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Show THE CITIZEN RUSSIA SHOWS THE WAY. to the making of Dutch cheese was the printing-pressesurveillance of the federal government. While Ded under the recall government operation of paternalism, one needs but to s from H jlroads And now comes Russia the despised communistic community, the renegade of capitalistic civilization and shows some of the paper issuing countries of Europe the way back to a sound money basis. In a measure it is a complete volte face on the part of the idealists responsible for the economic troubles that beset the late preserves of the Tzar and his Grand Dukes and Grandees, when they go so far as to coin sound money in emulation of the hated and derided capitalistic which gave rise to present railroad difficulties. .' FIGURES DONT LIE. tax rate, is is it an aftermath of entirely due to the miasma of war, nor ican control of state affairs for upwards of twenty years. A illation recently made by a state official shows that the total period of debt of the state at the close of this tweny-yea- r fact rjjC that Utah is burdened, today, with a high nations. Russia is today nearest among European nations to a sound monetary basis, with the possible exception of Great Britain. This statement may sound strange and rancorous to readers of newspapers, who are familiar only with news of that distressed countrys paper rubles which are worth about a bushel in exchange for American money. Their bolshevistic government has, however, adopted a new currency unit known as the grivna. They are issued by the state bank and one grivna is equivalent to 10 rubles in gold. These notes are backed to the extent of 25 per cent by gold, silver and other precious metals and foreign gold moneys and to 75 per cent by bills of exchange and other liquid assets. They are redeemable in gold by state decree after the restoration of the gold standard by international regulation in other European countries. And the trillionaires of Russia have come back to earth with a thud; billionaires and even millionaires are becoming scare. Some of them may now feel like foolionaires, but they, are probably still able to negotiate with the local bootleggers. It seems that other European countries might profit by the Russian example to dispense with worthless paper money and thus deflate a few million trillionaires who have their barns and woodsheds filled to the ceilings with these paper issues. . management, in 1916, was as follows: Bonded debt, ; floating debt, $700,000; deficits, $23,595; making a grand state indebtedness of $3,583,593. ftien the above figures are compared with the public debt of state at the close of 1920, the year the Democrats lost control for a mere after they had manipulated the state exchequre tr of four years, the facts as disclosed are most illuminating, state debt at the end of this memorable year of Democratic was, bonded debt, $8,410,000; floating debt, $1,000,-deficit- s, $809,990.96; or a grand total of $10,219,990.96. The Republicans were elected to state and national control by pular national vote of seven millions and the Democratic state inistration of Utah, alone, matched that huge plurality in a state hangover of more than seven millions above that which obtained othey took office. It is a legacy of political profligacy and Can you beat it? And is it to be longer wondered at This Democratic legacy state tax rates are above normal? t be liquidated, but it appears that it also must be spread over a period of years, or the people will go broke carrying the load led upon them by the hosts of darkness, of which Senator W. H. is the prophet. ican .war-spendin- mis-ageme- nt. S the Mutual Coal Company have every reason to themselves because of the fact that they will not be Stockholders in the profiteering stunts of the big commercial coal mines the state, the managers of which have decided that the public locver they are must pay all the costs of the prolonged coal ke which amounted to very little in Utah and also pay for coal c protection accorded them by state troops. In view of the fact t the mine operators have made the old wage scale retroactive a comparatively tyril, to those employees who stuck with them ill number would it not be in accord with all facts upon which I base the recent raise in price to the consumer, to also make the tter of state protection of coal mines retroactive to the extent ject 1 There never was a protective tariff law from the Morrill measure rs down to the present bill, which was not denounced by the and the importing classes, as the most damnable, atrocious, unconscionable, unspeakable, infamous bill ever passed, and yet under the operation of a protective tariff this country has grown to be the most prosperous, the most progressive and the most envied of all nations of the world. free-trade- MAKING IT RETROACTIVE. gratulate 5 to mine operators would have to pay it? The state legislature be asked to pass a special tax law making this mandatory upon ines and hold their properties as security until the bill is paid said iull. When this country is confronted by a crisis it does not rise up on its hind legs and shout for Europe to come over and save it. We have learned the lesson that God helps those who help themselves. The Tiger of France, Clemenceau, is coming over to lecture us into a state of contrition for not joining the league of nations and for still refusing to pull Europes chestnuts out of the fire. We will listen to him dutifully, just the same as we listened to Lloyd George and Balfour of England, and then go ahead with our program to rehabilitate America first. law to function in Utah is another The failure of the laws cannot be evidence that strange, inhuman and forced upon the people no matter how high a source issues the mandate. In this respect Utah has once again demonstrated that it is part and parcel of the United States of America, and not an isolated entity peculiar in habits of mind and mannerisms. anti-cigaret- te ultra-fanactic- normalcy means anything you want, according to who you M you are a worker it means big wages and low commodity prices ; are a merchant it means big profits and numerous sales; if you are Rician it means an endless term in a lucrative office, and if you are a 'liteer it means a chance to gouge the public right and left under ck to gov-"fle- al nt sanction. is quite evident that cither this people must conquor the con-- ct capital and labor, or capital and labor will conquer People and destroy their government. So far in these the sacred rights of the people are held to be largely 5 igible by both factions. From now on the common good of the Cst number must be made the, slogan of the hour and both and labor must be made to bow to the will of the majority. between Watch the 1 ever-re-confli- cts CITIZEN grow! |