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Show Published Every Saturday BY MCE IQ 'Ml GOODWIN'S WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. FRANK E. 8CHEF8KI, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: j ding postage In the United State Canada and Mexico, 8240 per year, six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Poetal f440 per year. Payments should be made by Cheek, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Addrese all communleatlona to The Citizen. Entered aa second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the poetoffle at Salt Lakt Act under of March 8, 1879. the Utah, City, Phone Waeateh M09 81 Salt Lake City, Utah Nees Bldg. WINDER BECOMES BALKY the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce saw fit to se and appose a proposed classified tax measure of the and also believed and threw its moral support I President Coolidge in his veto of the McNary-Hauge- n Bu-la- s bill, Secretary M. S. Winder of the Utah State Farm resigned a as a member of the Commercial club. That er has failed to carefully weigh the matters in considera-quit- e evident by his hasty action in condemning the busi-le- n of this city because they did not happen to believe as 1 Because re-Bgislat- ure, es. no doubt that Winder, judging from the stand he would like to see everything more heavily taxed in lere is sken, and make Salt Lake county pay 75 per cent of the instead of only paying about half of the entire state tax. the new proposed tax bill, it would have been possible for assessor to levy a tax on the very clothes a person wore, liately the measure was introduced by Eepresentative Redd of San Juan county, there was a roar of protest from payers with the subsequent result that the bill was de- - ounty, state farm bureau wanted to increase our taxes has ien thoroughly explained, although the friends of the prolegislation claimed that if the bill was passed taxes wrould increased. What was the bill intended for? It would have a few more political jobs and it may be that somebody ' the on Vft J a job. e farm bureau was also in favor of raising the taxes on oduction of of our mines; but the farm bureau was not in taxing the beet production of their land, the potato pro-,- n or any to er wm other production, and they appeared perfectly get behind class legislation so long as it did not affect personal interests. jne admire President Malcolm A. Keyser and the members Commercial club in their stand against .the McNary-- a bill, a farm measure which was to be used as a vote would have added millions of dollars expense to the to undertake the requirements of this radical bill have increased living costs at least 50 per cent. It Provided for a just raise in wages in order to meet living costs, it might have secured some support, but tjper en f ft St V it wrould have proved a failure in the end. 1 proposed to tax six of the most staple farm products C Prices by theorists. All surplus wras to be dumped upon a (P Market for whatever price could be secured, but the ffpOme were to be held up for a big price. It provided f class legislation and God only knows St uranes tyi L j011ld have led to. It looks very much like European anda; They were to get our food stuffs for practically 6 wou comPee to pay a fancy price for the oo) Cities c f I life. . m I Such is the measure that Secretary Winder is in favor of. Any fanner that will take time to analyze the McNary-Haugebill could not be for it. The bill provided for government farm supervision and price fixing, the most thing we n un-Americ- an could do. The business men of this city pay a very heavy tax. A majority of the business men are members of the Commercial club and all important tax measures are carefully considered by them. In order to pay taxes, they must make money, and it is to their interests to see that our state is kept free from radical legislation. In this case we are dumbfounded to see the farm bureau raving about higher taxes and the injection of government into business, while on the other hand our leading business organization stands upon firm ground and endeavoring to lighten the heavy burdens of the people. We cannot see where Winder is doing himself or the farm bureau any good by his present actions and arbitrary stand against the best business interests of the community. In order to get the best results we must all work together as a team, but where there is division, prosperity slips from the grasp of all. The farmers depend upon the city folk to purchase their products ; the city folk depend upon the farmer for their food stuffs ; one cannot survive without the other, and the proper thing to do is to meet upon neutral ground and apply justice to all. If the farmers organized for business instead of politics they would be successful. Winder should withdraw his resignation with an apology. GASOLINE PRICES. Following the Denver Posts expose on gasoline prices and protesting the high prices charged in Denver as compared in other cities, a regular gasoline war has broken out in the west, with the center of the drive located in southern California. Many of the independent firms will never survive this war, if it continues any length of time, and their plants will be gobbled up by those who have the price to stay in the fight.There have been many rumors locally regarding our prices and the millions made in a few years. The matter has been brought to the attention of some of our state officials and there was some talk of calling a special session of the legislature for an investigation. We do not believe in political investigations any more. Investigations in private business usually net returns ; in politics the net results invariably call for Irish dividends as- sessed against the taxpayers, and the whitewash brush invari- ably obliterates the scar. If prices are excessive here there is a way of getting at them and the people ought to be protected. It has been said that our gas prices have been kept ex-- |