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Show I . Published Every Saturday BY GOODWIN8 WEEKLY PUBLISHING C0H INC. SHEFSKI, Editor A. W. RAYBOULD, Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: B pottage In the United 8tatesf Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal per year. 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 postoffice at 8alt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Phone Wasatch 5409 8alt Lake City, Utah Ness Bldg. 311-12-- ' . . . , 13 ! A UTOCRA TIC LEGISLA TION real criticism is being heard regarding H. B. No. 12, by am, which was one or the iirst bills introduced in the PurPose of the bill is to create another board, 'ure most of our boards are autocratic in tneir makeup jljj isible to no one. These boards do as they please and are absolutely helpless to get at them. People elect you id they can be held responsible for what they do, but take ds and bureaus are playing havoc with our political e not American forms of government, s ill in question asks sole authority to conduct at a and arrange state conterences of social work- only bill provides an added and unnecessary expense and 50!1 75,000 to begin its operation. Where is the money 8 om. If it was for building good roads, the people object because good roads means business and more the people. We have a State Welfare commission gal. lid make its report to the Governor, setting forth its ax 0j nd then ask the Governor to see that those in charge the 3titutions make their departments properly function. priation asked for, plus the $32,000 allowed by the for private charities, brings the total amount educa-paign- de-$107,0- . The people's personal liberty is more or less at stake by granting such authority. With such jurisdiction this board will have supervisory control over practically all state institutions. This board will have practically no restrictions nor limitation as to wnat its rules and regulations may be. There is so much which could be said against this proposed new board that it would take a book to properly deline it. If we. nave not enough officials, let us elect more, out by all means let us do away with autocratic government by placing power in the hands of people whom we cannot reach at the ballot box. .Let us make our officials responsible for their acts and if they are incompetent, we can at least at the next general election kick them out of oflice and elect men who will represent the 00. itizen does not believe, after interviewing many peo-uca proposed powerful organization which would lie personal welfare of the people, created by appoint-- J lich the people have no choice, is desirable legislation. r. ird is without obligation or responsibility as to con-tirjornplishment after the members once are appointed. le really believed in that kind of legislation, let us do taxes our present officials, annoint a king and retire to the to govern us, acknowledging 5 Jig. ind select some autocrat the people are no longer fit to govern themselves, to saved and our ruler cannot be held responsible for any-i-s supremo in everything, ant v )vernor and superintendent of public instruction are leads r0 elected officers eligible on the board with six pri-- n ; to s who are non officials. Members are appointed tor get rh ich means that the new governor must accept part d as his predecessors appointment. Now what re-- j can there be to the people if the Governor's support away favor of the State Board of Health. Why should the State Board of Health be expected to advise in legal matters t Then again we ask, Just what may constitute social welfare TV This is a very broad term and if it involves personal privileges connected witli both private and public activities, it surely is a dangerous club to place in the hands of any boara. people. h es 5 1 this way. pointment of juvenile judges are to be made by this LVflfrui any other approval. Not even the senate or gov-tn- e right of appointment or approval. Heretofore y general has been a member of the Juvenile Court Juve-juag'xtah 111118 permitting direct contact between the and the state judicial department, which is issential for all of us and. for good government. But new Dill this direct connection is to be given up m es EXPERIENCE. Governmental operation of American railways has ceased. The nooks have been closed and the American people, in taxes billions of alone, nave paid substantially one and dollars for the experiment. The additional costs which the' travelers and shippers of America were obliged to meet because oi the different service and extraordinarily nigh races can nardly be estimated. It can be fairly said mat this additional burden will come near equalling the acmai total of American dollars paid out by the government, whicn me taxpayers had to -- three-quarte- rs ; meet. President Coolidgc in announcing me dissolution of the governmental war-tim- e operation organization did not attempt to conceal his satisfaction at being ame to relieve the American people of this extraordinary burden. Staggering as these totals are the one element of satisfaction is that happily wo only embarked on governmental operation. Had we been driven into government ownership, which was tlic real aim of many people at the time, the total loss of the peoples, money, would have been many times over the present iigure, impressive as that is. A study of the costs of this most unfortunate experiment, not only in money values, but in efficiency, should serve to check the gentlemen who, devoid of any personal responsibility, have been preaching governmental operation of public utilities as the one sure way to secure the millennium for American citizens. f |