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Show THE CITIZEN 4 of the other.. It may be assumed that the man in the shop, the actual producer, the cutting edge of the chisel, knows at least his part of the business. To that extent he is of importance to the business. When you get a shopful of men who know their parts ot the indus- try, and then a whole officeful of men who know nothing: whatever of ithe practical conditions and problems of the industry, the force is divided and the assistance the office ought to render to. the shop is not given. The third possible source of loss is in the condition described at the., beginning of this page the loss of ambitious, able young minds from the vital part of the industry because they have made a mistake as to which is the vital part. Of course, exceptional men have risen through the office, not by office means alone but through their understanding of the whole business to be able to serve it from the office end. Exceptional men, bear in mind! But if you look at the permanent backbone of any industrial organization today you will see that it is comprised of men who came up through the avenues of practical experience, earning their way by knowledge and service. There should be no difficulty in understanding which is the vital part of the business. Just ask which part will survive without the other? It may be asked, on the other hand, how long could the shop survive without the office? Not long, it is true, if the office means the management of men who know the industry. But if the office only means those who have adopted the clerical profession, the case is very different. Unless the office is the helpful, managing, directing head of the business its position is not high ; and to render it helpful, managing and directive it must be made up by graduates from the business itself. An office graduated from the business is still a part of it. So that one would say, as a general statement, that the young man seeking a place to begin should seek it where he will learn most about the business he feels fitted or desirous to enter. If a young man is going to work in metal he should know metal, not merely bills of lading having to do with metal. He should get the tuuch of the basic thing itself. He should know it so thoroughly that there is no possibility of deceiving him and no possibility of his having to overlook new and better uses of it. This does not preclude education. Technical education has its advantages but it does not constitute a qualification for leadership in an industry in which one has not served a practical apprenticeship. The best that education can do for the beginner is to make him a more intelligent beginner and enable him to profit more readily by the practical experience of the job. On the other hand it is a question whether the right kind of man, with the advantage offered by great industries, cannot become as scientifically skilled through the process of study while at work, as in any other way. The young man who is willing to pay the high price of thought, and application and even devotion to nis work, giving himself to it before all things with intelligence, of course, and looking around occasionally to see what is coming in his field need have no fear of failure. And some day, if he wishes, he will wear the white collar, but he will not esteem it so highly as do others who have nothing else. He will gladly take it off any time and plunge himself again into the practical problems of the field he has chosen. Henry Ford. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. Senator Smoot, of whom it has been said He is smart enough to be general manager of the United States, predicts that the bonus bill will pass the senate over a veto by the president by two votes s. It may be so. Anyone capable more than the necessary of being general manager of the United States ought to be especially strong on arithmetic. But we have our doubts. There are more voters in this country who desire a reduction in taxes, such as is outlined in the revised proposals of Secretary Mellon, than there are clamoring for a bonus for the hardy young men who came back from training in the army and navy of this country after the armistice, and who are now at work making more money, in hun two-third- dreds of thousands of instances, than they were capable ot $ before the government added to their capacities'. The senatf hear from these voters before a bonus bill is passed by that bod3 . ional co presidential veto. It is certain' that, no matter how. the method of obtainit billions necessary for the payment of a bonus to all the me" were enlisted by; this government to save the life of Democn Wind1 camouflaged, that there can be no adequate reduction of our p .ernmen prodigious tax burden if a bonus bill is enacted. ea Everybody knows that. What the small taxpayers, the me SK less than $4,000 a year net income, ought to do quickly, by of thousands, is to write to their representatives in cqngresrs what they feel about having the Mellon propositions si(letrne When that mail has been delivered congress will know a goo'?overn in PP more about the present sentiment of the country. The representatives in this congress, in both house and s:Pr??ent who were elected in 1922 more than twelve months ago, hatfr? :n home constituencies who. have just finished paying their taxes for 1922, and if the promised relief is shunted on to a sid1"' s .1Jn M PTirn to make way for a bonus bill which will hold tax reduction an sidetrack for a long time to come, the chances for the November of the members of congress who lend aid to the sidtrn? at implvps ing will be among those things which an insurance company. astating list as extra hazardous. St. Louis Times. a . 5 . c re-electu- p,0 ning as f 14 McADOO IS FAVORITE. ajPpe sent figh a The endorsement of William G. McAdoo as the Deirfrs be sfecur nominee for president from Utah appears to be a foregone sion. Many of the most prominent Democrats of the rank q of the party are sponsoring the movement to bring about nomination, and judging from present indications the lormt j road director will be supported unanimously in Utah. ;dered, ai The temporary central committee has adopted the foi,:he prese resolution: dema of the citizens of the in a. state We, Utah, undersigned of the declarations of any political organization, hereby exprt wish and declare our belief that a man should be chosen jow jr to the exalted position of chief executive who is broad, capable, expg . and incorruptible, who is neither reactionary nor radical, whe a provincial, who knows the west as he does the east, who stands both north and south, whose sympathy and concern a: gjnce jj fined to no section nor class, who has the respect of capital fidence of labor, who is sane and safe for the farmer as 'vciajm the manufacturer,- who has demonstrated his fairness, htiies: judgment and exceptional capacity for great responsibilities Ao It the most trying conditions. j jntQ tjie Without reference to party affiliations, without taking i;n ke fire tions from bosses, cliques, factions or organizations, we hereby an(j a ourselves to support the Honorable William G. McAdoo fe not ye dent of the United States and to use our energies and iufte various secure his nomination and election. ,rns, when A permanent organization will be perfected in the i,carpresident to promote McAdoo clubs in Utah. In the meantime such pr-jjeim men as James H. Moyle, Democratic national committee nu'jje Fords ator William H. King, former Governor Simon Bamberg er,!exs arc g Armstrong, Noble Warrum, William R. Wallace and :j'As rich Dern are working on a temporary committee to help brinj ah coui(i jia desired results. the lime arc Among other enthusiastic supporters of Mr. McAdoo II. Waters, state chairman of the Democratic party, and onf Some of most popular men of our city; Dan B. Shields, Salt Liths and i chairman and former Utah attorney general; Justices A J e and the Valentine Gideon and S. R. Thurman of the supreme cc irtj; egjr to t have go Welling, former congressman from the First district : Clarence Neslen, Frank Francis, former mayor of Ogden ; ) . or $60X) Democratic chairman of Weber county; W. J. Parker, Sag will ta King, Joshua Greenwood, George D. Alder, T. N. Taylo a'hat price. Smith. With such an array of political talent behind Me Vdi i : i - , . T-- i . |