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Show (CAN THE TAXES BE REDUCED Kftrnicrs nnd Tiajcrs Sny Yes mid I' lVllllini (ho Legislature I, Accordingly. t I- probably tha most Important movc-I movc-I ucnt tlmt has boon lnunchcd for n I long time was tho question looking to I' reduction to tho present high mid I t,urdcnnom3 taxes, that wns lnunchcd I jt tho farmers' and tnxpnyors meet-I meet-I Ing. held In tho City Hull, Wednesday 'evening. Whllo tho meeting was cn.ll-l'(d cn.ll-l'(d under tho auspices of tho local I Farmers' Society of Equity, It wns In I tended for tho taxpayers of tho com. I nunlty. "ho comfortably filled the I City Hnll nIul showed deep Interest I n tho discussions. I W. I) Stewart was elected chulr-I chulr-I man of tho mqctlng, and E. A. Mor. I gan secretary. I Alma Greenwood gave nn address I on "the lucqultablo Assessment of I Taxes," and certainly satisfied his I itidlence that tho present system of I taittloii was anything but equitable. I He contended that taxes should be I chiefly assessed on property, because I of Its productivity, that homes, farms I ind real estate generally, should not I be assessed ns high ns other proper-I proper-I tr tlmt was earning more money. He I inv attention to tho fact that on I many farms tho taxes were more than I fifty per cent of what they wero rent I ed for. Ho road tho law, which snys I that ossessmenta must bo made ut I the valuo that tho property would I bring If it was being sold by u sol-I sol-I rent debtor. After this, ho contrnst-I contrnst-I cd the valuation of tho railroads and I other corpornto property at about onc-I onc-I fourth of Its ronl value, compared I with mi assessed valuation of about I list)' per cent on the farms and I bomes. Hho showed from accepted I reports that In tho banks of tho state I there was $84,000,000 of dollars of which thcro was but $12,000,000 on I 'tho assessment lists, yet nil of this I vai earning money and was really tho I best nhlo to pay Icxcb. Tho sheep of I the stnto Imvo a real vntao of $11,000,-I $11,000,-I WO, yet they are assessed at less than I D.OOO.OOQ. Tho mines of tho state I produce ovpr 7 millions In dividends I ;ti tho total assessment was less thai tn'milllon Ho compareeP Jho'metri od of nssooslng mines with that ol nscs-tlng farms, and showed that II tho unmet method was used with thr Utter that was used with tho former, form-er, tho farmer would not pay n tithing tith-ing of what ho now pnys. Ho showed the samo condition to obtain with the power companies, tho railroads and the telephono companies. was the fnct that on tho ono hand Incompetent or Inexperienced deputies depu-ties do tho assessing, and nro chosen Iwcnusc of their being good political henchmen, whllo on tho other hand the final power of raising or lowering theso assessments lies with only lour men, who also lmvo tho sole power to llx tho nsossment that the Ug coiporatlons should pay. He ihowod that theso corporations arc iiiuscd In some instances, at lesr than one-fourth what thoy are asses. Ud In our sister adjoining states. Mr (icorgo l Shelley's subject win "Expenditures of Tax Rovchuob foi State, County and City Purposes, Cni They lie Reduced?" He fontt mlpil thnt tho ordinary pub He ser nit was too lax In practicing econoiic and generally was mucl -more xiiiiviiwiiit with tho pulillt -"funds Hum he was with his private fairs Then 1 3 a general sentiment Wiik r.isiiMfd that In order to gut ronitx-t in men to llll tho alllces, high Mlnrh . uiiiBt bo paid, but he hat' ntrcr t witnessed u dearth of can dldat-t. about election time. HU JudgiMiit-t i is that tho ordinary oilier Wdrr v is u much larger salary thai does Hi. iiventgo man who pays the taxes He a.iiiinlttcd t)io following list ol alarM ..r statu omclnls, giving their alaint in lioo mid tlioBo n-celvoe' In 1DI.- 11)00 HU! Govern. . $'J,000 $0,001 Coicrit..i h Secretary .. 1.C00 2,r.0C Sec,y "i State 2,000 4,00( Aditoi l.r.on 3,000 ffensiu i 1,000 2,G0( A"" . rnl 1,500 4,001 Suprem, Court Judge . 1,000 r,,00C 1)1,1 lurt Judges .... 3,000 4,00( Ilcslii. , this, each olllclal has n" ro ,ni' oi ..aclstunts, which permit' "i" I"- ipul to engogo In other IiubI IK' tl. nalilra him to greatly In-trtaa.. In-trtaa.. i Blnry ml(l ,,,, ,,y th "Mo v ii. governor of Utah getB i tm i ,-r Hillary than lu paid tli-lv'rK' tli-lv'rK' .ovcinor of othor Btutos, "hi , , ,! of wliotliar there cm " ' i conoiny shown In oi hooi ,,., W,ci, waa t(, inV( " di 88r,i ,y w. 13. UobliiBon " In .i iiuHMeil t u meeting to li 'di, m tt,ui rcBolutlons will hi Pa " Iviug tho legislature t remedy tho oxistlng tax evils. Messrs Alma Greenwood, K. A. Morgan Mor-gan and George 1 Shelley wero appointed ap-pointed a commlttco to draft tho reso-lutlons. |