Show II P PEOPLES PEOPLE'S E 0 P L E ES S COR CORNER N E R Thinks Drivers Driver's Tax Ul Unfair air air- to Law-Abiding Law Editor of at The Telegram I see that we are to have a car drivers drivers driver's ers er's license as a cure for lor accidents Oh yeah Just another tax on the public Think it would be he a good idea and raise some more money to assess a 3 lIcense tax on everybody for tor theft gambling and drinking just because some break the laws It would be beust just as logical as a car drivers driver's li Ii 11 cen cense e. e About 95 per cent of our drivers observe and obey the laws Why tax the he innocent for the tho acts of the guilty Why should you pay a tax for something something some- some thing hing you do not do Are Arc you sap sap enough to think that all s should pay a license tax just because 5 per cent break the law and arc are you foolish enough to believe that a license for car drivers will wUl control and stop accidents accidents ac aCt ac- ac The great cure all of ot our wise political po po- doctors is to dose the public with a mess of new laws and more laws aws which always confuse and quiet the he patient durin during the major operation operation opera- opera tion ion for high blood pressure caused by ty excess tax burdens More laws also afford more loopholes for lawyers law lawyers to exist while they tangle delay and assist the miscarriage of justice while the public still sun remains blind to the fact that the only remedy to enforce law is swift justice to all offenders without fear or favor Why not riot punish the guilty Why should the innocent pay What do you think Arc Are you listening Well here are arc some more facts In 1908 with about population Ion tion Salt Lake had two telephone systems and md the rate in any home for direct wire unlimited service was only 1 per month with no charge for tor installing the phone Today with about tion Ion and only one telephone system your home phone costs you 3 per month payable In advance for only a party line besides 2 extra for Installing In stalling same It would cost a 3 lot lol lotmore lotmore more for direct one one-narty line You are paying payin at least least- per cent advance ad ad- vance and the telephone company assures you that is not exorbitant Our utility commission must have gone one to sleep on the job or some some- thing OLD TIMER The Pedestrian Too Is a Traffic Danger Editor of The Telegram Every winter brings its toll toU of accidents accidents acci acci- dents often oHen death to children who play on the streets Automobile drivers are arc by no means to blame in every instance for these sad affairs Last Sunday we were riding along Ninth East street which is now a state highway Just north of Thirty- Thirty I Ninth South street three boys of ot about 9 or 10 years ears were out on the road road road-on on ice skates of all things The road was just slick enough with IJ L 1 Letters limited to o words 11 Preference In f publication Is riven where here the true name and adds CM arc used 2 Write legibly on one i i side of at paper only 3 J. Religious ft racial and partisan discussions barred personal aspersions are aie not Dot desired 4 I. Writers must sign true truo names and residential ae addresses ad ad- dresses but when desired these will not be printed 5 Political contributions are arc not considered 6 Views expressed in this department depart ment are those of ot the contributors 1 and do not necessarily reflect the views of or this his newspaper n 7 1 The department nt may not be used as 35 an aD I I advertising medium 8 The Peoples People's Peoples People's Peo Peo- ples pies Corner does not invite more than one contribution a 1 week w I tram from om the same writer down beaten snow to make skating l possible These boys wobbled all ov r that I highway as of or course they would How one of them didn't get under the wheels of our car heaven only knows I We never had such a fright in our j I l liv lives ives s as when he suddenly shot out I j in front of at us Now what were viere the parents of those j boys doing to permit them to skate 1 j on a state highway Perhaps they didn didn't t know of course But surely something can be done to keep chit chil- dren of off the roads Again there are roads in the county coun toun- ty which are arc used by pedestrians all aU the time when there are arc beaten tracks in place of sidewalks where they should walk Driving along at night it is impossible to see these people until you are arc almost upon them High school children go home borne from school scattered across the roads They wont won't use the sidewalks Maybe a fine for pedestrians who persist In walking on the highways would help save a few lives i IA 1 i 1 |