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Show THE CITIZEN Ezra Thompson, wealthy business and mining man of this city, and probably better known than any other man of the community, departed from this life at the age of 73 years. He was a progressive mayor of this city for three terms, and many of our present improvements were inaugurated and completed under his administration, and this he did without raising the taxes of the people. Business enjoyed prosperity during his term of office, and this city was advertised throughout the country as the best for the investor. The was a great sportsman. When a young man he was a baseball fan and player ; later took up horse racing and owned some of the best stables in the west, and he was a great boxing and wrestling fan, never missing a contest if he was in the city. Mr. Thompson was born at Salt Lake July 17, 1850, of Utah" pioneer stock, his father, Ezra Thompson, a native of New York and millwright by trade, coming to Utah in 1848 ; his mother, Lois Trumbull Thompson, was a native of Maine and a descendant of the oldest New England colonial families. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were the parents of two children, Ezra and Lois (Mrs. Robert R. Widdington), the latter dying several years ago. ' ex-may- . o or The national house of representatives voted to submit an economic amendment of the federal constitution to the states. The pt proposed amendment would nationally forbid further issues of securities. The proposed amendment to the federal constitution owes its origin to the fact that by reckless, extravagant borrowing the states and their subdivisions have deprived themselves of the advantage that originally existed in the exemption of certain securities from taxation. The economic amendment aims to equalize the burdens of taxation and prevent wealths escape from taxation as it escapes securities. It also is believed now through investing in that the amendment would protect taxpayers against waste and heedless borrowing by public corporations. The investment of $30,- securities is serious business. 000,000,000 in American tax-exem- tax-exem- tax-exem- pt pt And now we are told in the papers that the fear of what the next congress is going to do to the railroads is causing investors to refrain from buying their securities. People are waiting to see whether radicals will be returned to congress. In some states it is claimed there are already indications of a conservative reaction against Congressional members of more or less radical tendencies. It will take a whole lot of reaction, however, to counteract the socialistic agitation that permeates our state legislative and national lawmaking bodies. Continued prosperity in the nation rests upon the ability of our people to see that they must not completely discourage the investor and the developer of new enterprises. The last Oregon legislture passed a couple of experimental laws that will keep millions of capital out of the state. a One was the state income tax law. The other was a gallon tax on gasoline. It is hard to figure out just why such measures are passed in a state which already lacks population and capital for development. When a man is looking over the country for a place to establish a new business or for a change of residence, why should he pick a state which, in addition to all other burdens of taxation, also has a state income tax and a gasoline tax? It remains to be seen whether, these measures will run the gauntlet of the courts and the referendum. 3-c- "r 3-c- The Farmer-Lab- or Chicago on July 3, ent 5 MONROE DOCTRINE. George Henry Payne, proprietor of The Forum, New York, is temporary chairman of the Monroe Doctrine Centenary Committee which is arranging to celebrate the one hundredth annlversaryof Monroes courageous announcement to the world of the attitude of the United States toward attempts to extend European imperialism to the Western Hemisphere. Payne is a live one and may be de' pended upon to make December 2 a memorable occasion. Mr. Wilson and his internationalist friends did their utmost to scrap the Monroe Doctrine and substitute the League of Nations therefor. There are many indications that they are planning again to do so, if they can win to power. For that reason, if for no other, the celebration this yelar should be so general and so genuine as to impress upon the minds of the internationalists for years to come the fact that the American people propose to steer clear of European politics. In this connection it is well to recall Jeffersons reply to Monroe when the latter sought his advice on the policy proposed by Canning, then British premier, which gave impetus to the Monroe Doctrine. Canning desired to sign us up in a joint understanding respecting the Our first and Latin Americans, and Jefferson replied to Monroe: fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle affairs. with Jefferson rather favored the Canning proposal as one which might effect a division in the body of European powers, but Adams, then secretary of state, saw the advisability of our acting independently of England, hence the Monroe Doctrine became as essentially American pronunciamento. cis-Atlan- tic Secretary Herbert Hoover backs President Harding in his request that this nation should become a member of a permanent court of international justice. It looks very much as if the next two years is to be devoted to the League of Nations and the international court. If the European powers believe in real justice they ought to begin now and show some of it. Senator Borah of Idaho tells the people what they may expect if this country joins the League of Nations or becomes a member of the international court which up to the present time have both failed to function in important matters concerning the welfare of the people. Senator Borah would make war a crime and While his statement will cause consternation among the militarists and war machine manipulators he strikes a popular chord of the people. War is the most inhuman crime concocted by man. Senator Borah is right. Lets make war a crime.. Sugar takes another jump. If every time sugar took a jump the people would cut down on their consumption it would not be long before the product would be down to a reasonable price. What makes a hit with most of the people here is that freight rates arc added to sugar most of which has not seen a freight car. Sugar manufactured right here can be purchased on the outside for about $1 less than we have to pay for it. A person can go to the sugar factory to get the sugar but the freight is 'added. The farmers ought to begin adding freight to their potato crops and to other crops. ent party is calling a political convention in in an endeavor to organize a new party for the presidential campaign of 1924. Invitations will go to the National League, the Socialist party, the Committee of 48, Labor parties of various states, the Womans party, the League of Voters and hundreds of separate organizations asking them to take such steps as are necessary to bring about a political coalition for the 1924 campaign. Non-Partis- an The man who doesnt bother to think much about securities is one of the great army of 7,000,000 whose average earning is $50 a week. These men paid the government as income tax $263,000,000 last year. Many men with incomes ranging from $50 to $1,000 or more a week paid no taxes at all on such incomes because they came from interest on bonds which under the constitution arc exempt from taxation. Would you call this equal taxation where one man pays double taxes in order that another escape all taxes? tax-exem- pt |