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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH THE SALIIIA SUN Au ms , Published Every Friday At Salina, Utah From where I sit... Jy faciht.es of the private utility Joe Marsh that had long served the area. Since this PUD came in, the principal change has been an almost unbelievable decline in the standards of electric service. Complete stoppages are frequent. Stringent rules cover the use of electricity and the hook-uof appliances. This is quite a change from the old das when the private utility automatically provided all the juice desired when and where wanted, under strict public regulation, from which the PUD is exempted. As a result, communities which joined the PUD believing they would get plenty of power for practically nothing, are now looking at it with a jaundiced eye. The city council of one of the larger towns in the region recently passed unanimously a resolution to get out of the PUD and set up a municipal plant. Another of the larger towns has long been restive, and is looking for a way out. And in the meantime, the consumer gets a kind of power service that would immediately bring the toughest possible crackdown from public service commissions if it were provided by a regulated, private company. What this all adds up to is that socialism produces nothing of itself except, as a rule, political bungling, red tape, and waste. Only private enterprise is responsive to the needs and desires of the people. That goes for power service and it goes for all other kinds of business as well. First State Bank Of Salina The Livestock Bank of Utah AAA4 AAAAikAAA Ir'IWVl W W p WESLEY ORSA B. CHERRY Talk werent surprised when Bert Childers won first prize for his corn at the county fair. Yet the judges admit it wasnt just because Bert had the finest ears of corn. He knew how to display them: neatly arranged, with the husks cleanly trimmed, and the booth white and spotless. Trimmings sure make a difference no matter what youre offering as Andy Botkin, keeper of the Garden Tavern, well knows. Andy doesnt just sell good beer. He sells it in a place that's clean and attractive ... in nice surroundings that CHERRY Editor Publisher belong with the enjoyment of a wholesome beverage of moderation. And Andy, of course, is a wholehearted supporter of Self Regulation. Thats the system by w hich the Brewers and tavern keepers themselves make sure that taverns selling beer are clean and orderly. From where I sit, people like Andy also rate a Tir-- t prize. Not just for the quality of the product but for the trimmings too. quently uneconomic smallness. in merchandising Bigness Judging from a survey recen carne in ajmost eVery instance .. made by the Los Angeles ly The leading q( smallness Merchants and Manufacturers chainS for example, in both the Copyright, 1916, United State j Bteu.cn FuunJut.on c Association, the American pu mer-ligrocery and the general has a great deal to learn cbarKjlse fields, began as single more and mands of a private organization about merchandising. The sur- gres at that, the consumer gets storegand we a single labor union vcy revealed that most of the Thejr growth is simp,y the re. better products. conto forward look can the only people queried were under fu.ctlon of public appr0val of tinued disruption of the vital impression that more t an a t)iejr service to consumers. So THE TRUTH ABOUT SHORTAGES coal industry. of the customers dollar went and POWER ,e patronized them One very important fact defor net profit to the lucky the store greWIt is certainly not a coinciveloped by the storekeeper. Despite the emergence of the dence that predictions of future soft coal difficulties is that govThat, as the saying goes, chain sys- - electric power shortages almost ernment would be nice work if you' nati0al and regional operation of the mines inde- - invariably coincide with proof the the terns, position no more and no less is merthe (which could get it. However, im- - posals favoring the expenditure than nationalization or socialcliant is far from being in the pendent, far from being has been strengthened. of a few more hundred million ization of the mines), affords no golden position a misinformed periled Monitor As the points out b.g- - dollars ofjhe taxpayers money guarantee whatsoever of an unpublic thinks he is. On the limitations. for new Federal power prohas natural its interrupted production of the average, something less than "ess d can pro- - jects. For that reason, a merchant The nations basic fuel supply. There five per cent of the customer1. book detailing errors is no act which Vlde P to net the magic in nationalization. dollar represents made by the Federal Power A store. And in some staple lines, as a magnet to trade. progressive coal industry, This countrys economy is Commission is load predictions keyed to the demands of the such as foods, where there are and utility capacity require- time, can no style trends and obsolescence based on fair competition be- only be achieved under ments is of national importance. all of tween kinds buttressed big business, of cost to to add the private ownership problems The author of the book, C. we little. and If size, and laws labor fhe is net penalize often less, agreements by operation, W. Mayott, presents an enorwhich respect the rights of manSuch figures indicate the in- - we, by inference, ask that un- mass of factual evidence, mous How answerable big is when question: done agement no less than the rights buyjustice that most of it from official sources. of labor. ers strikes and other consumer fan a 'business be allowed to We must never forget What it all adds up to is that rebellions are directed at the crow? - the FPC has been continually storekeeper. It's all very well that the big operation of tomorFree collective bargaining row is a small and unknown op- - predicting early power shortages to protest at free of Govmeans no bargaining 1933 and time at since of eration today. pound meat and a dollar-a- have the facts justified these ernment interference, except for pound butter if youre so dis- inpredictions. For example, in the those activities normally but place the blame SOAPLESS SOAP posed or conciliation mediation spring of 1935, the FPC gave volving where it belongs. Todays prices Most le consider petro. out its views on the amount of . . . To assure that collevtrvtr are simply he d.recd and in- ,cum d used reserve and spare power facili- bargaining is really a ducts ch evitable reflection of today s fuel and lubricants. to ties that should exist. These, affair, Congress must revise the for As governmental, industrial, agri- this is correct, but 83 says Mr. Mayott, were almost Wagner Act to correct Its onecultural and general business volume, to variety of uses, it falls far twice those found necessary sidedness, and to assure that recosts, and they cant go down the story. In during the most acute war sponsibility goes along with short of appreciably unless those costs addition totelling New York Times. countless services period in 19431 the power. go down, which include labor this elecrenders show Statistics that the mankind, product and taxes. we may soon be using oil to tric utilities have consistently RESPONSIVE TO OlR NEEDS The merchant, chain and in- - wasb our hands and clothes, prepared for all increases in Government ownership is ofdependent, large and small, old The dmand for petroleum load, and have always mainand new, is doing a fine Job derivatives in the manufacture ten urged as the remedy for all tained adequate reserves. Furour under tough conditions. He s 0f SOapless real or imagined economic soaps has been ther, Mr. Mayott writes, Exills. got problems enough without But, in practice, socialized spurred by the natural soap cept for one area where Federal seems to have a habit btdng blamed for those over industry which resulted retarded the from installation shortage, policies of falling far short of the roseate the decline in supply of animal of steam reserves for low hydro held out by its starry-eye- d dreams and vegetable fats. One of the periods, there has been no power A good example advocates. oil American leading companies curtailment In recent years." of that can be found along the haS a with chemical These are facts which the pubIn an editorial concerning ef- j,oi"ed. Oregon Coast, where some forts to limit the growth of I"anufaunng concern in the lic must understand, if it Is not years ago a People's Utility of an to be carried away by phony business, particularly in the popping up production Th Product forecasts of power shortages by deterE,ent field, the Chris- - ?er,vJ? 18 tian Science Monitor said: Big- d'recllyLto industrial authorities whose real desire rreaches established is the destruction of the ness is invariably the I1ERD heavily taxed priduct of successful competition. lrade outlets for distribution der names. van0U9 trade vate power industry, and the bigness achieves power, it This is but one more way in substitution of socialistic monwields it sometimes for good. sometimes for evil. It has some which oil is playing a role in opoly which would be an endless natural limitations. For the the American home and busi-res- drain on the public treasury. restraint and discipline de- - ness- Its uses and adaptations We have never had a power shortage, and we never will so signed to curb abuses of bigness seem almost limitless. The be our aim rather than perimental and research labor-som- e long as private enterprise is 1 ' . permitted to exist In the elecnostalgic and historically atories which the industry ' trical field. are new and varied finding r undertaking t o tains maintain an artificial and fre- - applications almost daily. And A LESSON IN APPEASEMENT MISINFORMED CONSUMIRS . - long-standin- one-stor- e g newly-publishe- f3 eighty-cent-a- two-side- . publicly-regul- end-pro- un-Wh- en BULLS ated, 22, 1946 D.itrut (PUD) took over the erf semtnt Why Bert Won First Prize matter Entered at the postoffice at Salina as second-clas- s under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. NOVEMBER YOYLR LITE AT STAKE f Capital 23,000.00 Surplus 300,000.00 JkAAAAAA aaaa Member: Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation DR. THOMAS D. BAIRD DR. H. CRANDALL SALINA HOSPITAL Phone 152 DENTIST 2 to 5 Office Hours SALINA - UTAB Office Hours: p.m., except Tuesday Residence Phone - - -- ties, and public preoccupation with the war effort. However, it has now been more than a year since cessation of hostilities. The trend in fire losses has continued unabated, resulting in destruction of material and supplies at a time when they are vital to the reconversion of our economy. Only once and possibly twice before in our history has waste by fire all over the been so menacing to our national welfare as it is today. We cannot escape our respon- sibility by saying that fire trol is somebody elses business. It is our own, personal business, It comes down to the state, the town, the district, the home and finally to the individual, whose carelessness is the greatest cause of fire. Every mans life, every mans property, every mans savings, is the stake in the fight against fire. Suppose that every productive acre of farm land and every farm building in the great agricultural state of Washington, with all its orchards, wheat fields and truck gardens, was suddenly wiped out. That would be an inconceivable and unpre- disaster. Yet fire uncontrolled, man- is taking just such caused fire a toll from the people of this country. The last census gave the value of Washingtons farms as $593,000,000. And thats what our national 1946 fire loss will be. The gravity of the problem has been well described by Frank A. Christensen, president of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Seven years ago the upward trend in fire losses Far-Awa- y began, he said. During the war years, we explained it . . . All away by charging it to increased activity or industrial and mercantile operations, undermanned fire departments, obsolete and inefficient fire fighting facili- - Now you can choose your - 9 to 12 a. m. 104-- R con-cedent- 1:30 to 6 p. m sion in the United States Army. Famous fighting units in Japan, Korea, the Philippines and other far eastern countries need replacement of REAL men who enjoy being associated with outstanding, heroic history makers. If you have a desire for travel . . . plus exceptional pay increases, plus many educational advantages, plus a good retire- ment income then consult your local U. S. Army recruiting ficer today! Remember theres 20 increased pay allowance for overseas duty! ARMORY BUILDING Richfield, Utah VISIT EXCITING Places Expenses RANGE BULLS Paid PLUS The Lost is Found By Our Want Ads Good Pay! When you lose divi- - V advertise They Dont Stay Lost Long REGISTERED FEMALES t, - ld main-impractic- ... PLAHIIED ECONOMY By PAULSON John D. Battle, executive retary of the National Coal X crp BUREAU OF REHABILITATION AND REEMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED BUREAUCRATS "Now here's a very successful Bureau to fold I M I started when OPA began i f i tJ al ' V Ji secAs- sociation, an organization representing the bituminous coal operators, recently write: It will be interesting to see what steps the government takes to protect the people from a coal shortage now that the government occupies the place of mine manager. There are many around Washington who consider this a challenge to the governments authority. At the same time it must be remembered that the government sought the role that it is now playing by taking the coal mines over almost a year after the shooting-wa- r had ceased took them and gave the union a contract involving a number of unsound principles as viewed by the coal mine owners. This is another lesson in .appeasement. It is rather difficult to retrace the steps once taken without great danger to the dignity of the government. It is time the American people realized that the real issue in the coal industry has gone far beyond any question of wages, hours or working conditions. The very prestige of government is at stake. And so long as high government officials back down when faced by the ruthless de- - 'V iv iv f UTAHS BEST At Spanish Fork, Dec. 12, 1946 40 SELECT FEMALES AUCTIONEER:-- - Colonel Earl O. Walters, Filer, Idaho These Cattle Are All Graded And Guaranteed B Or Better 45 AND BULLS REMEMBER UTAH JUDGING 10:30 A. M. HEREFORDS ARE SUPERIOR SALE PROMPTLY AT 1:00 UTAH HEREFORD P. M. ASSOCIATION Name That Signifies Quality For Particulars, Write R.F. D. No. 4, Ogden. FUTURE SALES: Cedar City, Feb. 20, 1947 Richfield, Feb. 22, 1947 A H 9 a |
