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Show THE SPECTATOR WE have our spasmodic drives for the Red Cross, we have our spasmodic spas-modic drives for Liberty Loans, all of which are good financing of the war, U but in the sale of War Savings Stamps we have abandoned the spasmodic drive and established the every steady going push. True the government needs the money, but in buying War Savings Stamps there is the great leBson of THRIFT. For the individual individ-ual who persistently accumulates sav- ings through the steady purchase of Thrift Stamps will be surprised how quickly he has laid by something against the hour of special need. War , Savings Stamps are still on sale and , the loyal American should buy, buy ' more, and then more. Of course you have bought Liberty Bonds, but forget that and save more in Thrift Stamps. J The man who is taught the lesson of. saving, to spend just a little less than he earns and to invest the savings sav-ings in the securities of his country is thus made a better citizen. The man who is thus made a better citizen becomes be-comes a better fataer hubband and home provider, and the man who becomes be-comes a better father, husband and home provider is necessarily a better Christian. What is true of the mature ma-ture home-going man is equally true of the woman, the youth, the miss or the child. Buy a Thrift Stamp today and often. FOUR thousand depositors placed their trust in the directors of the defunct Merchants Bank. Men, how have you discharged that trust? Answer. An-swer. There are a great many people in Salt Lake City who think that the war in Europe gives them the right to dictate dic-tate how other people shall live their lives; and incidentally it might be mentioned that their own comfort is the standard by which they ask others to live. The consumer pays for it ALL. Just at this time the man and woman who1 Is trying to make one dollar do the- I work of two would like to see some j regulation put in force that would lighten their burden. i i v Practically every producer has had. government asssistance toward get-i get-i ting a price for his product that would yield a living profit, except the pro- ducer of gold. It is universally ad- J mltted that under present conditions I gold is mined at a loss, but for some reason no relief 1b offered. Incidentally Incidental-ly it might be remarked that they do-(not do-(not mine gold in the south. In what sort of estimation must the 4,000 depositors of the defunct Mer-6 Mer-6 chants Bank hold this man? Burke j ' Binnard, director, held 53 shares f stock, at the time of the failure of" i the bank was borrower or indorser for , $36,798.29, and had two overdrafts, one of $1,604.47, and one for thirty dollars. His account shows deposits on July 1, $7,400 ,and checkB drawn. j July 8, THE DAY THE BANK " CLOSED, $7,000.00, On top of these , facts comes the information that Burke Binnard has since SUED THE BANK for the return of money he is said to have paid to purchase some stock in the bank. The election is over and now is the time to settle down and make the best of it, whether it pleased you or not. Get together on the one subject on which all know they are right the advancement of our glorious state of Utah. No section in the world can offer so much to the homeseeker or the capitalist and our natural resources re-sources have only been scratched. Eighty miljlon dollars is taken from the ground in the form of precious metals and that is a pretty good foundation foun-dation to start wtih. One is tempted to ask, has the milk of human kindness stopped flowing, when they read that a woman was requested re-quested to leave an apartment house just as she was about to pass through the valley and the shadow of death in bringing a new life into the world. And this woman the wife of a soldier who was at the front fighting for his country's freedom. According to newspaper news-paper accounts this all happened not in Germany, but in Salt Lake City, when the representative of the owner of the Maryland apartments asked an expectant mother to leave. This apartment apart-ment at the beginning of the war was known aB the Mecklenburg, and if we are to judge from the above action it is safe to assume that only the name was changed. There are federal laws that give power to deal with bank officers and directors who are false to their trust. Be careful that you grasp the Importance Im-portance and magnitude of the United War Work Campaign. -This fund Is for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., National Catholic War Council, JewlBh Welfare Board, War Camp iCommunlty Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Salva-tion Army. These organizations are a tremendous force for practical good, both in this country and in Europe. Many a man has experienced the comfort, com-fort, help, and attractive environment that they have furnished, and the work is not yet done. Millions of money have been spent and millions more are necessary If we are to preserve pre-serve the morale of American manhood man-hood that 1b putting up the fight for Liberty against military oppression. Furnish, funds for this good cause as readily as you would provide them to buy guns and ammunition, and do it NOWv , Colorado has returned to the Re-, Re-, publican column in no uncertain man-, man-, Tier. The (Republican landslide, carrying carry-ing to defeat "Honest" John Shafroth, . -wlio was actively supported by Presi-( Presi-( 'dent Wilson. He gained the appellation appella-tion of "Honest John" at the time when he was elected to congress by fraudulent votes and resigned before any action could be taken. The "Flu" seems to be passing into the land of things that have been, and Utah will soon be herself again with the children at school and the ever popular movies crowded as heretofore. Much of the epidemic seems to have been due to fear, but nevertheless our people have suffered and our hearts must go out in sympathy to those homes that have been invaded by" death and are today mourning the loss of loved ones. With the end of the war will probably prob-ably pass government ownership of railroads, telegraph, telephone, etc., and lot us hope that with its passing, there will come a reduction in the tolls that are exacted from the public and at least let us hope that the old efficient effic-ient service will be restored. |