The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-01-27

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taxes are piled upon corporations or profteerng
business they will be unable to function efficiently
it is claimed But if taxes placed upon food and
clothing they will be paid for and women must eat
and clothes the state of society,
event
The advantage of sales tax from the viewpoint of
those who have that it compe citizen to bear
equal share of the of maintaining the
The rich mans family eats and but little if
than the poor family. The worker who
three dollars day WILL with sales tax operating, prob
ably pay much to the government as will Mr.. Rookie
feller whose stomach is weak whose creature de-
mands are extremely modest.
Those members of the legislature who imagine they
going hand the work of naming candidates
the political gangsters by repeating emasculating the
direct primary law, have another think coming. They
ought have enough know that seventyve
of the people want the primary law practically
it is and propose have it. Until the initiative and ref
erendum is repealed legislatures not omnpotent in
the matter of serving the gang. The people refer
their action and 1T without great trouble
Better let that primary law alone else make it MORE
effective, not LESS
Judge Pollock, sitting for Judge Lewis in Denver
permitted himself to interviewed the other day
among other interesting things delivered himself of the
opinion that prohibition important for the
existing crime We note that the Judge also
crbed the contributory- He recognized
that you spend four teaching to hate
kill rob- burn and destroy without creating lust
wrong that only eradicated by years of
trary teaching Now this editor not any degree
satisfied with the prohibition law and believes in mild
way may provoke to the commission of crime 1t adds
the general unrest and dissatisfaction But do not
believe it is material for the crime wave, unless
you who sobey the prohibition
criminals, and they not considered by the
average citizen Judge Pollock the verge
of revolution Perhaps But it will be precpitated
by want of food rather than for lack of BOOZE Write
mule factories will save us from deadly want.
The extra mill levy asked for the educational institu
tons of the state and granted by the voters will probably
a0 TO M s nseds bns the
great need Of minor college course section Ion and
though we gave the plan a heavy favorable vote The
speakers for the insisted that it to help
part of It % to Be rssd to meet or the ar
college.-Grand Junction Sentinel
The preversion of the funds itself is half
perncious wicked the of the beneciares
of the loot in expending it. Instead of conserving re-
sources and striving to the money in beneficial
manner each is earnestly seeking ways ex
pend 1t is perfectly natural for the Grand junction
people desire branch University, but there is no
pressing for such establishment until conditions
crowded present institutions The real
needs of the western slope may well be served by the
Gunnson Normal and certainly 1t should be fully
supplied with the necessary buildings and equipment be-
fore additional institutions should be established The
actual fact is that great mistake made in passing
the amendment permitting addition to the constu-
ona limit The voters should have known that the tax
eaters would sleep until they had provided ways
and for spending all that by any possibility
placed their hands. The mistake of giving them
has been made and be retracted but the
still open estop them from enargng their activities
in such to create conditions that in few
years will call fer st another bill for enlarged
tion, and that is what will be against if
branch institutions permitted be established at
this time II the word of the Educational Amendment
boosters Pledged in the campaign had been worth any
thing. they would today be striving to the money
given them not blow it and then call for As
matter of fact with everything going down with rush.
particularly the product of Colorado farms and ranches
it many that the increased called
upon to outrage, and believe Expenditures by
hired going be closely scrutinized fer
the next few years.
As evidence of the extremes to which some heads
of institutions prepared expend the easy
money which has them from this last boost
informed that certain slope insti
recently gave serious consideration plan
give free tuition and 500 bonus certain number of
pupils from each county in the state. The plan
deemed too for immediate and public
deferred least until after the Legislature adj
journs We believe in dispensing education widely, but
we believe the general public approves bribng
students accept it,
SAID THE SPIDER
The widespread and powerful defensive campaign
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