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Show THE CITIZEN A At the present time there are about 9,000 telephone companies operating nearly 20,000 central offices and over 19,000,000 telephones in the United States. SPLENDID MOVEMENT. THERE HAS been formed in New York City, under the auspices of the Calvert Association, a Catholic organization, a group of eminent Catho-flic- s and Protestants who promise that for many years to come they will labor diligently at trying to straighten out the tangles of religious thinking, that for so long has perplexed and confounded the politics of this year, 1928. The Secretary of the new group is the influential editor, Michael Williams, and the members include the famous architect, Ralph Adams Cram, a Protestant, who is for Smith, and the famous soldier and public man, William J. Donovan, a Catholic, who is for Hoover. NEW ERA IN AIR TRAVEL. THE GRAF Zeppelins maiden voyage was a success marking another epoch in air navigation. It requires no great stretch of the imagination to visualize the day when fleets of air ships will be carrying passengers and mail across the ocean. Seventy thousand pieces of mail were carried in the Graf, which will net its owners $50,000. Twenty cabin passengers were also aboard. The rates paid by these passengers were from two to three thousand dollars. The total received, however, is not a drop in the bucket in comparison with the amount this experiment has cost. But it is worth it. The flight was a success and we can all look forward now to the time when we can cross the ocean without getting seasick. J This is the finest movement that any group could undertake at any time, but especially so t this time. What a silly thing religious tolerance is. There is only one God. We all worship Him. The majority of us are striving to do the best we can. We are struggling for the same goal. If we would follow the teachings of the Savior to love our neighbors as we do ourselves and if we would love our country most of all, it would be immaterial whether a man or woman was of one faith or another. When we meet our Lord and Savior as we all hope to do some day, the paramount question will not be whether we are Methodist, Baptist, Catholic or what not. Our daily deeds here in the flesh will determine our standing there. REGISTER AND VOTE. THERE ARE only two more days in which to register before the November election, October 30th and 31st. If you do not register you cannot vote. Reports from all parts of the country are to the effect that registration is heavier this year than at any time in the history of the nation. People are awakening from their lethargy regarding politics, a condition which is most gratifying. When the majority of the poulation becomes sufficiently interested in national, state and local government, we will have better men in office, better laws and fewer criminals. When public opinion is fully aroused any desired result may easily be obtained. Cities and states are vie-in- g with one another for the largest vote. Los Angeles is doing all she can to capture the single honor. Salt Lake City has a chance to best her in this if she tries. Wouldnt it be a splendid thing to have Salt Lake and Utah head the national list of cities and states with the largest percentage at the polls? . RASKOB DEFENDS HOOVER. BOTH PARTIES are beginning to realize that spokesmen are to be feared more n than their avowed enemies. It is a fact that a new convert to any faith is more enthused than the old members of the congrega tion. Politics seems to effect many the same way. They allow their enthusiasm to run away with their common sense. Senator Henry G. Hansbrough made a public statement the other day to the effect that Herbert Hoover is interoil deals and concesested in sions. Chairman Raskob immediately denounced his statement as false and unauthorized by the Democratic National Committee. He also stated that Hansbrough had no connection with the National Committee and had not and would not make any official speeches for that body. I know there is absolutely no truth in the oil charge, said Mr. Raskob, and I think it is a great pity that Hansbrough should have made such a charge without first trying to verify it. In attempting to vilify the reputation of a man of good character who is running for the high office of President of the United States is very low politics, I think. To attack a mans views is proper. To attack the character of men of high .reputation such as Governor Smith and Mr. Hoover is highly improper. The country is in a sore state when two men contending for the highest office in the gift of the people, whose private lives are above reproach, have got to be subjected to the indignities of slander, lies and charges which have not even the slightest foundation of truth. Mr. O. W. Wells, President of the International Map Co. also stated that the map of the company to which Hansbrough referred gives absolutely no basis for any such ridiculous statements as he made. Nor does the map of Jesus Jiminez which he investigated and which anyone may consult in the map room of the Congressional Library at Washington. non-offici- al well-know- BURDEN OF RAILROADS. For exactly eight years the railroads of the United States have struggled to achieve the ment-stipulated fair return of 5.75 per cent. In not one of those years have they succeeded. In 1922, the lines first showed a surplus of any consequence, with earnings of 3.61 per cent. This was followed by 4.48 per cent in 1923, 4.35 per cent in 1924, and 4.83 per cent in 1925. In 1926, they had their best period, with the return aggregating 5.13 per cent. In 1927, however, it fell back to 4.4 per cent. And for the first six months of the present year the return has averaged 4.36 per cent. This situation is not the fault of the railroads, which have been constantly raising their efficiency and effecting economies. It is the fault of high taxes and unwise legislation that has often gone beyond its legitimate sphere of activity in railroad affairs. And the foremost of these is govern- . taxes. During 1927, in Canada, the taxes on the two railway systems operating there, averaged $19.07 for each $1,000 of operating revenue. In contrast to this, the taxes on a large United States line, 0 in the same year, averaged $65.32 for each of operating revenue. V Exorbitant taxation amounts to oppression. In the case of the railroads, it must result in retrogression and a lowering of the standards of service, a thing that would strike a blow at our farmers and our industries. Thinking citizens must meet the problem and assure the railroads a fair income if general prosperity is to remain $1,-00- undiminished. RAPID TELEPHONE GROWTH. BECAUSE of the rapid growth in the number of long distance telephone calls during the first of this year, an additional expenditure of 11,042,000 for construction for long distance facilities has been authorized by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, thereby making a total appropriation for new construction during 1928 on the longer haul circuits of the Bell System of $49,038,000 as compared with expended during 1927. $36,-406,0- 5 00 Latin-Americ- ex-Sena- an tor DURING the Smith parade in Raleigh, N. C., a couple of young druggists attempted to drive down the street in a car decorated with Hoover banners. A mob of spectators broke ranks at the curb, halted the car, smashed its windshield, wrenched off the door, ripped up the upholstering, slashed a tire and plastered the body with Smith stickers. This happened in highly civilized United States of America in the year of our Lord, 1928. LOOKS LIKE N. C. FOR HOOVER. POLITICAL forecasters have frequently said that if Senator F. M. Simmons takes the stump for Hoover, North Carolina is lost to Smtih. Whether there is any truth in this prediction remains to be seen. At any rate, Senator Simmons has made his first political speech in behalf of the Republican nominee. He said Governor Smith was as arrogant as a kaiser in the stand he had taken against his partys platform and had treated the same as though it were nothing more than a scrap of paper. Senator Simmons has a strong hold on the people of his state and his utterances are sure to give Hoover many votes. TAMMANY FARMERS say You want to know HOW we stand on the equalization fee? Well, its something like this: It depends on WHERE we stand. In the east we deny were for it . In the west we deny were against it. That equalizes it. GUARD THE TARIFF. EVERY MAN and woman, and every child who is old enough to read, should peruse Herbert Hoovers speech on tariff delivered at Boston last Monday. It is a clear, concise explanation of what the tariff really is and its great importance toward the prosperity, not only of our own country, but of the entire world. There is nothing ambiguous about it. Everyone who is able to read can understand it and after reading it will realize the necessity for protective tariff as maintained by the Republican Party. Governor Smith seems to think the tariff should be taken out of politics. Our common sense tells us such a step cannot be taken. Governor Smith wants to leave most of the vital questions to commissions it would seem. What are our Senators and Representatives going to do in Washington, sit and twiddle their thumbs? The people elect them to further the best interests of their particular state, both agriculturally and industrially. If all important questions are to be left to commissions selected by the President we may as well dispense with our Senators and Representatives. Would the people consent to this? A DIVORCED Mohammedan woman can marry again if her previous husband consents. That an opportunity to play a gives the rough joke on some other man. ex-husba- nd MANY AMUSING situations have arisen during this campaign but the Boss of Tammany repudiating the Republican Party for its corruption is by far the most, amusing. THE STRAW vote of Indiana shows Hoover, is wanted by a big majority in that state. . |