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Show THE CITIZEN 5 vancing. Little progress seems to be made. We have not taken advantage of our opportunities. With our natural resources and with our many advantages Salt Lake is not going forward. We do not believe in knocking but on the other hand we believe gthat it is best to face existing conditions. Merchants and business men in general openly complain. Mayor Neslen has been in office for ten years and can point to no real accomplishment. Test him by his record. Scrutinize the conduct of his office. Give him credit for affability and suavity and ask yourself, what has he done? You will be convinced that It Is Time For a Change. cently undergone peculiar revision, she could not, in her opinion, have damned Russia more forcibly. Yet still the radicals howl, and intersperse their howling with whimpering, for government ownership of everything greater in scope than the corner grocery. They have not even profited by the ghastly example of government control t)f our own railroads during the war. Nor even by the records of publicly owned (ironical term) power plants and street car systems over this country. The majority element in the United States has learned wisdom in politics and business. Its about time the monotonous wailing of the public ownership gentry was laughed from the rostrum, if only to do away with the ineffable boredom of their We have heard very little recently regarding Governor rhetoric. Advocates of this policy of the GovDerns SMITH GETTING STRONG. ernor have kept pretty quiet since the activities of the State fitoad Commission have been brought to their attention and they The nomination of Al Smith by the Democrats is apparlike to forget the Governors appointment of the warden of the state penitentiary. No doubt the governor was very much con- ently inevitable. The solid south will grind its teeth and rage cerned at that time regarding the spelling of the appointees madly, but it has been figured that the governor of New York name as he was fearful that by some oversight he might ap- can be nominated by a very narrow margin, even with the rule. The higher strategists in the Democratic party, point one of the same name belonging to a Republican family. We believe it only right that the Governor should take care of however, are far from pleased. They have been caught in their deserving Democrats, but we suggest to the Governor that he own machinations. do one thing or the other. We appreciate how difficult it would With President Coolidge as a likely renominee and one who be for him to pursue other than a vacillating course. Governor if renominated was certain of election, certain of the high comDern is admittedly very adroit and usually takes such a position manders deliberately encouraged the Smith boom on the theory on all issues that he can jump either way. that 1928 would be a fine time to get rid of Smith and the reand ligious question. Inasmuch as Coolidge would bo Smith never could be elected, they would have taken care of TARIFF RATES Smith, given him his place in the sun for 1928, and in 1932 would The Utah Shippers Tariff association is conducting a cam- have a clear deck and be able to make their own trades. Carrying out this thought they canvassed the south, and sepaign for cheaper tariff rates and claim that the results which cured a motley agreement that while the south did not like Smith they hope to attain will benefit the consumer. The Citizen is not familiar enough with the question to have it would vote for him. In various ways they thus encouraged the an opinion as to the fairness of rates affecting this territory, Smith boom by forcible feeding. Now with the President in rebut naturally would like to see as low rates established as pos- tirement they are left with the Smith boom on their hands. It is sible. We question, however, how rapidly the reduction in rates an open secret now that for the first time they are entertaining reaches the consumer and are not at all certain that freight hopes in the event that Coolidge being actually out of the field, reductions affecting an article in a small way ever reaches the of electing a Democrat, their grief over the situation which they have themselves created can be imagined but hardly pictured. consumer. There are a few who still hope that some turn of the wheel may Public utilities are entitled to a rate sufficient to carry on make it possible to pick a western Democrat without, the Smith their business properly and successfully, but commensurate with handicaps, who could make real the Democratic dream of a union be should necessities of these consumers the every given this, of the west and the south for political purposes. benefit. NON-PARTISANSH- IP non-partisansh- ip. two-thir- ds re-elect- ed RADICAL RULE STUPENDOUS BUSINESS. Those who are in favor of socialistic and radical rule in America might do well to investigate conditions in the Here is a government ostensibly founded for New Russia. the downtrodden common people and pledged to every effort for under a program of Qtheir improvement, education and what-no- t, public ownership of industries and utilities. Certainly, if Russia under the Soviet regime had panned out even fairly successfully it would be a tremendous and definite boost for paternalistic government. But recent disclosures and facts have proved beyond a doubt that the dream of the government doing everything, instead of the individual, lias resulted in one of the most colossal failures ever known. Init has turned out to be the most abstead of a solute and tyrannical of autocracies. Freedom of speech and press is unknown. A few politicians have flourished, but the rest of the citizenry have lost in affluence, comfort and the necessities of life. For one Lenin with his honest, if misguided, beliefs and ideals, there are thousands of pettyfogging, wolf-eye- d grafters. Emma Goldman, the celebrated radical, on returning to England from Russia a year or so ago was reported to have declared it monarchial and worse than the United And unless Miss Goldmans political views have re States. Every hour the railroads of the United States pay $336,632 in wages ; spend $196,046 in other operating expenses ; pay $44,-37- 0 in taxes to national, state and local governments ; load 6,086 cars with 152,572 tons of revenue freight; perform freight service equal to hauling 50,689,328 tons of freight for one mile, and perform passenger service equal to hauling 4,051,019 passengers so-call- ed super-democra- for one mile. American Smelting & Refining Company Purchasers of GOLD, SILVER LEAD AND COPPER ORES cy Consign All Shipments to American Smelting & Refining Company Ship Lead Ores to Murray, Utah. Ship Copper and Siliceous Ores to Garfield, Utah. Send Bills of Lading Direct to Plants. Address Correspondence and Hand Samples to 700 McCormick Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. |