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Show TITE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH PRESENTS THAT DAY FOR RAILROAD MEN SIX-HOU- R By A. F. WHITNEY, Pnidnt CHRISTMAS TIME day is inevitable when it comes that And I industry. predict its critics in the same manner the ten-hoday some unforeseen cataclysm the BARRING CAN BE GIVEN AT B. R. T. six-ho- ur ur Crochet Crepe Twist Mule and the eight-hou- r day disappointed their predecessors. Thf railroads were generally more prosperous during the period the ten-hoday, and they have day was in effect than under the twelve-hou- r been more prosperous since the establihment of the eight-hou- r day than ten-hocosts under of the and the were day, they transportation have not mounted disproportionately, Among the factors directly contributing to prosperity are health, personal efficiency and a generally higher order of morale among trans-- ! portation workers. Shortening the work day is economically reproductive, resulting in better business conditions. No longer is the workers leisure a matter of academic human welfare. The vast aggregation of mass service for a single example, the entertainment enterprises find industries that shorter hours make possible millions of new consumers and patrons, The workers leisure, therefore, not only enjoys its humanitarian appeal; it is also counted responsible for new business aggregating uncounted week until now approximately millions. The extension of the five-da- y half a million workers enjoy it, has been no small factor in this new business. ur J I j i j 1 on Soldier held, Chicago ue President Curtis und Governor Emmerson of Illinois at tlie Armistice day exercl--.ePresident Hoover delivering his notable Armistice day address at Arlington National cemetery. 3 View down the long span of the Ambassador bridge across the Detroit river which was dedicated with great ceremonies. s 2 NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Reduction of Income Tax by One Per Cent Proposed by the Administration. By EDWARD W. PICKARD TP CONGRESS Is agreeable, and It A almost certainly will be, our Income taxes for this year will be reduced by about $160,000,000. This is the plan of the administration, the announce- ment of which was made In advance of the Presidents budget message to congress In the hope that It would serve to ameliorate the stock market situation. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Undersecretary Ogden Mills and Roy Young, governor of the federal reserve board, conferred with Mr. Hoover, and Mr. Mellon then Issued a statement which suld In part: While the final detailed estimates of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1930 and 1931 hnve not been completed, the secretary of the treasury considers the estimates have reached the point where tax reduction should be recommended to the congress at the coming sessions. "The Indications are that business profits, dividends, Interest, and wage payments In 1029 will considerably exceed those of the year 1928. Our estimates indicate that the government should close both the fiscal years 1930 and 1931 with a surplus. Taking all factor into consideration, the secretary of the treasury, with the approval of the President, will recommend tax reduction o the congress. The form of relief to the taxpayers which the treasurys recommendations will probably take will be a 1 per cent reduction of the nornml tax on the Incomes of Individuals and corporations applicable to 1929 Incomes and payable In the calendar year 1930. The total reduction of taxes to be collected during the calendar year 1930 will amount, it Is estimated, to approximately $100,000,000. The reduction, It Is hoped, will take the form of a Joint resolution of congress, thus permitting prompt action by both bouses by avoiding a general revision of the revenue law. "The proposal has been discussed with the Republican and Democratic leaders of both houses of congress, who have tentatively approved the proposed recommendation. It was believed In Washington that enactment of the necessary legislation will come early In the regular aesslon of congress, which opens on December Z COMMENT on the stock market seems superfluous, for every one In the country has been reading the financial columns with avidity If not with dismay. Duy after day prices continued their downward way and It seemed as If the market had no bottom. Even the bears were urprlsed, and one oi their leaders, Jesse Livermore, was quoted as saying that prices of nmny of the good stocks had fallen too low. Rut the n amateur speculators were and refused to listen to reason. Many of the highest priced Industrials fell to new low records for the year, and lots of bargain hunters of the previous week were caught In the jam. The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday took steps to ferret out the undercover selling thnt had foiled all efforts to stabilize the market. Every member was called on to give at once the following Information : A list of stocks borrowed and from whom and for whose account ; a list of stocks loaned and to whom; Jntra-offic- e borrowings and for whose accounts a list of all stocks which they have failed to deliver, and for whose account This action, together with the tax reduction news, brought on a flood of buying orders, and prices began to move upward. panic-stricke- HOOVERS Armistice at Arlington National In America and hailed was cemetery Europe a. one of the most Important ftatements ever made by him, and It PRESIDENT was given general approval. Briefly, he challenged the other powers to a radical reduction of taval armaments, declaring that the United States would reduce Its naval strength In proportion to any other, that It rernulned for the others to say how low they would go and that II cannot be too low for us. He suggested the exemption of merchant ships, carrying food exclusively, from seizure by belligerents as the first step In solving the problem of the freedom of the seas. He proposed amplification of the Kellogg anti war pact by provision of automatic machinery for Investigation of disputes Involved In violation of the pact, subjecting the aggressor to the searchlight of public opinion. And he suggested the need of additional arbitration treaties and of an authoiitative system of International law. Throughout his address Mr. Hoover revealed himself as an ardeut advocate of world peace and the reduction of preparations for war, but asserted the latter must be by agreement only. I have no faith In the reduction of armaments by example alone, said the President. "Until such time as the nations can build the agencies of pacific settlement on stronger foundations; until fear, the most dangerous of all national emotions, has been proved groundless by long proof of international honesty, until the power of world public opinion as a restraint of aggression has had many years of test, there will not huve been established that confidence which warrants the abandonment of preparedness for defense among nations. To do so may Invite war. "I am for adequate preparedness as a guaranty that no foreign soldier shall 'ever step upon the soil of our country. It should be noted that Mr. Hoover said his suggestion concerning food ships In war times would not be discussed at the L9ndon naval reduction conference. ONE of the many Interesting events Armistice day was the dedica- tion of the Ambassador bridge, the first to be built across the Detroit river to Canada. It Is the longest bridge of Its type In the world and cost $20,000,000. Its free span Is 1,850 feet long and Its total length s is one and miles. The ceremonies Included military parades In both Detroit and Canada and ad dresses lauding the structure as an aid In perpetuating the 114 years of peace between the United States and the eight-tenth- Dominion. CIR RONALD LINDSAY, British nn- der secretary of state for foreign affairs, has been selected as ambassador to Washington to succeed Sir Esme Howard, who retires from the diplomatic service early next year. Sir Ronald Is well 'known In this country and Ills wife Is an American, a daughter of the late Colgate Hoyt of Now York. Nelson Johnson, assistant secretary of state In charge of far eustern affairs, was appointed by President Hoover to he minister to China to succeed John Van A. MacMurray, reHe Is a eareer diplomat signed. who has served In China and Is remarkably well posted on the entire far eastern situation. William Phillips has ifslgued the post of American minister to Canada, to the dt'ep regret of President Hoover and the Stute department He was offered another diplomatic post, hut wished to return to the United States on account of his children. CENATOR BINGHAMS theory thnt the senate lobby committee was packed against the Republican tariff hill received a measure of substantiation when Its chairman, Senator Caraway, asserted that Its labors would soon be concluded. For of all the lobbies operating In Washington, little or no atteutlon has been pale by the committee to any others than those whose concern Is the tariff. Joseph R. Grundy, veternn lobbyist for Pennsylvania interests, was recalled by the committee last week and Mr. caraway demanded that he name the senators from "backward states who, he contended, have too much voice In fixing the pouch's of the nation. Mr. Grundy said that on reflection he had decided this w(tild he Improper and unand Mr. Caraway called becoming, But a moment later the senator retracted this, shook Mr. Grundy's hand and said that, after all, he liked him. In a report to the senate, Chairman Caraway dealt with the testimony given by William Burgess of New Jersey, representative of pottery and other Interests The senator flatly accused Burgess of perjury und slander and said he was a paid lobhist who had no regard whatever for his him a welsher and yellow. the conference to DELEGATES tonew Bank Inter- of national Relations signed the statutes, charter and trust agieements of the Institution and departed from Baden Baden. The statutes, as published Immediately, fix Basel, Switzerland, as the seat of the bank and describe its purposes as: of the To promote central banks, provide additional facilities for International financial operations and to act as trustee or agent In regard to the International financial settlements entrusted to It. So long as the Young reparations plan is operative the bank will not only "observe provisions of the plan In administration of operations of the bank, but also will conduct Its affairs with a view to facilitating execution of the plan. During the Young plans operation the bank Is vested with the functions of receiving and distributing the German reparations and supervising and assisting In commercialization and mobilization of certain parts of the German annuities. the new king of has Issued a proclamation saying that strict prohibition Is to be enforced In that country. The rights of the people are to be equal, with no distinctions as to nationality, caste or birth excepting those prescribed by the Shariat sacred law. A recognized national army has been established and equipped with the latest Implements of war. A military school Is to be founded at Kabul, the capital, where officers will be trained In modern scientific warfare. King Nadir also says he hopes to conclude a trade treaty with the United States. NADIR SHAH, Ideal Yuletide gift for the young girl who loves boudoir finery. These dainty mules are crocheted of erepe twist which looks like rafcrepe pafia. Its really colloveliest in the comes It and per ors. Fix skeins make one pair of mule tips. Mount them on satin padded soles. Sew on tufts of gay ostrich flues as an extra beauty touch. Aju FAULTS IN SCHOOL TRAINING By DR. WARREN VAN NAME, hard-twiste- Brooklyn School Principal. Get away from fads and teach school children things practical. There is too much teaching, too many devices, too much canned stuff that is only window dressing. Some teachers and supervisors are so intent on a particular liking that they drill the class on an isolated item and fail comprehensively to cover the work of the term as a whole. A teacher with a good textbook and a thorough knowledge of her subject does not need fantastic plana to train her children. Plenty of reading, writing, reciting and blackboard work without much fuss and running around by the teacher will do all that can be done. Each teacher should institute a home period once a week. It should be a club period in which the teacher should learn the plans, purposes, traits and ambitions of each pupil. Let a boy who would make a good lawyer aim to be a policeman if that is what he wants. When the time comes for him to change his plans be will be the better for it. Only aimless pupils are truant, disorderly or careless. BRITISH RULE IN PALESTINE By DR. STEPHEN S. WISE, prominent Zionist. do not hold the British government wholly to blame for the recent attacks on the Jews in Palestine by Arab bands and I have faith in that governments promise to protect them from further molestation. When I spoke recently of the British government I did not include the authorities in Palestine, as the latter government is entirely separate, and I would not insult the British government by identifying them with the persons who permitted the slaughter of nearly a hundred of my own people. Certain persons in' Palestine who call themselves Christians not only permitted the murderous attacks on defenseless women and children, but were on the part of the Arabs. instrumental in creating ll We must not allow the recent reports of war and massacre to reduce the emigration to the Jewish homeland. If it does, the Arabs have won. I would not indict a whole people for what might have been the actions of a comparative few. There were some Arabs who protected the Jewish women and children and opposed the wholesale murders and I ill-wi- d Decorative Buffet Ensemble Women Interested in sealing war flowercraft will be fdM inated with this resplendent ensemble consisting of candlesticks and centerpiece. It glorifies buffet or formal dinner table with equal grace. They are teaching this fascinating art in faneywork departments where materials for paper flowers are sold. To toll In this brief space how to make' would be toe long a story. Suffice it to say that the bases of candlestic ks and the tree are formed of melted sealing wax piled In a mass mid then left to harden. The flowers and leaves are cut from crepe paper, wired and lacquered with transparent sealing wax paint. A Christmas gift worth recelv ing, well say! Gift of Distinction butcheries. REDUCED to poverty and without live longer, the former Victoria, eldest sister of the of Germany, died In a hospital In Bonn at the uge of sixty-thre- e years. Wilhelm was estranged from her when she married Alexander Soub-koffRussian refugee, and gave her no assistance when she was forced to sacrifice all her possessions to pay her husbands debts. She had applied for divorce from the dissolute Soubkoff, who was expelled from Germany and has been working as a waiter In Irlneess CLASSICS NOT COLLEGE NEED By DEAN HERBERT a. Luxemburg. Other deaths were those of James A. Robb, finance minister of Canada; Dr. E. A. Allen, chief of the experiment stations of the Department of Agriculture; Dr. Frederick Monsen of California, eminent anthropologist, and James J. Riordan, New York banker and close friend of A1 Smith, who committed suicide. believed to be the In the nations history was revealed by a statement of the officers of the Union Industrial hank of Flint. Mich. It shows that within the last few months ten or more of the banks employees have stolen from It money and securities to the amount of $3,592,000. Charles S. Mott, president of the Institution, has deposited cash enough from his private fortune to guarantee the depositors against loss. WHAT Is SOCIETY along thp Atlantic provided with a sensation when It was learned that William W. willock, Jr., of New York had married Adelaide Ingehert, a recent Immigrant from Norway who had been his mothers chambermaid. The young groom is the son of W. W. Willock of the social register and former vice president of the Jones & Laugldln Steel company, and his motner was the daughter of the late B. F. Jones. The family fortune Is reputed to be more than one hundred million dollars, but how much the son will get Is questionable. He and his bride were found In a $3 a week room In Oyster Bay. ). lilt, Wnttra Nwappr UbIoo.) E. HAWKES, Columbia Coll. The passing of the Greek and Latin classics as required studies has not weakened the cultural background of American college students. The new method of wide survey in all departments has great advantages for the average college student over the old system of intense concentration in a single field. Unless I am greatly mistaken there is as large a percentage of our able students today who gain the results that the classics were supposed to furnish as there were when these subjects were required of all. Unfortunately they do not usually gain it through the medium of the classical languages, but it comes nevertheless. If a given college imposes requirements for its degree that demand a high degree of specialization with the scholars devotion, that college must either be certain that all of the students are of the scholars temperament or look forward to a sad slaughter of those who are admitted to college but who do not possess this quality, or else in the course of a few years expect a gradual tempering of the wind to the shorn lamb. This aquarium Is suggestive of s geographical globe, showing the ter restrlal meridian and vertical plane of the earth's axis. Not only does this unique article qualify as a Yuletide gift of distinction which will grace any environment of culture and refine ment, but then theres the goldfish-thi- nk what a Merry Christmas thej are aure to have in this home oi world-wid- e dimensions. Hassock of Enamel Cloth BASIC LAW MADE CRIME AID By RALPH F. LESEMAN, St. Louu (Asst. U. S. Attorney). There is a conflict today between violation of the bills of rights, and encouragement of crime. There is a criminal organization as hierarchical as the national government and often more highly organized. They are counseled by men with a knowledge of the law, who use the rights gust-anteeby the Constitution in the defense of crime. The right to have our homes protected from unwarranted search, the right to a fair hearing and a trial by jury, are fundamental and innate, but they can be abused. The criminal uses his home as a shield under the cloak of Constitutional guarantees. He protects himself with technicalities created by the courts and the legislatures, which are not themselves part of the Constitution, but which the Constitution says must be enforced as long as they remain on the statute books. Many of these are rights which are not a part of the basic law and which can and should be cb.m d Heres a Christ nut s prese either Mister or Mistress come. It is of enamel doth, ly modernist ir In its hectic and striking design. Brings dash cf color into any roo ne of the moat popular typ Ids season. |