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Show THE CITIZEN rubber ball on a conference table. The American citizens should not be deluded. The peoples of the world are not developing toward any universal world conference even yrhen that conference has the lofty, moral authority which flows from the presence of an American unofficial observer On the contrary the peoples of the world are 3 developing toward handling their own regional affairs by their own exertions just like us. United States Senator Reed Smoot says that the nation faces a serious predicament in the case of securities and an immediate change must be made by congress to tax all property in order to avoid disaster which cannot be held off more than ten years under our present form of tax collecting and tax exemption. Billions of dollars have been and are being invested in securities and ia majority of the big moneyed men today hold their wealth without having to pay any taxes. The people who put through the present law certainly had an eye for business but in their greed to save their taxes they may be pulled down themselves in the swerl which may follow unless congress follows the advice of Senator Smoot. Everybody should pay taxes. The people must support the government and the poor people cannot carry the burden tnemselves. Our present tax laws are of such a nature that there is no incentive for any one to make money, and those who have money are investing in tax free securities. If our present system is carried forward long enough it will be over the hill to the poor house for most of us. tax-exem- pt tax-exem- . WHERE WOULD U. S. GO. One of those lecturers who have learned that Americans will gladly pay an admission fee tq hear ill things about their country, says SMOOTS VERSION. : . .. We cannot go on definitely holding an observer's position in Europe. It is our duty to help Great Britain and France go forward together. In the same newspaper which gives an account of this lecture is a dispatch from London over which has been placed the headline: British say France fails to appreciate sacrifices. Besides this cablegram is oqe from Paris, headed: Paris press bitter to British proposal. The forward march together of Great Britain and France is after the manner of pigs going to market, one proceeding northeast, the other squealing its head off because its master checks its endeavor to go southwest. Possibly if Uncle Sam were made ot rubber he might go along with the powers of Europe a little way. But even rubber has its snapping point. You can stretch it too blessed far. It is the special duty of Washington at this stage in the affairs of the world to do what it can in the way of forward marching without coming out of the business broke. Toledo Blade. . WHICH WAY? i pt -- LIMIT EMIGRATION. When the next congress convenes, which will probably not be until next fall, one of the big questions which will come before it. will be the problem of emigration: Already many of the big interests are agitating this question for the purpose of inducing more lenient laws in order that more labor can come to this country the result of which no doubt will be to hold wages down to the lowest minimum. One big fault with our European emigration is that when the people do come to this country it is only for the purpose of making a stake and then they return to their native lands. While living in this country, a majority of the emigrants send most of their hard earned money to Europe and only spend enough in this country to barely keep them alive, and this does not make the emigrant a desirable resident. He cares nothing for our country but what he can get out of it and many of them do not even bother to learn the American language. The people in general do not wish to permit more people coming to this country than are coming under our present emigration laws. There is always room for a desirable class and there is enough leeway in the present laws to admit such people, but to throw open our doors again to the average coolie labor, that should never be permitted and the people ought to take a decided stand against any Survivors of the league of nations movement, which was wrecked past salvage in the last presidential election, are now placing the blame for the European muddle on America's refusal to be drawn into the political squabbles over there. These enthusiastic supporters of the covenant are silent in all known languages as to the political greed and grasping diplomacy that have combined to bring about present conditions in Europe. Let the Turk follow his bent in play- ing fast and loose with his commitments, let European nations mock justice, as they please, in their dealings with each other, and these leaguers can apparently see no wrong. The blame lies only at America's door. Apparently these champions of the covenant hold that if such attempts. America had entered the league European politics and diplomacy, would have changed in the twinkling of an eye and all would have Old age is no bar to a criminal record when it comes to making been fair and honest and unselfish. It is the old fallacy of assuming moonshine. J. C. Patterson, 81 years of age, has been found guilty that one sound apple placed in a barrel of rotten ones can make them at Ogden and must serve six months, according to sentence passed wholesome. Washington (D. C.) Post. upon him. If Jesus Christ came to the United States today and tried to live INDEPENDENCE. as he did in Galilee when he was on earth he no doubt would spend a great deal of his time in jail. There is surely something wrong with Senator William H. King of Utah demands a square deal for the our system, and the more one reads the Bible the more concerned one Philippine islands. The matter was forcibly brought before the becomes of those who would set themselves up as our guardians who senate by the Utah senator and he declared: prescribe the straight and narrow path we should follow. We are We can only do that, declared Senator King, by keeping our. trying to make people what they are not by law and it will never work. Training must be had in the home and not in the police court. word implicitly. And if we do, we must give them their long-desirindependence without further delay. Senator King forced the Philippine question before the senate Why American manufacturers should not favor the planting of by the introduction of an amendment to the army bill providing for rubber trees on American soil cannot be understood by the average layman. The stand is taken that the price could not be brought authority for the Philippine legislature to call a constitutional conback but that is not the real question at stake. If rubber trees can vention for the purpose of framing a constitution for a republic. The amendment was finally defeated. But, inasmuch as many be grown on American soil the industry ought to receive the proper, of those opposing it were defeated and will be succeeded by prosupport because a day may come when the home product will mean something to all of us. There are too many in this country who gressive senators favoring independence, there is a very good fighting chance of an independence bill being passed by the incoming are always ready to let the other fellow across the pond do the worrying but they forget that we have to pay the bills. congress. . ed |