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Show lL 7 Published Evzry Saturday BY GOOD WIN'S WEEKLY PUBLISHING 1 Payments should be maiie by Check Money Order or 'Registered Letter, payable to The Cltlaen,. Address! all communications to The Citizen. , Entered as seoond-elabmatter, June 21, ISIS, at the postoffle it Salt Laki City, Utah, under the Act of March 8, 1S79. Phene' Wasatoh 0401 Nese Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah . CO. INC. FRANK E. SCHEF8KI, Editor and Manasor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Including poctaga In tha United States, Canada and Mexico, IZ.BO per year, $1 JO for eix months. Bubecrlptlona to all foreign oeuntrlea, within the Peetal Onion, $4J0 per year. a - e 811-12-- 18 COOLIDGE REFUSES TO R UN The Seventieth Congress has convened. President Coolidge has delivered his address to the nation. He has also emphatically stated that he would not come out for the presidential nomination, and he has urged the political leaders to draft some good man for the presidency, or rather the nomination. His address is permeated throughout with strictly business recommendations, lower taxation and constructive government principles, and if Congress follows his recommendations, the Seventieth Congress will adjourn as a great business and legislative body. The president lays stress upon the creation of a federal farm hoard to administer a revolving: fund to help cooperatives. We believe the power to be placed in the hands of this board must be well guarded because if it is allowed to fix food prices, etc., the reaction will be detrimental to the nation. However, much good can come from business cooperation with our agricultural interests, but the government must be careful to keep its hand out of the business end. Flood control is a situation which must be given great attention. No doubt much of such control is within the province of each state to solve, but where floods, like the recent Mississippi flood, sweeps the entire length of the country, it is up to the federal government to take preventative action and provide a solution. Our national defense is a matter of great concern to the nation. While the president discourages a race program in buildiming as fast or faster than other nations, he stresses upon the portance of sufficient protection for the nation. He also asks that we live within the Constitution of the United States as far as our foreign relations are concerned, yet we must cooperate and continue our friendly relations 'with all peoples. Touching upon the Philippine Islands, the president asks to congressional supervision of revenue expenditures and visit the islands every two years by a congressional committee. It appears to us that the best solution of the Philippine situation would be to create a new state and allow the people to hold their elections for their officers as we do in our several states. Such action will not only eliminate a lot of red tape, but the peoout their own ple there will become more satisfied and can work solution much better than it can be done some 12,000 miles distant at the capital of the nation. Let the people elect their own senators to congovernor, their legislature, representatives and will come out gress, and we are sure that the Philippine islands ! I fall right. If it is necessary !' to construct a flood controlling dam at the Panama canal, there should be no delay in the matter, because to our nation, esany sudden obstruction would do much harm pecially in time of war. The president strongly urges discontinuance in any further merchant marine ship building, and what we have should be turned over to private capital, with a string to it for secondary line of defense in case of emergency. Attention must be given to inland navigation. Water navigation and transportation from the Gulf of Mexico, from New Orleans, up the Mississippi river to the great lakes and out the St. Lawrence river to the Atlantic ocean, would give us added wealth and cheaper transportation. The president has one more year to serve the nation, or to be exact, until March 4, next. . WE OPPOSE HIGHER TAXES A feeler has been put out by the city commission on a proposed raise of water rates after the first of the year. Commissioner Chas. N. Fehr says that the waterworks is short $40,000 a year as a self supporting department, and yet for this small amount the commissioners are ready to raise the rates. The elimination of joy riding automobiles can more than take care of this small amount. We are told also that the department's entirely too large for the amount of work required' and that we are spending much more money than cities our size. Would the city consider leasing the waterworks at a rental of $20,000, which in reality would be equivalent to $60,000, if the city is losing $40,000 at present? We believe a private company would jump at the chance. We are confident the waterworks can be made a paying department with the present tax. The meter has created a large department of clerks because of the quarterly reading and rendering of bills and the collection thereof.-- If the ordinary water user was asked to pay his tax at the beginning of the year at a minimum charge, and if more water was used than the minimum as provided, collected at the end of the year, a big saving of cost could be made. There would be less red tape and two checkings of the meter would be sufficient. Has the water department paid for the laying of water mains in subdivisions annexed to the city or to be annexed? Why should the taxpayers pay for such installation and work? If an outlaying division wishes to come into the city, all water, sewer, sidewalk and street improvements should be paid by those plotting the new division. This cost is charged up to the purchaser of lots and homes in such districts, then why ask the city to foot such bills? John F. Bowman is due to arrive in the city today from an extended visit to the principle Pacific coast cities where he has been checking municipal expense of governMayor-ele- ct ment. Bowman ought to be briming over with good news when he gets back. |