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Show SENATOR SMOOT I TALKS TO OGDEN ! REPUBLICAN CLUB I Before a throng which taxed the ca- pueity of the assembly hall at Repuhli-i Repuhli-i jii Uoadcjuarters and voiced it Approbation Appro-bation In rep ea tad crashes 01 applause, Si n tor Read smoot, Utah's senior scn-ator scn-ator and candidate foi reelection laal night outlined hi aland on the league of nation, told of tin policy that must be followed for sound busIneH In the future and warned his uudtenrc that the men they choose for office must , huge tasks unj sdented 9lnce th administration 01 George Washington. Washing-ton. I '-spite the downpOUl of r.iin, Severn Sev-ern I hundred men turned out and before be-fore S O'clock every seat In the ball waa taken and tae crowd overflowed lnio the hulls. While rh reception to the senator was announced as exclusively exclu-sively for mon and was .arranged under un-der the auspices of tiie Voting Men's Republican ilub, several veomen were In thi audience, and they joined heartily heart-ily in the appluuse when the speaker dro home cei :uln points. The women especially voiced their approval of Senator Bmbot's stand In regard to the league of nations REJTER l 1 8 STAND Senator Smoot reiterated the stand he had taken recently In rogard to .1 the covecr.nt when he wrote ;i letter to the editor of smull I'tuh paper ami dc laredt I will not participate In ratifying rat-ifying the league covenant as it now Stands, even though it loses for me. every vote In ltah." The applause and checrir.g which followed his statement state-ment lasted nearly u full minute. The speaker explained thai he. us a member of the appropriation committee com-mittee during the war. had thrust aside every moral rule and regulation uivl had voted thut billions b appropriated appro-priated for Ihe prosecuttotj of the war to inbure American success "The war cost America forty millions of dollars," he declared, "und I 'oted for ever: dollar of this appropriation and supported sup-ported laws thai created power lor the united States to sell bonds, ii i had heen ask.d I would have voted tor billions y-.oie If It rer. to be used 'or success Of Ihe war. 'The only thing I ever m 1 on the floor of the senate during that period was that when the wai was over I wanted an accounting of the m iej expended That's what I have tried to find out. I haven't been successful But the day has now arrived when the people feel that this accounting should be made and yet It has rot been made COW OF WAR The spcu.'i drew .1 1 j Id picture In impressing upon his hearers the tremendous tre-mendous ost of the war and In explaining ex-plaining what forty i.illions of dollar meant to the United States. H sj'.d thut since 17S7. through a period ending end-ing in 1 v 1 t . 2'j years, th government had impropriated but thirty billions of dollars ami from this had paid 101 the war wlQi (Ongland. the CivU war and the Spanish -American waf and every h ppropriation made by ihe government pr every purpose. The lecent war, Of comparatively short duration, had , oM lh l'niteil siulo forty billions ol dollars. The speaker touched upon many subjects and outlined thoroughly bU stand In leR.ird to Important Issues Interest grew to while heal when Jir mentioned the problem of emigration and declared ihe present laws wer I Inadequate and must soon be amended. amend-ed. "I have voted for every restrlc-tlon restrlc-tlon In emigration that has eer come before the aennti ' BenatOT Smoot said. and I w ill continue to do so In the iu-1 I'.i re-How re-How long can the country stai'd this rapid inflow of foreigners'.'" the; speaker allied. "It Is true that America Amer-ica is th havei the oppressed and the downtrodden and we have welcomed wel-comed millions, but there must be I some end. There are millions of people peo-ple now in America who came from distant shores and who are patriotic.) zealous and excellent citizens, but the United states cannot absorb the world. There r.iusr come s time when it must stop. In some parts of the country (in now it: greatest number of the pbople are foreigners, and the greater part of these have not taken out their ' naturalization papers." 1 While on th- subject of undesirable citizenship, Senator Smoot explained 'that recently .1 man came to hlni and bitterly tlraded the government. Me declared, the apeakeu said, that the treatment he had received had made him an I. W. W CURSE OF A.MKKR'AMsM Senator Smoot iald that shortly af-n af-n r his talk with thc man he wrote him a letter iu which he told hlni ir.tiikly the course America was going to pursue In the future. In reKnrd to tmcrtcanlsm Parts of that letter I were: 1 The two million soldiers who fought tor the American flag win insist that It forever be the emblem of American ideals and Americas constitutional rrovernment " i "Every man claiming the protection of American citizenship and walks in the light oi American opportunity 1 must become American in heart und ; soul. ' ry traitor and nrai -traitor In the United States Is asking What are we going to get out of the war T' Well, among other things, we are gcintr to r.-et a better grade of patriotism than we have had lit the recent past. "Wo are going to put an end to the building 1 1 1 of foreign colonies In th I nit-'d Suites, a breeding places of t yeoson "Wo are going to unselfishly assist s foreigner who really becomes an American or desires to become :n American but anarchists und traitor are r-rolr.g to bo shipped home. "We are not going to let nun conn Into the United States without some kind or s bqnd guaranteeing tbui they are pot going to engage in burning property or seoret work hi r naif 01 tin ountry they came .rum "We are going to ha, the most free country In the world, but we tiv not going to allow any traitorous foreigners foreign-ers or anti-Americans to set their own - iiidai't of lii-cdoni oi which to convert con-vert freedom into treason." TOl CHES N TAX Viluv In touching upon taxutioji Senator BmipOt declared that the people have a tremendous burd'-n to carry even though Ihe administration In tho future fu-ture works with machine-like efficl-Bflcy efficl-Bflcy II.- -.1 that while Iceplin: the many obligation w,. have taken we have got to keep the business of the country going and unless this is dons It will he Impossible for us to keep t n- .. obligations. Senator Smoot declared he had been fighting to clean out the departments at Washington which now employ a iuiRe number of war-workers-. "The 1 money wasted on these worjeerg hi said, "should go to the letter carriers who fnt Ihelr tasks dall. in all kmd.i 1 of weather. 1 want the United States government to he the best . mnlovn m th world and its employe? lo httV the best BUri'OUndlngS and the best wuffesl but 1 want them to do an honest1 day's work for an honest day's pay." The speaker warned employers that labor will oevei again be placed upon I the low basis It has In th.- past and 1 there has got to be a more equitable' distribution of profits between capital und labor. He addressed the employers present and declared that the work'ing-111. work'ing-111. in erlll not stand for the things he! has in the past These worklngmen, he Ltd, will noi see their children suf-1 fer privation and starve It would not t be surprising, he said, tnat If these! previous conditions arc brought about. I that p 1 evolution mlKht come In Amer-; lea. Outlining taxation, legislation that! must be ame.ided any many problems' which must be squarely met in the! near future, the speaker Impressed upon his hearers the tremendous task' Which will be thrust upon those who guide governmental aftalrs during the next four years. , REVENUE REFORM. "The need of revenue reform never' rw.ix greater in the history' of any mi-l"or. mi-l"or. There Is 110 use burying our heads in the sand like an ostrich in'. :tn effort to avoid the problem I '!,.. coumrj must be made to realize thsit ixes are high and will remain high' for mans years that thej never again will bo so low as In the past: und thiii therefore, it Is hlghl de-I de-I strnblo that the law b be. as soon as possible, adjusted to meet tho Inevitable Inevit-able burden with the least friction and discomfort to the tax-paying public pub-lic "I am one of those who believe that excels profits tax is commonlj shifted to the consumers and that In the shifting it is ver generally increased in-creased from tho amount imposed two I or more times I would prefer to have the excess profit tax repealed and to see im-j im-j posed u flat normal tax on all profits I which, at least, would do uy with the discrimination existing undci the act now In force. The present taxes I are based on the disposition of profits. I while a flat normal tax would be a straight assessment, regardless of tox-ible tox-ible amount." "The league of nations. " said the senator, referring to ihls subject, "will never be adopted as it was brought I hack from Europe by 'resident W 11-son 11-son " discussing article thirteen. hich Jdeals with labor. Senator Smoot declared de-clared that l his article would destroy !nll the advantages that American la-, Ibor has won in tblrt) years of struKf-'le and organisation, 1 By, specific provi-j sion, it levels thi American industrial I supremacy to the same plane ;ts tro pauper laboi of Lurope and Asln," he declared. "I plead with the American' urtwiiK ina ii iu nrm Jiriu ie iniri'.-en. l l IS1KG BILL, In conclusion Senator Smoot re-counteir re-counteir the history of the tight for an oil and mineral land leasing bill Similar' to the measure which now heurs his name. Within a year this bill will bring ir.lo the stale of I'tuh approximately H.OOIi.uOa n undistributed royalties he net la red. "With Its great area oA public land Utah may expect and I a:n confident and emphatic when 1 say this L'tah may expect that future ro -allies will lake care, not only of her school and educational expenditures, but will niso relieve her taxpayers of much of the burden they now bear In the building and upkeep of a state highway system. With the development develop-ment if ihe oil shale industry In this state. 1 believe that within a few years time the revenues from royalties under un-der the oil lund le.islng measure will reach a mark far In excess of $1,000,-000." |