Show SMOOT NEEDED mader the caption Feja Fei tor ator fifoot needed the st louis aimes unior senior senator ta plowing glowing tribute the edit orif irl follows lows this paper is 13 not fully familiar with the local oni in utah politics but it trusta for the bake wl the baaun thit they may r rot ot avault n the defeat of senator alc aked d smoot just when the prop nar aw adling hd ling of re revenues enuel an jal I 1 ex is more to aho nation nations welfare than at an au elett time in its history it am 41 calamity calai ity imly for the country mitry co to xv deprived pried de of the services seri ices of this expert pert senator smoot hag specialized vaa this subject from the begin sass of his w service in the senate members ars of both fidei 0 the recognize him as an au lahty he ile is a republic in par afi but there ii 14 no partisanship snails of public fi ft alfonces it is a subject that is 18 not imly dull but very difficult few fei tom b have the ability or the liK position to devote the time am and 31 to its mastery it 33 not mot a subject which aich gives its popular applause vitally itally as at it affects every individual un fatt flag but senator smoot 39 mastered it lie was against the so called c cs argo profits tax because he anew tint thit it would bo be collected many times over from the consumers rolling up like a snowball every time artic articles lej were sold enough vas v as added to the price not only to pay the tax but to insure there being heavy profits even should there come a slump in prices which might bring losses or a slump in the inen inventory tory prices this was one of the causes of the rising costs during the war and the likelihood of a decline in prices after the armistice resulted in still greater insurance boosts in prices A straight tax on sales would have lime been passed on oil to the consumer without ex ewe cuse lor for insurance ronce calculations in addition both p arties arc are pledged to a budget system but that will cot not automatically savo money there must be soni somebody body with the elpe ond the ability to examine budgetary estimates this means a knowledge of all departments of the government and all till federal activities in his day joseph G cannon did tins this in the house but vigilant ig ilant as mr cannon was in debiting he never had as sure a grasp oe of finances of the government and the effect on oil the ramifications of business busine s as has senator smoot S scout comes ua us 11 aa bili an indispensable man in III the senate with the problems now upon us ab aua man all in american public life the nation hopes hope i that utah will realize it its responsibility for his return |