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Show t THE HELPER JOURNAL 1934 flfelper, Utah, Friday, January 12, 12, 'ederal Debt Mounts Rapidly on the alarm- - treasury, and even then only after of several years. &U rise in the national debt of a period the report says: Continuing, issued was the 'United States "Another enormous increase of bv the National Economy during the fiscal year u i Jeague. The statement issued by the debt June 30, 1935, is threatenthe ending in out sets that the Jeague assurance has been given lnesi fiscal year .which ended June 30, ed. No extent of future to the as emergendebt was e h last, our national or as to whether in the sum of three billions cy expenditures the of dollars. This, however, is only there is any considered plan to 1 tti a small part of the story. It is balance the whole budget and he estimated that the bring the increase of the debt to ' conservatively for the fiscal year which a halt. Granting that large exincrease iow will end on June 30, 1934, will be penditures are justified in the y emergency, in order to relieve disdiedl in the neighborhood of four t Uona more. An increase of seven tress and promote recovery, it billions in two years is not to be must also be recognized that there ta taken lightly, even in a nation is a limit to the government's adaurwith the potential resources of capacity to borrow, even for these ;oxe' the United States. purposes." As an illustration of the way The league's statement sets out sons that these vast additions to debts the national debt is steadily Ielper.rare unprecedented in any country mounting it may be stated that on :ham; n jjjne 0f peace, and while a con-t- a June 30, 1933, it totaled $22,538,- Ste siderable portion of the recent ex-- , 672,000, while on November 30 of West increased to penitures is set down as "loans last year it had .ho rtsA6j investments," grave doubt is so that the excess of !xpjresaed as to whether any con- - expenditures over receipts during jgiderable part of the money will the five month period amounted r' x timely warning jrj . 5 bil-da- ' N orn ev- - returned to the federal to be $995,444,000, or nearly $200,- - to .vedntNO BRASS COLLAR ne rej You may not like the brown derby, but it sits bravely on of lop a courageous head that thinks its own thoughts and is not afraid to express them. Al Smith was not wet because tpeal was popular in his own state or because he foresaw the ED re-lei- l's Ame"wet trend ahead of less canny leaders. He urged repeal be-;ause he believed the prohibition amendment wrong and he ningt advocated state option because he believed in majority govern ment within localized areas. In his own words, his severe con Wi demnation of present national policies is not the first time that he has taken the unpopular side of a question; I J But the truth about the gallant governor is that, if he Is in the Democratic pew, he is in the Republican church, Outside of the fact that his party regularity on the vote is be yond question, Governor Smith is almost as good a Re- publican as Andy Mellon himself. On the tariff his views are VIS) I G. O. P. views and he finds himself now at odds with theories to which the Democratic party is committed. He is forced to &ack at them from his conscience whereas, if he could only vote as well as talk Republican, he would have no remorseful sessions with his inner self. omitn is not alone within the party. It is duly admit d that many of the new Democratic doctrines have come ver from populism, that others have been borrowed from ild socialism and that some even carry a Hoover label aehc courage is common enoush and Al Smith has his pare of it. But, like the Ireland that bred his forebears, it pcems that he is doomed to fight "forever one to ten." Dallas A ti ffVews. r 3 it Latest Thing in Chauffeurs v Country Journalism." He ascribes the country paper's growth in prestige to its social service during the depression. Ways in which this service is given follow: The papers have provided information on scores of movements aimed at improving (Spanish Fork Press) have carried on rescue conditions, The Sugar Co. plant when banks, industries at Spanish Fork completed the "33 activities and individuals have faced ruin, season campaign Saturday. acted as community The plant sliced approximately and have and advocates. 163,000 tons of beets. At the peak spokesmen of the campaign 700 men were No charge for printing news employed with a payroll of 21. A small force of men has Items Phone Too Bad This Can't Go On All the Year Round ministration, was $26,594,267,000. This had been decreased to at the end of the and Coolidge administration, reached the low point, December 31, 1930, $16,026,OS6,000, in the administration of President Hoover. The increase in the debt has been especially rapid during the past six or eight months. It is estimated that by the end of the fiscal year of 1934 it will again have reached the World war peak been employed since slicing stopand perhaps mounted beyond that ped, geting the big plant in readipoint. ANSWERS THE ness for its season of rest. These figures are staggering enough to furnish food for serious SPARK FLASH I IL DUCE BOWS thought on the part of every Mussolini garbed in Premier American who has the future welbowed to King Victor Emfare of his country at heart. Many black, on day in a cusare now asking the question manuel NewNewYear call at the Year tomary i ta whether we are not mortgaging Palace. Following the prethe next generation. But there is mier came cabinet members and a prospect even more serious than to wish the king this. May our burdens not rise to parliamentarians and queen a happy holiday. the point where the government will no longer be able to maintain AS its credit and there will be infla- NEWSPAPERS GET IT HEM AID TO RECOVERY ITS tion and general ruin for all? Of course nobody wants a deService Station Rural newspapers are attaining Helper Super based currency, who realizes the Centrally Located destructive influence it always has new power and dignity, according on the welfare of. all the people of to an article in the recently pub a nation, but unfortunately it is lished Quarterly magazine of Brig ham Young University at Provo. possible to be subject to these in"The community newspaper has fluences as a matter of inevitabilcome into its own as a real social ity when the credit and currency of a nation break down. To quote force," writes Carlton Culmsee, Y' instructor, on an article again from the report of the journalism entitled "New Possibilities in National Economy league: "It is not therefore so much in a voluntary adoption of unsound In the District Court of the SevIn Your Neighbor's enth Judicial District, In and money that the country's danger for the County of Carbon, State lies. It lies rather in the gradual Home? of Utah creeping up of the national debt to a point where the use of un- BLANCHE WINTERS, Plaintiff, With a telephone in your vs. sound money is no longer preventG. own home your friends LEO WINTERS, Defendant able a degradation forced by SUMMONS circumstances rather than by can reach you quickly deliberate act. An excessive THE STATE OF UTAH TO THE and you can call them SAID DEFENDANT: national debt leads by a gradual any time you wish. It You are hereby summoned to but inevitable process toward the will run countless erprinting of fiat money. There is appear within twenty days after summons of service the this unupon rands for you and is ala direct connection between an due rise in a nation's debt and the you, if served within the county ways ready for important soundness of its currency. It is in which this action is brought, calls in case of sickness within after thirty days this gradual trend of which the otherwise, or emergency. American people have to beware. service, and defend the above enti The national debt, great as it is, tled action; and in case of your is still supportable on the basis of failure so to do, judgment will be Make your next call a sound currency. But if its in- rendered against you according to from your neighbor's crease is much longer tolerated, the demand of the complaint, a call to us for filed clerk has been which with telephone the the American people may find is court. This said action service of your own. themselves no longer masters of of their own decisions, and may wake brought to dissolve the bonds of exup too late to repair the damage." matrimony heretofore and now Here is the truth in a nutshell: isting between you and the plaina nation's debt when it becomes tiff. WALTER C. GEASE, too great a burden, either taxes The Mountain States Plaintiff's Attorney. generations yet unborn, or leads to P. O. Address, Court House, at debased currency and national Telephone & Telegraph Co. ruin. It may conceivably do both. Price City, Utah. Utah-Idah- o $145,-00- Qul-rin- al f 'I it I - . BUY MOW dl5-22-2- la those days of business recovery when many of us who have known the pinch of poverty are again able to bring home the welcome pay envelope, let us not forget the man who befriended us rrj when we most needed friendship s the merchant who., extended credit when he knew we jut uul not have the money to pay. It Is easy to avoid the man to whom we owe money, but It Is not right to do so. If we have any money to spend, any goods to buy, he Is the man to whom we should go. Our loral merchant, especially, liS " ; .V- - la his togg, this Zulu obllcingly furnishes the motive power for Mme. Amelita Cnl"- luur. iambus concert ana opera star is (. fcouth Africa to complete jub a series of engagements. j P Sunday-go-to-meeti- 9 j5-1- 2 A Journal reader says that listening to the radio speeches the other evening and adding up the totals of all the men who it is claimed have been put back to in work by the various pro-a- ms the past few months, he finds that ove? 5,000,000 have been restored YE IN SAFETY Safety h an important factor in motoring, whether it be for pleasure or business; safety is an even greater matter than mileage or cost. However, FIRESTONE TIRES AND TUBES offer you all three of these factors in a most satisfactory arrangement SAFETY, MILEAGE and REASONABLE COST. GUM-DIPPE- undoubtedly extended credit as a friendly act. He will be reasonLet able in arranging payment us show our gratitude, walk in and shake hands, and give him the benefit of our present business. D Thousands and thousands of motorists each year receive unbelievable mileage in perfect safety, and at a moderate cost. Dollar for dollar, it is a tough job to even begin to compare other tires with FIRESTONE. Lest We Forget 1re3S0d u Telephone YOT TTHFUL NAVIGATOR During the War of 1312, Midshipman David Farragut (later the admiral of Civil War fame), who was not quite 12 years old, was placed in command of the Barclay as prize master and successfully took the ship from Ecuador to Valparaiso, Chile. Ji'neri1 asm, ii 'iir Is Your to job3. ff 0. . WHO'S LOAFING NOW? O - i sL a month. The national debt at its peak, following the World war, August 31, 1919, during the Wilson ad000,000 PAGE THREE B Firestone Prestone $2.95 gal. Tip Top Neverfreeze, $2.25 gal. Flozone $2.95 gal. 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