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Show THE CITIZEN States if they think to the e argument olely that the economic unrest in it is mind seek the higher levels, or at least facts that cannot he perverse and malicious activity of agitators, for the censorship of ideas nearly always starts discounted. does, with an elaborate analogy from the field of disease. Our ideas represent perfect intellectual and STIMULATE BUSINESS. is 0ne cal Ideas which are at variance with ours are the What is needed, therefore, is the s of deadly pestilence. lishment of an effective quarantine. It is the old fallacy of there were to he laws for the abridgement of free (ry. If jj Jhe first one that we would favor would he a prohibition tfflinent from analogy. Under no other guise is error made tractive. False and dangerous social and economic doc- and there are plenty of them afloat are not disease t0 he combatted by antiseptics or segregation. They are And the only way to fight an idea is with a better idea, health. I or g receptive and credulous minds of youth are not such comes along as these ive recipients of the first germ that ctual quarantine officers seem to suppose. In fact, if are any purely receptive and credulous minds they are who inds of the conventional and respectable middle-age- d ithout argument he induced to believe that any idea which variance with the accepted order of things is therefore the tah A.: I'tnal are ) am justifj intelld insiii iy night that any speakers or teacher with is blacklisted by ssociated Industries and their like is too dangerous to and g to. t stries.l ition to makes many hasty and erroneous judgments upon the insufficient data, hut it does make judgments. It will outh of upon any conspiracy of silence, nor by the tactics of interested parties who would like to keep it 'hey knowing what is going on in the world. It will not reject )rgania in don because someone says they are pestilential. It will hear is to he said on both sides of the case and will form its own o mai question usions, which may he wrong in particular instances, hut at least he rational. There are some dangers in the pro-but there is no procedure that is any safer. Life is a is reade business at best. There is always the chance of coming to on froi hie rong decision on some important issue. There is always ideas i ossihilitv that some skillful advocate of a had cause will the forst if ever! appear the better reason. But it is safer to trust a era figment of the many, informed by a knowledge of all- the they can get, than to accept the edicts of the few who ar-- e pling t to themselves the nerit right to select the opinions which are lal acts disseminated and perpetuated. erallyt fter all, it is surprising how many of the social and t equips of today were once damned as destructive of make it te accepted standards by those who were, in their day, :s of mplacently assured of their own infallibility as the Utah questioi iated Industries are in ours. It would he interesting to bow much of a pices rush there is on the part of the clubs and atever ies of Utah to get the information which this quaint ore know ation offers about the speakers from whom it has all pro- lards labeled and appraised, and how general is Espw hidence of those who are on its index prohibitorium. If one outh learn that, one would know a good deal about Utah, hearin; ffhe above editorial points out plainly and in no uncertain he lost bow careful we must he to judge others, especially if we t are ability of forethought, which like good wines, only comes .D?b age, judiciously tempered with actual experience in Scott Progressive world of ours. Judge not, that ye he not kes tlia Because, if your judgment is wrong, magnitude. are e they ill only laugh and poke fun at your- vain attempt to e and others believe you are other than what you really are. to say eWorld progresses under freedom. China, where there Prohat roedoin, is still living in the dark ages and probably mntry f re not even as progressive than were the Chinese of f,000 ilation type, in-ori- imposed i al Some say that the bootleggers have so much competition in the city that they have induced the government to search out the farmers cider and wine cellars for home made stuff for home consumption. We anticipate the bootleggers will make tlicir calls after the raids, and thus will many of the hoys find good farm money for bad moonshine. While bootleggers are becoming richer every day, the government is straining every muscle to keep its head above water to enforce prohibition. With the present increase of government costs, the liquor question will soon take the biggest portion of our tax money. The old time saloon keeper who had to work day and night to make a living certainly envies the present day bootlegger who rides about in liigli priced cars, lives off the fat of the land, and enjoys life like a king. Who says prohibition has not done much good! Why, just look at the host of politicians with fat jobs, who would probably he milking cows if it were not for prohibition. Wc have several wealthy fellows in this city who have made theirs. Wet! Dont mention it; too much money in the game as it is run today; lias got baseball or any other game beat two to one. This must surely he the age of thirst and desire. an e, - VICIOUS BILL KILLED. There are still some politicians trying to make capital out of hill. Some President Coolidges veto of the McNary-Hauge- n unthinking fanners could see where they would get $5 a bushel for wheat; $3 a bushel for potatoes, and about as much for apples. Cotton was to lie given a big boost. Any surplus wc might have would be dumped upon a foreign market, regardless of cost. President Coolidge foresaw the great danger in this proposed radical government interference in business and very wisely vetoed the hill. YELLOWSTONE PAH Tv. o poli-eommonpla- ces an; o 1 card-indexe- d, jud-gre- at - ioh d 'ago. 1 khlc tons 0 to in conn t khovr can never learn anything worth while from any person P0 fa question, who will not argue )()1 aad whose warped mind has become set and fixed Lj an outstanding and proven facts which may he hep? as pure water seeks the lower levels, so does the active , avou1 ioir i scs 1, While Yellowstone Park will lie open to campers .about June the 11)27 tourist season will not he formally opened until June 19. Opening ceremonies will include dedication of the Cody pioneer museum, a log cabin duplicate of Buffalo Bills ranch home. There is excellent fishing at Yellowstone at all times during the open fishing season. If it is not convenient to go in an automobile, the Union Pacific will take the sportsman to his favorite fishing hole at much less expense than traveling hv auto. AHBOlt DAY. Every year when Arbor Day is in sight we talk of planting trees and tliere is much national propaganda, hut that is all that week of tree it amounts to. If we had a real planting by the government and the people, it would not he long before our forests came hack. We have been planting rubber trees in the daily press for many years, but so far there are no forests in sight. Planting a tree in the hack yard helps the nursery man, hut that is all. Whenever a forest is cut down, another should lie planted. lionest-to-goodne- ss Some $20,00(1.000.000 is invested in Hie eleetric light and one-habillions of power industry; it spends around one and dollars ammallv on new equipment: lias a gross revenue apin proaching six billions, and pays about $000,000,000 annually lf taxes. |