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Show THE of law can be set aside ; of ' i be-PAu- se ihe prejudices, the personal fhe political animosities or any f !ber ul'crior influence, then it mat-to the individual citizen Aether lie lives under an absolute form of a monarchy despotism in the the pother despotism operating in ae-- , but me of popular government, of Bolshevism. ding ju the methods The people of the United States are interested in the Newberry case not not because : Newberrys personality, not becauSP of his partisan affiliations, but bebecause of his official position, cause as a citizen he'was.made the a dictatobject o a special attack by orial federal administration which citiundertook to control the sovereign zens of a great state in the choice of a man v;ho should represent them in the highest legislative body in the world. To all appearances the cout proceedings were in entire harmony with the policy adopted by the former occupant of the White House. Fortunately the American system of jurisprudence provides for appeal to an unprejudiced court wherein calmness and deliberation the methods pur sued by the trial court can be reviewed In order to determine whether jus- tice has been done. The decision of the supreme court declaring the righi of a defendant to a fair trial under due process of law is a reassurance to the people of the country that constitut-tiona- l government still lives and that the people of the country are still secure in the enjoyment of life, liberty J Q i - : i i ; and property. Whether the federal government shall adopt constitutional amendments giving control over state primaries is another and very minor question. New York j have a novel j ! J i i ; prohibition policemen and interesting way of enforcing the law, says the Argonaut. They saunter through hotel dining-rooms and smell or taste the liquids contained in the glasses from which guests are drinking. Well, and why not? The method is objectionable only to persons in whom some sense of personal liberty still survive, and we are not in the habit of paying much atention to the antiquated ideas of small minorities. j I ( I ? Reports from the Agricultural De-- j partment would lead us to beliqve we were rapidly becoming a nation of vegetarians. Shipments of these pro-- s ducts of the soil for the season up to February 12 reached 349,000 carloads, which is 42,000 cars more than last year. Nearly every kind of green veg- stable shows the stimulation of price cutting, while meat production has been at a low point and thousands of stockyard employees idle. i j j j ! purchased a new guaranteed to leave the other fellows in the lurch stay at the top of the percentage column, as it wero. Now if the directors of the Salt Lake Baseball club would but pur- chas-about a dozen ball players of Coa.t league calibre, Salt Lake might climb a little higher in the games won column. The loyal fans are still hope Billy Lane has gas wagon that is ? j j C TIZEN 15 i i ful that the right kind of talent may be secured, as it has been demonstrated that Utahns will patronize a winner, or contender, but that a cellar champ has but little chance to extract d the sheckles from the pocket of the Salt Laker. One wit remarked recently that the only reason the Portland team was in the cellar was because they hadnt had a chance to play enough games with the Salt Lake bunch to increase their lead. He was met with the statement of another fan that that the real reason was that Salt Lake had Leverenz on its payroll, instead of Portland. But we havent lost every game of a series as yet, although Los Angeles came near winning all the games played last week and the Seals have been handing it to us this week. Cheer up, fellows; perhaps next week our boys will hit their stride, or the other team hit a slump. Anyway, we are all going to he at the park to welcome the boys home, and lets all boost till the last man is out. The boys have at least tried hard enough to win games. Lets give them credit for that old fighting spirit. Perhaps we will shake that jinks some of these days. Speaking of jinxes, that was some blow that was handed us at Frisco when Jourdan was hit In the face with a ball. He will be out of the game for two or three weeks. Cravath has handed Hauger his release, having decided the Moose Jaw candidate for Coast league honors was too slow for this league. Moreing of the .Sacramento club evidently believes he has a chance for the flag, as he has been strengthening his team, the latest acquisition being Shortstop Harry Lunte, who comes from the Cleveland Americans. The former indeld of the Salt Lake team, transferred to Chicago, is not setting the league afire, but are all still on the job, and it looks very much like they are in the proper company. - hard-earne- sense of persecution or martyrdom in Mr. Forid himself, which is How keep alight our moral tapers, Or our immortal souls If one believed the yellow papers? much up-wingi- worse, says the Argonaut How work, or meditate, or pray, Within our ears this Babel ringing? How can we have the heart to play, With all these woes our bowels wringing; Each pestilent edition bringing New filth to feed the gosip-gaper- Evidently Germanys view of reparations is that mite makes right. Virginian-Pilo- t HEARSAY GOVERNMENT. s, In discussing conditions in Alaska, at the recent international mining convention at Portland, Falco Joslin, a pio neer Alaska operator, made some plain statements as to what bureaucratic rule had done to Alaska. Mr. Joslin pointed out now The government ownership of telegraph lines, railroads, fur seals and coal mines, with the natural result that all these industries are practically dead. The penurious and oppressive policies adopted to regulate the coal and oil industries have ben nothing short of disgraceful. It is time indeed that Alaskas blinders were removed and full opportunity given to devlop-men- t of her great resources upon broad, liberal lines such as contributed so vastly to the development of western states in early days. Paternalism, or, as Mr. Joslin puts it, government by hearsay has brought paralysis and made an industrial graveyard of one cf the richest countries on earth. enjoys Alaska is simply suffering from too much officialism. We have plenty of supporters of this system who would like to see it spread over the rest of the Untied States. Our railroads are crippled with It today. Cur merchant marine is tied up with laws and red tape. Our Prince, they talk much of your upbringing, These world bashaws and scandal-shaperBelieve them all be swinging If one believed the yellow papers! Riclferd Le Gallienne in Life. s; not-r-w- ed . SONG OF THE DESERT. Ch, why should the spirit of mortal Be more than eight dollars a quart, While bootleggers snicker and chottle And officers drag us to court? A cocktail costs more than a Bible; A snifter cost3 more than a hat. The price of the ginger-al- e liigbball Is making the profiteers fat. They say the old times are returning, That wiggle and wobble are dead, Yet, daily, in spite of our yearning, . Buns grow more expensive than bread. R. S. T. in Judge rs have wasted for years under the same system and our oil lands were withdrawn from use when the nation was literally crying for oil. Alaska may take hope, however, from the fact that at last the bars have been let down in western stales . as is pendent, from public libraries, cities. It being done in some eastern creates a curiosity in the leader, a which is bad, and it may create string- Envoi. 1 It seems a mistake to exclude Henry Fords newspaper, the Dearborn Inde- public slyly If one believed the yellow papers! for some development of oil, coal, phosphate and waterpower resources ' But at the same time we face agitation for bureaucratic control of railroads, packing industry, shipping men go dont reason Another why and other lines of endeavor. costs them back to the farm is that it Let us profit by the experience of all they had to get away. WashingAlaska while under political conti ol ton Post. and dictation, rather than enlarge the dead hand control of officialism. The Swiss -- labor refusal to adopt Bolshevik theories is only another BALLADS OF THE YELLOW PAPERS. 'roof the Swiss know they are not at North ''me at sea. Philadelphia American. Hope springs eternal! Well it may; Let's hope that it may go on springing! The total number of American liter0 $150,-00For who could live another day, ary men who would not accept Without its optimistic singing for an article is one. Toledo With all this deadly doleful dinging News-Bee- . Of blood and tears and crazy capers That greets us at each days beginacan gets time immigrant the By ning customed to the climate he begins to If one believe the yellow papers! com- worry about the horde of aliens ing in. Kansas City Star. long-eare- d ing that Alaska wat-erpowe- ng Best not believe a word they say, Their mud and blood forever flinging, would go our peaceful way; we If With all their stenches and ther stinging, We cannot scape some poison WILL TAXES MEAN BANKRUPTCY Reports show that the governments revenue from excess profits and income taxes has fallen off heavily. Reports from various states show that state tax delinquences are getting new high records. Bankers know that more money has been withdrawn and borrowed for tax payments than ever before. This indicates two things: First, that the abnormal business conditions of the war are past and that profits are on a peace basis, and do not justify war taxes. Second, that the multiplicity of taxes, city, county, state and national, have increased to such an extent that the average citizen is hard pressed to make sufficient profit to meet them and leave the requisite capital for operating his business. There is hope that the federal taxation will be reduced. But in the average western state taxes for the next two years will be increased, due to the enormously increased amounts demanded to meet the appropriations of legislative sessions just closed.' Never before has the average citizen felt the hand of tax oppression as he is feeling it now and will feel it for the next two years. There is just one outcome. These tax burdens will increase so long as the people fail to demand and enforce a program for retrenchment in public expenditure and the expansion of |