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ij lj 6 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1913. Issued every morning1 by Gelt Lftlfo Trlbuno Publishing Company. t TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily and Sunday, ono month $ 1.00 Daily and Sunday, throe months... 3.00 Dally and Sunday, ono year 12.00 Sunday Tribune, one year 2.00 Sunday Tribune, six months 1. 00 ; Semi-Weekly Tribune, one year-... l.oO Tho Tribune is on sale in every Im portant city in tho United States. Readers of tho paper may ascertain the name of the local anent In any city by telephoning thla office. S. C. Beckwith. Special Aqont. Solo Eastern Advertising Apent. Eastern of , flee, Tribune Building. New TorJc: West ern office. Trlbuno Building. Chicago. Businoas communications nhotild bo ad dressed: "The Tribune. Salt Lake City, Telephone Exchnnge 264, When you fall to get your Tribune, telephone the city circulation department and n copy will be acnl you by spoclnl messenger. Entered At th Postofflcc at Salt Lake City as second-class matter. Saturday, August 10, 1013. I ! Postmaster General Burleson koeps II on enlarging the facilities of the parcol m post. More power to liiml if Satisfactory milk tests make satisfac- Hjj tory health conditions for tbo babies and Salt Lake City re.joir.C3 in both. Docs any one imagine lhat Governor I Sulzcr would Iirvo been in the trouble jtsjuj ho ia in now if he hadn't broken with lliU ,rpiiy llPffifl The effort of President Wilsou to iIhhS aP''" mora' suasion on Mexican poli- - ticinns who have no political morals GB) can hardlv win. tgHH Kansas it a nuicli-afflictcd State in Cy ''her drought and shriveling com crop. '19H '"Bleeding Kansas' J was an old politi- Ijaf oa cry an( n0w ni'glJt- appropriately jJSl 1,sc '10 ccouom,c sense. fnSffl ' HuR Massachusetts furnishes a new one HBm in the scries of hoodlum dances, the ijffljn . "pussy sneak."' Can't some cnterpris- JUulv IUS "artist" in Utah get ii the Nnj ',"fai;krabbit lope,' or something of U that kind? wBn ' A Xotv York daily paper, noting that IkIm Senator lTollis replied to Senator Lip- SffijJ j)itt on the tariff, classifies IIolHs as Rra "u Westerner. " And yet? Ilollis is anR from Xcw Hampshire! Jt "must have KM been a Maine view. I I Mrs Panlcliurst says, "Give inc lib 'erty or kill me," which sounds poor compared wjth Patrick Henry's way of pulling il. But nobodj- waiito either to kill her or deprive her of liberty, All that is asked is thai she "behave herself. Secretary Bryan has been caught in iu the misapplication of a war eagle seal jfj V foi the seal of .the dove of peace. Jt ft " is a curious development of unthinking S use without inquir) as to meaning, jfr , Still, most anybody could tell a' dove i from an eagle. , Jill Xcw England papers are discussing if .. "Hucria's dufiaut attitude, 7 as though Ej J'- iu asserting his own position heis re- g sistiug some .constituted authority to ttj which it is his dlit' to submit. And now let some of the Mcxieau newspa- 8 2 ' pcrs discuss "President Wilson's do- Sl liant altitude. ' ' M, There is no need to worry about the Bf future of the Republican party. The SB Populists didu't hurt the Democratic Jfl party permanently; and the Progrcss- : m ivc?, who are performing the same of- .jf ficc for the Republican party that the Populists did for the Democrats, won't M hurt the Republican party. I II Scuator Penrose wauls to know iu hvfi ' what capacity William Baj'ard .ifale is jjl i Aiexico, J t should not require a Sen- uj ale resolution to determine that; he is j there to steer John Liud right, and to I 3 see that he gets, iu the City of Mexico, Il the proper Wilson administration atmo- Ljf sphere. IhS ' Boston Globe: "President Wilson fjPj has ocen authorized by the Senate to accept a bust of William Pitt offered - by certain patriotic American women ; in England. It is too bad that the fcJcn atc couldn't bo asked to abolish statu . ary as well as to help load, up this coun try with more of it; Bostou would come in for some benefit in that case." The movement for the short ballot can hardly bo said to be on the gain when the new election tickets in Xew York aro eighteen feet long and have to be printed in sections like circus . bills, no press in the city being big euough to priut the whole ticket at one impression. But what about the voter? ' How will he be able to vote intelli gently a ballot like thnt! It looks as though President Wilson r 'ha it iu"-for tho recent Embassa . dor to Mexico, Henry Laue Wilson. Takiui: offense at a criticism of British diplomacy iu Mexico attributed to the . late Embassador, President Wilson is 1 said to be of intent to advanco tho dato of the acceptance of Henry Lano Wilson's resignation, and depose him at once, which would bo alike mean and show a temper that leads to what would practically bo bad faith. When the Midland Trail automobile party passed through Utah on their way to the coast, they were loud in their praises of tho roads in this Slate. Why, then, all this complaint from Denver against these roads, and why the reputed danger oC Utah and Colo- rado losing the transcontinental auto ' mobile trail? According to the automo bile pioneer party, Utah has doue her part well, aud the Colorado roads were also reported good. What, thcu, docs this attempted scare mean? CAUCUS WILL COMPEL. It appears that the insistence of President Wilson that the currency bill be passed has been yielded to by tho Democratic caucus, and that both in the House and in the Scnato there will be a persistent .effort to pass the cur rency measure, as well as the tariff revision. It is a clear case of bulldoz ing, and a most reprehensible interfer ence with tho independent functions of Congress, for the .Executive to tako charge of its actions, to del ermine what s-ll be passed, and to insist with all the authority of the executive power, that the legislative branch of the gov ernment must yield to Presidential dic tation. Bui. having succeeded in bulldozing Congress into the passage of the tariff law, which oven the party majority at the back of the President does not ap prove, doubts began to creep into the mind of Prcsidont Wilson whether his tariff bill was so good for the country, after all, as he had thought. After his academic approval, abundant signs be gan to appear that trouble- might bo ahead. "Where would that trouble come from? Evidcntlj', from tho business in terests of the United States that were to bo interfered with through the terms of this tariff bill. But there appeared to be no way to Teach tho industries and manufactures direct and coerco them iuto tho acceptance of the tariff schedules -as propared under the su pervision of President "Wilson. The su gar manufacturers of this country, both cane aud boot, wero firmly op posed to tho passage of the bill. Tho lead miners, tho zinc minors, and a mul titude of other industrial activities aro also o"i)osod to tho bill. But all of these activities need the support of tho financial interests or the country, and particularly of the banks, for their prosperity. The President, therefore, couccivcd the idea of holding tho financial interests, as represented in the banks and trust, companies, as host ages for the submissive behavior of tho industrial operations that were to be attacked in tho tariff bill. But how to hold tho banks and finan cial interests as a shield to protect the tariff revision was the question. All at once tho idea dawned upon the mind of the President that by tic creation of a political commission under the name of tho Federal Reserve Board, to hold a whip hand over all the banks and to compel the National banks and to allow tho State banks to como intJ the arrangement, the banks could bo so afflicted by the political Fcdoral con trol that they would do almost any thing within possibilities that might be required of them by way of whipping the industrial interests into lino that were attacked by the tariff bill. In this view of the case, which appears to be the one adopted by President "Wilson and upon vyhich he is acting, the cur lMMu'y bill is a ucccff,ary adjunct of tho tariff bill. Through tho currency bill the political control of the business in terests that makcany fuss about being injured by the tariff reductions can bo quieted. This if apparently .the truo secret of president Wilson's persistence in iu sistlug that the currency bill must, be passed at tho extra session, so as to go into effect practically at tho sanio time lhat the tariff bill does, and be a pro tective shield to the Democratic party and to the administration against, any evil effects of tho "Democratic tariff legislation. II is evident, atso, that President Wilson has convoyed this se cret, of his anxious determination to the Democratic part' leaders, and has Im pressed them with the danger of pass ing tho tariff revision without passiug also this partisan currency "bill, which will give tho Democratic politicians a chance to afflict the biinks if they do lot compel the industries injured by the tariff bill cither to accept the revi sion which the Democratic party lias made, or lose the support of the banks in their operations. 31 is an ingenious scheme, but ono that was pointed out long ago, and it now scms that it is the mature jt'dg" meat of the Prcsidont, his mind ncting along the lines indicated, that it is per ilous to pass the tariff revision which the Democratic party has agreed to pass, without also passing the currency bill, which will give the Democratic politicians the power to reduce banks to political submission and a support of the tariff legislation of the Democratic party in every way that the Democrat ic politicians, that comprise the Federal Reserve Board, may direct. DIVIDING THE SPOILS. When the Balkan allies concluded their successful war against the Turks, they had overrun and conquered about Uo.OOO squaro milctf of tho Turks' pos seseious. Bulgaria proposed in tho di vision to take about 7-J,000 square miles, leaving Scrvia 23,000, Greece 11,000, and Montenegro 7000. Servia and Greece demurred, demanding a moro equal di vision. Servia asked to be accorded 50 per cent moro than Bulgaria gave her, and Greece held that she should havo considerably more than twice tho area apportioned by Bulgarin. This would still havo given Bulgaria, more than half of all tho land to "bo added, to tho area of the respective slates by tho war. Bulgaria's proposition was also exorbitant when reckoned on tho pro portionate area of the allied states bc for the war began, and on that ac count also the other allies wero quite justified in demurring to the Bulgarian plan of division. Grccco was especially Etrcnuous as to Saloniki, and after the success of Greece and Scrvia as against Bulgaria, Greece also demanded that Bulgaria should give up all claim to Kavala. Tho peace just negotiated at Buch arest; gives Bumauia the wbolw Dunubc triangle, cutting thai off fronij tho northeait of Bulgaria. Sorvia and Greece get practically all of Macedonia, leaving Bulgaria a useless littoral on the Aegean Sea, which docs not include any spacious harbor and which will leave Greece unrivaled on that sea. With the thoroughly good understand ing which exists between Scrvia and Greece, Scrvia will have practically a free port at Saloniki. aud by negotia tions with Greoco as to that port, and the good feeling between Servia and Greece, this In likely to continue; but the old hatrod between Bulgaria and Greece would, in case of any trouble between these two powers, be subject to interruption at any time. Not so, however, with Servia, for there is no reason why the good understanding be tween Servia aud Greece should not continue indefinitely. Bulgaria, to bo sure, comes out of tho war with considerable added ter ritory, including practically the whnlo of Thiai-.c. including Adrianoplc: foi there can be hardly a. doubt that the European powers will insist that tho boundary of Turkey shall follow the line determined upon by the London conference, which line runs a little to tho north and west of the Tehataldja fortifications of Constantinople. It is not in tho least likoly that tho rooc cupation by Turkish troops of Thraclan cities and regions will be allowed to intercfere with the boundarj estab lished on the conclusion of the Balkan war against the Turks. So that Bul garia's accessions will he on the Black Sea coast and on the Aegean, which latter will not be much to her advan tage. This later revision of- the boundaries and partitions of tho spoils of war puts Bulgaria in a piriablo condition, as compared with the position which she occupied at the close of the war with Turkey; but. having made tbo mistake of undertaking to appropriate pretty much everything, and thus quarreling with her allies, Bulgaria has fallen into a ditch, and there she must lie. But if tho Turks by some miracle of stub bornness should ho allowed to retain Thrace that thoy havo overran and declare their firm intention to retain, in spito of tho decree of tho powers, then Bulgaria would come out of the war with less area than beforo, and her condition would bo pitiable indeed. CITIZENS IN THE STREETS. Tho Tribune is in receipt of tho fol lowing query. TSdllor Tribune: Is It lawful for the fire department, or any other force, to drive citizens oft the street, thus treat ing them :3 rioters, without the officers or tho law llrst reading the riot act or ordering the crowd to disperse? .1. 13. BETTS. 136S South Eleventh 15ast. The right of the citizens to use the streets is absolute under ordinary con ditions, "but this right is subject to the public interests, and at times to the miblic convenience, as in the matter ot fires, fencing off of tho sidewalks for building purposes the suppression of fighting or turmoil, and tho like. It is not necessary to read the riot act when a riot is in actual progress. Tt is usclosB to order a crowd to disperse, whon thcro is such an uproar that tho order cannot be heard. It is often found tho best, quickest, and least harmful waj- to disporso a crowd to turn tho firo hose on them. When any sort of a public turmoil or other threat of danger is on in the streets, peace ablo citizens would do well to keep out of it and avoid getting mixed up with rioters. THE WORLD'S GRAIN. The wheat crop of the world is esti mated by tho International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, at 673,2-13,655 ouintals tho present 3rear, compared with an actual' yield last year of 636,-593,-lSt) quintals; tho percentage tho present year compared with 3012 being 105.8. Tho quintal used is on the metric system, 300 kilogrammes to the quintal; its quantity, therefore, being a trifle above 220 pounds, or approximately three and two-thirds bushels. The area sown to wheat tho present year is put at 70,918,619 hectares, n hectare being 2.471 acres, approximately. Theroforo, tho area sown to wheat is 175,000,000 acres, and tho aggrcgato yield amounts to 2,500,000,000 bushels. Tho yield of wheat per hoctare last year was 9 quin tain tho world over, or 33 bushels to the acre; showing that iu tho old world the aTorago yield of wheat per acre was more than double that in tho United States. Tho present year tho estimated yield is 9.5 quintals per acre, which would give within a fraction of 35 bush els por acre in all the countries of the world. The area sown to oats the world over the prcsont year is 36,53S,000 hectares, estimated to yield 354,330,771 quintals, at the rate of 9.7 quintals per hectare, compared with 11 quintals por hectare last year; showing that taking the world at largo tho oat crop is materially loss this year than -last. Tho returns on rye do not include the United States, but for the other coun tries that make returns tho area sown to rye was 35,847,222 hectares, the reports indicating a yield of 352,503,9.17 quin tals, or at tho rate of 9.8 quintals per hectare, compared with 10.4 quintals per hectaro last year. Tho returns on barley include, as do tuoso on wheat and oats,, the United States; and show an area "sown of 20, 563.865 hectaros, with an estimated yipld of 220,790.08S quintals, a yield per hactarc tho present year uf U quin tals to the acre, compared with 10.5 last year. The authority from which we quote does not make any account of com, since corn is not much of a crop in Eu rope. But on tho whole, it would ap pear that the grain crops cf the world arc likely to be something better this year than last, aud that the decrcaso in the j if hi of ruru in this country will not niatorinlly affect cither this coun try or the world at large, since here, a? elsowhere, the yield in wheal: la mate rially greater than last year. ITS VAIN SQUTRMINGS. Jt is in vain that the Smoot organ protests thut it seeks to subserve the public interest in its attack upon Wnr dou Prattj and its uproar about the temporary escape of Parry from the j penitentiary. Its motive from tho first has been perfectly clear and evi dent to every one. Its intent has been to create political prejudice and to gi,ve vent to its own partisan maliciousness, and its desire to injure individuals aud to falsify the facts iu the case. It has undertaken to quote two of the penitentiary guards as authority for what it said. Ono of these, Mr. Gray, denies absolutely that ho made any statement whatever to that paper, or any of its representatives. Ho stated emphatically that tho purported inter view with him, as carried in tho Sfnoot organ, "is absolutely false and with out foundation from start to finish." He makes this statement voluntarily and under oath; explaining further that no ono hats influenced him or in timidated him in any way to make that statement: that whnt he sayn is en tirely of his own volition, and that he haB not received advice or instruction from any ono as to tho making of it. This absolutely disposes of cvo'thiug the Smoot organ claims to have re ceived bj' way of information or inter view from Mr. Gray. The other guard, whom the Smoot organ has been relying upon and whom it quotes, is Merrill, who is under ar rest for active- participation in tho escape of convict Parrj Here again tho Smoot organ cct3 a severe rebuff, this time from its own man, for Mr. Merrill says distinctly that the report, in that paper misrepresented every thing that he told its reporter. And Merrill affirms as to the Smoot organ roporter that "ho had no business hitching my name on anything." This, then, disposes absolutely of the purported statements carried in tho Smoot organ on the alleged authority of the two guards named. In one case tho interview is absolutely repudiated as manufactured out of whole cloth and nothing of it coming from Gra3'. Tn the case of Merrill, complete misrep resentation is claimed by Merrill as to what was printed in the Smoot organ, and he states emphatically that no one had an3r business to quoto him as to theso statements. Tho Ehamo of a paper boine: caught iu a predicament like this, manufactur ing false ovidence to support its mali cious charges, is evident to overy one, and cannot fail to strike tho commu nity as a most shameful and inde fensible piece of dishonest journalism. In this wholo matter tho Smoot organ has burrowed to a depth of degrada tion and iniquity which it had not reached in any of its previous dishon ored aud npoctacular exhibits. The organ is utterly discredited upon ils own showing. Tt stands abased and ut terb' humiliated in the public oye of this community, but ita degradation j has boon bo persistently sought by it self, that there can be no possible ex-1 cuso or palliation urged in its behalf. JULY FIRE LOSSES. The fire losses in this country and Canada the present 3-ear to dale are somewhat below tho losses for tho corresponding ecvon months of the two years past. During the seven months of tho prcsont j'car, the firo loss has amounted to $139,350,550; in 1912 the loss in the corresponding seven months was $149,591,550; in 1911 for tho corresponding seven mouths tho loss was $154,992,900. So that as compared with 1911, tbo lessened firo loss the prosont year amounts to over $15,000, 000. This is a substantial decrease, and undoubted' the crusade with respect i to greater safety in this respect has had good effect. During tho month of Juty, the fire losses this year amounted to $20,600, 900, compared with $15,219,100 in Jul' of 1912, and $25,301,150 for July, 191 i.j a bad showing for the month, as com pared with last 3'car, but good com pared with the 3'car before. Duriug tho month of Jul3', just past, thcro were 32S fires throughout the country, whero the estimated propert' damage reached or exceeded $10,000. Of those, 113 fires caused a loss of from $10,000 to $20,000 damage; 61 caused a loss of $20,000 to $30,000; 43 caused a loss of $30,000 to $50,000; 38 caused a loss of $50,000 to $75,000; 20 caused a loss of $75,000 to $100,000; 34 caused a loss of $100,000 to $200,000, and 19 caused a loss in each case of $200,000 and over. Of the 19 large fires during the month,' the following were the most.! serious from a fire-insurance stand- j point: Montreal, Quohoc. rhiireh bulldlnp: anil i other $-O0.WO Surnln, OnUrlo, sraln elevator 350,005 Michigan City, Ind., car f.tctory iud other 7S0.W0 Indianapolis, Inil.. lmrdwarfl atora aud other 500.000 Weymouth, Man., chemical jiIcid: AOO.OOQ Dajton. Ohio, lumber plant HIO.OOO La Grande, Or., lumber ycrils C00.W0 Indications, therefore, aro, as ex pressed iu the New York Journal .of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, from which we tako the above figures, that the prcsont should be "a fair fire underwriting year." It is now intimated that Captain Potts of tho Navy was "plucked' be cause he was active against Admiral Schley in the noted Santiago contro versy. The statement is that friends of Schley aro now predominant in tho Naval Board, and that they took th't3 their first oportuuit3' for revenge on Captain Potts an intimation which is hardly fit to be laid against officers and gentlemen. Nicaragua is evidently willing that we may protect all we want to, so long as we pay over that throo million dollars. MP Here's Jw What Yon Want f One glance at a glass j ' 1 of it cheers one taste 1, delights one swallow Jl refreshes one glasa ySMlW thirst -quenches. The one luBUf M best beverage for anyone, any- 1? 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