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Show THE CITIZEN COAL MINE VICTIMS. to: real secret of attempted public ownership of interurban and steam railroads. State and national regulation of public utilities is now amply provided and is giving fair satisfaction to stockholders, extending into millions of laborers and consumers, and there is no excuse for extending the grasp of state or city politicians to larger fields. The lut of the coal miner is indeed a hard one and again we are of the great danger there is in these underground dbly reminded from which our coal is extracted. Without a moments ing tombs of 173 faithful and hard working men were snuffed rning the lives terrific explosion in the Utah Fuel company's No. 2 mine by the the we rid gasps at the calamity. The dead will be taken care of, the li ing, the wives, sons and daughters of the dead, they must Nothing that we can say or do will lessen their fer in silence. ef or comfort them. They can only remember the loved ones their lives to keep them sacrificed in their efforts to l0 gave Happy in their work, happy to be able to e a decent living. vide for their families, these toilers of the underground worked in and day out with no thoughts as to their safety. The mine s considered a safe one, the men knew it was safe, and so the 4iths dwindled into years until the present shocking catastrophe 4ught a halt to the work. pi This is the second big coal mine disaster we have had in Utah. ts hoped that it will be the last. Properties are made as safe as make them, but evidently we have not yet jnnan engineering can etched the stage where explosions can be eliminated. Coal is gaseous 3d like a powder magazine may be blown up at any moment. B Governor Mabey rushed to the coal mine disaster at Castle Gate. 5 did not wait for the train but made the trip in an automobile. provided arrangements and preliminary steps to take care of bereaved ones and the burial of the dead with the backing of The company officials are do- ie state and the people behind him. I all they can to aid and relieve the situation and suffering. It Dbably will never be known how the explosion happened. ,.j It is another sad chapter in Utahs mining history. . many policies Italy, former socialist leader who advo-ite- : 1 The Democrats of Missouri have rejected United States Senator James A. Reed, one of the big men of America who helped to keep the United States out of the league of nations. The worst that can be said about Senator Reed is that he is a staunch and patriotic American, and first, last and all the time for America. He is a Democrat politically but his party appears to not appreciate his leadership. But he dared to oppose the late President Woodrow Wilson when the latter would have turned this country over to European politicians for exploitation and now he is to be chastized. Senator Reed has one satisfaction and that is that his name will linger in history long after many of his opponents have been forgotten. He stood by America when she was in dire need of men to uphold the constitution. ARMSTRONG IN POLITICS. S. P. Armstrong, prominent attorney of this city, has been named upon the national platform committee of the National Peoples Progressive party. Robert R. Pointer of Dearborn, Michigan, is candidate for president of the United States on the Progressive ticket, and Roy M. Harrop of Omaha, Nebraska, for Mr. Armstrong is confident that this ticket will poll a large vote in the United States this coming fall and he would not be surprised to see the ticket elected. vice-preside- nt. s that savor of socialism, says that in justice to JAIL FOR AUTO DRUNKS. major state owned and operated public utilities must be tiirned to private ownership, because these utilities, especially the ate owned and operated railroads, are costing the Italian taxpay- unreasonable sums; that users of public utility service are secur-thservice at the cost of taxpayers who do not use it. Farm-1- , who do not use electricity are taxed to support the gieat hydro-tajtri- c companies owned by the state, while people who do not ride trains or use them very heavily for freight, must pay taxes to untain roads used by heavy travelers and shippers. Railroad workers, Mussolini says, practically own the state rail-id- s and operate them for their own profit. Numbers of employes i wages have increased out of all proper proportion. Service is &w rates three times as high as they were seven years ago, deficits here there had been profits. ly ' REED MEETS DEFEAT. EXPERIENCE TEACHES. Premier Mussolini of 5 all $ at RADICAL UTILITY POLICIES. people have a deep interest in well managed public utilities, hundred of thousands of consumers of light, heat, telephone, er and ffities. other forms of public service arc stockholders in these : .t t Outside of Utah judges are beginning to send to jail all drunken automobile drivers, and also to separate them from their licenses to drive cars any more. A drunkard is no respector of peoples lives, or has any thoughts of the other fellow driving a car, and for such good reasons these lowbrow insects should rightfully be regulated. Alcohol and gasoline will not mix and it has been the result of many deaths. In Utah these would-b- e criminals have been allowed to escape with little or no punishment. The people demand a little more action. rights-of-way- s, HENRY GETS MUSCLE SHOALS. Henry Ford has been awarded Muscle Shoals. It appears that other bidders for this big project were not ready to do business under the government dictation, so Henry got the plum. The pcbplc have confidence in Ford and they believe that lie will accomplish a great good for the entire country, especially for the development of the neighboring territory to Muscle Shoals. .Public " in? rC ownership or what may be termed political management s?ch Properties has not proven a universal success, and thousands managed and unprofitable publicly-owne- d utility properties have hack to private ownership. Movements in states are precipitated, from time to time for stateof light and power plants, water powers and even ly ownership one service, and even abolition of public service commissions, ..Sriles political leaders to get payroll doininaiton. ith m hundreds of thousands of utility employes under their cpn-Cl- t) politicians seek political power to get control of state gov-nt- s the ai'd even power over the national congress. This-i- fr . s U And now comes a ruling that liquor agents cannot search Uncle Sams mail wagons in quest for liquor. The ruling may cause a general rush to the federal government headquarters to get Into the postal service. And so doth the law work in a mysterious way. Hurrah for General Wood! lie sacrificed his nomination for the candidacy of president of the United States rather than submit and be dictated to by manipulating politicians. The people of the United States were for General Wood or Hiram Johnson Tour years ago, but both men were defeated in the convention. |