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Show THE CITIZEN 6 proportion of increase will not bear comparison with the increase as between the period before and the three decades just after the civil war. Methods of production must be revolutionized if, comparatively speaking, we are to approach in progressivencss those introduced after the civil war. It was thirteen years after that war before prices reached the prewar level. We see little indication that wages will decrease. There may be some falling off in rentals after a few years and rates of taxation may become less burdensome, although, as Senator Smoot, who is an expert on such matters, has assured us, the prospects of radically lower taxation for the next twenty years are not bright. Gradually, of course, production will fill the gap caused by war wastage. Labor will gain on Famine and pass him. But even when that day comes' we shall have new standards of living. The luxuries of today will be considered the essentials of tomorrow and the new luxuries will replace those which now demand so much of our populations money. HOBO COLLEGE. HOW, confessed millionaire hobo, has opened a hobo col- JEADS on the famous boulevard for bums, The Bowery, New York City, U. S. A. One is startled to hear that the college will teach the hobo, hitherto so sensitive about asking for a job, how to get work. It is startling because it seems quite apart from the purpose of hoboing, which was ,and is ,as twere, to hold up the palm for a handout. What is to become of this country if our 1,000,000 hoboes, including the I. W. W., go to work? But lest we mourn the passing of all the good old customs, J. Eads How hastens to reassure us. After teaching the tramps how to ask for a job so as to really to get the job, the hobo millianaire will instruct them in public speaking. Obviously we are not to lose our soap box spellbinders. They will be with us more numerously than ever and will speak to us in the language of Harvard rather than of Yell. One can imagine how devotedly a hobo, so fond of mental labor, will take to economics and sociology, industrial laws and history. When far from the classic shades of Dear Old Hobo he will ensconce himself on the blind baggage or the chassis of a freight car, a book of economics in one hand, the other hand gently holding a tomato can filled with watered alcohol, known as white line. Through the torrid fumes of the white line he will, to use a bit of hobo slang, get a good line on economics. GOOD IDEA SPREADS. that we note the rapid spread of sentiment in favor of earlj' closing on Saturdays. Beginning this week all or the big department stores and the furniture stores will add the weight of their influence by closing early Saturday evening. The plan is so beneficial to all concerned that there is little chance of a return to the hours formerly in force. On the contrary, the time, perhaps, is not far distant when the proprietors and managers of practically all stores and shops will agree to a Saturday half holiday. IT is with pleasure against a dry United States the mourners will wear As a protest a daisy. It would be much more appropriate to wear a bouquet posed of a bunch of grapes, a sprig of rye and a pretzel. com- When we had the national grocers here we should have exacted reparation, indemnity and repentance. Wall street says the money strain has passed. been suffering from money, strain? Making Thousands of Housewives Happier housewives are happier this summer because they are cooking on electric ranges that are ex- Thousands of ceptionally cool, clean, nomical and sure. eco- Thousands of men appreciate these ranges, not only because; the food tastes better, but also because they have the comfortable assurance that their wives arent overworking, this hot weather. Everybody, likes the electric range because theres no coal, wood or ashes to carry and because it save them several hours every day gloriously free hours for rest and summer fun. The experimental stage with electric ranges is long since past. Over eleven thousand housewives in Utah, Idaho and the Inter- mountain West are cooking on electric ranges with great benefit i this summer at a surprisingly low operating cost. There arc any number of electrical appliances little and big especially made to help housewives. Whether you arc interested in a coffee percolator or a washing machine or any other appliance, we have a design and price that will meet your needs. Our stock is complete and we are always glad to demonstrate without obligation to our friends. UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. Has anybody There will be a good many scraps in that paper if the lluns fail to abide by it. t i Efficient Public Service Kearns Bldg. Was. 500 |