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Show V 4 'A ; ' vr- - -- w-rK PAGE TWO (i m T a" T -'- - THE PROVO POST JWnsVi- DIT0RIAE7PXGE II. C. HICKS 4 KIHTOR School Boards, Hou) About This? During the first year of service in the court house, tharDemocratic efficiency coun-.Ay- iaimmstratiOH'did;aAewAhiBgsAbat never- were known in the history of good government in this or any other county. The ohunty clerk, Who is also auditor, and the two Democratic members of the county commission set them- selves up as a law unto . themselves and the - Demoeratie central committee, and to no others . hnve they even shown a walU n gnesa "tcTb e" fair" or to comply with thS'state law. While they have been representing that they have saved of money, examination; the'county great-.snpiof the county books show, a most deplorable condition. . ' s ; , , . "What has Senator Reed Smoot done while Democrat, whtr are opposed V v answer-the-tplcs-mone- y v s nnti-Morra- -- e and-ther- k - rwt-rgj- on s. -- -- Mormondom gaze with longing eyes jit an un- r attainable position in American politics. Reed Smoot emerged from pic storm with his honor unsullied by the attacks of his enemies antf his head held 'high. Ills whole life had been barcdAo the.world: and' with' the 94 fight still raging outs0ie the Senate, he start-te- ' top within. oitherQad.toAhe, , trr r (Wtj are notrmtiug ILcse tnmgstn cause Mormon Democrats id fdrshke themanr Lben advised of thelllogality of such action) proceeded to abate and equalize taxes as late" ; whom Senate1? Smoots victory, made a senatorial possibility, for he, too, is a Latter Dayr , as January, 1914. Some of our Democratic friends have .Saint, Jjtt the uninformed have a right to to tell us that the Democratic adminis.knowhow he started.) : The Upward Climb tration has been attending to business. Mr, Smoot did Wt waiPfoFlhe method W'ould Senator call of Red this Voter: doing you business efficient! "What do you think of this tjears of trouble to end before he began his usefulness to the State of Utah. Although method of attending to the business of a $17,- his imitations were narrow he made the best 000,000.00 corporation! of conditions. Right in the. beginning Utah lere is but another example of the j'Iip- homesteaders were remembered and a bill to shod, careless and inefficient managemyjit of extend for the time of trust on certain homesteads the county, affairs the past two yeaf"Add-- ' was introduced. lie presented Dills for pioed lo.the two Democratic eommissigiliers may neers in aU parts of the west,fho had last he found a host of inefficient roatjt. supervisors and .other help'who have spCDt tlw funds of tiie heavily through Indian depredations, and those at the meaner. worthy pioneers were remunerated county'in the most"-absuJf time of life when they most neded aid. lie ,w Meanwhile graft regains strongly en- has for years been the great and good friendtrenched throughout tltf! great cities of the of the veterans of the Civil war and the Indian warvctcrans. The old soldiers receiving no with in country relieing army sight dead....: --In Europe it isf;customary to use a - aid upon his recommendation are almost ' " chair. in lieu gion. He worked hard to get a home for old" . o o sol(fieiiestablished at Bountiful, Utah. Ilun- &o Whon n odn works he produces When' dreds of wen and women had waited for he loafs.be redo aes! Swat the loafer. ; years for their claims against the government, An idle a, - Ditto , large and small, to be taken up and either re man. jected or passed.' Reed Smoot, tie new senu- While our Democratic efficiency comy missioners have "been making Democratic in unequal, unjust and burdensome taxation, we. find that these same commissioners have been making illegal abatements on'taxes. The codnty board of equalization having failed to attend to equalizing and abating of taxes during the unonth: uf:June, :1913, ms proyided his-tor- Seu-ato- d. SHF- W heeu-tryin- J - ' . rd - ol$ - , . poor-investme- a: . top Utah, was finally appealed to "and soon had them started Today thousands of Btate3.oWQ,to, people' througliout-lhe-Umtedl- Reed Smoot a debt of gratitude for bis, able assistance. y i The Uintah Reservation Opened. . For years the United States government had withheld from settlement- the thousands upon thousands of acres ofjand in the great AJintahBasinr Former senators arad bad-panheed"toAlds great tract of fertile land, which had stood So long without development, because of a rapidly Reed Smoot; f& ; passing tribe miliar with Utah and her needs, saw the necessity of taking care of thefew Indians left and opening that vast section to the settle-met- n of a new pioneering people.. The Uintah reservation was thrown open for settlement, "and all know how the people, glad of the op- -, portunity to build themselyes ahome in the ladn of promise, settled jthat section. Hard times came to the new settlers, and many were discouraged because they could not meet the payments Uncle Sam required of to the Senator, urging him to do all in them. Senator Smoot came to their aid. He" . gram his power to jrotecl.tltah s great mining inknew the necessity o building irrigation dustry. SenatoipSmoot responded readily. systerasand other. JmprQve,mexit..n eeded,pnly - -- HisfoFbe sugar. industry of,.thk .state. fight in this semi-ariregion,, and through his ef Jiasibeea of the rije0tjhe great battles the payments to the -government were ate, formas he fought for Utah sugar, so did extended and the settjers are today becoming 7hrJght for the whole American sugar Indus-prosperous aud li.pP, DueicsnJ.. county .ryUuce.stogly h. tattled for tthe wolen owea ila preseut enstence aud , be workcd for thhe ' tiring , efforts of Senator Smoot .y' manufacturing i. industries of America. Sen-. a Cf i t i j ..r . "T' ' ator Smoot does not want Americah workmen . When Senator Smoot entered the senate, to be lowered to the level of European peas- . .. . is . , m. Df-Waantry aud AaMe' alarery. He is fighting not given senons XraSSHcEBTiTi'iaicrrawa Smoot, upon learning that other states were the of the nation. advancement ' being eared for, immediately got busy and' Where He Stands Today. today aU of the larger pities of the state have senior senator-start- ed at the hot- -' buildings. Within $ very short time WuchT tom of pie ladder, ne representecTone of the towns as America4?ork Lehi, Spanish Fork, smallest states in the . union, . reli gious prejuEureka, Park pity and many others will boast dices were against him, statesmen avoided of fine homs for Uncle Sams postal service. himLand he was undoubtedly the most unSry Farining' Taken' Up popular man in the City of W ashaTgtonr To" Upth had an unlimited acreage of dry day Senator Smoot has few peers in the Con- - i fari or arid land in government reserve. gress of the United States. He is respected T&o Senator introduced a dry farm bill pro- and honored by his political enemies in WashViding for the homesteading of three hundred ington. lie is looked up to and revered by and twenty acres of r his colleagues in th6 senate. When President re Wilson wanted a Republican' diplomat to" hold""" quirement of residence. Neighboring states down his impetuous secretary of state, Will-jacomplained against the bill and Utah alone Jennings Bryan," in the settlement of the received the benefits. After it had been in question between Great Britain and the - operation but a short time, the benefits were r copper other. allied natious and the United States, easily seen and those states opposing the mes he chose Senator Smoot to fill that position. sure asked that they might also he admitted. Every day the people of Utah are reading how A National Character well he is filling the position. Today he is by Smoots fish hatchery bill related last issue, all parties considered the best informed man " the good roads measure that he has worked Ju. Amenca om tiie tariff question. lie" occu--ple- s At!ponpthe: numerous state land 'concessions the - high positions in, the great committees "oT the Uhited StatesSenatewnd some'of and national, conservation; but-al- l nf these national lawmakers have said that 'were it interest have been attended questions of state j not for Reed Smoots religion and his resito by him. Senator Smoot has become one of dence in one of the' small states of the west, the great peers in the senate. By his industry ' "would be a formidable candidate before tand thrift he saved the government five hun "he next Republican National Convention for the dred thousand dollars per yeah in the printing the high honor of the President of the United . '"department alone and not an honest workman States. lost hfe job. The national.7 copyright Jaws Let our Democratic and Progressive were unsatisfactory. Utahs senior senator Smoot done for Utah! ,Let them tell us - went to work on them in his ever vigilant and .when in the of our state any man has history industrious manner. Today the copyright done so much to break down the religious laws of the . nation are the best in its history Let them point' prejudices against ' . and the great magazines of the country are out man in the United a States Congress who praising his efforts. The Century Magazine, a hotter or a mpro consistent life, j18?. in commenting on bis work, said of Jthe,mea- 0 PIvate aWe believe that our pubhcan? sure : By the soundness of its principles and in the other opponents paHies will search for adequacy of its remedies, would he the law and years and then not produce a man "of the land for many years to --come. The jears who will to Utah as much honor, as much bring Musical Age was loudin its endorspment of or assistance, as, rauch credit as Senator Reed Senator Smoot and said: Every meipber of ' ' Smoot. - . the musical industry who .watched Senator o o- Smoot's d And conseentlous work The Germans and the allies appear to be ua ou the cripyright will hope for his return. opposite sides of the same Bnag." '' The Protector of Utahs Industry. ' 0 Even our esteemed citizen, Uncle Jes3c When there is nothing to say what is the Knjght, realized Senator Smoots great power of nse it! saying , in the United States ISenate and sent a ft-o- to force our scTiooT system to ies, but wo Sod to the present .dmmistratto,;. regliarity, ond'occtmionoUy tbey clerical assistants working w the auditor s and. . Smoot Progressive Smoot' s,jeRa bllcan Democrat, recorders offices have been paid In part from... ,or,a wbo caanot raceived for elate echool purposes, whirl, . tor Us. ietivity on all great promptlyj really means that every district m Utah county' natioDai estiona wouW Wake it impossible hM hen illegally charged with it. proportion of s bar even aamar part'of what he t0 these - salanesAThq state demanded a refund T 'hag "(0ne ' on the amounts illegally charged against It but Under a Cloud Senate Entered the the Tchoolclistricts are yet Put theirproportion-Membe- rs Twelve years ago Senator ' Reed Smoot" of the Sehool Boards of Utah to Washington, having been elected to went County : Why should you be paying the salar-r-iethat high office by the Utah legislature, Pe of assistants in the recorders office! Why was the known Republican . candidate for should you be paying salaries in the county months before the legislature met. llh candauditors office! What do you think of this' idacy for the high honor of senator brought for efficiency! Look into this matter for youron the greatest storm of many years against selves, you members of the school boards, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dey see to it that yourdistricts receive proper Saints. . Private and government detectives credit. . were put on his trail by the government and by ministers ef theeountry bitter PROGRESS IN THE KITCHEN. led by one,. Rev, Riff. He entered the senate" The fact that a thing has always been d'one with the press throughout the United States in a certain way the mere precedent limits predicting his speedy expulsion - from that For the example: and originality and halts progress. great body of lawmakers issue of recent the the a blacker the question blacker Survey until and Jn prejudice grew Senate assemhled'rThCti' the'Etorm- - broke-ii- t.why kitchen sinks have been"made s6Tow' wa3 discussed.'"'No 'one seemed able to"explaiB;-Tall its fnrvi Nat only.,was , Senatnr :.Ree.d . that the certain discovered maker a Smoot attacked on all sides, but the church Finally, . when sinks were made the of leaders' were forced togoto "Washington washing original waa done in wooddishes and other sink-worstand the jeers and scoffs of a prejuen tubs with high sides. Such a tub When. used diced and uninformed public. Already Utahs in a high sink came up too far, so the sink was great Democratic leader, B. H. Roberts, had made low. " Furthermore, as running water and been thrown out "of the lower house of Con- fixed faucets had not long been- made, the tub gress, and some of the men who had assisted be.Rfted4mt,thc,-mhk3ud.j;heJqfXto had i the Senate ready to Inlhis, expu Isiori the sink the fighter the lift. Though improveact again. , and other acces-orie- s ments in faucets, dish-pan- s i Utahs Manhood Threatened of kitchen sinks have been made, no one - Senator Reed Smoot entered the Senate has seemed to realize that the sink could be im- with a clear conscience, ready, tojneet the and fight for Utahs manhood. Upon proved by raising. So women were and are . his victory depended the right of every Morcompelled to endure discomfort when doing their ordinary household work. There may mon to aspire to a place in the halls of Con-res1 ineonvenicnce ta he a certain be - All Utah, still .remembers how all par- percentage ef reached before the human mind grasps the fact ties, regardless of politics, watched for the fithat something must be altered. The wise innal outcome. -- Great senators denounced SenAmerican of the ventor, says The. Journal ator Read Smoot in the most bitter terms. Medical Association, attains a reputation for Great senators likewise defended him. They ' were defending religidus liberty in America. brilliancy by making his invention before the ; need becomes, obvious Jo others. . When the storm was over and the' mist , o had cleared away Utahs manBood had hiefi , ILLEGAL TAX ABATEMENTS. irdica,tcI. No longer need the youth of ? ev 'A The greattst hindrance to marketing adaptable farm products by parcel post is the lack of information tn current prices. As has frequently been obserYed, the oxily basis upon whR;h such trade can be developed is one mutual benefit by producer and consumer, or by ' buyer and seller. The present margin of profit extracted by the various agencies entering - into1 the transportation and handling of farm produce, from the farm to the city home must Be"somewhat equally divided by-t- h transacting such business by mail. Just bow to arrive at such division, or how to es- tablish prices that will be just to both, parties when market pricesare fluctuating, rapidly, is , yet unsolved.- - Left to natural tendencies' the city man will buy as cheaply as possible, and the "country" man will demand aidugh. a. priced. as possible. City papers have published accounts of farmers demanding us much and ' more for produce shipped by parcel post as the... city retail stores were charging. We know of city purchasers who complain because farmers ask a little more for parcel post goods than they could get in their home market Itis the Bame bid element irrhttman nature which has stood in the way of successful v these many years; the selfish tendency which "destroys the possibility of future benefit by stubborn insistency npon present gain Human nature can not be changed by legislation, and human greed will not he curbed by system.- But a basis of trade' can he established by reliable information on market conditions and current prices. Some system of dejOrmin.-in- g prices and disseminating information .on market --condition seems jnecessaryfoo Ahesuc-A cess of the movement. ' & JSenator jteed Smoot is a practical man. He is a firm believer in that legislation which will produce the best results. buring his entirsenatoriar career he has fought" most persistently for such law and legislation that' would do the most good to the greatest number of people. Senator Smoot is neither a faddist nor a fake reformer. He.has never followed measures that were destined to upset straight forward government and set the wheels of butterfly, fads .and fancies into operation. He has never sought Jhose measures which if enacted-woul- d .bring about political strifejind political unrest, during every month of the year. His measures have been of the kind that aid men to build happy homes and to become independent and prosperous, not only-i- n their individual lives, but in community welfare, t - . OCT, lO Parcels Post Seeing Things SemldrSmo6t Has Done ,, FlilDAV id -- ns. , -- -- ) iX -- d sen-for- ts ' , bSdlf 8 -- non-timb- non-irrigabl- e, er "ed'non-'rmneralland,withouttheusu- al m -- .s-- t has'obtaiBed'for-Utah-,-i-the'.work..foEJoFestx- I , -- - - all-Uta- -- -- -- whole-hearte- 0---0 -- . I t t |