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Show I Published Every Saturday BY QOODWIN8 WEEKLY PUBLISHING C0H INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, BU8INESS MANAGER . 8UB8CRIPTION PRICE: Including postage n the United States Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. -- 8ingle copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, 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 Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Ness Bldg. 8alt Lake City, Utah Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 McADOO FIRES OPENING SHOT The Salt Lake Telegram carried a story last Wednesday under the caption, McAdoo Flays Coolidge in Los Angeles Address. The Citizen does not find where McAdoo has suggested a remedy. How easy it is for one to pick another to pieces or .to find fault with anothers work or his past accomplishments. Both of these men Coolidge and McAdoo have been in politics and both are in politics at the present time. Coolidge, so far, has made good, but how about Mr. McAdoo? McAdoo had the greatest opportunity of any man in the country to show his worth and capabilities when Wilson, his father-in-lamade him managing director of the entire .United States railway system. We all know the history of the railroads under his' jurisdiction. He first raised the salaries of the employees and then had to raise the passenger and freight rates to pay the salaries. In this way he played tag, one with the other, until the wages of the men rose far. above that of any class of workers, even the professional class, and freight rates soared to such a high point that farmers could not ship outside of their community. The freight invariably was higher than the commodity was worth. Mr. McAdoo had really started something he could not finish and no man realized this fact better than himself and for that reason he resigned. He resigned at a time when the nation most needed competent men in the various managerial positions, but that made no difference to McAdoo. From his ruinous handling of the railroads we have not yet recovered, and if the freight rates are still excessive, McAdoo must remember that he is the man who loaded the animal. McAdoo says that freight rates must be lowered. He does not say how must we do it or whether he would reduce salaries and other expenses to bring about this reduction. He finds fault with President Coolidges stand on the soldier bonus question. It has been. 'reported that It will take between eight and nine billion dollars to handle the soldier bonus. Coolidge cannot see where this enormous sum can be raised and therefore he is consistently opposed to the bonus. McAdoo favors a bonus but has he told anyone where he is going to get the money from? Is he using the bonus question for political reasons and after election his abili will be that the matter cannot be successfully handled at the time? President Harding opposed the bonus on the eve of an election w, which required great nerve and involved thousands of votes. He Give me the money and I am for the bonus. said to congress : President Coolidge takes a similar stand. He insists that the sick and injured war veterans be taken care of and the government is spending millions of dollars doing this same very work. O Regarding the tax question, McAdoo finds fault. Can he point out where more money can be saved and how? Is it not a fact that two years after the .close of the war we found President Wilson up to his neck in debt the nation and the budget called for six billion dollars annual expense. Mind you, two years after the close of the war this nation was still adding more expense instead of reducing the same. As soon as the armistice was declared and it was seen the war was at an end, why did not President Wilson immediately set about curtailing war expenses? He was so confident that the Democrats would be returned to power that the administration carried the heavy tax burden over the presidential election which came two years after the close of the war. The result was that President Harding was swept into office with the overwhelming majority of 7,000,000 votes. This was the greatest rebuke that any party ever received in the history of this nation. President Harding sliced over one billion dollars from the nations expense the first year, and outside of the war expense, the nation today is operating at normal. Mr. McAdoo aspires to the presidency. Instead of finding fault with his president our president why does he not submit his program of supervision of the government and let the people decide whether he is on the right track? What does McAdoo stand for anyway? President Coolidge stands for the following: Reduction of taxes is paramount issue before country. Opposes enactment of soldier bonus legislation. Every citizen should help in prohibition enforcement. Approval of Hardings world court asked of senate. League of nations is closed incident, so far as United States is concerned. Expects foreign nations to pay debts. Tariff law has proved prosperous and needs no revision. Stimulated consolidation of railroads, and if necessary , compulsory merger. Reorganization of railroad freight structure as applied to farm products. Governmental assistance in disposition of exportable wheat. Voices disapproval of price-fixin- g for farm products. Upholds rate section of transportation act. Selective immigration should be adopted with alien registration. Increased personnel in both army and navy. Immediate measures toward solution of negro problem and laws to prevent lynchings. Reduction of coal prices imperative; government should be allowed powers to stem profiteering and avert famine. Opposes Russian recognition at present. Urges upholding of Monroe doctrine. Suggests sale of Muscle SJioals to purchaser who will guarantee cheap fertilizer. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. Are you among those who invested in the drive to raise $75,000 to advertise this city and state? If you are not, you ought to be, because if you are in business you will derive a direct benefit that you could not enjoy otherwise, and if you are merely a property owner |