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Show REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE j i 1 h ; Reed Smoot J aire of revenue and nppronrintiin measures. measurably lowering prices and living cosis. AVhen the Republicans w-cre restored re-stored to power in ail hranches of government with the election of President Harding. Senator Smoot tiei-aine chairman of the Joint Congressional Con-gressional committee on, lrinltins and also of the joint coinniitiee on Ileorani.ationdf the Administrative Administrat-ive Crunches of the Federal Government, Gov-ernment, and because of his comprehensive com-prehensive knowledge of all matters relating to the revenues and the tariff, the burden of framing and passing and defending the first emergency tariff bill after the war I fell largely upon bis shoulders, and I when President Wilson vetoed the hill lie sponsored the second emergency emer-gency tariff hill which became a law soon after President Harding's ' inauguration. During the debate on the sugar .schedules of the 1922 tariff hill. Senator Sen-ator Smoot spoke for two hours and although continually interrupted hy members of the opposition, none was aide to cope with him and bis formidable for-midable array of facts and figures. His courage of conviction has never been questioned, and bis speeches in I defence of Republican principles have always been fearlessly logical and enlightening. In December, 1923, Senator Smoot became chairman of the powerful senate committee on Finance, the first time that a man from the Kooky Mountain West was ever so honored. J-Iis first great work as chairman of this important com- REED SMOOT, born at Salt Lake City, t'tab. January 10, 1802, Educated Edu-cated in elementary schools of Provo, also at Brigham Young university uni-versity and the University of Utah. Following graduation from Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university. Senator Smoot entered the mercantile and other business enterprises. On April u, IMOO, was called by the Church of Jesus Christ of J.atter-day Saints to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles: was elected to United States senate to succeed Joseph L. Rawlins and took bis seat on March a, llio;i; was re-elected by unanimous Republican vote of Utah state legislature for second term of six years beginning March 4, MO!); re-elected for third term by direct vote of iieople beginning begin-ning March 4, 1!)15: reflected for fourth term beginning March 4, 1921. Although his seat in the United States senate was contested for several sev-eral years and bis right thereto subjected sub-jected to a long senatorial investigation. investi-gation. Senator Smoot at once became be-came a leading member of that strong coterie of Republican statesmen states-men which included Aldrich. Allison, Beveridge, Depew, Dolliver, Fairbanks, Fair-banks, Frye, Hale, ilawley, Lodge, McCuniher, Gallinger, Nelson, Penrose, Pen-rose, Piatt, of Conn., Quay, Spoon-er, Spoon-er, Teller and Warren. Senator Smoot soon became chairman chair-man of the commit tc on Standards, Weights and Measures, lie was also put on the following important committees: com-mittees: Claims, Civil Service. Pat-nts. Pat-nts. Pensions, Railroads and Indian 1 prclation. In 1900 he was made i mi inber of the important coiuinit- ,cc on Public Lands. His industry mittee was to secure the passage of the 11124 tax reduction bin, Uuring the past four years, as a member of President Coolidge's International liebt Funding commission, he has .successfully guided through the senate sen-ate the highly important measure funding the enormous obligations due and owing to this country by America's war-time allies. Senator Smoot has constantly been called upon to give his atten-tiiin atten-tiiin to national and international affairs, but has never lost sight of tlie needs and requirements of Utah and her people. Among his notable .aoioinplishnients in behalf of Utah, a few- of the most important showing lis diligence relative to matters ilhr.r of general or special interest to this state, are the following: The Slrawberrj Valley Irrigation project, which still furnishes most of the water to Utah county. The Federal Reserve bank in Salt Lake City, almost completed, at a cost of $.520,000. ' The -munitions buildings, south of Ogden, at a cost of $2,000,000. The Forest Service headquarters ' Ogden. 1 Tlie great Echo reclamation pro-- pro-- iect lost sOii-rin,. i i"t-.,i, uid constant activity was always apparent and as early as llloij and mull he was instrumental in ex-.eiidini.' ex-.eiidini.' the time for hoinesiead settlors set-tlors in Utah and took a b'ading part in oilier public affairs especially espec-ially witli respect to niatte-."s touching touch-ing lands in Ulali and other Western West-ern states. During Hie tllst congress .(li)ofl), less than six years after bi-comiug a member of tlie senate, Utah's distinguished dis-tinguished senator was assigned to the powerful committee on Finance. It was during this year that the Fayne-Aldrich tariff bill was uppermost upper-most in the minds of senators and representatives. Senator Smoot debated de-bated the issues raised so ably and with such a complete fund of information infor-mation that lie amazed even bis veteran colleagues. His knowledge of economics was so thorough rhal lie won the admiration of friend and foe alike. These debates brought Senator Smoot definitely to the front rank of the senate. In the succeeding sessions of congress con-gress the Utah senator has repeatedly repeat-edly made valuable contributions to the statesmanship of the country, es- pecially by way of speeches on tlie proposed Court of Commerce, tlie Postal Savings banks, the Canadian Reciprocity bill .the creation of an independent tariff hoard. And when in I9ll) the question of the prices of foreign products was before congress, con-gress, he was the first to proclaim that ''The real value of any article is its ' exchange value." a doctrine which lias ever been one of the cardinal car-dinal principles of the ltepiiblican pa rty. Utah's senior senator has consist-uitlv consist-uitlv championed the Konuhlica u doctrine of protection. When the I nderwood tariff bill came before the senate in llll.'i, Senator Smoot came again to the fore as the natural nat-ural spokesman of the Republican minority and succeeded in exposing the fallacies of that measure. After the United States declared war against c.ermanv. K-'naim-Smoot steadfastly supported the ad-uiinistrnlion ad-uiinistrnlion of I'resuient W'oourow Wilson. lie assisted in passing the war revenue measure of 1P17, and other legislation designed to win the wa r. - Following tlie war, the Utah senator sen-ator voted for tile Covenant of the League of Nations with tile Lodge reservations, hut voted against it when those reservations were defeated de-feated in the senate. He has been largely responsible for the creation of the Budget bureau and the pass- (Political Ad cost the United States government $1.22o.000 to begin, and will still require re-quire $4,0(1(1,000 to complete. Numerous appropriations for federal fed-eral buildings for post offices Ihroughoiit the state of Utah. The law creating Ziou National park. Laws for tlie conservation of Utah and other Western forest lands. The Smoot Dry Farm law. The law making Bryce canyon a national park. The oil leasing law of Februnry 5, 11)2(1. The law to grant additional pensions pen-sions to Civil and Spanish-American war veterans. Laws pensioning veterans of Indian In-dian wars. Besides these actual accomplishments, accomplish-ments, Senator Smoot has also introduced in-troduced hills to establish a military mili-tary aviation academy in Utah; to provide for the acquirement of rural ll es in the public land slates; to stabilize the livestock industrv: fur the leasing of irrigable Indian lands: to establish a game sanctuary sanctu-ary in the Wasatch forest; to quiet title to the school lands, as well as a great number of bills for the purchase pur-chase of sites and erection of public pub-lic buildings in tlie various cities of the state., many of which are now receiving tlie earnest consideration consider-ation of congress. vertisenient) |