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Show PAGE FOUR THE HELPER JOURNAL THE HELPER JOURNAL Local Business Men Unable at To Agree on Working Code Entered as second class mail matter the postoffice in Helper, Carbon County, Utah. DeLOS E. BRANDON MARION BONACCI Editor and Publisher Society Editor PUBLICATION DAY THURSDAY Subscription Rates, per year in advanca $2.00 Helper, Carbon County, Utah, Friday, August 11, 1933. HISTORY CAN REPEAT ITSELF In 1860 the federal government cost the average citizen $2.08 per year. In 1931 the cost of government, for all units, was $107. 37 per capita. In 1913 the total cost of government was $2,900,000, 000, and in 1919 $7,500,000,000, and in 1931 it was $14, 000,000,000. In 1929 a year of inflated prosperity the total tax" of the American people amounted to 16 per cent of their in- comes. In 1931 a year of bleak depression it amounted to 28 per cent. The current year may be the most expensive in our history, with the exception of the war period. How much of the increase in the cost of government, federal, state and local, can be laid to waste, is problematical. But there is no question that it runs into the hundreds of millions, for there are scores of bureaus, commissions and inflated governmental payrolls, many of which simply duplicate the work of others. We have permitted the government to go into various business ventures in competition with the livelihoods of private citizens who are forced to pay the taxes to maintain the competition. More and more money is going into government bonds instead of taxable, labor employing investments. The result is increased unemployment and distress. History shows many examples of taxing a people until they repudiate tax obligations. Unless all units of government retrench, it is not impossible to force such a tax crisis in our own country. tax-exem- tax-exem- It's Nice to Be an Editor In the good old days, several thousand years ago, it was quite the thing to do one's business away from home we know that because as a kid one of the teachers crammed a lot of unwanted Wstory into us, and try as we would we can't forget it. It must have been quite a day down on the wharves when the Phoenicians began loading the boats with skins of goats milk and the hind quarters of oxen and set out to knock off a few strange galleys on the high seas, mayhaps bringing home a few sizeable chunks of gold and a new load of slaves. Or, in the days of the Caesars, slipping down to sunny Egypt and coaxing same of the kashmir's harem to go for a rather permanent ride. That was trading away from home on a large scale and it usually got results. Besides, it kept the folks at home busy, as well as keeping the folks busy at home. Occasionally the editor feels tempted to slip into one of our modern galleys the mail order house catalogs and take a little trip, and it requires a pronounced effort to firmly throw the catalogs into the waste basket without even so much as tearing the wrapper off and taking just a little peek. We have friends and relatives without end thru whom, should we so desire, we could purchase from pipe cleaners to a limosine and undoubtly at a substantial saving over local prices. But it just isn't in us to do business that way. For many years we have urged the people to buy at home and keep their money where it can do them some good. What does it gain us to save 50 cents by purchasing a pair of overalls from a mail order house? Nothing! True one may save four bits on the initial investment, but he loses more than that in self respect. the constant And supposing purchase of items away from home forces some local man out of business? Right away, as a citizen in our community we are forced to assume our pro rata share of the taxes that man formerly paid. In addition, we have forced out of business a man who was formerly a good customer and who in the course of a year's time spent much money with us. Trading away from home is just like playing a slot machine. The odds are too great and you are bound to it isn't the case. Following a rather spirited meeting of business men in the council chambers at the city hall Saturday evening of last week a dual code for business closing hours is now in effect in Helper, with some of the stores opening at 8 a. in. and closing at 6 p.m., and others opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 6 p.m. The 9 o'clock opening hour has been endorsed by a number of members belonging to the county business mens organization and has been forwarded to the state organization for approval. However, other members of the organization failed to approve of shortening the business day by one hour and arc opening at 8 a.m. The condition apparently has come about thru a mis understanding or misinterpretation of the NIRA code and recommendations, with each faction believing in the Tightness of his stand. It is true, there are many manners in which the NIRA code may be interpreted and there are bound to arise mis understandings, and where the question of honor, loyalty to the government and patriotism is raised, harsh words often are spoken. The Ohio State Journal probably has looked into the future workings of the NIRA code and given as satisfactory answer to the question of what may be expected as can be asked. Says the eastern publication: BUY AT re HOME William Ross returned Thursday morning from Denver where he had been called by the serious ill ness of his father. He reports the latter as somewhat improved. Attorney Joe P. Bosone was down from Salt Lake Tuesday greeting former friends and looking after a few matters of Miss Pauline Mira and her aunts Mrs. Mary Feado and Miss Ethel Lange left Saturday morning for Salt Lake. Miss Mira left there and continued on to her home in Richmond, Calif. Mrs. Feado and Miss Lange returned to Helper Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Moore and son Omar, who for the past week have been gusts at the home of the latters mother, Mrs. Mary J. Crowley, returned Monday to their home in Norfolk, Neb, planning to stop enroute at Rawlins, Wyo., for a short visit with Mrs. Moore's sister, Mrs. J. W. Cranor. They came to Helper via Estes park, Colo., and report a wonderful trip. BUY AT HOME Church Notices Latter Day Saints Church Helper Ward 1 1 1:30 a. m Sunday School A. L. Nielson, Supt. 7:30 p.m. Evening Services Bishop Byron Carter 4:00 p.m. Primary Mondays 2:00 p.m. Relief Society Tues 7:30 p.m. Genealogical Soc. Fri 0-- St. Anthony Church r, Price The Rev. J. H. MacRill, Pastor 10:00 a.m. lose. Sunday Scnooi 11:00 a. m The editor is one who can look Morning Worship 6:30 p. m any man in the eye unflinchingly Epworth League 7:30 p. ru. and honestly say he does not buy Evening Worship he home that from buys away Notre Dame deLourdes all his needs and luxuries thru local business houses and the Price same applies to members of his The Rev. W. A. Ruel The Rev. James Claffey, Asst family. There are no exceptions 8:30 and 10:00 a. m. of any kind to this statement. Mass something Should w require which cannot be purchased directSt. Barnabas Episcopal ly in stock, we have our local Helper it. merchant order Rev. H. J. Johnson, Pastor We don't slip down to Price or The 9:45 a. m. run into Salt Lake we buy strict- Union Sunday School a.m. 11:00 Morning Prayer we And home. ly and absolutely at men are just business local hope Seventh-Da- y Adventist as honest by us we hope tney get Sabbath school Saturday mornall of their printing done by their local printer, and that thry don't ings at 10 o'clock. The public is send any money away to mail cordially invited to attend. Mrs. John Nelson. ...Superintendent order printing houses. John Reese Mrs. we know but we that Yes, hope Secy-Trea- s. Mrs. A. S. Wahl and daughter Gertrude and sister Mrs. H. E. Ford motored to the capital city Tuesday morning to vist with several of her friends until Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Paterson, accom panied by Mrs. L. Acord, Mrs. A. I d, Eyesight Specialist law-main- g OUR STATE LEGISLATURE If there ever was a legislature which devised more ways and means of squeezing nickles out of an already public, it hasn't come to our attention. Taxes taxes almost without end. The air we breathe still is free of tax, but that probably is because they haven't found a way to pipe the air thru feed lines. That's one for the next session to figure out. There was little reckless slashing of state patronage; very few consolidations of office; very little paring of pay rolls. Instead taxes taxes to the right of us and taxes to the left of us. That is, what is left of us. We often have heard of proposed governmental econobut it seems much like that famed land of Utopia, more my, to be talked about and dreamed of. We hope to see the day when the voters will send some group of legislators to state office who will really serve the interests of the public instead of falling prey to the whisperings of the great political machinations which control our government. Axes to grind, patronage to dole out, politicians with families to take care of an unending cycle of patronage and the public pays with taxes. over-squeeze- d away, at the Gift Shop Eyes Examined ..Repair Work.. The Long Distance operator will tell you any rates you woidd like to know. A CLEAN PLACE The Mountain States Utah CANYON Telephone &. Telegraph Co. S We suggest you make this your meeting place with your friends. Newly decorated and rennovated. CIGARS AND SOFT DRINKS SPRING CANYON COAL CO. Service First Spring Canyon Coal FOR THE BEST IN BEAUTY Miners and Shippers of the Celebrated WORK Spring Canyon Coal Mines The Gift Shop Beauty Shop at Spring Canyon, Utah General Offices Vm 817 Newhouse Building, Salt Lake City, Utah st government. The scheme is so distinctly new and untried in the modern world that comparisions are not at hand. It is a step toward sovietism and distinctly revolutionary, but it is a peaceful revolution, voted by the established body of the what and is headed it extent the Where to order. existing be will authorized machinery employed nobody knows, probably not President Roosevelt himself. So far it is legislative theory. The practical application is yet to come. To these comments may be added those of the Baltimore Sun: As the always vivid Frank Kent said in the Baltimore Sun, the extraordinary thing of the moment is that recovery has come before the recovery program has gotten started. None of the three billion public works dollars have been spent. The first agreement under the Industrial Control Act has just been signed, and has not yet had time to produce results. The vast farm plan is still in the prospective stage. Vet business is looking up all kinds of businesses, in all parts of the country. The psychological effect of bills designed to aid recovery unquestionably were a factor in getting wheels in motion. Domestic prices recently reached the highest level in close to two years. Current upward movement has been the best sustained in more than a decade, and in 66 business days the Dow Jones average of 40 corporation bonds rose 14.33 to 87.86. you're e. home is as near as the telephone. Your voice is you it's like being there in person. Dr. N. E. King Helper Mrs. R. E. Rogers and children Ruth and James and Miss Mildred Miller of Nebraska, having spent a two weeks visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller returned to their home Thursday. Mrs. Miller accompanied them as far as Salt Lake. tele-phon- When The Rev. H. J. Johnson, pastor of the St. Barnabas Episcopal church, having spent a months vacation in Denver, returned to Helper recently to resume his Tilton of Los Angeles, expecting to be gone a month. Summer scatters the family but you can always reach those in other cities quickly, by Mr. and Mrs. John Laboroi of Helper, with whom she will visit several weeks. Miss Norine Vietti of Bingham also is a guest at the Laboroi home. Jones and Mrs. Evens of Castle Gate, spent Friday visiting in Fer-ro- n at the home of Mrs. Petty. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Street and daughter Catherine returned last afternoon from a ten or the Roosevelt plan, is known Thursday days vacation trip spent at Yelkitchen cabinet in Washington. The lowstone park and visiting with at ranking members of the official cabinet are reported to have Mr. and Mrs. Orville Garlick and with American Idaho, Falls, little consulted and less heeded. The democratic leaders of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gassman at congress have pushed it through although they had no share Lovell, Wyo. BUY AT HOME in the authorship and although some of them are known to BEER FEE BILL IS SIGNED have their misgivings as to possible results. The excuse for it all is the emergency occasioned by Governor Henry H. Blood Tuesthe economic depressoin. In principle it is the reverse of the day signed the measure passed by the recent special session of the traditional American governmental doctrine. The anti-trustate legislature which would place laws of sacred memory are to be set aside and every industry, a tax on the sale of legalized beer in effect, welded into a trust under the supervision of the if and when the voters of the state a law. The measure Helper The month of March isn't the only thing that comes in The Rev. W. A. Ruel lion and goes out like a lamb. The same could be said like a Asst. The Rev. James Claffey, Mass 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. of the recent economic conference and our state legislature. Community Church Miss Irene Allmendinger of Gunnison visited for a few hours Thursday with her friends Miss Gertrude Wahl. The word "if" of course, is the regulate or control all business, industry agriculture, Mrs. D. S. Tilton of Helper and production, employment, hours, wages, distribution and prices is her it be exercised If a never and to daughter Mrs. Whitmer Hower true, may, great degree. are visitng with the when it is the United States will have become a socialistic of Provo now Mrs. Geo. former5s mother-in-laPrediction as to what may or may not transpire, how-evehas come to be the most uncertain thing in the world. Nobody had any idea on March 4, last that any president of this country would ever presume or dare to ask congress for the dictatorial peace-tim- e authority that Mr. Roosevelt has requested. No body had the slightest notion that any congress would ever consent to giving any president such unprecedented powers in so many fields (soon to cover nearly every field) as has been and is being vested in the present REUNIONS Miss Leona Contrallo of San Janet Turnbow of Kamas boarded an aeroplane is a guest at the home of her sis- Jose, Calif., at San Francisco and Thursday brother-in-laMr. and ter and flew as far as Salt Lake where she Mrs. A. B. Caseman. was met by her uncle and aunt, Miss spent day after Helper visiting at the. home of relcrux. The power to atives, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Carter all and Mr. and Mrs. Bus Wilcox. and state. 1933, No charge for printing news Mrs. Frank R. Porter and Mrs. Joe Fisher returned to their homes items Phone 21. the fore part of the week from Miss Leona Jolly of Provo spent Fish lake where they spent the the week end visiting at the home week end at the Clyde Vaught summer home. of her sister Mrs. Bert Clerico. The New Control The United States is soon to experience within borders the most and sweeping political and inMiss Louise Matson returned to dustrial experiment in all the world, excepting Russia, if all the powers being vested in President Roosevelt are to be ex- her home in Mount Pleasant Sun-in a few weeks ercised. II, Local and General The swimming party held Saturday night at the Helper swimming pool by Messrs George and Harold Paterick was a well attendswimming hours its own ed affair, towith 11 o'clock. from 9:30 We know that many local business men men with whom we spend money right along send away for mail order printing. It isn't the right thing to do, but it is done. However, we are and executive. going to stick honest to our policy of doing 100 The new deal, per cent of our buying right here at home, thru our local merchants. to be the professorial four-squa- Helper, Carbon County, Utah, Friday, August Prices always within rea-Vson; workmanship of the best. m i aB h I AND PERMANENT Because our cement possesses these qualities to an unusual degree it is the ideal material to use for driveways, foundation work and scores of other construction projects. Whether you purchase it in small or large quantities, you can be sure that every batch will conform to a uniformly high standard of excellence. QUICK-SETTIN- adopt such calling for legalization of 3.2 beer will be presented to the electorate of the state November 7 of this year. Arizona Tuesday of this week became the 21st state in the Union to join the wet parade when it voted for state and federal repeal of dry laws by a margin of 3 to 1. G PROFESSIONAL NOTICES DR. A. R. DEMMAN Physician and Surgeon DALPIAZ HOTEL BLDG. Res. Ph. 100 Office Phone 80-11-- 1 8 5 Office Hours Utah Helper 7-- 2-- MRS. J. E. FLYNN, Mgr. Licensed Enibalmer in attendance UTAH PRICE Phone 29 Ambulance Service Undertaker THE GRILL CAFE Excellent Meals Quick Service WHY NOT HAVE YOUR DINNER PARTIES IN OUR LOVELY BANQUET ROOM? CAN ACCOMODATE 300. 50c TO 75c. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT HELPER, UTAH PHONE 194 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE HELPER LODGE NO. 1659 Harvey Partridge, Dictator A. J. Carlson, Secretary Every Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Knights of Pythias Hall il SALT LAKE CITY'S NEWEST HOSTELRY WALTER C. GEASE ATTORNEY-AT-LA- Court House Price, Utah Price 392 Phone Phone Helper J 6-- RADIO 200 ROOMS FOR EVERY And ROOM 200 BATHS P. COLTON S. Netary Public COLTON MOTOR HELPER HARRIS S1MONSEN NOTARY HELPER CO. UTAH riBLIC UTAH M. W ROSS Public Stenographer, Court Reporter, Short - Hand, Dictation, Commercial Correspondence, Legal Documents; reasonable rates. 1'pstaim In Stafford Bidg. I'bone 160-- HOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE RATES $1.50 TO $3.00 V. V. THIS HOTEL IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Bus depot in hotH building. Interurban Just across the street. V. P. Station Just 3 blocks. ERNEST C. ROSSITER, Mgr. Hi |
