Show 1 Mexico l xico Friendly m HE BE pro provisional president o of Mexico Adolfo Adolio do de la Ia T J. J 1 Huerta makes haste to tell the newspaper men at Mexico exi o City that the tho new laws based upon the new constitution one provision of 01 which nationalizes deposits de- de posits of oil will be pe interpreted liberally and will not be retroactive This announcement pr probably bably means that so BO far as tl the e president can shape the policy of Mexico American oil interests will not be taken en over oyer overby I 7 by the M Mexican government as as' the Carranza made constitution constitution con- con had planned Assurances of friendship for the tho United States arc profuse and payment or acknowledgment of all leally le Ic l gaIly ally contracted foreign debts is promised Asked ns fiS to what he meant by DY debts legally contracted the president evaded a n. definite reply which probably means incans he ho will not pay any of the obligations of the Carranza government that he can get out of It is a principle of business that newly installed presidents of the tho southern republic never seem to learn that repudiation is the severest blow that could be struck at th the thc credit and amI good name financially o of any government If Carranza was the legal president and incurred debts for and in behalf of the tho Mexican 1 government government government gov gov- no matter how bow unwisely spent ac according to toDe toDo Do De la Ia Huertas Huerta's viewpoint the new regime must assume them if the Mexican credit is to be maintained and if he nc expects to market new obligations in this or any other country However all of Do De la Ia s 's professions m arc of ot the friendliest nature towards this country and are in accord with General Obregon's earlier assurances It Itis Itis Itis is probable the report of Senator Falls Fall's committee which recommended that financial assistance or recognition recognition rec ice of the new Mexican regime be withheld by bythe bythe bythe the United States government until the provisions of the constitution so far as they apply to American interests are rc repealed may have had hasI an effect effect ef ef- cf- cf feet to influence these professions ons of friendliness and it is possible the declarations of the Republican party platform may have hae had some effect in that direction also We should not recognize any Me Mexican can government nnIe unless it be a responsible go government e nt says that platform platform plat plat- form fonn willing and able to 19 give sufficient guarantees that the lives and d properties of American citizens are respected and protected that wrongs will be promptly corrected and just compensation will bo be made for injury injury injury in in- jury sustained The Republican party pledges self it-self to toa toa tot a t consistent firm and eff effective tive policy towards Mexico Mex Mci- leo ico that shall enforce respect for the American flag and that shall shaH protect the rights of American citizens lawfully in Mexico to security of life and enjoyment of property in connection with established international law and our treaty rights 1 Perhaps the provisional president discerns a Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican victory in November and wants to take time by the forelock k Forts Fort's Future Safe SafeT message to President Lester D. D Freed of tho the T THE 1 Commercial club from the tho committee of Salt Lake citizens who made it their business to go to Washington Washing Washing- ton and confer with war var department officials on the subject of the retention of Fort Douglas as an army post is reassuring and grat gratifying ying Whether the effort put forth shall result in enlarging and improving the post and wd quartering an entire brigade at Fort Douglas whether it will be he made a r regimental post or whether indeed it is abandoned altogether the very efficient and excellent work of these public spirited citizens should be remembered I They have bave proven themselves minute men in the defense defense defense de de- de- de of the rights and ana in the welfare of Salt Lake City and they did it cheerfully and let us hope eff effectively As Mr Freed suggests it was a rather pretentious committee that went to place place the the facts about Fort Douglas before the war college and Salt Lake is to be bo congratulated ed that it has ent enterprising and forward forwardS S looting looking ng citizens who seized tho ho opportunity to do a good turn for their community at a psychological moment Th The suggestion that we do what TTO ye can to assist in recruiting for the tho army will bo be favorably received not only as a reciprocal court courtesy sy for Jor the assurance that we need not worry about the future of Fort Douglas but as aa a patriotic duty Baby Thieves K G of f children and holding them for ransoms rant ran- ran t JA so Boms 18 is a crime that frequently obtrudes itself upon civilization but usually it is js th the child of wealthy parents parents parents pa pa- rents that is 15 abducted and tho the reward asked for is of ofa a B large amount All the more unaccountable is the tho case of the thc abduction of th the t thirteen old old months baby o oGeorge of George H. H Coughlin of Norristown Pennsylvania which occurred June 2 and which has excited nation nation- wide nation de interest interest interest in in- terest because of the f fact fiet ct that the father is a n poor poorman poorman man and cannot answer the extortionate demands of the kidnaper The distracted father has offered to pa pay which pe he says is all the money oney ho he can ean raise but the demand is 15 for of babies is a particularly 0 cowardly cow r Jy and infamous form of crime A highway robber robber rob rob- ber her is IS a a. gentleman compared to a n. child stealer The The Tho law in many of the tho s states prescribes h heavy pena penalties pen pen- a tics for abduction lOn of children imp imprisonment for t ten n to fifteen years b being not unusual The trouble as in the I Coughlin case is IS to to catch the criminal Even after the ransom is IS paid it is 15 doubtful if nn any evidence will wilt be found by py the tho police as to the identity of the abductor as the father fathe in b hIs bis anxiety ty to re recover o er his baby will wili h take e nobody nody into tA his cor confidence neither th the police relf rel- rel f 1 friends s or his own lawyer as ns to negotiate t secre secretly 11 with th go go- go goc b c t is IS supposed to be bo an exaction of 1 tho the kidnaper under t threat reat o of doing physical injury to 10 the child d. d Jt It Its is a n sad reflection that such Buch fiends ds should should- wear the thc semblance c blance and the form onn of of- man Front Porch Can Campaign D PRECISION DECISION of the Republican candidate t to fight his campaign from his front porch may be bo wise and it may be bo otherwise It is hailed as tS a no return t to a sound American tra tradition an appeal to 10 a 1 getting nearer to the h hearts of hi his countrymen than the he rear end of a Pl Pullman and a n repetition of the method of William McKinley r It is possible this optimistic view of the performance perform perform- ance is correct and nna of course his every utterance will be flashed to the tho uttermost parts of the republic so that all alt who ren read mu may know what he is saying aying ying but there will be disappointment in those is of I the tho country remote from the front porch at nt Marion J Ohio who will not during the campaign have an opportunity opportunity opportunity of seeing their candidate candida to in the flesh of h hearing hearing hear hear- ing his voice and I sizing him up To read his remarks in a fl newspaper and perhaps to visualize his form torm orm in the shadow of the tho moving pi pic pictures tures is the ne next t best thing to actually seeing him and listening to his eloquence but hut the spirit of theman theman the theman man tho the magnetism the charm of his personality willbe willbe will willbo be bo laok ng No doubt many staunch R Republican publican pilgrims pilgrims pil phi grims gums will make the trip to Marion but there will be bo millions who will be bo denied the privilege on account of ot distance distance- and expense e. And if it should happen that the Democratic candidate candidate candidate can can- should be a n. spellbinder and should decide to tomake tomake tomake make an nn extended campaign tour speaking directly to tho the people he would gain a cons considerable advantage Governor Harding is said to be eloquent on the platform of strong physique sound health and appealing appealing appealing appeal appeal- ing appearance and personality so that his determination determination tion thou not to make the ll swing around th circle is rather enigmatical We Ye would think he would be glad to meet the people Mondell on Taxes R REPUBLICAN House Leader Mondell in his statement state state- I meat ment for the final issue of the Congressional Accord both encourages and disappoints the public He raises the cup of tax reduction to our lips and cruelly dashes it away again We Ve shall shaH enter the new session of Congress in il in March the December and und the new Congress says statement II with the way opened for a substantial reduction reduction re re- rc- rc of the tax burdens In the midst of or our rejoicing Mr r. r Mondell rondell goes on onto onto to sa say that he disapproves of the thc discard of the excess profit levies Unless the best q c.-q experts erts in the country are mistaken much of the l high gh cost of living is centered in these tax levies and there is not much hope for permanent relief until a different sort of ta tax is dc devised one devised sed- sed one ne that will raise the necessary revenues without leaving in its wake an added cost to all the essentials of living liying However Mr Mondell's fondell's disapproval of OL tax revision in this respect is purely individual no doubt as the declaration in the Republican platform seems t to point plainly towards the substitution of taxes of a different character It says But soun sound policy equally demands the early accomplishment accomplishment accomplishment ac ac- ac- ac of that rca real reduction of the thc tax burden which may be bo achieved by substituting simple for complex com corn plex tax laws and procedure prompt and certain determination determination determination de de- de- de termination of the tax liability for delay and uncertainty uncertainty tax tat laws which do not excessively mulct the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer or needlessly repress enterprise and thrift If language means what it says and if platforms are arc made to stand on the Republican party stands pledged by this plank to a substitution of a n. better form of taxation than the excess profits taxes which I do d excessively mulct the tho consumer and needlessly re repress repress re- re press enterprise and thrift as hns been repeatedly shown shon Color Cures DISEASE is merely an unbalanced condition of the D colors And thou though h one oc ma may not have havo known it the human buman body is only a a. compound of colors A state of healthfulness can bo be restored by reducing the preponderating preponderating pre pro color or by adding that one ono which is missing missing missing miss miss- ing to make the system balance properly 4 Such in brief is a new theory for the treatment of disease by color waves which Dr Dinshah Ghadiali announced at th the annual convention of the tho Allied Medical Medi l cal eal Associations of America recently held in New York In health the new theorist claims the bodily colors arc are proportionately balanced Disturbance of this color balance produces disease Establishment of the color balance by bJ administering the lacking colors or reducing the increased ones restores health I IThe The physician asserts that red represents an anger cr yellow low mentality blue intuition violet spirituality and magenta love Lemon color denotes pride I orange jealousy while turquoise represents dignity indigo indigo indigo in in- digo benevolence purple veneration and scarlet is the symbol of lust In describing how colors operate in the restoration of health through the use of drugs drug'S which disen disengage age I Ithem them from other colors composing the tho body the physician I cian clan says that a a. person suffering from malaria takes quinine the blue waves of which drive the fever out I and cure the patient It does not matter Dr Ghadiali 1 declares what the ailment is color if I waves aves properly tuned will effect a a. cure Before making any comments comments com corn ments on the new theory the will want to know what its family physician thinks about it Wo Ve are arc confronted confronted confronted con con- fronted by a theory not a 3 condition |