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Show We stand for and iromote 4 OV t. an economic system that VTfj M A . Ssfc"'"" " and real Brotherhood. V i A Liberal American Weekly C. N. Lund, Editor Entared as Second Class Mailer at the. Post Office at Salt Lake City. Utah. Underlhe Act oi Congress of March 3. 1879. 7ft ' 777. 777" Devoted to the idea that Economic Salvation must come Vol. VIII, JNo. City through Spiritual Development Address, 217 viaiveithBidg. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, March 24 194 Subscription, $1.50 to $5.00 a year Contributions Welcome. Personal Paragraphs Some Very Timely Editorial Thought Of Interest Here's something about long life and the ability to carry on at past the age of 90 years. Friend J H. Mi dgley goes every day lo the Deseret Gym swim-min- g pool and does liy aquatic sfunt along with the young and middle aged. He walks erect and looks I ke he is good for many years yet. Mrs. Annie E. Lund of- - 2840 Dearborn St.' announces the marriage thi- - Saturday of her accomplished and charming daughter, Miss Margaret Lund to Staff Sgt Bruce Jeffer. on of Collingswood, N. J. The Wed-ding will take place at the cha-pel at the army base here. Friend Dr. J. W. Aird of So. Pasadena, Calif., sends the an-nual remembrance and greeting as follows: "Mrs. Aird and I appreciate your paper and all it stands for. Keep the good workup. We enjoy the climate here, and especially the associa-tion witli our young people who preceded us here." ' We miss the visits that Friend A. W. Parratt used to make to theofficj. From the beginning lie lias been coming and lending bis cheer and help to keep things moving. His illness keeps him confined to his home. Mrs. Charlotte Shaw paid us a good visit last week and, as she does every year, remembe-red us. She keeps herself well informed on passing events aDd always has a pronouueed opi-nion on every question. She reports that her grandson, who has been in the navy for three years was just home for a visit with hh folks. Samuel Eastman was in and pledged himself to stand for Roosevelt for a fourth term and afifth term ff he wants it. Nephew Leon Clifford White who is in the service overseas, some where in Scotland, has written us a letter telling of his experiences and thanking us for sending trie paper. Friend Joseph P. Price met us on the street the other day and gave us the kind Of greet-- I ing we .ike to receive. He is a good, friendly sort of a fellow and always eager for informat-ion, giving a great deal of thought to signs of the times' aDd watching to see how comi-ng events cast "their shadow's before. Neighbor Darter throws us a hawser once in a while which reminds us that he is still very much alive. Well, our good old friend John Stewart is ead and gone to his reward. He was with us a long time and we knew his mind and heart He walked erect and honorably among men. He had ability and learn j ing and was once close to afflu-- i ence but the cruel economic svstem left him stranded in his old age The account is squar-- : d John We know your ad- - ilresa and regret that we cannot forward the paper. Not very much response to all . the good in last week's paper. Wiy not do good for a worthy cause while ypu have the mon y? In ju.--t a little while it will be worthless. Use it now. Our good Friend O.T. Stubb of Park City, remembers us and says: "You are on t e "gilt road for better govern-- : ncnt for this world here on e"rth, but of course the future fthe next world will take care of itself." Thanks, brother.and may your faith and belief in- -: crease. A WORD FROM HOME Will Help The Soldiers There's a fellow needs a letter; Will you write him just a line? It will make him feel much better To receive this friendly sign That we march in love beside him Wheresoever he may roam; Share his life, whate'er betides him, As we think of him at home. He has borne his country's burden, Sailed away to face the fight; Will you cheer him with this guerdon You are with him day and night? Just sit down and write a letter, Full of vim, and news, and cheer It will make him feel much better For your thinking of him here. W. T. H. Salter PEOPLE MUST TURN TO NEW SYSTEM OF THOUGHT A NEW HEART MUST BE CREATED IN THEM The people of the country or, rather, those who bear rule among them and for them, are altogether too steeped in po- litical prejudices and the old d system of doing I things, to adopt the plain, common sense truth that they could have plenty and peace and even wealth on the one hand without war and poverty, squalor, dirt and crime on the other hand. But alas, they will not think long enough and hard enough to solve such a simple problem. It has always seemed to us that there is little to say in favor of piled up wealth and massed volumes of law that go on, year after year, and century after century, cheating men, women and children out of peace and security, plenty and happiness, and even of life itself. O the shame of it! A new system of thought, a new feeling of the heart must take hold of men and lead them to realize that they and society cannot afford the terrible shame of the under-privilege- d, the beaten down poor, the ignorant and the criminal. It is too expensive, too inhuman, too utterly un-christian. A New World will come only when the people, through an able and honest leadership, determine that it is desirable and worth having. mm- - As you read of, and believe in our policy, please comei forward with subscriptions or contributions to help fight the battle for your principles. a Political Items Pearson says Hon. AI Smith is coming out for Roosevelt for a fourth term. That will line up the Catholics. Now if the Miisons can be held i n line the election is as good as won. There are men who, for hire, travel about, on time pledged to the Master, speaking against the i overnment in almost iden-tically the same terms as the venomous Copperheads used against Lincoln. They should be answered. What would we not give for the freedom and means to do it! No Utahn that we know of has the patriotic cour-age to answer this violent de-famation of the government. They dare not lift their voices. 0 for a Thatcher, a Powers or a Roberts to make answer! Both political parties should strive to keep reactionaries off their tickets this year We must move forward not backward. It appears that there is something very wrong in Ogd-e- n. Can it be that the tenta-cles of the underworld have wound themselves around the city government? Why can't our sister city be a model of civic righteousnee (sic) like Salt Lake? Governor Maw, we're with yau on most matters, but we tell you hat you are wliolely wrong on the matter ' of stand-ing against the appoineed com-mittee to consider the of child welfare. Yes, you are dead .wrong and leaning tn the forces that are against all forms of welfare. Retrace your steps governor. Men of the vested interests in America, you should open your eyes and see the light before it is too late. Look to your Bible and read the economics of Moses and the spiritual prin-ciples of Jesus, and begin to apply them to business and in-dustry and you may yet save yourselves. FREE ENTERPRISE THAT KILLED BOTH THE SOUL AND THE BODY Free enterprise surely had one of its golden ages during the years 1783 to 1793 when the leading citizens of one large English city carried on such a traffic in Negro slavery that it brought a total income of 15,000,000 pounds! Human beings sold at a higher price then than now. One man was courageous enough to rise up and say that the traffic should be done away with. But Parliament objected and sided with the opinion expressed by one eloquent pleader who said: "So large a body of interests now depend on slavery that no equitable person would abolish it." This was the common view held by English-men and the traffic was being cultivated in America. And during these years and upwards of a hundred subsequent years they were transforming the bodies and souls of millions of little children into money by working them to death in mines and factories. This was the status quo. This was free enter-prise, sanctioned by the churches and encouraged by the state. Reactionaries today stand against change, against progress much like they did in those earlier times. The Nation's Drink Bill $46 Per Capita C. V. Hansen Editor Progressive Opinion: A report just issued by the Department of Commerce said this nation's drink bill for 1943 amounted to move than $6,000,000 000. This amount is 17 per cent above the nations drinking bill for 1939, and represents 7 cents out of every dol-lar the people spent for goods and services of all kinds. On a per capita basis, the outlay for alcoholic beverages amounted to $46 last year for every man, woman and child in the count-ry, compared with $39 in 1942 and $26 in 1939. In view of a statement made a few months ago by Secretary of the Trea-sury Morgftnthau that the amount of boot eg liquor being sold was something like half as much more as that sold through legitimate channels, it would seem that some Americans are doing a big job of drinking hooz". Stop Drinking. Stop Killing! Many thousands of people are killed each years, caused by drinking alcoholic beverages Stranger With a Plan. ' I Hi-- Pkl"C C OF Pi-A-O j When He told Peter to put up his sword He pointed a les-son to all humanity. He meant that if men would live by His philosophy there would be no need for swords and guns. He is still calling to mankind as He called to Jerusalem to come under H's protection. But they will not and so they ill have to endure the terrors of sword and pestilence and tribulations until they come to His way ONLY ONE PLAN OF ECONOMIC SALVATION BUT WORLD IS STILL STRANGER TO IT Throughout all the time of the Christian Era, and before, men have tried to frame new schemes for the uplift and progress of society. In doing this they have overlooked the one grand and perfect plan the social plan outlined by Jesus. This plan is the only one that will live and last throughout all time because it is built on love man's love of man. While man is doing a little to further this plan, he still, as one says, "sits like an owl on a dead limb upon the tree of knowledge and hoots the same old hoots that have been hooted for nine-teen hundred years." If the souls of all the millions of com-mon people could be searched and the secret yearnings of their hearts laid bare it would be found that there are as many persons literally hungering and thirsting for the fruits and sweets of the Master's plan of love as there are people starving for food. We are not afraid to say that society will never save itself, nor will men be able to establish permanent and universal peace and usher in a world-wid- e Brotherhood until they adopt this plan of love love one toward another. And that would be the complete fulfilling of the law. Had America thoroughly leavened the character of Washington into the hearts and lives of all its people and into all its institutions, and kept it there, its lag would, as the benign Father said, wave gloriously for a thous and years: What an example and what a legacy he left his peoplel Are we keepsng faith with him? THT RIGHT MAN ilti i ' Senator Elmer D. Thoma the Utah statesman, has receivd a signal honor by being ap-pointed chairman of a sub com-mittee to effectuate through-out the world the fourth free-dom freedom fiom want and to draft a constitution for a world organization to accomp-- 1 sh this purpose. And be has a progr-im- No better selec-tion could have been made. He has the ability and the heart and the "ision for this work and the country may expect good results. Utahns should be proud of this distinction coming to one of her sons. Their Work Is Military, Too '.. . S 1 tvw- - - i s Paradoxically as it may seem the term mining in its earliest use was applied to military undertakings. It referred to undermining or sap-ping operations. Later it came into its present in-dustrial meaning the removal of the earth's crust. It is broadly ap-plied to extraction of ores, milling, smelting and refining. Today, mining is practically a military undertaking. Virtually all of its products are going into mili-tary use in the nation's all-o- ef-- fort to win the war. For this reason mining has been given a high priority in regard to materials and manpower. Men who are engaged in the mining industry are patriotically doing their duty for their country. Workers In the industry have rightfully been called, "The First Soldiers of the Produc-tionFront- FEW MEN rlAVl. FAITH TO INVEST MONEY IN THEIR LESS FORTUNATE FELLOWS In the life of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the five greatest intellects of the world, we find that he was a por boy whose mother wanted to make him a farmer. Good as that would have been, it would Lave buried for all time so great a soul and so lofty a mind. He was unhappy in his simple surround- - ings and of himself ws unable to get into any other environ-ment. But an uncle came to his rescue and furnished him with means to go through college. Had it not been for the rich uncle's money and encouragement the world would never have heard of Newton and his mighty works. All through his-tory we find instances where a financial lift at the right time has saved to mankind many a priceless product of genius. But alas, how very few will give anything to talented but dis-couraged souls. There was one time in Lincoln's life when, had not a friend provided him free hospitality he might have turned out to be a common blacksmith instead of the political saviour that he was. Dear "Neighbor" Lund: Baha'i Program The Salt Lake City Baha'i Assembly announce a meeting in the Hogle Foundation, Room 506, Scott Building. The public is cordially invited. No charge. Adv Expanding Operations Adds To Utah War Effort New Park Mining company, Dtah's newest producer of metals. Is gradually increas-ing the weight of metal which it is turning into the war effort of the petal mining Industry of Utah by Its expanding efforts. New Park is the only mine of im-portance developed in Utah in the ;ast decade and was brought into production after more than a juarter of a century of spasmodic ievelopment which was retarded by much litigation. Ground that now comprises New Park was prospect-ed successively by the Glen Allen Mining company, the Park Galena Mining company and the Park Bingham Mining company. It re-quired years of pnspecting and the expenditure of hundreds of thou-sands of dollars to add this prop-erty to the list of producing com-panies. Today there is a noticeable ab-sence in Utah of the type of pros-pecting campaigns are being carried on by the smaller companies that develop resources and grow into the large industrial enterprises that support communities, state and nation. Since development of ore in com-mercial quantities at New Park which is situated in the eastern end of the Park City mining region, the management has expanded opera-tions until it is now an important contributor to the war effort of Utah. Besides its own properties, the company has taken over opera-tion of the Showers & Bowers property in the Tintic district, and this property has been placed on a producing basis. Much credit for development of the New Park must be given to W. H. H. Cranmer, who brought into consolidation various prop-erties that now comprise the com-pany, and who was successful in obtaining financing for bringing the mine into the productive stage. Not content with developing one producer, Mr. Canmer recently launched development for the com-pany at the Tintic properties. Legal Notices - The World's News Seen Through The Christian Science Monitor An International Daily Newspaper fMM by THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY One. Norway Street. Boston, Massachusetts and Iu W torial. Are Timely and Instructive Feature., Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make , the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. f Price 12.00 Yearly, or 1.00 a Month Section 260 a I ear. Saturday Issue, including Magazine Saturday Issue. 25 Cenu. Introductory Offer, 6 Obtainable at: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM 702 Mclntyre Bldg. i SaltLake City, Utah grwsJI Alfred Sorenson Progressive Jeweler 75 East Second South Jewelry, Watch. Kodak Repairing Over 40 Years In SALT LAKi3 CITY, I Something to Think About Geo. E. Manwaring. Editor Progressive Opinion: I have read carefully every item on the Editorial Page of the Progressive for March 17th with the result that I HAVE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. "Don'ts That Worry Us" is a "humdinger." It portrays' in vivid language the trials and tribulations of the editor of the average weekly newspaper. It reminds me of the time when the Baptists held a sort of free for all meeting in their Church and invited members of all denominations to attend. They advertised a well known minister from a neighboring city as the guest speaker. His difficulty was that he belonged to another faith and of necessity must tread softly but also carry a big stick. The church was packed to overflowing. The Chairman sat in the rostrum with the guest speaker and turn-ed to him from time to time to remind him that a delegation had just filed in from the Catholic Church, or the Methodists, or some other local members of other denominations, and that it would require considerable diplomacy on his part that it would be well to guard his words and weigh them carefully in order not to give offense. Finally in desperation, the speaker asked: "What on earth can I talk about?" "Well," answered the chairman, "you can talk about the Mormons. They haven't got any friends." Your trouble, as I view it, is that there is nothing left for you to write about if you hope to avoid criticism. I said in a recent letter that it wasn't even safe to write about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and you bet I meant that. Personally, I prefer Progressive Opinion and its Editor as is without any change. If you continue to tell the truth you will be unpopular with the crowd. If you switch over, cancel subs, probably without the formality of paying their bills. There is an old Biblical saying to the effect that "The way of the transgressor is hard," and that holds true of the reformer and the prophet. If you can continue to turn out stuff as good as "DON'TS" and the other editorials in the issue of the 17th on a diet of carrots, oatmeal and apples, God pity some of the malefactors if you get back on a red mead diet. T for r,ne wjn be glad to help furnish the carrots, oatmeal and apples. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING Notice of Stockholders' Spe-cial Meeting of the U. S. Metals Company, to be held at 207 East 3rd South St., Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, April 8, 1944, for the purpose of amending Article 8 of the Con-stitution and By-La- so as to read: The limit of the capital stock agreed upon is $100,000.00, di-vided into 2,000,000 shares of the par value of Five (05c) Cents each, and to transact any other business that may prop-erly come before the meeting. Called by the Vice-Preside- nt and the Secretary. O. W. Merritt, Secretary. Last Pub. Apr. 7. |