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Show THE CITIZEN 4 granted the presidents demand that a flat reduction of 25 per cent be given for 1923. This is a decided victory for the people and for Calvin Coolidge. It means that the interests of the man or woman, no matter whether on the farm or in the city, have been safeguarded by the president. It means that the head of the nation has kept his word to the citizens of the land. It means that congress has at last realized that the people stand solidly behind the president in his fight for a reduction of taxes. It is true that the measure just passed is not exactly what the president desired. We wanted a bill that would mean an even greater reduction of taxes. There is no doubt that at the next session of congress the president will insist that the tax bill be revised so as to give even further relief, and by that time the obstructionists in congress will, no doubt, have been informed in emphatic terms by their constituents to do as the president immigration, free trade, unaided merchant marine, and practical every whimsy of the internationalist. As for normal trade with tl Europeans, our trade with Europe the year before the war totah $2,382,000,000 and last year it totaled $3,250,000,000. Imports fro Europe in 1914 totaled $896,000,000 and during the calendar year 19; the total was $1,157,000,000. Exports to Europe increased from $ 486,000,000 to $2,093,000,000. Nor was this increase due altogether to increased prices. Tl volume increase all along the line was exceedingly large. Whenev the official statistics can be distorted to show that we are strangliJ Europe, the Journal gloats over the job. When those statistics a( too vocal to be overriden, the Journal simply ignores them. Tl All (Q&l f. tract of ratfc Jfei Utx pal iloli so e !pre DENBY EXONERATED. desires. cl pi The tn STANDARD BEARERS. With grateful love and reverence, We cheer them, passing by Old men who carry flags Beneath the sunny sky; Their faded banners and gray heads Seem crowned with glory bright. The bugle sounds These kept the faith And fought a noble fight. war-scarr- ed Now comes the army khaki-claThe men whose valor shows of honored sires How patriot-flam- e Warm in our heart still grows. The blue, the gray, in khaki merged, No hatred can divide The sons of Grant and sons of Lee Who battled side by side. d, And now, a host of boys and girls. Flags new and fair they wave The Future joining with the Past To deck the heros grave. For Childhoods sake, God bless with peace Our own and other lands ; But come what may, the flag they love Shall fall not from their hands. And lo, the mightiest host of all Our sacred, honored dead A cloud of witness hovers oer And marches on ahead. Old soldiers feel their comrades near And heads are lifted, steps grow strong. Far glory lights the childrens eyes, Far golden trumpets lead the song! Maud Frazer Jackson. THE REAL FACTS. Criticising the National Association of Manufacturers which recently held its convention in New York City, the New York Journal of Commerce says, speaking of what it terms the hardboiled attitude of the association with regard to foreign policies : Apparently it has never occurred to these manufacturers that we are in any way responsible for the situation existing in Europe or that anything that we could do would in any way tend to alleviate the hardships there or stimulate normal trade with those peoples. It is becoming exceedingly wearisome to read the editorials of this independent (?) newspaper which criticises everything done by the Republican administration. The Journal has in turn favored cancellation of the debts owing to the United States, unrestricted A big surprise the country anent the ( report filed by Chairman Walsh. After the daily press had been fu of scandal for weeks, we now find that former Secretary Edwi Denby of the navy and Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt an found entirely free from any wrongdoing and the report exonerati both men. wave is passing over id a t ,en i Ecboi ey a But does it? With the character assassination finger pointing to Denby thl worthy man was forced to resign from the navy and the cabinet fr the reason that he was hailed as a common crook and not fit for t! position he was holding nor to be trusted by his fellow citizens. Can a mere report now correct the great wrong done this ma who honestly told the senate investigating committee, that he ha m committed no wrong, and if called upon would do what he had doi in the past. Those who assailed Mr. Denby and forced his resign; kvili tion owe an opology to the citizens of the United States. President Coolidge never lost faith in Denby, neither have th I people. HATRED STORM. The dream of a was about to be realized but tl late immigration bill broke the charm and henceforth and forev Christian missionaries, if they wish to remain in Japan, must beco naturalized Japanese or get out of the country. That is only the beginning. American goods are being boycotte in all cities and no doubt the Japanese will turn to another countr to secure her foreign supply of goods. Statesmen and officials are in the hope of pacifying the enrage populace, but the irritable temper of the people is' not so easil assuaged and their choler continues to be heaped upon the Americai Just where the present agitation will lead to no one knows but i official circles it is felt that the present hatred storm will abate i the near future. Jap-Christi- an Organization now tells us that the price of bread is not d( pendent upon the price of wheat. It was not long ago that the hig price for bread was blamed on the high cost of wheat. The trut of the matter is that organization regulates the price. Good flou is still selling at war prices, but the farmer gets very little or wheat. In the future the road leading from Andersons ranch i i Zioi National park will be known as the Zion g highway. Park-Hardin- The British colonial and other foreign producers furnisl abou 90 per cent of the worlds rubber supply. There has been sonu agit3 tion in congress to make the United States independent of the fon eign supply. Experts of the department of agriculture are a in the Philippines and in South and Central America securing ita the purpose of developing new sources of rubber supply, and he de partment is meeting with much success, having found ideal ar as rubber tree planting. Ho |