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Show r THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA, UTAR ii THE SALMA SUN could have produced under $1500, and that only by paing very low This Man Believes In wages. "The men who tell the country that the high incomes must be cut What they down are not working for the benefit of the masses. Issued Every Friday at Salina, Sevier County, Utah. are really saying is something like this: " You workmen and farmers have got all you ought to have. Rates From now on this country must be run for Let us stop right now. Subscription the benefit of politicians. One Year $2.00 "I am interested in seeing everybody getting a better living 1.00 Six Months 1 am less effort. with 75 Three Months against anything which stops the country where it is. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE "One of the great troubles with Europe is that the people exist Taxes take up what surplus ought to be used for the Government. Entered at the Postoffice at Salina, Utah, as Second Gass Mail for bettering conditions. Matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. If the world was filled with men like a fine fellow living at Magnett, Texas, newspapers throughout the world would 44 be "sitting fine and there would not be the struggle and strife 44 This that is now found in the offices of the country press. office fine fellow living in Texas recently went to the where his 4 weekly paper was published and planked down $108 in one No, it was not for back subscriptions, but was for his 4 lump. 4 subscription for 72 years in advance. 4 This good mans name is Joe Barnes and when he had paid 4 4 the money he told the editor that he liked the home paper 4 4 and asked the editor to "keep er comin,. The editor of 4 4 Texas also boasts of another subscriber paid up to 1935, but 4 the record of Mr. Barnes, paying up to 1996 is believed to be 4 4 a national record. 4 The Sun publisher is not looking for any records to $ eclipse that in Texas, but it would be mighty fine if every And what wuld reader would go the limit for one year. d frnthrice b that arc behind o TOQVf. up ta help more class A. t t t RUM FLEETS ACTIVE ADVERTISING RATES. inch per month, $1.00; single issue, 25c Per Matter Display Special position 25 per cent additional. Legals Ten cents per line each insertion. Count six words to line Readers Ten cents per line each inseition. Count six words to line Blackface type Fifteen Cents per line for each insertion. Obituaries, Cards of Thanks, Resolutions, Etc., at Half Local Read ing Rates, Count Six Words to the line. For Sale, For Rent, Found, Lost, Etc., Ten Cents per line for Eacl Insertion. NO CHARGE ACCOUNTS. One hundred thousand cases of liquor are smuggled into the United States monthly by rum runners off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, according to Coast Guard officials charged with preventing the traffic. This estimate was given to the House Appropriations subcommittee which drafted the deficiency bill reported allotting an additional $13,853,989 for the Coast Guard service. In testimony before the subcommittee on February 5, Commander Root, of the service, who had made a special investigation of activities, said: The smugglers high sea foce at present consists of 34 steamers and 132 sailing vessels, ranging in size from 35 tons to 3,000 tons. The Some of these vessels are capable of speeds up to 19 knots. H. W. CHERRY. Editor and Publisher. shore for crafts The making auxiliary majority fly foreign flags. contacts consist of seveal hundred gasoline-drive- n craft, about 30 TO ENLARGE PUBLIC FORESTS per cent of which are good for 25 knots. "With our present force during the past 22 months we have A senatorial committee which has been studying the forestry question brings forth a sound program of conservation and reforest been able to put out of business, by capture or otherwise, 153 We have captured the equivalent of 31 ,000 cases of liquor It advises federal assistance "to remove the risks and handi vessels. ation. caused ind to be jettisoned under fire an amount estimated at 20,000 caps from private timber growing," especially in the form of greater protection from fire and the readjustment of taxing methods so as cases. Rum Row off New York is maintained ostensi"The to apply fairly to a vrop taking so long to mature. business a as As regards public forest lands, the committee recommends bly good proposition, but principally as a diversion to not only a more extensive planting of trees on such land but the hold to that point the attention of as many Coast Guard vessels as purchasing of additional land for reforestation from private owners, possible." Commander Root said the smugglers maintained advance stawhere it is cheap and adapted to the purpose. The new forests, deliberately planted and grown, would be tions at St. Johns, N. F.; St. Pierre, Miquelon, the Azores, Bermuda Vast tracts, good and the Bahamas. far better conserved than the old forests were. b "The smugglers maintain a bribery fund, he added, "and for planting, might acquired without much expense, or even donated by their owners for perpetual public forests. And the seed- have a shore organization for obtaining supplies and making coning might be done, as it is now in some European countries. St. tacts. Commander Root said a report from Havana showed that Joseph, Mo., Gazette. from 7,000 to 0,000 cases of liquor were shipped weekly to BaltiExtensive A CRYING EVIL more and New York concealed in cargoes of sugar. ' It is feared Congress will be so busy with taxation and the bonus smuggling activities also exist in the Puget Sound country, he said, and transportation questions that it will be unable to attend to a adding: "Not only is the traffic increasing, but also the audicity, skill securities. problem that is crying for solution: That of work and most now securities, as understands, courage of the enemy. Nation Republican. every one to send million's of dollars into idleness that ought to be flowing in Furthermore, they encourage extrav- IS INVESTIGATING OVERDONE? regular industrial channels. of the and municipalities that are intrigued on states agance part Another investigation of gasoline prices is to take place. which with the ease with Uultimately they can sell bond issues. It has ben customary in Waoington to periodically demand an they will be prohibited and with the prohibition will come a conPast investigations have found of the oil industry. demnation that will make men wonder that they were ever permit- investigation that price of gasoline has followed pretty much the rise and fall in ted. Joulin News Herald. crude oil prices. It is well to add that the income from money invested in tax One result of these investigations is to intimidate the oil prosexempt securities escapes all forms of taxation, thus adding greatly pector, thus causing reduced oil production which automatically to the tax burdens of others. causes a shortage of petroleum products with increased prices to consumers. RADIO THE GREAT ENTERTAINER What a wondeful thing it would be for the taxpayers if an The perfection of radio to the needs of the general public is business investigation, free from the hampering without question the greatest contribution ever made in the realm strings of politics could be carried on in every department of the of entertainment. Grown overnight to a national pastime, it car government. It is probable that such an investigation, if the innever lose its popularity and is certain of continued improvement vestigators had the power to hire and fire a3 occasion demanded, and development. would result in annual savings to the taxpayers far in excess of any We say that radio is the greatest entertainment device yet savings that may eb hoped for as a result of investigating private launched because it has a scope that cannot be duplicated or rival- business which is subject to private competition and which must There are factors entering into the use of the radio that find sink or swin on efficiency in management. ed. The radio arouses more a resopnse in every normal human being. It is all together probable that the present investigation has than one faculty, it links itself with man's instincts. been forced merely for political effect and not because anyone has he slightest idea that it will change conditions which by force of THIS FROM A WORKINGMAN lecessity and the law of supply and demand, govern the production md the manufacturer and indi worlds marketing of oil products. Henry Ford, largest greatest vidual employer of workmen, has been alternately criticised oi praised for his expression of opinion on many public question but he HAMMERS THE TABLE GETS ACTION has never subjected himself to the imputation of being a poor busi The positions occupied by Chas. C. Dawes and O. D. Young, He is the living example of a workman who by his owr ness man. is members of the American committee of the Reparations Commisefforts has risen from the ranks to great riches. His wealth is sc sion, working out a plan to rehabilitate German finances, are unique great that it can be assumed he would not stoop to support a tax In the worlds history. Therefore measure merely to add a trifle to his personal income. The American members of this committee are paying their an interview with Mr. Ford on the tax question, obtained by Samuel own expenses in Europe, are not obligated to any foreign power Crowther for publication in Collier's Weekly, is of great interest tc g md are not hampered through fear of some point Mr. Ford says: the American public. of diplomatic etiquette. The neutrality and independence of both "Every cent the Government spends, just as every cent we as men has made them outstanding figures in this work for world citizens spend, has to come from somewhere. Any administration Unconcerned with political expectations and anxieties or any set of legislators that advocate high taxes ought to be run out of the various European governmints, they have been able to play of office, because what they are really advocating is the high cost i dominant part in shaping the course of the experts work. of living. Dawes puffing his pipe and occasionally hammering the table, "We have to pay some taxes, but the greater part of what we makes his points efficiently and keeps the committee seeking a purepay ought to go for productive purposes for good roads, for schools, business solution. Young coolly handles the matters as though he for better health and all those things which make life easier. But ly were dealing with an ordinary business problem in the board room we ought to pay as we go and not attempt to have things we canof a corporation. The keen directness of the men has inspired not afford to have. confidence and also admiration. "We could afford to have a great deal more than we now have Five years of political jealousness and intrigue have almost and pay out less money. That we can do by wasting less than wrecked Eiirope. A few weeks of business consideration of its But there is nothing more dangerous to the proswe now waste. solution of problems by competent men will evolve a business-lik- e perity of the country than putting heavy taxes on those who seem tc the which or premiers European kings, president questions at issue, have more money than they need. will not dare disregard. High taxes on the rich do not take the burdens off the poor. The activities of Dawes and Young are having a greater effect As far as our company is conThey put burdens on the poor. on Europe today than the work of any American since Woodrow cerned, we can go on aobut as we are now, whether the surtax is 25 Wilson. or 50 per cent. We can make some improvements, but we cannot do the great things we should do had we more money. Some men go right on buying trousers with hip pockets in From a purely selfish standpoint, it does not make the least but not for the same purpose they once used em for. ;hem, difference to me whether the Government taxes me per cent oi I am not in business to make 99 per cent. money as money, but tc I One thing nice, if we do get to using airships we wont have which of believe do many things are public benefit, and I can pu' detour ny signs and no cows or chickens to run over. my 'money to better public use than the Government can. "Take the Ford car as an illustration. With the high surtaxe; advocated as a benefit to the poor man or the man of moderat We cant help believing that if some men would work more means, I doubt if ever we should have reached a point where we and hope less theyd get along better. rum-runnin- Paying Up ti - w.-ml- 1 g n IF Woodrow Washer Wood or Copper $ j .00 down $ .00 a month 5 so-call- Campaign Starts March 15th. Ends April 15th One demonstration icill prove these points- :- Beauty 1 Speed No Rubbing Noiseless Tax-exem- pt Tax-exem- pt And nothing touches the clothes but water Telluride Power Co. the 100 Electrical Store Lb 8 8 53 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 SALINA SALINA UTAH O 8 8 8 8 8 8 F - Member Federal Reserve System 8 8 8 JAMES FARRELL, Pres. H. S. GATES, V. Pres. H. B. CRANDALL, Cashier C. E. PETERSON - E. V. JOHNSON, Asst. Cashiers over-steppin- 1 tt 4 4 4 4-- 4 t 4 4,4,4,4,4,4,44,4,4,4,4,4,44,4,44-4,'S,4,44,M,$,4,4,4,44,4"t:-4Jv4-44"J"I,J,4,4,4,- 4 4 2. 4 4 4 4 4 The Sevier Valley Mercan-Compan- y 4 4 has taken over t the agency for the International Harvester Company line of Farm Implements. 4 4 4- - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Complete line of extras for all l.H.C. Implements in stock at all times. 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEVIER VALLEY .MERCANTILE GO. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- - 4 4 4 4 4 |