Show c Wilson Tilson's S 'S s Belated Crusade CrusadeD I n. n WILSON'S WILSONS attack u the corporation D DR laws of New Jersey would have seemed seemed more mora I valorous had bad it occurred two years ago It I mR may not riot be plead for him bim that incumbency of the thc gubernatorial chair was necessary to an all un understanding under under- erI er- er I standing of the tho abuses that are arc fostered by the statutes of his state for these have o been a n scandal for a decade X Nor or may it bo be urged in his behalf that he COt could have hn accomplished nothing with the tho I former fonner legislature since he could have e amended the tile states state's corporation statutes as easily as ho he hoI I defeated James Janics Smith for senator or as ho he I I pUshed other beneficial legislation that his friends I consider so o complimentary to him It is true that the upper house of the tho New Jersey legislature two years ago was Republican yet that body not only enthusiastically supported Dr Wilson in remedial legislation but initiated a great measures that were of incalculable benefit 60 to the state Republican members of this upper branch repeatedly appealed to Governor Wilson Wilon Wil Wil- son eon on to force through the House Howe excellent measures I which had originated in the tho Senate had hod passed that I body and that needed the tho approval of the lower house It is but fair to assume t because of this well wen known attitude easily proven by the records that they would have e as earnestly supported him in f amending amending- the pernicious corporation statutes had he desired them to do so The President-elect President is noted for his hi precision I of statement and for the facility with which ho selects from rom a well-stocked well vocabulary words and andI I phrases phrase that convey his meaning and upon which but one construction can be placed When he says that the tho laws of New the t Jersey provide very I method of forming vast combinations and creating cresting creat crest ing m monopoly against which the whole hole country bassets has bas sets it Its Its' face he exposes a Sl condition concerning which tho nation has been informed for many years It is therefore inevitable table that all nIl should J reflect upon the curious fact that Governor VilI Wil- Wil I ou on makes meIres his first serious attempt to correct this condit condition ou only at the moment when nhen ho is preparing preparing preparing I ing to leave tho the governorship and go o up higher I The citizen of active mind cannot but search forthe forthe for forthe the reason reman for all thi this It should hauld not be understood th that t Dr Wilson Wilon I did not discuss this condition in his message of two years ream ago he did call attention to it it but he ho never nc J made an Ln effort to go further to force the lawmaking lawmaking lawmaking law- law making body to follow his recommendation t H P pa I J Solution of Canal Question I ROOTS ROOT'S bill appealing appealing- that provision pro I of the Panama canal act that is objectionable I to Great Britain is considered in some somo quarters toI to tobe I be an administration measure although it does notI not I Ii I i necessarily follow that such is the tho case President Taft has held ever since sinco the beginning of tho the disagreement dis dis- dis- dis 1 agreement that the United States has the unI undoubted undoubted un un- un- un doubted right to remit tolls of owned American-owned I vessels and he gave point to his opinion in this regard by signing the act of Congress which provided provided pro pro- vided hIed free passage for coastwise s ships owned in inthis inthis this country At the same timo time he proved his desire desire de de- de- de sire to be bo fair with Great Britain by suggesting that some method of adjusting the controversy ers inthe in inthe the courts of the United States be found Mr Taft laft I also announced his readiness to submit the matter to arbitration Mr fro Root has taken the opposite TIC view from the I beginning He has hae held that the Hay Ilay c dreary eat eaty obligating the tho United States to treat the theof t I vL n of all nations without discrimination included included in in- s I also those owned by citizens of this country coun coun- t try Believing this construction to be correct the tIle t Nev Nes' York senator has always opposed remission c of tolls to American ships The introduction oft of h t 0 his hia bill at this time is therefore in h harmony with I his views and is presented now because there seems a likelihood that a n. majority of C Congress will WiH prefer J this method of avoiding a disagreement with Great I Britain that In time may prove annoying I The question of Panama canal tolls toUs is one that I seems seema difficult of arbitration because of the impossibility impossibility im im- im- im t possibility of getting gotting an unprejudiced tribunal I Every nation is ia as d deeply ply interested as is Great Britain and even those that have c no marine interests interests interests in in- I are are not wholly without concern since commercial commercial com corn mercial matters in all the world will be affected i I Recognition of this difficulty will get much more support for Senator Roots Root's ideas than they rei re- re i at the time th the canal bill was passed I A Chance for Mr Roosevelt IF I P the heavy hand of f Turkey is taken from Albania Al Al- 1 bania and that little state is granted autonomy I which now seems probable as one of the interesting results of the tho Balk Balkan war war it is reported she may come to America to secure a a. ruler Let us hope I t the report is true such an eventuality c wm would d solve sol I a a puzzling problem that once was general in AmerI America Amer Amor- I ica and is now specific For years we wo have been accustomed to discuss casually and academically the question as 05 to the proper disposition of our ext ex- ex t Presidents Since 1003 1008 however er the issue has been heen pressing an and a a. condition not a theory has conI confronted con con- I a fronted U U. us A As La tf to the President ex-President that will automatically auto auto- I be created O on March 4 we know what I. I to do with ith him as his hiJ course is plainly marked out a It is the sort BOrt of course of which we all approve I As to the other c ex President however the matI matter mat mat- I ter is if quite different Colonel Roosevelt has hi his own owl idea of what we shall do with him but if that suggestion were followed he would no longer bean be bean i i an ex President thus rendering the proposition i I impossible of discussion To any o other disposition i i he lie will not agree and wo we have thus thug reached an apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap i iX parent impasse What he lie wants t the o people ople to do X I IJ J with him the people refuse what they want him himo r I to o do ho liu will not vl d seems just the V Were ere he made ruler of that country he would have e the authority he ho craves and the American people would tret the I rest they so 0 badly need Mr r. r Roosevelt's a advice vice is I valuable but he could flood us UR with it jUt just as ts well wen from the Balkans as from Oyster Bay and the tho l distance would mellow it to the gentle murmur which would be more satisfactory to our ears t 1 Pa P M Mt t r The Thc ret retirement of Senator Bailey seems seeing to be bo 1 mourned by but few Is Js that a sign of oC progress I or otherwise 1 L I s a I t Dr Wilson on declares that he prefers sort of ofa j a Democrat to a progressive Republican What bat batI I 1 is the Ilie difference i between them professor do r It do l 10 r r i if t. t i I I I I 1 c t s t t c h Duty of County Assessors PON the vigilance exercised by the thc county assessors assessors assessors as as- UPON in the tho performance of their annual duty hinges in a n largo large measure the relief which the thc people may secure in 1913 1013 from the burden burden burden bur bur- den of taxation The fhe valuation of all an th tb property in iii the state for purposes of taxation is now being heing fixed the county assessors and their assistants are scouring their respective counties countie for all property both real and md personal that each ench may pay its just proportion towards tho the maintenance of municipal county and state government If the tho usual custom of listing all property and permitting permit ting ting- so much earning dividend property to escape is t to be followed as fiS usual the burden of government govern go men t meat ment will continue to rest upon those thore least able to maintain i it the home homo owners No re ision of the tho tax laws of Utah is necessary necessary necessary sary to correct this condition j it is entirely so far faras farns as ns this is concerned merely a question of whether the county assessor does or does not do his dut duty If he employs s the same energy and is as watchful in assessing the property a of the men known knO to be wealthy in listing the stocks and bonds dividend 1 p paying ing securities of the rich man as he be is the little home and the cheap furniture within it or the goods conspicuously displayed on the shelves of the corner grocery the tax burden will be more equally distributed and there will be at least a measure of relief from froni the load lond carried by the tho home Every cry citizen of Utah knows that there are are millions of dollars worth of stocks and bonds in i Utah that never ne' pay a n cent of taxes They are I taxable under the tho law of the state but because it itis itis itis is difficult for or the assessor to reach them they escape If there thero be bo no other means of listing them it is tho obvious duty of tho the assessor to net upon the best information he lie can secure raise the personal property of the assessment to what he thinks it ought to be It is certainly better beUer that thata a n few be given a a. taste of personal inconvenience than that the inequalities of tax tat assessment in Utah shall continue When all the taxable property properLy in this state is listed and ann assessed severe ere penalty for owning Downing a aho ho houie hopie lle in ill this state will no longer be inflicted as is isI isnow n now nw w the case Pa ft P Salt Lake Must Act SALT ALT LAKE is to lose the annual meeting of the tho National Educational onal association ion scheduled for next summer unless the railroads s can cnn be bo induced to reconsider er their refusal to make ft n con convention rate A A. letter Jetter from the national secretary to Superintendent Superintendent CI Christensen makes it plain that the tho transportation trans traus- lines hues will afford nothing better than the customary tourist rate and announces announces also that this will vill not be satisfactory The specific statement statement state state- ment is is made that unless a 40 10 round tl trip p rate from rom Chicago to Salt Lake can be secured the executive ex ex- c committee of the he association will take the tlC convention elsewhere The Tho understanding was the secretary declares that this rate would be given gi or the association wot would d not have considered this city It generally g has been understood that Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles San Francisco Portland Spokane Seattle and other coast const points point usually receive a convention rate when great gatherings are arc held in tho those e cities at any time timo of the year car The ticket prices fixed on those occasions have ha always been heen lower we arc credibly informed Wormed than the customary season rates that hat aro are annually in force If this be true and it should hould be investigated Salt Lake Ll is being made the he victim of if a discrimination which it ought notto not notto to o endure Obviously Ob this city cannot ask for special special cial ml fa favors ors from the railroads and wants nants none It bas as the right however to demand that it be given givena a a. a square deal and this it does not seem to be bo get get- u ting The local convention con committee in institute in- in an immediate inquiry and if the facts are areas areas areas as stated they ther can depend upon the support of the commercial bodies as well as the people generally in whatever cr steps they take to secure justice The National Education association is one of the most important organizations in the United States Its assembling in Salt Lake would bring many visitors of a n class upon which this city and state desires to make a good impression its members members mem mem- bers hers are arc am amon among oner the most intelligent of their various various va- va va aa rious communities and a sojourn in this state would convert them into boost boosters rs of an enor and discretion that would be of incalculable benefit it in removing the mistaken impression which so many II hold bold regarding Utah Salt Lake should not meekly meekly meek meek- ly lv submit to the withdrawal of the promised con con- endon If inquiry proves that this state is not getting proper consideration form the railroads some method should be bo found of compelling a reversal re ye- versal ersa of this condition p i JIll Commission Chooses Wisely T THE HE capitol commission deserves commendation for the wisdom it displayed in its selection of ofa a secretary Charles S. S Tinge is one ne of the most capable men in ill the state ate for a position of that sort and the thc intimate knowledge of the boards board's affairs gained through his two years tenure as one of its members qualifies him above all other applicants for the place Now that the contract for the great building has been awarded and the work is about to tobe be begin ill the state needs an intelligent experienced officer to look after its interests Questions will constantly arise that must be behan han handled led at once there must be a source of information information information mation to which the building superintendent representing representing representing rep rep- resenting the commission and the manager er for the thc contractors may go The task tank of handling handlin these matters as wen well as keeping record of material will fall within the of the and purview secretary nd no better man for fOl the tIle place could have hn been found We congratulate the people o of the state as well as the commission that so able and honest a n secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary has been chos chosen n. n EJ rs M rat 5 The city council of Los Los' Angeles has ordered an investigation in of ot the municipal newspaper believing belie it is costing too much money It was a. a mistake to have ha established hed the paper anyway a better plan would hn have c been the employment of a press n agent who could get ct his stories printed in the privately privately- owned enterprises that must perforce make money pa p P n With two newspaper editors recently elected toI to I t the e United States Senate and a third just inaugurated inaugurated rated d. d governor of Ohio that occupation seems to have become hazardous d p L L to 1 I r I t |