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Show THE CITIZEN O' S a factor in the business pursuits, political campaigns, and general welfare of the community in so far that it takes upon itself the right to dictate favored politics. Religion should not be a question of qualification for any man to enter business or to aspire for a political position anywhere within these Unietd States. The daily press of Utah could clear up this situation in less than a week, and the time has come when it should be cleared up for all time dreamer who steps upon the highway in a trance without regard to their own safety. The majority of accidents, however, are caused by drivers who have not their cars under control when approaching crowded or congested districts. It is a serious condition and the best and easiest way out of iit is to barr all reckless drivers from operating cars. to come. The sugar gougers. are again at work pilfering the public. Sugar prices are not based upon the cost of manufacture. They raise the price of sugar at will. Their press agents make the public believe one thing and they do another. As soon as the local sugar factories announced that they had disposed of their surplus of sugar, the manipulators began boosting the price. How high they are going no one knows, but they will milk the public of all it will stand. N one objects to paying a fair price, but the people detest being held up. We have not forgotten sugar which cost about 4 cents to produce. ' . A GOOD AMERICAN. . The genius of our institutions, the needs of our people in their home life, and the attention which is demanded for the settlement and development of the resources of our vast territory, dictate the scrupulous avoidance of any departure from that foreign policy commended by history, the traditions, and the perity of our republic. It is the policy of independence, favored by our position and defended by our known love of justice and by our own power. It is the policy of peace suitable to our interests. It is the policy of neutrality, rejecting any share in foreign broils and ambitions upon other continents and repelling their intrusion here. It is the policy of Monroe, and of Washington, and Jefferson Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliance with none. prover Cleveland. I tell you, my countrymen, the world needs more of the Christ. The world needs the spirit of the man of Nazareth, and if we could bring into the relationships of humanity among ourselves and among the nations of the world the brotherhood that was taught by the Christ we would have a restored world; we would have little or none of war and we would, have a new hope for humanity throughout the earth. There never was a greater lesson than that of the Golden Rule. I would almost be willing to wipe From President Hardings address out the other commandments. at Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 24, 1923. The United States is making great progress with its airships. il service is constantly improving and we seldom hear The . air-ma- of an accident in these days of perfection. A few days ago 'the ZR-known as the air leviathan, made a successful round non-sto- p 1, trip from New York to Philadelphia. The successful flight was witnessed by millions of people, and the big dirigible was accomWhile many improvements panied by a number of aeroplanes. are yet to be made and no doubt easier flight will be acquired as time passes on, the mastery of aerial navigation has at last been realized. The gretest progress was made during the world war. The Utah Light and Traction company is seeking a franchise bus service to and from its suburban lines, thereby for inter-urba- n reaching present outlying districts which have no direct connection with the street care service except 'by special conveyance by team or automobile. This will be a big improvement in the Tra-tio- n companys service as well as a big convenience for those who "jie at the present time living at greater than walking distances from the end of the street car lines. Petition to operate such busses is now in the hands of the Public Utilities Commission. Sergeant James H. Warden says that traffic ordinances should be made more stringent to curb drivers. There are no law.? imaginable 'that would be strict enough to curb some of our reckless drivers. Prohibit such drivers from operating in the state and y and careless driving will soon the present abuse of correct itself. People who do not respect the life of others and who drive over our streets regardless of laws and resultant consequences should not be allowed to operate automobiles. Take this privilege away from a few drivers with a severe penalty attached if caught driving another automobile, and you will find your casualty list lowered to a minimum of accidents. Many accidents are unavoidable on the part of the automobile driver because of the . 30-ce- nt The Houston Post says that bootleggers are at one disadvantage when they land in jail they do not get the maudlin and emotional attention that is accorded our dear murderers. True, but who ever heard of a bootlegger being sent to jail? A small fine and release to go on with the 'business is the usual penalty. Total imports for the seven months period of 1923 wrere $2,- 375.000.- 000, compared with $1,671,000,000 for the first seven months of 1922, or an increase of about 42 per cent. This is the answer to the assertion of opponents of the Fordney-McCumblaw that is prohibitively high. er The Forestry bureau disposes of the fiction that all cut or burned-ove- r forest land, or even a major portion of it, is used for agricultural purposes. It points out that at present there are 181.000.- 000 acres of cut-ovforest lands which or burned-ove- r are not utilized at all and this is being increased at the rate of 10.000.- 0000 acres a year. These facts not only show the terrific rate of depletion of our timber supplies, 'but they show 'that land for agricultural purposes is being made available at a rate far in excess of its utilization. A vast percentage of this land is fertile soil and can be profitably cultivated if it is cleared. er $ Lloyd George is authority for the statement that the nation's of Europe have more armed men today than before the war, and he pathetically adds: Yet they all signed the covenant of the Now what would you calculate as the worth of league of nations. Times. any future covenants they may sign ? . The final formalities in the ratification of the naval reduction treaty have just taken place. They marked the last step in the work of the Washington armament conference. They also served to the fact that world opinion, without exception concedes that conference to have been the greatest, because the most practical step which has ever been taken toward universal re-empha- peace. The courts have ruled against the contracting of convict labor. This is proper. Under contract the prisoners would become mere slaves, which is obnoxious to good government. Prisoners should work and pay for their keep. This load should be lifted from the taxpyers and shifted to the shoulders of the inmates, and there is a proper way of doing it. right-of-wa- There are approximately 14,100,000 telephones in use in the United States and about 39,000,000 conversations daily. In other words, one out of every three persons in the United States utilizes the telephone at least once daily throughout the year. d New telephones added yearly average about 600,000. At the end of 1922 the Bell system controlled more than 36,000,000 miles of wire, of which 64 per cent was in underground cables. Bell-owne- |