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Show : - . - 'llnJer llnJer ' % h : Ihef 1he . i Q itol [ Ii . I II I , I I , I ( B ) U , . S P , . A . Service ) I I ITo I To buy or not to buy-that buy that buy - that Is thequestion thequestion the , question ! I questionI questionAnent Anent this query of buying the theI thethirsty thethirsty thethirsty thirsty denizens of Utah will probablyknow probably probablyknow , know by the end of next week whetheri whetheror whether i or not they are to be permitted pennltted tobuy tobuy to ryeI ' buy those by products of corn com and ryea rye rye\iell rye iell I a \ \ ell known as hard liquor by the drink drinkand drinkand drinkand ryeI I drinkI I and by the bottle or by the bottle only . I I To keen sizers-up sizers up - of sentiment sentlmeDt fore foreI foreand foreand forei I I I and aft in house and senate it 100ks looks 100ksvery looksvery looksvery very much as though the by the-bottle the bottle thebottleonly the-bottleonly the bottleonly - I thebottle10nlY 10nlY only fellows fello\\s fello s \ are holding the whip whiphand whiphand whiphand . hand They proved conclusively lastweek last lastweek lastweek week that as far as the lower Iowcr house houseIs houseis houseIs Is concerned the question of liquor I1quor con con- control control control - trol is no longer one of state stores storesversus storesversus storesversus versus licensed Ilcensed private selling places placesbut , but simply one of state stores with . no noprivate noprivate noprivate private sales versus state stores storcs with withprivate withprivate withprivate private sales by hotels and restaur restaur- restaurants restaurants . - ants only . , The sole and remaining remaInmg hoat hope-at hope at hopeatleast ho hope -at at - atleast atleast least In the house-of house of house--of house - - - of the private by- by bythe bythe by-thc by thc - the drink sales exponents now novv seem seem- seemingly seemingly seemingly - ingly ] lies acs In the retention of a n sem sem- semblanca semblance semblance - ! blance blanca of such sales as a . part of a astate astate astate state operated stores measuie measure mea iUle < Thatthey Tha.t That . Tha.tthey Thatthey they are faced with a bitter bit'ter ' last ditch ditchtight ditchfight ditchfight tight fight to obtain even this small smail leaven leavenis is admitted . Hardened ' pro proponents jlents of oftate ofstate $ tate stores by the-bottio the bottio the-bottle bottle - - - sales saTe4 saT . ; ' only are areapparently areapparently areapparently apparently unwilling unwilUng to grant the hotel hotel- hotelrestaurant hotel-restaurant hotel restaurant - . restaurant sales sates donccsslon oonccss.ion oonccssion concession . and arc are ! claiming victory for state stores wlth with wlthno withno withno no by the drink sales at allUnder allUnder all allUnder Under House Bill 41-the 41 the 41 - the commit conunlt- conunlt commit- conunlttee committee committee - tee of 49 bill blll reported out favorably favorablylast favorablylast favorablylast last . week v.eek veek by the house judiciary committeeas com com- committeeas committee - mittee-as mittee as mittee - as amended Saturday , power powerto powerto powerto to name a liquor control commission commissionof commissionI of three is vested m the governor governor.Amendments governorAmendments . Amendments adopted further provide providean provideI an "anti anti " snooping snopping ' ' section prohibiting prohibitingrecords prohibitingrecords prohibitingrecords records of state store purchases being beingmade beingmade beingmade made public ex excepting ptfng In court actions actionselimination , elimInation of or a . section providing that thatno thatno thatno no store shall be established estabhshcd In any anycounty anycounty anycounty county in " which "Weh Weh 60 per cent of oC the thevoters thevoters thevoters voters at the last reneal rcncal renal election fav fav- favored favored favored - ored continuance ofrohibition of - ; > - "prohibition prohibition -rohibition rohibition " , rohibitlon ; ; an- an another another an another - other making it Jt mandatory for thl the thecommission thocommission ! commission to determine deterrfrine how much of ofmonies ofmonies ofmonies monies aIlo allowed " ed shall be invested in invarious Invarious invarious various brands of alcoholic aIcohollc beverages beveragesand , and another giving liquor I1quor enforcement enforcementPO enforcementpowers enforcementpowers PO\ PO POers powers \ " ers to all peace officers and some someshte somest'ite somestite shte st'ite stite ' officialsSenatorial officialsSenatorial officials officialsSenatorial Senatorial as \ well ell as house oplnIon opinion oplnIonseemed opinionseemed opinionseemed seemed to favor quick disposal of the thellquor theliquor theliquor llquor liquor problem . This 'l'hls lhls ' was shown when whena a movo move to place liquor control meas meas- measures measures measures - ures last IMt on a list of or bills to be consid consld- consld comM- comM comMered consldered considered - ered for tor action by an all powerful powefful sift sift- sifting sifting . - ing committee to be appointed by bySenate bySenate bySenate Senate President Pl'es1dcnt Ples1dcnt ' Maw ' was defeated defctl.ted defctlted . . WhUa While a n . house caucus . . , of all aU members mem mem- members members - bers- bers bersshowed - - showed sbowed a- a . amajority - majority apparently in inContInued inContinued InContinued ( ContInued on ! last Iast a.st ast . page ) . - - - - - - . & , . . . I Under the Capitol Dome DomeI DomeI DomeContinued I ' I IContinued I I II Ifavol ( Continued from first page ) I Ifavor favol favor of state stOles stores stOlesithout \\ithout ithout without \ any pd pri . I Ivate sentiment in the upper upperbranch upperbranch vate sales : ; ales this thisline thisline be strong along not SO branch may said saidto saidto powerful elements there arc are line to favor state stores stores- storeswith . - with private sales salespermitted salespermitted places permitted permittedsuch such in as certain hotels hotels hotelsandarestaurants and andarestaurants state reslaurants licensed I Iplaces . . . . I IIs Is labor , through its legislative rep- rep repI reps - outsmarting the farm farmblocsuPposcdly farmfello I s resentatlves resentatives , bed- bed bedfellowin - bloc-suPposcdly bloc suPposcdly fello fellouinp fellow-in fellow in - - uinp uinpthe the theldaily the ldaily dally its dolngs doilawmaking doilawmakinggon lawmaking gon on Capito11 Capito11h1111 Capitol Capitolhill h1111 h1111I hill ? I ISome h1111Some Some legislators allied with the agri- agri agriculturists agriculturists - culturists profess to believe thls-that thls that this-that this thlsthatthe thisthatthe - - the solI soil toilers thus far have been tak- tak taken taken - . en for a legislative ride by their per- per perI perhaps perhags - coalition coalition- coalitionists . - more politically skJlled skilled I haps hags Ists As evidence they point to the theI by byI byhouse byhouse I record of measures passed upon I house and senate , seeing there more moreconsideration consideration for labor bills than those thosedeemed thosedeemed ! deemed important to agriculture . the o- o ooperation - Labor has succeeded-with succeeded with - co- co cooperation I ILabor operation of lawmakers from the rural ruralI ruralcommunities ruralcommunities communities or districts- districts districtsin - - in getting gettingaction gettingaction I action on several in which Its keenest keenestI keenestsupporters keenestsupporters On Onthe Onthe vlhlIy vitally interested supporters are I of ofI ofthe ofthe goodly proportion the other hand a the bIlls In which rural representatives representativesI representativesare I are evincmg evincing the greatest interest are areyet areyet I yet to come before the house or senate senatefor senatefor for consideration considerationi considerationThree i Three considerationThree measures of great concern to tohborchUd hbor-chUd hbor chUd ' - - - labor , tmderground underground min- min minI - I els ers ' work-day work day - , and m1I1t1a militia control- control controlhave controlhave - have passed the house Only one of ofinterest ofinterest interest to fanners-the fanners the farmers-the farmers - homestead tax taxI taxexemption I exemption bl11 bill , and Its benefIt to fann- fann farm- farm fanners farmers - fmnl final ap ap- ap . - ers is questionable-has questionable has - - - won - - p ptoval ; ; ; l in ; the . h- h hwer _ ; lower - wer branch . _ . . And A- A AI _ - " the thelast . he heI \ . _ I I last received practically unanimous unanimousI unanimoussupport unanimoussupport support Many agrIculturists however , I opposed the child labor resolution , but butI butlabor I labor delegates held it non coaUtion coalition coalitionI 1 I The agriculturists have benefItted by bysome bysome some minor balms In passage by the thehouse thehouse house of such b111s bills llS as those providing providingfor for labeling of ingredIents in commerctal commer- commer commercial - cial ctal foodstuffs , flood and erosion con con- control . - trol encouragement , regulation of com- com corn- corn comI commercial cornmercial - I mercial fertilizers , and irrlgaUon irrigation stock stockredemptions stockredemptions redemptions I IThe redemptionsThe The senate has recognized the larm- larm farm- farm farmers larmers - : ers by enactment of the bIll enabling enablingthe enablingthe the federal government to buy lands landsfor landsfor for flood and erosion control Of more moreImportance moreimportance Importance was its passage of the thehomestead thehomestead homestead ta ta'c tac " ( ' exemption act Neither Neitherhas Neitherhas has It done much that labor wants ex ex- ex excepting . - cepting passage of the chIld labor reso- reso - resolution - lution ! ongi11 originating ing in the _ up upper r house It did pass the underground mmers ' 8 hour b111 bill , but wIth an amendment amendmentwhich amendmentwhich which the nune mine workers declare de- de destroys destroys - stroys the measure's measures ' effectiveness effectivenessThe effectivenessThe The bill m in which labol labor Is most . vital- vital vitalI vitally vitally - ly mterested-H mterested H interested-H interested - B 4 , provIdmg providing for formany formany I many maJQ.r maJQr major . changes In the state work- work cvork- cvork cvorkmen's workI - I men's mens ' compensation law-is law is - rel'elving relelving receiving rel'elvingmuch receivingmuch , ' I rel'elvingI much attention , much of It adverse adverseIn adverseIn In fact , so strong were the objections objectionsI objectionsthat I that it has been re"ritten reritten rewritten re"rittenI rewrittenI " I The Hal1 Hall b111 bill , regulating produce produceI producedealers producedealers dealers a measure of great interest to toagriculturists . I agrIculturIsts , was under nder floor discus- discus discusI discusmon - I ! slOn mon last week , but remained in status statusquo ' statusI I quo Iquo due to adjournment It was \ as un- un unfimshed unfinished - - I fimshed finished busIness for Mon Monday MondayChicago ay ayI I I ChIcago versus the Intennountain Intermountain Intennountaincountry Intermountaincountry country I countryThis ThIs might well be a title-caption title caption titlecaptionfor - for the battle now being waged by bywestern western " , estern industry against the proposal proposalto byI I to open the way for 3 a ' return to the thealleged thealleged alleged discriminatory "back back " haul " system of freight fl eIght charges through the therepeal therepeal repeal by the natIonal congress or of the ' I I I I I . I : -ransportauon ransportauon - ; transportation act familiarly tamilIarly . known as asthe and short haul the long ind the theI therailways behind fo force e motivating The real the : law is issaid Irailways railways ' effkort effort tode to desire : repeal on n the part of ofsaid ofChicago to be bea -a a - , a keen een said and andChicago andwholesalers 11 ts andI in industrialists t I terrItory Sot Chicago control { l lSot of west- west westwholesalekrStsto westem - n nthey wholesalers to r regain controlhad hadof wholesalekrStsto This they theythe had before beforeem em mar markets e ebuilt cona W3S was built . con- con Construction - the struction cr . Panama Ra of a the canal ' "bIg bIg "bit bit "bitditch " ditch " movements movementsquent and cons movemen movemenI steamship steamshipbrougnt freIght I quent uent mto into competition W1t with withChicago the East rougnt brougnt opened the in inj interm in- in intermountain - eventuallY j Chicago and and Paclflc Pacific coast coastto coastto term termountain untaln country Pittsburghterritory Pittsburgh and seaboard to the c1stern eastern territory markets marketsNow marketsNow Now , say westerners , ChIcago Ch7cago wants wantsI wantsto wantsto I competltion competition They ar- ar argue ar - to destroy destroy this that the railroads base their de- de deSIres desires - - SIres gue for repeal on a . deSlfC desire to at least leastI leastshale leastshale I shale m tlle the coast to coast traffic now now'runmng nowIrunning 'runmng runmng Irunning ' through the canal , but that thatwhat thatwhat what they really want is destruction destructionI destructionof I of this traffic and to substitute for it itI ita ita I a similar lme line of merchandIse from fromChicago fromChicago Chicago , hauled west by " the raUs rails raUsIntennountain railsIntermountain Intennountain Intermountain industnaUsts industrialists and andmerchants a n d dmerchants merchants claim that repeal of the law lawI would result vIrtually in removal of ofI I manufacturing estabUshments establishments to the theseaboard theseaboard I 1 seaboard They point to mdustrial industrial de- de deI development de - I velopment here havmg having been made madeI madepossible madepossible possible by abolishment of the old dis- dis discrlminlltory discriminatory - I crlminlltory criminatory rate structure under which whichthe whichthe the rate included the freight charges chargesfrom chargesfrom plusr from Cicago to the Pacific coast plus plusthe plusthe r ( the back haul charge to Salt Lalte Lake cIty . I IRepeal Repeal of the law would , they say , I IRepeal make it possible to return to the old oldsystem oldsystem system of freIght charges , thereby in- in inI increasing - I creasmg creasing rates to such an extent as to toI toput toput put them out af of 'business business ' in this section sectionUtah sectionUtah Utah legislat legislators rs are being urged to tomemorIalize toI tomemorialize I I memorIalize congress agaInst passage passageof of the repeal act The Utah Citizens CitizensI CitizensRate CitizensRate Rate assocIation is supporting the mem- mem memorial memorial - - I orial Some railway brotherhoods are areI areopposmg areopposmg I opposmg It on the ground that repeal repealwould repealwould would help the railroads and thus re- re reI resuit reI resuit - - I suit m in Incleased increased employment S M , . Welsh st'3te st3te state ' legislative representative representativeof I l representativel IWelsh of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- Train TrainI Trainmen Trainmen - men , is supporting it . I . * . . * I IAcccI1ding AcccI1ding According to repl representatives esentatives of opelating op- op opI opelating - I elating compames companies , additional burdens burdensI burdenswould burdenswould would be im imposed OSed on n consumers , wlth with wlthno withI withno I I no compensating benefIts to the pubIlic pub- pub pubI - Ilic I lie , thlough through passage of a . long list of ofI ofpublic I public utility measures introduced in inI inthe inthe the house houseThe I The houseThe bIlls , sponsored try , ? y Representa- Representa Representative - tIve Warwick C Lamoreaux of Salt SaltLake SaltLake Lake county , propose many changes m meXIsting mexisting |