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Show THE PROVO POST FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922 THE PROVO POST TO FIT RIGHT PEOPLE BEWARE ANARCHY, Provos Popular Newspaper Published Tuesday and jFriday Evenings by WARNS THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 West Center St. INTO RIGHT JOGS GOVERNOR Louisiana Executive Points Out Dan- Plan of Brand New Psychological Corporation Recently Effected ger to Nation in the Rise of Comin New York. .Editor and Manager munism; Declares Drastic Means NEPHI C. HICKS Associate Editor Must Be Taken to Curb Anarchy. The efficiency man, with his hornN. GUNNAR RASMUSON. rimmed spectacles and unconquerable aversion for anything in office- or By JOHN 31. PARKER, Subscription Rates (In Advance) : Governor of Bouisiana. factory routine suggesting individu.$2.50 One Year is about to join the dodo, the Editors Note. From far south ality, 1.25 and other extinct forms of dinosaur Six Months ... cornes a voice pf warning. Louisiana life. His doom has been sealed with . .75 Governor John 31. Parker is an Three Months of and high idealsj The world the incorporation in New York in the the Corporation, Psychological turmoil with its vicious PAYING YOUR I NCOME TAX of the incorporators, of which has led him to consider deeply what opinion R. Brimhall of Provo is secreDean he declares to be the greatest probIn most forms of taxation, the public authorities take up the lem of them all. His conclusions are tary and treasurer.' During the war 1,800,000 soldiers case of each taxpayer, and decide h ow much he ought to pay. The given herewith. were subjected to psychological tests and officer material was selected value of real estate and personal and business property can be deThe greatest problem America from those who, according to these termined by boards of assessors, rlf the public has the judgment faces today in itsJ struggle toof return showed themselves best fitted. those tests, is the problem to normalcy one of the ambitions of the oris It into men these business honest and positions, who would perpetuate license. They to put competent of the Psychological Corporare a vicious and ever present real- ganizers to apply similar tests to the ation they will get a fairly: levied tax. J and all that America gave her people in industry, and thus fit the The income tax law, however, looks to the individual citizen ity best blood for would be lost if once right people to the right jobs. to report his own income. It was predicted when this law was first the evil claws of commupism secure Discussing the aims of the new orl, a hold upon the nation. Professor J. cKeen passed, that the result would be, to encourage people to conceal .Anarchy w'aits 'long, eagerly, unre- ganization of and formerly the president, their property, and that a most enormous amount of lying would lentingly for its opportunity. The the faculty of Columbia university, of the says be done. But it has not worked that way. The penalties imposed lulling to aoffancied security citizenship) is as much great body Thanks to its recent progress and for falsification are severe. And the majority of successful peo- to its interests as the havoc it would war service, psychology has become-No control. once had gained! it wreck is it and that word to with, but it calls up ple know well enough that honesty is the best policy, to resist the slow all kinds conjure too is nation of great spirits. People need to low! trick to cheat thegovernment. if know what psychology , a mean and can and what eating of a canker in Its heart unon tb allowed is go canker can and who or who that income' and about their to it tax, cant do, growl People who are disposed to use the checked. want We it. do cant who are tempted to underestimate the amounts due from them, The enemies of established things, knowledge we have and to get more order and right living jand decency knowledge. should reflect on the wonderful Advantages they get from their of are never idle. The followers of the the science Psychology, which is feel L in the of how American citizenship. and act, think and things rest too upright of people the past, too firm in the has applications as useful as those of At a time when the world has been almost convulsed by war, shadow that right will prevail without any other science. and by the wicked ambitions of designing men, the United States belief assistance from its believers. We have 600,000 teachers, but has escaped with much less disturbance. Our burden of debt is A GREAT UNREST. scarcely a hundred psychologists in-be of vestigating how children should Orderly government, security much lighter. Our political system provides free education and s it is everywhere. We taught. And so life, sacredness of property-rightthe material subdued wide opportunities for ambitious people. More of the comforts of are of have larg'ely no longer revered safeguards men are our but to conuses, world not is therd masses. Where land. the life are available here than in anyt other and influenced and selected, tempt for established institutions, trained The American people should not expect to have all these bless- there is unrest that perils peace. We controlled, employed and dismissed, by safe foundations. The put in prison and in congress, the ings without paying for them. In many ways they cost money. are abandoning from survived have that to methods seems be turned of society era. Those who have had an exceptional share of these benefits, and pyramid upside down and standing on its prescientific It is rather difficult to change who are now asked to report and pay their income assessment, apex. since the close of the war. people, but we have now sufficient for should do with the utmost honesty and cheerfulness, remembering theEver drift of the human current has knowledge and suitable methods in them satand No them to them. has putting been away from normalfcy. selecting brought the gifts that their country most be will where discovthe been they, reason has places yet isfactory ecoered for this world-wid- e tendency. useful, and most happy. On the lo UNCLE JOE The reason is hardly totbe found in nomic! side it is not unreasonable of nathe teachings of the 3Iarxian phi- assume that the production if doubled be would "wealth he Uncle Joe announcement of of that or desire tional the natural Cannon, The recent losophers, d the man for liberty of thought and un- every; one from would not again be a candidate for congressman, has elicited many arestricted nation freedom of action. Gen- child .to the president of the he can work do to the allowed to able were man a man When been has used of get proves regret. erally speaking, expressions in to do it were trained the restrictions of government too do best and terms to congress, he must have unusual qualities, to a be would That gain way. long for him to wish to permanently the b?st and his career will have suggestions for people who aspire to po- discard them now. .And anarchy car- of $70,000,000,000 a year for the ries a strong appeal only to those United States. 1 litical success. The scientific control of conduct races which have been enslaved. greater economic imUncle Joe Cannon has been a man who aroused strong antag-HBut, whatever the cadses, the. fact may become of the uses of electricity than a) great states- portance vvap long car sirlered the embodiment of standpattism. of the unrest exists. As coronisms. The or of steel. Psychological a and once is condition man said, it to to of its do were life in nia of part conceptions political many respects those not a theory thata confronts us. We poration proposes of human nature 'former we increase knowledge fared with evil days, and the chunyinj; current of Hie timca left Yiim be- - are great must fifrrt a positive- cure. Wamust allcl to apply it. i n useful ways. efficihind in those particulars. Where does this affect the drift away froijn safe moorYet he had certain sterling qualities that were very useful. stop this which is based op false ideas ency man? It simply blots him out ings, Most congressmen seem to be worrying as to whether they are of the meaning of liberty and is stim- of existence. There will be no more need for him after the Psychological or not. They often sacrifice their own con- ulated by tricky leadership. going to get corporation has fitted the right per victions to curry favor with influential interests, without regard THE SOLUTION. to the opinion of the mass of the, people. Uncle Joe did what he Solution of this problem lies in the sons into the right jobs. patience, courage and determination thought was best and right, and never worried about that large element of the populaJ. SORENSON But he almost invariably came back by a thumping majority. The of tion of the world who has not de'i people appreciate sincerity. from the teachings of its Also he stood outside the system of pork' distribution and parted The part oif civilization SUGGESTS TREATMENT fathers. must struggle to make is which to When of make favors. other right congressmen thought trading of balance the world right. If the good by getting lavish appropriations for their own districts, and musl be prepared to battle for the OF DISEASED TREES securing support for the same by voting for extravagance in other peace and security that gowith orlocalities. Uncle Joe refused to play that game. He stood outside derly government, rather than show the vicious system of log rolling, and spoke up for economy and a willingness to accept the dangerLeaf and twig blight is one of the peace and elusive happiness of- worst diseases attacking the Sycajudicious use of the peoples money. Probably he did not get any ous fered by the forces of disorder. It more tree. The trouble causes semarble postoffices for cross roads towns, but his constituents must not purchase personal ease and rious damage to the tree wherever knew he was working for the public good. comfort at the expense iof the public it grows. The disease' is caused by a and Many people who have disagreed with Mr. Cannon, are sorry welfare. It must not sit down parasite which seems partial to see this old war horse turned out to pasture, and they wish supinely let the current; of commun- fungous to American the species of Sycamore; ism engulf the world. The hope of the suffer much for him a serene and happy old age. species European mankind rests absolutely in the less trouble. this. from damage courage and strength of purpose of growth and development of OFFICE HOLDERS SHOULD PAY, TOO. those who have steadfastly refused theThe is favored by cold, wet disease to follow false political gods. seasons. In such seasons the leaf In America there have been fre' New York City has a taxpayer who has risen to the defense is noticeable soon after first blight to disturb our rest. quent warnings leaves the of his fellows. In a letter to the New York World he scores the We have had a false sense of securappear or while they are in the spring. Affected condition which permits the holders of political office, state and ity. Because the specter of commun- growing and leaves tips of twigs turn growing us, a grim brown and federal, to enjoy incomes exempt from taxation. He suggests that ism has not stalked before often die, giving trees .a as in it has spectacle, if the government needs more revenue, in the way of taxes, that and bloody viewed scorched appearance slow to recog- from a distance. Thiswhen Russia, we have beenwell-feis is where it should look for the increase, rather than to the hard nize condition it. Prosperous, happy, mistaken for frost injury. frequently working man and woman, already taxed to what they consider the contented, selfsatisfied, we have paid When the leaves die they drop from . limit. , little heed to the rumblings of the the tree, leaving it bare until later threatened volcano. We Americans in the summer when new leaves are Says the New York taxpayer: have a vanity really beyond our reIf the United States government needs more taxes the places sources. developed. usually our government We The spores or seeds of the leaf to get such taxes is out of the incomes of politicians.1 and sinecure is ideal (whichthink is indisputable) and and blight live on the dead that there are no modern Don Quix- leavestwig political office holders. and twigs, hence the first step hardihood to assail it. in its control At the present time political .office holders, both state and otes with the is to rake up all fallen we have departed from leaves and burn Therefore, federal, do not have to pay taxes on their incomes.' Why.? second, prune the advice of Washington. We are off and burn allthem; the dead twigs; The workers men and women slaving in the mill and the no longer vigilant. It is our idea, lime with spray third, sulphur and a factories and the mines and the fields of this country have to pay unexpressed, that if cataclysm comes we will destroy it. And we iron sulphate solution soon after the a tax if they earn over $1000 a year and are single. buds burst in spring and before the havent the remotest fear that Why should political grown, spray a second earning from $3000 to $25,-00- 0 cataclysm will dare to attempt it. any To leaves are half a or ten days. time week after for down sinecure jabs, escape their share of paraphrase what has been widely said per year holding' the trees are Generally speaking n the nations burdens? of a , medicine, the cata- not killed by the disease, but because while works America Do not tax the real, underpaid workers. Tax the overpaid clysm sleeps. of having the twigs killed back year TIME TO AWAKE. after year, they develop an irregular, parasites, the drones. i One of the principles of this country is equal right for all, But the time is approaching, and scraggly appearance; new twigs are is very close at hand, when we must sent out by the tree to replace the special privileges for none. our Rip sVan Winkle dead ones, but these die also causing awake from taxa- sleep andfrom Exempting sinecure-politicoverpaid around the meet this proble square- a whorled tion is special privilege and is Unconstitutional and against the ly. We must stop the driftiorit will branches resembling somewhat a best interests of this country. continue to expand, take us at flood witchs broom. CHARLES J. SORENSON, tide and engulf us. We must call men to countCrop Pest Inspector. be County and stand upon ug TRAINING FOR HOME LIFE ed. We must know the friends of Girls attending the San Francisco order from its foes. We must Social workers complain that the modern girls business ex- those selfish and dangerous uproot influ- High School of Commerce have perience in stores and factories gives her no training for the du- ences which are seeking to under- placed a ban on silk hosiery. ties of home life, which she must take up later. As a result she mine the institutions our forefathers no patience with those who would built with their blood,! and which cure with kindness this evil which is usually knows little about cooking, and she may not buy home they deemed imperishable. Wehmust at the foundations of Ameror manage her resources economically. crush this tyrannous f&e of life, lib- striking supplies ican We cannot be pacifists liberty. Also it is complained, the girjls expect the men to earn enough erty and the pursuit of happiness when our are concerned. homes called bolshevism money so that their wives can sjDend as much on personal adorn- for all time. So sternly,as ruthlessly, If America crushes this rising American far ment and amusements as they soon will it to spend when they were occu- citizenship is concerned,1 menace, from disappear we must put ' the world. The example of firmness pying business positions. this country back where it was before and: courage we give will encourage There may be some exaggeration in these statements, yet the war, restore the Brotherhood of the other who, having sufthere is some basis for them. They may account for the failure Man, and make not only the life but fered "more nations than have a smaller we, secure. of the We others of many young folks to save mbne.y A young woman contem- mustpossessions of resistance. power The struggle live our government as well as will not be our for own sakes only plating matrimony would benefit- from a short course in domestic we have it. We must be vigilant in it is worth making even for (though science and home management. ."Every high school ought to have the defense of those political institu- that- but for the sake of civilized courses of this kind, which the older girls could take in evening tions with which God has blessed us man everywhere. The fire has broabove any land in the world. sessions if necessary. Such training would help young couples NO ken out. Let us hurry and extinTIME FOR KINDNESS. the flames before they consume acquire independence. Because I love my country I have guish f us. Entered at the Postoffice at Provoj, Utah, as Second-clas- Install Traffic Cop In Large Hotel GEORGE M. NUTTALL & SONS I Mattef. s j ANNOUNCE That they have established a fully equipped plumbing and; steamfitting business in the basement of the Nuttall Apartments and, are now ready to handle all classes of Plumbing lines. Stearp Fitting and kindred - old-fashion- ed by-produ- GEORGE M. NUTTALL & SONS Nuttall Apartments Rhone 313 f Cat-tel- : THE HOUSE OF a w-e- ll ' -- - ! Larry Semon, the Vitagraph comedian, has found difficulty In threading his way through the crowrd of people that flock into a hotel lobby. He is constantly bumping into someone every time he enters a building, and recently he suggested jokingly that the manager of one of the large Los Angeles hotels install a traffic cop to fegulate the passage of patrons east and west and north and south. The niore Larry thought of the idea the greater it appealed to him, and he decided to work it out in a comedy. He planned to show how practical it was and then turn the situation into comedy. This he worked up for The Bell Hop, which will be shown at the Strand theater on Friday and Saturday. It provides one of the funniest situations he has ever intro- r - . ; 1 - duced. I The comedy is filled with unusual 1 stunts, and 'Larry has not neglected to inject several of his thrills in fact, some of the greatest thrills he has ever produced are found in The Bell Hop. THE SEASONS GREAT PLAY A Story of Love and Intrigue by the Renowned Author . HENRY VAN DYKE Will be Presented by a B. Y. U. Faculty Cast at COLLEGE HALL MONDAY and TUESDAY NIGHTS MARCH 6 AND 7 Under the Direction of T. EARL. PARDOE Prices of Admission, 50 and 75c 1 1 feeble-minde- elected-twenty-thre- HMBJMfWI e -- N e. vJ -- ' . - ? re-elect- ed re-electi- on. 0. , . d, - job-holde- rs, well-know- al job-holde- rs twig-grow- th - usi j . - f lo) 0) lAmll The Salt Lake Tribune on March 1st carried a dis- patch from Washington, D. C., reading as follows: - j i BEST GASOLINE'TN UNITED STATES IS SOLD IN SALT LAKE I Special to The Tribune. . j WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28. Motorists of Salt Lake City, while paying- a higher price for gasoline than drivers in most other cities, are getting a better of grade to gas, according a bulletin just issued by the bureau of mines. ii t - . ,v 4 For a number of years the bureau has been testing gasoline from thg cities, making its tests every six months. The tabulations just completed show that the quality of gasolin goffered for sale in'. Salt Lake City when averaged, gives higher tests than the samples gathered in any other city in the country. The gas tested n January is quite Superior to the gasoline tested in Salt Lake City in January, 19211 The tank wagon pricejof gasoline in Salt Lake Citv was ary cents, as against am average tank wagon price in all test cities of 21.9 cents! but the gaso-- f line sold m Salt Lake City-lasmonth is markedly more efficient than that reported elsewhere. j , t M 1. Kira JulS The Independent Gas & Oil Co. entered the Salt Lake Field July 9 1921. It is now building, a large wholesale plant in Provo to serve Utah county r x |