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TUESDAY MARCH 25 1913 " THE LOGAN RfPUOLICAN pAGE SEVSN H
AN EPIDEMIC OF COUGHING
Is sweeping over tho town and young
and old aro nllko affected. Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound Is a quick
safo rellablo family medlclno for
coughs and colds. A. S. Jones, of
Leo Pharmacy, Chlco, Calif., says: "I
consider Foley's Honoy and Tar Com
pound has no equal, and Is tho ono
cough medlclno 1 can recommend to
my friends as containing no narcot
ics or other harmful properties." He
fuse all substitutes and take only Fo
if ley's Honey and Tar Compound. Co
l J operative Drug Co. Advertisement.
CaWm'sale
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I Hay land yielding timothy and I
clover, within tho city limits on I
! tho south of Logan City, Is surely I
I worth $160. an aero fenced. If I
taken at onco I will tako ?l-5 an j
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I ALSO V
k East of Logan City and Ulvcr j
f Heights on Provldcnco Hench, I !
j havo 200 acres with Logan River I
! passing through tho north portion I
f which I will sell at $10 an aero. J
Portions of It aro worth ?50. I
J Must bo sold In ono piece. I
I Write at once to j
! L. R. MARTINEAU,
! Box 704, Salt Lake City, j
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THE WALL PAPER
And put it on your walls
At 35c A Roll And Up
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Logan, Hide& Junk Co.
Pay the Highest Price
for Rubbers and Metals,
Machinery'.Castlron. Also
for Hides Wool And Bees
wax. 1UO South Main,
Logan Utah, Phone, 62.
I Save Yoti Money
BY
Making Your Furniture New
UphoUttrlng and Gtneral Repairing
Couches In Imitation Leather 9S.OO
Bed Spring! Restreched 75 c
Hair and Wool Matreuct Remade$2.5o
ALL WORK GUARANTEED BY
J. F. Schirmeister
Shop 34 S. Main - 'Phone 393 b
1 James G. Walters
Attorney-At-Law
Union Block, 75 North Main St,
I We Sell The Eartb
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H Commercial Stooka bouiht and
H aold. Planty of monay to loan
H on city and farm property.
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THE NATIONAL
COPPER BANK
Speculating As To The Effect Of
Opening The Panama Canal Upon
Business In Inland Cities
Thcro Is much speculation In nil
quorterB ns to tha effect upon busi
ness thnt may be exerted by tbo
Panama Canal with Its alterations of
trafllc currents. In Uio coast cities,
both east and west, a few of theso
alterations seem fairly easy to fore
cast, but with Interior points llko
Salt Lako City tbo Influences at work
will bo very complex. Yet tbo canal
Is of no less Interest to us than to
tho coast cities and wo have thought
It worth while to bring together what
seem to bo tbo best conclusions on
tho matter without, however attempt
ing any specific predictions. Such an
attempt would bo ridiculous, for It
cannot bo known In advance, even
by tbo shrewdest traffic experts
what tho actual freight rotes between
tho Atlantic and Pacific seaboards
will ho by rail nnd wnter, or what
their exact effects upon business will
bo. Knough Is known, however, so
that It Is posslblo to forecast In a
gcnoral way tho probablo lines which
changes In tho traffic nnd rnto poli
cies of tbo Intermountaln roads will
follow.
It Is obvious that water competi
tion, whether by the Panama Canal
or otherwise, must weigh more se
verely upon the trafllc originating up
on tho seaboards of tho United
States than upon that originating In
tho central portion. Whatever dif
ference appears between tho costs of
wnter and rail haulage Is Increased
with tho length of the haul, and the
cost of handling nt terminals falls to
a smaller and smaller proportion of
the total cost of freighting. Conse
quently tbo railroads havo In tho past
endeavored (and with success) by
means of tbo MIssorul Klver blanket
rates and otherwise, to withdraw
manufacturing from the actual sea
board to cities llko Pittsburgh, Clew
land and Chicago, from which they
would bo nblo to meet tho wnter
competition on trnlllc from tho At
lantic coast, and from which a con
stantly growing tonnngo would flow
east as well as west, even If only
for trans shipment by water to the
Pnclflc coaBt. By. this means they
not only protected their own rail
shipments to tho west, but forced a
division of tariffs on westbound ship
ments going via Atlantic seaports.
This has resulted In tho transforma
tion of tho mlddlo west into a manu
facturing territory, to such nn extent
that In 1911 G4 per cent of tho ship
ments to tho Pacific coast originated
in tho Chicago territory, or west of
it, ns well as about 80 per cent of
tho shipments to tho Intermountaln
torrltory.
Lacking in the beginning any real
center In the Intermountaln country
which could bo used as a distributing
point for Its scattered population, it
wns n measure of economy for tho
railroads to carry supplies clear
through to tho coast cities which
woro larger, and to allow tho coast
Jobbors to attend to distribution. A
small profit was netted on tho long
haul and thero was additional profit
In the rather high rates charged for
the back haul. It was tho custom to
baso rates to the Intermountaln coun
try on this procedure, even though
tho freight wero as a matter of fact
hauled directly from its eastern point
of origin to Its intermountaln destin
ation. Similarly stiff dlscrlmlnatons
wero mado on goods shipped out of
tbo Intermountaln country, nnd the
whole constituted n heavy chargo on
our Industries, whoso sturdy growth
In tbo face of It Indicates rather the
natural resources back of them than
any commercial advantage Tho situ
ation has been much alleviated in ro
cert years by decisions of tho Inter
state Commerco Commission and by
tho natural effects of tho growing
Importance of our commerce, but tbo
net result has been that tho Inter
mountaln country hns lagged behind
tho moro strongly stimulated mlddlo
west and const, although It has no
less merit. Tho question now Is whe
ther tho opening of tho canal will
radically alter tho conditions which
led to tbo formation of this policy.
It is unquestioned that present In
ter coastal water rates can bo sharp
ly lowered by tho opening of tho ca
nal, and It Is estimated that the can
al will bo able to draw freight from
as far west as Indianapolis via tho
Atlantic ports, and from as far north
as St. ouls via tbo Gulf ports, nnd
that the western roads must protect
tho remaining portion of that middle
section by rates uot far above the
competitive point, or by their failure
to do Bo, lengthen tho reach of tho
canal routes. Nono of tho eastern
termini of tbo principal transconti
nental roads are at points further
cast than Chicago, and theso roads
are going to see to it that the traffic
from that central section to Inter-
mountain points, at present amount- i
Ing to SO per cent of their total Inter
mountain trafllc, Is not diverted from
themselves, whntover may happen to
tho much smaller trnlllc orig iiutuw
In tho east on which th'cy havo to
sharo a low through tariff at small
profit. To compensate hcmsclvcs for
tho anticipated reduction In their
transcontinental business the rail
roads must not only hold, uut must
build up, tho trafllc between t-o Mis
sissippi Valley and tho Intcrmountntii
states. They mny bo expected to
stimulato Intermountaln Immigration
and Industrial development by every
means In their power.
As for tho Pacific coast trade, It
is probablo that If tho canal proves
a real factor In transportation nnd
not tha Illy pond that James J. I1III
derisively prophesied, tho wostorn
ronds aro going to llnd themselves
forced to glvo over any nitempt to
hnndlo tho through tralllc from tho
Atlantic seaboard. Hut they will do
their utmost to hold that trade by
tho only other method nt their com
mand, I. e., tho building up of manu
facturing nnd other industries In such
territories ns can ship by rail nnd
still undersell tho eastern manufac
turer who ships by water. Tho In
termouutnln district Is certainly such
n one, nnd with Its notural resources
to build upon, It seems loglcnl for us
to look forward to strenuous assist
ance being given to every manufactur
ing enterprise of tho Intermountaln
Empire, Instead of, as formerly, fa
vors being given to tho Pacific coast
Jobbers to our detriment. By this
new policy can tho western roads
best maintain their Pacific coast ton
nngo In tho face of active water com
petition. At the samo tlmo they
will bo developing nn even larger
markot In tho east and locally.
Our low grado freight, such aB
coal, building stone and phoBphato
rock, will also find their shipment
nnd snlo stimulated by tho samo need
of tho railroads to hold tho western
markets, ns well as to win new ones
oversea, particularly on tho western
coast of South America.
Wo will becomo manufacturer.
With our scnttered population, our
compa-atlvely high wages, and high
freight rates, It may perhaps s;om
to require a considerable stretch of
Imagination to think that this terri
tory Is to becomo a really great
manufacturing district. Dut while It
Is trim that our Interests at this time
are chiefly agricultural nnd mining,
tboso who doubt our futuro In manu
facturing should reflect that whllo
high wages and high freight rates
aro potent In their effect, yot their
Importnnco ns cnuses Is secondary,
and that they Invariably chango their
aspect under the compulsion of those
things which nro primary, I. o., tho
abundanco of raw materials, nbun
dnnco of power, abundance of fertile
lands from which to feed a manu
facturing population, and n market
for tho products of our manufacture.
Tho first three wo undoubtedly
have, and with tho coming of tho
cannl, v0 will possess tbo fourth in
greater measure than ever before.
As for raw materials, whllo we pro
duco some of the metals In profusion
It Is not well enough appreciated that
tho Intermountaln Emplro Is rich In
those two great bases of manufacture
I. e., coal and Iron. Wo aro rich also
In timber, In clays, In gypsum and
other minerals, In wool, In grains and
so on through tho list of raw materi
als commonly used In various manu
factures. Our practically unlimited
supplies of coal and water power
have settled the question of power
for over. Our wheat lands are broad
enough nnd fertllo enough to feed the
nation and they will some day cer
tainly be tho foundation of great mill
ing and packing Industries. Growth
in manufacturing is always cumulat
ive. Wo have alroady made long
strides, and as might bo expoctcd, the
ndvanco becomes Bwiftor with every
year. At the present tlmo our mar
ket barring a few leading Items, Is
only Just beginning to grow beyond
our Immediate territory, but as the
Panama canal makes itsolf felt and
as our freight rates of tho Pacific
const and to the Mississippi Valley
fall under tho Increasing pressuro of
tho available tonnago, our market
will bo extouded to all tho world
In bringing nbout this growth In
tho manufactures and commerce of
tho Intermountn'n country tno most
offectlvo tool In tho hands of the rail
roads, asldo from rato adjustment,
will be tho building of branches and
connecting links which shall open
up many of our rich areas now far
from proper transportation facilities.
Theso areas muBt bo peopled and
farmed If this territory Is to como
Into Ita own. They aro capable of
yielding dividends upon tho Invest
ment of the railroads, not alono ho
cause thoy will net as feeders for tho
through traffic, but, moro Important,
becauso they will provide- nn Immonso
volume of locnl trafllc, which Is al
ways tho most profitable to a rail
road. Along with this construction
work will como vigorous colonization
In order that theso branches may be
profitable to tho utmost. Tho en-
hnnced prosperu that will follow tho
multiplication of branch lines through
out tho intermountaln country. i t
the corresponding increaso of popula
Hon, Is impossiblo to estimate, for
icmemhi'i ( t tM0 commerco of a
country iloeg not Increaso In an arith
metical ratio ns compared with Hie
growth of population, but In a geom
etrlcnl one The population served by
theso branrlivB will constltuto tho
strongest innikct for our manufac
tures of eu'ry kind, and will produce
stocks of grains and meats and frluts
not only sunk-lent for local consump
tion, but enough to supply Hour mills
'and packing houses os well. It goes
without sedIiik that tho rnllroads, if
despoiled of their transcontinental
trnlllc, will direct their energies to
tho building up of this even more
vnlunblo o al business.
Under the .mpulso of th0 swiftly
growing Asiatic tralllc, coupled with
that borne by tbo canal. San Francis
co Is sot n tn becomo ono of tho half
dozen world cities. In our opinion.
Snn Francisco, and not New York,
will comparatluiy soon bo tho finan
cial center for this part of the coun
try n to-be-wished for outcome In
view of tin. homogeneity that binds
us together. Tbo low passenger rnto
from Km ope via San Francisco the
sharer wlih New York of the incom
ing Hood I.lko Now York it will llnd
its foreign population growing by
leaps nnd bounds and manning those
distinctive lines of Industry which
now mark New York ns their centvr
nnd make it tho largest manufactur
ing city In the United States. A3
from New York, the better portlo-i of
this Imlgratlon will scntter fanwiso,
giving to the nearby Intermounlu'n
states tho greatest asset they tould
possibly acquire; I. o., matured la
borers and farmers. I
It Bcenis to us thnt the changes will
increase, rather than decrease, tho
earnings of tho western ronds. From
1309 to 1911 there wns on incre.ise I
of 11.2 per cent in tho volume or I
transcontinental business, nnd it I no
rato of Increaso tho competition of j
tho cannl could not possibly fort j
their total volume of business brlow
tho present llgurcs for long, If at nil. !
That competition will cut down the j
volume and rates of the through
business but not of tho locnl trall'c
though In tho beginning of their his
tory, their dependence wns wholly
upon through trafllc, It is now moro
lnrgely upon locnl business, and :
since 1893 their Increase In business
has not como from seaports, but
from tbo Interior points. Tbo canal
will still further accentuate this fea
ture, making Itself the great nrtcry
for coast to coast tralllc, yet rcnlly
bringing new business to the rail
ways by making them collectors and
distributors of tho commodities car
ried between our eastern and western
seaboards by way of the canal.
I)y providing ourselves wtui n now
transportation route, we will quicken
our commercial circulation nnd now
Industries nnd commerco will develop
In Wnys unknowablo In advance This
quickening of circulation 1b, In a
word, tho benellt the rnnnl brings,
nnd wo have tried to point out In a
skeletonized fashion the way In
which It will act upon our own Interests.
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WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Investigated
Testimony of Logan Citizens
When a Logan citizen comes to
tho front, telling his trlendB and
neighbors of bis experience, you can
rely on his sincerity. The statement
of people residing in far away places
do not command your confidence.
Home endorsement Is the kind that
backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Such tes
timony is convincing. Investigation
proves It true. Delow Is a statement
of a Logan resident. No stronger
proof of merit can be bad.
T. D. Davis, grocor, 22 South Sixth
WeBt street, Logan, Utah, says: "Tho
statement I gavo In 1907, recommend
Ing Doan's Kidney Pills still holds
good and you may continue Its pub
lication. I bad pains In my back, nnJ
lamonesB across my loins that mado
It nlmost Impossible for me to get up
after sitting. I was also nnnnyel by
nebular passage of the kldnoy be
cretlons and thero w-ob a feeling of
lapguor. Doan's Kidney Pills pro
cured nt Itlter Bros. Drug Co., gave
mo greater roller than any other kid
ney medicine I over tried. I consid
er It my duty to let other people
know nbout this remedy, for It ier
tnlnly lives up to representations."
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember tho name Doan's and
take no other. Advertisement.
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the beat remedy on earth for
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