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Show 1 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR T TNarne ajatf mmm I Ike thta S,aarii,A. Owlaa) la aaa,a Plateav tkay mwml ke paeOA as w rarda eaA k aa .fcas af Aa-l l,,ra. ffpiaaaailaalaa) ene,anlad kr wrMar'a mwmm d AA.I will aw4 W awlAA. Tkla te ft Aw Wi faith. TJfta wiQ AM ka paHIIA4 H the wttv . ra-eaiala. ra-eaiala. TAa T-Ietwa Aaae k-l a. a,i,aalkllltr fae ewe eeaaAaa aapraaaad lo Ikle dwartaw. Ban fa tka aaawFeay eff eer atelaaaaaA. eaa fa Ika ralarej of aMaaampM taa. aaUlad. aUllatawa dlaiaailiae Will nt b ead. Ittaa aaaal ke wrltlaa e aaa aMe ef ttaa pee amir. AA. draaa ail weaaalatuaa, aa Ttae uae. Rhodes Criticises Associated Industries Kdltor Telegram: . Recently (hero appeered In ymir eolumna a letter signed by K. X. nregory. In which he took Issue with some of the staiantema being made In he-half he-half of Joseph K liellghor. Amerl-CAn Amerl-CAn party cAnillrrAlA for irutyar. I heArtlly euhelba to everything In the letter, and would add a few worde on my own account. 1 hold no brief for any candldAte eo far placed before the publio. hut fl tha urge to expreea myeelf when a man who has done all In his power lo Injure a certAln claee of people haa the coneumniale nerve to eoliclt velee from that very clAes. Ths AmeticAn pArtr ' rlAlms to stsnd for a sqiiars doAl for lAhor, And yet Ha Irader. not very long ago, made a report to membero nf he AaanclAled fnduetrlee which fAlrly reeked with unfalrneaa. ur-Ihormore. ur-Ihormore. thle him Joeeph K. Ual-Igher Ual-Igher haa been working for the eame unfair caua In which thA Mormoa church seema e active, namely, the felaely named American Ameri-can plan campAign. which haa been so eAlly lo Halt Lake, both In A business And a moral aenee. Blame It on tha war if you will, but the fact remAlna that tha Aaenrlal--.1 Industrlee have driven more god. eolid. money-epeading clitsens tint of I'tah then Any community should osrs lo lose., When the American party fthe writer wondcre If II might not w.l be nanied tha American Plan par- yl, aaka the aupport of labor In erparallng church and atata. labor feela Impelled to comply, but with euch a candidate aa la offered labor la-bor haa good grounda to wonder whether It la worse ts continue under the regime of an open and well known enemy or aubmlt lie Inlereata to the lender merClea tf a wolf In aheep'a clothing. J. r'i HHOPK8, tl West Third North, city. Wants to Know-How Know-How They SUnd Editor Telrgram:-The. election Is near at hand and ws notice there are a gttodly number nf applicants out lo fill the vacancies of mayor And two of tho city commissioners. W ssk It they have any apeclAl program to offer us aa cltlsene if Halt lavka City or la it that they are merely seeking theaa positions with an eye to attend to tha routine rou-tine work In theea several offlrea wita no other object thaa holding Uia Job down. We ask them ta consider what would be for tha very beat tot Bait Lake City. Are they willing lo run for theaa Poelllone with a signed affidavit to tha effect that they are willing to relinquish All right and claim to said positions and that no effort will be made to rnntlnue tbelr length of time In office should the legislature paaa a law for a city manager form of government, and also that they land their full aupport aup-port to the rauee of batter and mora efficient forma of city government. gov-ernment. 1-et them show a true spirit for service and aubmlt to whatever ihe people have u aay for that which elands for a better and bigger Bait Lake Cliy. This la tha stamp of a nonpartisan CITIZENS. Regrets Absence of Interest in Economics Editor Telegram: I have read with deep Intereat your eerlre of artlclea by John T. Sinclair. Thus far. It does not dawn on me wherein where-in we, la this Iniermountaln district dis-trict or neck of the woode may be alile to, in any way, profit by the drastla Industrial, monetary and social experience of natlona ha so ably portrays. Aa Mr. Ueorga K. Davis says In your Imua of September 17, "I only trust that whsn tha aeries on Eu-ropeAn Eu-ropeAn Econornlee la flntahed wa may sea something on similar lines covering tha field of economics "Arer At home. There haa been so much mystification of tho science sci-ence of money and banking, for example, ex-ample, that the popularisation of these things requires almoet a sort of geniue." Will aoma eoonomlo genlaa be kind enough to nee and make plain why It la that the aama kind of money uaed to prosecute and win a WAr, that aa soon aa peace la declared, de-clared, the credit money of the nation na-tion la Immediately taken In hand and by tha manipulation of money experta of the public finances. Is duns In such a way as to make It oecoma private property' -The raw material of credit la tha faith and confidence of the people, peo-ple, lis machinery and equipment le tha sovereign power of tha people peo-ple through congress, to Issue the peoples money and regulate tha value thereof, 'I'nder the federal reserve act Of 1U, credit control le so centralised cen-tralised that leea than a dosen men hold autocratic dominion over every Industry In the land." The current opinion la that all currency money leeued by the government le backed by an equal amount of gold In the national treaaury. My understanding ia that the gold In tho national treasury ( owned snd controled by the federal reserve gold finance experta, but that our! national treasury furnishes free protection And vsults to house the same: Also, tha clerka aro paid by Ihe government to take gorxK and correct rare of tha "precious metal'' met-al'' until auch lima aa this rotelre of men may wleh or alflah ends to causa a panic or war to take place. No war was ever fought with gold becking. When war Is en. the cowardly metal goes Into hiding. But so soon aa peaoa la declared gold reappeara. ewAggere lo the I front, claims supremacy snd takea tha frulls of victory. Therefore, to nie. In our strenuous life, Ihe aounil money question Involves consideration considera-tion which not only affects tha future fu-ture of thia nation, but of i.ian ' kind at large. Thla being the vAse, -... . . ... - -- ar th ra Hi tons nf workers "pa-tiiotio "pa-tiiotio lo thmel '' wo lone tht-y allow fn4 which m far ai they aro eonrornod la not noeca aarjr) themwlvoa to bo subject to th bhat of a dnsn men, vn folnv to war mrly to protct and prvtuat Lb intrsta r.f thoa who mak. void their Godf "Wht fool a w mortalt b. Tour truly, for bi(er Industrial condttinna. J. li. MIDOaUT. ail Third Avnja . |