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Show THE CITIZEN pays because there are actually no middlemen in the hard coal business. The public is helpless because its servants are either incompetent ;flor dishonest. This was convincingly in evidence during the recent Then the state period of federal and state fuel administrations. commission was powerless because it had no authority in interstate matters and the federal commissioners were equally ineffective because they did not care to; raise the question of state rights. The fair price of anthracite is $6.50 a ton, delivered within 200 miles of the source of production. It is sold at $12.50 to $16.50 because there is no restraint against coal interests that masquerade as coal owners, coal carriers and coal merchandisers. It may be that our prosperity makes us impervious to coal prices but if this raising the ante continues, $20 and $25 coal might lead and J)us to demand drastic measures. Then some of our nimble-foote- d flabby politicians may find their daily routine much less attractive. Coal prices in Utah are just as unjust as they are in the east, and there is no reason why we should pay $9 and $10 for soft coal in this city, which is only a few miles distant from some of the largest coal fields of the world. i GOOD ROADS. S remit the allied debts and permit, in turn, the reduction of repara- tions, claims upon Germany. Great Britain says she must have sufficient German indemnity to pay her bills to this coutnry, and France says she is willing to reduce her claim upon Germany to the extent that we may reduce the debt she owes us. This is ingenious, but it must not be permitted to alter the nature pf he allied debs in our eyes. British and French debts to the United States are precisely on a par with their other obligations the upkeep of ther armies and naves, their postal systems, their pension payments, and all the hundred and one other items that enter into the cost of government. Why do not Great Britain and France inform Germany and the world that they must have sufficient reparations to maintain their military establishments ? That would be nearer .the truth, for Great Britain is under no obligatio to spend $50,000,000 on a new Singapore naval base, nor France to build up an overpowering air force at a cost of hundreds of millions of francs, while they have both entered into .the most solemn undertaking to liquidate their debts to this country. Why drag in the United States in the reparations dispute? Why, indeed, except to stir again all the animosities aroused by the cartcellationists. In discussing the evils of securities, the Dallas, Texas, Farm and Ranch says: The limit of tying up the idle wealth of the country has been reached. Already more ithan thirty billion of dollars are thus exempt from taxation. It can be truthfully said that 80 per cent of this amount is being kept out of industry on that account. It is also an incontrovertible fact that industry is paying an extra tax to mak-u- p tax-exem- pt Its interesting to Eureka people to read of the new Alpine scenic highway which the commissioners of Utah county have just constructed, but it would cause a lot more rejoicing if the officers of that county devoted a little more attention and money to important highways within the county boundaries roads which are used not only for pleasure but for business. We have in mind at this ithe deficiency in cost of government because of this great wealth time the road between Payson and the pavement to the south of Santaquin as well as the road from the latter place which leads to that eccapes paying its just share. The question is: Are we going Eureka. These roads are each day used by hundreds of motorists to continue permitting those who can best afford to pay taxes to e securities route, shoving the burden over on and scores out of the hundreds could almost be arrested for what escape by the the workers, the salaried men, and upon industry, or are we going they think of the men who are responsible for the miserable condition of such important highways. From the time the road was to plug up the leak? buried under the heavy snows of last winter until this date scarcely securities put into With the billions now turned into tax-fre- e road. It is a crime industry, interest rates would come tumbling down. Good security a dollar has been spent on the Payson-Santaquto neglect a thoroughfare as that one has been neglected and would find cheap money. t $ every man who is forced to take a car over it pays his proportion of the large amount which is lost because of the failure of the road The first warning of winters approach and the coal barons officials to do .their duty. The damage to machines, to rubber and delight came Thursday noon when a rain and hail storm broke over to the feelings of people forced to ride over the road, must be the city and in less than five minutes of downpour the city was road covered with a balnket of snow, and the flood waters ran down the enormous. What has been said about the Payson-Santaquhighway. certainly applies to the Santaquin-Eurek- a streets. It was an unusual sight. All of us know that .the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce is raising money for the purpose of advertising Utah, the organization George Gardner who shot and killed Deputy Gordon Stuart is doing good work by attracting hundreds of people to this state, and Joseph W. Irvine sixteen and a half months ago paid the penalty the about then auto and here but if they come country for his crime Friday morning at sunrise. Although the evidence of go by telling everyone to keep away from this locality because of its his guilt was direct and conclusive, it took the authorities a long rotten automobile roads, where do we derive any benefit? time a year and four and a half months to bring about justice. discussion of roads. There is surely something wrong with our present law which allows 0 Wherever tourists meet you can hear a Well wager one hears nothing good about Utahs highways, and so much leevay to criminals of this class. The expense to the taxit is just such rotten pieces as the strip from Payson to Santaquin payers is only needlessly increased. In this case the state has $ot that leads to the report thait all Utah roads are poor. Eureka Re- as yet compiled the entire cost. porter. tax-fre- in , in CONTROVERSY. Before the debt refunding agreement was made with Great Britain, the internationalists and cancellationists insisted that it was economically impossible for Europe to send sufficient gold to this country to lquidate her obligations. It has been since demonstrated Aiat the flow of American gold in one form or another to Europe is more than sufficient to equalize the transfer of gold to the United States in settlement of European debts. That argument of the internationalists has been confounded by the facts, but they are returning to the attack from a different angle. It now appears that the muddle in Europe . is to be laid diof our refusal to rectly at the door of the United States because Arrangements are being made to take care of the drys down Texas way. A large rum palace is being equipped outside the three-mil- e limit near Galveston, where drinks will be served at pre-wprices. It is said the palace can take care of a thousand ar dry and parched throas. aerial palace. Beware, we will soon have the floating If farmers are pestered with grasshoppers they should be thank- ful for the crop from which they can make a good profit but few realize from this source. A big bunch of turkeys and a flock of which are a guinea fowl will keep the premises clear from hoppers raise turkeys. delicacy for the turkeys. But few farmers attempt to They are easily raised and bring big prices. |