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Show THE CITIZEN bonds, thus encouraging public extravagance and uf their Public.debt- government is working on a proposed rfjneanthne the is designed to reduce the higher surtax in the tax; law that prevailing and remove much of the inducement to men of . taX-exem- pi iC-eas- e 5 the very end then will Labor day take on its real significance ami be crowned with that halo of glory which i the birthright of an who labor either with hand or with brain power the common gift of a benign and loving God. r . now paper. It is a mooted bury their money in the proposed change will have the desired effect, ion whether can hide itself away from the prying at domain where big money the tax assessing hound, it is most likely to gravitate. more and more apparent that if the good advice js becoming ich men as Senator Smoot and Representative McFadden be nsoeedily followed and the avenues for the disappearing taxable will eventually stand Mth of the nation, be closed, this country of citizens the poor who must t confronted with two classes ultra-ricwho pay little or no and pay high taxes and the vorld. al is h, s at. all. iThe income tax is one of the most potent sources of revenue to government and a wise and magnificent law when prop-- 4 administered. If it. is to be shot through with loop holes through dh the rich man only may crawl, it were better for the future nation that it be entirely dispensed with ye and security of the. completely off the statute books and some other equitable of citizens according rm of taxation designed to include all classes realth and income be substituted. federal I e off I THE LIMITED PRODUCTION FALLACY. tax-exem- pt means to Building trades unions have probably done more to cause general industrial inactivity in all sections of the country than any other agency during the past season. During most of 1921 building trades strikes' have been in force in all principal cities. A determined effort has been made by the building trades unions to not only maintain war wages, but in some instances, to increase them. Like the public corporations and the big combines, they do not seem to appreciate the fact that the war is over. Building stagnation has resulted, directly traceable to this action by the building trades, with consequent slowing down or the lumber and steel industries, causing unemployment of thousands ui workmen in these lines. The housing situation and the problem of high rents wiii grow worse instead of better until the building trades not only recognize the fact that war conditions no longer exist, but that worKinen must also give a full days work for a full days pay. The holdup practice of limiting the number of brick a man can set, the number of shingles he may lay, the size of paint brush he can use, and in general the exact war-tim- e amount of work he may do, must end. This is a left-ovdelusion that has no place in the natural trend of economic events today. Slowly, but nevertheless surely, the nation is emerging from war insanity and is again taking on a generous measure of common sense. No one faction or class can be allowed to halt this normalcy trend at the expense of all other classes. No one objects to paying good wages, but such wrages caiinot be or two-thirpaid on an output from labor which is only about one-haas great as it was before the war. When labor organizations get down to brass tacks and eliminate limited production lallacies there is more likely to be steady and lucrative employment for all. . er VISUALIZING LABOR DAY. JXext Monday all the teeming forces of labor, in every section of great land, will don their Sunday raiment and fare forth to the rounding out of another year. Many will assume the li&liments of their callings and march in long files over paved city ets to the strains of martial music. Next Monday will be, presently the laboring mans day and those sturdy sons of toil, who JiD march behind the banners of unity and fraternity, will again pialize, in force and numbers, the high office and the almost trans-ideposition that has been attained by free workers in a free &ebrate in . nt lf ntry. Whatever of misunderstanding, of vicissitudes and of industrial rife that occurred during the year that has lapsed between Labor day ds IN COMMEMORATION. j forgotten, for the nonce, and the men who march ill bury their grievance, if any, in the truth and the radiance that pays accompanies and enshrines the one day in the yrear when all o labor are expected to play. j But what of the man on the sidelines ? Who are they who keep the sidewalks and flaunt no banners stamping them as real work- in a land where all must toil? Have they a proper perspective of his Labor day offering? To properly visualize Labor day, all citizens must class them-;sejvas workers. There may be a wide difference in the positions filled. Some may work solely with their hands, while others labor with the faculties of a common mind; some may wear the habili-HKnof those who delve into the grease and dirt of their calling; filers may effect the swagger raiments of the lounge lizzards frfid appear in immaculate togs each day ; but theyr are all laborers febrations, will be es ts 1! mere workers. It matters not what may' be you individual calling, your position, JPur avocation, if you please, you are either a worker or a drone, :f(l in this wide world their is no peg whereon the drone may hang Jits hat and call himself at home. j Mhen the super-fe- d come to realize that d and the this is a real work-a-day world, wherein all must do his bit,- and over-dresse- manfully, with good will toward all the rest, no matter what may labor at, or whether they may wear Sunday clothes all time or come forth bedecked in the drab garments of their par-- : pillar calling; when all humanity can visualize Labor day as the JJeat opportunity for themselfcs as well as for those who have ..touted to promote their personal ends in the vainglorious struggle ?ran existence; when all shades and cliques of humanity class tliem-?Vc- s l$ real workers which thev are and must continue to be unto 9 Saturday, September 17, the 134th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, that Magna Carta that has guided his nation through almost a century and a halt ot mingled prosperity and vicissitudes and which has become the guiding star of humanity the world over, is to be consecrated as a day for the. fitting and proper observance of this historical event. Governor Charles R. Mabey has decreed that this, our Natal day, shall be observed and signalized in every city and community center in Utah, in the following thnely proclamation: Whereas, the piety, the progress, the integrity, the standards, the very existence of a nation depend upon the support its constituents give to its fundamental law, and no social unit can survive without fealty to its constitution; and Whereas, Saturday, September 17, 1921, marks the anniversarv of the adoption of the constitution of the United States of America: and Whereas, this is a fitting occasion upon which to celebrate and signalize this memorable event in our nations history, to consecrate anew the devotion of the American people to the fundamental law which created and has maintained ihe greatest democracy in the -- world, Now, therefore, I, Charles R. Mabey, governor of the State of Utah, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby designate Saturday, September 17, 1921, as Constitution Day. call upon the people of this great commonwealth to unite in thought and action in observing this occasion, reflecting upon the blessings we enjoy under the protection and security of the constitution. J recommend that appropriate ceremonies be conducted bv the schools, churches and other educational civic and patriotic organizations. 1 m |