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Show WHAT OTHERS K THINK OF REED ' SMOOT ' W Under the caption "Senator Smoot jHjj Needed," tho St. Louis times pays jB! Utah'o Senior Senator n glowing tri- ' llL j to. Tho editorial follows: IH ', si:n.tou smoot m:i:di:d !m This paper is not fully familiar H with tho local conditions In Utah , HH politics, but It trusts, for tho sake lffl of the nation, thnt they may' not re- H.I suit in tho defeat of Senator Reed -Bl Smoot. Just when tho proper han- l dllng of revenues and expenditures H is mere important to tho nation's B welfare than ut any other time In ' r Its history, It would bo a calamity 1 (H for tho country to bo deprived .of ' ! the services of this great expert, Senator Smoot has specialized on this subject from the beginning of his service In tho senate. Members j of both sdes of tho chamber rccog- jH nlzc him as an authority. Ho Is a H Republican partlGnn, but tsero Is no ,'H partisanship In Ills consideration. of H public finances. It Is a subject that flB Is not only dull, but very dimcult. . H Few senator havo the ability or tho H disposition to devote tho tlino nnd ' H toll necessary to Its mastery. It Is H not a subject whlcsh gives Its mas- jH tor popular applause, vitally ns It iH affects every Individual under tho H flag. But Senntor Smoot has mas- H Ho was against tho socallcd ex- JH cess porfltB tax, becase ho knew that H It would be collected many times ov- JW or from tho consumers,, rolling up K'f llko a snowball. Every time articles flr' wero sold, enough was added to tho jW prlco not only to pay the tax, but V' tD Insure there being heavy profits, fl' even should there come a slump In SMfl prices which might bring losses or a 9 slump In tho Inventory prices. This jBJ . was one of tho cnuses of the rising HE.' costs during the war and tho llkcll- V. hood of a decline In prices after tho H'-1 armlstlco resulted In still greater H "Insuranco" boosts In prices. A H' straight tax on sales would diavo K- been passed on to the consumer, with B'' out excuso for "insurance" calcula- B tlons In addition. M ', Doth parties aro plefljcd to a bud- H got sys'tem. But that will not auto- B- matlcally Bavo money. Thero must . B" bo somebody with tho experience H ' and the ability to oxamlno budgetry B estimates. This mcaiiB n ltnowledgo B of nil departments of tho government HI and all federal activities. In his H dny Joseph O. Cannon did this in tho V houso, but, vigilant as Mr. Cannon jK. was In debating appropriations, ho jflH. never had as suro a grasp of flnan- W. ces of the government and tho effect Bl on tho ramifications ot business as B,' has Senator Smoot. K Senator Smoot comes as near be- . B. lng an indispensable man in thq son- jft ate, with the probloms now upon us, , H as any man In American public life. M Tho nation hopes that Utah will re- B allzo Us rcsponsllllty for bis return. jH |