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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGAN. UTAH Jo Kiev Markall aurdL like liberty Bel -- ' I I I VV S.vvV ft Xy "QUOTES" COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL CHARACTERS THE CONSTITUTION By JAMES M. BECK a totalitarian cialistic state and differ in w e sode- gree, although not In kind, from the governments of Germany and Italy. It is true that on rare occasions, as recently In the oil cases, the Supreme court will remind the congress and the American people that a given law Is In violation of the Constitution, but such occasional decisions are merely the bubbles that rise to the surface when the swimmer has sunk for the last time beneath the surface of the waves. Our Constitution has suffered a like wound, but it could still be kept afloat If the captain and the crew, by which I mean the American people, were willing to defend their Constitution at all hazards and to make any sacrifice necessary for that purpose. Of that disposition I can see no evidence. A spot In northern Colorado where scientists Smithsonian Institution discovered ancient animal bones Is believed to be the oldest habitation site In America, says Pathfinder Magazine. The bones have been Identified as those of a species of bison which are thought to have followed closely upon the receding glaciers of the last Ice age and to hav e Inhabited the North American cons tinent at the same time as the Folsom men." These men made odd looking tools known as Folsom points, which have been found scattered widely over the continent and In connection with animal bones of great age. More detailed evidence of the race, however, has never been found. Scientists are, therefore, looking hopefully to this site with the expectation that It may throw light upon the nature and origin of this primitive American. The "Folsom man, ancestor of the American Indian, Is believed to have come from Asia. TREND TOWARD LIBERALISM By JOSEPH P. DAY Heal Estate Developer. WHETHER I, XL N JULY 2, 1776, the members of the ' Continental congress, meeting In Philadelphia, voted In favor of a resolution, offered by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, that tliese United Colonies are, and of righ ought to be, free and Independent states. On July 4 the Declaration of Independence, rewritten from the Lee resolution by Thomas Jefferson, aided by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, was formally adopted by the congress. On July 8 the ringing of a bell summoned the citizens of Philadelphia to the state house yard to hear an Important announcement read. When they had assembled. Col. John Nixon ascended to a crude platform, built In the yard by the Philosophical society In 17G9 for astronomical observations, and left standing there for occa sional use as a public rostrum. A moment later his voice boomed out the openWhen In ing words of an Immortal document the course of human events. It becomes neces sary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. The bell which had summoned the people to hear this document had been known heretofore as the Province bell. Here, In brief, was Its history up to that historic moment: Cast by Thomas Lester (or Lister) of Whitechapel, London, upon order of the Pennsyl-ani- a assembly, It arrived In Philadelphia In August, 1752. But, to the dismay of the provin cial authorities, the bell proved defective and It had to be recast twice by two Ingenious workmen, John Pass, and Charles Stow, Jr. In recasting the bell they substituted their own names for that of the original English maker and also changed the date on the bell from 1752 to 1753. But more Important was the fact that the Inscription, composed by Isaac Norris, chairman of the superintendents of the state house, was retained on 1L It was from the Leviticus XXV, 10. Proclaim liberty Bible, throughout all the land to all the Inhabitants thereof. Prophetic of the role It was to play In the struggle for liberty were such occasions, when It was rung, as these : It first sounded on the afternoon of August 27, 1753, to call the provincial assembly together and in that session the assembly resolved to make and continue the use of Province money contrary to the orders of the lords Justices of the crown. On February 3, 1757, It called the assembly together again when they directed Mr. Franklin to go home to England to ask for redress of colonial grievances. On October 5, 1765, It was muffled and tolled when the ship Royal Charlotte, bearing the hated stamps for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware came up the river under convoy of a royal British warship and It summoned the citizens to a town meeting where they resolved hot to permit the stamps to be landed. On September 27, 1770, It assembled the peo pie In the state house yard and they there re solved that the claims of parliament to tax the colonies trespassed upon their ' constitutional rights, that the union of the colonies ought to be maintained and that anyone who Imported Eng llsh goods Into Philadelphia, contrary to these resolutions, was an enemy to the peace and good order of the city. On June 1, 1774, the bell was muffld and tolled again In sympathy with the people of Boston on the closing of their port by the crown authorities. On April 25, 1775, after the news of the Battle of Lexington had been received, the bell called eight thousand people by computatogether tion and they unanimously agreed to associate for the purpose of defending with arms, their lives, liberty and property against all attempts to deprive them of them. Thus In the clear notes of this famous old bell can be traced the successive steps leading up to that historic day, July 8, 1770, when the bell rang out once more loudly, Joyously proclaiming liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. Before this time It had been the Province bell. From that time on, forever, It w as the Liberty Bell. On September 11, 1777, Gen. George Washing ton and his 14,000 Continentals were defeated by General Howe and his 18,000 British at the Battle of Brandywine. In Washington's army was a young Virginian named John Marshall, the son of 'Col. Thomas Marshall, who before the Revolution opened had foreseen the coming of y f Inctependenc Hall John Marshall Statue atWashinqton 0 MMWHM tp Chief among the patriotic shrine of Amer ica is Independence Hall in Philadelphia because of its intimate association with the beginnings of the nation. Here the Continental congress met, here Washington was made commander in chief of the Continent a! TWEET! SWEET we are of commun- Suffering Strong minds suffer without plaining, weak minds complain suffering. BUY IT, TRY IT com- 44 PREMIUMS . . . s? HEY THERE YOU, Clabber Girls Record YOULL i or perfect baking the at LIKE IT TOO Indiana State Fair, 1934. ism or a state of extreme conservatism, I cannot tell. But it does seem to me that we are certainly shifting In the direction of liberalism or In the direction of Socialism, and we have to be prepared to take matters as they come. If that be true, It certainly does Indicate that for the man at the bottom of the heap the next 40 years will surely be easier, but for the man wbo wants to be on top of the heap and to accumulate and particularly to hold on to millions, things will be much, much harder. It seems to me that the future will give re, ward to the man who produces gome useful thing by dint of hard work, but It does not promise nearly so much for the man who relies on accumulating a fortune by pure spec ulation. National Labor bill does not encourage any employee to join any THE army and lutionary relics and most venerated of them all is the bell which once "pro- claimed liberty Lesson all the struggle for liberty and had himself trained his sons in the use of arms. The defeat at Brandywine threw Philadelphia in a panic. Howe was marching on the city. The Continental congress hastily adjourned to Lancaster. In order to save the Liberty Bell from capture by the British, It was taken down from the steeple of the state house and, under cover of darkness, taken to Allentown where It was secreted under the floor of Zion Reformed church. There It remained for nearly a year until the British evacuated Philadelphia. Ou June 27, 1778, it was returned to that city and later was bung again In the tower of the state house. In the meantime young John Marshall had fought In the Battle of Germantown and had gone with Washington to his winter quarters at Valley Forge. He went to Valley Forge a Vir glnlan; he came out of It an American. On June 28, 1778, the day after the Liberty Bell was returned to Philadelphia, he had a part In the American victory at Monmouth and from that time on until the final victory came at Yorktown he served valorously In the Continental service Back In Philadelphia on October 24, 1781, the Liberty Bell was being rung to announce to the people that Cornwallis la taken On April 16, 1783, it rang out the news thai the treaty of peace had been signed. As for young John Marshall, he had gone back to his home In Virginia and started on the career which was to make him one of America's greatest. Granted a license to practice law, he took the steps In rapid succession which car ried him to the top of his profession election to the Virginia assembly, the executive council, the state legislature and the federal convention which met in 1788 to discuss the ratification of the Constitution. All tliese bodies knew the Intelligent tion of young Mr. Marshall, whose convincing arguments. It Is said, did much to overthrow all obstacles to the adoption of the Constitution. In relation to the much contested Jay Treaty, too, John Marshalls arguments Indicated his strong belief In the necessity for building up a central government. And so he climbed and climbed In position and Influence. He, with Elbridge Gerry and Charles Pinckney, was a special envoy to France, leaving a tactful Impression upon a troubled scene. Then he was elected to congress, where he led the forces of the administration and took a leading part In the debates. In 1800 he be came President Jeffersons secretary of state, and but one year later was appointed first chief justice of the United States, which exalted office he held for more than 30 years. In the Su preme court were exercised those qualities which enabled him to leave a lofty and a lasting mark upon American forms and modes of gov eminent: his breadth of understanding, bis THE FLAVORS TWEET, LABOR TROUBLES By ROBERT F. WAGNER U. s Senator From New York. here the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It is now maintained as a museum of Revo- throughout the land. Bones Shed Light on Earnest Americans mjs-terlou- Pennsylvania Congressman. great reality is that THE today M Sison Patriotism ....... and his Constitution at document were tolerance viewpoint, . moderation, his truly original stanch defense of the Federal a time wheD the powers of that union against his will. It does not favor any special form of unionism, It does absolutely nothing to disturb In an etate the new existing law as to the legality of the closed shop. It does not compel agreements nor dictate their terms. It does not legalize any strike which is now Illegal. It does not vest the labor board with arbitrary power, but merely authorizes the Issuance of orders similar to those of the federal trade commission and a host of other administrative agen cles, all of which are enforceable and fully reviewable In the Federal courts. The bill confers upon workers those rights which emplojers now enjoy.' ... job Bi&se$r well-the- me i wed n BETTER GIVE IT ALL jack love you ...BUT YOUR AUNT -- we couio never op, 1 1 BE HAPPY By SIMEON E. LELAND Professor of Economics. SOME communities it has to replace property taxes with poll taxes, INbeen necessary and special special assessments charges for police protection, sewage disposal, garbage removal, street lighting and the like. Some of these are more of a nuisance than an advantage and have taken In a new and often Inequitable manner many of the savings from limitation plans. The new expedients affect various Many taxpaygroups differently. ers In the end may find themselves worse off than they were before; some may get an undeserved benefit, but those people who profit by the change are not always the small property owners In whose behalf the limitation schemes are allegedly proposed. :v MARYS MOTHER HAD OH, MERCY! YOOR TROUBLE ONCE! I she cur ovr coffee youti just WILL. ..I? AND TRIED POSTiM. STOP RAVING The change worked ABOUT MARY! CURSES! I KNEWIHAf GIRL MAW WAS' UPTONOGOOP! NOW I'Ll HAV WONDERS' WONT V00 TRY IT, AUNT LUCY? trs. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS By HAROLD ICKES Secretary of the Interior. WOULD like to say that no man here would go further than I, not only in protecting, of a I but In fighting for the right free press, And, by the same token, I hope that every man here would go as far as I would In Insisting that those equally valid and vital rights of free speech and free as semblage be given their full Intend merit. Your right to publish, within the limits of the truth, whatever no you may please about me Is greater than my right to say, again within the limits of truth, whatever I may please about you. UNION BRITISH-AMERICA- The year Is 1835 just 100 years ago. On 'July 6 John Marshall, chief justice of the United States, bieathed his last In Philadelphia. On July 8, the precise anniversary of the day that the bell had proclaimed liberty to the citizens of Philadelphia, a solemn cortege passed through the streets of that city. They were back to bis final resting taking John Man-hai- l place among the Irginia bills. Slowly tolling during these rites, the Liberty Bell cracked. Perhaps there Is more than mere coincidence in that fact Wtitirn News pfwc Union. PVT MS 1HR0V6H COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL, HONEY, AND HANDLING HER AFFAIRS REPLACING TAXES but Meanwhile the Liberty Bell had continued to mark with its deep tones important periods iu American history. On December 18, 1799, it was muffled and tolled In mourning for the death of the great Washington. On February 19, 1801, It rang to announce the election of Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States. On September 29, 1824, it rang to welcome Lafayette to the Hall of Independence. On July 4, 1826, It ushered In the year of the of American Jubilee the fiftieth anniversary On that day John Adams and Independence. Thomas Jefferson died. But It was not until July 26 that the bell which had proclaimed Jeffersons Immortal masterpiece and bad balled his advent to the Presidency of the republic, whose birth It had signalized, now sounded bis death knell. On February 22, 1832, the centenary of Washington's birth, the bell was rung for the last time In honor of the Father of His Country. During that year It also tolled for the death of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last survivor of the signers of the Declaration. On July 21, 1834, It was tolled for the death of Lafayette. The Revolutionary mission of the bell here reaches Its completion. Of the great actors In the drama, few survived. The author of the Declaration was dead; the leader of Its armies was dead, and he who wrote the resolutions of our Independence was dead, the colossus of its debates, its diplomatist and Its financier, were dead; Its orator was dead Jefferson, Washington, Lee, Adams, Franklin, Morris and Henry were dead and of all that immortal list of of the greater names, not one remained actors of that struggle, one, John Marshall of Virginia, survived; he gat In Judgment on the finished work and gave the measure of Us strength and power for the people. sue By VISCOUNV HAILS11AM British War Minister. WITH country Britain and America no other or countries in the attempt to disturb the world would petce of the world. In a closer understanding between Britain and the United States we have a perfect solution for the problems of peace and war that beset tins distracted world today, sure of the peace of the worll WNU 8ervlc- - DIDNT suppose coffee could harm except, of anyone course, children! 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