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Show THE CITIZEN Many touches original Willard not present in the . play, The in the Dove, have been incorporated are pointing out this picture. Critics of how much picture as an example more can be done on the screen than same material. on the stage with the is rich in splendid The Dove romance and rich in parts, rich in been said to strike the power. It has between a colorful roperfect balance mance and a thrilling melodrama. Mack . tor! I wish I knew as much about rocks as you do. The man of learn ing replied Well, my dear fellow, if I had the same knowledge of horses that you have, I would be glad. The teamster was an authority on horseflesh, in fact, knew the pedigree of every blooded horse in the State and when he opened up and began to talk horses, even a professor listened. Why? Because the teamster knew the sections where sugar beets are raised regularly and a system of rotation followed, the fertility of the soil is being kept up pretty well, but in other parts where little or no attention is paid to beets or rotation, the yield per acre is gradually going down to such an extent that the cost of producing a crop is frequently more than the farmer gets out of it. Then the price is blamed for all his troubles, when as a matter of fact that cost of raising 25 bushels to the' acre of wheat we will say, is almost as great as is that of a 40 bushel yield, so that if by a system of rotation the yield per acre of all crops in the beet producing sections of the country can be increased as in Germany, a big step forward will have been taken towards solving the farmers problems. Another view a few days ago a prominent business man said to me, Well, I see where you are getting the price of sugar down to a point where a fellow can afford to buy a sack. In reply I made this observation Ordinarily I would pay little or no attention to a remark of that kind, but coming from a man of your standing, I resent it in as forceful a way as I know how. In the first place, sugar is now being sold at a price lower than any other staple commodity, in fact, at least $1.00 a hundred below what it should sell at in order for the farmer to get a fair price for his beets and the sugar company a little interest on his investment. Yet you complain about the price. He said Now, dont get sore, because I was only joshing. Then I did get peeved because he was not truthful and told him a few things that applied, not only to him, but to a lot of other people I know who are continually criticising matters and things they know little about. For example I said, How much money does your business bring into this State to help mak the wheels of industry go around? Not a dollar because everything you sell is imported from the East. But what about sugar? In a normal production year, and provided a fair price is obtained, more than thirty million dollars of Eastern cash is brought back here, 90 per cent of which is at once paid out for beets, labor, supplies and transportation. But what happens if the crop is short and the price of sugar low as it was last year? The answer is plain, fifteen million less dollars to distribute among the people of Utah and Idaho, yet in the face of this true picture of the situation, you unfortunately find among us those who continue to complain. Its too bad, apparently some people would rather tear down than build up, but, its been that way from the very dawn of history. By the way it takes little or no talent to play the part of a des. NORMA TALMADGE mTHE DOVE' Opening Monday for a weeks run LOVE DISCUSSES SUGAR An address delivered by Mr. S. H. j Love at the monthly meeting of the J Purchasing Agents1 Association of j March 2, 1928: T READ in one of the papers a while ago of the existence of a j Utah, 1 Hobby Club each member called upon to speak could ex- Ploit his own hobby to his hearts con- tent. It occurred to me that this was ne !a idea, since most anybody can talk interestingly if ;he is thoroughly j acquainted with his subject and if a wan has a j hobby he usually pursues to a point where he understands i! an(i cun speak upon it intelligently, Eor example a year or so since it j jas my pleasure to spend a few days fountains with a professor of 86o ogy, and as we sat around the camp fire at night he discussed the jgeoogical formation of the country a jW very entertaining way. The team- cr who furnished the outfit for the np was very much taken up with the professors talk and said Gee, Doc- where when , 1 i m at the Paramount. what he was talking about. So tonight I want to talk on a subject that I think I undersand, my hobby, if you please, is sugar. I am obsessed with the real value of the beet sugar business to the country and particularly to the Intermountain West, not altogether on account of the amount of money it puts in the pockets of the Western people, but its intrinsic value in other ways. Particularly the important part the sugar beet plays in the proper rotation of crops. To illusrate what I mean by rotation, permit me to say that in Ger- many during the period, 1879 to 1914, they increased their yield per acre of cereals, such as barley, oats, rye and wheat 88 per cent that of potatoes from 35 bushels to the' acre to 209 bushels, and they give the sugar beet the credit for being the main factor in bringing that wonderful result about. Can an increase in crop yield per acre be shown in any part of this country? I doubt it. Its true that in troyer. Let me illustrate. Recently while in the East I observed some workmen demolishing a very beautiful old mansion, built, I presume, in the days of George Washington, at a time when the materials for such a home were The plans were likely drawn by a French architect. 0 The builders were, without question, the best obtainable, and when the house was finished it was a real work of art. As I stood there lamenting the fact that such a fine old structure should be removed from such a wonderful setting, I said to a gentleman standing by Its a shame to tear down a house like that. Youre right, he said, but there is a real example of whats going on in this country every day. It took the best brains of the day to erect that mansion, but a bunch of niggers are pull- ing it down. Isnt that true? Show me a successful undertaking, I care not what it is a mine, a smelter, a factory, store, railroad, school, ranch or a well tilled farm, and I can very easily prove that in most cases they have attained their standing in the world, only by paying the price which tribulation and honest toil has to pay for any real accomplishment. The builders who have erected such monuments in the main have been men of vision, exceptional ability and perseverance, yet I am sorry to say it takes only a short time to. pull down or destroy the work of their hands if the demagogue is permitted to have his way. ' The beet sugar business done much for Utah and will' do more if it receives the attention it deserves. Its in a slump right now, due largely to overproduction in. foreign countries, particularly in Cuba and the Philippines. But I feel confident that a change for the better is at hand Cuba is getting tired of producing , sugar at a loss and is restricting its output with the idea of bettering the price situation. The Ways and Means Committee of Congress has before it how a resolution introduced by Representative Timberlake of California limting the amount of sugar the Philippine Islands can ship into this country free of duty. Such things, together with the effort that is being made to do away with unbusness-lik- e trade practices, all tend to make for improvement. Our stock of clothing for comprises models the young man and Our the elderly man.eminhas experience ently equipped us to TJ make the necessary discriminations in the purchase of suits to 1A please. quality Cloth ex I98.! no doubt imported. 224-22- 6 50 24 q(S STATE ST. |