The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-01-05
copyriGht, wsstsm Newspaper Union
BY EDWARD G. LOWRY

active for a number Of year, but thoy
are keeping up their D, -aoanoi In antici-
patton OF work In the furura. We could
rave 500 10000 a year, Ia my Judgment,
by doing sway with useless bureaus ana
duplication OF activities.
Some OF the Implications are ridicu-
loua and absurd. For instance, the gov
eminent seeks 70 protect the wild animals
In the national parks. II u brown kadiah
bear has twin cubs, ono brown and one
black. as often happenr. and one should
shoot the brown cub ne must make hie
settlement with ono department, but n
he shoots lts full brother. the black cub.
he must settle with another department.
II you were TO shoot a fox IN Alaska your
settlement would be With the Department
OF Agriculture. whlle II you trapped the
same fox you must make your settlement
with the Department OF Commerce.
The government issued last year
through ita severfi bureaus and depart
ments 10 cookbooks. The last one that
WI ' isfued was published by the board
OF vocational edacntion. This "a n hoard
organised by the congress for the purpose
OF rehabilitatinE crippled soldiers Of tho
World war. 20 prevent, az far an possible,
their becoming dereiicts IN life. II
may be OF interest TO state that while the
government has been issuing i6 cook books
and consuming vast quantities OF print
paper In these and similar useless publ
cations. 800 country town newspapers
have Suspended IN the last three months
because they could not secure print paper.
Mr.. Peavis and a great many others
have sensed the feeling In the coun-
try and In congress that the time has
come to put an end to all this sort
Of u,ing. He gives reasons for his
belief:
oas OF the reasons IN that the people
demand that their taxation be reduced.
lNr many years We have been collecting
he revenues OF this government through
systems OF Indirect taxation. The revo-
uues have been collected through a pro-
tective tariff and by excise taxation %
Intoxicating LIQUORS, Indirect taxation %
this kind prevents the people from roaiin.
Ing fully Just who Ia paying the expenses
OF the government. There was a time
when the expenses OF the government
amounted 60 only Y cents per capita per
year. Today the annual per capita ex-
penHe exceeds $40. This tremendous ex-
pcnse has made Il necessary 10 resort TO
direct taxation. and tho people have mud
denly become painfully aware OF who
pays the expenses OF the government.
am very certain that the elimination
OF Implications and overlapping IN the de-
partments will result In the saving Of
millions OF dollars There 10 no reason
why II should not be done.
There In every reason, In the presonce
OF the strife and turmoil that prevail In
this country and OF the unrest occasioned
by the high cost OF the necessarieB OF life.
that the government should be put upon
a sane. efficient and economical basla
Whoever by public clamor or other
means can induce congress and the
executive departments 70 organize the
routine business OF the national gov
eminent will have performed great
public service. Note that I say "or-
ganlze" and not "reorganize." for In
no proper sense has the federal busJ-
] ness ever been organized.