ï~~ there isa Iar ruew or r convenience for urging,Alittle nation and a little more speed. av tpped ighting. but bloodv, i u tution have not by any mea cthe + amine, all Europe ft al e. snt a e trye to set the lves owigigsly canot proceed wi...apt ihAknow what and. the overtime bonuses which so materially helped the workingman's income are being cut od1 Labor, like everything else, must yield beaiee to, he inexorable law of supply and demand-the same law which, though operat lng unfavorably to the worke- -manages tokeep up-the price of the food that he eats, VTFAL STATISTICS, hesitates to suggest additional subjects fegislain when there are already so,;. a#a aiir,; that h bCitL: iaoS whether theylike the Job or not,~surely mel getting from $5 to $20 a day making-powde and, shot ought not be allowed to quit wor! because they don't like the quality of thel soup. Also, taking the armament business out c the-hands of-private--concernsWonuld-d much toward cooling the ardor of many the ready advodates of an appeal to arm: The Krurpp people' some yearsrago wei directly charged with- propaganda work i stir up war, for the advancement of the own interests. It would be a long step forward if Wi was made so that at least no one could prol b y it. w r l a g e o r -win- sot a aworldagreeto a umn ts of destruction ight to, put that bhusine the hands oftheNatie ad to the constitution tendom, that e allowed to manufactu ont the purpose of wh privilege is reserved i take ate. i c i 1 1 i to, as applying t Sbe a pecte No provNi.a quik guarauure; but it ought not to take more than oanths before b~eginning to prescribe some I i' t. t. ij. l l THE EPIDEMIC SITUArlON. )T much can he said for the intelligence of a community which can only be taught ee care of itself by threatening it con1y with the club of fear.' This observaIs prompted by the quite disgraceful fact" in this sane and highly civilized city of the moment the stringent regulations qst a prevailing epidemic are in the least s relaxed, and the moment the newapacease to blazon in their biggest blackest the spread and virulence of the malady, moment the community abandons itself up x eary sense of relief and security in which dtamouet precautionary fundamentals are 4ad and ignored. Then when the dreaded Ie strikes down a shining light, or when vne rampantly into our own household or diate neighborhood, we are again aroused ke peril and. forgetting our own negligence, assail the health authorities for lack of 1y and the newspapers for suppressing the that show the true conditions. We pay passing attention to the warnings that are ded every day by those qualified to give set We discount their forebodings, and Wude that because the ban has been lifted dianger Is past. We assume a foolish con. Lion of the epidemic itself with the restrica.pplied against it; and we argue that if latter are removed, the former must have articles which appeared in this papr _Novemb.r 30 and December 31 of last yJear. I refatesr to the matte - wital statistics, and the adop Lion of amendmente- which will improve and make effective the present laws on the subjest, Briefly, it is considered desirable that the information recorded concerning each individual entered in the birth. marriage, and death registers of the country, (the vital statistics. should provide sufficient genealogical data to legally establish identification, determine racial distinction, and furnish proof of pedigree. The most essential particulars for this purpose are the full name of the Individual, date and place of birth, (town, county, and state or country); names of parents, including maiden name of mother; birthplace of parents, (town, county, and state or country); atid distinctive race of each of. the Parent=English, Scotch, French, Hawaiian, Negro, or other. Also the information in each of the vital records should be uniform concerning the same individual. Marriage registration is especially defective in these essential partioulass ii ii i I (Copyrght, 19519, by Frank Cra.. TWENTY YEARS AGO. Prom the Files of The Deseret News. JANUR 18, 1881. Balked by the Standard Ol company, I American Copper Mining company was a to bave absorbed six different pal nt a. expected to form a combination wh would revolutionize the copper mining dustry or the world. The first ballot was taken for Unil States senator in the Utah legIslature, 1 result betng: Frank J. Cannon, 7; willi H. King, 1.; A. W. MoCune, 11; Orlar W. Powese, 5; Aquila Nebeker, 1; Gee Butherlantd, 18; total, 5V A snowelide in Big Cottonwood cant: shnt off the supply of water.from t source and made it necessary for the k Lake street ear company to resort to ste power till the power company's plant in canyon resumed operations Richard S. Wright of Col. Willard Tour 3rd. U.., regiment ot volunteer engine arrived at his home in Salt Lake fr gonolunlu. It was announced that a new mining at e'clange for Salt tae wasi in process formation, to act a a Medium for brol and mining men generally in establish standard prices for stocks and keeping general public posted on market conditi The value of these data may not at once be apparent to the casual mind, but that fact does not detract from their importance in the e8timattion of the more intelligent. statistics are of value only as they are accurate and complete; and as there can be no reasonable object.ion to the amendments hero suggested, the hope is that the present legiehsture may see its way clear to provide for them. PLENTY OF NITRATE FOR FARMERS. W ILE this part of the country does not fur nish a market for much of the product, local farters will nevertheless be interested in knowing. that, according to the department.of agriculture, there will be no serious shortage of nitrate of soda for 1919, so that our agricultural demands will be satisfied.. Operating Under the food control act. the bureau of markets will offer nitrate fertilizers under much the same plan as- obtained last year, for cash at cost. The price to farmers will be $81 per short ton, f. o. h. at loading point'or port-the farmer to pa.y the freight charges to unloading point, and any incidental expenses that may hbe incurred in connection with delivery., State directors of extension, r'ounty agricultural a gents or government agents in nearest buIeM I of markets will direct farmers in filing applications. As under the law the i will he.sold only for cash, the farmer r required to deposit the money coverir cost of the quantity for which he applies a local bank, or some individual the g' meat may designate. Arrangements have been made by th ernment to secure large quantities of and unless demands should prove much i than anticipated, there will be enough t ply all reasonable requirements. It woul from this that the much talked of hilea city was dometikng of a bugaboo; the' course it is probable that the shipment South America will be quite materially out with the products of now nitrate ma turing plants established in this cour one pf the results of the war. A WAR PARADOX it is one of the remarkable features remarkable war that the country whie threw cdown its arms arnd a ked fo' only country that still figta. Russia r sti continues on severs) ft Springfield Union. ime has come for plain speaking and munity might as well realize to the at the Spanish influenza is still raging dful violence in every direction. And ht as well realize further that their is largely in their own hands, to be ly wrought out,. or not, as they amy Restrictions which imuposo inconvenl tariships upo allalike, regardless. gulit or innioence, aire jiustifiale by ucatioi in the better and saner methb are found t he quite as effective 0