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Show r- - I THE CITIZEN ai)el not the whole story. If certain administration policies were at upon popular vote, they would be repudiated also. But the not that option as yet. They can only register their have eople at rotest they cannot yet register their will. The complaint goes with individuals; it consists in a eeperthan dissatisfaction Greep1 disappointment that all the fair promisess of consideration 3 the popular will have been buried beneath the rule of cliques 'hich seem to have no conception of what the people of the Wed States are thinking. limy. man w10 wiu walk up and down the streets, and he oes hot have to go outside of this city, will soon learn that the SUneopIe are all worked up over the loss of their personal rights, nd tio doubt there is going to be a big turnover within the next W years. If neither of the major parties step forward to pro-- 1 Set the people in their God given rights upon which this govern-sectional-Lrmetlent was established, party rule will be divided into and we will become a country of many parties. The real trouble is that the men we elect to office to provide better government for the people, forget the people in the pur- W of their own selfish interests and the interest of minority lienliques. Most of the politicians figure that they are only in for or to make hay while the sun shines. y short time and they intend and political machines h is a result our taxes are boosted ia pre detri- kept in tact for the benefit of the business to the ?aient of the people and general taxpayer. In many cases political jobs are sold at so much per, and ae man who pays the price is surely going to get his money llt It encourages tho false doctrine that civil government has no moral or religious duties to perform, and that irreligious and even immoral men may properly and safely be intrusted witli its administration. The refusal of this nation to acknowledge His authority and accept His law exposes us to the chastising and destroying judgment of God! The National Reform Association claims that quite a number of Christian denominations are affiliated with their movement, and endorse their program, which is set forth above. They claim that they cannot accept the Constitution in its present form. They favor changing the First Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids Congress from establishing religion by law, or interfering with the free exercise thereof. The National Reform Association sent its representatives to plead for the Sunday bills now pending before Congress. They want our lawmakers to enact religious laws, and compel all citizens to conform to such laws, irrespective of their religious differences upon the subject. They want no exemption laws for those who observe another day than Sunday as holy time. If these men could have their way, our government would soon have a complete union of church and state, and dissenter and nonconformist would feel the heavy hand of oppression again. America is in constant danger of losing her liberties, subtle influences are constantly working with our statesmen at Washington, and there is a constant need of vigilant watching and protesting against these reactionary forces that are gnawing at the vitals of our Constitutional liberties. America is in out yourself. it illl(ck. Figure one greater danger of forfeiting her Constitutional rights than she is of making its provisions too liberal. We need to administer a MILK TRUST I old fitting rebuke to all sinister encroachments upon our inalienable T The milk trust has finally boosted the price of milk to a rights as free men under God and under our Constitution. mgsoint where it believes the public will stand to be gouged and BANK FAILURES here big profits will result. c Last year was one of the best hay seasons ever known in ei he The working people have received a severe jolt in the state country and this year is going to be a duplicate of last year, banks have closed their doors he farmers had so much hay last year that they could not only of Alabama wdiere sixty-thre- e 10 during the present wreek. 1(2ed all their hay but many unused stacks are still found upon It is beyond the comprehension of the ordinary man, and lost of the farms. At this time of the year cattle are not fed out of all reason, that so many banks should be closed in one ay. The cattle are turned loose upon the range, or in the pas- state. oie lire and the cost of their upkeep is nil. In heathen China they have no bank failures because the Then why this unwarranted raise of two cents in the price 1 owners are put to death. That penalty keeps swindlers out .of ief milk per quart at this time of the year I to the banking business. poop. Probably if the law allows the building loan companies Of course there is the reassuring phrase that the manipuseleece the people, the milk trust takes the stand that there should 5ffore no discrimination and that they have the right also to gouge lators expect to pay off all depositors 100 per cent, but they do not say when. heir patrons. These banks should send for some of our building and loan y aB We have heard the present called the electrical age, but we officials, which the Salt Lake Telegram has so ungraciously ave another name for it it is the age of graft. Never have people been so pilfered in food prices during exposed. These high pressure men would soon turn the defunct banks into dividend paying corporations. eace times than at the present time. The laws of the country should absolutely lie so tight that a No doubt the milk trust will now get back some of the money piifif- (Jonated to the community chest, with the idea that it is a poor bank failure would be an impossibility. If there is a failure the officials and directors of the failing bank should keep on paying 1(lule that wont work both ways. debts just as long as they had a penny or could earn one. 0K iave MISCHIEVOUS ' C a, 9 sky-hig- , L verst eel FOREST TAXES . citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Is Utah desirous of encouraging reforestation of its former members of the National Reform Party, recently petitioned to put God into the Federal Constitution. The petition wooded lands? h Presented to Congress reads as follows:. Why should we import all our timber and care little for our We propose an amendment to the Constitution that will own growth in this industry? 0:i i? The next Oregon legislature will consider a bill exempting F tlieuitably acknowledge Almighty God as the source of all authoyoung, growing timber from annual taxation until it reaches the rity and power in civil government, the Lord J esus Christ as the izouler of nations, and His revealed will of supreme authority in crop harvest stage ; the yield then is taxed as a product. Under littKational affairs, and so place Christian laws, institutions, and the Coast climatic conditions, a crop of timber may mature in from 40 to 80 years ; for some purposes there would be considr;. fsuages in our government on an undeniable legal basis. Because the Constitution makes no mention of God, the peti- - erable yield in thinning, in from 20 to 40 years. Most of the iinve ion declares, it encourages and teaches the false view that the nations timberland is in private hands. Private growers must r authority of government is derived solely and ultimately from grow the forests of the future, if they are to be grown at all. Manifestly, they arc few who are able, or willing, to pay annual v aiihe will of the people, and not from the will of God. Further: i in 11 o. Eiglity-si- x Con-Incoire- gs |