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Show THE Cl j si. . THOMPSON ESTATE WINS :1 Ezra Thompson estate has won its suit against the state 3e s,esict! tried to collect inheritance tax upon stock valued at flat $1,-;),0- P that was transferred six years prior to the death of the Ezra Thompson, sol 'Had the law held that it was legal to tax this property six to death, why could it not also hold it legal had the mnprior ?t transfers been made twenty years prior to death, or at any T I Z E N of the dividend class, have been very profitable. Interest, such as recently shown, helps the state as a whole. The Park Utah company is well managed and owns valuable mines in the Park City district, including the old Anchor, Daly West and Ontario properties in addition to the area of wonderful development on the east side of the camp. In passing, we advise our readers that for reliable and interesting mining news about the Park City district, the Park Record cannot be beat. NOT A JOKE 16 f As far as the inheritance tax goes, we believe that it is Unrig more or less than a gouging of the people by designing liticians who are anxious to swell the treasury so that they a pd have more money to spend. s to ,Why should any individual pay heavy taxes upon his prop-- y oy all through life and then when he dies, turn over the balance his property in taxes to the state! t h Is not this double taxation f t al We admire a parent who divides his fortune in early life Long his children that they may get some of the benefits of a ckftune at a time when they can most enjoy it. has the tax man to jump at a conclusion that Lnj What right en.en t partial division is made of ones own assets, that such annefactor is doing it to evade the law? What man can predict his own death? Is it natural when a C0l in fears or contemplates death that he should do things which On the other hand, is it not the ge3 considered criminal? nll inclination to do right and pass away in peace with all the r urld! Even the most hardened criminals pray when they die USfd pass away in sorrow because of their many wrongs to so- irei Tjjg aw is to protect people in their just rights, not to them, and for that reason we are against inheritance tes. , We would like to see the law abolished, blic Just taxation is a commendable virtue, but unjust taxes erive torn nations asunder, and nations have become enemies, as the:ll as individuals. tmlnge 1 age WE PLEAD FOR JUSTICE j Has justice flown out the window and crime stepped in? uredl the California people tolerate to have their living children tchered alive and allow the fiend to plead insanity in our retirt8'of alleged justice? Are our laws become so complex that foulfest of murderers can escape and defeat the ends of jus- fer )riae can be, then God Almighty has deserted this ion and we are doomed to the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. The blood of this dear little Los Angeles child cries from , )ther Earth for justice and retribution. et0 Will the people stand silently by and forget this dear little gel and sympathize with the most diabolical criminal in our If these things idftory? ave God forbid! ,yl A check dated ahead is not held criminal and the one who cashes such a check is just a sucker. It puts us in mind of a crook who hit his victim over the head with a gas pipe and not finding any money, pleaded that he was not a holdup or robber because he had taken no property. Who says the laws are not made for the crooks? Under such a system, what chance has a businessman? Of course, he should not cash postdated checks, but some of our best citizens have issued postdated checks and they have made them good. If such a check is nothing more or less than an I. 0. U., may we ask, is it not getting money under false pretenses? Is it not a deliberate plan to filch money out of an easy mark? The crooks are slowly weaving a web around their victims. The only question now is, How much longer may we enjoy our hard earned property before turning it all over to the crooks? PURITY WHAT PRICE Many people have asked The Citizen of what benefit, if any, is the purity squad at the police station. If we had our say there would be no purity squad and every officer would wear a uniform. Not only that but every officer would be held strictly accountable for his beat. But what have we today? The uniformed policeman has so many donts on his beat that he is unable to make an arrest and must devote most of his attention to sight seeing and the marking of automobiles.. No wonder crime thrives under such a system! We are told that it is seldom that a good police officer graduates from the purity squad. Once a man gets on the squad he is not only branded, but is made to do stool pigeon, work which work undermines his morality and character and he becomes unfit for an officer. We believe that every police officer ought to be the Czar on his beat and if he cannot pick up the criminals who work on his beat then get some one that can. It would not be long before conditions become so unhealthy for the criminals that they would soon get out of the city that is providing our courts would bring about justice in protecting the law abiding citizens. Does the city auditor ever call attention to the big expense account foisted upon the taxpayers by the purity squad and the extra stool pigeons employed to gather evidence? Let us Justice must rule. have these facts ! MINING STOCKS po'f 5 : Local mining circles are much pleased with the recent inter- da shown in the East in local mining stocks. The great interest ilaiich has been awukened in Park Utah will undoubtedly spread vifithe stocks of other local corporations, guf Several years ago, Salt Lake City was the center of much figbper share market. In the early days of the porphyries, 1 piny thousands of shares of these companies, such as Utah Cop-Ray Consolidated, Nevada Consolidated, Chino, Miami and criers were bought and sold on orders from Salt Lake. Specu-intio- n and investment in these stocks brought large profits to ah's citizens. For the past few years, our local stocks have at shown any great activity in the East so that this new movent comes somewhat as an agreeable surprise. Bk p, Investments in Utahs mining properties, particularly those t LEAGUE OF LABOR English labor would organize the worlds laboring men in one big pact. Leaders say that the cause of all workers the world over are the same, hence an international organization would be able to promote the welfare of the average worker. The trend of the times is world organization in all matters capital, business and labor. William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, says that the test which now confronts the nation is prosperity. There is nothing more likely to reveal the soul of a people. History is littered with stories of nations destroyed by their own wealth. |