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4- - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1913. , M Issued every morning by Salt Lnkft Trlhuno Publishing Company. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally and Sunday, ono month J 1.00 Dally and Sunday, three months.... 3.00 Dally and Sunday, one year. o 22 Sunday Tribune, one year y0 Sunday Tribune, six months 1.00 Smi-Weelcly Tribune, one year... 1.&0 The Tilbune Is on sain In every Im portant city in the United States. Readers of the paper may ascertain tho name of the local agent In any city hv telephoning thin offlce. S. C. Beckwlth. Special A cent. Sole Eastern Advertising Agent. Eastern of fice. Trlhune Bulldlnc. New York: West ern office. Trlhunp Building. Chlcaco. Business communications should be ad dressed: "The Tribune, Salt Laka City. Utah." Matters for publication to "Editor The Trlhune. Salt Lafte City. Utah." Telephone Exchange 264. When you fall to get your Tribune, telephone tho city circulation dopartment and a copy will bo sent you by special "sencer, ."-n.ercil at tho Postofflce at Salt Lake City as scconrt-eliKs martyr. Monday, July 21, 1913. I A daily shower in mid-summer is something new in this arid region. , Tho "Wolf of Wall Street" cer tainly docs a good foal of frothing at the mouth. Tho Sinoot organ confesses that it is under some "diabolical fascination." Wc had long suspected something of that kind. 8 Mg Another good effect of the showers K ffBI will he to make the roads to tho west- t'Wtk ward plcasantcr for the automobile Wtt pioneers. MW The bequest of $o0,000 by James Mc- fJBm Grepor to the School of Mines of tho 1H Utah University is a handsome one. flH The money could uot have been bettor !K Another "renovation" of the White RjHg House is under way at a cost of EflK $20,000. It is always in order to rouo- Iwjm vate the White House at all seasons IJH of the year. ER A weekly report of seventy-one birtbs and but eighteen deaths puts Salt HH Lalco City in a class by itself. Jvo such I H proportion of excess of births is shown fffi elsewhere. The boys outnumbered the ''K (rirls, thirty-seveu to thirty-four. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "London flH fashionable women are attending Bk 'spicy' theaters this seasou. They go HB in masks, thus becoming one of the at- Hfi tractions of ihese questionable perform- Hh ances." fMj The country will be pleased to hear HK that Mr. William Rockefeller has com mim pletely regained his voice, -which was Of ro very bad when the Pujo committee wanted to hear him tell about tho KB "money trust" and he wasn't able to flff ' Springfield Republican: "If Secrc- tarv Bryan is unable to pay expenses MM? on 12,000 a year with only grape juice HDt as- a stimulant at the diplomatic din- H u ners. -what must it have cost his pre- L deceBSors who kept well stocked wine Hid cellars?" Rj It is said that the American reply to Bj the latest .Japanese note (-with nost- B scripts) is not satisfactory in .Tapau. HI Probably nothing would be satisfactory BH to the Japanese jingoes but a square 19RI backdown on the part of the United HS1 Slates, a thing that they are not likely SHd to see, now or forevermore. One of the curious rumors of the ijjBS time is that Governor Foss of Massa- WmS, chusetts, wlio was formerly a Repub- vBlm lican, but who has been thrice elected jH$j Governor of his State as a Democrat, fW 's S0"0U.1.V considering a change back j'Rud into the Republican party. The Demo- Hi c,atic tariff legislation is cited as the Mljl St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Dcsti- tue Americans continue to arrive from iH Mexico. The only oftense of these vie- fjB Hirts is that they thought Mexico had Bffilf good business opportunities and they HH invested their money there, hoping for HI fair treatment. They have been peace- HU able and law-abiding. Tho hostility shown them is shameful." HI .). Pierpont Morgan and Col. Astor Hjffi left among their assets a big lot of tMfflt worthless stocks. Manj' of them in SM rank fake schemes. Which proves them ttjjfj! of the usual trusting human nature, BE like others of tho boys. But no doubt IHm the' explanation is true that much of HR this stuff was bought to help appli- H&; cants in need, who had nothing else raSjj to offer for the money they got. j fjjjj The Mayor of Seattle undertook to MKfj suppress the publication of tho Times Mm newspaper, this without notice or warn- Jfflflj ing. But when the Times sued out a HE restraining order from tho court, in or- !inB 'Ior that m'gnt get otlt lin Issue for !w$ the day, the Mayor made a great point tiff -n 6 claim that he should not be re- lj$M strained without notice. Inconsistency (fragf rampant! JkJ Senator Owen of Oklahoma wants to jftj : stop hindrances to the progress of busi- llral f DCSS in the UnitG(J States Senate by al- Ilflh lowing unlimited delays in spocchmak Kh ing and otherwise. Accordingly he has flUI offered a resolution providing that "de- Mm ba.tG. 0f d'lator' motions which in tho 1 opinion of the Senate are intended to m I prevent a majority of the Senate from fPn . exercising the full and freo right to rIfl control any matter ponding before the Senate may be terminated by a voto of I "uj a majority of the members of the Sen- ate upon notice." Although he dis claims any desire to shut off "reason able debate" it is manifest that this is in fact proposing tho cloture, and it' the Sonato should adopt it that body would be able to suppress debate at any time and come to a vote on any question whenever it wishes to do so. But tho proposal is mcroly an evi dence of impatienco, for it is not in the least likely that the Seua.te would adopt any such resolution. . DEALING WITH NICARAGUA. It will come as a surprise upon tho country, precisely as the dispatches say it was to members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, to llnd that Secretary Bryan is friendly to tho Nicaraguan treaty, which the Taft ad ministration favored, and that ho is disposed to go oven further than Sec rotary .Knox ventured to go, in the wa' of getting actual control over Nic aragua. It is true, further, that the United States, at tho instigation of the government of Nicaragua, intervened to protect tho lives of Americans aud other foreigners when disturbances arose in the Nicaraguan republic last 3-ear. Somo criticism was made of this by tho Democrats, but nothing very serious, bocauso tho procedure was reg ular and above board, and bej'ond all, effective. It is a surprise, however, to find that Secretary Bryan is disposed to go so much further than Secretary Knox ven tured to propose in tho way of super vision over Nicaraguan affairs. Sec retary Brynn is in favor of paj-ing tho $3,000,000 to get the perpetual canal j right. He is in favor of putting upon Nicaragua the same' limitations that ( wo have put upon Cuba, and even more. In all this wo are glad to sup port Secretary Bryan, and to recog nize in this move a new departure on tho part of the administration, and a limitation on the denunciation of "dol lar diplomacy," that was so fervently flouted on tho coming in of the pres ent administration. It appears that Socrctary Bryan has found siucc he came into office that the dollar is a big thing in modern diplomaC3-, all over the world. Diplomacy is toda used more to advauco commercial in terests than it ever was before in the history of the world; although tho con nection between diplomacy and com mercialism has alwaj's bceu very di rect and close. The inquiry is suggested whether Mr. Bryan wishes to mako this decla ration as to Nicaragua a forcrunnor as to his polic3 toward other Cen tral American republics. Wo would not consider that it is necessarily so, but that it is a precedent in case any of the Central American republics wish to put their destinies and their su pervision under charge of our Govern ment. Because the Secretary is in favor of this step towards Nicaragua, it, does not necessarily follow that he is seeking the same control as to Costa Rica, San Salvador, Guatemala, or that there is concealed in it any hint to ward Mexico. At the same time, we consider tho action timely, and hope that it may have a .good effect also upon Mexico, bv way of suggestion to that country that the United States is alert and is prepared to take its part in the international affairs of the world and in support of the Monroe doctrine; and that it. is not willing to lie supine and be trodden over by a weak aud reckless power that seems to have ueither self-respect nor capa city for self-rule. ART OR SPECULATION? Tt is reported that President Wilson is not pleased with the Senate Finance Committee because it reported in faor of "a tariff tax on art and books." Tho tariff on art as it has been for a long time, seems to us to be quite right aud satisfactory. The art -which is imported into this country to be put in public galleries for the use and view of the people at large, is now admit ted free. Books for public libraries', museums and the like, are also admit ted free. But this does not satisfy those who want to have the name of being favorable to art and literature. They want all art work and. all litera ture to be put on tho free list. This, however, would be manifestly unfair, for two reasonB. First, the person who imports pic tures, statuary, or rare booksi for his own private enjoyment and to show to his friends, has no claim whatever upon the public to allow him to make these imports free of duty. There is no more obligation to allow the free import of such private purchases than there is to allow the import of fine crockor', glass ware, household adornments, tapestries, and fine linen. All of these come, more or loss, under the designation of art; but the import of them is for' private and personal use, and in all such cases tho import duty, should be paid. The gratification of vanity or the privalo taste of the wealthy through the import of rare articles should pay its price, just the same ns other articles that arc not called art or literature should pay. For, so far as such imports are for tho gratification of the owner and held as his private property, the public has no interest whatever in exempting them from duty. Second, there is a form of speculation which is involved in bringing in rare pictures, rare sculpture, or artistic or rare books It often happens that the .importer of such rarities is able 'to real ize a big profit on his investment, and ho sells, just- as he expected to. The purpose of the import was to make money, just tho game as merchants pur pose doing in their importing of rare laces, or fabrics of many kinds, thnt might be and are called art. Tho spec ulative dealer in art or in books is sim ply a merchant, and as such should be compelled to pa3' on hi9 imports pre cisoly the same as any dealer in any form of imported goods. This is the distinction which tho Sen- ato clearly seeks to mako In attaching duties to art and book imports. As to books, there is another feature which comes in. We refer to tho labor ele ment. Books, tho work upon which is done in Great Britain, either wholly or in part, nro imported in direct compe tition with the printers and the book publishers in this country. There is no reason why theso printers and publish ers should bo put in direct competition with foreign work on tho basis of the low wage scale of Europoau workmen and publishers. We imagine, therefore, that Presi dent Wilson will have his labor for his pains in undertaking to argue with the Senators against the imposition of a duty upon private -imports of works of art or of books, and that is exactlj how tho matter ought to rest. GOOD ROADS WORKERS. The question of good roads is ono that iB becoming a live ono through out the United States. Salt Lake county is making an examination of Us highways, by the aid of a road ex pert from the U. S. Department- of Agriculture, and is likely to call upon tho taxpayers of this city to vote bonds amounting (more or less) to a million dollars for tho purpose of applying tho money to the making of good roads in this county. The plan is to cover the count3' well with cood roads; since all tho taxpayers of the county are to be called upon to vote tho bonds and pay thorn whou due, aud tho interest in tho meantime, they must receive the due consideration of getting the good roads for which they pay. In other States, also, there is tho same movement for good roads. New York has spent money by the tens of millions of dollars on good roads. And now Pennsylvania is about to submit to the people of that State a proposition to bond the State for $50,000,000 for good road purposes. Govornor Tcncr of that State says that ho -will mako a tour of all tho' County Fairs next fall, speaking in a campaign to bring tho voters of the State to favor the move ment that will affirm tho bond issues referred to, by amending the Pennsyl vania constitution. There seems to bo a favorable disposition in that State toward this proposition, especially if all traces of political partisanship can bo eliminated from the proposition. This ought to bo done, not on' in Pennsylvania. New York, Missouri and elsewhere, but in Salt Lake county; and unloss this is done, the bond is sue for good roads will be in jeopardy wherever it is submitted to tho people; for politics and good roads do not mix. This is shown by the loss iu New York of some 40 per cent of the money voted ostensibly for good roads. Poli tics and political trickery got away with large amounts of this money. Missouri also is in lino for good roads work. Governor Major of that Slate gives out that ho will issue a procla mation setting apart two da3's in Au gust for working on tho roads of that State. He -will call out every able-bodied man In the rural districts of Mis souri for this two da's' work. He an nounces that he will take off his coat and lead a gang of workmen himsolf on State roads outside of Jefferson City. He will appear with pick and shovel to do his two days' work with other citizens. He estimates that 300, 000 men will respond to his proclama tion, and this, ho points out, will mean the equivalent of G00.000 days' work. Tnaemuch as two Michigan communi ties turned out some hundreds of men to work on a twenty-five mile road connecting the two places, and women volunteered to serve them food and drink for tho day, and the work was a complete success, this idea of Gover nor Major 's for Missouri ought to work well; pr.ovided tho preliminary organi zations of men in appropriate gangs or companies for work on tho various roads of tho Stato are arranged for be forehand. Iu many States, as iu Utah, convicts arc employed to work on the roads. So far in this State, this has been a suc cessful proposition. But one convict has over got away from the road camps, and in general the convicts are eager for tho somi-liborty (yet under the eye of guards always) that thiB outdoor work provides. They willing ly pledge themselves to make no at tempts to escape. Few attempts have been made, and, as stated, there has been but. one who succeeded iu getting away. All of which indicates the wide in terest that is felt in good roads work; and there can be no question that as an economic proposition this National good roads work is the greatest trans portation question now before the poo ple of the United States. EXPATRIATED AMERICANS. In connection with the jubilee cele bration at Gettysburg, there was a mournful noto recalled by an experi ence of Secretary Root when he was on his tour of tho South American Re publics. It will be remembered that directly after the war, a number of the officers of the Southern army and leading politicians of the Confederacy expatriated themselves, being loth to take tho oath of allegiance to the United States, and despniring of their country since the Confederate cause had failed. Some of these officers went to ISgypt, some to Europe, and some to the various countries of South America. Socrctary Root in his jour ney heard of a colony of American expatriates near Sao Paulo in Brazil. He took enough interest in that colony to visit it. He found thero some of tho old Confederate officers yet alivo and having numerous descendants. They spoke the English language in their homes, and, as a rule, have entirely got over their antipathy to the hated "Yankee," and some long to come home. Some of these approached Secre tary Root and oucstioacd bhn on the. proposition of returning, asking his ndvicc as to what they ought to do, Replying to one who asked if ho ought to return to the United States, Secre tary Root said: "No; stay where you are, and bo good Brazilians. You -will find tho States so changed that thoy will no lougor seem like homo to you." Thoro is no quostiou but that Secre tary Root gave good advice to that man, and to all who are similarly cir cumstanced. Tho United States today is quite a differont Nation from tho former Union of States; its pcoplo are so changed that those old Confederates would not rocognize them any moro as their compatriots. Even- in the South the change has been so great that tho returning Confederate would feel himself a stranger in a strange land. And so there was no representation at Gettysburg of that Confederate colony at Sao Paulo, or of any Confed erate famili' that expatriated itself. And this is just ns well, for while at Gettysburg memories might have en tirely doparted, as far as any animos ity is concerned, tho mournful fact re mains that those expatriates would find tho conditions so different in tho United States from their dreams of long ago, that thoy would be dishcart onod, discouraged, and appalled. FREWEN'S PLAN FOR SILVER. We have presented recently a propo sition bj' Sir Morcton Frowen for what ho calls the valorization of silver. This plan as stated would require tho co operation of Great Britain, Gerniai', France, and the United States in ac tion which would gradually increase tho price o silver, Tho reason why ho urges tho increase in the price of silvor at the present timo is that silver ma3' be made again a credit basis to supplement gold, which is admittedly insufficient in quantity'as a basis for tho credit security and tho banking resources of the world. It is true that gold has increased cnormousty in pro duction since tho silver coutroversj" was on in strength, but in spite of the enormous incrcaso in gold production, the business of the world, and the money required to do that business, aud the needs of the many bnnking and trust companies have increased so much more rapidly than the increase of gold, that the latter as a complete basis for all has been distanced, and thero is serious peril because of tho insufficienc3' of. gold to meet the con ditions imposod upon it as tho founda tion for the enormous superstructure of credit and reserves that is callod for by the business of the world. Mr. Frowen 's proposition was made public first in this county, and it has taken some time to get a response from Great Britnin by way of criticism of his plan. This response has now been reecived in part, especially so far as the London Financial Times' is con cerned. It must, be admitted, however, that tho Financial Times discusses the question in rather a bigotod and nar row way. It considers the Frcwcn plan meroly a revival of the former bimetal Iism movement, aiid denounces it ac cordingly. It goes through Mr. Fre wen 's tables and arguments and finally reaches tho same old stupid proposition that we had so often reiterated during tho silver agitation in this country when it was proposed to have the free coinage of silver; the reply being then that nobody wants to pay full value for a "short dollar." Similarly the London Financial Times uow says the people of Tudia don't want to pa.y "16 pence for a 0-pemi3' rupee." It will be observed that that was in principle the same old response in this countiy when the free coinage of silver agitation was on. But Mr. Frewen makes no proposi tion for an'bod3' to pay "1G pence for a fl-penny rupee." He meroly pro poses a valorization plan for silver which will raise it out of tho 9-pence rupee class, and tho proposition he makes is not for bimetallism, but to strengthen tho business and banking credits by raising tho commercial value of silver. Still, if the view taken by the London Financial Times, quite in the old rut, is to be considered as a forerunner of tho way Mr. Frewen 's valorization scheme is to be received in Great Britain, then all hope of it must be given up. But his scheme is in fact a good aud practical one, only needing the co-operation of the four nations mentioned to put it in practical working condition, and the world needs the reinforcement to the bank and credit, foundations which he proposes. So far as India is concerned, Great Britain is all the time legislating and fixing the value of the rupee and making discounts and im port charges and all that sort of thing, which fix the value- of silver in the markets of India. Therefore, tho old stock argument that governments can not change the commercial value of silver as a metal, is entirely explodod, bocauso that is being done all the time. But we are sony to see Sir Morcton Frewen 's scheme received with such bigoted stupidity as tho Financial Times exhibits. And unless the busi ness world of Great Britain can wake up and expand its views, tho danger of toppling credits 113- ronson of the in sufficiency of the base upon which the3' are reared, must be endured uutil the ultimate cure is forced. An Oregon man who is no Enoch Ardcn absented himself from home for twelve 3'oars, and returning to find his wife divorced and married to another man. gave that other man a terrible boating. 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