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Show SMITH FIELD, CACHE COUNTY. UTAH, FRIDAY, .MARCH 26. 1637. the winds of March swept the landscape. So far as this country is consumed, March received its hardest blow when it was deprived of Inauguration Day. One need not worry abjut March, however, Yhat doe? not happen during March can happen some other time, and of time Published Every Friday at Smithfield, Utah then seems to be a liberal supply. The supply of men seems ample t.o. Entered at the Peetoffice at Smithfield, Utah, aa Secoad Cleat Mail I Taking the two together, the world's work is likely to go on without much I Matter regard to the passage or the mouths or the coming and going of men. I The Secretary Advertising Rates Will Be Made Knewn Upon Application of the Treasury is said to have forbidden the designation of fiscal agents in thf3 country to manage prospective American investments in a projected foreign loan. The language of finance is PAYING UP THE TAXES reader elaborate, and the average might be inclined to conclude from the foregoing merely that the govOne cheering report comes from Dun and Bradstrcet, to the effect ernment is busy with money matters, that taxes are being paid much more promptly than they were a as governments are most of the time few years ago. In 1983, the average delinquency in tax payments A little further down the column, a was reported as 26A5 per cent. In 1936, this delinquency was rut plain, speaking soul breaks in with down to 13.9 per cent. In 1930, soon after the depression started, a comment which all of us can underwaa 10.15 per rent. It would seem probable the average delinquency stand: They want another loan for with the improving times, that this year's taxes would not be any armament and for their .war. We more behind than those of 1930. If so, thin means a long step toward have been stung once, tfe wont be progrean. stung again." That much made clear, The difficulty of getting taxes collected has been one of the worst the refusal of the Secretary to desphases of the business situation. It has impaired the credit of hunignate fiscal agents takes' on a new dreds of cities. A city might seem solvent enough on paper; but meaning, and the use of long words if its people could not pay their taxe the financial fabric waa be forgiven. may threatened. The somewhat worn saying which If cities can not collect their taxes, some of them will probably has to do with a house divided againnot be able to pay the interest on their bonds, which would affect st itself seems pplicable to the the institutions and individuals that have bought these bond. labor groups contending ugaiivt Also if cities can not collect their taxes, they either have to raise each other under the leadership of the assessments on those who are able to pay, which threatens to Mr. Green and Mr. Lewi;. Each, drive people and industries out of such eommunitiei, or they may no doubt, Is quite sure that the have to close up or curtail schools, road work, land ther essential fundamental principle for whi.li his services. organisation stands is right, and The financial solvency of the country rests on taxes. Which teaches perhaps one of those principles should that taxes must be reasonable. If they are made so high the be adopted, to the exclusion of tli? that people just can not pay them, some of them lie down and wont other, yet it is unfortunate that the try to pay. When taxes are reasonably low, Jhe cities live on a controversy should have arisen at sound foundation, business is encouraged, and the people retain their this particular time, when there are so many other difficult questions to purchasing power. be settled. Looked at in another way, if labor has any serious probThus there is spread out on lems to solve ,they should be sal- WASHINGTON CORRENT affairs. the counter a variety of wares, suitable for all tastes. The purchasCOMMENT er can take his choice. He must try on the garments and aee how look. This column has nothing they The discussion of changes in the to say if the selection, however Supreme Court gues on, and continbe to for the turns out made, ues to t6 ;ho topic of chief interest, , both from the standpoint of politics worse. If the year is separated into 12 and the standpoint of statesmanship. approximately parts, the laws of Politically considered, the President considered, is said to be driving a wedge into chance, mathematically make it probable that something of his party, and in reply those who Importance will happen during each hope for a wedge are invited to division. The month To of March, there wait until the next election and see has no right to stick up its fore, if they can find any signs of a nose at its YOU neighbors in the calenwedge. Regarded from the view dar. It the that however, happens, and underpoint of statesmanship, it appears current month Sympathetic has furnished a liberal have that no greater disservice (which is number direction standing a useful word,' by the way) ever Madison, of presidents, andincluding Sons and marked Lindquist CleveJackson, Tyler, was done to the cause of human land who may be counted twice, since for funerals many years. rights. On the contrary, the proposed he aerved two terms. The debit side Low cent, too, has been an reform is long overdue and ia a of the ledger contains the names of outstanding factor. We have struggle between the representative? Filhnoie, Benjamin Harrison and our reputation for earned of the people and a small group Taft, all of whom made their exit which baa lost touch with everyday from the affairs of this world as fair, dealing and depend- I The SMITHFIELD SENTINEL of the time or pi tee, ved regard'-esand labor is entitled to cl.u.se its own time to settle its own affairs. The nutter may be over an incident in a general readjustment of human relations which seems to Le going on, and it may be tbit the settlement of theunicn question is essential to an arrival' at that adjustment. Scientific men in New York have devised a balance so delicate that it can weigh an ink mark. That is an interesting but not entirely necessary piece of informsticii. that con come from an ink mark has been understood for a long time by thr.se who have bought s n autos on time or endorsed notes for in a position exactly opposite fr,m that of normal persons. His st .nuuh their friends. i his only abdominal erg an In --coo- UPSIDE BOY DOWN HEALTHY AT AGE 3 rightful place. The boy hasnt been siA fr,. a day during the past year, his plr. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse ft. yJr. nick said. Salt Lake (UP) City Warnick, remaikable fur the LaMar p.si-- 1 tion cf his vital organs which are exactly where they ought not to be celebrated his third birthday last week, to astound doctors. The "upside down" boy has his heart on the right side and his appendix on the left. His liver is -- ooo- Impoverkh ef rural family Mlt oe fought with common sense, The situation must be corrected by star, ting at the ground and aitempdng to reeontsruct the basis of ludivid-uo- l capitalism which has been undermined by depression forces." Secretary of Agriculture, SMITHFIELDS WIDEST CHOICE IN CARS LOW-COS- T RIGHT AT YOUR FORD DEALERS! le.-no- Sene the new Thrifty 60 your WITH Dealer offers the widest selection V-- 8, of low-cocars in history. See him before you decide on anything. Perhaps the best buy for you is a new 85 smart, economical, and one of the best performers on the road. Or if economy counts most with you a new Thrifty 60, just as big and roomy as the 85, just as but designed to operate for less than any Ford car ever built. If you want to spend st ably. easy-ridin- G. W. LINDQUIST And SONS g, To bo sure you get ' the MOST still less, we have R&G used cars many makes and models including 35 and 36 V-8- s carefully renewed to specifications laid down by the Ford Motor Company and guaranteed ia writing, on a money-bac- k basis. Why settle on anything until yonve seen everything at your price? Come in and see several different cars, side by side. Then put your money into the particular bind of value that will mean greatest satisfaction for the months to come. for your money . . . see Your Ford Dealer FIRST this year! 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