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Show THE CITIZEN in$L r . 4 DEMAND TAX CUT. COOLIDGE FEARS SUBSIDIES. than two miles long and bearing the signatures 16l farmers asking Congress to cut governmental expendi-l- d ed 5 etiition more thereby reduce taxes, was presented to the House Monday 3nff January 7, by Representative George P. Darrow of Penn- , L It was said to be the largest petition, both in length and tumSer of signers, ever offered in a legislative body. a!ese signers, secured by the Farm Journal of Philadelphia, V every state in the Union except Nevada and South signer was declared to be a practical farmer or one !af; itnerested in the farming industry. ilethe petition does not specifically urge the adoption of 0ui of tax reduction advocated by the secretary of the treasury, 0Ulbee'ri drafted long in advance of the Mellon Tax. Reduction i : the voluminous document is accepted 'by the leaders of reduction movement as proof of the farmers insistence kiimodiate tax reform and as an endorsement of their efforts irje the income schedules and inaugurate government econo- Caro-ncve- ry greatest number of signers are Ohioans, 67,990 names versted from that state; Indiana was next with 30,739 signers; he iird with 29,073; Pennsylvania, 23,780; Kansas, 22,009; Minnesota, 20,594; Texas, 19,362; Michigan, 17,408; ul 19,362; Nebraska, 16,469, and Kentocky, 14,114. piLfong.the other states represented in the petition were 11,197 signers; South Dakota, 11,243; Colorado, 8,972; tnsDakota, 1,915; Oklahoma, 1,849; Tennessee, 1,981; Virginia, nd.West Virginia, 2,158. All other states had 21,165 signers, a grand total of 345,516. hire Wis-21,47- 2; Mis-ercri- th ed RUSSIAN ACCEPTABLE. tas e c. net Russia and Great Britain shake hands across the seas, is well. The MacDonald cabinet has opened a constructive .policy. English financiers will grab the bulk of the Russian ietj'hile the United States stands by, not too proud to fight this . ut too proud to associate with the present Russian govem- is: Russia must do several things before this country will meet tUK f way. She must pay her debts to us, or make arrange- br o pay them, and to apologize for her past conduct. Anyhow, c has refused to comply with what we want her to do, and nt want to play in her yard. England is not so particular, ca:ly when there is gold in sight. If there was any gold on on, England would own it, and in Russia England sees one biggest and richest countries of the future. Her great fore-i- s made her mistress of the seas and the dominating moneyed power. In order to hold that power, English financiers Overlook a trading post, no matter in what part of the world letfbe. She cares little for the government of other nations. is her government to suit herself, and she reaches out for the ivif her. neighbors. re fact is that the United States wants to do business in a (jnible way, and that is quite proper, but we should not try ite what kind of government other nations should adopt )(ptheir business. Some of our senators have gone to Russia teey report that our government has been greatly misin- on a great many things. Russia has done a great many str Like all other countries c0tshe probably should not have done. governments are overturned by revolutions, a great many p bles wiggle into predominating positions for the purpose of Jut: the people in general are good and try to do what is r Instead of condemning such people they ought to be helped. evidently what England thinks in recognizing Russia. nei t" 1 English law is very drastic in keeping private business under position and misrepresentation is punishable and dam- fc ay.be collected and licenses forfeited. What a commotion such Pould create in this country. 5 3 L .T1 ' President Coolidge says that he has given much thought to the question of Federal subsidies to state governments and finds that many of them are not warranted and should not cover such a wide field. Such procedure affords a precedent for unlimited expansion and he is not in favor of increasing ' these subsidies. His policy in the matter is not predicated along on the drain which these subsidies make upon the national treasury. This of itself is sufficient cause of concern. He fears that such broadening of the field of government activities is detrimental both to the Federal government and the state governments. Efficiency of Federal operations is impaired as their scope is unduly enlarged. Efficiency of the state governments is impaired as they relinquish and turn over to the Federal government responsibilities which are rightfully theirs. '. Mrs. Onezima de Bouchel, who placed a value of $500,000 on her love and heart affections which she claims was broken by one of Atlantas millionaire native sons, Asa G. Candler, was unable to con-vinthe jury that she had been damaged to that extent, and they brought in a verdict in favor of the defendant. It takes two to make a bargain and under our present system of equal suffrage no man should be compelled to marry a woman whom he has met and cannot love. Neither should woman be made to marry a man whom she does not love. People who do not marry for love soon trail into the divorce courts. Its a lottery game after all. The poor are never sued for heart balm. ce The German embassy at Washington refused to show their respect to our late president, Woodrow Wilson, by showing its colors in mourning. What could you expect? Wasnt Wilson the man who administered the worst thrashing they ever got, and a thrashing they will never forget? More glory to Wilsons memory. Beet growers are asking $6 per ton for their beets. At the present price of sugar, the farmers should be getting at least $8 or $9 per ton. Why let the profit all go one way ? , Dock Stewart, park commissioner, is providing a place for the checker players at Liberty Park. But, Dock, what are you going to do for the pinochle and solo players? They, too, want some consideration. Evans A. Worthley, college student critic of the ministry profession, says that the ministry has too many men who are narrow minded, unprogressive, and not sufficiently educated. This may be so geenrally speaking, but does not apply to Saltt Lake City. We have progressive ministers in this city. They are also expert politicians, as was shown two years ago when they beat the candidates of the two big parties and elected a sheriff. Then Heber J. Grant, president of the Mlormon church, is president of many of the biggest business corporations in Utah, and one could hardly class such a man as narrow minded and unprogressive. The beginning of the new year finds several of the underpaid boys at the State Capitol rolling into higher salaries. At the end of three years service some one has just discovered that several have been underpaid. In speaking of salaries it sure would make an interesting tabic to give the name of employee, or office holder, present salary received in the political position occupied, and the salary received in the civilian position occupied before entering politics. Most of our employees clam that they are underpaid and to hear them tell it the office could not be run if they should leave. There is no question that there are many of the employees that are not receiving as much money as they arc entitled to, but there are others who are overpaid. |