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Show THE CITIZEN for on employe in a government industry who knows that he does he can own no share in that industry or its ce. patter what that periodically the heads of the government institu-ltfi- l H ningsbeand changed by the political party in power. ojm Can Mr. Hillquist and his associates point to another nation of 1000,000 persons occupying 3,700,000 square miles of territory Then why try possessing wealth estimated at $300,000,000,000? idea of liberty which offers encouragement lisrupt the American ndividual initiative? What other nation of similar population can com bank deposits aggregating approximately $40,000,000,000? ition .insurance taken by its citizens to the amount of $70,000,000,- ? Or 5,000,000,000 acres of itrali improved farm lands valued at icial 000,000,000? 24,000,000 milch cow? 40,000,000 head of other !' e? 40,000,000 sheep and 60,000,000 swine? More than 3,000,-,000- , bushels of corn, 1,000,000,000 bushels of wheat, $60,000,-00- 0 ieali worth of manufactured products and 23,000,000,000 gal-- ; tool and of crude oil produced in a year? More than 250,000 miles of idJ road, 250,000 miles of telegraph and 800,000 miles of telephone ank s? 20,000 newspapers and other publications to disseminate and to bind our people by ties of common knowledge and a common purpose? Why should advocates of socialism with their record of failure U parts of the world, come before the American people and ask our American system of government, which has given the indual the greatest freedom, opportunity, advancement and wealth Iny country on earth, be changed for a system which lowers the Indual to a common level and makes him a pawn in the game of ierthan atf in-nati- emment? on grand jury at Price brought in their verdict, no cause for on in the case of the eleven men charged with murder for lynch-RobeMarshall who waylaid and shot down in cold blood De-- y tyJ Sheriff James N. Burns. iuldeJ The decision of the jury is backed by all decent people of the )fp3 ntry. The citizens caught the murderer and eliminated all technic-ie- s of the law by hanging him and the brutal killing of Burns was nageo rt expiated. charged with the lynching, which was nothing more or less a speedy execution of the law to preserve order, are to come up another hearing but it is not expected that any of them will be held ause public opinion is with them. Those intto itizen g. i ites.1 FALLEN IDOL ies. juists effed coni ;vard ic o jition ntw ft end 3 .ism a 3. JUDGE WEBER Judge A. J. Weber, a true friend to the working people, a trusted attorney and former justice of the supreme court of Utah, has answered the last call. At the time of his death he was referee in bankruptcy in the federal court. While the Judge was a Democrat politically, he was more or less open minded and granted to every man his beliefs and believed in fairness to all. He judged people and all things by his own understanding and not through some one else, and he formed his judgments upon knowledge and not report. The commuity has lost a good man who was highly respected by all. . MAN VS. ANIMAL Some Chicago people are finding fault with the proposed rodeo g to be promoted in that city. They say it is so cruel, this steers, and they believe the authorities should not allow it. The murder and killing matches that have taken place in Chicago during th past six months should have prepared the natives for a tame show as compared with the duels fought between police officers and robber gangs. Of course, there are plenty of men in the world and a few killings in some parts of the country may not amount to much as comof pared with bull-doggin- The art less he happens to live where there is great competition for his busi-133Farmers in more isolated districts are out of luck, even if they happen to be near the main trunk lines. It is no wonder then that the farmers are up in arms against the railroads of the country. They are tired of doing all the hard work and see the roads take all the profits for a short haul. Farmers say that in the future more attention will be paid to railroad bills and they will see that justice is passed around to all in lew of a privileged few. . JUSTICE woui 5 Will Gray Beach, we dont know how he became a colonel, has been a trusted federal narcotic official, has been arrested in cago for alleged sales to addicts and drug peddlers. As a shining example to others, this kernel Beach should now transferred to some secluded place with an iron fence around it tlie remainder of his days. A man who aids to undermine the ds of his country is a traitor to his country. Col. many believe that the usual whitewash brush will be ught into court and crocodile tears will do the rest. However, FREIGHT EATS PROFITS ill-treatme- nt dumb-ariimal- s. Another city ordinance which was passed in this city and which the originators claimed would lessen crime, provides that no one can purchase pistol cartridges without an order from the police department. The ordinance may be good political propaganda but its usefulness is nil. Farmers, cattle and sheepmen, cowboys and others who come to this city to make their purchases, refuse to go to the police station for a permit. When you say police station to them they lift their hands in horror and get out of the store as quickly as posible. For be it known that many of these simple and law abiding people have a horror of the policeman or the bastile. However, these same people can step outside of the city limits and make their purchases in the ordinary way. We ask whether this is fair to the city merchant? The law means nothing. The thug does not go into a store to make his purchases, ninety nine times out of a hundred he steels his pistol and cartridges. But it just goes to show that we have some with us who would punish 99 per cent of the people to get at the one per cent. Is not that ridiculous, and has this ordinance eliminated the in this city? If there were no guns in the world, the criminal would probably use razors. Probably some fanatic would come out and say, away with the razor and we would all become bolsheviks like the long bearded Russian. Morally, it is not a crime to carry or own a pistol; it is a crime jto use it for robbery and murder, but so is a butcher knife or an abid-solut- ely hold-upma- n western states are lined up against the railroads to them from raising freight rates on farm produce. One as much freight as five enegines did several years ago. claim is made that some of the larger and modern freight can pull 96 freight cars, of 50 tons each. This trmendous load pulled on an upgrade of 26 feet to the mile, at the rate of es an hour. It would take no extra crew to handle the train and 0ads would run into immense sums of money in freight charg- Twenty-tw- o en-nau- leyatf 0 one People who average ls blames the roads for getting all the money they can but are getting tired of working solely for the railroads. farmer cannot ship his stuff and make much money un ax. Gasoline reductions have been going on for the past two weeks in the east. We are still high here. We are among the first to raise the price, and the last to reduce. Wonder why? |