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Show 1 JlffiTfifttf (13lint mi C. N.Lund, Editor V I """"" ' " - A Liberal American VqVUJ Weekly. " ' ',.,, Entered ga Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah. Underthe Act of Congress of March 3. 1879.- - Uevoted to the idea that Economic Salvation must come through Spiritual Development and Uplift. VoLVILNo. 47 City Address, 217 David Keith Bldg Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, Dec. 10, 1943 , Subscription, $1.50 ta $5.00 a year" EDITORIALS THAT ARE WORTH READING AND REMEMBER fJG Some Things That Are Undermining The Government and Civilization. ("As we respect (he authorities in the nation ..and uphold and sustain the government, just in that proportion are we loyal citizens,"-Gosp- el Standards) WHY NOT PAUSE AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FAULTS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE? We deem it good to lift a voice of warning because it is surely needed. If the people only knew it they are sitting on a social volcano which may explode anytime with dis-astrous results. Nothing that follows here is exagerated, just the plain and unvarnished truth. The Home and Its Ruin The home is the rock foundation of government and civilization. When it goes, the nation goes. The country leads the world in divorce. While population has increased 110 per cent since 1867, divorce has increased 1000 per cent one divorce for every four marriages, three-fourt- of them started by alimony-seekin- g women and fee-seeki-lawyers. Sixty-tw- o per cent of. the nation's families have no children or but one child. Seventy-on- e per cent of the divorces come from homes that have no children. Parental authority has gone with the wind. The moral law is tramp-led in the dust. . Saloons and Drink We have 400,000 saloons and 300,000 other places where liquor is sold. Two saloons to every church, three saloons to every school, one saloon to every seventy-fiv- e families, one saloon for every fifty-on- e of our youths be-tween the ages f sixteen and twenty-fou- r. In 1941 we pro-duced 474,000,000 gallons of distilled liquor, a hundred mil-lion more than the year before. We pay $3,300,000,000 for liquor and $2,500,000,000 for education. The public should visit the night clubs on Sunday evenings and witness their degenerating influences. The Nightmare of Crime Last year the crime statistics ran to 14,000,000 petty crimes and 1,500,000 major crimes, touching 1,500,000 homes. A major crime is committed every twenty-thre- e seconds and a.murder every forty minutes. Seventy-thre- e per cent of crime is committed by boys and girls between the ages of seventeen and twenty-thre- e. Seven hundred thousand young people under twenty-on- e committed crimes which police had to handle. The annual crime bill is more than all our city, county, state and federal taxes put together ,$120 for every citizen Disunity, Disloyalty, Strikes, Race Hatred That we are a united country is not a fact. There are great cleavages of division which portend disaster. The spirit of leveling destruction lurks among many people. The spirit of .revolution, is rampant among certain elements.-Ther-is disloyalty in many places. Strikes are raising their ugly heads and may at any moment break forth with para-lyzing results. There is unrest, confusion, commotion and discontent. Inflation is at the door and greed stalks across the land like a destroying giant. Race hatred is awaiting the opportune moment to act. The handwriting is very plain on the walls of our great heritage. Will we take warn-ing, or will we meanly lose the last best hope of this earth ? ... m PERSONAL AND OTHER ITEMS OLD AGE PENSION MEETS The Utah State Old Age Pen-slo- n group meets Wednsiday 7:30, City Hall. Thursday 2 . nu 41 Post Office Place. TOWNSTBND CLUB MEETS The local Townsend Club No. 1, meets next Friday night at 7:30. Elks Hall, 109 Whst 4th South At the Dec 3 meeting officers for 1944 will be nominated and the election will held Friday evening, Dec 10. L. D. S. designed X-M-CARDS for Service Men and Missionaries. Limited supply Athalane Dadley, 40 So Main We have just received a good personal letter from Leon White, son of Mr and Mrs. C. L. White, who is a, the Amphi-bian Training Base at Little Creek. Va He likes it there and on liberty days he has vis-te- d Washington, D. C. He sends Chris! mas greetings and makes inquiry about friends. Not one soul in Galilee was penalized or reprimanded or criticised lor doing the follow-ing things to the Master, nor was the noble recipient any less noble for receiving them. ' For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and je gave me drink; 1 was a stranger and ye took me in; na-ked and ye clcthed mc; 1 was in prison aud ye visited me." A good Friend Mrs, C. F Kimball was in and put us on the way to a Christmas treat. She is the Widow of the late Solomon Kimball and will be 75 years old on Dec. 22, coming into life in time for Christmas. She is a good soul and knows a lot about Utah bisiory. Every day this month is Christmas day at this office. We are keeping open house and are in a very receptive mood for whatever gifts friends may give. PERSONAL Friend Roy Bundy of Mt. Trumbull, Ariz., sends his dues and greetings of the season. He asks a question which we pass on to the public: The. Book of Mormon says they had all things in common and that they dealt justly one" with another; what did they have to deal justly with if they had all things in common? Our good Friend Judge Dan-iel Harrington has passed to his eternal reward. A man he was, to all the people true. He visited us two weeks before he died and we could see that he was not long for this life. We read his heart and his soul and found him to be noble and manly. His place in the eter-nities will be a high one. Friend and Neighbor Wm. (Bill) King, gurdian of all that the city and county has, knows1 that a paper like this need sup. port in addition to regular sub-scriptions and he sees to it gets it. He's always paying and encouraging. His heart is right and he's never afraid to speak out in meeting or anywhere else He is with the aged and nnd against those who want to do away with assistance. Bless your soul, brother King, you are sure to be saved. Neighbor and Friend Mrs.M. Million is a faithful reader and always does her part for the eause. She is honest and con-scientious and takes a great in-terest in public questions and affairs. Her health is not the best.Mayshebe well and happy Neighbor Mrs. J. D. Boren is a good friend of the paper and eaoh year she brings us a supply of the merchandise in which she deals.bhfi goes about doing good. Friend and Neighbor JaGob Jensen of 663 Cox Place has proved his friendship more than once and we know that he is a good man. He and his sons are successful contractors with offices in the Ness Bldg. One of the sons has been called into the war service. Mrs. Jensen is not in the best of health as she suffers some with a nor vous ailment. Whenever there is a contri-bution to be made or a helping hand, you'll find Friend W. A. Hudson among the very first. And that's something and may his example inspire others. We can point to three coup-les who did their courting and lighted their troth on our of-f.- sofa,and now comus anoth-er. Friend Henri C. Flefher, in the sweet long ago when he was single, courted Miss Marie Teerlink.also single, and did the eourtingon that same sofa. But a dissagreeinent parted them. Both married. He took Ella to wife and death took her. Then he married Lou, of blessed memory, and the angel of death claimed her. Now, as both are single, they have sat down to-gether in the light of the old and golden memories.und pled-ged their trot i ane.v, the mar-riage to take p ace in due time Backward, turn backward O time in your flight, and bring us the days the N- D A. made blight. READERS' COMMUNICATIONS Some Thoughts and Opinions (Editor's Note While our columns are open to the ideas of readers, we reserve the right to make slight changes when the language is too strong or the ideas too radical. Each writer is solely responsible for his opinions.) SOME STINGS FROM A COPPERHEAD Editor Progressive Opinion: Since the article, "SHALL PEOPLE BE DIVIDED" was written and published I have heard many comments, mostly favorable, but one commentator was quite sure that the Deseret News did not refer to the present leadership of the United States. Well, let's look at the record. All of the quotations are taken from leading editorials in the Deseret News. Oct.. 14th. Referring to influences at work in the United States, this editorial writer says: "This influence IS IN LEADERSHIP largely alienin birth, in tradition, training and experience, possessing alien concepts and alien philosophies. With them are some American-bor- n rebel conspirators. They are said to swarm in government offi-ces, READY TO TAKE OVER." Nov. 12th and under the heading: "AND TO THINK THIS IS AMERICA," the editorial writer calls attention to this influence, repeats that lawyers are largely responsible for conditions, attacks the OPA and its directives and con-cludes with the following: . . . "By scuttling constitutional process and delivering ourselves into slavery for a crowd of 'ALIEN' TYRANTS." ,.. Nov. 15th and under the heading: "ANOTHER MAN DEFIES THIS REIGN OF TERROR," the editorial writer calls attention to the Alphabetical Bureaus pointed out by E. M. Biggers, Houston, Texas, and says: "Didn't he know that any one of a number of these federal agencies could close his shop and put him out of business for any reason, OR NO REASON? ... Didn't he know that America was in the throes of a revolution, AND THAT THE REBELS AGAINST THE AMERICAN WAY WERE IN THE BUR-EAUCRATIC SADDLE, USING A REIGN OF TERROR TO GAIN THEIR ENDS? ., . ." "And so we say another man has defied the reign of terror . . ." It is interesting to run down the list of great men and women who make up this "leadership" and direct the oper-ations of the United tSates government, men and women who are accused of being rebels, aliens, foreigners, tyrants, responsible for this alleged reign of terror. Heading the list is President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his cabinet. Space will not permit mentioning their names and qualifi-cations. Then there is the Congress of the United States 435 representatives and 96 senators, and hundreds of pa-triotic citizens who have responded to the call of duty-- and-wh-have made great financial sacrifices in order to respond to that call. Among these is Chas. E. Wilson, 40 years with General Electric and its president when called into service. He left a job and a salary of $175,000 per year to work for the government for $8,000. Then there is Wm. Jeffers, president of the Union Pacific Railroad ; Donald Nelson, Wm. Knudsen, James F. Byrnes, Fred M. Vinson, Bernard M. Baruch but why continue? Until the Deseret News furnishes "a bill of particulars" with their list of names, we will consider our case proved. George E. Manwaring POLITICS AND RELIGION DON'T MIX Editor Progressive Opinion. May I be privileged to add a word to Geo. E. Manwar-ing'-s contribution in which he gives us a mental picture of thousands of members of the Priesthood on the Temple grounds at the close of the October Conference ? He divides them in two parts as, Democrats and Republicans, and draws the inference that the present policy of the Deseret News place the paper and its owner, the Church, in the position of a house divided against itself, half of the mem-bers in conflict with the other half. Politics is a vile and corrupt institution, the prolific mother of lies, the cunning and deceptive handiwork of Satan. Should the Church become an integral part of the old body politics? Should its members be occupied in all kinds of business, big and small, for the express purpose of collecting interest and profits? From a Christ-doctrin- e viewpoint, then, are we not justified in the belief that the Church as a whole is, beyond all doubt, a house divided against itself, for surely one part is in conflict with the other part, both in politics and competition in business. Assuming the foregoing to be true, we may reasonably conclude that it is serving, or trying to serve, two masters. There are many other evidences that might be mentioned which, if considered from the principles of doctrine and precepts as taught by Jesus, would seem to support the belief. What is most needed today is less worldlmess and more spiritual food for which the masses of the people are hungering but are not getting: and the reason fo rthis de-plorable condition is that the hearts of all too many are set so much upon the things of this world. What is the result? Simply this: an epidemic of youth delinquency and a wide scope of adult degenercy, a disgraceful blotch on the fair pages of a Christian civilization. Where will tall the judgments? You say. Sylvester Earl Invest your CHRISTMAS saving? in Uncle Sam'a fy WAR BONDS. Keep on Backing-- the Attack. Alfred oorenson I Progressive Jeweler 75 East Seco'nd South Jewelry, Watch. Kodak Repairing Over 40 Years In SALT LAKE CITY, i Get $4 for $3 out of your IPfc CHRISTMAS savings in-- gS vest in WAR BONDS. Keep J on BACKING THE ATTACK. Jtjf THIS CHRlSTftI . """-- j. ti 'During the holidays, please use Jong Distance only if the call is vital War's in a hurry and it can't wait not even for the holidays The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. The big townsend plan Means Absolute Security and Permanent Security for Uld Age and Prosperity for the Country. Better come to the meetings every Friday night at j Elks Hall, 109 West 4th South, 7:30 P.M., and learn about this wonderful plan. A bill to make it law is now j, in Congress and if the people show they really want it the lawmakers will put it over. THE TOWNSEND PLAN IS THE HOPE FOR g POST WAR PROSPERITY , 3 Hazel Black, Sec y. I Wesley Jacques, Pres. when the gov-- B "If a country can cure unemployment emment orders guns and carriages for war, it can ana R CHRISTIAN I WORKERS' SUPPIES I Books New & Used, Plaques and Scripture Statements, j Gifts and Rewards ? Let Us Wrap Your Gilts ; jj 36 West, 2nd South Basement, Atlas Bldg. Every Life Throbs With Divinity The great poet, Walt Whitman, walked into a Civil war hospital one grey, dim daybreak and uncovered a soldier boy who had made the supreme sacrifice, and then ht wrote: "Young man I think 1 know you I think this face is of Christ himself, Dead and divine and brother of us all, and here again he lies." And looking upon the face of another boy, he said: "I could not keep the tears out of my eyes." There is a divinity shines in every life. Every birth is at-tended by unseen angels, and every child is a holy child. In that tent hospital of disease, wound and death, it took the eyes of a poet to see ttie divinity There are no great poets to loo into the faces or the dead boys in thjungle isles of the Pa-cific sea, but there is Some, ne who knows and watches every sacrifice, and who sees more than the poet. He takes home the s lirits of the heroic dead who are martyrs in his c use and who will be among those arrayed in white when He makes up His jewels. Great History Is Being Made The people of today are living in the midst of great historic-al events events which are far reaching and world moving At the conference of A'lie leaders in Cairo the main points of agreement are as follows: Japan must be utterly crushed as a military power. It must be stripped of all the territory it has acquired since 1894. Korea must be freed. None of I he three powers has any thought of territorial fxpansion. The points agreed upon at the conference of the big three in Iran are substantially as follows: The German millitary forces must be completely destroyed. There will be opera' ions against her from three sides and the attacks will be relentless and in-creasing. They will destroy the armies by land, the U beats by sea and the war plants from the air. The agreement will make for enduring peace. They seek the cooperation of all nations, large and small and invite them to participale in a world family of democratic nations. STRIVE FOR GOODNESS "The good alone deserves our attention. Build for the right. Inspire every soul with an irresistible desire for the right, and everything you do will add to the power that makes for freedom. Think of the good, live for the good, and the good only, and your life will be a light wherein darkness can never be." JusT: Plain Robbery It is not pleasant to note how the greedy middlemen soak the consumers and the farmers They are literally being gou-ged The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report based on 1936, but worse, I hey say today. It shows that housewives pay from three to ten t imes what the producer receives. A few items are: Co sinners in Texas paid SI. 67 for a sack of onions for which the farmer got 15c. Lettuce sold at S4 OS per crate while the giower got 58c. Tomatoes prices at S2.58 in St. Louis were purchased from the farmer for 52c. Potatoes bought from Idaho for 60c co-i- t the buyer in New Orleans $2.23. Apples from the Northwest for 2.35c retail which were bought from growers for 37c. Oranges priced at S4.85 a box in Baltimore were purchased in California for $1.25. These figures are rel able and are but a fen out of many. This should be our purpose in life: "To live the purest, the largest, the fairest, the most useful, the most beautiiul and the most spiritual life possible, just for today. To be our very best here and now. To fill the present moment with all the spiritual sunshine that we can possibly radiate through the crystal walls of love, peace, faith and joy." |