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Show COGA'N (UiIjAH)' CACHE VALLEY DAILY oi a the proposed et mo at mice state In attirmlc amendments to I tabs Constitution that altect metham heartiK m favot o everyone ods of taxationof them and intend to ote 'A i 8 opposite each tax amendmuit at next I uexdav s dufon 1 It e erv I home-owne- grower, every s sm s Cl VfVKAT? ( t'lir fiiilnuiiui Irihi totnt'inih the piupu'td f luh h Irani t amendmt nl ' hi the (mn'liluiion Gem qe M. ( i muon, ihairman of the Committee on taxation and pnhln d bt m the tonslilntion toinni-tini- i ninth fiamed the pn 'tut u iii'tilutwn) - cvciv r, meuhant tanner, every stock other owner of tax awake to the situation, 'x tor cavil of these anel every hearing tangible propertx lie and she will also 'ote amendments. is '1 'I his is an nppoitunitv to so amend our Constitution that all shall he made to bear part of the expense of state and local government. ee safe-guar- d to.-th- s m 1 723,-052,97- s prb-pert- v tvven-tv-fiv- one-ha- e lf in ilion. home owner, farmer and other tangible I)o not let those who with vou to property owner still bear more than vour lair share of the- tax load they parade scare vou about the following before vou. over-loade- d - hug-bear- m ? s s liixt: J hex wain vou that vou cannot trust the Well, now how about legislature to treat vou tight the elects Who that? legislators and whose servants are they ? You elect them and vou alone can call them to account. Members ot the I louse are onlv elected tor two vears, and if thev displease vou vou can m two vears replace them. Members of the state Senate r term of o f ice but half of the memha' e a bers retire every two vears And so vou can qutcklv ovv as a change the .Senate if not to vour liking. matter of fact I would sooner trust the legislators of Utah to make laws taxing mv propertv than mam of those whose crocodile tears now flood their brazen faces lest I and vou are gmn to be taxed in too main four-yea- wavs. aM M They are terribly atiaid that every MUST and woman will have to pay M Y PAY, they sav, an income tax! poor man I V not Well, the United States has had an income for more than ten vears. Who of you poor home ow nets, farmers or laborers has had to pay the income tax? None. I hen none need now be frightened about an income tax. I he amendments if passed provides that deductios, exemptions and or ol t sets may he made by the legislature on anv tax based on income. tax-no- objectors to the amendments who have homes will also have to pay a tax on on mortgages am myself utterly opposed to a the mortgage. direct tax on mortgages unless from the valuation of property mortgaged the owner is allowed to deduct an amount equal to the mortgage taxed. 1 t T? iTTdx) LA& rr-zsCC7 rn ir 1 cant afford to join hands with the vested interests and g vote against the amendments. One point suggests;! hv opponents ot the amendol the present is that this is a Seheim to get more money to spend and not a plan I op shame to help the tax paver aheadv ov I his muter is not a new. to make such a claim' idea vv ith our gov ernoi s. state-official- s erbu-elene- d. he early years ot statehood slid not make the same demand upon the state tretsurv as have done the needs ot our later viaix. bo that no vei radical changes were felt necessaiv until the administrations of (iov. William Spiv. Hut during his term of office the need of change became acute: and not he alone but all governors snue includ.iig prestnr Kov (ieorje II. Dem have advocated such changes as would le.uh the tax dodger m I tab and make him pay his fair share ("nothing mote) and apply amounts thus received to relief of oveibuidened tangible property ta.x payers. Why. so careful were our constitution makers to hold down expenditure that we eould not even undertake to build our splendid state capitol until the debt limit m the constitution had been raised by amendment. J to place a tax on intangibles which so long have gone free while the farmers, slockgrowers, merchants and home owners have had to carry the entire lax burden. And when these alarmists flaunt before you the scarecrow that taxes on your home, your tarmv your store or anything else tangible may be raised, just remember that the present t ate tor state general purs mills on the dollar fless poses is two and than ot a cent) and is not changed by the amendments it they all pass. & four-tenth- one-quart- If you listen to the large, selfish corporations and their Was state chairman of the am a Republican. Republican party the year we gamed statehood, and was that ve.tr elected by the Republican legislature-firs-t president ot the state Senate ot I tah. hirelings, there never will come a time when intangibles should be taxed. Ot course not! They want you to do I am proud of mv position on every public question that has come betoie the people not only in the constitutional convention and the lirst legislature but I have never vote in every election since tor George II. Dern tor governor but I have lead his appeal to you voters ot I tah, and listened to his address over radio voicing the same sentiments and honor and admire his attitude as that ol a man who has placed dutv to the people- of I tah above personal interest and above the petsonal mteiest ot many dose tr.ends I desire to quote and to mdorse two buef paragraphs all the paying so they can continue to live in ease and luxury. 1 1 - in his addics,- The ONLY WAY to help equalize that burden is to - If the will help the the bus ible propertv tax uvision plm will help anybody it homy owner, the taimet, the minut.u-turer- , ness man. and all other owners ot tangwhich cannot be locked up m a sate deposit box white thi assessor c innot Imd it "It the pl. Will hurt anybody owner of seem to which cm cask the assc ssoi i In hint the h.dden tm a will ii . I he amendment 5) providing thtt pait of taxes from new sources shall be allocated to state dist c sed trict school lund has bet n as t gttedv attempt of our cdticatois to secure more and unnecessary money. It tin, amendment enables 'hose who live in sparsely settled and m poor districts to gwe tile of our state equal opportunities m those d stricts with those in wealthier section, ot the state, success should attend the t tm t. fo, c t ii . chi-dre- Again FACE FIVE THE COMMON PEOPLE I One purpose of amendments ottered is to make the owners of even kind of piopertv that has value, and that is used for purposes other than those usually exempt under the laws ot the United Stages and of the majority of the states that make up our nation, bear its full share of the expense ot government and thus take off part of the burden now borne by the tt m Hut the amendments ptopuse as p ssib!e ttiothe1 wav ot rcuhmg the imutgup- holder and that is on his income ttom the moitgage and (torn all his other it uds, up to date no mutgage hold piotus1 Now, been has iMe to avoid rli.tr k ml ot tax, possible it cr the ameinlim nts pass, nor has lu been able to pass it on to (I e home owner ot the piopeitv moitgagcd Don t It! then si.ue you' left to then own good common senst the cople ot I tab would pass these J lie v .rue mime nts ilmost unanimously art mt m.iu. but they .lie tile vvoik ot qu.lhtice. S'uelcllts eil taxation, expeits lined hv out st etc, a mi of the committees both braiuhts ot our legislation, and tmui'n atnl coasted into liw and sent to vou toi vour passed approval by an overwhelming maturity ot the legislature m soec d session, ami by our governor. ments of many of the obteetors to the change Constitution has suddenk become Utah's proposed a splendid bulwaik and a against the posof future legislasome action unfair sible unwise and ture. As one who helped frame the article on taxation in our Constitution I naturally hae a respect work of the members of that Constitutional Convention. Hut let us all realize how the world and its affairs and pet pie luxe changed since that ConstituI hat was 35 years tion was written and accepted. a centurx, more of third than a In more that ago. worthwhile inventions and conveniences and comforts resulting therefrom have come us than m any hundred ears before. At that time not half a dozen automobiles had ever been seen in Utah. Wireless telegr he entire tangipry and radio was then unknown. ble wealth of Utah in ISOs assessed at 97,983,525. In 1929 this tanglible wealth was assessed at an increase ot 625,069,445. Under the subject to certain Constitution intangible propel tv exemptions which iiuludc all mortgages) is now supposed to lie assessed just as tangible propertv and at the same rate. Hut what has been the practice.'' The The total value ot intangible pmpertv in 1929 was assessed at 7,655.781; so that while tangible has increased noie than six hundred and mi ion dollars, the total intangible propertv in 1929 was onlv a total of a little over seven and In the MAVBW Wv i ii : T'D p 8S2SSI8SSISSSHSSS"SaBS5S5SSSJSSS5SSSSSSSSaSSS55SiiiaBgiiiiaiISiSBBillHtISiIIfiSiaMlSHJ sm TTTR if n J As a class the school tcuhers do m ue tor the money they restive titan mv other vvoikcis it our m their chosen community. 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