| Show U U. U S. S Governments Government's Interference s II- II In Business Is Flayed by Nominee Train Character Is Senators Senator's Plea liw w f 7 z w wi wr i r n 4 i 7 4 V I IDon Don B. B Colton See Ste article In New Deal Attacked CK a by G. G 0 P. P Candidate Can Can- I te for 1 i rr S' S Senate ena t e i Supervision control and regula regulation of business under runder just and Mj r is greatly desired but continuation oi of constant government in business Ss should not b be encouraged Don B B. Colton former congressman and R B Re Republican publican nominee for forr United States State senator d declared lared Friday in an address addres Ss before the Utah Education tion Speaking at a meeting of the business bust busi ness and ec economics section of ot the as association at the chamber of commerce com coin merce merce Mr Colton declared the government gay gov has strayed a long way waP from general governmental pIes ples It It was formerly the Idea of ot students stu stu- dents of government Mr Colton said that improvement of the people could best be promoted by rulers of cf nations confining themselves to their own legitimate duties and letting c cap p. p ital find its most lucrative course without being directed too much by government Question Debatable It was believed that if it Industry and intelligence could receive their natural reward idleness and folly their n natural punishment govern and and govern government me ment t can concern with maintaining peace defending g property diminish tog frig the price of ot law and o observing i strict economy in very every ery department of the state people would be tented served best and made most happy Mr Colton said any ny question of ot how far th the situation h has s be been n i Im Improved improved proved by g governmental changes changes' is debatable Today he said there are m more than s separate parate industries and pro affected by gov government corn com petition and private busin business The o losses sustained when the he nt goes in into to business are are ol o of course course ai al always i.- i. ways sh shifted ted to to- the taxpayers The speaker declared it to be a a generally conceded fact that the gov government has neve never I shown much aptItude apt tude for real business The postoffice is often cited as an example o of efficient business he lie pointed out Nevertheless it takes fancy bookkeeping almost any year for fora a postmaster ster general to show a a profit in the handling of the mail This is particularly true because no consideration is given to capital in in- vested Administration of national forests and governmental regulation of ot some ome fields fields particularly those having an an Interstate character were declared an ab absolute necessity by Mr Col Cal ton He took figures from r recent ent polls to 10 x support the assertion that there seems to b be a general agreement that the he less government there is in business business busi busi- ness the healthier it is is' for business and md for the nations nation's taxpayers taxpayer A high ligh percentage favored reducing the number of ot on n government payrolls and the application of ot civil service laws to new federal agencies he said Tribute to Teachers Only per cent favored the fIxing fix fix- ing ng of farm selling prices by the federal federal fed fed- eral government he said while 78 per cent favored acreage restriction ti ion tion n and per cent favored the enforcement en- en by judicial proceedings of at standards of ot private business men man gement Only 55 per cent favored the he control of 01 management of private business by government go Mr Mi- Colton ol on blamed lack of contI- contI dence in m the business world for tor the continued depression If l by waving g of ot some ome ma masie magie i iwand wand vand he said we could restore our our ur confidence business would immediately imme- imme pick up and we would be out of f the depression No one seems to find ind that wand Many experiments in government business have been undertaken and many people are coming to believe we ought not to have further experiments experiments ments but a definite fixed policy in busIness until confidence is restored II Mr Colton paid tribute to the teaching caching profession declaring that tha no no o group grup of people has a greater op op- to mold public sentiment than ban the teachers of ot the state and nation It is entirely proper he said that teachers should be given a prominent place not only In the social so- so social cial al but economic life lile of the S state Slate Other speakers at the meeting included in- in eluded Richard Condie Paul New- New meyer cyer F. F Y Fox A. A Rex Johnson Professor J. J J B. B Bearnson Dr Lowry Nelson elson and Professor M. M D. D Ketchum |
