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Show TLAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, Signs of Times-Meanin- g' of Some Items of Personal Interest Events Neighbor John N. Ericksen was in during the week anc preached a sermon on some o the cussedness of human nature WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT END? ArthurRobinson is back from his winter stay in Long Beach feeling welland fit at 83. He lives by and practises the relifor the decisive been waiting victory of the war People have gion contained in the Druid1 around England, but it will not be settled then. le corns in and Prayer, and believes that is a Its decisive phase will be fought in the Near East. The dest- good creed. will be settled for all time in a major iny of the nations Karl J. Edgling, one of the which will develop, and has already begun, in the eastern Charter Neighbors of this paper Notion of the Mediteranean. Egypt win be taken, Turkey comes in on about the always till be involved. Russia will become very active, and at the very day when his offerings are fati'imd moment the armies of all the nations wiU converge up due. He is studying health am has found out a lot about his maelstrom of on Palestine whieh is destined to beeome the troubles after the doctors have torld oonflict. Then shall begin the gnat day of the final practised on him for years. He the scriptures say: "And He gathered them feels well and happy. wens. Of this ee called Ar eddon. And furthe from in the topth Hans C. Jensen, the best And la that day I will make Jerusalem a bur- Itch 12: in Midvale, sent in carpenter deosome stone for aU the people: And all that burden bis dues with his good old mothwith it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of er In a talk with her we learn that she has ideas similar to the earth be gathered against it. our own. She stands for socia justice and a system based on Readers, What columns of Truth we could give the world if the Golden Rule, and she assurWe've known of it all and ed us that her son entertains you would lend a little means. written of it for yean. With last week's paper and this we feel ideas similar to her own. Much credit isdue a mother for raisthat we have done our best. But alas, none seems willing to ing so good a son. falseli od for truth. for and hdp error Everything nothing eon-fg- et 2-- 3. them-nlre- Conditions Better For Him s John R. Williams, a good friend of the paper, died late Ust week. after along and use ful life. That's two of our subscribers who have died lately, and another of our good friends A. W. Parret has been very sick with ulcers of the stomach. We are hoping for his speedy recov- er. Mr. B. 0. Jeppson ia not, as we said, president of the Town send Club, but of the Old Age Pension organisation and doing a good work. Workinf condition (or id-- ia tho metal mining indna- been greatly Improved luui the paat few year as a wait of program which have mm Inaugurated. A review of bwa changes brings to light the benefits that companies continually Inaugurating In an Jjort to better working conditions tte y workers. Many such benefits have been about as a result of Inltlap tho part of companies them-Tn wrss. Recently many mining com- lutve set up life Insurance Mlcles for aU workers, and all Nonaa day-pa- re adopted vacations with pay. Illustration of such a move- nd one that has effected Wonts in a materially valuable y. 1941 PROGRESSIVE OPINION EDITORIALS r a I. liUHD Some Truth Some Wisdom - And Something to Think. Seriously About Of the business men in this country who stand for the old status qu , there cannot be selected a single group who can solve the problems of the present hour. Many say they can.' But let us see how they did once set about to solve the great pressing problems in 1929. They acted promptly. They hurried to put millions of workers on part time. They die. charged 16,000,000 eager and willing workers, closed thousands of mil s, factories, mines and shops and left to the charge of the public these 16,000,000 men and their familiea. They forced 22,000,000 to go on the dole, and left 50,000,000 aoraly pressed. Then they yoted later in their Chambers of Com- merce to deny any governmental help to the starring unemployed, and supported the program of food destruction. That's the way they solved the problem in 1929. They cannot solve the problem of today any better than that nnlea they step out and adopt a system of production for use instead of for profit. We say it advisedly, and without fear of successful contra- diction, that the countrys Internal and external trouble! will steadily grow worse. Men have lost, for the present at least, the wisdom and power to wive their problems. The wisest" have failed and they will not accept any light or reason but their own. They will lean through some of the saddest experience ever suffered that they must step out of the statue quo and adopt a more serviceable system of economics. As for making peace in the world they will find that they have neither the power nor the wisdom. Believers in the Word should know that peace has, for the time being, been taken from the earth, and that it never can be brought back except through the direct intervention of divine Providenee. The Truth Is Vindicated For many years this paper and this writer baa been saying that one of the most destructive forces in this country is the great centralisation of wealth. The late Senator Reed, Smoot laughed out loud at it. The errand boys for the power trust hooted it down. But today we believe we stand vindicated. An official government monopoly probe committee has just made its report afteV months of investigation and here is what it says. So great a proportion of all national savings and all national wealth have tl e control of a few orthe opportunity of those individuals ganized enterprises that who will constitute the next generation will be completely foreclosed unless hy common consent we undertake to reverse the trends responsible for the p re sen) crisis. But the trouble is that the giants of finance and industry will take a chance on having all their wealth destroyed rather than change the system Would it not be better, we ask of the capitalists, to give in some, to be satisfied little with a less, to deal a bit more brotherly with their less fellows than to stand stubborn like a bull before a favored have everything they posses dashed to pieces and train railroad but It would, they will not listen.? fallen-unde- hard-head- r ed Are There Any John Wilkes Booths? short time before Lincoln's assassination John Wilkes Booth in a burst af anger, shouted to Edwin Booth, That ape, Abe Edwin condemned such words and orLincoln is a tyrant. dered him off the stage. In going John Wilkes sneered back, .Til soon have something stronger than words, action. We're reminded of this when we hear some people talk not Gernature both to tho employs and mans or Italians, but some who by birth were made citizens. hla family, haa been the group life Inauranee program aet up by In killing Lincoln Booth did more injury to himself, his family several of the mining firm, the direction of NaUnder and the Southern people than any other thing he could have Realizing that one of the major W. done. And so today men who go about killing faith in America problems of the working man la tional Representative J to create a sufficient estate to Townsend Clubs and the only government it has are helping to destroy their vida for his dependants. In the Johnson the her into the event of death, many of these plans held a State Convention at Ogcountry. Dont sell America short and deliver Dictator whose proand are formed on a Joint contributory den with 200 selected groomed delegates present, hands of an already basis by employer and employe. ia same the as and unions labor lodges gram toward Jews, That Is the Insured Is charged but is Prised Coral last balance the Bed then the and Always cost of gone. ia hope thue a part the betrayed If America lo contributed by the company lb It is rod coral that Is and alwayi self. In this manner, the employe has been prized, not solely for JewDEFENSE .OF THE OPPRESSED la given direct help by his conpany elry and buttons, but as a charm to la providing himself with the bring safety, health and secrets not The world needs another Lord Byron to lift a poetic and amount of protection he deems revealed to the ordinary person. As of essary In each particular caie powerful voire in defense all oppressed people everywhere. ancient Gauls rushed headlong inat a cost much below that which to battle, they trusted their safety to How courageously and nobly he gave his life, not only for would bo otherwise possible, of the oppressed their swords, strength and tha Greece but for the freedom and happiness "magic coral imbedded In their in the great centers bankers of the big fiii-or helmets. Many Italian! everywhere. Speaking to be hung in these Were as coral protecgentlemen aaid: and Indiana regard of Europe, he The shine on mankind once tion against tha "evil aye. wouldat of street lamps, light coral canes from tbs the place A Townsend Convention Hit-leri- a. neo-A- we IP YOU LIKE THIk SEND US IN A SUBSCRIPTION world's red off the Mediterranean coast of Africa, says tha Washington Post and Is obtained chiefly by Italians TODAY By dti 'Ijoui Papet Coles High on the breege The flag flies; Lift up your heart, Lift up y vur rye: Sa'iite 01 Ghirv,-Unulliei- i 1 free The symho of Our lilvrt-. Swear in vnur heart. To keep it clean Unaoile-- l)V hate, And war'it dark mein. I the flag, God keep it froe The Stars and Stripes Democracyl God bleM to Think About He who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before ia said to be a benefactor to the race. Here ia a bit of truth which may become a foundation for many benefactors. Burbank has said that if anyone would go to work and breed anew eorn, wheat, barley or potatoes whieh would produce one extra kemal to each ear, or an extra potato to eaeh plant, the result would be as follows: 5.200.000 extra bushels of eorn. 20.000.- 000 extra bushels of wheat. 1.500.000 extra bushels of barley. 21.000.- 000 extra bushels of potatoes. Russia has produoed a wheat that will grow and mature in the Arctic circle. She haa also produced a wheat whieh needs but one planting and will grow continuously from the root like alfalfa. What possibilities there is in this line. Utah Guide, written by the Writers'! Project of Utah under ponoei shipof the Utah State Institute of Fine Arte, will enter its first edition and be on the stands the first week in April, It was announced from the state offices of the Project in Salt Lake City today. Strictly speaking, the people of Puerto Rieo are Americans. Their island is the only place on which Columbes ret foot in the New World. They become Americana in 1898. We refer to this beautiful island and its people solely to show how they are exploited and under the heels of big business hogs. They are so miserably poor that it is a disgrace. Want, starvation, nakedness, ignorance, disease, with none of the modern advantages, are to be seen on all sides. Tens of thousands of bare- footed men and woman and naked children always in despair. Thousand of children going to bed every night hungry and never getting at any time what they can eat. And ministers are down there preaching the gospel with special emphasis on a future life in an effort to keep them in subjection. The gospel that is needed is an economic gospel in which should be sufficient power to drive off the exploiters. There a everywhere lounge xnd loaf the fewrich cruel exploitation roll in wealth wrung from the tears and bo dies and hearts of the masses. It is more or less a stain on Old Glory to float over such conditions, and if leaders would really do something that would make their names immortal they would change such condition by instituting God's and man's natural system of economics, which is held back by ahd'proudy-Who-bythcr- r The people and clubs and officials are talking about solving the smoke problem and getting nowhere. The truth is that right at their finger's ends lies a remedy. Burning co al as at present people lose 40 per cent of it, but when it is controlled and processed a ton of coal will yeild 1500 pounds of coke or smokeless fuel, 111,366 cubio feet of gas, 12 gallons of tar, 25 pounds of ammonium sulphate, and 4 gallons of oils. The amount of energy in a ton of coal made available for electricity, as heat, light and power, may be judged from the fact that one ton of freight may be hauled one mile with less than one ounce of coal. Jesus demanded justice, freedom, a creative, abundant life and an ever widening fellowship for every human soul. His goal for society was the creation of a community of all human beings. He was the first to reveal God as a God of love and to show that all were his children and brothers, and he never left the doctrine of Brotherhood in the clouds but brought it down to earth. He believed that, the common people were nearer to the world of His vision and to them He addressed His Beatitudes. Common humanity was basic to him. Pride and a false spirituality He looked upon as a hindrance to the building of the New Humanity. Wealth was abhorrent to Him because it breaks the bond between man and man. Wealth over against poverty meant to Him estrangement from God and man. reefs GOD BLESS THE FLAG Christie Some Truths Read it All America First mittee Brings Com- Wheelr At its Friday night's meeting the America First Committes gave out they were sponsoring Senator g meeting to hear Wheeler in Salt Lake on the have night of April 16. They secured and opened headquarter at 25 East 1st South. But will be held tonight! meeting leadat the Hotel Utah. Local ers are Mrs Stallings, Mr. Bowman and Banker Cosgriff. Wilkie It is said that WendellWheeler answer will follow and Mrs-Hol-ma- THE LEGISLATURE We have no particular fault to find with the recently adjourIt averages up well with any of recent year ned legislature. done. The governor's and we believe much good has been will be and saved put into use as rapidly splendid program was this will redound that of the opinion aa possible, and we are We are at a loss to unstate. of the greatly to the progress feel to the people to trust not did derstand why the legislators A town or stores. of city that does liquor vote on the matter be forced to no means should midst by not want it in their could Assistance Old legislation the Age have it. Sorry that la federal r. the with not be made to square STRIKE SITUATION in the country is becoming serious. situation strike The A little more Whv can't labor and management get together? and a geoddea1 of living of the sharing of profits by owners, would bnng peace and both parties by the Golden Rule by and labor that Is is not only industry good will. As it is it Our itself. appeal is to injured, it is the government botfaf sides. The laborer is worthy of his hire and capital is before it is entitled to a fair profit. Let them get together too late. A SUBSCRIPTION IF YOU LIKE THIS SEND US IN in the pspsr. Have Talk to your '.friends about the good things to dime. Help n for one month them-a few copies sent to times. there in mankind tragic exist In our effort to serve Man hai quenched With his own hand, all the lights that he could reaeh But not the stars in heaven, and not thy Light, O Liberty. Alfred Noyes |