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Show rMagn, Utah, Friday, December the Supreme possibly two voters to a family, or legislation, Court of the United States, by its approximately 24,000.000 votes, in ' is not Edith ML Nielsen, rejection of state minimum wage the low income brackets. It Roosevelt" Mr. in V on whether cast doubt that, has j unlikely laws, minimum wage legislation can be 26,000,000 votes, there was a sub Published Since 1906 written in such a way aa to regu- stantial number of persons from the Utah at March Ird, 179, Magna, late wages in the lower brackets. low income groups mentioned above. Entered aa aecond claaa mail matter under the act ef Governor Landon suggested that the Utah at Any general effort to give the Magna. Imued each Friday moraine federal constitution be amended to federal government power to con.11.00 trol all wages and hours might lead give the states power to enact miniBiibecripUon, In advance, per year of the mum wage laws for women. The at this time to a break-dow- n Published By The Copper Printing Company New Deal platform did not specify capital structure, for, however it whether an amendment to the con- - might be Justified in theory, it Is was favored so as to- give questionable whether the economic stitution Determination Will Do It the states alone more power or the istem could imediately digest states and the federal government such a drastic change On the minimum wage proposal, however, the A SEED. BUT IT CHANCED to faU Into the cleft of a city wall, combined Us top. This correspondent believes that experiment is tried at the outset in root, grew bravely up til a tiny blossom crowned and. could never by tongue or pen the submission to the people by a the lower brackets, where It Is most Only a thought, but the work It wrought of gold, and the life bore thread a like Ufe vote of both houses of vitally " needed. a ran If the economic through be taught for It can stand the reform Congress of an amendment giving structure fruit a hundred fold. out of It came a great city the power to both Congress and the without breaking down, the way Is Only a vision of a dreamer and would have been no states to enact minimum wage laws pavOa for further changes, but each But without the vision, without the dream, there men and women alike is an es- chmge is one that is acted upon for city and as prosperous as we sential and inevitable corollary of separately from any general elecMagna and Garfield can be as enterprising of the vision a thing we would have the election returns tion in which presidential personalwant it to be. but first we must get aU of our energies it. toward concentrating The argument fir minimum wage ities and local candidate? become woiking and keep steadfastly legislation is not merely that it is involved on this one thing until It Is achieved. Uke us, has neither the enhumanitarian, but that It increases other Tire mini num wage proposal will nor city and any Garfield, Magna we will If but the purchasing power of the low in- fu nish an interesting test, too, of dozen a to schemes, ergy nor the resources to devote on one plan and devote all our time and thoughts and talent and come groups Union labor hereto- the attitude of the southern states, move fore has been in favor of minimum for it will mean resources toward the accomp.ishment of the things, both towns will giving future Conmore wages laws for women, but has been gresses power to fix minimum enterprising forward and become more prosperous and men. wages for the negroes of the South There are few problems In the building of a future for cities or in- opposed to minimum wages for labor the whether Is doubtful sustainIt along with the whites. The North dividuals that do not yield to a continuous persistent. Intelligent, forces today would stand In the ed effort Conway, however, of granting to gress and the states the power to RATS BOARD BILL deal with the subject as the needs of an economic situation may require, and that is all to be passed . yES. RATS! THERE ARE TOO MANY OP them and the bill for their upon by a specific grant of power. board is entirely too high. Subsequent Congresses and LegisIt is estimated that they cost each farmer in Salt Lake County $24 latures. when contronted with the per year. Multiply this sum by the number of farms In the county and see question of enacting legislation unwhat a bill the county Is paying for rat board per annum Even if der a broad grant of power, can were cut In half the bill would still be a tremendous one, a bill the deal with all the complicated quescounty cannot afford to pay, especially when the major portion of it can tions that arise under minimum THE MAGNA TIMES Edlter-PnblUh- wage j er , ; - 4, 193$ ters. Miss Delna Anderson and Miss Esther Taylor, left Monday for Richfield, Utah, where They will be guests of Mrs. Nielsons. Mrs. Moyes and Mrs. Taylor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Christensen for several days. Mr. and Mrs. ChristenATTENDS WEDDING FETE sen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday at thelr home Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nielson, son, with a family dinner and reception Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Moyes later In the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Christensen were and children of Magna and Mr. and Mrs. George S. Taylor and daugh among the first settlers in Richfield. ern negro leaders In the last election states that they championed the cause of Mr. Roosevelt because he would favor economic equality for all negroes namely, equal pay for equal work done. MAGNAK0TES -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall a the proud parents of a baby born Wednesday morning at Cottonwood Matenlty home. AU members are urged to attend the nest meeting of the w. O. W at the Magna Women's Clubrooma Wednesday evening. December 9th. Consul Commander elect, Mr m P. Nielson will be a special guest speaker. Hy-ru- two-thir- ds oon-centa- te be saved. I I; ' For a couple of years rat extermination campaigns were waged and thousands of the destructive rodents were made away with and then the systematized warfare was dropped. If the average farmer would consider that for the amount of money he pays annually for rat board plus a little vigilance spent for a couple of years on his farm he could render It practically rat proof, one would think he would undertake the Job Rats can only be exterminated by united effort, that is for every farmer to constitute himself a soldier In the army of extermination and wage increasing warfare twklve months In the year against the rodents. If every fanner will do this and keep at It, this huge rat board bill can be saved i forq.ofprqceedlngdl1 ectlywith DoingsAt after-electi- I i 1 1 i jr conei - f is heie -- c uni that the vied fid-ei- rl the hisl.uinent bot:nmcnt for the expression of the people s de.irts to hate the rcnnmuc s.tua-tio- n guidtd. directed frou Wash- lngton then the pliant of the persons in the low Income gicps in America deserves the firt consideration The Brookings Inctitution in its repoits ba ed on Information from the U S Census EuuaJ sajo ao.e J "Neatly. 6,ft0UXkl .families,. than 21 per cent of the total, had incomes less than $1 000 in 1922 About 12,000, uUO laiinlies o: mo'e than 42 per cent, had incomes lesj I amendments to the constitution if likely to win the approval, not only of those who may be opposed to specific measures yet who favor the constitutional process of making than $1 500 such changes, but of those who want Here are to see the new powers granted to By DAVID LAWRENCE An unmistakable Conguess ' at the earliest possible Washington moment Impression derived from conversations here would seem The question of whether the conto indicate that the next Congress stitution shall be amended to perwould be asked to submit to the mit of a more centralized fedeial people certain amendments to the government by granting Congres Federal Constitution. powers over federal commerce" oi Having received an overwhelming over agriculture and Industry genvote at the polls, the new majority erally, Introduces elements of poparty may be expected to seek the litical strategy and possible delay passage of social legislation, and, In Any attempt to get a broad grant view of the decisions of the Supreme of power Is likely to run into diffiCourt, amendment of the Constitu- culties in ratification by the states tion would .appear to be the logical and may even postpone reforms and proper Vay to achieve the de- that are sought In the lmediate fusired objectives. ture Any further experimentation with The other method, namely to prothe land In the pose specific amendments covering realm of constitutional law leads specific topics, would seem to have a only to periods of uncertainty and better chance of success prolonged litigation. 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