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Show VOL 6 .mo- - 4 Davtd Keith Bldg., Dial SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEB'Y. 20, 1942 Published by C. N. Lund $1.50 PER YEAR ' i lis Political EcfltoOHmiy EDITORIALS By O. N. L.CNO The Way to Be gin to Make Changes "Would you fain do something to relieve distress, to extir-pate vice? You must turn to political economy to know their causes, that you may lay the axe to the root of the evil tree. If charity could eradicate want, if preaching could make men moral, if printing books and building schools could destroy ignorance, l one of these things would be known today. Where wealth most abounds, there poverty is deepest; where luxury is most profuse, , the gauntest want jostles it. In cities which arethe store-houses of nations, starvation annually claims its victims. Where the costliest churches rear the tallest spires to-wards heaven, there is needed a standing army of police-men; as we build new schools, we build new prisons. "Whence this dark shadow that thus attends that which we used to call "material progress," that nhich current philosophy teaches us to hope for and to work for? Here ,is the question of all questions for us. We must answer it or be destroyed, as preceding civilizations have been destroved. For no chain is stronger than its weak-est link, and our glorious statue with its head of gold and its shoulders of brass has as yet but feet of clay. "Political economy alone can give the answer. And if you trace out the laws of the production and exchange of wealth, you will seethe causes of social weakness and dis-ease. "And you will see the remedies.' Not in wild dreams or red destruction nor weak projects of putting men in leading strings to the state,' but in simple measures sanc-tioned by justice. You wid see in light the great remedy, in freedom the great solvent. You will see that the true law of lovej the iaw-o- liberty, the law-o- each, for-al-l and all for each; that the golden rule of morals is also the golden rule of the science of wealth; that the highest ex-pressions of religious truth include the widest generaliza-tions of political economy." Henry George. Editorials (CONTINUED) i How Different Today. During the darkest days of the Civil War, suffering at the hands of the Money Kings, Abraham Lincoln rose to full height and flung these words in their teeth: "I can draft a widow's only son. lean take her only means of support from between the plow handles and place him at the front of the battle where his life will not last six minutes, but I rannot lay my hands on enough money to pay for the food he eats before he is shot." But Lincoln found a way to get some money. He could not get it from the money kings without paying 36 per cent. So he used the constitutional method and had the government issue severoPrnillions in greenbacks, no inter-est, no bonds. This could be done today A Proposal to Defer the Chain Store Tax Referendum in the Interest of a United War Effort This letter is published for the information of the public and especially the 54,263 qualified Utah voters who signed petitions referring the proposed special tax on chain stores to a vote of the people at the General Election Nov. 3, 1942 Jl February 14, 1942. Mr. A. D. Stewart, President, UTAH RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION, INC Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Mr. Stewart: The retail chain stores of Utah have authorized me to place before your Association a proposal for cooperation in a joint action in connec-tion with the referendum on Senate Bill 44 (the chain store tax). Under existing Utah law, this issue will be voted upon by the people at the general election on November 3rd, next. We assume that your Association, as the publicly acknowledged sponsor of S. B. 44, will, undertake a campaign to persuade the public to vote for your bill. And since S. B. 44 is aimed 'solely at chain stores, and would be a .sentence of slow death for chain stores, our members have no alternative but to defend themselves, to the best of their ability, before the bar of public opinion. In arranging for the passage of S. B. 44 you undoubtedly believed that it was of great importance to the competitive interests of your members. We may also assume that the 54,263 qualified Utah voters who signed referendum petitions did so in the belief that a complete air ing of the facts, culminating with a vote by the people of Utah, would be in the public interest. We fully acknowledge that our members have a "life and death" interest lin the decision of the voters. However, we cannot help but believe that all of these interests in this issue have become less important since December 7, 1941. There is only one issue now confronting us, as Americans, today the necessity of '" conducting ah 'all-ou- t defense of our nation '' in' its 'hour tf greatest ' " - -- jeopardy. At a time when American soil is under invasion and American lives are being sacrificed in its defense, we believe, as we are confident that you do, that in a period of such grave national peril we should submerge our internal differences and meet unitedly the emergency that faces us. , The present war is total war. It is a conflict in which all of us have a place, and which demands of each of us the utmost in time, money, and energy. It is a struggle in which it would be criminal to do less than our best. Both independent and chain retailers have an important task in this war. We are depended upon to assure the steady flow of avail-able supplies so that production may proceed unhampered, and civilian morale be maintained at a high level. Our contribution is distribution. We are in the army of supply. For these reasons, we propose that your Utah Retail Grocers Associa-tion unite with us in a petition to Honorable Herbert B. Maw, Governor of Utah, requesting that he place before the Utah legislature, if a special session meets prior to August 1st, 1942, a recommendation that the legis-lature act to suspend the vote upon S. B. 44 until a general election fol-lowing the cessation of hostilities. Counsel assure us that this is entirely feasible, and that the rights of your Association, those of the public, and of ourselves, will be in no way injured by the postponement. Acting upon the assumption that your membership would prefer, as of trial ahead to devote full atten-tion ours does, to be free during the time to the war effort, we are submitting for your consideration an opinion covering the question of the legislature's constitutional author-ity to order the. postponement, together with a suggested measure to accomplish this objective. A copy of this letter, with attachments, is being forwarded to Gover-nor Maw for his information and because this proposal has been sub-stantially inspired by his many splendid statements regarding the necessity for complete undivided effort in marshalling all of Utahs facilities for the job of winning the war. This letter is being published as a paid advertisement so that the 54,263 Utah citizens, in every county of the state, who signed referendum petitions on S. B. 44 may also be informed of our proposal. We sincerely hope that you will accept S?0.1that that our will result in favorable it will be possible to arrange for further whoIeh;a;ednP"hn between us in any and all ways by which we can and dunes to Utah and the nation. carry out our responsibilities Yours very truly, (Signed) H. T. Fowler, President, UTAH CHAIN STORES ASSOCIATION, INC. NATIONAL SHIRT' SHOPS, Inc. ADAM HAT STORES BAKER'S SHOE COMPANY J- - J- - NEWBER OWL DRUG COMPANY CHANDLER SHOE COMPANY W. T. GRANT COMPANY h C PENNEY OX S. H. KRESS & COMPANY SEARS, EBUCKJ CO. Inc. LERNER SHOPS OF UTAH, Inc. SAFEWAY THOM McAN SHOE CO. TrH m' MONTGOMERY WARD CO. F. W. WALGREEN DRUG CO. NATIONAL DOLLAR STORES WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. Very Bad Months Ahead To read of possible stoi ms, earthquakes labor troubles and other conditions which are outlined to happen under the planetary aspects of the coming weeks makes one re-alize the more clearly that we aie facing a time of still greater uncertainty. From more than one source are we able to check on these things and it would seem that this country is going through the final experiences which will resolve into the ' last days" hicb so many people thought could not happen in cur lifetime. If you have any doubt in your mind send for the February issue of Beacon Light, since it also contains a very valuable arti-cle which was written back in 1937 about the "sabotage" to be carried on in our own fair land when the signa is given to set off the "pack of firecrackers" we have talked ' about since 1931 and 1932 San Juan Record. .... " ' ' VERY FINE WORK Two hundred ninety four Utah defense trainees comple-ted training and were placed in industrial jobs during the month of January, it was announced today by state school officials. This figure boosts the total of trainees placed duriag the first seven months of the piesent fiscal year to I' 1911, a figure well above the total of 1250 reported in jobs during the entire first year of the program. Those re- - j reported since the program began now total 3161. f Brief Personal Items i Mr. and Mrs. D, A. Latimer have just sent their only son into the service of the country and he is now stationed wit an air centerin Texas God bless every one in service The Salt Lake Costume Co ,Jnhn Hansen, Mgr., is known far and wide An orde' was sent from a business house in South America to a New York supply house. This houe could not fill the order but forwarded the letter to the Salt f Lake house where it was taken care of. .... ) tm George Washington The name Gjorge Washington is one that stands high above all others in the forefront of our American history. It stands over the moral and spiritual ramparts of this great country like Moses stands over Israel and Christ over Christianity, the truest and noblest man that ever helped to shape the destiny of a nation. When he and his soldiers were fighting and freezing and starving and dying in their elf jti to ere ite a New Order' of the Age-- , the Quislings and Judases and Benedict Arnolds were feeding fat their firesides in the city caring little or nothing about the fate of their country And so, to some extent, it is today While men like Gen. Mac Arthur are being driven to the wail in one of the most gallant defenses ever made, and soldiers and sailors are dying on many fronts iherc arc those at home who are daily giving aid and encouragement to the enemy. READERS' OPINIONS (The opinions expressed in this column arethose of the writers, and nre not necessarilyconcurred in by the editor and m.mnprement ofthis paper.) I feel thai the Governor and the Welfare Commission are and sl.ou'd be exonerated from the charge of playing politics in the case of Dr Caldenvood, formerly of the State Hospital at Provo, It is said that in 1935 Dr Cald- - i I' erwood condemned the "travesty of humane treatment." i One doesn't have to be very keen to locate the roots of the "rotten' polit ics charge. Every Good citizen should stand behind the Governor and Commission. Mrs A. N. Dadley j Here's how some capitalists looked upon the poor and j t needy a while back: "They should be taken out and j quietly pin to death." H. L. Mencken, editor Mercury. j "Pu poi-o- n in the free food you are giving them." Chic-ag- o Tribune, which called them "tramps, beggars and i thieves." Let me say to all poor and aged : How thank-ful you should be to the progressive party and people who have done so well by you, One Who Gets Assistance. How War Brings "Culture." Thirty-thousan- d murdered in one city. Forty thousand starved to death in Greece, and laughed at as they died. Peasant workers by the tens of thousands sold at auction to cruel landlords who gradually work them to death Putting up placards reading, "A Jew child is a future Jew. Twist its neck when it is born." Boys lied and slaked over ant beds until nearly tortu-red to death. For gathering sticks for fuel to heat water for her baby a mo..her was beaten severely and then had savage, hung-ry dogs set upon her by reprobate landlords. Whole peoples like Greeks and poles actually being de-liberately exterminated. Poultry When, upwards of a hundred years ago, a prophet said, " War shall be poured out upon AH nations," it seemed hard to believe. But it is practically fulfilled today. Of t he earth's two billion people, one billion seven hundred million, or four-fifth- s, are actually at war. And the prophet said fun her that such war should continue until a full end is made of All nations. A sad beginning has been made How t e .itips two-ma- n sub-marines goi ini.o Pearl HurOoi', striking evidence that thedcad-l- y little kill' rs weie launched trom a huge winding factory ship, piepiii'id long ago for l heir si ni woe k Also ab-out a plan io Tax the Fit. A S'rikingly illustrated leatuie in The American Weekly, the magazine il, mhiited wii h next week's Ufr ANGELES Ex A Ml NEK A public meeting of the Open Forum will l e held in the City and County Bum mg next Saturday evening at 7 30 to discuss topics of current inler ; t Mr. Al(r- I Sorensen will address the Foiiim during the conrse of the eveningi progi m. EXCELLENT KIMBER STRAIN WHITE LEGHORNS Plenty of eggs for defense needs from our stock. All chick.- - from bloodtested, mature hens, with KIMBER bred in egg laying and livability cha- - lact.erist.ics Also big fast fea- - thering Christie strain New Hampshires ideal for , meat requirements. Write for prices fh liv. ryd tes and further in- - formation to RIPON HATC-HERY, l?ipon California or ( J b Hannink, Agent, 630 Pa'k St Salt Lake City phone 4 2780. ii' "Good can be furthered on earth by studying, rewarding and exalting Goodness." Obviously this does not mean one is merely to study Goodness and to disregard its practical appli-cation to the ordinary, everyday affairs of life. Knowledge is of value in proportion to that degree that.it can be applied. |