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Show TC3 HIOVO PC ST PAGE FOUR, people in boldness and explain some of these things to the inquiring public. Perhaps another hunch of cut throats are driving out the fanner and his products. THE PROVO POST r TUESDAY8 and FRIDAY8 At No. 12 North First WM St.. Provo. Utah. Pukllhd SUBSCRIPTION RATES In adTance.Jl.25 Year, strictly in advance . $2.00 Six Months strictly to the above. months 26c six tor or SO add year per advance In tf not paid N. C. KICK8, Manager.. h. C. HICKsTidltor. On It the Postofflcef Provo City as Entered of Act to Congress, March S. 1884. second-clas- s IE AN AMUSING PREDICAMENT. Post Publishing Company matter according THE NEW FREEDOM AND THE FARMER. In trying to tear down the great beet industry of our country the and in busying Itself in trying to make the peopie believe that the of destructive free trade policy industry has not been hurt by the like administration, all else has been lost sight of: Now, we would to do when ooreonteinporarsy to explain what the farmers are going the Wilson admnistratibn puts them out of the beet growing business, which it will do should it remain in power. This has been admitted and the by many Democrats (and. wiser ones than our contemporary banker), who We made a study, of tle situation. ' commissioned cabinet officer ; Secretary Redfield seems to be the On to preach to the people the glorious doctrine of Free Trade. on the action fierce - of Hamilton, Ohio, with the following speech of Free Trades it TheSrst and foremost influence of the Tariff has been to add to tfur food supply. For example, take the last three months of 1912 '. 'OuFcontempbtaxyiscertainly in a most amusing predicament. It has called many5 of the best citizens of the state a bunch of cut throats and then has gone on to explain that it didnt mean tQ say that anyone in Utah came under the ban. It then proceeds to argue out the question much on the same lines as a eertain banker of this city does when he makes a political speech, and through its arguments admits that it knows practically nothing of the sugar industry in Utah. After the first onslaught the paper lost sight of that $8,500,-000.0- 0 worth .of watered stock which it accused the sugar company '' of holding at first, , Then the president of the Church, it decides, is no longer a cut throat, but the rest of the fellows are. Then, forgetting all about the attack made on Thomas R. Cutler a short time ago, the paper proo ceeds to inform its readers that the board of directors of the do' Sugar Company has no' authority t9 anything and' merely acts on instructions from the great sugar trust in the east. Immediately the paper says that a certain banker of this city has inform ed it that the sugar company would be paying enormous dividends if the stock were not watered. Some more of this , .bankers political philosophy which the people of this section have heard many, many times and knowLlhatJheAhankerILknows less about-i- t flan many who profess a great d,eal less. Finally the paper becomes very .bold anc proclaims(to the town its great ability Wa1 fighter. Why 'it even states that it would assail President Wilson if it thought the president wrong. Now what does the public think of that answer. Isnt it a wonder! mart, a WE DIRECT TO CONSUMERS, PRIVATE TELS, BOARDING HOUSES. HO- WE DELIVER THE BEST LOWING PRICES: F - 'I r , 5 05? $1.55 - Butter 8 packagezGolden Arrow Utah-Idah- , Butter . packages GoldeU Arrow Butter - 1 - - r - 3 packages Golden Arrow , much-advertise- FAMILIES, GRADE OF BUTTER TO YOUR HOUSE AT THE FOL- - ' , BUTTER SPECIALTY OF SELLING $2.45' Arrow Butter $3,05 t , 10 packages Golden SEND MONEY WITH ORDER. L GIVE US A TRIAL, M-TERSON- -- d SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 240 E. SECOND SOUTH, and tie last three months of 191 3. In the former we imported 112.000 in 253,000 we brought eattle; in the latter 311,000. In the former THE CLEANUP AND ITS LESSON. bushels of corn; in the, latter 4,450,000 bushels (thereby displacing m , 148,333 acres of American corn land). In the former we brought in Friday jnarked the first cleanup day of this springs series, and .Celebrating the organization of i3,600 bushels of oats; in the latter 13,230,000 bushels (displacing the work accomplished by "those who have been workingfor a better the Relief Society, the Sixth ward 325,000 acres of American farm land) ; in 1912 about 39,000,000 city may be seen' on every hand. Success, has crowned their every members enjoyed an appropriate pounds of rice,- rice flour and rice meal ; in 1913, 64,500,000 pounds effort and the city of Provo already looks like a renewed town. In entertainment Thursday after- three the last rice American the land). ..In spirit of cleanup there comes a lesson that will make its influence (displacing 28,288 acres of of the organiThe anniversary n0(m .Addresses, directed to the months of 1912 we brought in 865,000 pounds of fresh meat ; in the felt everywhere. No matter how dirty or unpleasant the surround- I 33,500,000 pounds, Tn the ings may be, there is still an uplifting influence whenever anything zation of the Relief Society by the relief society work, the organiza- last three months of 1913 we brought-iwere made by Mrs. Rose March 17, tion, , Prophet Joseph Smith, last three months of 1912 we brought, in not quite 41,000 bushels o dean is brought, near. , - etc., I the potatoes ; in the last three months of 1913 we brought in 2, 880,000 J cleanup was never better illustrated" than in the ISrwasduIy celebrated by' a appr r ' tins Cit Provo bushels (displacing 24,000 acres of American potato land). various wards m following brief story: A nieely prepare(j lunchcon was There are marked increases in other directions, as for example, .In a tenement district lived a family surrounded by filth and dirt. week. Reports of --the proceedings gerve(j to, the forty ladies present. in,. is of the The whole atmosphere of the little room which they called home have come to hand, and space isj that in print paper, and other items, but the major fact crease of foods. This can only be a matter of congratulation. The was one of hopeless depression, and squalor. To prove the power of here given for brief items telling Mjhy ladies turned out to the aanment given m lie i , happenings. farmers of America have .nothing to fear. Their efficiency, is such suggestion, a good woman placed on the table a miniature statue of !ene, ward Thursday by the Relief So- . Fourth of the members The , aeres-of same with of land Milo. Against this grimy the the enus d of dirt an. already that they cultivate twenty-seveSociety celebrated on ciety. Stake President Mrs. J. B. force that is required abroad for from five to seven acres. One may wretchedness, the Venus shone out in all her whiteness and purity, war(j making the.oe- - Keel ej gave a talk on the origin of evening, Tuesday confide with entire confidence in the ability of our agricultural com- elevating and brightening her strange surroundings. .The good wo- - casion a social or the entire ward. thefielief Society - organization,. man called a week later and found that the place had been cleaned Mrs. II. E. Owens gave a reading and its histopr ip part up munity to produce its crops at a cost which will make prices Mrs- - Fern Kimball gae a biogra- up, the dirt had been washed away and a pathetic but sincere attempt dealing with the history ofC- the R. A- - .Lun Prof. ? organization. We have Secretary Redfield s word that this can only be a mat- at decoration had been made the subtle influence was effective. ' . had charge of the musical items, grandmother, Mrs. And so may the work performed by the men and boys have its N6w is it a matter of congratulation! ter of congratulation. which as usual, were a treat, which lady was the second presi- Here we have the importations of four crops that are staples on influence over the places that are now filthy and unsightly. Now (Light refreshments were served to dent of the Relief Society in the is the time to teach the lesson we would have taught, by example, the American farms and their displacement is as follows: the many in attendance, and the Utah stake. Refreshments were affair was pronounced as being served and items of enteitainmetit . ' CORN j Displaeement of American farm lands by the . importation of 4,450,000 bushels of foreign corn in very successful in every respect, rendered. STATEMENT , f Made to the Secretary-oState of the State of Utah, of the three months 148,353 acres Provo Building and Loan Society. OATS: Dispacement of American farm, ends by the First and Bonneville wards'per at the Third ward meeting The amount of authorized capital importation 'of 13,230,000 bushels of foreign oats in 000,000.00 held their celebration of the anni- - house Thursday on the Relief So- Tha par value of each share three months 100.00 versary of the rganization. con- - ciety organization, and other 1n- 325,000 acres 'The number of share8.sold iduring the year POTATOES : Displacement of American farmlands by 2 490 jointly in the First ward soeial teresting items pertaining to the The number of shares cancelled and withdrawn during the - Thursday aftemoon. Mrs. work at the meeting of that ward. the importation of 2,880,000 bushels of foreign pota- - ' C. E. Fletcher presided ovef the The choir furnished appropriate 'nrr(p(tin(T Mi toes in three months 24,000 Acres $Sol0.92 that was ren- - selections, and after a programme Statement of receipts and disbursements during the preceding jdered. programme RICE: Displacement of American rice land by the musical items and games were indulged in. During Papers, . year: importation of 64,500,000 pounds of rice in three suitable for the occasion the course of the afternoon rereadings - months RECEIPTS. were given-- 1 Refreshments .were freshments were served. 28,288 acres , an Cash on hand at close of last fiscal year TOTAL DISPLACEMENT OF AMERICAN FARM m.any Present re $ 5,043.48 8erve The entertainment in the a rea given Dues on running stock LANDS in three months, by importation of foreign " i .. 48,87 1.10 Relief Society social ward Second f corn, oats, potatoes and rice " .625,621 acres At the Pioneer ward meeting Thursday was one worthy of menIII ' represents only the imports of three months under Free Lieposits house Thursday afternoon, and tion.- A short sketch ot the first Trade. What will it be when the year rolls around! On the basis of Loans repaid and partial payments 4,940.05 under the direction of the Reief meeting of the Relief Society, was s Redfield the : Secretary figures displacement of American farm lands Interf-- A 10 057.02 Society t a pleasant entertainment given by Mrs, Zina. Henridisen,x was given, Mrs. Eliza N. Taylor and a biographical sketch of the Premium on these four will, crops alone, amount to over two million five liun- ' r Agave an interesting and profitable life of Mrs. Andrea Groneman.waa 'dred thousand acres of land. .Then the secretary said nothing about Fiwr address on the origin and history given by her daughter, Mrs. EmV fees rT' Pass books, initiation and transfer the great grain fields of Canada which will send the y 466.10 0f the Relief Society, and in addi- - ma Jofies. - These items were only great ductiqn into the United States because of the short haul as compared Borrowed ynOBey, notes payable 3,480.20 tiori other pleasing items tvere giv- - two of anexcellent programme . ' t1! Miscellaneous haul- - Canadian wheat alone will : viz en. A. daintyJuncheon was serv- - which was well enjoyed, as akreceipts, displace nearwere the refreshments. - Oveddraft at Bank iy million acres of American farm lands. 1 ..A 24 1 93 2 ed and all had a good time." . ' . ... ' all. When the .tariff is taken entirely off sugar V;" j Real Estate Utah in we, will have to compete, with the Russian .Total Receipts peasantry, the Miscellaneous assets, viz : P011 labor of the West. Indies and the cheap labor of Germany. The DISBURSEMENTS.. , 4 .401.60 inv of sugar will also displace half a million ac,reaoL.beet Loans on mortgage securities- -. importation ip landnn the 593.90 Delinquent interest a million and a half acres. - Who mm ou pass book security J.050.00 Less bank overdraft 1 ,2,419.32 knows! Withdrawals of running stock i 7,262.50 Withdrawals of paid up stock J.l 1 ; Assets I ;$269,916.15.. HAVE THEY GIVEN US CHEAPER FOOD? Withdrawals of deposits I . LIABILITIES. Dividends paid during the year withdrawn V hen the Democrats planned their 243 42 two campaign years ago they ' sought to gain the votes of the great centers by promising them cheap 3 Paid UP stock and dividends Borrowed molev reDd"68 foods. They howled vociferously on the 9.60 120.65 high cost of living and Interest Deposits and interest -paid ' represented that they would, if given the opportunity, reduce the ' Fund for contingent losses 4,760.52 Cash on hand at close of fiscal cost of living through their glorious year Free Trade system. They Borrowed 3,665.55 , money Miscellaneous disbursements, viz : went into power'; they were given cpntrol of every branch of the 19.278.20 Undivided profits Dis. on advance payments but have they reduced the"eosr of 7f8S Tiving ! ' We' can find where they have displaced millionstif acres .of farm lands l?y feeding Total Liabilities $269,916.13 Total Disbursements the great centers, and in fact, a great n portion of the country on II. F. first to sworn Thomas, being law, deposes duly 6. Salaries paid each of its according officers : products. In three months the foreign products dispaeed over he is and of that the above named says, ; That the Secretary company President half a million acres of corn, oats and rice land, but can our Demostatements made in the foregoing report are true and correct and . cratic friends show where the price of breakfast foods have' come that snid statement contains a full and correct exhibit of the condi- r" J . Secretary down! tVe have failed to find the reduction, 742.o0 of said companys business at the close of the year 1913. except to the producer, Treasurer tion ' t tour American fanner. , H. F. Tn0MaS. Directors In the campaign our Democratc friends were strong; on that Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of February, - , cheaper meat talk. The price of beef was clear out of ' (Seal) ARNOLD DIXON, Notary Public. 1914. They Total Salries with their panacea for all ills, that Free Trade New sight.. .. $742.50 Freedom, 7. My commission expires Feb. 15, 1915. statement ofJts assets and liabilities at the were going to make the price of bef tumble. But did ' ' end 'of the year,1 State-othey- !- During ' Utah, , . and the nature: , the first three months of the year statistics show that in Towa alone Office of the Secretary of State. the beef producers lost 23, 000,000.00, and the ASSETS. - -- 1, David price of beef rose to Mattson, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do herei the consumer from six to, sixteen per cent. Those figures may be Cash on hand -$ the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the that by certify Loans on mortgage verified, )iy the'RWau of Labor and Statistics in the state of security , 269189 95 statement of the above Iowa, now on file in my office this w hat happened to the rest of the beef growing states! The 'records Lmd. on pnM book jeeuritj ...I j . sitfoioOlMcond Jay of Mareb, 1914 show (hat they suffered about the same Furniture and fixtures; proportions a9 did Iowa. DAVID MATTSON, Secretary of State. r?rhaI)s ttt and Stationery would like to go before the V pemocratic contemporary supplies By T; L. Holman, Deputy. , -- - The-apiri- tf n jbe back-groun- Aff, i-- rAv-TVhn- -- $l, 1 , ........ 1 -- --- .I.' 1 - -- ? T over-pro-,- - 1 ht " - -- -- ..... ...... United-StatesrperEa- 1 - 1.! ' gov-ernmci- t,- for-eig- Vice-Preside- nt , f named-company- -- - t . |