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I GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. 3
hot that such an order would be an unnecesary
B hardship upon the men. "But the men want it,"
fl said the engineer. The order was given, with
B the result that in ten minutes after the signal
S was given that the Cervera fleet was coming out
B of Santiago harbor, the Oregon alone among all
the ships of the fleet was rushing at more than
trial-trip speed upon the enemy.
We suspect that incident was known on
on board every Japanese warship and that If
the Russians had ever heard of it, they had for
gotten it. The majority of. men can learn to
shoot with a good deal of precision, while one
In one hundred or in two hundred can in a little
while become a terror through his accuracy.
We suspect that all that was tried In
the Japanese navy, and that only the very
finest of a host were given stations behind the
guns. Russia had better settle this war on the
best terms possible. Then she had better adopt
for the training of her navy a new plan. She
not only should struggle for efficiency but on
some terms she ought to kindle hope in the
hearts of her fighting men. Armies and navies
that are mere machines are not the best. Those
machines must be lighted with Intelligence, with
hope and that order of patriotism that holds
that any needed sacrifice for country must be
made without question. Those things put an
invincible spirit behind the guns of armies and
navies; they are what have given the little
brown men the advantage over the simple peas
antry that make up the bulk of Russia's military
forces.
It is better to lay over an hour to get on time
than to make one round trip for the benefit of a
suffering public. Old street car proverb
THE RESERVATION STEAL.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Vernal re
sulted in denouncing the delays that have held
back the, Uintah reservation opening, and the
adopting of resolutions declaring that what has
been done has been in the natuco of a palpable
steal. What is referred to is the location of some
hundred claims on the reservation by the Rod
Raven, many of them palpably illegal, but which
was pushed through congress as an amendment
to the Indian appropriation bill. It stuck in com
mittee but the Denver Post says It finally passed
through the explanation of Hon. Thomas Kearns
that it was all right It has been perfectly plain
from the first that a company of wealthy men
have been working to postpone the opening of
the reservation and that, under Indian leases,
they were fixing thipgs so that when the reser
vation is finally opened, there will be nothing
loft worth taking.
It is a plain case that had there been a dispo
sition to obtain a fair deal the reservation would
have been opened two years ago. There are most
valuable mineral deposits on the reservation; ex
cept for them the opening would have been
long ago. The delay has been through one dis
guise and another to obtain title to these deposits.
It seems it has been practically accomplished,
hut there must be a few more deposits worth
stealing, hence another postponement of the open
ing. It is altogether a shameful swindle. The men
Implicated are some local men and a large com
pany of capitalists in the oast, chiefly in St. Louis,
Now York and Milwaukee.
It would be a good thing to have ventilated
by congress for even if the titles have been made
secure, lij would be a good thing to have the coun
try know the names of the men who have been
able, through their influence and money, to clog
legislation, defraud Indians and white men alike,
and secure for a song a princely inheritance.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
The Commoner, under the heading "Already
Hints of Corruption," says:
"The first thing after a Republican is elected
to the senate from Missouri is a move to in
vestigate charges of corruption in the transac
tion. Thomas Niedringhaus, the Senator-elect, is
a wealthy man who Is engaged in the enameled
ware and stamping business, which is alleged
to be virtually a trust in these lines of business.
Charges of corruption are rife and an attempt
is being made to have the whole matter sifted
to the bottom. The more they view the results
the more Missouri Demoorats regret that they
failed to go to the polls oV election day. But
the result in Missouri will have one good effect
it means a Democratic majority close to the
100,000 mark at the next general election in that
state."
Has there been any time within the past doz
en years that investigations to unearth political
corruption would not have been In order in Mis
souri? In an humble way the elder Niedringhaus
started his marbledized ware business and it has
expanded until it is a great business. He has a
virtual monopoly, because he sells his wares
right along cheaper than anyone else could sup
ply the same material except by a prodigious ex
penditure of money. If the business has any fea
ture of a trust it Is as honest as is the publication
of the Commoner for it trenches upon the busi
ness of no other persons and gives a fair equiv
alent for the money received.
The hint of corruption, however, did not come
through the private busines of the Nledring
hauses, but through a contribution of St. Louis
brewers to the campaign expenses. This on in
vestigation fell to the ground, for nothing was
done that was not absolutely legitimate.
About the 100,000 majority next time, that de
pends. Missouri is naturally Bourbon, but the
policies of the Democratic party in the late cam
paign were too much for even Missouri Demo- jH
crats. Whatever virtues they may lack they do jB
not lack courage, and it was a cowardly program jM
that was marked out for them last summer. Even B
while in the very splendor of their celebration jB
of the mighty expansion which came while the B
founder of their party was president, and which B
doubled the area of the country and made all the B
soil on both banks of the Mississippi river, Amer- jfl
lean soil, even to the Gulf; it was no.t a good time B
for the chiefs of the Democratic party to talk of B
surrender of what was rightfully obtained, and B
it was a bad time to arraign tho President as a B
would-be imperialist because his idea of peace is B
that it must be peace with honor. B
A great many Mlssourians did not vote in No- B
vember, but if the Democracy go Into another fl
campaign with no higher call to their party jH
than they had last summer, the Mlssourians will H
vote next time, butjt will be merely to swell iH
the Republican majority.' They kept still over H
the sins of their party last summer, but if their fJ
party does not sound about face and forward 11
march next time why Missouri will simply be a M
great Republican state. !H
It has been found very difficult . for the cars ,H
which occasionally run on the South Temple-Pen- H
itentiary line to pass on a single track, and sur- H
prising as it may be to many people the cars are kM
sometimes late. M
With such perfect management, and such beau- jjH
tlful new model cars, it is difficult to locate the H
exact trouble with the system of the Utah Light H
& Railway Co. Don't talk to the motorman; it is B
probably his fault. H
If the power blows out on your way home In H
the evening, don't you care. The delay will act as H
an appetizer, and you'll have some excuse besides M
the time-worn one for riding home in a hack. fl
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BELOW IS THE STATEMENT OF THE SALT LAKE SECURITY fl
& TRUST COMPANY, FORMERLY McGURRIN &CO., INVEST-
MENT BANKERS, AS SHOWN AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS fl
JANUARY 3RD, 1905. THE GROWTH OF THIS OLD ESTABLISHED fl
FIRM COULD NOT BE BETTER DEMONSTRATED THAN THROUGH fl
THIS CONSERVATIVE STATEMENT, WHICH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF fl
OF THE SPLENDID RECORD THIS COMPANY HAS MADE. THIS fl
- FIRM NOW LOCATED IN ITS NEW HOME, THE SECURITY & fl
TRUST BUILDING, HAS GROWN UNTIL IT NOW RANKS AS ONE fl
OF THE LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE CITY. . fl
STATEMENT 1
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY 8, 1005. fl
RESOURCES I
Cash on band nnd In National Banks ', 8 42,077.18 ifl
BondB and Mortgngos on Heal Estate M 103,017.82
Bills Receivable - 2,110.00
Security and Trust Building, Furniture and Fixtures 40,647.13 S
Real Estato 18,678.11 1M
Stato Warrants, Stocks, oto 1,150.25 H
mt,MM fl
LIABILITIES i
Capital Stock Paid In 8171,300.00
Curront Accounts 778,88
Dobonturo Accounts 89,484.61
Sinking Funds 28,250.08
Uncompleted Loans 20,518.81
Surplus 7,500.00
Undivided Profit 4,161.76
STATE OF UTAH,
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE." ' .,
I, Edward Homo, Oasbior of tbo abovo named Company, do solomnly swour that the , i
abovo statement Is true, to tho best of my knowledge and bollof. Edward Home. ff J
Subscribed and sworn to before me tho 18th day of January, 1005. '
Qustavk H Baokman, Notary Public.
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