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Show cs The MV eekly Reflet THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH PAGE FOUR The Professional Colorado, River pact, and it would he, deplorable if the division is not made on an amicable basis. Utah has grown tired of obstruction in the developAgreat barrier to crime prevention ment of the Colorado river. This is the reformer. He continually asks for more laws, fact was made clear by the last session of the Utah legislature, when it in spite of .the fact that unenforcen state pact able and Unnecessary legislation has the and make Boulder dam legislation become the great American joke. He cries, at one time, for stricter punishpossible. v and at another for Concerning this matter the Salt ment for offenders, Cold less punishment. logic and inLake City Tribune has to say: mean nothfacts of analysis II. F. McPhail, electrical engineer telligent his emoruled is byhim. He to for the United States bureau of re- ing His monument is the tens of tion. clamation, of Denver, is investigating thousands of laws that now burden possibilities of marketing in this area, the statute books. v ' power that may be developed by con is a historical fact that most of struction of a power project on the theIt great" reform movements have Green river at Flaming Gorge. The turned upon themselves and become dam for such a project would be in boomerangs. The movement which Utah, but the water would be backed culminated in the,NewYork antiup into Wyoming to near Green River revolver law is an example. A few city. Mr. McPhail expects to he in months ago the Brooklyn, grand jury " Salt Lake for several days more on petitioned for the law's repeal! this investigation. American prisons are overpopulatA few days ago we listened to J. R. Alexander, ed, yet many of the worst criminals Accompanied by a dirt farmer, a farmer who farmer, for thd bureau, E. O. remain at large, practically immune works his farm and produces good district counsel associate engineer, and by frtm punishment by virtue of legal Larson, crops of wheat, corn, poultry, eggs, William R. Wallace, chairman of the technicalities that make justice - imbeets, fruit all products for which Utah water commission and potent. The mania has necessity makes demand. The burden the Colorado storage Mr. been productive of the greatest period river commission, of his argument was that the proon Governor George of lawlessness in our history. ducer was not getting a fair price for McPhail called the object of and H. Dern Fewer laws and better enforcement; explained his product when measured by the here. visit his judicial procedure that finas out the price he had to pay for what he had instead of discussing irrelevant Governor Dern reiterated Us Inter facts, to buy, for taxes, for interest on more efficient, better and technicalities; in the Flaming Gorge project, money and for professional services. eat He had not only a complaint, but he the possibility of its early develop- paid and better equipped police dehad a remedy for that of which he ment. He believes, however, that un- partments; quicker, surer arrests and compact la arranged convictions of malefactors in this til a four-stacomplained. Colo- direction lies crime prevention. He would not curtail production as among the states of the upper can little river progress rado basin, s .remedy. He claimed there was a or construction actual on made apbe demand for alt" that the farmer prouses. for water of power propriation and more than The American public is taking to he produced if duced, The governor intimated he would the air. all the people were, fully ied and clothed. He would continue produc discuss the situation in more detail Last year' 90,000 persons made tion and then demand that those who with Governor Frank C. Emerson of scheduled trips on passenger planes consumed it be compelled to pay a Wyoming, former state engineer of double the 1928 number, and more that state, and representative of Wyo- will ride this year. fair price. To bring about this happy state of ming on the original Colorado river The people are becoming affairs he would Adopt the plan commission, when the latter arrives The airplane haa ceased to adopted by the Dutch way back in in Salt Lake Thursday, for the con- be a novelty and has taken its place 1500 when, having a monopoly of ference of western governors. along with railroads, buses and automobiles as a standard mode of transpices of the East Indies, and failing yvars to prove or disprove the wisdom ' of so doing. Senator Smoot has Heredia hoping pmum4 hr been misunderstood by the correspondCTOE INLAND PRINTING CO. ent. The Utah legislature of 1929 almost unanimously declared for the W. P. EPPERSON, Editor . Boulder dam by enacting the seven-si- x ' C A. EPPERSON. AooocUU Editor state pact; a great majority of Katorod m mcb4cU. Miter PfcrBry It, the people of Utah are for the dam; At t of HU, t K.mllte, Utah, a odor" tho congress is for the dam; the president March t, 1879. of the United States is for the dam. One can hardly believe that the senaAdrortioinr ratoa oa aplkatioa tor has deserted these great forces advance in anf lined up with sorehead Arizona, a $2.00 year Subscription William R, Wallace, the perpetual Colorado river obstructionist, and TELEPHONES W. P. Epporao. No. ft Governor George H. Dem in his opC. A. Epporao, No. 114 to this great government deposition Offlc No. 1 velopment which means more to the west than any former piece of naReed Smoot tional legislation. Senator Reported in Queer Company . Ilarry J. Brown, the Washington correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune, under date of June 25, quotes Senator Reed Smoot as saying: The United States Is destined to sink many millions of dollars in the Boulder Dam project While nominally, the law and the power contracts ate Intended to in sure the repayment in full of the sen- gov-erame- nts investment the Utah in his own mind that millions upon millions invested will never come back to the federal treasor any other ury under the amortization plan. As Senator Smoot was leaving to catch his train for Salt Lake this afternoon, ho gave out a statement outlining; a speech he Intended to make had opportunity been afforded before he left. Be said at the outset that he had intended to vote for the Boulder Dam not because I think appropriation the Boulder Dam project la a wise undertaking or one which should be undertaken by the federal government but because congress has authorized at It, and since it is to be undertaken some time, I see no reason for withholding the appropriation at this ator is satisfied 60-ye- ar time. Reformer Six-Sev- , - . A Revolutionary Argument"-- law-passi- such prices vary,- due to conditions, the outside ii foreign competition, - industrys control. Many of minings difficulties today Necessary . The people will not j fall, but they must shocked into a realizatioTme'le, V that the burden of mainuS. mocracy rests on them ratherthan on the an industry, which has been vital to officialawho seem shoulders to becol tktV the progress fit the past and that is with'lhe idea that as nations future gain power their chief indispensable to the dutvlJ out to restrict the right. growth And development. V and7rip orthe individual callMagician (to small boy he has ed on stage): Now, my boy, you have n Selling . raised livestock means ho.? never seem me before, hove you? Little Boy: No Daddy. money. are mainly legislative. Oppresive laws and higher taxes for the industry are constantly being proposed. Mining must be treated equitably and fairly. The West owes that to s2 home-grow- Stores: Ogden, Salt Lake; Logan, and Idaho Falls, Idaho ng 2484 Washington Avenue te . Taking to the Air The opening of the new Shoe Den a larger and more convenient even greater values and a larger stock to choose from! store--offe- rs Visit the New i air-mind- to get their price for tame, burned entire cargoes in the streets of Amsterdam. He pointed out that this plan could be safely carried out by storing all surplus crops until another crop came on before starting the fires. When reminded that the law of arson would probably apply were food products consigned to the flames, he countered by reminding us that glass blowers habitually break the bottles they empty that they may not be used a second time. It was also the idea of our radical friend that were there as much high pressure salesmanship employed in selling the necessities of life as there is in selling luxuries, price of necessities could be stabilized. The ideas expressed are certainly revolutionary and not at all practical under our system of barter and exchange, but they show how the minds of some men are working. When men have a grievance, as this agriculture producer certainly has, and when relief seems far away, many extreme ideas will be evolved. Just now oil production is being cur tailed, it is said, for the purpose of conserving supply, $ut the people are wise to the fact that the conserving keeps up the price of gasoline. Will Wonders Never Cease portation. Little more than a year has passed since the modern passenger transport planes came into use. They are Burglars ransacked the home of models of comfort, speed and dependMounted Patrolman A. D. Murphy, a ability. Salt Lake policeman, at 125 East Who can wonder that they are a Ninth South street Monday night, popular means of travel? stealing jewelry and clothing valued in excess of $900, the officer reported Vital Tuesday morning. . . The lure of gold brought thousands The t loot included four diamond of pioneers across the plains in the rings, valued at $700; a cameo pirn early the foundation on days to $75; a womans gold watch, crystal which western lay civilization has been necklace, earrings, six dresses, a tailuilt-shakand ored suit, silver salt pepper In many states, mining remains the ers, an amber manicuring set, and a greatest industry. But now the baser childs bank. J metals copper, lead and zinc rather Will wonders never cease! Who than gold and silver, are . most imeyer before heard of a policeman hav- portant from the standpoint of proing foyr diamond rings? viding raw material and employment 'or American progress. Mining has not had an easy time of Tax-Exemptiit It is a hazardous industry. The abor and expense of years is liable Few to go for nothing. There is no way There is a growing demand to make of telling exactly how much ore a municipally-owne- d And metal public utilities pay given mine contains. taxes. Government, when it restricts itself to governing, and does not com pete in business with its own citizens, is granted freedom from taxation for government property which is used for the benefit of all the people. A cold glass of Root Beer is But when government goes outside very refreshing these hot days. the function of governing and engages Try one here. in business for the special benefit of limited numbers of people, tax exIf hungry, dont forget emption should not te extended to we serve hot meals! such properties. a If freedom from taxation is of benRoom efit to the privileged customer? of municipal electric plants, why should Kaysville, Utah not customers of private plants be given the same benefit? munici It is said that d business passes this saving along to .its customers. Private utilities if untaxed, could do likewise Why should government use public e funds to operate businesses Al. in competition with taxed private businesses? If all property were tax exempt there would be no funds to maintain government and government would have to charge a profit on all of its business operations sufficient to raise the tax revenue now required for public purposes. Government ownership of industry is a nice theory to play with for a favored few at the expense of the masses. If carried to its logical con elusion, there would be no more free dom for the individual. Private initiative and enterprise would be destroyed and we would all work for the government. Tax exemption is the worst possible type of class legislation. Delving into the financial phase of Boulder Dam, Senator Smoot undertook to show why the government is entering upon a losing venture. Speaking of the fantasy of repayment, as he called it, the senator said: The price for electricity named in the contract doubtless is a price that if collected for fifty year would repay to the government that sum of money which the present estimates call for. The grave risk and uncertainty here is to the will and ability of the political agencies to pay, ani as to the actual cost of the project.' "The more important point, however, is that no one now knows what In price the government will receive.ObI said: in 1928, May, my speech viously, also, the plain intention of the hill is to seem to require contracts, but actually to require nothing at all, except that some contractor agree to take government power, for which the government will provide all of the investment, at exactly what the same power would have cost him had he secured all of the capital and taken all of the hazards of construction incident to the generation of power on his own Bully .account. it is now worthy of notice that the contracts before us, carrying out Judge Daniel Herrington, of the this section of the law, specifically criminal division of Salt Lake City, provide that the readjusted rates has decreed that the drunken auto shall under no circumstances exceed driver must go GO TO JAIL. the value of said energy based on competitive condition at distributing Let Us Now points or competitive centers. The price named in the contract continues for only fifteen years from the date of the signing of the con- Policy tract. Ten of those years, according Now that the Boulder Dam to the most optimistic estimate, will seems assured, nothwithstanding the be used up by the construction period. apposition of Arizona and the objecThat leaves the price named on the tions of William R. Utah's contract - applicable for a maximum wet commissioner, wetWallace, in as much as deadof only the first five years of he is the chairman of the Utah Water building period, during which the full Storage commission, the matter of a amount of the power contracted for dam at Flaming Gorge on Green Rivneed not be taken. After 1945, some er is to receive consideration. One of other and unkUown price must be the provisions of the Boulder Dam bill charged for the electricity. provides for an appropriation of What will that price probably be? $100,000 for investigation power It must he a price based upon the cost sites and irrigation projects of the along of providing a similar quantity of upper Colorado and its tributaries, and centers it Is in electricity in the same load anticipation of this appropria' tion that the Flaming Gorge project by altcrating means. When the manufacturing cost and is being investigated. the transmission cost are added to the It is to be hoped that Commissioner price of falling water at Boulder dam, Wallace will be in constructive the delivered cost at the load centers frame of mind in the consideration of , near Los Angeles will be between 4 this project. The four upper basin and 4225 miles per kilowatt hour. The states are interested in the division present cost of making electricity in of the waters of the Colorado, which southern California from the most has been allotted to them by the modem steam plants is now about 3.5 mills per kilowatt hour. If the researches of the next 15 years cut 1 mill off this present steam power price, then the price that the government must, under the contracts, charge for falling water at Bounder dam 15 years hence will be sera...lIow long it will tak6 receipts of zero to accumulate - enough money to pay "back the governments investment, 1 shall leave to the mathematicians. For the benefit of the historians 0 and 70 years hence, 1 wish the record to show that at this time is was pointed out to the senate that even the government of the United States annot defy the operation of economic jaws to the extent of selling a commodity over a long term contract for more than its value; that even poliWith tical necessity will not excuse economic blunders. We have quoted Senator Smoot at ' Fay Wray Eugene Toilette length, but one can hardly believe that the correspondent caught his exact, meaning. In the first place, one can- -. not conceive of Senator Smoot speak-- 1 ing against the hill and then voting for it. -- Again, seems hardly-logica- l that the senator would argue a zero - or vanishing point to the earning caof the Boulder dam. If the ' pacity With a j same argument were applied to ninety per cent of government appropriations and accepted, there would be very few appropriations made. The Colorado river has' been cutting Into the earths crust for millions and millions of Doors Open 11:30 P. M. . years, and it would seem that now is an opportune time to turn it to some Regular Prices! account, without waiting 60 or 70 for the Judge Have a Constructive to Progress for on Privileged tax-exem- REFRESHING , Robins Lunch Shoe Den Footwear Savings for Shoes for Men, Women, and Children! Women's Dress Pumps, Oxfords or Straps. 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