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Show Friday, December THE OGDEN POST The Ogden Post Why Not an Aircraft Member Utah State Press Association Member National Editorial matter OcEntered as second-clas- s tober 17, 1927, at the post office at Ogden, Utah, under the Act of March turing plants gained during the year, other coast cities are making large gains. This is particularly true of Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. There is a noticeable increase in the manufacture of airplanes, not only in the Southern 8, 1878. per Year California district, but also in Seattle, where the Boeing company is adding to its already large production. A late news dispatch tells of the greatly increased business of the Douglas company of Santa Monica. Not only is the company increasing its output, but it is also increasing its capital stock. This company embarked in business eight years ago with a capital of $15,000. It is now proposed to increase the stock shares to 1,000,000 of no par value. The company now has unfilled orders on hand amounting to $2,350,000. There are several other aircraft companies doing business on the coast, and there are companies building planes in Colorado and Kansas. The Salt Lake valley is the crossroads of Western America for air transportation, and there can be no good reason why the airplane business should not become a leading industry in this valley. Aircraft manufacture should appeal to Ogden. It is a growing industry and will continue to grow for many years. Ogden is favorably located, and there is no lack of local capital for the financing of such an enterprise. Surely this is a proposition for our chamber of commerce to push along. If it became known that Ogden men were interested along this line, there would be no end of offers from those who are seeking location and money for the establishment of aircraft manufacture. Why not make an effort, Mr. Chamber of Commerce? Telephone 365 EDITORIAL WORKING CONDITIONS ABROAD "A wage survey just completed In Constantinople is quite appropriate when considering foreign commodities placed on the American market, and foreign labor as pitted against that of American, says the Republican Leader, Trenton, Nebraska, in a tariff discussion. "The survey showed girls of 6 and over embroidery 7 years bending frames making minute cross stitches and hemstitching blouses. For this labor the wage scale commences at are one cent per hour. Children found working in cigarette factories, more than half of which were found to be subnormal physically and mentally. They were working in the quarters with ventilation very bad. "One hotel worker, a boy, was given to eat what was left on the patrons plates. In one beauty parlor a child worked 12 to 14 hours for a weekly wage of about 80 cents, American money, while men's wages ranged from $40 to $48 per month, and women from $12 to $20. "All one has to do to believe in a protective tariff is to contrast this condition with that of tho American scale of wages and living American ideals and tho American home. -- parently not realizing that they must eventually be paid, and that taxes in the meantime must go skyward. Modern business has been outstanding because it has reduced overhead and cut waste to a minimum, while at the same time rendering greater service. Governments, like all other businesses, are no exception to the rule that unless funds are economically administered the enterprise will be a failure. The Western confectioner sums up the whole situation when it says, "if we are to enjoy real tax reduction it is not necessary to cut out progress and needed improvements, but it is necessary to cut out experiments and political hobbies which add to the overhead of government without giving added advantages comparable with their cost. DEMAND FOR COPPER INCREASING The electrification of 325 miles of line and 1300 miles of track of a large eastern railroad, will require more than 55,000,000 pounds of copper, according to an authoritative estimate. This is more than the entire copper production of the United States fifty years ago, which was, in 1878, 49,000,000 pounds. As well, the copper used for this single electrification program will exceed the total amount of copper in use on the loco- AIR PORTS MUST BE motives of all American railroads in MADE SAFER 1896. Unless special care is used in the This means greater copper produc- planting and construction of airports, tion, and greater stability and pros- danger of destruction by fire is high. perity for our mining industry. It The burning of an airport is an exis a prosperity that will be felt keen- ceedingly expensive fire, when one ly in the great metal producing states, considers the high unit cost of the and, indirectly, throughout the entire airplanes kept in the hangars. Poor construction and inadequate nation. fire fighting facilities are characterTHE TAX PROBLEM istics of the large majority of airtax of the that ports. Most of these fields are loproblem Any aspect is not generally understood is that cated remote from municipal fire dehigh taxes and civic, county and state partment protection, and water supdebts are not the result of necessary plies. With this view in mind, The expenditures, but come, in most cases, National Board of Fire Underwriters from political incompetence, improve- prepared a set of proposed regulations ments which communities cannot yet for the construction and protection afford, and governmental ventures cf airports which embraced the foloutside its legitimate sphere of ac- lowing important points: 1. Construction. Heights, areas, tivity. Today towns and states embark on walls, floors, roofs, etc. 2. Hazards. money spending programs on a scale Light and power, a few years ago. Bond heating, unthought-o-f "doping, housekeeping, issues arc floated, the citizens ap- - smoking. non-essentia- ls, Ogden Poultry Farms and Hatchery Open for Business 2205 The following Is a summary of the interior report of tho secretary of theAs concerning national parks. locatedmost in of our national parks are the Rocky mountains, this report is of special interest to Utah people: The modern airplane with its in- Late reports place the number of manufacturing plants which have been established in Los Angeles during the first nine months of 1928 at 800. While. Los Angeles leads all the Pacific coast cities in the number of new manufac- Published each Friday by The Of den Post Printing and Publishing company, 2428 Kiesel avenue. 1.00 t Plant Here m Ogden? Arsociation Subscription Price: National Park Report For the Year 1928 Washington Avenue 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. This is one of 15 large chain hatcheries with headquarters at Clarinda, Iowa. Our many years of experience is your safe-guar- d. The very latest electrically operated incubators and brooders are being installed that will make our plant one of the most modern and in the state. up-to-da- te Protection. Automatic sprinkfire applilers, standpipes, first-ai- d or private protection. ances, public In order to discuss these proposed regulations, a meeting of considerable importance to those interested was held in the Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D. C. on November 9. About forty representatives of the Army, Navy, Bureau of Standards, transcontinental and interstate airways, constructors of airports, manufacturers of airplanes and The National Board of Fire Underwriters were present, at the invitation of Assistant Secretary McCracken, of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Very little criticism of the regulations, as drafted was expressed; in fagt, even more severe requirements were suggested by members of the airplane industry. 3. GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED OWNERSHIP At its recent meeting in New Orleans, The National association of railroad and Utilities commissioners condemned vigorously government ownership and operation of public utilities. Richard T. Higgins of Connecticut, n a report that was endorsed by delegates from the entire nation, opposed government ownership as being a socialistic tendency. "Successful business the report said, "Requires men of broad vision and trained minds, whose talents and ambitions should not and can not be limited by the fortunes of politics or the meagre payroll of a government employe. The functions of government are specific and do not include the operation of business enterprises. Gov- creasing use as a means of passenger transportation presents a new problem to the national park service. Its has been employment in the parks number of urged upon officials for a have no as permit! but yet years, been issued for landing fields within the park boundaries, and flying over Admisparks has been discouraged. sion of airplanes to national parks and regulation of their use, however, have been receiving the serious consideration of the department. Maniacfestly, the airplane will become an and to of means transportation cepted between national parks, if not in the call parks. Secretary West expects to a conference during the coming winter of national park officials, officials of railroads having terminals at the park boundaries, officials of transportation companies now operating within the disparks, and of others, for a full sitcussion and consideration of the uation in an endeavor to formulate a definite and rational air policy for national parks. On September 15, 1928, Bryce canyon, Utah, formerly a national monument, became the twentieth national park of the system. The new park contains 22 square miles. Authority to give this area national park status was contained in acts of Congress. Progress was made during the year toward meeting the conditions under which Congress approved the establishment of the Great Smoky mountains and Shenandoah National parks. As mentioned in the annual report last year, approximately $5,000,000 had been pledged toward the acquisition of the necessary land for the Great Smokies project in North During the past year the Laura Spelman Rockefeller memorial agreed to match dollar for dollar all money so secured up to $5r It is believed on the basis 000,000. of appraisals and estimates by the respective park commissions that a total of $10,000,000 will be sufficient to acquire the necessary lands, of which over 100,000 acres have already been purchased by the state of Ten- Come in and talk your poultry problems with us! plus to 327,000 acres. The Bame act included provision for leasing lands within the areas of the proposed Shenandoah and Great Smoky mountains in the discretion of the secretary of the interior for periods of two years to persons and religious and educational institutions. During the year the legislature of Virginia made an appropriation of $1,000,000 toward the acquisition of the lands necessary for inclusion in the proposed Shenandoah park and another sum of $550,000 was pledged by friends of the movement outside of the state. This is in addition to the $1,200,000 subscribed by the people of Virginia toward the project several years ago. In pursuance of an agreement between the secretary of war and the secretary of the interior, legislation was introduced during the first session of the seventieth congress for the transfer of 10 national military and other parks and nine national monuments from the jurisdiction of the war department to that of the national parks service of the department of the interior. The bill, which passed the senate on May 10, is expected to re- ernment in business tends to Socialism, and Socialism is contrary to all the traditions of our people and to all the principles of our government as expressed in the Constitution of the ceive consideration in the house durUnited States. ing the coming year. If transferred, these parks and monuments will be TREND TOWARD WIDER known as national historical parks. HIGHWAYS Realizing the importance of directA future trend of road building ing the growth of educational activwill be toward constructing wider ities, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller highways in addition to more new memorial made available a fund of highways. For the past twenty years $10,000 for the expenses of a number the good roads building movement of educators to be appointed by the has been an outstanding development secretary of the interior to make a study of and report on the cf our national life. Highways pass- thorough ed rapidly from the luxury age to educational possibilities of the nation-a- l' parks. This work has been started. where they were necessities; Field studies were made during the today the community without sufficient summer and definite recommendations paved roads is almost foredoomed to will be made after all the facts coleconomic ad social inertia. lected have been discussed in detail. It is a great deal cheaper to build highways sufficiently wide to start of industry and investment. When our country has such a plethora of with than to widen them later. capital and savings that we can,. without feeling the gold going out, invest A CIVILIZING from twelve to fifteen billions in AGENT securities and industrial and foreign Every time electrical services is corporate investments, it is not apextended, every time a new g device is introduced in the home parent that government bond issues or factory, labor is mode more use- by states and nation should be reful and productive, the individual is quired to enter into public ownership released for those pursuits which enterprises that can be handled by primake for better government, and civ- vate capital. The United States will ilization is broadened and strength- progress on conservative lines and the constitution that has safely guided ened." Calistogo, California, the Ship of State for one and a half centuries will have stronger defenders and clearer and safer interpretation SAFE AND SANE than ever before. GOVERNMENT John G. Landvattcr, Local Manager -- ine teiepnone operators in .rk will now telf you the correl time if you call central, but it C02 you a nickel. Another proof of tkl old adage that time is money. The more a fellow kicks on kind of government he has, the the likely it is that he didnt vote in thf last election. More than $100,000,000 is lost even year in this country through r,.i estate frauds. FREE! 75c Spring Oil For two weeks we your drain want same 50c. will grease springs FREE when we your crankcase, if you your car greased at the time, we will do it for West Ogden Service Across the Viaduct Stop at the Blue Light" 1927 Oldsmobile DeLuxe Sedan $585 Cost $1350 less than a year ago. Run 8,000 miles. only Phone 2748-- After 7 p. m. W A Jewelry Gift is the Best Gift The question as to what to give is readily answered at this store, where s display of fine jewelry will ever-recurri-ng quickly fill your requirements. There is no better or more welcome gift than a fine piece of jewelry. It is a constant reminder of the donor, and its intrinsic value does not end with the holiday, but lasts from year to year. Our price are exceptionally low! We are making some wonderful Special Prices on Ladies Wrist WatchcB, Gents Strap Watches and Pocket Watches. Come and see our windows for prices. Note the address labor-savin- JOHN SMALLEY 336 TWENTY-FIFT- H STREET Between Kiesel and Grant -- There seems little cause for fear of paralysis in industries, an upset in finances or an explosion in foreign affairs. Our country has every prospect of pursuing the even tenor of its way. There are not many promoters ol the big noises usually accompanied by manifestations or political disturbances, or outpourings of radicalism of home brew or foreign concoction. Tinctures o socialism, rommunism, public ownership and operation of state or national transportation lines or power plants have been weakened by federal experiences in the operation of railroads and building and operation of steamship lines. The election of a president who stands for public regulation, but not ownership or operation of utilities, or business of any kind by the government, guarantees to the American people control of their own private affairs and the development of the same to the of American initiative and enterprise. and the employment of capital in every leritiina-- ' hydro-electr- Ogden Poultry Farms and Hatchery ms sons visited national parks and 5i7i 556 visited national monument ing the 1928 season. This total 2,024,844 is an increase of jvh persons, or 8 per cent, over the mT vious high record established in 1927' nessee. New legislation enacted during the year, based upon a careful examination by a representative of the national park service, reduced the minimum area of the land necessary to be acquired for the proposed Shenandoah National park in Virginia from 385,-00- 0 FROG RAM We will carry feeders and brooders in stock and also the famous DIAMOND BRAND" chick mash and laying mash. We buy our supplies in carload lots and save you the difference. Association Through the American Uum the of Museums Spejj" of efeller memorial of mu$118,000 for the construction National Plc. seums in Yellowstone Construction has already been on a museum and auditorium in the ana Old Faithful section of the park, museum new a for call further plans Mamin the headquarters group at smallseveral and moth Hot Springs, er buildings at other points in the natThe Yosemite field school of sucfourth its ural history completed cessful annual course in 1928. The term lasted six weeks, with an enrollment of 20 students, the maximum number that can be handled with the of existing personnel. The students that prereceive training school this pares them admirably for conducting nature guiding activities. investigations were Archeological continued in the Mesa Verda National park by Jesse L. Nusbaum, superintendent of the park and archeologist for the department of the interior. The work included excavations at an in the early pueblo burial moundMesa and southern portion of Chapin investigations at Wetherill Mesa on the western side of the park. Over 40 restorable jars and bowls were uncovered at the two sites, and these will be added to the museum collection after restoration. Wild animal and forage conditions throughout the national park system generally were good during the past year. The planting of fish in the lakes and streams of the various national parks was continued through cooperation with the federal bureau of fisheries and several state hatcheries. Congress last year approved base plans for the development of adequate road and trail systems in the national parks on modern standards which call for the ultimate expenditure of $51,000,000, in addition to the total of $9,000,000 previously appropriated. Upon the basis of these plans congress increased the authorization for park road construction from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 annually. Travel to national parks and monuments reached another new high mark 7. 1928 ic ut-mo- st rri-va- tr fi.-l.- ; ELECTRICAL MASS-PRODUCTI- AND RURAL COMMUNITIES Unification of generating facilities and of electricity, through single or related companies serving wide territories, is mainly responsible for the low electric rates now in effect throughout the nation, and the reliable, efficient service given customers. A quarter-centur- y ago, electric distribution was dependent on thousands of small companies, each serving a restricted area. As a result, service was relatively poor and expensive, particularly in semi-rurareas. Today, in contrast, great companies, with their unrivaled facilities, are rapidly extending service to isolated communities and to farms. Cheap nnd plentiful power, combined with the other virtues possessed by small towns, is attracting industries whih formerly could only be situated in large cities. Rural America is in the process o' groat economic doveleiment. mass-producti- on al HOTEL BIGELOW ANNOUNCES Annual New Year Eve Frolic and Dinner Dance No invitations are to be mailed, and only 0 limited number of reservations will be accepted. Plan to attend this gala event and mail in your reservations at once. DINNER : DANCING t Monday, December 31st. ENTERTAINMENT 9:00 P.M. |