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Show RECORD OF SENATOR KING IN CONGRESS SCORED BY COLTON Utah Congessman Declares Solon Blocked and Condemned Tariff Bill; Recites Benefits of Measure to Utah Stockmen and Woolgrowers Scoring what ho termed the failure and refusal of Senator King to rally to the support of Utah Industries 'whfn tho tariff wan before congress. Congressman Don B. Col ton gavo a ringing address ):it nUTht In tho Og- den tabernacle, using us his theme tip-prosperity tip-prosperity which has and will come from the tariff and tho accomplish ments of the republican administration. administra-tion. Mr. Colton read from a speoch reported re-ported to have been made upon the floor of the senate by Senator King, In which bo deplored the fact that ! some of the Democrats were becoming becom-ing Inoculated with Ideas of tariff! and condemned the bill as damnable and vicious. This, Congressman Col- j ton said, was the declaration of Sen- i nior Kinj; when Utah was crying fori a tariff to protect the sheep and wool I industry of this state and keep the sugar factories from closing. WATTIS PRESIDES. William H. Wattls of ( tgden presided pre-sided at the meeting and in a brli f talk urged those present to support the Republican county and legislative legisla-tive ticket. He held the candidates to be of unquestionable character and selected for their specific, business qualities. Mr. Wattls introduced Carl A Badger Bad-ger of Salt Lake, the first speaker, who gave an Inspiring talk upon the history of tho Republican party and declared that it has been truly said i that President Harding Is embodied I with the same qualities which made President McKlnhy reat. In presenting Congressman Colton. Mr. Wattls paid him tribute In which he said "He has been your congressman; con-gressman; he is your congressman now, and he is going to be your congressman. con-gressman. He has merited every i honor which has been given to him and by his conscientious work In congress con-gress has already made an enviable record " Miss Mary Fisher delighted the audience au-dience with violin selections Samuel Sam-uel Whltaker was accompanist DEFENDS ADM1NISTH vriov. In Bpeatklng In dcfen.se of the I; -publican administration, which, Jio said, had been scored by speaker.; of other parties as a "do nothing' administration, Mr Colton first eulogized eulo-gized the work of President Harding and brought applause when he declared, de-clared, "I believe honestl that had ,we searched this great country from 'tho Atlantic ocean to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico, seeking i man to shoulder the responsibility of a hard task to bring order out of chaos and guide the ship which had been torn by the storm we could not have found a man of the hour who was moro fitted for the huge task than Warren G. Harding." After explaining attempts of Senator Sen-ator King to block the tariff as proposed pro-posed by Republicans and in BO doing do-ing placing the hand of the dead upon j Utah industries and agriculture M -Colton went into a lengthy recital of tho favorable effects already felt In ; Utah and throughout the nation. UNEMPLOYED MXD WORK. He declared that when the Republicans Repub-licans took charge at Washington an i i there was no protection for Ami rlcan manufacturers, there were nearly l.-000.000 l.-000.000 men out of employment Those mi-ii, we asseritu, are worKing today as a result of, first, the emergency tariff, and later the permanent tarl which brouprht the factories once more into activity and opened tho channels of emploj menl He explained the proposal of the Democrats to pa a bonus to the unemployed un-employed and declared a mov ol th it jsort would have been an Im the American worklngman "What the American workman wants,' tie said, "Is an opportunity to work out his own destiny through a living a n 1 saving' wage, and not In charity " IMPORTERS MAKE PROFITS. "With no protective tariff against the foreign Inrush of manufactured articles." he said, "Germany it is making mosevcr kind of goods that wo use and sending them here. Articles Arti-cles which cost $28 to import wer selling in the United States for $90 The importers were making huifc profits while our manufacturing plants were closed down." Speaking directly to the farm and stockgrower he declare,, 'J our steers are worth $12 more a head, your wool is worth from 15 to 20 cents more a pound as a result of the protective tariff. The propaganda spread throughout the country i prices have soared slnco tho advent of tho tariff But who wouldn't piv 15 or 20 cents more for a hundr 1 pounds of sugar If the farmer c.in g more for his beets? What good is II I If a suit of clothes Is $4 cheap sr without a tariff, if I have no money I to buy It ," SAVINGS HOOOMPUSHED. Mr. Culton touched Upon the great i savings brought about by th Republican Re-publican administration and asseTfed that during the first year the appropriation appro-priation was cut from $7 000.000.000 I to $3,000,000 000. I "Nearly loO.OOO useless workers in government offices were discharged," he said, "and our standing army was decreased from 230.000 to 115,000. The budget system saved $1,000,000.-noo $1,000,000.-noo In the last year and $1,000,000.-I $1,000,000.-I 000 of the national debt was paid " The speaker scored the statements made In Ogilen by William Jcnninc-i Itryan that President Harding hal surrounded himself with a cabinet composed of rich men and declared that Mr. Bryan was richer by far than any members of that cabinet with the exception of three men. "We've had enough talk about tho rich man against the poor, enough of the controversy of capital against labor, la-bor, what we do need is to get all classes together, working for one common com-mon cnuse." Mr. ( olton took the opportunity to think the citizens of Weber county for their generosity In nominating and electing him. a resident of a much smaller county, and declared he owed his service as congressman In a large v.ay to Weber county. OO |