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Hp 4 . GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. t r . H When you are ready to con- BL sider the selection of a Talk- H ing Machine, do not fail to H hear the I Victrolas Clark's Hj We have all the records of Hi the World's Greatest Artists H and deal in Victrolas and H Records exclusively. Come H in and let us entertain you. I John Elliott Clark Go, H 150 ,S. Main. Phone W. 3275 H, ' From January to December H a year of economy if you H burn - If prj fl IBS ijjji fift uflSl Mi V. A. McDERMID President M J. D. L.T3WIS VIeo-Presldont V D. H. CANNON.. Soc'y and Trens. l R. S. LEWIS Manager I Marsh Goal I Company H' f All Sizes of the Is HMj Best Steam and Domestic H "Coals. Anthracite, Coke, H Kindling. Auto Trucks and H j Teams for good service. ;. ' J Office: riioncHi H, 3 , 15 KxchniSKC PI. AViih. 105-100 If ' present to occupy his full attention. On the other hand, the practical plan to adopt would bo to abolish thcex-offlcio membership of the road commission and provide for salaried members ,each one to be a competent road engineer. When this is done a marked improvement will be noted in the accomplishments of the department. The message devotes considerable attention to the protection of labor .along sane and sensible lines. The recommendation that a compensation act be passed that will "protect the rights of both employers and employees and pro vide a just and reasonable compensation for those injured in the course of their legitimate employment" commends itseli to the support of all fair-minded citzens; as does the further recommendation that there bo incorporated into the state law provisions "securing to working men the rights and privileges of voluntary association for their protection and welfare." The governor is of the opinion that it is "within the province of the legis lature to investigate and attempt to determine the real causes for the advances irt the prices of the necessaries of life" and suggests that it provide a remedy in cases where an advance in food prices is "due to a conspiracy on the part of producers or dealers, or both, to curtail the supply or artificially stimulate the demand." It's a good idea and we hope that it can be put into execution. In the matter of elections, the recommendation is made that judges be selected at a special election and that .the election be made non-partisan. This should be done. The legislature is" urged to observe the mandate of the con stitution and pass an "appropriate" initiative and referendum measure what ever that may mean. The enactment of a stringent corrupt practices law Is recommended, one "forbidding the use of vehicles by political organizations for the purpose of taking voters to registration places and to polling places, limit ing the amount which may be expended in a political campaign, restricting the number of paid workers and providing for the publication of cam paign contributions and expenditures." Such a law is altogether desirable, and will probably be enacted in some form or other. It is fortunate, indeed, in this respect at least, that ex-post facto legislation is prohibited by the constitution. The suggestion for a reappointment of legislative representation is timely, and the proposal that separate districts be created for the individual represen tatives is also worth considering. We trust that the governor will hold suffi cient influence over the "cow county" members to write this law into the stat utes at this session. Judged in its entirety, the message makes a fair measure of the needs of the people of tills state. However, it is not to be expected that all of the recom mendations will be enacted into law. If they were, it would be interesting to speculate at to just what would become of the promised "economy" in the ad g mhiistration of the state's affairs. A DEPARTMENT OF AGITA TION "THE national Committee on Industrial Relations, of which Mr. Walsh, the well-known labor politician, is the chairman, did not, as many have sup posed, pass into innocuous desuetude after the publication of its famous report of last year. It is still under mandate of governmental authority and doing business in the spirit of last year's pronouncement, with headquarters at 320 Broadway, New York City. One of its functions now is the issuance under governmental authority and at government expense of "bulletins" dealing with industrial disputes the country over. An issue of this kind. dated "December" illustrates the the spirit in which the work of this commission is being carried on. We excerpt as follows: "The cynical and brutal truth about the killing last month of fourteen or more of the workers who were attempting to land at the dock in Everett, Wash ington, to hold a free speech meeting in that lumber town, is coming into pos session of the National Labor and Defense Council. The men were killed out side of all forms of law by a sheriff and a mob of deputies and gunmen, com mercial club members, and a riff raff of Everet and nearby cities. "In the final analysis it will be found these cowards in Everett who, with out right or justification, shot into the crowd on the boat were the murderers, and not the I. W. W.'s. "The men who met the I. W. W.'s at the boat were a bunch of cowards. They outnumbered the I. W. W.'s five to one, and in spite of this they stood there on the dock and fired Into the boat, I. W. W.'s, innocent passengers and all. "The most of the men who were killed, and the two-score or more of those who were wounded, happened to be members of the Industrial Woikers of the World. They wertf shot in cowardly, cold-blooded fashion." The United States government by maintaining this so-called industrial commission and by permitting and paying for its fulminations is giving some thing more than a quasi-endorsement to a destructive and revolutionary pro paganda. Literally it is maintaining a department of agitation. It is part of the price we are paying for the support of Mr. Wilson by Mr. Gompers and his followers in the elections of 1912 and 191G. The Argonaut. PESSIMISTIC Mrs. Green. They seem to think the war will be over very soon now, Mrs. 'Arris. Mrs. Harris. I shouldn't be surprised, Mr3. Green; twenty-five shillings a week and me 'usband away; I always said it was too good to last. The Sketch. SaltLake Theatre 3 Nights and Matinee, starting Thursday, Jan. 18. "Here, the Visitors Told Them selves, Was the Real West." The Winning of Barbara Worth The strongest Book Play In a Decade. Beautiful Scenery, and a Pow ful Cast. Prices: Evening, 25c to $1.50. Matinee: 25c to 75c. Exclusive Baths for Ladies and Gentlemen The Weaver Institute, Suite 221-22-23-24-25, Brooks Ar cade, corner State St. and Broadway, is prepared to give electric, Vapor, Tur kish, Persian and Dry-hot-air Baths to exclusive peo ple. We cater only to the best. Skilled masseurs al ways in attendance. Terms, on application. 4 THE WEAVER INSTITUTE Phone Wasatch 6003 Capital Is Power "Whoever has a sixpence is sov ereign over all men to the extent of that sixpence; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to guard over him to the extent of that sixpence." Carlyle. A bank balance is stored-up power, strength, resource; it gives confidence, security, pro tection as nothing else does. Power begins when Saving be gins. tMEumacK & OoJBamkki ESTABLISHED 1875 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ?900.W0iW