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Show THE CITIZEN 4 The bannered tassels toss and turn, The mighty steed, the bugles blast These be the stories of the past. The earth has healed her wounded breast, The cannons plow the field no more; The heroes rest! 0, let them rest In peace along the peaceful shore! They sleep in peace, for peace they fell; They sleep in peace, and all is well. WOMANS WAGE. In a survey made by the Womens Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, the lowest womens wage was found in Mississippi at $8.60 per week, but upon investigation we find that the fair daughters of Utah draw even less than do the women of Mississippi. Here we have a minimum wage of 90 cents per day for inexperienced women and $1.25 per day for experienced women, and up, or $5.40 and $7.50 respectively. What man would like to work for such a starvation wage? We allot women equal rights with men in only theory, but in held down are practice to the lowest minimum in the entire country. During the recent past legislature, the women tried hard to put a bill through providing for living wages, but their pleas fell upon deaf ears and hearts of stone. es, the women are solicited to vote and support our government and elect officers, but that is just as far as the he politician wants to see them get. No state that defends such a low wage can ever prosper. The talented women leave the state and go where they can get good and belter wages, and as a rule many of the male friends follow them. The low wage is also the secret of our high percentage in the divorce courts. Girls are unable to make a living at such low wages and are compelled to marry the first man that comes along. They have no choice in the matter, with the subsequent result that the maris unhappy and in a few months is taken into the court room riage lor an unpopular airing. The man skips out and the girl is generally left a charge on the county. Many girls come here from the country, expecting to get a good job, but they soon found out to their sorrow that city life is not what it is pictured, and they fall easy prey to the many vultures who are ever ready to take advantage of the girl that is down and out. Low wages is the foundation of all evil because it puts the girls out on the street and makes them marry undesirables. If a girl was given a living wage, she could bide her time and wait for the right fellow to come along before she ventured into the matrimonial ring. Girls who go to work must he well groomed. They must have good clothes or they are not wanted. CilrV''ould like, ' know how any girl can live and dress nn per week. The girl who lives home and has all her expenses paid by her parents, as well as the purchase of her c othes, can get along, anil that appears to be the method used in women s wages in this state. computing the-wome- n sSn HOLDING UP MILK PRICE. JuioS f ,he ' ik There never was more green feed for the cows than at d U" "is,'"'"?, Wl11 be more ear' cln sell. hay than the farmers jSSL'ST kPi8 EX If the raise in price of milk came in the dead of winter and f SedhutS'rai 'I!08'3 ''T "7 ',le people wou,d not be sr-InCe a ,ime like this means ine only -- thing: The milk distributors have gotten together and boosted the price to a lex el which they believe the general public will stand. The farm- - ers have not boosted their price. In fact, many of them will be surprised to see the advance, and if some of them make a kick they may get a fraction of a cent increase:, but the distributor takes nearly all the money. There is no question that the distribution of milk costs mol" than its production, and it should be entirely reversed. The farmer must take care of his cows, feed them, milk them, and keep them when they are dry, while the distributor takes no chances at all, excepting to peddle the milk out to his customers. Twelve cents per quart is too much money for milk and it means that the poor people can have no milk. No doubt our ordinances and laws are so framed as to favor the big distributors and to keep the small fry out of the market. If you want to drink milk, pay the price, regardless of the cost of production! BEST FUEL. F rom the standpoint of fuel conservation and smoke abatement, gas is the ultimate fuel for househeating and sooner or later will be very largely used. It is the easiest fuel to burn. It may be readily controlled. The fuel supply is always at command with continunity assured. The basement, instead of being devoted almost entirely to a heating plant and fuel storage, may be spotlessly clean and suitable for a playden whatever the or room, owner wishes. The present trend in gas manufacture points to a cheaper product. This is the goal of every gas company. The manufacture of gas is a matter of quantity production, and consequently the future price will have a decided downward trend while the price of solid fuels has always steadily increased. POOR ROAD SERVICE. V hat would you think of a merchant who ran big display advertisements in the papers and then when you got to the store you found the place closed with the doors locked? That is just what Utah is trying to do with its highways. We advertise our wonderful state and provide the poorest of roads to come in. The Lincoln highway is badly crippled in Silver Creek and the at mouth of Parleys canyon. The Silver Creek canyon stretch of road, a little over seven miles, is being graded, widened and some of the turns taken out. This road is on its second or third edition in building, and it is to be hoped that when it is finished this time it will remain so for years to come. Work was started on the road last early fall, and it looks like the road will remain closed until nearly all the tourist travel for this summer is over. It is true that there is a rutty detour, what you call a home made narrow gauge one, which has Pikes Peak beat a mile for steepness and which during rainly weather is a menace. really We wonder if Governor Dern has given this road any thought o! even has ever been over it in order to see how his road commission is performing? But it is up to Mayor Neslen to pull the biggest bonehead play by closing the main highway for nearly three miles at the mouth of Parleys canyon to lay a water main, while the tourists are detouring flown another narrow gauge over which ten miles an hour is considered good speed. In a major portion of the road when two cars meet, the occupants hold a consultation to see which is to back up to a place where the cars may pass each other. The Commercial club advertises throughout the length and breadth of the land to bring tourists here, and when we them within a few miles of the city they must be trick drivers to get get over the bumpy roads. If we must repair roads during the heavy tourist travel, let us 'U by all means provide at least fair detours. Many complaints have reached this office regarding these detours, and a drive over the roads has convinced us that something is radically wrong with our system of road repairs and road building. Several years ago many thousands of dollars were spent on mak-m- g the Silver Creek canyon road. After it was once built little re- - |