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Show Oi ZEN Published Every Saturday WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO.. INC. G00DWIN8 by A; W. RAYBOULD, Manager.. SHFFSKr, Editor KE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: L in the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, ding postage Sr iix moni 'is. Subscriptions to all foreign' countries, within the Postal J4.50 per year. . i Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. v Entered as second-clas-s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffice at 8alt Lake under Act the of March 3.J879. City, Utah, i Phone Wasatch 5409 Ness Bldg. , Salt Lake City, Utah , . 311-12-- jj' ; 13 7. CORNER ON RESORT BUSINESS ) r . that politics in business has proved such a fail- - collect its taxes. We have many problems confronting our city dads which need their undivided attention at this time without jnthe past that the people have absolutely no confidence in farther into the mire and mixing up in the resort business, It simply cant be done. Cities that have going cipal ownership. a business which they know little or nothing about. the in and made failures have to conduct various projects To cite a fair example what would happen at Saltair if it he people have been heavily taxed to pay for their exper-was owned by this city we call attention to the Warm Srings The greatest outstanding feature in government control bathouse. The people were bonded for $200,000 to build a comQen when the federal government took over the railroads, mon cement structure and before it was completed there was o com-tfor the ss said that it would be impossible private spent $345,597.22, which proves how close politicians can hit authorities federal The service. render adequate the mark of expenditure. Last year, 1924, there was taken in tis too bad C They did show us how. During the time the railways were under federal control, about eleven dollars were sunk into experience. It might have been at that. It taught the people that government control jnership of business cannot be successful, and the failure wavs stand out as a club which socialists cannot explain show them how. 'I experiences, not only in this country but the fail-o- f public ownerships in Europe, it is surely amazing that sent city commission is seriously considering the purclias-Saltai- r, a summer resort which has been controlled and run Mormon church, since it was built on the east shore of the Salt Lake. There has been talk of a bond issue for $500,000 idle the proposition. It will take about $267,000 to retire sent indebtedness, which the city would have to assume, ome of the commissioners figure that with the Balance of ter such That in itself proves they could rebuild the resort. inefficiency to cope with this big project. It will take at $1,500,000 to properly handle this proposition and place ney condition win re and control the money can be made, and under city own-- p resort could never be made to pay because cash receipts $43,027.51 and paid out $38,045.25, leaving a gain of only $4,982.26, a sum which is by far not sufficient to take care of the deterioration of the building. Who takes care of the interest and other expenses? Why 'of course the taxpayers. It can thus be seen that it would be to the interest of the taxpayers to sell the Warm Springs and then the city would at least be able to collect the taxes on the property. As it is, there is no tax from that source, and. the net gain made last year would only be about half the tax that could be collected and then at a very low assessable rate. Such is the history of pub- lic ownership. However, if our present city commissioners arc determined to purchase Saltair, they should go a step farther and also purchase Lagoon in order to secure a corner on the resort business. Probably then, city affairs could be turned over to some chief clerk and the city dads could pay all tlicir attention to resort, race tracks, gambling and the other things which go with resorts. In interviewing prominent businessmen, The Citizen has not found any who believe that the city should take over Saltair or any other resort. It means more taxes, bigger expenditures, political interference in administration and the heavier burdens placed upon the people, more political prestige yrs on who must be provided with jobs regardless of their for the few, paves the road to socialism and detracts from our pand integrity. The people are surprised that the commis-f- 8 American form of government. arc even The Citizen does not believe in government ownership of considering the deal because they are only de- the rebuilding of the resort by some private corporation any business and believes thatt lie best interests of the people no present owners. can best he served where the people own and control all busiiere ls 110i a commissioner in office who is familiar with nesses. ?rt business. It takes a to run resorts and the promoter such BASCO THE HEKO . experiences will break any company that dares 7 k the managerial end of such a big venture, nomately the city takes over the property, it becomes It takes a crisis to bring out the best then is in man, and rJ)0 an,l thousands of dollars are diverted from the when we say man, we mean man or woman. So it was in Nome, 11111 the business. It means higher taxes. AVe do Alaska, last winter, when an epidemic, of diphtheria spread over 1Wc the people will stand for, it at this time. The the city and the life of every child of the city was in danger itched to take over the resort and lease it or at deaths door. There was no serum in the city with which It puld imt l)o leased to cover expenses incurred by the to successfully combat this dreaded disease. Parents became frantic as they saw their loved ones die . The officials and 't is Mnefo.blo to allow some private company or corpora-- n doctors were helpless and the federal government with its great and run the resort. Then the city and county can emergency equipment such as ships, airplanes, etc., was for jccontinued j i |