Show A PRESENT HINDRANCE The writer believes socialists a are re as good as any other class of people We Ve have perhaps as many socialist friends as the News man But we are convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that socialism as an active active ac ac- ac- ac t tive ive political force in ill the Uintah Basin can do no good Admitting Admitting i ing ng for the sake of argument ment that socialism is the coming political political po po- po- po l religion can Utah be made socialistic in five years years In ten Years How Flow many socialists in Utah Of the socialists in Utah how jiow many were such before they came to to this country What has been the growth of this party in Utah during the thelast thelast thelast last ten years years Will wm the in increase increase increase in- in crease the assumption that the state will be won by that party in a decade What can socialism do in the Uintah Basin if it carries the whole field Are the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- Demol and Republicans in ill the Basin grafters Can we not trust our oui county administration administrator in ill the hands of either of the old ok parties parties parties-parties parties that have some chance of winning But if this party continues active will the Basin benefit benefi thereby No The Basin will wil lose by such stick a party in sympathy with no forces that can help us We TE friends men with power to help us irrigate ini ri gate these fertile benches We need the help of men of and influence so that a railroad shall shaIl be is all sense non-sense to talk about the socialists of the Basin petitioning congress to build the road The petition would have no champion in con con- gress Our socialist vote ii in ill inthis this country countr r does not demand serious consideration in ill such a case This socialist editor a product of the Colorado labor wars knows that such talk is Campaign Music nothing more Our socialist competitor stated last week that the tile writer writers is i s not competent to write about s socialism or words to that effect I In n our opinion the News man is e entirely unable to comprehend the he t full m meaning of the philosophy philosophy p phy hy he preaches even cven as a practical practical ical t evolution out of these dark lark days as he would have it He is what we would term A itA would would- b be e He knows our political life lifes i is s imperfect and he may believe t that hat we should i improve it by bj voting for himself for the legislature legislature legis legis- l lature but he is is first and fore- fore mst a POLITICIAN and has been for several years if not for l longer politicians are not exactly our ideal of 01 c citizenship even if we voted the s socialist ticket The Record believes that we have a little better citizenship ii in inthe in t the he Basin than is found in most counties Nearly all of us are t too oo near the soil too much in t tune une with Nature in all of her exquisite exquisite ex ex- beauty with streams stream l as they rollick down to t the he valleys with snow capped cappel peaks standing standing- as signals of ol perpetuity and untold thousands of acres of fertile land rapidly coming under he deft skill of the farmer with oil timber coal Gilsonite and wealth in countless counties forms fornis around us aye too much of God-given God plenty to require such pessimism in our midst There is poverty around us but any man who wants to work can get a ft job Any man who owns a farm can an make a living The struggle is difficult perhaps I in iu many cases it is HARD but but- countries demand brave I s souls and and we v hay hav them in Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du c chesne county Plain food and work wont hurt a real man We Ve believe all farmers farmerE in this new county of or ours r. r have Ve a good chance to pull pun out on top if they hang on Just think of it Hero Here in this new country where plows horses and men arc are the urgent necessities to have such campaign campaign cam cam- dope preached What we need is the COOPER COOPERATION OF ALL P PARTIES TO THE END THAT WE VE SHALL BUILD ROADS BRIDGES AND HOMES The railroad will come We Ve need more MONEY and we can afford to pay high interest because our values will duble and double again At the rate we ve are arc going with per pcr cent i increase in population in about two years farmers have not so much loger to wait for a railroad Let us get together and stop this CALAMITY HOWLING If no other way could be found it might be possible t hire the News man to see that there is no grafting in county affairs It would be cheaper to have him chief inspector than to have this GRAFT talk when graft is about as s scarce in Duchesne I count yas any where on earth i |