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The press of the state and nation nationhas nationhas nationhas has been filled with some of the most mostremarkable mostremarkable mostremarkable remarkable happenings in all the his- his history history his history - tory of the world during dunng the past few fewdays fewdays fewdays days Germany has practically dis- dis disc'1rded discarded dis discarded - carded c'1rded c1rded ' her republican republic'1n republic1n ' form fonn of govern govern- government government government - ment , and the authol authority ity of its presi presI- presIdent presi- presi president president - - dent is practically nil at this moment momentHitler momentHitler momentHitler Hitler has been made m'lde mlde m'ide mide ' ' dictator tor for the thene"t thenext thenext ne"t net next " four years , with power to make makeand makeand makeand and enforce his own laws la\\s la s ' \ The abro abro- abrogation abro- abro abrogation abrogation - - gation of the constitution of the Ger- Ger German German Ger German - - man republic is nohistory now no\\ no ' \ history , an and : ! with withhLS withhis "withhis withhis " hLS his despotic rule and ruin policy , there thereis thereis 15 is no telling tcllln tcI11n ? what wh'lt whlt whit ' will finally be the theoutcome theoutcome theoutcome outcome of his regime reglme n riom from om the thepress thepress thepress press he seems determined determmed to cru"h cruh crush cru"hthe crushthe cru " < 'hthe hthe ' the Jewish race and al1d drive them out of ofGermny ofGermany ofGermany Germ\ny Germ ny Germany ' \ Protests will w1l1 be made by bythe bythe the Jews JC\\S JC S Jess \ of this country asell as ' \ well \\ell ell as asother asother asother other nationalities who belle\ belle belief believe bellee \ e a in m lib- lib liberty liberty lib liberty - - erty for all mankind The , world \ orld "Ill Ill will willwatch "Illwatch " willwatch watch for his brutl brutrh bruti'h brutih ' h and inhuman inhumantreatment inhumantreatment inhumantreatment treatment of that racePoor race Poor to Pay P'1y P1y P'iy Piy ' ' Taa Ta\ Ta Tafor \ ' . for the Poor . ' ta- ta tax- tax taburdened taxburdened tax-burdened tax burdened , - Ne\t Ne t Ne'Ct NeCt Next \ ' June , Utah's Utahs already alrcady payingI burdened public will begin paying payingprobably payingprobably payingprobably I probably the most onerous tax of them themi themall themall themall i all , so says The Salt Laker , a weekly weeklypaper weeklypaper weeklypaper paper of Salt Lake City " "A A " state statesales statesales statesales sales tax whereby all retail sales wlll will wlllbe willbe willbe be taxed three-quarters three quarters - - of one per perr.ent percent perc r.ent rent cent . nt That will Wlll take in everything everythmg the thepoor thepoor thepoor poor man must buy and will place the theburden theburden theburden burden on the man who has just justenough justenough justenough enough to purchase for his daily dailyneeds dailyneeds dallyneeds needs , while the wealthy will go right rightalong rightalong rightalong along hoarding hoardmg their wealth " The Thepoor Thepoor Thepoor poor will support the poor It was waseycr wasever wasever eycr ever thusI thus thusI I want to make mention of a few fewitems fewitems fewitems items from the above named paper paperrelative paperrelative paperrelative relative to some of the hoardings of ofmoney ofmoney ofmoney money here in Salt Lake City You Youmay Youmay Youmay may have read it lt , but it may be news newsto newsto newsto to some of your readers Here are the theitems theitems theitems items as .as . related in that paper"It paper paper"It "It It " took a presidential order and a athreat athreat athreat threat of national disaster , but some someof someof someof of Salt Lake's Lakes ' mossbacks finally finallyyielded finallyyielded finallyyielded yielded up some of their mould-colored mould colored mouldcoloredgreenbacks mouldcoloredgreenbacks mould-coloredgreenbacks mould coloredgreenbacks - greenbacks and yellowbacks The Theother Theother Theother other day an old fellow walked into intoone intoone intoone one of Salt Lake's Lakes ' oldest and best bestbanks bestbanks bestbanks banks and opened a savings account of of$4000 of4000 $4OO 4OO $4000 4000 $ ( ) The bills were some of the thequeerest thequeerest thequeerest queerest seen in the bank for years yearsThey yearsThey yearsThey They were gold notes , moulded , wrink wrink- wrinkly wrinkly wrinkly - - ly and old-and old and old - and to most of the workers workersin workersin workersin in the bank were as strange as any anyforelgn anyforeign anyforeign forelgn foreign coin ever offered They bore borethe borethe borethe the stamp and initials of the assistantcashier assistant < : cashier ashier of the bank , a man who had hadi hadbeen hadbeen i been dead for many years They bore borethe borethe borethe the date of or 1907 . Another man came camei camein camein i in with $2000 2000 $ foi fOl for deposit , with Wlth a date dateI dateof dateof dateof I of 1903 At the Federal Reserve bank banka a ragged unkempt old fellow came inand inand in | and stood gazing gazmg around , not knowing knowingwhat knowingwhat knowingi what to do Finally he was asked asked'Wh'1t asked'Wh'it asked'What askedWhat 'Wh'1t Wh1t 'Wh'it Whit ' ' ' can we do for you you9 ? " ' He asked asked'Is askedIs , 'Is Is ' Is this the place where whereou J Sou \ou ou \ au change changegold changegold changegold gold for money money9 ? ' Heas He \ was \\as as told that it"as itwas it Ras "as as was " the place He dumped $7000 7000 $ from fromI froman froman I an old sack , and receh received ed for it the thesame thesame theI I same amount in m greenbacks " It may mayI maybe maybe maybe be that other banks could tell the thesame thesame thesame I same kind of stories storles if they would"In would would"In "In In " these blind blmd and Godless GiJdless days of ofI ofsham ofsham ofsham I I"In sham ard and hypocncy hypocricy and .and . shalloness shallowness shallow shallo\\ shallo \ \ ness I Isound Isound Isound I sound an alarm The human race has haslost haslost hasi I lost its way its path leads only to afrowning afrowning a afrowning frowning precipice . and .and a black and bottomless abyss The nations have haveforgotten I ) Iforgotten forgotten God The age is festenng festering festenngwith festeringwith festeringwith with ignoble Mammonism Justice Justiceand Justiceand Justiceand and Liberty plead in vain their cause causeReturn causeReturnl causeReturn Return Returnl ! Return , 0 ye children of ofmen ofmen ofmeni men I ! Forsake your hopeless quest questLook questLook questLook Look up at the stars . and .and read their theirserene theirserene theirserene serene message of Peace , Beauty and andi andBrotherhoodMorton andBrotherhood i Brotherhood BrotherhoodMorton Brotherhood-Morton Brotherhood Morton ' -Morton Morton - Morton Alexanderi AlexanderYOU AlexanderYOU Alexander AlexanderYOU YOU KNOW ME i |