 12:40 P.M. Jif
6:00 P.M.. ht'tfen. . 8:00 AM. Wl
11:45 P.M.. Kflen- BruaBd. Butte. .10:30 A.M. Hlimii
City Ticket Office, Hotel, Telephone, Exchange 15. I HE5
x . Here are thirty-eight differentle- ; I
T artments or stores--concentrated er '
t ' :ne overhead expense-offering ned n m if
W' ; v-lnd trustworthy goods at greatly re Jed s ; 4Pi f '
W Irices. An organized, systematizeo- m
.'''perative effort in creating the suc Gf f v
f$ Qr;g,jgg-J are a fecre during the Jhniiary Sale. A decided r, preVatls. Hni
