Show FOR legislative consideration the utah state leg will convene in a few days and it is fervently hoped that every member will peel his coat and go to work with a determination to ditch every measure that is is suggestive ive of graft and personal pelf and bury it deep we hope to see this legislature abolish the utilities commission a commission that was created several years ago at the behest of the rank and file of the population in the belief that it would be a public benefit but which has proven the fallacy of that conception almost from the day of its birth cut out this vermiform appendage and save the money it costs to maintain it and then let the business organizations of the counties cities and state function without the interference of any legalized meddler in comin community unity business affairs at the same time provide for the immediate repeal of laws that created that august body the state board of pardons if it is permitted to exist judging the future by the past it will not be long until every criminal and c crimin ally inclined person in the state will combine to make our courts of justice a laughing stock As it is we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly to bring criminals to justice only to see that the effort has been wasted in so many cases that we become discouraged in paying taxes with the belief that we are helping to make it safe to live here in utah we are rapidly reaching a point where the th criminal element no longer fears punishment our courts should prove just as capable of tempering justice with mercy and more so than a pardoning board that is ignorant of the details of conviction abolish the pardoning board and thus strengthen the courts of justice also tn gentlemen of the legislature bear in mind that the mining industry of utah the industry which means more to the growth and prosperity of the people of this state than any other and upon the successful conduct of which all of the people are more or less dependent should be liberally dealt with in the ma matter ater of taxation and regulation so that investors may feel that there is something to be gained in building 6 up the industry heretofore and all the time the legislatures of utah have tried io to shape our laws so that farming stock raising sugar su ar making etc should be encouraged and protected now gentlemen go a step further and do a little for the mining industry dont try to kill it help to build it up it is the foundation upon which all other state industries flourish boost it all you can |