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Show I Published Every Saturday BY GOODWIN'8 WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, BU8INESS MANAGER 8UB8CRIPTION PRICE: In the Unlted.8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, Including postage $1.50 for. six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. -- .S 8ingle coplea, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Cheek, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas-s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postofflce at 8alt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of'Mareh 3, 1879. Ness Bldg. 8alt Lake City, Utah Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 18 , - - j PRESIDENTS MESSA GE PRAISED President Coolidge has read his 7,000 word message to congress. The more people read and study that message! the more will they be convinced that Mr. Coolidge is in the right place the presidents chair. His message' was to the point with all the ifs and buts left out. He took a decided stand upon every question and in plain English stated just what ought to be done to increase the prosperity of this nation and to strengthen its position in the world. He did not mince matters, nbr was he afraid to oppose proposed legislation which might lose him votes. His message was a thorough business document, and without peradventure of a doubt nearly every open minded business man of the United States will heartily indorse the message. The taxation question has the right of way. By and through its favorable solution the country will become more prosperous than ever. The people are overburdened with taxes which are the cause of the present high prices and cost of living. Coolidge asks that all wealth be taxed and asks exemption for none. The present tariff law has accomplished its two main objects: it has produced a big tax revenue and created abounding prosperity throughout the nation and it should be allowed to function in its present form. The budget system is the proper method for doing business- It leads toward constructive and scientific economy, and prevents the juggling of funds. The foreign debts must be paid and Mr. Coolidge objects to cancellation of them. Debts are moral obligations which neither man or nation may shun with respect, and a course of procedure should be worked out for the handling of these debts which are due the United States and which amount at present to $7,200,000,000, outside of the English debt. The interest on this large sum of money amounts to over $1,000,000 per day. To recognize Russia would be a crime until that nation acknowledges its past obligations. 5The government has fallen heir to a large merchant marine. This should be transferred to private ownership as soon as possible. There should also be an immediate opening of all our inland waterways to help relieve freight congestion and facilitate cheaper transportation. The building of good roads is of the most vital importance to the entire country and the president has provided for liberal aid to assist the various states along these much needed improvements. The negro question must be solved and more attention given towards its satisfactory solution. President Coolidge demands that America remains America and lie insists upon careful legislation upon restricted immigration. It is not necessary to open our doors to gflmit the riff-raof the world. He insists upon the proper protection for children and guarding against the unscrupulous employment of them in factories and sweetshops and recommends a minimum wage for women. The Alaskan fisheries are in danger of extermination and need proper protection. The coal situation should receive immediate attention and should be returned to sane prices. With unlimited quan tities of this fuel in our country there is no valid reason for present prices and the government should eliminate the profiteer. President Coolidge is strongly in favor of taking care of all war veterans, but most emphatically opposes the soldier bonus bill, which would only mean a heavier tax upon the people if such legislation was enacted- Senator King of Utah highly praised Mr. Coolidge upon his stand on the bonus bill. The president advocates a strong army and navy. The army for our internal protection and the navy for protection in foreign ports. Inasmuch as we have a prohibition law the president asked for its strict enforcement, but the galleries were silent when he read this - part of his message. The presidents message is so strong and forcible that the Demo- crats would like to take it for their 1924 platform. They already predict that it will be the Republican platform, and they do not have to guess twice. A better and more constructive platform could not be worked out because it thoroughly covers the present demands of the entire country. McADOO IS BUSY. - ff The most active presidential candidate in the country is William of the last Democratic national adminG. McAdoo. The istration is going after the job as if he were a candidate for constable. His financial backing is evidently liberal and the Democratic national organization seems to be functioning as a sort of tail to his political kite. It is not to be denied that the gentleman from Tennessee Wall Street California and elsewhere is making rapid progress in his campaign, and unless his opponents for the nomination show more speed than is yet in evidence the fight may be over before it gets well started. Just what Mr. McAdoo stands for other than his desire to procure the presidency and an opportunity to put the country in the same shape in which he left the railroads has never been made so very clear. An article in the Outlook by one of Mr. McAdoos close friends, George F- - Milton, Jr., on the subject What Mr. McAdoo Stands For, sheds considerable darkness on the subject. We are told by Mr. Milton that it is not true that Mr. McAdoo is unsafe on the railroad question. The Plumb plan and railroad ownership crowd is not supporting Mr. McAdoo with any assurance that he intends to renew his effort to politicalize railroading. All that Mr. McAdoo believes is that the railroads should stay in private hands if their owners will reduce the rates, increase the wages and otherwise demonstrate their ability to handle the problem of transinportation satisfactorily to every body with reduced revenues and son-in-la- w creased costs. Mr. McAdoo is in favor of giving the railroads a chance to perform this miracle before he steps in again to double the labor costs, lower the freight rates and pay the operating deficits out of the federal treasury. No more anyone could ask. , |