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Show Page 2 The Utah Independent February 26, 1976 mm The READERS Independent OUTLOOK POLICY NOTICE Dedicated To The Morality, and Truth Constitution, Liberty, Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty II Corinthians 3:17 nhvfminnvi'iii'VSsatfi'sssissaasisaaBiiBSSiMiiiiiiBBaaiMsiijR Minimum Wage Hike And its Consequences Dr. Howard E.Kershner By As these lines are written the minimum wage is being advanced from $2.10 to $2.30 per hour. This translates into the loss of an unknown but certainly large number of jobs for teenagers and unskilled workers. It is a fact of economics, long recognized by the devotees of that discipline, that an increase in wages means fewer jobs and a decrease results in more jobs. An employer simply cannot pay more than the economic value of the employee. Unless wages are based on productivity, bankruptcy or inflation, or both, are inevitable. Another effect will be a relatively similar rise in the wages of people who are now' earning more than the minimum. Many of the marginal workers who are just a little over the minimum will now have to be stepped up in order to maintain their status as workers who are above the minimum wage level. The advance of the minimum wrage also will cause higher prices. It should never be forgotten that wages are 90 or more of the cost of goods and services. is There no such thing as raising wages without a corresponding rise in prices. It will mean larger payrolls all the wray around, and government, in order to try to prevent rising unemployment, will spend more in a great variety of ways, resulting in a bigger deficit and a further increase in the quantity of money. This means more inflation and a higher There is no hope that wages ever can be increased enough to keep for they are the up with the The way out of our dilemma is a stabilized dollar while building up our capital investment and working for more efficiency in our productive processes; more diligence on the part of our workers resulting in indolcreased output, and, under a stable, lar, falling prices. That would distribute the benefits of increased production to all the people. Falling prices under a stabilized dollar would encourage thrift, stimulate initiative, induce hard work and greater saving. This is the road to advance toward the goal of conquering poverty. The minimum wage, and other government interventions are the way to discourage, thrift, initiative, and hard work, leading to greater scarcity and a lower standard of living. well-kno- cost-of-livin- cost-of-livin- g. g, cost-of-livin- g. gold-standa- rd ! I The independent Utah's Largest and 57 I I Oakland Aenuc Salt Lake City Utah 841 25C older than 2 months 15 each a 12 for $2.75 for $ 1.00 25 for $5.00 50 for $9.00 Subscriptions: USA $10.00 per year Foreign $15.00 per year The , We like to receive Letters To The Editor. Frequently, however, these letters are much too long for us to use. For this reason, we are adopting the following policy: 1. Letters To The Editor or should be typed (double-spacean of side written legibly on one 81x1 1 sheet of paper. 2. We will publish these letters regularly as space permits. We appreciate the fact that some subjects require more length. In such instances they should be submitted as News Articles and will be subject to our regular editorial policies and current needs. News items Must Be Fully Documented. We want to print Many ONLY THE TRUTH! d) thanks. Continued from page reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. In the same vein, the Utah Constitution in Article I, Section 2 All political power is says, inherent in the people; and all free governments are founded on their authority for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform their government as the public welfare may require. This, of course, refers to the peoples right, 100 for $17.50 UTAH INDEPENDENT 1 (first) (Lest) (Mddle) Address (Number And Street) L: (CityJ (Slat (Zip Code) to the Constitution our National enumerates the powers of government and states that the other powers are retained by the people, while the Metro charter says that Metro has all powers, THE EDITOR even those enumerated. we cannot print your requests for funds. that are not EXCESSIVE BONDING POWER PEACE WITH HONOR??? Dear Editor: When President Nguyen Van Thieu tearfully remarked, I never thought a man like Kissinger would deliver our people to such a disastrous fate", he revealed this moral dreg was so different from himself as to be beyond his comprehension. An atrocity saturating, as it did, tens of thousands with unspeakable misery, cannot be committed by anyone with a modicum of compassion, and can be expected only of a sadistic psychopath. "Detente paved the way for this and, if it is not brought to an end soon, millions will suffer a similar fate right here in the United States. In fact, in preparation for this, criminals are let loose by sadistic psychopaths A year ago, during the 1975 session of the Legislature the question was asked if HB116, County Government Amendments, would permit a consolidated Coun- ty City to increase its bonded indebtedness above the 2 of in Article value allowed property XIV, Section 4 of Utahs Constitution. The weasel-worde- d answer was to the effect that it was the bond lawyers opinion that such increase would not be allowed by a County City consolidation. But what is a court of law, such as Utahs Supreme Court, going to be forced to say when a County is granted Home Rule through a Metro charter and the charter specifically states it has All powers which the Constitution and laws of the. State of Utah either now or hereafter expressly or impliedly grant to any andor miseducated fools who city or town of any class, as fully as preside as judges. The resulting in- though each of said powers was crease in crime is then used, in specifically enumerated in this violation of the Constitution, as an Plan? This is what the Metro excuse to disarm charter for Moab-Gran- d says in citizens. Section 4.01(c). Very truly yours. HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE Leo J. Sunday Am I boring you? Have you Monroe, Utah 84754 heard that song before? If you have K been reading this column for at BICENTENNIAL ART CENTER least a year. Im sure you have read something like the above. At any Dear Editor: rate Artocle XIV, Section 4 I have been reading your series of articles by Tom Breitling on the provides that County debt be limited to 2 of total value while a Bicentennial Center for the Arts of the Third Class, such as the and feel that this diatribe of in- city Moab-Grancan bond nuendo must be challenged lest un- proposed up to 12. suspecting readers be misled. Have you been to Moab? The For example, Bicentennial last time I was there a couple of Commission Chairman O.C. both Atlas Minerals and is Tanner mentioned as having a years ago, Texasgulf Inc. were outside the city special interest in the renovation limits. When that city takes in the of the Capitol Theatre since his entire 60 mile wide by 70 mile long store is a tenant of the building. think of the bonanza One of the ironies of this whole county, just matter is the fact that O.C. Tanner ONLY ACTIONS COUNT accepted the job as chairman with a mandate to fulfill Utahs and Salt It is simply a matter of talk vs. Lake Countys pledge to provide a action. home for the Utah Symphony We are SALT-talkin- g about which had been voted ten years earlier. At the time of his ap- limiting strategic weapons. They, the Soviets, are using pointment no one had ever thought conventional weapons in the their of restoring the Capitol Theatre to factions house ballet, opera, drama, etc. As hands of their various the project developed, however, it around the Free World to conquer became clear that this unexpected, nation after nation. Our words are getting us ideal solution to a difficult problem would indeed make it necessary for nothing, their actions are gaining Dr. Tanner to move his highly them the world. successful retail store out of its J. Kcsncr Kahn Continued on page 4 law-abidi- ng . Name not Metrocrats right. Then in Section 25 of the same Article I is found, This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people." Thus, our State Constitution like 9 Sorry A Stand TOM BREITLING d, Assorted copies 12 I I Subscription Weekly Fastest-Growin- g The Paper That Dares To Take 1 the bond salesmen can reap. GOING TO MOAB IN MARCH A group of us who are interested in Constitutional government have been invited to Moab in March to speak to a public meeting on the proposed charter. 1 have been told as recently as February 16 that it is difficult for Moab citizens to get copies of the charter; that the printed copies, required by law to be available 30 days before the May election, will not be available before that time. In the meantime, if anyone wants to buy a copy, send us S3 and we will mail you a copy. It costs us four cents a page for the 61 pages plus an envelope and postage. We will run at least one more article right after this one on the charter and perhaps one more before we go to Moab. WHAT YOU CAN DO If you live in Grand County, contact Barbara Ozment and Sue Batchelder and help them form an ad hoc committee to educate the electorate. Get extra copies of this and the next few editions of The Utah Independent by ordering them from us. Get a copy of the charter and learn what it is intended to do to your freedom. Meet with all elected officials in City and County government individually, ask them to explain to you in specific terms what a new government will do for you that the present Constitutional form cannot or will not do. Ask them how it is possible for the bureaucracy outlined in the charter to be either more efficient, more responsive, or more economical than the present forms which are still being used in a great majority of counties throughout the United States. Your elected County officials in Grand County are: 1. Harvey W. Merrill, Commissioner A. Daniel Holyoak, Com2. missioner 3. D.L. Taylor, Commissioner 4. Bobbie Dominick, Clerk-Audittop-hea- vy or 5. W.H. Bowman, Sheriff 6. Kenneth Beach, Assessor 7. Alice McKinney, Recorder Donna Loveridge, Treasurer 9. William Benge, Attorney 10. John E. Keogh, Surveyor. If your elected officials are biased against our present Constitutional forms, point this out to them, and get them to admit it. If they are not biased, they will hear you out and will study the charter. If they study the charter, they should see the danger of putting police power, auditing power, assessing power, and all the other powers in the hands of one appointed Metrocrat. Get started now and work like the Concerned Citizens for Recall, and you can beat Metro. 8. FREE LECTURE Hear Betty Bates at a free lecture to be presented at the Salt Lake City Public Library Auditorium, 5th South and 2nd East on Saturday, February 28, 1976 beginning at 2:00 P.M. She will be discussing, What Do You Know About Government?. Regional Free brochures will be available at the lecture. |