Show WHAT POLITICS COSTS Governor Johnson of Minnesota dIN dies dINand and anil leaves a fortune of Con Considering the ability of the man miLn the YEars ears he has been in active life liCe the pay waiting and ready for such a man manas manas manas as he the sum in pitiably small If I he had kept out of politics he could have boon n worth a easily But he lie has baa been of service to the state of ot benefit to the people because of his political labors And that is just the point of the case The people have had a million dollars of benefit maybe vastly more because e Governor Johnson Joon on kept out of business bu lne s and remained in politics The logic ogle of it is that the people should pay more Thore to their public ser nor servants servants John A Johnson Johnsen John en was wu worth much to the tle people J Ople persons do not want values value for foi nothing They want to pay what the thing re ra received received is worth Johnsons services to them were worth a great deal more mOn than they gave him hl That is the American error to be cor corrected corrected corrected And what is true rue of the I late governor of Minnesota Is true trie t e of ovary every city and county officer in the country Here in i Salt Lake we elect a man to the city council and pay him Janitors wages or less He and fourteen others sim similarly similarly flatly paid have control contro of the biggest business in the state The financial af affairs affairs a fairs of millions in value alue are in the hands of a council repaid with the com corn compensation compensation of an n office boy boyOne boyOne boyOne One of nf the wise statements of John Hays Hammond in his recent visit to t Salt Lak Laki was that In Jn England land the dif difference ference terenee between service and nd pay is not so disproportionate as a here in tho the Unit United United ed States State 4 4 There Th re are a good many things to keep a man out of public life liCe to make him avoid politics polities But one of ot the most powerful arguments of the good citIzen is that he cannot afford to take office And the people lose because they do donot donot donot not pay for their services what their services are worth |