Show r HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS Three things suggested b by tho the state board of f equalization i t tl tion on n should be enacted Into law Jaw by the coming legislature C One is the hc election of oC assessors for a year four instead of a year two term another Is making public in the 1 money P. P hands hands' of pf elected treasurers earn some Interest Interest- for forthe the i people And the third Is the reform in the tho matter of special special assessments for sidewalk and other street improvements im Jm- im- im The board points out In a very lucid manner the Importance of an as e ors or's duties the Intricate and difficult dIff dIff- cult p problems that that are arc presented to him and the 0 his doing as valuable service for tho the people Irl IrUa irta a 4 f year two-year term as he could if his term were twice as ns long hang k r I In Inthe the assessment of or property for tor purposes of or taxation t. t a D. good deal depends on the tho officials official's familiarity wl with h t. Ij-t. a actual iu jui t conditions conditions- a thing he can can can- not cannot not acquire except b by bythe th the performance p nce or of the w work r It Is not beyond the ability t r man nan but it takes t tin time for him to lo familiarize c hims himself l with th the th details of ot ft it And hie he can be vastly more I u useful to o U the e public in a n long than in itt a n short term If if h he he e be be bea a D. good man If It he be bad there are ways In which he can be lifted out of or office Du But If it there is argument arg J mont ment ent anywhere for tor the tho retention of ot a man In o office rrt co ou those reasons apply with especial force torce In the I I Ct ck case S of or an an nn assessor I Treasurers elected by lii the tho public and entrusted entrust d with f Ju public lIc money moncy should hould not use UliC It tor for their own private gain A As a n. rule they do Tho mane mone money by no means lies Idle It tR employed In the regular course or business I In inh h F. V the thc treasurer is IH engaged It may be safe re enough mou n but It IL amounts to ta this The rue public supplies es tho the business concern with Avith capital on which to operate i c There arc are many thousands of dollars of ot the public I funds In the hands of various treasurers In this state stale In no case hoes does the p public g get t any benefit from it It and yet ct It IK JK the money of the public If H. H any anyone one Is to derive a n. benefit from It the public should It Is perfectly well known known that th the mont money is loaned loaned- by the treasurers or 7 J 4 else elso employed In th the conduct of or their own businesses 5 They receive a favor beyond any intent of or the public beyond the amount 0 of th their lr salary The Tho law should require re require re- re j quire them hem to advertise for tor bids lend Jend It to the establishment establish establish- merit ment offering the best Interest Interest a and d at the same time giving th the best security aCal against st loss Joss And th t earned d L Jl f J. J L d V r 1111 in Mi i 1111 I III 1 I Interest on the peoples people's 8 mo money ey should be turned Into th the I treasury of ot the people The he board of ot equalization has ha done wisely in advising the tho f enactment of such tuh a law Jaw Then Thian therA I Is th the matter of a assessments sm nt for nr sidewalk construction Th The whole of or th the tho pr present nt system m Is In In- In defensible Money Mone to the amount of or man many thousand of oC doll dollars r has hns been forced from om Salt SaH Lake people more mor morea a than a year ago ngo for tor thE HIP construction of or sidewalks on which not one ho hours hour's rs r's work vork has haR yet et been heen done dono the plu pro pie to p pay y their ns assessments e when demanded he the work is 11 begun before the contract Is let let let- letor or tho they ar arc compelled to pa pay a ruinous rate rale of M Interest t. t When th the officials get the cash h they are arc n not t especially Interest Interested d dIn In hurrying the work nork The Ion longer er the work is If d. delayed d the longer the officials and nil nd their favorites will avill have tJi fl free p. p use of the tho money J It IC mn may be the contract price prIe will he be hen n a little belo the estimate of of tho tho en engineer ThAt That do doesn't often otten happen happen hap hap- pen but wh when n jt Lit it d does there thero is 1 a U possibility ty of rebate rebato to the property owner Usually It Is IJ very ery difficult for Cor him to lo get the balance due him hire In some Instances he hc helias ha haR beer been told that there Is no nb record o of the amount due a as al rebates although It is certainly a matter of record that tha the tue amount collected collect d is In hi excess of or the amount paid for fore thc the e work vork But the chief objection to the present system Is that tha tho the y morry Is forced from the property owner before there Is n need ed for tor or the money There Is no reason for that The collection Is certain certaIn It is as safe as ng the la land lad d It H is a alien alien alien and can not be e escaped It should lien on n the the property an be time enough to collect colit olle t thc these m special a assessments c. c R when tho the contract ct is If lot let T That 13 will put It Into the tho hands o of the officials In plenty of or time lime to pay the when lie he ic h begins gln his work And It will have havea a tend tendency nCy to make Un Under Cr the present him hith complete hl hK his work promptly work ever ver b be will system there Is no assurance t that the work done a And there are nrc plenty of people In In Salt alt Lake who do not believe tho the sidewalks they have paid mid for or will will cerbe ever er be built buill They y paid moro more than a year ago and nothing of f walk alk has yet ot happened at nt all resembling the building a to encourage them It I Is not a matter of or politics In fact tact there is nothing noth ing big In the report of the board of equalization which at all re resembles politics It Is a business paper strictly The suggestions contained are arc re proffered by men of ability and anti experience of judgment and acquaintance with the affairs with which th they treat The public would be b better better bet bet- t- t ter If IC these if-these these these- suggestions were In the 10 law of the state tate |