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Show PageS~------------------------------------------- mE MIDVALE SENTINEL Published Every F•iday Entenlld as Second Class Matter at the PostoUice at Midvale, Utah, under the Act nf March 9, 1878. lOOKING AI/&AJJ S. BENSON HOWARD C. BARROWS Editor and Publi~er tv A E. B ARROWS, A.ssociat.e Editor F r eight NATIONAL EDITORIAL l n1~~0CIATION ~ ~ 7JilU1.hA..... SUBSCRTPTION RATES One Year (in advance) ............ $2.00 Adverti6in l Rates Given on Reque•t A LUCKY COUNTRY · The consuming public in the United States has been so used to getting what it wants when it wants it, that it is safe to say that not one person in a thousand realizes the smooth-working machinery necessary to produce that result. Everything from grapefruit to mink coats, and baby shoes to automobiles, has been available to purchasers in every corner of our nation. No longer do people in great cities like New York, San F rancisco and Chicago have the exclusive choice of the better things in life. The same brands of food and the same makes of clothes are on sale on the Main streets of every town in the land. Anyone who looks back a generation knows that the only way rural customers could then purchase newer products and commodities was to buy in the larger trading centers. But today, when a new product is advertised, it can be found in all corners of the country on almost the same day. The chain store must be given a large measure of credit for this progress in retailing. The basic princiJ?le on which it operates is mass turnover at a minimum profit per sale. This necessitates uniform and widespread distribution of its wares. The result is that the chains have developed entirely new markets for products. They created new demands on the part of customers in rural communities, and to opening up opportunities for themselves they made new opportunities for every independent merchant who wished to serve the public Ol'l modern lines. A generation of this type of merchandising has given the United States a retail system -capable of distributing products <luring a wru· emergency, so that the American COilsmner has felt no hardship. The fact that its success depends on volume sales and minimum unit profit, is the greatest guarantee a nation can have against rnanipu- lated markets pnces. and runaway DAIRY PRODUCTION ENDANGERED No matter how diligently the government seeks to control and hold down the cost of food, it cannot escape recognizing the fact that the farmer must get prices sufficient to cover the cost of production or the nation will not get food, for millions of small fanners. who fmnish the bulk of the nation's agricultural products, cannot operate at a loss for any long period of time. Years b efore I ever saw an ocean, pictures ot Oriental places and people interested me. Distinctly I remember one decorative drawing of a Chinese boy. He wore wooden shoes and a bread-tray hat. His queue seemed !o wave sportily be~ hind him as he walked with a wooden yoke on his shoulders. The pole helped him carry two buckets that bung by cords, one tram each end. Later I saw such men in reat life, many ot them. I was old enough then to wonder what was in the buckets and why people had to lug them. The first such "common carrier" I patronized had kerosene in his buckets, five gallons at each end ot the yoke. His daily job was to walk ten miles and carry ten gallons, tor which labor the local oil dealer paid him ten cents a day. A Sharp Contr a s i Oil consumers p aid one cent a gallon for ten miles of overland transportation, which is exhorhitant. The dealer had to content himself with a speed of one mile per hour in transit, which is ridiculous. The poor Coolie worked ten hours a day for a penny an hour, $3 a g>onth. which is preposterous. Such was the Orient when I was there and it hadn't changed much in a thousand years. In America, where there are railroads, and the economy of volume applies in transportation as well as in other things, one cent pays for moving a gallon of kerosene overland 100 miles, not ten. Speeds in transit are rarely below 200 miles a day. Trainmen who do the work get $175 a month, not $3. The difference is that railroad investment exceeds $20,000 per employee. Everybody's Asset Total railway investment in the United States exceeds 26.5 billion dollars. In a recent address in Florida, Thurman W. Arnold of the U. S. Court of Appeals charged the railroads with trying to throttle competition to make their investments safe. I do not know the specific accusation, but I know two things: (1) Real competition can't be throttled and (2) investments ought to be protected. Whose investment is It.? Millions of people. Railroads don't belong to the officers of the company. They don't belong to their mere million ot stock and bond holders. There are dozens of millions of people who own insurance policies and have bank accounts who are the real in~ vestors in railroads. A government with the interest of its citizens ln mind would help to protect their investments; their accumulated labor. Railways Are Amer ican Raih·oads, more than any one thing, made America what it is today. They are partially responsible for the differences between the United States and China. America is superior because its interior is developed, Railroads penetrated the wilderness and brought its wealth to market. Then venturesome pioneers hurried inland from both shores to seek personal gain and the interior was developed quickly by economic law. Railroads like other industries are sending young men to war. Railroads have their manpower shortage and it's acute. But with !ewer cars and fewer locomotives than they had in World War I, railroads are doing above 50% more actual work than they did under Federal bunglement. Our only route to still higher American efficiency after the war is through protecting and en.. couraging liberal investments of private capital in the tools ot pro.rl•Jction. Nowhere is this better ilustrated than with dairy products'. Labor cost on farms is at record highs and farm production i< largely labor. The Dairymen's League Cooperative Association calls tl1e attention of the \Var Food Administration to the fact THE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, U'I'A H - - - - - - - - : - - - - : - - - - - - - -Friday, Sept. 29, 1944 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT N O, 1 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10 OF ARTICLE VII, AND TO SECTIONS 2, 3, 5, 6 and 12 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO THE SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS, HOW COJ'<STITUTED, TERMS OF OFFICE, QUALIFICATIONS OF JUDGES, JURIS· DICTIO"N, JUDGES PRO TEMPORE, CHANGE OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS BY THE LEGISLATURE, SELECTION OF JUDICIARY AND EFFECT ON INCUM· BENT JUDGES. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Section 10 of Article VII at the Constitution of the State ot Utah, as follows: Sec. 10. The governor shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the senate, appoint all state and district officers whose offices are established by this constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for. If, during the recess of the senate, a vacancy occurs in any state or district of:tice, the governor shall appoint some tit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting ot the senate, when be shall nominate some peeson to fill such office. U the office of secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney-general, or superintendent of public instruction be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified as may be by law provided. Section 2. That it is proposed to amend sections 2, 3, 5, 6 and 12 of article VIII of the constitution of the state of Utah, as follows: Sec. 2. The supreme court shall consist o1 five judges, which number may be increased or decreased by the legislature, but no alteration or increase shall have the effect of removing a judge from office. A majority of the judges constituting the court shall be necessary to form a quorum or reuder a decision. It a justice of the supreme court shall be disqualified from sitting in a cause before said court, the remaining judges shall call a district judge to sit with them on the hearing of such cause. Every judge of the supreme court shall be at least thirty years of age, an active member of the bar, in good standing, learned in the law, and a resident of the state of Utah for the five years next preceding his selection. The judge having the shortest term to serve, not holding his office by selec· tion to fill a vacancy before expiration of a regular term, shall be the chief justice, and shall preside at all terms of the supreme court, and in case of his absence, the judge, having in like manner, the next shortest term, shall preside in his stead. Sec. 3. Judges of the supreme court and distrjct courts shall be selected for such terms and in such manner as shall be provided py law, provided, however, that selection shall be based solely upon consideration of fitness for office without regard to any partisan political considerations and free from influence o! any person whomsoever, anC: provided further that the method of e,lecting such judges in effect when this amendment is adopted shall be followed until changed by law. Sec. 5. The state shall be divided into seven judicial districts, for each of which, at least one judge shall be selectee~ as hereinbefore provided. Until otherwise provided by law, a district court at the county seat of each county shall be held at least four times a year. All civil and criminal business arising in any county, must be tried in such county, unless a thange ot venue be taken, in such cases as may be provided by law. FOOD The Way You Like It I FISHER and BECKERS BEER On Draught JACK'S DeLuxe LUNCH Phone Mid. 298 threats to continuance of the in- dustry resulting from a sudden drop in the sugar market after World War I. Mr Taylor describes intelligently and clearly technological de· velopments of the industry up to the present. The beet sugar industry, he relates, may be made safely competitive with sugar~pro ducing areas throughout the world within several years after World War ll through continued t~ch nological improvements, including machinery which takes the "stoop" out of culture and harvesting of beets and by gradual raising of the standards of living of peoples in other sugar-producing areas. One of the most interesting portions of the book is a section containing intimate biographies and anecdotes concerning leaders of the industry. Lives of the late Reed Smoot1 President Grant, the late Stephen H Lowe, B R Smoot, the late J W Timpson and the late Charles W Nibley are among those whose accomplishments are described in entertaining and informative fashion. Additional Sugar Not Available 0. P. A. Declares Requests for more canning sugar cannot be filled, Elmo Christiansen, chairman of the Midvale war price and rationing board, announced today. "Military and industrial needs for sugar prohibit increasing allowances for home canning," the chairman said. 11 Local boards are being flooded with requests from housewives who state they need more canning sugar to prevent spoilage of surplus fruit. Contrary to popular opinion, fruit may be canned without sugar. Home economic experts of the department of agriculture say that sugar improves the flavor of fruit, helps it hold its shape and color, but it does not keep it from spoiling. They suggest that home canners use less sugar now--one cup to 4 quarts of fruit-and add more just before serving. Thjs may be done by draining off the juice and heating it with sugar, then pouring the syrup over the fruit and chilling. Another way to save sugare is to use three-fourths cup of honey for 4 quarts of fruit. This gives a new flavor and provides sufficient sweetness." Sugar experts predict that the supply available to the United States in 1945 will not be greater than in 1944. Although military requirements and relief .feeding needs in 1945 cannot be accurately pred icted at this time, the sugar situation may well be even tighter than it bas been this year. KeeJ1 on buying war bonds! Athundering blast ot our national phobias Why Thousands of Docton Have Prescribed A lighting book that fights with facts. A brilliant af\d devastating l'e,IIIISiiJ FOR broadside aimed at the fears that curtail supplies, is a price for milk to enable fanners to meet the additional costs. Buy War Bonds and Stamps! Merchant T ailor Cleaning - P.ressing Al1erations Each judge of a district court shall be at least twenty-five years ol age, an active member of the bar in good standing, learned in the law, a resident of the state of Utah three years next preceding his selection, and shall reside in the district for which he shall be selected. Any district judge :nay hold a district court jn any county at the request of the judge o.f the district, and, upon a request of the governor it shall be his duty to do so. Any cause in the district court may be tried by a judge pro tempore, who must be a member of the bar, sworn to try the cause, and agreed upon by the parties, or their attorneys of record. Sec. 6. The legislature may change the limits of any judicial district, or increase or decrease the number of districts, or the judges thereof. No alteration or increase shall have the effect o.f removing a judge from office. In every additional district established, a judge or judges shall be selected as provjded in section 3 of this article. Sec. 12. The judges of the supreme and district courts shall receive at stated times compensation for their services, which shall not be increased or diminished during the time for which they are selected. Section 3. T h e secretary o f state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state of Utah at the next general election in the manner as provided t.-r by article 23, section I, Constitution of Utah. Section 4. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January next succeeding a determ.lnation by the board of state canvassers of the result of the elec· tion designated in Section 3 hereof. I, E. E. Monson, Secretary of State of the State of utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the constitutional amendment proposed by the regular session of the 25th Legislature of 1943, as the same appears of record in my office. In witness whereof, 1 h;.ive hereunto st.t my hand and affi>..ed the great seal of the State of Utah, this lOth day of August, 1944. E. E. MONSON, Secty. of State. A story rich in romance, faith, vicissitudes and untiring effort by leaders in many walks of life-farmers, bankers, chemists, plant breeders, mechanics and churchmen-is told in "A Saga of Sugar," the history of the beet sugar industry in western America, pub-· lished by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. The 234-page illustrated book is written by Fred G Taylor, company vice president and vice president of the United States Beet Sugar Assn, a man who has been intimately associated with many of the characters about whom he wrote and who has himself been connected with the beet sugar industry for 50 years. Telling first a brief history of the development of sugar from times of antiquity, Mr Taylor begins his first major account with the story of the old sugar house from which Salt Lake City's suburb of Sugarhouse derived its name. This story deals with how Brigham Ydung encouraged home production of sugar to relieve a financial drain upon early settlers; how John Taylor, an L D S missionary to Great Britain, succeeded in raising $55,000 with which to purchase beet sugar manufacturing equipment in England,; freighting this machinery to Utah at gl·eat expense and effort, and finally setting up the machinery in the sugar house, built by Tru-, man 0 Angell, architect of the Salt Lake L D S temple. This project failed, not because of lack of effort or preparation, but apparently because French beet sugar manufacturers had failed to impart some of their trade secrets regarding the chemistry or chemical controls employed in sugar making. Mr Taylor concludes after presenting all pertinent historical infonnation available. Subsequent attempts, partially successful in producing sugar from sugar cane grown in Utah are related, followed by an ~ccount of construction of the Lehl sugar factory in 1891, the first beet sugar factory to be built by American workmen with all-American equipment, and the fourth successful beet sugar factory in America. The capital of $500,000 required for financing the Lehi factory; incidentally, was raised during a severe financial panic. Both Wilford Woodruff, then L D S church president, and Heber J Grant. since become church president and pre~ident of Utah-Idaho Sugar company. played important 1·oles in establishing the plant. Later chapters deal with rapid expansion of the industry, which was threatened by ravages of white fly infestation, how thjs peril was overcome by developing resistant strains of beets, and of cline in the production of dairy products that will drastically H. F. Rasmussen BUY Your CLOTHES A JOINT RESOLUTION PRO· POSING TO AMEND SECTION 9, ARTICLE VI, OF THE CONSTI· TUTION OF UTAH RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF MEM· BERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two•thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting L. favor thereof: Section 1. That it is proposed to amend Section 9, Article VI, Constitution of the State of utah, to real!. Section 9. The members of the Legislature shall receive such compensation and mileage as the Legislature may provide, not exceeding $300.00 per year, end ten cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled going to and returning from the place of meeting on the most usual route, and they shall receive no other pay or perquisite. Section 2. T he secretary of state is hereby directed to suJ:>mit thiS proposed amendment to the electors of the State o! Utah at the next general election in the manner as provided for by Article 23, Section 1, Constitution of Utah. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day at January, 1945. I, E. E. Monson, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy cf the constitutional amendment proposed by the first special session of the 25th Legislature of 1944, as the same appears of record in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State of Utah, this lOth day of August, 1944 E. E. MONSON, Secty. of State. Sugar Beet Industry History Told in Book ------------------ * WANT ADS ON PAG E FIVE:. -from- Style, Quality and Long Wear NO. 2 that the only means of preventing a sharp and continuing de- For the second consecutive year, Australia expects a greatly reduced wheat harvest, the United States department of agriculture's office of foreign agricultural relations repo11s. 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