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Show PAGE TWO SUGAR HOUSE. UTAH THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3,1959 INDEPENDENT Playing Both Ends Against theMiddle MERLE RICHE A farmer, J. Evetts Haley, Jr., of Canyon, Okla., owes the govern-ment $506.11 because he harvested 473 bushels oi wheat without the government's - OK because he wanted to feed it to his own cattle. A farmer, Stan-ley Yankus, sold out and took off tc Australia because w llf ,.: 1 I nil .ml the government nnea mm $z,oao for raising his own chicken feed and grabbed his bank account of $1,701 for good measure. A farmer in Indiana had his tractor seized because he planted 16 more acres of wheat than the government said he could. A farmer in Pennsylvania had to pay Uncle Sam $404 for raising 24 acres of wheat to feed his cattle and the government threat-ened to sell his farm if he didn't pay. And yet, under this same law the government paid out one-and-one-- million dollars to a single corporation farm to prop up the price of the rice it produced. Under this same law the gov-ernment paid a California corpor-ation farm $854,450 in 1957 for growing cotton and another farm $125,942 for not growing cotton. Under this same law 2,422 large-size- d farmers received any-where from $10,000 to $322,000 for taking land out of production. Under this same law surplus crops have piled up that cost us over $1 billion dollars a year to store away. A group of midwestern Repub-licans together with some southern Democrats in Congress want to "strike government controls from the field of Agriculture". The National Council of Farmers for America do, too. And the big farm organizations have their own plans for licking this thing. Why not take a cue from this and write or wire your own Senators and Congressmen urging similar ac-tion? just like the Boss Man does--ju- st gripe. I got a gripe for this week and that is the right turn deal from 21st South on to Highland Drive. You know as you go east on 21st South there is a little cut-o- ff just before you get to Highland Drive where you drive down if you want to make a right turn. At the intersection of the cut-o- ff with the Drive there is a traffic signal. Now here is where my con-fusion comes in. When I am riding with some one who aint too smart, like the Boss Man, and we go down that little cut-o- ff and the light is red do we stop and then go ahead and make a right turn like the state law says you can or do we wait till the thing turns green before we go ahead? The law says go ahead after stopping unless otherwise posted but why would they have a red light on a corner where you can only make a right turn anyway unless they meant for you to stop until the green showed up. If this is all confusing to you dpnt blame me cause I'm confused about the sit-uati- on myself. I think they ought to put a sign up there telling us confused folks what we should do. I was ridin with the Boss Man the other day and when we got there the light was red so he stops wait-ing until it turned green and some one behind him began to honk the horn and then when we didn't move he (the honker that is) pulled around us and went ahead and made the turn. The Boss Man began to say things that he shouldn't have but that's all he did do cause he ain't very brave--th- e Boss Man that is. Paste Pot Palaver I sure got the tip-o- ff on what to write about in this column. Last week I said a few words about the traffic situation at 9th South and .State and that brought forth more comments than talk-ing about the weather does. In fact traffic seems to be something like the weather is talk-ing about it and everyone that talks about it is an expert. What I don't understand isthat if there is so durned many experts why is there so durned many problems. I don't think Til ever be an expert on anything so I am going to do Congress Owes Safety Legislation A recent discussion in the U. S. House of Representatives regarding legislation to require the installation of certain safety features on automobiles brought out some statistics that are pertinent to everyone. Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama in his talk favoring the legislation mentioned these facts: "In 1957, 38,702 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents in the United States. There were almost three times as many males as females. Of the Male deaths almost one-four- th were in the age group 15 to 24 "Of all the young men aged 15 to 24 who died in 1957, 40 per cent were killed in motor vehicle accidents.' "During the 12 --months period from July 1957 through June 1958 almost 5 million persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents. "Of the persons who were injured during this period, 890,000 were hospitalized because of motor vehicle accidents. essential device of American living is now injuring to a degree that medical or hospital treatment is required for 4,200,000 American citizens each year. We know that in 12 months this disease in injury and death in motor vehicle accidents has accounted for 92 MILLION PERSON DAYS OF RESTRICTED ACTIVITY, 20 MILLION PERSON DAYS OF BED DISABILITY AT HOSPITALS OR IN HOMES, 32 MILLION MAN DAYS OF LOST WORKTIME. AND 2 MILLION ' PERSON DAYS OF LOST SCHOOL ACTIVITY MARK YOU WELL, THIS IS THE PRICE OF ONLY 1 SHORT YEAR. The main objection to any legislation requiring safety devices such as seat belts, rollover strength in roof and 43 other recommended features is by the automobile manufacturers. They claim that such laws would put the Federal Government in the business of designing cars and give the Government a control over private business. This must certainly be avoided but since the Government does prescribe standards for foods and drugs, construction of refrigerators and many other precautions for the public's protection, without undue interference with private business the argument is not logical. There is also the argument that installation of such equipment would increase the cost of the car at least $750.00 and thereby work a hardship on the citizens of the country. This could easily be avoided by the elimination of all the unnecessary trim and excessive metal and cost due to the extreme design that has no part in the function of the car. If the automobile manufactors, themselves, will not accept th e responsibility of installing enough safety devices to adequately protect our lives then they must expect legislation to force them to do so. Legal Notices To Mortgagor by Mortgagee In proceeding to forclosure and sale. By virtue of a chattel mortgage executed by Wayne Chynoweth dated the 5?h day of December, 1958, and upon which default has been made and upon which is due . $1,359.41. we will expose for sale at public auction on September 3rd, 1959, at 1:00 o'clock, at Budget Finance Co., 1063 East 21st South, Salt Lake City. Utah, certain pro-perty mentioned in said mortgage as follows, to wit: One 1957 custom Ford V-- 8 4-d- sedan with automatic transmission, radio, heater, light blue in color. " Motor D7PG160307 The terms of the sale will be made known on the day of the sale. ' Budget Finance Co. 1063 E. 21st So. Salt Lake City, Utah Larry Buck, Manager. Publishing dates: August 27 and September 3, 1959. To- - Mortgagor by Mortgage in proceeding to foreclosure and sale. By virtue of a chattel mortgage executed by Walter Ramseyer and John Ramseyer, 350 E. 900 So., Murray, Utah dated the 20th day of March, 1959, and upon which default has been made and upon which is due $863.85, we will expose for sale at public auction on Sept. 4th, 1959 at 2:00 o'clock at Miller Finance Co., 373 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, certain property mentioned in said mortgage as follows, to wit: 1959 BSA Motorcycle Serial CA 1010320 EA 3249 The terms of the sale will be made known on the day of the sale. Earl Johnson, Auctioneer. Publishing dates: August 27th and Sept. 3rd, 1959. Letters to the Editor Gentlemen: Although some of your sarcastic editorials about the government of Salt Lake and Utah have nauseated me, I would like you to change my mailing address to J. M. Despain (formerly of Salt Lake City) now in Denver, Colorado. Bond Issue Plus Tax Increase JOHN HUMMEL A recent release of the Utah Taxpayers Assn. reports that the people of Salt Lake City will pay in taxes mis year $19,522,000. Of this amount the schools will receive the sum of $10,430,000; 53ft of the total tax bill and an in-crease of 220 over last year's I ciety to do good to some of the people? The primary objective of government is the protection of the citizenry against such crimes of violence as robbery. But now that the government itself is en-gaged in banditry, to whom can we turn for protection? It has been truly said that the Forgotten Commandment is, "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." For it is no less stealing if we rob our neighbor through our govern-ment legislators, than it is if we bypass the legislature and deal directly with the victim himself. The board of education, not being satisfied with getting the lion's share of all local tax monies for the schools has now called for a $5.5 million bond vote for September 15th. When is the voracious appetite of the educ-ators to be satiated? Apparently not until they have picked the last scrap from the carcass of the taxpayer. If we returned to a system of private schools our educators would not need to use the weapon of the government to meet their needs. Indeed, a lot of frill courses such as driver education, basket weaving, fenc-ing, and the various life adjust-ment courses to make Johnny fit into society would be dropped im-mediately. It appears that a big resounding NO!, the louder the better, is in-dicated for the school bond issue. share of the plunder. 1 he increase in the school taxes is due in large part to the action of the state legislature increasing the state school levy from one mill last year to six and one tenth mills for 1959, an increase of 6100. Gov. George D. Clyde, com-menting on the mill increase said, "I felt and I now feel that the people of the state through their elected representatives had clear-ly indicated their desire for in-creased state support of the Uni-form school program. I also be-lieve that the people should be pre-- . pared cheerfully to pay for the program which they wanted and which they got." The governor's assumption that the irresponsible actions of our "elected representatives" consti-tutes the voice of the people is stretching the point behond reason. True, it should be the voice of the people. I would suggest that the legislature was representing a militant and vociferous pressure group, rather than the people. I am reminded of the case of the Grandmother Bandit of a few years ago who robbed sev-eral banks in California. When finally apprehended she said she was only doing it to send her daughter to college. Do we now have Grandmother Bandits in the forms of our local, state and federal governments robbing so- - Hell and High Taxes HELL AND HIGH TAXES Tax the farmer, tax his fowl, Tax the dog, tax his howl; Tax the hen and tax her egg, Let the poor old farmer beg. Tax the pig and tax his squeals, Tax his boots run down at heels, Tex his plow and taxliis clothes, Tax the rags that wipe his nose. Tax his home and tax his bed, Tax the bald spot on his head; Tax the ox and tax the ass, Tax his "Henry", tax his gas, Tax the road that he must pass, Make him travel on the grass; Tax his cow, and tax her calf, Tax him if he dares to laugh. He is but a common man So tax the poor cuss all you can. Tax the laborer, but be discreet, Tax the shoes right off his feet. Tax his bread, tax his meat, Tax him for walking on the street; Tax the payroll, tax the sale. Tax all his hard - earned paper kale, Tax his pipe, tax his smoke, Teach him government is no joke; Tax the coffins, tax the shrouds, Tax the souls beyond' the clouds, Tax all business, tax all stocks, Tax the living, tax the dead, Tax the unborn before they're fed. Tax the water, tax the air, Tax the sunlight if you dare. Tax 'em all, and tax ern well, And do your best to make life HELL! -- Unknown. YouVe Probably Been Lucky So Far. . but any day or night your irreplaceable valuables may be lost through misplacement, theft or fire. How is the time to put your valuables in a j25S. fac-pro- f theft-pro- of jCK SAFE DEPOSIT BOX You'll find it will pay you many times over to keep such valuables as these in a Safe Deposit Box: Insurance Policies Family Heirlooms Marriage Certificate Car Titles Birth Certificates . Contracts and Leases Stock Certificates Your Will U. S. Savings Bonds Military Service Records Deeds 0 Bills of Sale Fir Security Bank o Idaho, N.A. Fire! 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