Show In Spotlight fljc jsalt £akr pilmnc U every morging by The Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company 26 T& j How It Has Grown transport officials believe that the complete tabulation of for the second quarter of this year will establish a new record The showing is encouraging and reflects the permanency of the industry It constitutes something of a testimonial to the initiative and resourcefulness of the industry Back jn 1934 when air transportation was besqt by depression difficulties and the government summarily canceled its mail contracts the future looked dark indeed Some lines doubted their ability "to survive when the government reduced rates for transportation of mail Fortunately increases in passenger travel have enabled the companies to replace lost revenue More and more people have become with the result that last year's business from passenger traffic was the greatest in history The air lines likewise are carrying more express from which new revenues are derived The anticipated showing for the second quarter proves the resourcefulness of adversity From a paternal charge the air transport activity has grown into a industry Fifteen years ago such an achievement would have been regarded as next to impossible — Old Dobbin Passes WAGON DAYS with parades harking back to the pioneers emphasize the relentless march of time No can look upon the modern procession without some regret for the passing of a faithful friend Old Dobbin Nothing adds color to a parade like the prancing feet of horses Each succeeding year it becomes more difficult for parade directors to find horse flesh for their spectacles The automobile has pushed horses off the streets Tractors have taken them out of the fields Motorized equipment has driven them from the army and fire departments And finally the canneries and the soap factories are removing them from the range In less than half a century horse flesh has been made more or less useless Extinction now seems as certain as the passing of hoop skirts The passing of the horse is a sorry spectacle one which precipitates sincere regrets No machine no matter how perfect can provide toe thrills nor inspire the devotion that man has found in the horse Those born 30 years too soon may witness the passing with a pang of regret and an enviable sigh for those born 30 years too late for those who have never known and never will know the loss that is incurred in this transformation of time COVERED the old-tim- good-"looki- The distinction which the Coughlin apology draws between Roosevelt the president and Roosevelt the candidate is as confusing as the distinction surrounding Coughlin the cleric and Coughijii tJcjj9liticiaiL: - “ jifiMrr t The Republican trying nut fi Coolid com pariean ‘ By DR DON D TULLIS We like to face facts We never are afraid of them White we are not so silly as to flee from our own shadows we are always pre- pared to run away from reality Whenever we meet up with an unfriendly fact we try to dodge it Facts are so hard and uncompromising They tell us where to get off and we resent being told anything or being forced to get off anywhere We refuse to see things as they are The relentless course of events striding pitilessly through nature and society overwhelms us Facts are so disturbing so embarrassing so disappointing Away with them! Away with ruthless reality! On with the masked ball! Let happiness be unconfined! If we must face facts we prefer to deal with them in their historic setting rather than in their practical application to present-da- y Be Expected Nothing he conceivably could say would vaccinate against the taking of that view by that class That is politics None the less the judgment of relatively men is that Mr Landon has promoted his chances and increased his strengtn It is true there is nothing in the speech to swing to him Roosevelt voters On the other hand there is a good deal in it to solidify his support and influence toward fiim those who have been waiting£b hear what he hag 4$ say To this class— the!" diiss'’ ofthen and women who bdve been holding out to find what sort of man Landon is through this speech— the belief is that it was highly satisfactory and the reaction extremely favorable And of course these are the voters it was important to impress The reason it is felt the effect upon them was good and clear is that without being a great speech it was a good one Perhaps the reason is that the speech was absolutely in tune with the character of the man Clearly written by himself he made no attempt whatever to be anything or appear to be anything but — —jgftjlWJTf f7 I Tha Democrats Sams right back with a vv:a coelt and Jcffcreon-Rao- e Jackson-Rmamaom- muta camparieon lt fair-mind- challenged Says the tax commission: “We found that improvements are now assessed on a higher ratio than other classes of property and we sought to equalize the assessments” The commission could do but one of two things It eould reduce the valuation of improvements to the level of Other classes of property or it could raise other classes of property to the improvement level In adopting the former course the commission chose the least disturbing means for equalizing assessments From that point on the problem is one for the directing heads of the 234 or more taxing units in Utah which have direct authority to levy taxes While the commission action tends to put these officials on the spot for their own responsibilities it nevertheless is in accordance with the rules of fair play for the taxpayer The taxing authorities too long have been permitted to manipulate their revenues by maintaining inequitable assessments Article XIII section 2 of the Utah constitution stipulates that “all tangible property in the states not exempt under the laws of the United States or under this constitution shall be taxed in proportion to its value to be ascertained aS provided by law” Section 3 states: “The legislature shall provide by law a uniform and equal rate of "assessment and taxation on all tangible property in the state according to its value in money and shall prescribe by law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for the taxation of such property so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax jri proportion to the value of his her or Its tangible property” One of the dutjes of the state tax commission is to see that all classes of tangible property are assessed as provided by law If ever and wfyebever they find one class of property assessed out of line with another it is their duty to immediately correct such assessment by raising or lowering the assessment in order" to place it in full harmony with any other class or classes of property Theate tax commission in line of duty has done just this y The duty of each and every taxing unit is to adopt a tax rate sufficient to raise necessary funds after the assessment has been made This is accomplished by dividing the funds needed into the total assessment If this results in a tax rate more than the law allows there is just one thing for them to do and that is to cut expenses to fit the cloth It is not the duty of the tax commission to allow assessments to continue unequal in order that taxing units may get by without making new rates There can be but one just basis of assessment on property in every part of this state and that is a uniform basis of assessment There should be only one basis of assessment on all classes of tangible property and that is the same basis All this property pays a state and a state school tax One thousand dollars’ worth of property in Salt Lake City or in St George should pay the identical amount of state taxes In Utah there are 234 or moTe some are purely local but all taxing units Some are state-wid- e derivo-the- ir Of them-shou- ld jevenue from property similarly assessed what he is Without a tinge of the spectacular or a trace of sensationalism the speech was clear simple moderate understandable and seemingly sincere He beat no drums coined no pretty phrases proposed no panaceas offered nothing new made no glittering promises and indulged in neither violence nor vituperation Moreover he appeared to address the nation as a whole with no appeal to any particular group of citizens against another In group effect he said in a rather convincing way that if elected he will put an end to’the reckless expenditure of the people s money substitute competent for incomptent government put his foot down on unconstitutional governmental experiments restore so far as he can the rights of the states and take care of the destitute without politics partisanship or waste In brief without promising an impossible reduction in taxes without promising to solve with a wave of the wand national problems now concededly grave without holding out the least hope that with him in the White House the millennium will arrive—without promising in fact' which he cannot be sureanything of delivering he pledges himself to do the best he can Just Plain Talk tops the Pullman diner but until it I’ll string along with my first love Twice I have entrained for Philadelphia at dinner time just forvg meal on the ’ run In a diner somehow everybody takes on sudden importance The gentleman whose temples are thatched gray may be a cement drummer from Peoria but on the diner he is Big Business Perhaps the sort who calls Schwab Charlie and Sloane Alf And has a marble front on the avenue There are usually the newlytoo worth a sly glance weds They are trying to appear settled and failing miserably Acting cannot quench that mysterious and adorable glint the poets call “the love light’’ Also there is the smart boy The flashily dressed fellow who things it new to call porters and waiters George He engages anyone near him in conversation and gets Off a few hot ones— usually from Ballyhoo or a musical revue He’s a card at home and abroad and definiteAs definite as the ly American seventh-inning stretch Many times I've wondered about the extraordinary humility of the conductor as he tiptoes hat in hand through the diner In this short journey he expresses the servility of a peon yet he is the autocrat of the train— save in the diner He seems to say it will be O K to give me a quick shove out I have tried ministration adherents are compelled to see in the Landon declaration a mere reiteration of meaningless generalities The tax commission however retorts: “Our duty is to equalize assessments Ours is not a revenue problem'” That plainly is the situation as it exists Taxing officials have no right to expect the tax commissinn to assume their responsibilities Revenue derived from ihequitablossessmefits is not calculated to popularize the tax problem The tax commission would be remiss in its duty if it permjtt&’d $uch a condition to go un- xsmmwyn'"” going Zep high above the clouds This view is concurred in by those who are not for him— and there are some in Topeka —as well as those who are It of course will not be so regarded by the journali Stic new dealers who have been sneer-Fran- k R Rent ng and calling upon the Republican candidate to “reveal'' himself and “come out of the shadows" Just as the more violent antinew dealers could see nothing to praise in the Roosevelt address so the more besotted ad- threatened w3Sngyid 23— devised 1936 McIntyre a There is no eating place so glamorous to my notion as the the sway Pullman diner at the evening meal The lights through roar the excited faces and tingle of rushing pell-me- ll razzmataz call darkies what the it all halo with night An established traveler tells me that dining on an ocean- TOPEKA The feeling among the more detached observers here is that the Landon speech of acceptance was about as effective a political delive ranee as could have been history of tax administration in Utah reflects a theory that can be but one trend— upwaid City school and county Officials of course are primarily interested in revenue the demand for which is seldom relieved They generally are reluctant to provide equitable relief wh(n it is likely to reduce revenues No wonder thenthjt taxing officials obicct to the recent action of the Utah state tax commission in providing equalized Valuations on improvements They complain that the action of the commission in reducing the valuation of this class of property approximately $15000000 creates a serious revenue problem within a number if not all of the taxing units Increased rates are r Highlights of New York As Seen by OO McIntyre McCutcheon FRANK R KENT Ju-l- THE ‘ -- By Politics S By Equitable Valuations AIR 1936 By O O TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $ 90 Daily and Sunday one month 1050 Daily and Sunday one year The above rates apply in Utah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming Elsewhere in the United States: $1 25 Daily and Sunday one month The Tribune is on sale in every important city in the United States Readers may ascertain agents in any city by telephoning - ' this office Salt Lake City Utah Sunday Morning July JULY 26 Rival Campaign Artists — of — Established April 15 1871 — t luued SUNDAY MORNING THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE C 2 tcswiitart And tha Republican m caantar with a lJ si Tue CHICMO Lincaln-Lando- n He Urges Broader Editor Tribune: You often hear some industrious and- - intelligent young man say to you "No I can’t go to the university this year I haven't any money” A short time ago our state decided to spend several thousand dollars in order that prisoners confined in our state prison may be able to make license plates and road signs to be used by us Words cannot be found to laud such a program if properly executed It will give the prisoner new hope in that doomed life It will make him feel that he is living again Yes now he is busy again doing something which is to himconstructive being usefyl ’ self And our society But may I ask if you please why can't our state do the identical thing in our university grounds for our worthy students? It will give them an opportunity to earn an education without wandering on the streets day after day looking for any kind of an honest job but finding themselves still with the unemployed We are all aware that what the future holds for our state and country depends on our youth Let 1 Letters appearing In this department do not express the opinions of Tha Tribune They are the views of contributors with which Tha Tribune may or Letters may not be In accord are limited to 200 words Preference Is given to short communications Write legibly on ona aide of the paper only Religious and racial dtscua-lon- a barred Partisan discussions restricted to writers’ be- llefs on merits of specific Issues and Indulgence In personalities ' personal aspersions prohibited Poetical contributions are not courted The Tribune reserves the right to reject contributions for violations of rules or for statements which are not In accord with fair play and good taste 3 Writers must sign their true names and addresses In Ink Typewritten signatures will not If the writer so resuffice contributions will be quests published over an assumed name In no Instance however will a communication be published If the writer falls to give hts true name and address aa evtdenca 2 of good faith us have faith in them They deserve it If it is necessary let us sacrifice a little to make them a little happier When they are happy we cannot help but share it with them' ALKE T DIAMANT His friends think it doubtful that Mr Landon could have struck note to which the of the people would moremajority enthusiastically respond They believe it - was just the sort of plain talk from a plain man that people who as By Ham Park Dr Moley says are fed up on reHe who ohserves the speaker ? silly compared to those now but form and sick of we thought they were grand more than the sound of his words experiments want to hear It however would will seldom meet with disappointbe a mistake to infer that in The roads weren t very good his ment — Lavater speech Governor Landon did not and if I remember correctly take an unequivocal clearcut poAnd when you hear a politician there was a heavy rain a day sition on controversial or two the before celebration panaceas mouthing questions On the contrary his declaration observe him closely and you’ll Anyway some of my family who on labor was not lived a little below Sugarhouse generally find that he has his only concrete and courageous but far franker than had to camp at Liberty park the tongue in his cheek any that has come from a candifirst night of their journey Into A MAN’S PRAYER date in a long time More than the city 60 make me minutes Teach tha£ anything else in the speech it will The conveyance that mother and an hour 16 dqnces one pound ring the belt More than anythree of us kids rode in would thing else probably it will figure and 100 cents one dollar Teach me to live so that I can s in the campaign After probably bring shrieks of laughter lie down at night with a clear his'firm belief in the rightdeclaring today It was one of those carts of labor o organize he said in that you enter from therear conscience without a gun under effect that Mother and I hitched up old this right to him meant the my pillow and unhaunted by the right faces of those to whom I have of employes to join Fanny and we decorated her and any type of the cart with all the colored paper union they prefer “whether ‘it brought pain and ribbons we could find and Grant that I may earn my meal covert their plant their craft or mother my sister Gladys and my their industry” and that in the ticket on the square and that in brother Artie started forth Fathabsence of a union contract an earning it I may not stick the er was a trifle high-hin those where it does not belong gaff has an vejiploye equal right to Blind me to the faults of the days He walked Torn or to refuse to join a union other fellows but reveal to me Told that this probably would be It was an exciting trip We had interpreted by the other side as a mine ownme so to ford the Parley’s canyon creek each Guide that night declaration in favor of company when I look across the dinner as there was no bridge for several unions Governor Landon said he has been a blocks And was it a hot day It wife who table at my could not help the was so hot that Fanny wouldn’t interpretations but of course his declaration blessing to me I will have nothing was get out of tlje creek because the to conceal of the nothing sot To take the water was so cool on her feet At to laugh me young" enough Keep that a man cannot position last we had to do something that with my children the union he wants to join join but we hated to do— we had to hit her smell comes the And when pf mustjoin one he does not want is We never struck any of our aniflowers and the tread of soft to him to take an as mals except in wheels of Fanny the and crunching steps well as an unsound was so indignant that she ran position out In front make the ceremony That” he said “is exactly the away with us That is She galsjiort and the epitaph simple— way I feel about it and that is '“Here loped something we'd never seen Lies a Man”— Author unWhat I meant to say” her do before Mother pale and me known to there is speculation Naturally frightened held Gladys and Artie as to the effect of this In her arms while I held on to the candid NOTES ON THE CUFF statement on so prickly a quesDEPARTMENT reins and ydlled for help At about tion It is generally agreed that I was only a very'' small boy Ninth South a man stepped out most people outside of labof cirof the mustard weeds at the side when the “Jubilee” took place cles will be in accord with the of the road and said "Whoa I” but I remember my mother telling Landon position which is clearly All me that there wouldn’t be another Fanny whoaed immediately the common sense portion so far for 50 years And I wondered if she wanted was an excuse to save as the public generally is conI could wait that long and what her pride and her breath We cerned However it is certain to things would be like were a little nervous when we he intensely resented by certain crossed the Denver & Rio Grande Friday's parade was much like lahnr leaders the jubilee with the exception of Western tracks on Eighth South the motive power but it didn't happen to be the day Copyright 1936 by the Baltimore Perhaps our tom- - - - - - float then would look cheap and fortoe trail so nothing happened The Senator From Sandpit g Run-nyme- By Our Readers Forum Rules Educational Service s'iccCuTCti£iN t What comes next? comparison The Public Forum MhfiurV conditions An English business man visiting Africa went on a lion hunt with a seasoned bportsman When lion tracks were discovered the timid merchant said: ‘You go ahead and see where he went and I’ll go back and see where he came from” It is always safer to deal with origins than to face living facts It is one thing to read about Bemoans Man’s Lack Of Interest in Self Editor Tribune: We appreciate the readers’ corner in your valuable paper It gives a man a fair chance to say a word when a word is necessary And then the public opinion thus expressed is to atof considerable interest tentive readers I noticed by your paper the other day a wonderful report from a very professional bovine department where the cow industry ranks high Of course it was proud of its stock when one milk and butter cow gave birth to her third set of twin calves and that Sir Inka May her husband could be proud of his 24 daughters and a number of champion sons I wish man were as proud of himself He is the only creature that has no champion or heroical interest in himself In othey words man’s greatest ignorance is reflected in neglect of himself Probably we are not getting married to make butter and milk nor to raise a family We may be too busy speeding up the divorce courts However if a man had wives enough to contribute 24 daughters and a few sons to his own interest they would put him in jail And a man with a million dollars is just as poor as the beggar in this respect SNIPPY Prefers Debt to Townsend Plan Editor Tribune: Townsend gives picture of gloom regarding If the Roosevelt administration there has been twelve billions of dollars spent in the four years of as Roosevelt's administration Townsend says no one can deny but what there has been a lot of In my part of the gopd done woods the money that has been spent has gone Into beneficial projects What about Townsend's fanciir ful plan?” It would cost us billions a year to finance his dream Townsend would have us spend twice as much In one has spent in year as Roosevelt four years and mind you not one Townsend dollar need be spent in the building of roads schools or can One anything beneficial spend his $200 a month playing bridge or poker any old way but spend it he must in thirty days us a twen-ty-fot- Landon told Townsend he would Roosevelt not Indorse his plan for or has not said anything against the Townsend plan I believe those in need should be taken care of and a pension Is the most honorable way to do I don't believe in giving a it man or woman at 60 years of age twice their earning capacity in the rest of their past life R M BRANDON Boneta Utah Deduction “What are those two men argu- ing about?” "I don't know you Who Is right but I can tell ’’ “Which one is?" “It is the one who isn’t holler- ing his head off"— Portland Evening Express Helfj for Hat Trade After being mistaken seven times in an afternoon for a floor walker m stores a local follower of the hatless rraze lias weakened— Detroit-Ne- w - and quite another thing to die for the cause of liberty Facts in history are fairly tame In experience they are loaded with dynamite We seek to avoid facts by closing our eyes to them They cleared the Paris streets of every ugly thing when Marie Antoinette rode in her coronation parade but it was not long until she drained the cup of reality to its bitter dregs Facts cannot be whitewashed with coatings of silly optimism Things cannot be all right when they are all wrong Let the laughing world know this before it is too late Facts must be faced sooner or later The sooner the better Dodged and evaded ' they easily flame into revolution Faced squarely and fairly they are the keys to peace and power Jesus of Nazareth never sidestepped a fact He drove straight through every situation Not even a cross could alter His course or weaken His courage Let us learn of Him the secret of meeting life as it is and making it oyer into what it ought to of here The flashes through this strange town and that Main streets all lit up gives one a twinge of pity for those left behind Somehow the Pullman diner passenger has the idea that at the moment he is riding top gallant on the crest of the world I know a great salesman who says he has put across some of his biggest deals on diners I can well understand it People feel expansive sympathetic and are It's likely to lose a just balance a good place to sell Brooklyn bridge Any person in a funk I believe can perk out of it by boarding a train for a Pullman diner meal Or maybe the illusion is not so great to others as it is to country boys New York took to its new Promenade cafe the al fresco sunken plaza restaurant at Rockefeller Center with enthusiasm It serves a reasonably priced luncheon and dinner and there is a platform for dancing girls as well as an org chestra for Sidewalk passersby line up at the edges and look down on the patrons which is something New York likes very much i e — to be looked at The new venture is said to have been paying from tfte second night The first night it was caught in a terrific downpour generally an omen of ill luck for outdoor restaurants dinner-dancin- be Don’t Agree! By FRANK GARBUTT Copyright 1936 About one out of every 20 readers says “I don’t agree with you" On some subjects one out of 10 disagree and occasionally a reader takes the opportunity violently to abuse me and "my kind” Now dear readers who don't agree with me let me let you into a little secret— there is no reason why you should Another secret - if everyone agreed with me I would quit trying to write I write for just one purpose and that is to make you sit up and take notice and think for yourself When you disagree if you have any sense at all you will scrutinize your own beliefs and your reasons for them You are the only one who can do yourself much good Any man who is too set in his beliefs (usually his prejudices) is apt to do himself harm instead of good I am not trying to sell you my Ideas— God forbid — I don’t know enough But scrutinize the fellow who gave you yours — did he make you mad enough so you learped for yourself? Off the Record glacier in the Rockies has But named for Landon isn't 'there such a thing as carrying the resemblance to Coolidge too far? A been So far the girls suggested for queeiT of England have looked like types that might be contacted through a lonely hearts club future o have A missionary claims evangelized 10000 in the Belgian Congo by blowing a trombone at them The African brother seems peculiarly helpless against the weapons of civilization It is hard to say just what secrets a petty officer could sell a Japanese spy unless It Is which street car to take to the navy yard A report that "the Danube Is now the tinder box of Europe" may he geographically impossible In Oklahoma they are frying eggs on river bottoms Copyright 1936 Tha North - Amer--lea- -n Newspaper Alliance- Inc The New Yorker reports that a milkman in Bronxville is a graduate of Hamilton and the University of Vienna And in a Third avenue movie ticket cage there is an honor graduate of Vassar This could be multiplied a thousand times around the city Most of them feel that they are marking time for the march back — and doubtless But the they are prophets of gloom see it otherwise I plucked this from a letter Miss Irma Fraser pretty youri’g school inarm of Los Angeles to a friend: “Very likely every child at some time or other has had a problem that he couldn't from solve about which he was afraid to ask for fear of being ridiculed Such was my case My recollection is that among the first sentences I learned were 'A pint’s a pound the world around’ and 'No matter what a many may ay twenty-fou- r hours make a day’ Then there came to my ears the statement that the days were getting longer How could they I thought when there are only 24 hours in a day?” -- Joe Cawthorne 62 years on the stage is vacationing in Europe with his wife Queenie Vassar to whom he has been married 35 years Cawthorne when the stage buckled made a place for himself in "Hollywood and is one of the most regularly employed of the character actors He's a grand character A rest cure in Massaehusctts specializing in insomnia allows the patient to have nothing in the room but a bed chair and dresser The switch light is across the room from the bed and there Is no reading matter of any description about People are supposed to go into the room to sleep and nothelse and most of them after ing a few nights begin hitting it off I am told But think of going to sleep without a little reading! I have a prankish friend who leaves this about on the desks of busy friends: Dlodorous Cronus an ancient Sophist nearly drove the philosophers of his day crazy In an effort to solve this: “The impossible cannot result from the A past event cannot impossible become other than It is but if an event at a given moment had been possible from the possible would result impossible: something therefore the original event was impossible” Copyright 1936 McNaught Syn-- dicatfc- - 1 |