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Show .T mt Wm W Si'r G w Utah Has Made Enviable Record In Supporting Government year In Ui holiday msoa we very lake aemenHng nf whet lw accomplished during the pant peer end fie upon aa objective for our energies durinc the approaching year. I am moat grateful to The Twee ret News for thin opportunity to give to the people of Utah through thin admirable publication a message of holiday cheer from their governor. I know the people of Utah will want me to aay tor them and for ua who are their servanta that our aupreme aim In lilt wilt be to win the war aa speedily aa poesible The great national government and the great democracies allied with our nation in this struggle for liberty will find no people anywhere who ore willing to do more or to softer more that freedom may triumph than are the people of the State of Utah. In stating oar great purpose for It I I am also stating wbat has been our principal object during practically all of 117. The people of Utah may be proud of the great record they have already made In this mighty oonfUoC It in not mer sophistry to say that thera Ore no more xealoua patriots in any seetkin of the union than there are in Utah. The record of the people of the state in the few months that the United States has Been a participant in this war is ths true measure of the, loyalty of ths people of the State of Utah. First ofjail approximately 7.008 patriotic sons qf Utah are now wearing tbs khaki of the army or the blue of the navy. Some of them are already in the battle sons and some have already given their lives for their country. Whether they be members 'of the regular army or navy, members of the national guard or selected men of the national army they are all bravely .doing. their part In this great war. They have gone forth willingly and eagerly, relying on the promise of those of us who are not privileged to serve in the ranks of the army that we will do our part IS see that those whom they left behind, not on I) do not suffer but that they wilt be comfortab!) cared for. 3 Promise Being Kept " I am very happy to report to the people, of Utah and the soldiers of Utah that this promise is being patriotically kept The noble women of (he stalk on whom the burden of this war must necessarily fall heaviest are leading in the patriotic work. They have given their sons and theit husbands to their flag and this supreme sacrifice has been willingly endured. But they have not stopped with this. They are united In the ranks of the great Red Cross, doing a work without which we could scarcely hope to achieve victory. They are also playing a leading pai In tht care of the dependents of soldiers. In the sale ol Liberty loan bonds snd in soldiers welfare work. The spirit of this wsr ms Interprsted by the people of Utah Is service- - Ths triumph cannot bs won by armies alone but by an organised and united nation Practically every man, woman and child in Utah has enlisted for the war. Utah has furnished a splendid army of men for the field and a splendid army of men. women and children forming the second line of defense for the nation. The people of this state were quick to grasp the direct relationship between every ton of food- stuff produced on the farm snd every soldier in the trenches. They realized that one of the first duties of the nation waa to see that its army and the armies of tha gallant altlep pf tha nation were supplied with food. Plant War Cardens. As soon as war was declared tha Utah Agricultural college took the lead tn a movement to plant every acre of ground capable of producing food. The work of the college waa augmented by the state council of defense, an organisation of prominent citizens who ars volunteering their services for the Wsr. This organisation mads arrangements to assist In financing farmers and aid them In securing esed. Despite the late season, shortage of seeds and scarcity of labor ths greatest acreage in ths history of ths stats went under cultivation and raised the state's bumper crop. I understand that tha percentage of Increase in crop production for HIT over 1818 waa greater tn Utah than In any othtr state tn the union. Every slate Institution contributed Ua share. Every corner of ground went under intensive cultivation. The legislation enacted by the state legislature in HIT was pesos Isgislcfion. It waa not until mant. Ths federal government has not hesitated to make repeated ealU for exhaustive Information, the gathering of which has entailed a great deal of work on tha various departments. Yet In eplte of tha additional burdens, ths increased cost of tabor and of supplies, most of tho state scientiously administered by the courageous peace departments will keep within tho limits fixed by the legislature. officers of the state, backed by a practically unanimous public approval. It was quite natural Tax rroMom Unsolved, conto suppose that qqantltte of liquors would be The revenue problem Is one that has not yet and went into effect law cealed St the time the been solved. The last legislature made an honest that unscrupuloua citizens would make repeated effort to rtmedy tbs inequalltiss eslstlng under efforts to import Intoxicants from two neighborour present system. Heretofore tho farmer, tho ing wet states. Diligent officers have been business man and ths horns ownsr has paid taxes, in unearthing and confiscating large on oil of his property while the wealthy mining stores of bidden liquors snd In apprehending ethbava been Used only on their net er violations of the prohibition law. The efforts corporations The special favor shown ths mins operaincome. of the officers will be continued and the results to tor under such a plan must he apparent show a decrease in the violation of the law to everyone. With a view ta equalise to an extent such an extent that I believe that Utah today at least this burden af taxation tha last legist, is the dry eat state in the union. I believe the ture imposed on the producing mines of ths state will result splendid results attained in this slate two an additional occupation tax, baaed On the net neightn the adoption of prohibition by our of the pracearnings of the property.newThe result thus snd on east went, removing the states law is yet to b Deboring tical operation of the the only serious menace to the Enforcement of termined. to produce more equitbut it ts certain absolute prohibition I am sure that you will agrdn able results than hsretofore. and in of direct is Utah me that prohibition with will not be eliminated however The mat trial aid to the government in .winning the until the injustice people by adopting constitutional amendwar. will give the legislature greater latitude ments bestates as western ail out Utah stands among in the taxation of property. Two amendmenU to ing practically along in Its freedjtn from labor constitution routing to Taxation matters will troubles. Advance in prices of necessities of life.- the submitted to the people at the nexteelectlnn Incident to ths war, and other causes likewise di- - be .ns adopted. One of these amendwh Should bethe of mining classification rsctly or Indirectly attributed to the War, naturment authorise sometimes and da marked Caused v1'" ally and the determination of values of such turbancesof the of the net or submultlples Property 0lf,icaptaJ andt 1abr at multiples dia throughout the west. Providing by The other amendment permiU the ex reason-abl- e in turbances seditious and anarchistic organizations a emption of homes and homesteads and alien enemies sought to widen the breach f w amount from taxation. even marked by thus opened. Industrial strife, That the fiscal administration of the state industries western vitally scientific basil bloodshed, crippled the may be placed on a more seeded in maintaining the military establishment. the budget legislature p sitae d a law adopting Heretofore-a mate for appropriations. system . Industrial Commindon. has great portion of the time of the legislature of the Utah was singularly free from such troubles, general been occupied in the preparation .hough they reached every other state In the west, bill, in hearings on various items fhe reason for Utahs singular good fortune lies appropriations in discussing the bill on the floor and bill of the largely in the wisdom of the last legislature in of the house. Heretofore the general appropriacharged 'resting a gtateof Industrial commission, tions bill hss been on of the last bills passed. irith the duty adjusting differences between Hereafter It will probably bs ene of ths first laws when the and employers employees employers enacted. The wearisome and often profitless held before the and employees are unable to reach any agreement hearings on ths bill will all bs with each item among themselves. legislators meets snd the bill, reoommendattnns The government and the members of the inexplained and the governors to each dustrial commission, have several times called be will measure presented concerning the pon the masters and the workmen to meet the house of the mate legislature soon after it meets. on concessions make and tituatlon patriotically Build Good Roads. either eide in the interest of the welfare of the , nation and in every instance there has bean a Wars oannot be won without supplies and has an result The such to appeal are useless if transportation to loyal response supplies been that for the most part serious strikes havs To be cannot market make provided. been averted and whei;e they have occurred they transportation available the legislature authorizindustrial so that today have not lasted long, in the conof ed 52,000,009 ths expenditure struction and malntenanca of good roads. The peaoe prevails in Utah and employers and emstate road commission has adopted a comprehenployees are maintaining the closest snd most ympsthetic relations tn their mutual efforts to sive road building plan that makes special proserve their country. Patriotic workingmen have vision for the construction of market roads and not permitted sedition or disloyalty to take root market roads tn war times are as valuable aa tn Utah. roads in sections of the state where railmilitary The industrial commission is not only assistway transportation is not readily available. Thus ing tn maintaining the pleasant relations .of the commission plana to build good roads into employer and employee. It is administering that the rich Uinta basin and into the fertile seclast legisths law humane passed by splendid and tions of, Grand and San Juan counties. The lature. the workman's compensation act. This has been somewhat handicapped in its law is proving a great boon to employer and construation work by ths scarcity of labor, it and to laborer. Expensive unsatisfactory personal has purchased some splendid road building maInjury suits are eliminated. The industry is made chinery that is beinV used to great advantage to bear the burden of accidents Incident to the and If the present plans of the commission are Injury and the injured employee receives comcarried out it is probable that the necessary fixed withstate amount an in the by pensation labor may be secured with the result that 19U out oourt procedure. That such accidents may be will be a mom important year in road construcreduced to a minimum the industrial commistion throughout tha state. sion maintains an inspection foree which looks Recently the people of the state have witafter the details of installing safety devices and nessed In practical operation the corrupt practices assists the manufacturers in providing protection act. This act governed the recent municipal electha handa for factory tions held tn the cities and towns of the state and the results were very gratifying, though tha Public Utilities. law ean probably be best tested in a general elee- Though one of the last states to adopt a pubapathy of the people was to be lic utilities law Utah has ene of the best laws tion. Whilethetheabsence . ,, depiordd, ofthe armyptpalitlcai "f "the sftmlnatlon of vehicle for hauling io. t. d ty j voters to and ths enormous redue- polling places ot course is to provide a tribunal which may jn ea.mpaign expenditures were striking evt- decide the difference. If any, existing between ton dences of the real worth of the reform. ths public and the public service corporations. I have touched only on a few of the matIn the present crisis the commission hss proved have crowded this year with g of Inestimable value to the Unifed States fuel ters which events. I feel that ths state has taken a administration. In assisting in ths rapid movement forward. stride Ths ons been has big past year , of coal. of great progreee for the state. Ths big task Of great service to the national government next year Is the winning of the war The has been the new militia law of Utah, ons of the. for war would mean the loas of all our best statutes on the subject tn ths country. It hss loss of ths progress so that our supremo duty must be to been used as a 'modal for- - similar statutes In achieve victory. To that Snd all else should be several other states and It was carefully studied subordinated. AIT of our public and private Inby the military committees of both houses of terests must be with the interacts of Congress in the preparation of military legislation Batioq. Ths people of ths stats, of every class, for the nation at the entrance of this country into ths of every creed, of every age and of all parties, tha war. Ths law was tested by this state soon have forgotten thsir differences and they are after its passage In tha organization of our namarching forward in step with the nation under tional guard for federal service and It gave us a the Inspiring leadership of the president of ths splendid force recruited up to full War strength United States. In a remarkably short time. The appropriations of the HIT legislature were made on a peace basis, with a view to the exercise of the most rigid economy every department of Mate government. The war has placed On additional burdens practically every depart- - the state, who with scarcely an exception, have vigilantly performed their duty with, a courage that dors great credit to the state. Prohibition to be sucoaasful must be rigidly and honestly enforced. I believe the people of the state will agree with me that this law has been ably and con- EACH ' ' r.'v ' .- - T 0--f , UiW. ... ' GOVERNOR SIMON BAMBERGER ths closing days of tha legislaturs that there apIn normal times we see the moral value of ,f our engaging in this prohibition and in war times not only the great peared to be a certain oolioeal struggle. And yet with marvelous foremoral Value but the economic value of prohibisight the lawmakers placed on our statute books tion ie emphasized. The available labor supply of legislation that is of ires;ni.il vat te the state was greatly reduced In Utah because of to the nation in tha present conflict. the calls to military service. That agriculture and Industry were not seriously crippled by reason Enact pronlbltioa Law. of this fact is to my mind solely due to the effectiveness of prohibition. Hundreds of men One great law enacted by tha stats loglsistura that will make ths year 1I1T a memorable one who might otherwise be loafing in bar rooms In the history of this state is the prohibition law. were at work in the fields and factories snd their In normal times the advantages of prohibition nrs minds and energies wars not Impaired by ths so many and so well recognized that there is influence of afcoboi. no need of recounting them. But all of the adThs fallacy that prohibition hurts business hss been exploded by the operation of prohibition in vantages of prohibition in pescs times srs multiUtah. I am of the belief that there is scarcely q plied In time of wsr. Ons need not have a vivid business man in Utah, irrespective of how he imagination to picture what might have happened In our state had tbs saloons been open at a time felt on the prohibition question on August 1 of when great bodies of troops wars congregated this year, who win not now stats openly that here when hundreds of men were btlng drafted prohibition has helped business, ' into military service- I wish to pay a tribute to ths pescs officers of vtif-nr- -- history-makin- GOOD TIDINGS FROM ZION BY FJRST PRESIDENCY (Continued from page four.) Genealogical offices and libraries, and those of the General Church Board of Education, ths Sunday School Union, etc. It is a splendid dlf). commanding the admiration not only of tho Latter-day Saints, but of tourists and visitors from all parts of the world. It was built by Mormon labor. Including that of sklllsd artisans, and Its architects were a son and grandson. Of President Brigham Young. The granite of the exterior, the solid monoliths, polished ond fluted, onyt, travertins, ond other valuable stones ars Utah products. Ths foreign woods, furniture and ether appointments were obtained from Utah mercantile firms, and the whole edifice Is a monument to tho spirit of progress which permeates the Church of Jesus Saints. Christ of Latter-da- y At this Christmas-tid-e the building, with its adornments and conveniences. Is s source of pride and gladness to all who are interested In the welfare of tha community. Church Publication s. addition to the dally and of The Deseret News which has prospered financially and otherwise during 191 T. and numerous newspapers printed and published In Utah, many new literary work have issued from the press and have found places tn outside publications. Notably, a series of writings by Dr. - James E. Talmage on the Articles of Faith has been printed and reprinted In a large number of Y'lfhllc journals throughout the United States and tn foreign countries. The good effects of these efforts are to be seen and felt In the change of -jmblic. sentiment- concerning Uu,h nd the Mor-- " mons, notwithstanding the monstrous stories still told and repeated by conscienceless opponents of the Church. era meeting with a glad wel IS , seml-wee- come Instead bf with persecution And violence. By their fruits ye shell know them, ts being socepted as Christian guide, and the good works accomplished by ths people of this Buts have made tluir mark upon the public mind. Evan tha national government has commenced to perceive and comprehend the character of our oitlsens, . and tha fact of their being Mormons Is becoming no barrier to thair employment in the national service. The appreciation which is evident In government circles of tho services of our senators and representatives, I a matter of great rejoicing and satisfaction. Can anything good come out of VtahT Is no longer heard among tho Intelligent and Informed. Each of tho chosen men sent from this stats to ths seat of government makes hie mark upon his associates, and them ts no stats In ths Union, of tho also of Utah, which ean boast of a stronger and mors abe body of men than those who corns from these mountain valsa, Uuh Is proud of them and ean count their services and the effects thereof among the highest of their many blessings. n Latter-da- y Such faints as Colonel Richard W. Young, Chaplain Brigham H. Roberts, Hon. James H. Moyle and Colonel Willard Young haOe received government appointments; also Frank O. Nsbsksr. George T. OdsU and other men of Utah prominence have been thus signalized. Prominent ladles of tha auxiliary associations have been placed on national committees and their ssrrioes fittingly appreciated. The hackneyed fiction of Mormon disloyalty, has 'Tosrtts power In The world, and the services of our brethren and staters In Uuh to ths United States government In times of peril or need of efficient leaders have put n quietus on tho slanders of our enemies. well-know- Support War Fund. liberally bestowed, the tithing receipts during the present year have materially Increased over thoee of past years, and this is true not only of ths home contributions but of those from the isUnds of the sea and the antipodes, and even from tha very nations that are at war in Europe the tlthings have come In greater magnitude than ever. These are Indications of prosperity as well as of faith and devotion that are gladdening to the soul. Fast day and other donations for ths poor Ie exhibit the spirit of ths people, and many of our msroxntlls and other corporations are showing generosity at thU season. The distribution in this etty through ths presiding Bishops Olfics by Z. C, M. I. of 150 tons of coal to ths needy irrespective of creed is a sample of this good work. T HE Investment of 1150,068 In Liberty Bonds 9 of the United States and of 110,800 in Canadian Victory Bonds, added to tho individual br our people with those of various auxiliary Organisations, and ths donations to the Red Cross Society, amounting to very Urge sums, such as 15,800 from ths Relief Society, fl.ioo each from the Young Ladles and Primary and 118,080 by the Sunday Schools, "like straws which show ths way the wind blows, Indicate tha real sentiment of the Sainte and their affection for and fidelity to the nation 'of which we form a part. Amo-clatio- Good Out of Evil. irHE com cost of living. high which hss to be a general grievance, la offset ths Increased by returns to tho agriculturist and the merchant. Farmer rejoice over the splendid markets for their products, manufacturers for similar reasons, and even ths laborer who is worthy of bis hire obtains higher wages than those of former times, and thus there is real cause for congratulations .among all classes of the comm&Mty. This pro- motes generosity In giving, and donations for benevolent objects rs increased and ihe' cireulation of money Is active snd widely perceptible. The harvests of ths season have been bountiful and general, and while therJtye been some failures In crops in th aggregate the yields are greater than In former yearsr thus prosperity comes with the opening of the w Christmas Prohibition Brings Results. for rejoicing ONE of the greatest cause the "1 ' Tithing Receipts Increase. OTWITH STANDING M 1 the fact that many of our a- -rt son. are in the military field, and the means at band of our people have been o and during present year has been the striking change that has appeared tn oui community, by the execution of the state-wid- e prohibition act of the Utah legislature, which has closed up the drlnking twioons snd almost com- pletely suppressed tbe liquor traffic. This ts are d?3 ahown tn the police nlby particularly, and in the diminution of crime generally. While It cannot bo truthfully denied that some bootlegging" Is ca"ied on and a occasional case of n- tuxication comes up for trial, the open solo of intoxicants is really suppressed, Even in the mining districts, employers ean placo greater dependence upon common labor. because Instead of many workers being laid up for repairs on TlL Monday morning, they are on tint JlT jKWtt their and in better condition for than was formerly the case, because of the duty abstinence which has become general. Depression in business which was anticipated not c.p peared. oa the contrary mercantile affairs ars prosperous, and money formerly expended on harmful liquids to the support bf families and indulgence goei in harmless amuaomenty. , Mothers and children rejoice in this grateful change cttlee ars more peaceful and orderly and everybody that desires the welfare of mankind order of things. Tha governor and the executive officers of the state and counties cities and are to bs oommsnded tar thsir vigilant endeavors to fully execute the Jaw, to giva protection to tha people and preserve tha public Thera will be exceeding great Joy thia JJ1 Christmas In thousands homes as one of the splendid results of this successful movement. -- Clouds Have Silver Lining. era a few of tha uses tor rejoicing T HESK which prevail above ths din and strife and OS tumult prevailing abroad. Even those angry clouds have their silver lining, because they are to as ths fulfillment of divine prophecy through ancient and modern servants of God. Wt have looked for them for many yean. They come with awful force and portent, but that which has been mads known convinces as that ths hand of Pravldenoe is over all," and that theee sad events will result in good to mankind and the establish-meof peace and free government. Liberty will be triumphant. The discord of precursor and contrast of ghe full and glorious harmony to follow. Christmas cornea Slowing, with good cheer and with promise o lat V of righteousness and peace of whlol fM- - Ji- -I reign b the King. The Woes of the world will pass away; the Joya of heaven will tak their Place. The predictions of good things will ail come to pass, everything in Its season. So lei b and I? !!time when tearsthankful, looking forward tc shall be dried from eye, and the world e Christmas shall comeever) and spread its Joyful sunshine for all the earth. "A merry Christmas and a happy New Year)" nt |