Show II i EDITORIALS ByTHE By ByTHE ByTHE THE PEOPLE RIGHT OR WRONG PUBLICITY In Friday nights night's Issue tho r gentle gentie gentleman man from rom S nd Sandy mildly reprove e us for or falUn to express ss ourselves es on the public pub pubic lic ic utility commission Pr Probably the people peo p-eo- p pIe feel teel-as teel aa as 1 I do that there Is Very eo lit tic tOl to the Salt Snit Lake keo TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S It handled th the th Subject clearly and ond and trough brough out the ad advantages nd ad- vantages admirably D BIdes Besides that If It this Legislature Lt has taught us an any anything thinK we fa bave iv learned that It will do io 1 as a. It pleases In of the constitution pledges or tim the will PI of the peo l people I conti consider der tho the Senates Senate's refusal to tou- tou sus- sus thin tho the resolution to it b bY senator benator Dern Zern as ag pointedly Uy needless heedles The joung oung citizens at the university are In and hint at nt at gross groas suppression or of he lIb liberties which are re our birthright ht This spirit Is reflected In the public Suspicion i Is the tho devils devil's unconquerable able ablo trouble maker leaving Its Ineradicable able Ie-able stain on th tho Innocent and the guilty aUk Ani Anything thing eI els better than that Hat Lets Let's hare o the tho fact rl t. t 4 JUI JULIUS JUS M. M MILLER 1051 Ar North Second West est elt city BARBARIC BJ WARFARE I U having ng aJ understood that the use of ot binning oil or gasoline wa forbidden for tor bidden Lidden b by the rules of war ar I am cu cu- to know by what hat right the Germans Ger mans use nee a new gun that fires a stream I of burning oil Into the enemy trench trenches os If they are Justified by the rules rule of ot warfare to do this thia what Is to pre pre- ent vent aeroplanes of ot either army from dropping bombs mb loaded loade with ga gasoline timed to a. a aa ai they near the earth thus all beneath them b by fire ire NEUTRAL I THE ONLY REMEDY I Tho The people havo been en tiring themselves themselves them them- selves over tho right of ot tho the Jitneys s to operate opera alleging that tho the Utah LIGht and Traction company has tuis done so BO much for Salt Snit Lake Loke City that the itt itt- nes ne's should not bo be recognized Lot Let me say Ray that the tho Utah Light and Traction company which grew from a n. apart part of ot the Harriman millions would oust try e competitor If It It had Its own way as Is la shown b by the tho lobbyists In tho the legislature representing tho the Interests of the Or Oregon gon Short Line r railroad and md other lines lineR and companies to defeat the tho public utilities commission bill This Is Isone Isone one side of ot tho the case caso Now ow comes the tho other side The Tho people peo peo- pie of ot tho the whole te of ot Utah elected to ta high office in the sworn to mako make lau just and equitable for tor tho people of ot the whole state Then they disregard ard their sacred pledges made to the people which I Is wor worse o than piracy or h highway robbery robber because If It you are aro held helel up with a n. gun for your our mone money noncy you can expect what Is coming beforehand nd If you dont don't disgorge In tho case se of or the public utilities commission slon bill tho the vote yoto oto Is taken the blow alow Is struck no warning Is given to ho tho people In Ib the case caso of ot a n. rattlesnake rattlesnake rattle rattle- snake h he always gives warning before he 10 strikes but bu In the above o case caso tho the blow Is struck uck and you ou receive the poison pot poi sort son on afterwards arter A poor loor man Is arrested for stealing a n afew afew few tew of coal to keep keel his family from freezing but officers deJure go acott t free I Is there ther a remedy Tea Tes Two years yc hert o. o many who pledged themselves them them- selves rc regardless of or party part obligations to tho tto people will be relegated to tho the political scrap crap pile to join their companions com corn J. 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B SEEKING MINORITY RULE A statement has be been on made and apparently ap ape ap- ap become to tho the effect that an nn amended street Improvement bill but had recently been Introduced Into th the the- legislature which suited all nil classes Interested In the premises and that there would bo be objections to tosu su such h legislation This statement like 1116 the tho shield of or of gold contains only half the truth I find that thit objections exist against the amended amend amend- ed senate bill among the same class clas of 0 people who mado made objections to tho the former bills Some features of tho the present bill are aro even ev n more objectionable than those thoo of lies ites pr predecessors For example This This' bill requires require 60 per cent of ot the tho abutting land owners to protest against the tho proposed pro posed Improvement otherwise It will be made mado This Is In an infamous proposition under a n republican form torm of ot government giving the minority the balance of ot power pow pow- er er and should be tolerated only In such countries as Germany Russia and China Chinn With such a law In force one two or three resident land owners may y file a petition with the tho city commissioners commissioners commis commis- which Is usually Y don done in 0 a stealthy manner and at nt length when whon tho the remaining land own owners r find It out It tak takes s 60 per cent to defeat such auch im- im pro provement Cities s should 1 pay the costs costa of ot paving all street Intersections Those real estate men Commercial club people and municipal lea league e agitators who propose propose pro pro- pose I legislation to the contrary advocate cate the absurd reasoning That the city cant can't mako make the nece necessary sary street Improvements Improvements improvements Im Im- im- im with tho the half ono of ot 1 per percent percent percent cent which the present law allows for tor that purpose Is la It not easier to change this law so that I per cent will wl willbe willbe be allowed for tie tho purpose of ot street Improvements Improvements Im Im- Im It may be bo true truo that tho the commissioners of ot Salt Lake City have expressed thom themselves n as not favoring a law which would allow tho city 1 12 mills millson on the dollar for tor that purpose But lets let's ask ask what these commissioners have to todo do with Ogden City or what more have ve thay to do with laws lawn governing governing gov gov- Salt Lake than any other men owning an nn equal amount of ot real re-I property property proper proper- ty ty R Real I estate men Commercial club people and municipal league reformers have hav ave been earnestly endeavoring bi biennially biennially bl bi- for the tho last t ten n years to coin Into l bills similar to senate enate bill bl and have as often otton failed tailed In their endea The opponents of or such legislation had concluded that every cry person with conscience and common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense had abandoned abandoned- such abandoned such tn Infamous Infamous' tam bills which would place placeS the burden of ot taxation where It does does' not belong and thus sell the homes of ot many citizens citi and mako make the zens Inhabitants of ot our our- fair tenants at at- atwill will wUl rather than freeholders It would seem eem however that some few ow of those hectic agitators together with some few tew new adherents adherents adhere cling on like the leech true to Its nature Intent on extracting tho the last drop of ot blood from Its victims T The TUb pUblic cat at la large s Is not aware of ot the fact tact that each real estate state mans man's contract of ot sale ule provides that tho the purchaser pur pur- chaser shall pay all tare and assess ments of ot whatsoever kind and nature thus relieving the vendor of ot all such co costs ts Is It any wonder that they that they wl wish h paved roads to their add and subdivisions subdivisions sub sub- divisions In the suburbs of ot the city to facilitate facilitate- the exploitation of ot their ram com and tho the preservation of ot the ru rut rub 9 ber tires of ot their automobiles CITIZEN J |