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Show THE CITIZEN 4 HNHMHItt JlllHINII THE CITIZEN A Thinking Paper for Thinking People' Published by THE GOODWINS PUBLISHING COMPANY 420 Ness Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the Postofflce at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE: Including postage in the United States, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year; 11.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. SU INSCRIPTION FRANK E. SCIIEFSKI JOHN L. El). Manager and Editor. KOEFlI.Elt ..Adjutant Editor. S. DIAMOND....' Advertising Manager1 IN A RUT. 1 READ THE story on the back page of the Salt Lake Tribune of last Thursday morning, under the caption Utah Associated Industries Urges Gas Franchise Study, and then try and answer in your own way why such a story should be published regarding a proposed twenty million in- vestment for Utah. The people of any other state in the Union would have long ago sent a delegation of reputable business men to tender their services and aid in acquiring such business, but here we find a stumbling block placed in the path of big Why dont we want big business here ? What excuse is there for making an annual $75,000 drive to advertise this city? We invite business through the front door and kick it out the back door. Is this advertising business just v a smoke screen? . What has become of the big Ford assembling plant which was to employ 600 men ? Who threw the cold water upon that? . most men left this city able have our of Many for lack of opportunity and located in out of state cities. All of them have made good. A live wire can make good in a. growing community, but in a backward community he slips and becomes dormant like the rest. Is every able bodied man employed in this city ? If not, why not ? Los Angeles was not afraid of competition and has grown to a million and a quarter; Denver, ten years younger than this city, invites competition and has grown to 350,000 in population; but we, well the least said the best. But dont forget all over the country people are talking about our wonderful resources and are wondering why, like the Chinaman, we keep them buried and out of erty and people are wondering where the big difference has been stored. If both of these figures are correct, it is no wonder that the small home owner has to pay more taxes than rent. The coal interests have been fighting the gas company. It shows that a quarrel is necessary sometimes in order to bring out all the facts. As the coal men are not bashful about charging exorbitant prices for coal mined at our very back door, tax assessors should also take the bull by the horns and see that all the money due the state is rightfully collected. High taxes for the small home owner; low taxes for the coal producer, but high cost of the product to the consumer is too much of a burden to carry. . ; CUTLER PASSES ON. sight. Under ordinary and normal conditions this city should right now have a population of not less than 500,000. Let us tag the men who are trying to keep this city back and put them on the shelf as a liabil- ity; let us advance the progressive men and hand the reigns of government over to them in order that this city may take her rightful place as the best city in the west. We are for a greater Utah, a greater Salt Lake City, more industries and bigger payrolls. We can no more understand the individual that bars progress than we can he who would prefer to be a peon and a slave. John C. Cutler, former governor of Utah, progressive business man, and staunch Republican, passed from this life at the age of 82 and leaves a host of mourners. Coming here with the early pioneers, Cutler saw the hard side of life and his early days were spent in hard work which it Was necessary to do in order to live. There was no opportunity for an education, yet Mr. Cutler rose from a common farm laborer to governor, the highest office in the gift of the people, and he was one of the best governors this state ever had and his record stands with no blemish upon it. By his hard work and clean living, Mr. Cutler met with success in business and at the time of his death was president of the Deseret National Bank, one of the banking pillars of the state. . l long be remembered as an ideal dtizen of this community. He was a most kindly man and was liked by all who knew !tim or came in contact with him. -- -- He-wil- busi-nes- s. The careful scrutiny by self appointed business censors would make the ordinary individual believe that a band of speculators had invaded our midst for the purpose of exploiting us. But the real facts are these: This company is operating successfully in seven states. The company wants a franchise to operate in fly-by-nig- ht this state. MILLIONS FOR ELECTION. Kc THE MANAGERS of Herbert Hoover want one million more for Hoovers campaign than was required for the Coolidge campaign, or the sum of $4,000,000. The Democrats are out after a like sum. Some even point out that over $10,000,000 will be spent in this campaign by both parties. If political leaders believe that such conditions aired in the press will bring out the vote they are badly mistaken. Many people become utterly disgusted with such tactics and refuse to vote. If the election is purchased with money, why vote ? Then some wiseacre press agent spreads the news that the Republicans will put up lots of money for the negro vote. Since when did the negro hold the deciding ballot? If such talk dont solidify the white vote in the South against the negro and the Republican party then we miss our guess. GRAY GETS RESULTS. A. B. Gray, who came here representing $20,000,000 capital into this state. It is not a stock selling proposition. Those who do not want gas need not use it. It will pay big taxes to the state of Utah, especially to this city. It is equipped to furnish cheaper fuel than Utah has every enjoyed. It has a product that is inexhaustible if the surveys of the best engineers and geologists are worth a plugged dime. It will furnish labor to thousand of people. It will give us a clean city. Because of this cheap fuel, many other industries will immediately spring up. It will greatly aid in creating more business for . everybody. The personnel of this new company is made up of men who are empire builders and who are not afraid to invest their money in legitimate business. While other cities of the state are granting franchises, we have been quibbling over what might happen if this state should be awakened from its deep sleep. The people of this city want the gas to come in and the public official who opposes it had better never apply for another public office. As usual Weber county takes the lead and we trail behind like a puppet. Already Weber county has taken much business from us that we could have had. that evidently expected to reap a rich harvest in this city received a severe setback by the state and city purchasing agents. The prices of coal are said to be about 50 per cent over the prices of last year aiid the purchasing agents would not stand for it. George Wilson, state purchasing agent, did not like the odor of the bids and rejected them. His action was immediately followed by the city. It is said that Colorado and Wyoming coal can be purchased cheaper than the Utah product. Here is a problem for. our mayor and for the coming legislature to delve into and solve. God help the poor people this winter and protect them from the cold. Billions of tons of coal in Utah and not a lump to burn. At a recent meeting of the city commission, it was announced that .the coal interests had invested $70,000,000 in coal, properties. So far the tax records only reveal $14,988,663 in taxable' prop northern counties of California, has done much for tourist travel in this state. All oil stations have been supplied with California information, and with Utah printed matter whenever he could get it and as a result tourists are better satisfied with this new service. Utah has been boosted by Californians and many tourists are coming here from that state. Gray is a real live wire high tension and he knows how to get results. Gray came here to direct tourists to California, supplying them with first hand information and directing them over roads they wished to travel. Route a tourist the way he wants to go and he will never come back to criticise. California reaches out for business all over the country and she gets results. If Utah had men like Gray in Denver, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, we would get so many ourists here we could not handle them that is providing we worked under the Gray system. Mr. Gray is a former newspaper reporter and editor, has held public office and! he knows how to meet the public. California is fortunate in having such a capable man in this locality to meet the tourists. -- LOOKS LIKE COMBINE. COAL COMPANIES twenty-- one . It proposes to bring all of v -- . WE LIVE in the most wonderful of lands; and one of the most wonderful things in it is that we as Americans find to little to wonder at. Lummis. , ii if TRUTH IS such a precious article. Let us all economize in its use. Mark Twain. NO MAN LIVES without jostling and being In all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offense. jostled. Carlyle. |