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Show THE CITIZEN the people will respect and make everyone respect the law. not respect freak laws nor can laws be passed to legislate ,ple will into heaven. Everyone must seek his own salvation, but the j, He" pple ith n ury can and should require that all citizens must obey the law Law should not interfere with the personal liberties of itfij get out. Such laws only breed contempt. e people. 5 :cn that STREET SWEEPERS. plundc indtl c h loolti oomin aws i y n ill on w-a- bi uld ubais evolve y the ie fra tl top tlyii d bul aetthi p am e mon ;n. tl ) b Ti )s. )uld a he campaign inaugurated every spring to rid the city rds of all rubbish is a movement beneficial to the health of the one in which every citizen should become much interested. y, and ought to go farther than that. There ought to be a flytrap at the ck door of every home and fly traps ought to also be placed in rious places on the city rubbish dumps. Trap the flies and avoid ease. While on this health campaign of cleaning up the rubbish, should also do away with those street sweepers which are sent Last Monday morning two t upon the paved streets to sweep. these machines started at Ninth South and Main streets. The ieepers went north. The first machine was enveloped in a cloud (j dust which the wind carried into the residences and some of the rms were probably scattered over the entire eastern part of the y. People expectorate in the streets. This phlem dries and then swept into the air. If such machines were ordered by the doctors ust to be used in cities, one would not be surprised that there was i object in view, but for the city to expend money in these health Jstroyers is beyond our ken. After all sorts of disease germs have umulated on the streets during the winter, and then be swept into ie air should receive the attention of the board of health. During the past three months doctors have been very busy and ere has been more disease in the city than since the first epidemic the flu. There may be several causes for this, and one of those (uses no doubt is the filthy Jordan river which is nothing more nor s than an open sewer. However, the west side citizens are to realize the detriment of the present conditions of the rer and action is now being taken to remedy them. At this time of the year there is an abundance of water which be used to wash the streets. The filth is washed into the gutters Dd is run away from the city. There is no chance to stir up the isease germs and send them flying through the air with water. The cleanup b be-jnni- ng ted tb receb ing lit t: as look! ioksa e suit LEATHERWOOD LEADS FIGHT. Representative E. 0. Leatherwood is leading a fight in the lower use to protect the rights of the upper states, which includes Utah, reas his o? Former Governor Boyle of Nevada is afl Washington to support the Swing bill, but this bill does not make in ha' Mr. Leatherwood y provision for a fair division of the water. se sff tgues that the bill should specifically state the irrigation requireness, ments and divide the water proportionately according to the amount reede water at hand. Some season there will be high water and more ncenti nun enough for everybody, but in dry seasons the supply would be jualit At down. Under the present bill the lower states on the project nat ould say that they are entitled to so much and they are going to be ?ve It Then the courts would have to be resorted to to settle the revc seMr. Leatherwood says that the upper states would have no , forftse in court and under such conditions he is opposed to the bill and iks for a fair division of the water. It appears that Mr. Boyle cares and fttle for the other states so long as Nevada gets the water she wants. 1 is injuf probably right from the Nevada standpoint, but the upper len es afe not to give away their rights in water which origi-jfle- s going ed in their territory and watersheds. If the dam is to be built by iould government, all parties thereto must be adequately protected d no ie W loopholes should be left in the bill for later court decisions. Ju4' r Leathrrwood is right in his contention and as an able lawyer he H ft see that Utah is fully protected. cnatf the Boulder Illicit 1 V - dam project. 5 DAWES HITTING THE BALL. hich or I It looks as if the Dawes committee now working out a settle- ment plan on the reparations question will evolve a scheme that will be practical. After five years of diplomatic controversies and policies, a business like plan will smoke a lot of European politicians out of their holes and they will either have to favor the plan or admit frankly that they would rather continue the controversy than settle the matter. The Dawes committee is in the peculiar position of being able to say of their work, Take it or leave it, here is a business like solution. This puts the chronic kicker where he cannot sidestep. His bluff will be called and he will have to show his cards. The world will then be able to draw its own conclusions regarding the final settlement of the reparations question. do-nothi- ng A PREMIUM ON IDLENESS. The Saturday Evening Post tells a story of an eastern textile manufacturer of middle age who rebelled against high surtaxes. He closed his mill, liquidated his capital and put the proceeds into tax-fre- e securities. He now spends his time in travel and recreation. This is what he says about it: Why should I keep factory hours, subject my capital to the risks of business, wear myself out in the daily grind, and then hand over 58 per cent of my profits to the federal government, and another bonds large slice to the state and local tax collectors ? My tax-fre- e yield me more dollars that I can call my own than my business did before I gave it up. The government that penalized me when I was a useful and productive citizen now puts a premium on my idleness. The Green amendment to the constitution which has been before congress, to do away with future issues of bonds was defeated on February 8, 1924, by the narrow margin of seven votes less than the two-thirrequired. Many speakers who opposed the amendment spent more time abusing those who favored it than in presenting economic arguments against it. Lazy wealth will enjoy another year of idleness in bonds, but public demand for a square deal in taxation grows stronger every year. -- tax-exem- pt ds tax-exem- pt ' We see that the city commissioners are asking for another iippropriation for smoke nuisance abatement. Appears that if this money was put into real estate and then turned over to interests who would erect more smokestacks, and incidentally increase our payrolls, that it would be much more of a business proposition. After going through the past winter, The Citizen is of the opinion that the smoke screen payroll has been a useless expenditure and has brought about no beneficial results. Morning after morning we found the smoke as thick as ever. Crown Prince McAdoo was a very peeved man when the public found out that he was in Dohenys employ. If his employment was legitimate there should be no occasion for his presumed indignation, and instead of turning down a fat salary and retainer he should have by all means been at Dohenys side as a faithful friend and legal adviser. Surely if it was not wrong to take the money before the oil teapot exploded, it would not be wrong after. - -- Senator Fall, Republican, has had so much oil smeared all over him that he has become a pretty sick man. Wherthcr he will ever be able to get rid of the oily smell is for the future to decide. raise per hundred. It is not a case of Sugar takes a supply and demand in Utah. The supply is big and the manufactured product could never be consumed by our local people. Regardless of how much sugar we make here, New York orders our price. You pay or do without. 20-ce- nt |
