Show I II Let Letters t era Must Be o 0 p pin I n Ions Welcomed II Signed Names With With- PEOPLE S CORNER P Please I e a IS e Do Co Not I I held Upon Request Exceed Words I Silver Problem Arousing Concern Editor The Telegram When h n you oU look nt at tho the bl big white whito metal which is handed you jou as part of ot your salary or 01 wage wago you OU scan tho the Liberty l lead cad d which is Impressed upon the face faco and pa pay compliment to tho the beautiful coin oln Itis Jt It l lIs Is worth cents on the dollar you 83 say tay But is Js it Every vcr silver mine owner when you OU ask usk him will tell teU you ou No The statement of or tho the director of ot the United States Slates mint answers the thc question that your dollar dollar dollar dol dol- lar is worth but 35 cents and that the pi price Ice of or silver sll recently has been the lowest lovest In history This Information Information Inter Inter- mation is also on gl Ivon b by Senator tor PIttman of or Nevada who has offered an amendment to tho the bill for tor fora tora a duty of ot 30 10 cents per ounce on sil sll- sll v yet ver r. r Senator l Pittman declares that tho the situation Is one of ot grave ravo concern concern concern con con- cern In tho the United States during this period of ot ln in increasing Idleness s of or labor Jabor and silver sliver bullion and oroIs ore oro Is now carried d free freo in the tho tariff bill It Is then pointed out by the thc Nevada senator that a drastic measure measure meas meas- ure uro must bo be taken to prot protect t the hl industry u tr and that It Is the tho placing of ot an embargo upon tim tho thA Importation Importation tion Uon of or silver sliver except for the tho purpose of ot reduction refining and export Hence the amendment which ho has offered to the tariff bill bUt I simply desire to call your jour our attention to the thic fact th that t there are oUter other matt matters rs hell besides rs sugar which should demand the attention of ot the tho Utah con congressional res- res delegation T. T E JJ J. ELLIS Favors Plans Made by School Board Editor The Tho Telegram No o moro more blanket expense accounts accounts ac SC- counts are to be e pr presented the tho city board ond of ot education This order was issued b by tho the bo board ud at its meeting oh Tuesday evening e The board I likewise discountenanced and prohibited prohibited pro pro- the this use of ot any IOU practices U tices es Now Nosy then If It the keeping of oC tho the b books is to bo be done dona in such uch a a. manner that tho the ordinary layman laman Ul may ly bo be able ablo to learn what ho hode do- do de desires sires when request Is s made the board will have 8 started ri right ht However However How How- ever the board also resolved that future futuro auditors auditor's stat statements must be made to conform with with- advice of oC at at- at Heretofore oro the tho auditors auditor's statements concerning ln tho the boards board's handling Interest on sinkIng sinking sink sink- In Ing fund Investments and in treating treat treat- l log ing g tax lev levy estimates on outstanding outstanding In ing bonds has differed with attorneys attorneys' advice ad This action nellon of ot tho the board from my viewpoint I Is as it should be oth otherwise why h employ a attorneys Tho The board has done a a. wise wise- I c- c thing in m my view l In requiring re bidders for school construction to file with tho the b board aid a questionnaire which must be filled out before plans and specifications specifications ape ape- will be submitted to nn any prospective bidder the tho questionnaire questionnaire question question- with tho the integrity and ability of or tho the contractor to carr carry carryout carryout o out t his contract To ro me mc it would appear pp nr that tho the elt city school boned board has reached a point when it pro pro- poses pole to function AS ns the board should and not leave lea so much t to subordinates 1 J 1 trust that I am no not mistaken N N. N C C. KELLY Urges Inquiry on Oil n Cash Warrants Editor Tho The Telegram It Is ne nearly neary eleven cleven month since sinco th the special auditors commenced com corn auditing the city books Th The amount paid reaches close to 80 SO and little c results aro are shown n They dl discovered ered the tho pink slip Yet they havo failed w so far fat t to get a a. glimpse of tho the beginning o otho ot of tho the Salt Lake Lako City steal pl plant nl that tha has flourished for fifteen years cars pas past I 1 mean meAn the octopus called Cash Cas Warrants on Sp Special cial Improve Improve- mental meets r quote only one one Item listed as c curb rb and gutter extension No 24 24 as as' It is Js given I cn In tho auditors auditor's audi audi- tors tor's and en engineers engineer's reports o Every figure is authentic and can bo produced produced pro pro- when I 11 wanted CASH CASHA WARRANTS A ISSUED 1912 10 HI 1920 O 2315 1913 1921 1914 1314 1922 1915 2 19 1923 3 3 66 1916 Nono ono 1 1921 Nono None 1917 1917 None 1925 1918 Nono None 1926 1916 1157 1919 1927 1927 1928 0 Tile The record shows hows that tha-t at tho the of or 1923 27 tho the amoun amount of ot outstanding cash warrants I Is only 1750 Yet 1928 shows show outstandIng outstanding In ing warrants 0 Those These cash warrants are issued issued on vouchers from front the iho en engineers engineer's department Thu Tho ext extension was finished In 19 1922 Tho question Is Js What happened to these sums suing ten years yearn before tho the extension was built and six BIX years cars after It was as completed The engineers engineer's report of or 1913 says All AH 11 preliminaries are ara complete ant an and ready for or construction the coming year car Why then these sums In Inthe Inthe Inthe the years that follow And why no not In 1916 18 It appears that hat the special audit progressed In Its natural wa way It should havo have disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed these facts Therefore I will suggest est to tho special auditors that thai I they ascertain where sidewalk extensions extensions ex ex- tensions No 28 aro really i-eally lo located lo- lo catro whether the they aro are here in this cit city and or el elsewhere Both the tho engineers engineer's and auditors auditor's reports leports merely list them as district No 8 district west of ot State street ant arid ruia dl district No district east cast of or Main street Why h did It cost for Cor ad advertising advertising advertis advertis- crUs ing InS in 1926 and In 1928 for tor for ox extension ex ex- tension No 2281 And why such a large difference In favor tavor of ot No 3 which Is only charged In Ir I InS 1928 why did It cost the city It to pave one forty feet In paving ln extension No In Int t Tho The engineers engineer's department Is an tn office of ot record and must be correct These ought not riot to bo be very hard nuts for or the special auditors to crack I They ey 1111 may also out how nearly ne section compiled laws of ot Utah 1917 1317 has been compiled complied com corn plied piled with in Issuing cash and anI time warrants on th these so two sidewalk extensions cx- cx t tensions In 27 1926 |