Show SO SOME IE FOR TOK TIlE THE NEXT Maybe it Is a a. long IonS time before the next legislature Is to be elected Hut But there can be no better time for tho thu people to begin thinking about their next representatives In every community community community com com- of ot the thc state there are arc good people who equal in n all the qualities of citizenship tho the residents of or th the foremost states of ot the Union They are not truly trub represented unless the highest manhood and womanhood of or orthe the district Is expressed In the tho person and the character and tho the labor of or the thc legislators the they send to the capIta capital cap cap- Ita ital I. I Two or three things should be decided decided decided de de- de- de upon b by tho the people as Imperatively Imper ely demanded One Is this Th next legislature should enact a railroad commission law It has been repeatedly repeated repeated- ly 1 pointed out that the constitution directly commands the of tIC the tho state to do this The legislature SHALL enact a a. law fixing a 1 maximum freight and passenger rate for railroad charges within the state of Utah Gentlemen Gentlemen Gentlemen Gen Gen- of or the legislature have Ignored that solemn cornman command 11 of ot the authors of ot Utah's statehood and the they should not permit the neglect to continue Freight rates are arc too high in Utah A B Because causo of ot It It th the c v tr j. j th thc S R t r d cd I th once law aW u acts t wc d-wc a o compiled complied coat coat- com com- plied piled with coal could come from the mines to tho the markets at much less les' expense expense expense ex ex- pense than Is now Imposed The rhe lower price resulting would make a manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- manu manu-I city cHy of or Salt Lake unsurpassed b by an any In the mountain country And very every householder in every city and andon andon andon on thousands of or farms would get fuel at a rate appreciably lower than the they can now Thero There should be a new temperance law Jaw Tho The general desire of ot the people for a better regulation of the liquor traffic rests on reason and right Just Juat what In ever every detail Is tho the best manner man man- ner of ot dealing with tho the admitted evil Is not so easy to decide There arc aie however a few fundamentals Experience Ex Ex- has shown that tho the rule should be bo continuous over the state stat that the power of punishment should lie in the same hands that grant the privileges Experience shows o er every everyday everyday day that tho the largest cities aro are unable to secure anything like satisfactory re ro- ro suits On the other hand the government government government gov gov- has hRs little difficulty dealing with the question over the United Unite States There Is no doubt what M will happen to a violator of ot tho the federal law That Is because the tho nation is 18 strong enough to be indifferent to the thc bullying of ot an any offender however strong and In whatever er locality he h ma may live The orders of ot tho the ment are oLe obeyed cd from to San Diego from Kc Key West Vest to Pug Puget t Sound Or when there thero are arc violations viola lola retribution follows with a certainty taint and a severity which makes males repetition of Within the state the power of ot the tate state should have like sway way The revenues revenues rev rev- to the public the good order of ot eV over every r community the wishes of ot the people everywhere and the curtailment curtailment curtailment curtail curtail- ment of ot the traffic to that time when the liquor evil ovll shall vanish utterly utterly- all aU urge urso to tho the control of ot the tho traffic by tho the state The foolish objection that it puts great power into the hands of ot one oms commission Is Idle because the tho power is now In many commissions or agencies agen agen- cies call cies-call call them county bo boards or city councils as aa you ou will Tho The power to tl enforce law must always alwa's bo be o reposed in some Home one It la s no more likely that thit the thc governor go will betray this trust than an any other It is 18 no more moro likely that a commission appointed by an tilt u honest governor will prove pro derelict to o their duty than that any board or council elected by an honest people will do so There should also bo be a n. better measure for lev levying le ing and collecting taxes Tho The people of ot Utah are arc not fair air to themselves in this matter A world of ot taxable property utterly escapes escapes es es- capes capeR ta taxation atlon And that condition In Insures insures in- in harm to all aU the people people the tho delinquents do- do as those who make honest r return turn of ot their possessions and faithfully faithfully faith faith- fully pay their taxes Tho rate rato is far higher than It need be The receipts arc are less than the they should be This is no complaint of ot present con con- Every state rises to tho the perfection per r perfection of ot government Just as fast tast as asit asit it can And the progress of ot Utah has been deserving of ot all aU approval Hut But patent shortcomings s should bo cor- cor I. I reeled as quickly as It can bo be doneAs done As a state we have 0 now come to the tho place where evident needs for tor improvement Im- Im im- im provement should bo considered and andall all an possible betterment should bo bl made mace It is a n long time to the election cIocHon o otho ot of tho next le legislature But it is a good time for the tho people of ot Utah to con consider sider that thc they should require some som radical legislation which has not ye yet et been given them Utah started so honorably Its constitutional convention convention convention conven conven- tion was so ably composed and it co ye o capably performed its Us work that these the citizens of or a state enjoying the blessings bless bless- ings those men won non should carefully consider and wisely enact these necessary sary measures |