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Show THE CITIZEN Writer Scores McAdoo Political (By Prospero.) Way statement about the n in Los Angeles, as pub-Jfin the Tribune recently, would serious arraignment of the a very party if it were true; but jpubiici-Ifortunr t ely for him and his party, it and fair statement of Dot a true jdnii ustration of the government the R: publican party. jlcAdo.. himself, and Bryan and Cox, 0 a class of light and airy polof in ios who ought to be thought ctlc n with such a great and morabk position as the presidency No man ought the United States. he tho aght of for such a high is not a statesman; and the not (lity of statesmanship does (he composition of either of elec-giv- e jtcAdoos (j I an ve n 8tani Slam 1 par ( Abr -- usani ogue hon i posi-gnwh- o lider Piei en-int- o n. e be rope, is troi Min ?d in over coni' panr McAdoo deceived the people when he was here two some people) ears ago talking in the Salt Lake ;eatre for the league of nations, by so aking it appear that it would be if we went in jsv for us to withdraw dissatisfied. He purposely ad were pressed the important rule of the ague that before we could withdraw that we had e would have to prove 1 with all the requirements of league. The council of the league mild be the judge, and as it was corn-use- d of foreigners, they would all be ainst us and the decision would have een against us. By suppressing the rath he, in effect, uttered a fals:e was This per cord nary d to est the people again his late talk at Bonneville Park rhen he said that our tariff would four to six billions to the cost of iving of the people of this country. The best way to answer such talk to tell them plainly that' it is not Tell them to produce their proof then youll see them scatter. Mr. McAdoo does not tell the truth hen he states that the administra-iand the Republican party wholeheartedly the seating of iewberry. I know there were many letters written to senators by Republicans urging them to oppose the seat-linof Newberry. That was a wrong of undoubtedly, but the adjustment pt wrong was very largely a local natter between the people of the state f Michigan and the senate. The people of Michigan should have lcn up en masse and demanded that dewberry be not seated; or, if he was, font he le ousted; same as the people f Kansas did in the case of Alexander Caldwell a good many years ago. Wrong as the. seating of Newberry as it ig more a than Isanti times by the good stable gov- ernment the Republican party has Ven the country the best in the He, McAdoo, fooled dd id n sup-irte- d g counter-balance- d orld. is t .) be expected, of course, that so-call- ed al-aj- I Wilson-Gorma- n the nation and without 8 which all YOU CAN PREVENT FIRES IF YOU WILL BUT TRY 9 Ford-ney-McCumb- er bill, which will continue the prosperity of this country. It is impossible in this paper to take notice of all the wrong conclusions and misstatements that McAdoo makes in the article the Tribune quotes from Los Angeles, but I must say that no honest man who has read the reports of financial, commercial and industrial agencies in this country during recent months especially the financial letters of W. S. Coussins, New York, which are published every Monday in the Tribune can draw such false conclusions of bus'ness depression and distress that McAdoo does. We have no apologies at all to offer for anything except the seating of Newberry which was a wrong. President Harding will probably continue right along in the course he had marked out for his administrat on, feeling confident that when the people recover from the effect of being fooled by Democratic misstatements they will swing back on the pendulum so that at the next general election the Republicans will regain at least half they have lost in the last election, which is all we want. It is the happy medium which alone saves; and the reverses of the Republican paity merely show the fickleness and proneness to be fooled by human nature; the wickedness of the progressives; would-bproof the and the humbug fessional reformers. God help a republic when the people are so fickle minded that they can be so. easily swung from one extreme of the pendulum, as in the case of the immense majority given President Harding, for instance, which was not so-call- ed Demo-t- , or any other will froth at the mouth when he 'Peaks (.fa protective tariff. They d ', and always have dene so; Pt all (he same it is the protective Inriff tl at gives life to the business HoAdoo, business would be thrown down fiat as under the bill not so far back but that many men can still remember those distressful times. Having studied this question since ancient times, from the time Horace Greeley was publishing his powerful editorials in the New York Tribune in favor of the protective tariff and against free trade, this writer could write much on this subject, but we must condense and be content with making assertions that can be proven. It is a sad thing to think and know, and to say, that President Wilsons administration was saved from a season of hard times such as we suffered under Cleveland only by such a dreadful thing as the great World War, but it is a fact. Before the war we were already on the shoals as the effect of the Underwood low tariff bill, but the war furnished us a market for everything we could produce at the very highest prices; and this, coupled with the billions wre were paying out to prepare for war saved the country and the Wilson administration. President Harding would have been in the same trouble under the Underwood law if the Republican congress had not had the good sense to pass the temporary emergency tariff bill as soon as it got the power, which has protected the country up to the passage of the necessary or desired, to the otherwise extreme as in the recent election by the false statements of miserable politicians. Such people have so little stability of character that they cannot remain long attached to any settled principles. e Simple rules for fire prevention ought to be observed by every man, woman and child. A glance at . the National Board of Fire Underwriters is enough to convince us that criminal carelessness is the cause of a good part of our fire loss. 7 of staff fell asleep Mars and Morpheus in one. But .we muddled through the war in spite of it all, and the people are now paying the cost. . All the genius I have lies just in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night, it is before me. I explore .it in all its bearings; my mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the efforc which I make the people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and Alexander Hampton. thought. Member Federal Reserve System Per Cent on 8avings Regard this bank as your sources. No one can be considered as free from the effects of fires. Anything which can cause such huge depletion cf our national wealth will be found to be a tax upon all, for everyone must repay in some form or measure so as to restore the balance. FRIEND Your success is of vital Importance to us because both banks and communities depend upon the success of each individual. COLUMBIA Trust Company 125 SOUTH MAIN 8T. Rea. Phone Waa. 7638j Rea. S5S Office Weat lat North Phone 1172 Furniture and Piano Morinf Large and Small 167 Auto Vana South Weat Temple Salt Lake City, Utah Why Lots of People HUNT OUR GLACIAL EPOCH. Those inclined to doubt the truth of the charges of incompetency brought against the Wilson administration should read the letters of Franklin K. Lane, edited by his widow, and just off the press. Mr. Lane was secretary of the interior in the Wilson cabinet for seven years, and in a position to have intimate knowledge of the conduct of the government. He than pictures the president as slow-ea glacier, and as late as February 16, 1917, more than a month after the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and less than two months before the actual declaration of war, he quoted iur. Wilson as out of symThe army pathy with preparedness. and navy, wrote Secretary Lane, "are so set and sterotyped and standpat that I am almost hopeless as to moving them to the wise, large, and wholesome job. They are governed by red tape worse than any union. The chief to- day. Last years contribution to the nations ash heap was $485,000,000 $923 a minute and 90 per cent of this loss was of preventable character. It can readily be seen that fires constitute one of the heaviest drags upon our economic progress. They are an enormous drain an absolute waste are, in truth, wealth permanently withdrawn from the countrys re- Carelessness and ignorance are the malignant foes, the arch conspirators that, hand in hand, operate as the chief causes of our huge fire waste. Constant vigilance and education will prove their usefulness in time as a means of overcoming the fire menace, but the immediate present can be well served through the good example of those of acknowledged leadership and authority. Cleanliness and carefulness should be the watchword of each day the carelessly thrown match, the discarded lighted cigarette turns into devouring flames when it finds its resting place in the disordered corners ot poorly kept homes or business places. at our meeting MARABELLE Because Marabelles Is the place to get first class tailoring, cleaning and repair work. Time for you to start to 78 WEST FOURTH SOUTH The Mysterious Address for your work. Phone Was. 5892. EVANS & EARLY Fnl Dlrwtm tutu 48 South 8 Telephoa Btruut Wasatch HIS itMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiKc want you to get a pound of our 50c tea this week. There is noth- i ing to equal it in Salt Lake COOK TEA & COFFEE GO, j 14 West First South s I I 9 1 riiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiintiiiiiitiiii? |