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Show UTAH STATESMAN SEN. HAPGOOD EXTRAVAGANT PROSPERITY CLAIMS SUPPORTS SMITH OF COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION ARE AS LIBERAL NOT BORNE OUT BY REAL FACTS AGRICULTURAL SITUATION BOWMAN TAKES AS CITY HEAD (Continued from Page 1) Governor for Presidency Because of His Ability to tunlty for unstaple and ruinous prices thereon and below his costs of producMake Progress Popular. tion. Political Alignment by Senator Ny Now WASHINGTON', D. C. Slowly but surely the extravagant claims which have been made by Republican party leaders that under the high'tariff policies of the Coolidge administration the coun Democracy Ar Pro-dicta- d at the League Dinner. . Political proapecta for 1928" were at the League for Indus-tria- l dinner, Irving Plata, Democracy an era of been enjoying unprecedented prosperity are being by Norman Hapgood, United States try has disproved. One of the most significant statements which has been Senator Gerald P. Nye of North DaNorman Thomas and Max Eastmade in this respect recently was that of Charles M. Schwab, who kota, man since the death of the late Judge Gary is known as the steel king." Mr. Hapgood called for the nomination and election of Governor Smith Mr. Schwab, has not been good." "Business, said of New York; Senator Nye referred to Democratic leaden, replying to the the banter" about prosperity aa lavish claims made for the Coolidge Mr. Thomas asked for the admininatration, have Insisted all creation of a new party not a third along that the boasted prosperity was party, but a strong labor party which, spotty, that It was enjoyed by great In the nature of things, must make an but the that monopolistic interests, alliance with the progressive element farmers, the wage earners and the the farmers"; and Mr. Eastman among mercantile and smaller banking inreferred to himself as "a lost sheep terests were not sharing in the proon the political horison, and I don't This insistence has been sperity. know where to go home." .He said borne out by the very high rate of It waa Just the appropriate time for failures among banks and mercantile gloom. been establishments, which has My part of the discussion," said heavier this year than at any time In Mr. Hapgood, is to explain why 1 the country's history. think Independent liberal voters should be enthusiastically behind the Finally, President i.ooiidge and movement to nominate and to elect to Secretary Mellon admitted that there had been a period of depression, but the presidency Governor Alfred E. claimed that it was passing, in most Smith. It Is a dismal mistake to supMr. Schwab, chairman lines. Now, pose that his power of winning elecof the board of the Bethlehem Steel tions, and his still more amazing power of persuading voters on complicatcorporation predicts general prosperied matters and political theory, is the ty for 1924, but admits that business whole story of Ills power. The attriduring the last year or so has not been good, which is a confession that bute lu which he is equalled by no the claims which have been so loudly American now living In his technical made for the Coolidge administration mastery of making over the government of a great state from a condiand its policies have not been Justified. tion in which Its ramshackle backwardness waa a natural prey of poliEverybody knows we have been ticians to a condition In which It la a having a slack season," said Mr. Schwab. Business has not been good, model of effective simplicity for the in spite of what some may insist. other states of the Union. Mr. Hapgood said there had been Supporting this admission by Mr. some talk of Smith's not knowing as Schwab, one of the most conspicuous boosters for the Coolidge policies, are much about national and internationthe latest employment figures from al questions as about those that trouthe department of labor, covering Ocbled New York state. "It Is equally tober and November. This report, true, lie went on, "that he did not from Republican sources, shows that know any one of these state questions In advance of studying them. employment In manufacturing industries in October was the lowest for ABILITY TO MASTER PROBLEMS. Mr. Hapgood paid tribute to Smiths any month since September, 1924, exenormous speed and thoroughness In cept July and August, last, the low water mark. The October average was mastering subjects and to his ability 5.3 per cent below the average for the to make use of experts. same month of 1926, 5 per cent below As to prohibition, Mr. Hapgood said the October, 1925, level, slightly under Governor Smith had nothing to say the average for the same month in against local prohibition In the north1924 and 11.7 below the October 1923, west or south.' But, according to Mr. level. In other words, of every one Hapgood, Governor Smith considered hundred wage earners employed in Octhose who brought prohibition upon the masses of unsympathetic citizens tober, 1923, more than 11 were idle of New York state guilty of a politiduring October, this year. Then for November, this year, there cal blunder almost deserving to be was a further drop. The employment railed a political crime. level was 1.9 below that of October, In cases like the Jim Larkin pardon and the Glllow pardon, said Mr. while the total payrolls were 3.7 per cent less than in October, and that Hapgood, he has shown precisely the same attitude on freedom of opinion payroll level was 7.5 per cent lower than In October, 1926, 5.1 per cent bethat is being so nobly upheld In the low the October, 1925, level and 10.8 supreme court of the United States by Justice Holmes and Justice Brandels." per cent below the October 1923, In closing. Mr. Hapgood said: level. The labor department's figures are There is some question about a based on actual returns from nearly third party. Such demonstrations have 11,000 manufacturing establishments, their value. If the Republicans and with approximately 3.000,000 emFederal aid road projects completed the Democrats next summer should ployees. Applying the percentage during the fiscal year ending June 30, each nominate a representative of the which the department's reports show, 1927, increased by more than 8,300 rule of concentrated wealth, such a of approximately 3.0G0.000 employes at miles, the mileage of Improved roads demonstration might again be of value. work in these factories in October, in the federal-aihighway system, and But when one of the two great parties 1923, more than 350,000 were idle in brought the total length of roads im- nominates a man who is not only proOctober, this year, while the earnings proved with federal assistance up to gressive beyond the Ideas or most of the workers in these factories were 64,209 miles. q(. Americans, but equipped with all the qualities to make progress popular and successful, then to insist on a side PiizjzizjzjafgizmafaizizfaiMjzjzjajgiajziajajafZJZfgjzjzrajzjzizjzjzjaiaJ show is to throw away the substance for the shadow, and also to throw grave doubt on the usefulness and ability in this country at the present time of those groups which are most pleased to describe themselves as liberals." considered myth-mongerin- d The Life Of CONDEMNS BIG CAMPAIGN FUND8 Senator Nye came out against the use or great sums or money in the election of public officials. "Too long now have we let a Jolly slap on the bark," he said, "blind us to the fact that men who have paid the price in a campaign, and as often as not to both parties In the same campaign, expect returns and get them in one way or another. They get their returns In tax reduction bills; or in subsidies, or through some corrupt agent of the government In whose hands ror safe keeping Is entrusted the care of the property and Interests of the people." After Inferring that the east monopolized both parties Senator Nye declared that a new alignment must follow. It will follow," he said, when the people In the great west, the north and the south rise up In defense or their own Interests." Senator Nye said that the prosperity of the American people as a whole was largely a myth." Where is this prosperity?" he asked. "In the last fifteen years farm tenantry has increased 100,000, and in the same period the number of farm owners was derreased by 80.000. The value of livestock is less ror 1925 than it was Governer Alfred E. Smith 4 With full description of what he stands for, what he has done and what may be expected of Mm when he is elected president GIVEN FREE With one years subscription to THE UTAH STATESMAN for $1,00 In 1910." According to figures presi-utiby Senator Nye, 40 per cent of ill manufacturing corporations or the country Inst money last year. To some people." lie said, "the orgy of stock and bond salca may spell prosperity, but to those who will admit the truth this prosperity is only a myth."- - New York i Tlii.s offer applies to renewals as well as new subscriptions. The motit interesting book of the day in view of the probability of Governor Smiths nomination and election. Of interest to both Democrats and Republicans. Times. The book alone is worth the price of subscription and The Utah Statesman will keep you posted on political developments cu b week. City License Revenue Increase During Year Increase of $3000 in revenue collected from city licenses la nnieil iiy Ei a nk K. Arnold, rily license assessor. The 1927 liauie is com pared with $127,207 in 1926. ('mincrciiil trucks made up $jr.oo nr the increase. They paid $27.((c0 THE UTAH STATESMAN lad year. $25.ift Atlas Block, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1D2B. The 7.HiO licenses included franchises, $26.27.": . pawnshop brokers, bukeilcK. elans, plumbers. $21, ..SI; Millard and cli-ru- ' riiwnsuwsisvmnsuiiiimnnjm. law-makin- g y MORAN MOTION MADE SOON AFTER CONVENING. Hardly was he seated when Mr. Moran said he had a motion to make which he thought quite proper. "I move that John F. Bowman, mayor, be given his choice of departments, he said. Just a minute," said Mr. Fehr I have a substitute motion, that Mr. Bowman be assigned to the waterworks department. Mayor Bowman ruled that the original motion should be voted on. Mr. Fehr then asked the opinion of Y. II. Folland, city attorney, who held that the custom . had been for the substitute motion to be voted on first; however, Mr. Bowman held firm. Mr. Moran said he had always believed the mayor Bhould have public safety, and Mr. Fehr wanted to know why he did not make such a motion Instead of the one he made. The original motion was defeated, Mr. Bowman and Mr. Moran voting for It. Then Mr. Fehr moved that Mr. Bowman be assigned to waterworks. Mr. Moran amended, to vote to assign the mayor to public safety. Roll was called on the amendment first and It was lost, whereupon the assignments were completed by unanimous vote on each motion. what? FOREMOST MAN IN PARTY A Baptist, H Regards Rejection of Smith Becaus of Hla Religion as a Type of Nullification. (Special to The New York Times) WASHINGTON Richard V. Taylor, for years a power In the Democratic party In Alabama and now a member of the Interstate Commerce commission by appointment of President Coolidge, announced that be favored the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York as the Democratic presidential candidate la 1928. Significance is attached to Mr. Taylor's declaration owing to his close affiliation with former Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, who waa a candidate for the Democratic nomination In 1924. Reports from Alabama have it that Mr. Taylor would be a candidate for delegate-at-largfrom Alabama and that he would run for the place In the primaries aa a Smith man. In announcing that he favored the noml-- ' nation of Governor Smith, but that he waa estopped from becommg a owing to hla association with the federal government. Mr. Taylor, who Is a member of the Baptist church, said: My only reason for not being such a candidate is that it would not be In harmony with the traditions of the government position I now occupy. I believe the nomination of Governor Smith, because of the Issues which have been raised, is the only hope of the Democratic party. Any person who refrains from voting for Governor Smith for president because of the form In which he humbly worships God will be In antagonism with the spirit of the United States and a nulllflcatlonlst of Its fundamental laws upon the subject of religious worship. With respect to prohibition, Governor Smith Is earnestly agamst a return of the saloon. As to the Volstead act he stands with President Woodrow Wilson, who, believing ft was not wise and not an aid to temperance- vetoed It, but after It became a law enforced it. It seems inconceivable to me that any true Democrat will not vote for Alfred E. Smith, who has proven himself to be one of the ablest governors of the greatest state In the Union and who la the foremost man In hla party, either on account of his religion or his opinion with respect to the prohie Not as long as the producers of raw materials from the land must pay as he does, the transportation charges on such raw materials from his loading station to the distributive centers, and such transportation companies of the United States by legislative authority granted by congress levy and collect charges for their services so as to give them a net return above all costs of maintenance, operation, and Interest charges equal, as may be to a fair return upon the aggregate or accumulative value of such transpor-tlo- n companies property, and not the ' bition laws." actual inveated value therein, then Before his appointment as a memJust ao long will the farmers of the ber of the Interstate Commerce comUnited States be personally subsidizmission Mr. Taylor waa mayor of Moing and working for the railroad combile. He was connected with Mobile panies, be taking the bankruptcy act ft Ohio railroad for many years, and and giving up their lands. in 1904 became Its vice president and Just so long as the farmers of the general manager. He waa federal agricultural west, continue to vote, as manager of a small group of Southern his father did before Mm. the Repubrailways during the period of governlican party prohibitive tariff ticket, ment control. lie was suggested for that compells him to sell his producappointment to the Interstate Comtion upon the markets of the world at merce commission by Senator Underprices based on the supply and dewood and became a member of that mand, and then buy his machinery and body January 16. 1926. other operating necessities on the NEW YORK. Canon William S. high tariff restricted market of the American manufacturing profiteer, Chase, rector of Christ church, BrookJust so long will he be wondering how lyn, believes the motion picture is a In thunder he is going to meet the school of crime. "Did you notice that in his account interest on his farm mortgage, his Interest on his personal note et the of hla dreadful crime, Hickman said Total revenues of the state treasurbank, and his taxes coming due that It waa his habit to see motion pictures dally?" Canon Chase asked In er's office during tbe last six months fall. Just so long as he listens and takes a debate with Dr. Wolfe Adler on the of 1927 amounted to $8,339,593.99, acsi'riou. the bunk pedti'-u- l out to elm question, Should There Be Federal cording to the report of John Walker, state treasurer for that period. Of by such "patriots as "Hell and Supervision of Motion Pictures?" Dr. Alder asserted that while he this amount $6,896,531 was true revMarla" Dawea and his political tribe, e rewho know as much about agriculture tlon pictures were a menace to the enue, and $1,443,062.99 and its problems as a Commanchee morals of children and to the further- ceipts. Of the true revenue, $3,588.-446.8- 8 came from state and school Indian and care less. Just so long will ance of world peace. Dr. Adler asserted that while the taxes. Ids wife be wearing her summer bonThe state derived $242,028.04 under net for five or six seasons and hla had no admiration for the motion picboys be leaving the farm for the city tures, he did not believe there should the Inheritance tax law during the six be censorship or supervision because months. Of this amount, $239,720.43 to make a living. was In inheritance taxes; $2300.61 in What the farmers of the United all censorship was bad. Interest on Inheritance taxes, and $7 States need is a real secretary of agIn refunds. riculture, and not Just a machine poll, Sale of rigs ret stamps brought the llcian masquerading under the cloak state $69,572.84, while the tax on auof an agriculturalist. tomobiles operated for hire brought In They need a man, who will show his $15,739.88, and fines for the violation chier, the president or the United of the cigaret law brought In $317.50. States, a permanent solution of our PROVO "I knew that Secretary of Receipts from the secretary of states agricultural ills, and how they can and should be cured. the Interior Hubert Work would take oTflce amounted to $1,048,400.66, and They need a man who will show a favorable attitude toward the Swlng-Johnso- consisted of gasoline sales tax, motor both bodies of congress of the United bill," said Governor George vehicle fees, corporation taxes, statuStates, end Us prpeonaerance of lawy- H. Dern here Thursday in comment- tory fees and Interest on funds. At the close of the year the bonded ers, that corn should not, and never ing upon press dispatches from Washcan be profitably separate from live ington to the efrect that Work had Indebtedness of the state was and there was $3,457,500 In the stock; that the worlds demand for ex- Indorsed the bill. This Is one of the big obstacles state bond redemption funds Securiported corn Is less than 7 per cent of the normal United States production we have to face. T knew also that ties owned by the state Insurance fund annually if we supplied It all, and that the administration favored the bill amounted to $554,000; by the firemens less than 1 per cent of our annual pro- even though It violated the rights ot pension fund to $65,500; the emduction Is now being exported. states Involved. These are things we ployees' combined injury benefit fund to $86,000, and by the Mountain View SHOW DECREASE. must face in our fight Governor Dern, who is here attend- Cemetery association to $29,132.24. They need a secretary of agriculture who will show these legal wlzzards ing a meeting of the state sanity comwho now make our federal laws, that mission. said he will leave ror Washfro ml919 to 1926, cattle (Including ington Saturday. dairy cow) decreased from 68500,000 to 59,829.000 head In the United States Is Insistent. That our exports or meat or 12.7 per cent. O. Senator Atlee COLUMBUS, That swine decreased during the and larda now is ten times that or corn when measured In bushels, while Pomerene was unanimously indorsed same time from 74,584.000 head of our dairy exports have averaged at Ohio's candidate for the presidency or 31 per cent. annually, ror the past five by the Democratic state central exThat sheep derreased from 48,866.-00- 0 ecutive committee, In session here, as head to 40.784,000 or 17 per cent years. during these years and this In face of andStub a man would present a sound a means of qualifying delegates to the permanent policy of farm relief, national convention. the fact that we Imported In a single in which had preThe year (1921) 25,000,000 pounds ot mut- by federal and state or the United viously recommended the Indorsement, ton and Iamb, while our average Im- stocking the Tarms States portation or woll was 380,762,000 able uswith live slock sufficient to en- will notify Senator Pomerene and ask pounds, materially more than the to- with a to feed up our surpluses, him to formally announce his canditransportation differentia), or dacy, It was said. George White or tal domestle production. small export bounty, that would en- Marietta former rongressman and That horses and mules decreased aable the United States to meet com- mer national committeeman, was during this time 4.878,000 head, which doraed as Pomereno's running mate. number alone would consume 522,000,-00- petition in the foreign markets. bushels of American corn. They need a secretary of agrk-ul-- , ture who has real constructive knowl-- ; HERE IS MY SUBSCRIPTION edge or his department and lia vital j problema of today; one who can notj only advise the president, but one who has the knowledge and guts" to lay 111 ATLAS BLOCK, Salt Lake City, Utah. before rongress and Its personnel or Judges and near judges, a recommenInclosed find check for which please send me The Utah dation that real farm relief means Statesman for mors live stock upon the farms of the -- ..mouths. years United States. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES $1 Year; 60c 6 months. Such a man would point out that there is a much greater demand' abroad Tor American lard and meal Name Street products than there Is for corn, and while these animal products meet the City State keenest of . competition from other countries, still the demand lor tlniii Rector Cites Movies as School of Crime State Revenues Total $8,339,593 non-revenu- GOVERNOR DERN NOT SURPRISED BY WORKS STAND n Ohio Democrats Give Pomerene Indorsement $29,-359.0- 0 The Itali Statesman is the outstanding Democratic Weekly of the Iiitermountain country, and is rapidly developing a large circulat i n throughout the "West. 111 Mayor John F. Bowman took office at noon Tuesday. Over hla own protest and that of Commissioner P. J. Moran, he waa voted head of the de. partment of water supply and waterworks, on motion of Commissioner Charles N, Fehr. Mr. Moran first moved that the mayor be given hla preference of departments; after this waa lost, Ms second suggestion, In the form of a motion, was that Mr. Bowman be made commissioner of public safety. This waa lost, too, by a three to two vote. When Mr. Fehr1! motion was finally called. It waa voted upon unanimously. The other commissioners retain their former departments, aa follows: T. T. Burton, public safety; Harry L. Finch, parks snd public property; P. J. Moran, streets and public Improvements, and Charles N. Fehr, public affairs and finance. After the exchange of courtesies which followed Induction of the new mayor into office and while he was yet responding to a message of good will from the commission. Mayor Bowman reiterated his stand, that he be. lleved the mayor should head the department of public affairs and finance, or at any rate the department of public safety, and he formally stated his preference for one of these. However, he said, falling' this he would cheerfully administer the department given him. He spoke at some length about the need for and the general responsibility of the whole commission for the conduct of all departments. That the federal government could. If congress, the body of the nation, contained leu graduates of Blackatone, and more Individuals familiar with the problems of agriculture evolve a plan to encourage and finance adequate and effective marketing facilities for the gradual distribution throughout the entire year of igrlcultnral products,' and so enable this Industry to be la closer touch 'with the ultimate consumer thereof, and thus not only eliminate a great deal of the lost motion now absorbed by the middle man, but regulate the distribution throughout the entire year at stapllzed prices therefor. Congressman Haugen of Iowa introduced In the lower house of the 69th session of congress, a measure having as Its object the creation of a governmental agency and financed by the federal government, which would not only handle and stipllse In prices the produced surpluses, but subsidised certain commodities of the industry, when such was needed, and known aa the Haugen-McNarrfarm relief act After passing both bodies of congress in the 69th session, President Coolldge refused to give the measure his approval, declaring that it was economically unsound." NO PERMANENT RELIEF. Although the measure had and has, the endorsement and approval of most, If not all of the agricultural organizations of the United States, and would, beyond question, tide over a critical situation now existing In the middle and western states, as well as that existing In the good old Republican party in these states, still, at Its best, It wbuld accomplish no permanent relief. Inc there any relief possible and If so, Underwood Supporter Now on I. 0. Sees Governor si Demoracyi Only Hope. Now Mayor Assigned to th Department Held by Retiring Loader. Backs PROSPERITY FOUND TO BE VERY SPOTTY" AND, IN FACT, ONLY AMONO PROTECTED INTERESTS. Taylor of Alabama Declare for Smith OATH OF OFFICE IS DEMANDING ATTENTION pool halls. Inlcs, i tain .mis, $r:.: ciuan-ts- . $.ini; card ng. ilanrt- - halls, $11ni; $.'i7( ii. THE UTAH STATESMAN ' |