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Show Friday, August THE OGDEN POST i i COLONIAL Saturday, Barbara Bedford in "Mary the Girl"; Sunday and and Wedneaday, Monday, John Barrymore in "The Tempeit; Tueaday of Thursday Eden"; Garden in "The Charlea Corinne Griffith and Ray Love." of and Friday, Lionel Barrymore in "Drums WHITE CITY BALLROOM Grand opening dance tonight under the auspices of the American Legion. American Legion Parade tonight i I ir and the best barometer of the wealth distribution of a state is probably the income tax. Do you know that the entire Rocky Mountain group of states pay only 2.5 of the income tax of the United States although it has of the population of the coun16.6 23 of the try? New England, with income the of 43 population, pays tax of the United States. The average income tax paid in Utah is $46. In You my state, Indiana, it is $129. furtherto interested know, be may more, that ten people in this state pay 21 of your entire federal income WHAT'S GOING ON V Indiana Tax Commissioner Reviews Utah Situation - 1. V ' Vffc. , Ted Conroy Is Auxiliary Legion Noted Investigator Begins Convention For U. S. Government Today at Elks Club tax. The Boise and HelerTT S0" in old cavaS, unsuited to the work 1 tion and the war departm ably again use these establish the old this reason, and also !!! fact that Utah ha for the local mg made at WashinS Legion to have built. Rumor has it that a fine chance of being of the new hospitals. cho The meeting, to Ora Bundy, eommaSilSuii Baker post, was addreaWStt Woolley, grande chef Kl in pjS So much in answer to the question Eiht- - wh fkort? as to the amount of wealth that is of the available, provided it can be captured, wMch he is the head. gaaaN taxrevenue for source of as a new ing purposes. It simply doesnt exist mander for Utahcomni0 in this state. The fact is you belong not do catch words or phrases den tor itg MPutati One of the moat convincing pro- Irctty substantial, to the prosperous great, sentations of the Utah tax question, constitute a solution, middle class the boast of America what decide cannot we which is now under consideration be- upon Truly inira an through frugality, and industry fore the Utah Tax Revision commie- - tax system is best suited to this state that been held in Utah. to to to learned build, have labor, cases handled several the past, he has sion and the Utah Legislative com- - or what form of administration should serve and to save. But' you are not The Rotarians had of national importance and on at least hearing a short addressthepW mittee, was delivered Monday by be applied until we have before us all wealthy. I think the estimate of what by three occasions his services have been ewrath of Sao Philip Zoercher, for ten years a mem- - the essential facts and then have these your entire state is worth, $1,500,000,-00Paulo, of house the of committees to loaned ber of the Indiana Tax commission, essential facts interpreted by your to the United States toltJend is about correct. representatives to direct investigaZoercher . came to best minds. In my limited time I have Commissioner With this picture before me, I protions into the activities of the United Utah at the invitation of the Asso- - tried to do that very thing. I have of adto ceeded system States district judges who were facand your study individuals eminent in with sat dated Industries, and it seems, from of me reminded How it ministration. ing impeachment proceedings. An imhis presentation, has made a rather representative groups. The sat I as a youngster peachment proceeding is generally illuminating. I have Indiana! Just study of the Utah tax sit- - dons have been state. That our of considered about the most - solemn in . the tax s legislature uation. While we are not prepared had a liberal education on Utah law a function of the United States governsetting I was in 1891. We passed to say we are in thorough accord with situation. The information which believe Commission. I def-hTax e our ment, during the trial of which the up the gentlemen, we must confess that have assembled has thus taken onWith it in States. United the entire senate of the United States first the was and significance. has covered our situation and stated inite meaning about as a jury, while the members of quartette are Ed GreenwelL sits for e ran cheerful-OnIt thirty 'years along facts in a most convincing manner, every avenue of information of the judiciary of the riger, Lawrence Clayton and Edi assessment committee and the of board access equalization and me with to open point of special interest to ly thrown act as pro-- on. of house same .that Utahs representatives thing doing the Utahns is that he early recognised the to all sources of reliable information. two years About is now doing. It had only limited secuting attorneys. fact that Utah taxing officials and I believe I have oriented myself and the about not heart could apprethe at ago, Conroy brought What powers. It get bodies were not com- made important discoveries. De Autre-mon- t, and of hension the Ray Roy inequalof the trouble, namely: piling with the provisions of the con- are they? who with their brother, Hugh, Levy Limitations ities of assessment. Utah's Economic Background stitution and the laws concerning taxhad robbed a mail train in the Siskiyou WHAT HAPPENED ask: But ation. First, you have here a great empire State Central Control of Assessments WITH you mountains in Oregon and murdered VALUAINCREASED THIS ' The observations of Commissionembracing 84,000 square miles a Then, through the combined courage TION? DID EXPENDITURES KEEP four members of the train crew. They er Zoercher are educational and con topography that while glorious in and intelligence of our governor and APACE WITH IT? NO. were generally considered the most I in its legislature, we made the State Tax wanted fugitives in the world. vincing and contain facts and figures scenic effects and inspiring badly ANTICIPATING THE READI- The twins has placed commission of Indiana a living, pulwhich will do much to make the tax physical irregularities, were captured in SteubenWITH TAX WHICH THE I that sating, vigorous, effective body. The NESS ville, Ohio, question plain to the average citizen. marked limitations upon the area through Conroya efforts. less power was placed into its hands to SPENDER WOULD SEIZE UPON work takes him in contact It is well, at times, to have a prac- - will lend itself to 3cultivation, or Conroys that has actual-t- o correct an evil. with which your ad- THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY, WE d of the expert business man I than 5 and only tical, every practically the plow. The ministration is still shot through and HAD EMBODIED IN uuk taw governments operations,phase he although point out our difficulties and how ly been brought underowns Will be Opened Abort I THE REQUIREMENT THAT TAX does not handle matters such as vio33,500,000 through. There were inequalities on to meet them. We quote the observe--1 federal government n. ALL IN LEVIES POLITICAL state lations of the prohibition and narevery hand; there was on standard-- 1 tions at length, as thef are worthy of of your 52,608,000 acres. The MUST cotic has made its Inroads in ownership to County assessors stood out DIVISIONS OF THE STATE laws, for which congress has grave consideration: the extent of nearly ten million acres, against any equalization. Either wit- - AUTOMATICALLY AND PROPOR-tingl- y, provided separate investigating units To the Honorable Chairmen and or unwittingly, they refused to TIONATELY REDUCE AS THE in the treasury department and other so that the taxable, cultivatible area Members Utah Tax Revision ComTo us assess property at a rate which would VALUATIONS INCREASED. THE departments. acres. to limited is 8,536,628 i mittee and Legislative limi- make all property assume its proper) RESULT WAS THAT THE STATE is a in the East this Before surprising in his becoming engaged Committee. tation when we consider that your share of the burden of state govern- RATE OF 35c ON THE DOLLAR AU- present work, Conroy graduated from Gentlemen: small taxable area is obliged to sus- - ment. A penalty was imposed upon) TOMATICALLY FELL TO 18c. Cornell University, where he won an My only Justification for appearing tain the entire state and promote its the county whose assessor abided by intercollegiate lightweight wrestling . in Widespread Inequalities before you today is the fact, as has development. ' constitutional requirements. championship.- - He served with the Assessment Just been explained to you by Mr. Eighty years ago you laid the That is exactly your situation. It When I state that there is a whole- 5th regiment, U. S. Marine during that I have been drafted. It dation of your state. Today you have was a competitive lowering of valua- sale and wide spread laxity in the as- the World war, in Belleau Woods was your own taxpaying citizens, for only about one-ha- lf million people-rea- sons tions the county assessors. sessment of your property in Utah I and other parts of the western front. best known to themselves, who much less than many other states that Thats among He was one of the first men from1 in Utah to- am fortified with facts. what is happening saw fit to ask me to sot aside for a were unknown at the time Utah was you Utah to be decorated for bravery in' Probably as-- 1 Lake When the Salt know that for some time trained tax action. He has been a member of time my duties as tax commissioner founded. In fact they have exceeded day. lowered the valuationcounty the $10,000,- - investigators have been in with a complete line of for the state of Indiana and come to you many times in population. I find sessor your state. Herman Baker post No. 9, American 000 in your county no doubt it was in Th here and there, Legion, since its picked Utah to make such contributions as that practically all your people are an endeavor to organization, and is put you on a equality High Grade Smokerf lay within my power to a better un- - confined to a narrow corridor stretch-der- s udth the taxpaying citizens in other I ,ampled herand there to get a cross attending the state convention of the MCtion conditions. of I have gone into American Legion now in session. tending of your big, broad ques- - nK from the north to the south, with taxing units. But of course it was all their reports and find them thoroughly Articles tion of taxation which is now before a amalj sprinkling to the eastward, as n unconstitutional and yet I are dependable. They absolutely you. You are practically lost in the im- - was in Indiana) it has now(just become a sound and correct. What do Tells and they Although my time with you here imensity of space which surrounds you. common practice in Utah. show? I of road From the standpoint has been necessarily brief, so many Before the tax commission in InCandies That Are First let me refer to 270 typical agencies and sources of in-- 1 ing alone I am appalled when I think diana functioned under its new vested I of cases of real estate transactions in formation have come to my service of the tremendous task before you John C. Vivian, of Denver,' Colo., same prop-- 1 Different! and I have been showered with so linking up your cities and towns over power, assessments on the selected at chairman you countv of the rebahibitation commany considerations in my endeavor I these magnificent distances with such 15c to 20c on the dollar to 80c on the I random from th, Jport The Miss Saylor's Unusual to get facts, that I feel I can come to little taxable wealth. I fairly groan a8ae88ea valuation was $682,000 mittee of the American Legion for been 1919 Area has Since dollar. this E, the Western comprising the sale value was $1,199,213. and say honestly that I when I think of the burden that must plus, told Ogden Rotarians of the Chocolates my privilege to . Su today secured the necessary informa- - be imposed somewhere, even though rected. It has beenXnT;.n. average sale value was a little states, work the Legion is doing in behalf of tion upon which to base a conclusion, you do receive federal aid. k S. wlJXfo? .ta the men who are physically Blue Bird Famous Need for Economy I appreciate to the fullest the re-- 1 you see that the assessed valuation and ill as a condiresult of mentally condition I 66'87 WM which In rests of true for the value. upon reflecting orfy your upon you sponsibility Logan' Chocolates, These were not forced sales; they were tions brought about by the World war. I have been in identically the same was deeply impressed with the Marti Mr. Vivian told his hearers that 8ales in which trades were in-- It not and sense, therefore, the portance of safeguarding your tax has proved a great financial asset. I yolved. and desire which you have that only sub-- dollar and discouraging any attempt They were all for cash. In tuberculosis among the veterans is Valuations being Increased eradicated and his gradually I each case that read If at a was it extravagance. your stantial, demonstrable, illuminating willing seller and work APLETS along this line of rehabilitation facts shall be presented to you. Fur- - tory aright you are just emerging Instead of an assessed valuation of I a willing buyer. In order to ascer-tw- o was I showing isola am a hard struggle against convinced that you are from satisfactory progress. and a quarter billion dollars, as tain whether the public records were thermore, I His hearers were surprised when he The Confection of the disposed to look at facts dispassion-- 1 tion, privation and hardships. You of 1917, the assessed valuation under correct in every deal, both parties described the conditions that face the ateiy, and, as far as in humanly pos- are still in your swaddling clothes, the new law produced at once a valua- the teller and the buyer vere person-tio- n Fairies man in respect to mental sible, without bias born of limitations Yet I find everywhere in all the of $5,750,000,000 just two and ally consulted by the investigators, diseases. Statistics in the Veterans and preconceptions. groups with which I have contacted a half times the previous assessed The records proved correct, show that the As far as I am concerned, I have (and they are many) an irrepressible, valuation. It did two things: it equal- who in Weber county, just north of you, bureau are subject to mental disorders are been able to put myself In that same optimistic confidence in a great, ized the tax burden and it brought I a similar i investigation was made. 127 Legionnaires Welcome mental 'attitude. contentment to our people for the aaeg totaled an assessed valuation of becoming more numerous as the years I have been en- wealthier state. couraged to do that thing by those Nothing can be more incongruous to reason that each one knew that he was $210,500 while the sale value was go on. Many veterans, Mr. Vivian Main Store in Ecdm who have asked me to come to you. the achievement of this ideal than a taxed on the same basis as his neigh- - $427,093, a pointed out, are just beginning to of assessed break relationship under the strain engendered by I have reviewed your situation calmly hurried, unstudied abandonment of r valuation to real value of 49.29. Building! the horrible conflict of a decade ago. and without any feeling or desire to your present tax system and the I is to tell This wish 7 less than the ratio in I you that it is unequal just Need schemes western for withsome or to of or recommendations j ceptance my hospitalization for plans treatment that nettles the taxpayer. Salt Lake county. veterans is becoming more pressing hold any information or observations that have been heralded and advocat-pertine- This can be corrected when au only Now we into some of our outside go to this question. I have dis- - ed as being the magic solution to all is vested somewhere in the counties and find that the assessed each day, according to the committee- covered an earnest, sincere desire on your taxing ills. Don't believe iti thority state to overcome inequalities, valuation is not in excess of 39 to the part of your organized business I Your taxing system and form of and special privileges. 75 of the real value. And yet your who have called me to do ministration must fit in with your We have traveled the road that constitution contemplates that all this service, to get down to the very own economic structure. That is the is now traveling. We have property shall be assessed at its full Utah roots of this question and to assist you only yardstick that should be applied, cash value. in the preparation of a constructive You must relinquish nothing that you changed our course. So in this state you have assessors I now have until Commission Tax Personnel of it sure will are that meet that the situation you program who are assessing identical property 1 Our can-titax commission, being appoint-and redound to the benefit of the en-lnot meeting your needs. You the way from 13 to 75 of the is reasonably I state. My contacts with them up I not hasten to leave the ills you have ive and and down your state during my stay and flee to those you know not of. free from many of the prejudices, I true value. Mftl J ikat here have impressed me with their That is precarious and especially so Consistent Economy frankness, unselfishness and fine ap- - I in taxation, Utahs of Small Industrial Development the problems involved in hope lies not in the applies- predation taxation. If this is the type of your I Recently a survey was made by your s able to get results without fear or tion of the academic but in an accept-favwithout an eye on the next ance of the practical It showed citizenship generally, I wish to pay I chamber of commerce. tribute to the people of Utah. that you have practically unlimited election. We are not put in a position Taxation A Common Problem resources awaiting the touch of genius bat we feel we must always consider the political expediency of our acts. Now as to my impressions, deduc-- 1 and the open hand of capital to recommendations and sugges-- 1 velop them. Thus far the aggregate WELCOME tions: lvalue of your Industrial plants is not Legionnaires and Visitors. .lias Utah a peculiar situation? in excess of $75,000,000 a little cor- industrialand no. ner in some of our highly Yes, As a student of taxation I am ready ized Eastern communities. You have to admit that every atate has condi-- 1 made a mere beginning toward build-tiounique in character, yet at the ing your industrial state. With the same time, there is everywhere a com- - exception of one or two plants you mon design in the fabric of taxation. have no industrial concerns that could The House of All Silent Otherwise we should be obliged to look be classed as being large. Most of Pictures. upon the tax question in Utah as some- - them are small and struggling, thing singular and unique and sepa- - And yet with thievery commendable SATURDAY rate and distinct from that obtaining beginning you are reaching out to dein other communities. But this is not velop your resources. You are hoping the case. to transform your raw materials into of There is a common foundation upon the finished product, build up your a Featuring Barbara Bedford. washday which the tax structure is reared, no industrial life, increase your payrolls, MAKE That is the mogj matter where. With the thought in add to your population and to your SUNDAY AND MONDAY mind that in a general way Utahs wealth. way. Just bundle up dieus Limited Wealth problem is one common to all states washing and telephone The and yet that you have conditions peThus far you have little wealth in youll have time for to With John Barrymore. culiar to Western Inland common- Utah in, and of, itself. Only a handyou've always wanted wealths, I have proceeded ' to get a ful of your citizens could be classed it really costs less, too! dear cut picture of your tax atruc as wealthy. Your income tax returns TUESDAY AND ture and administration. to the federal government show that; WEDNESDAY llea for Fractical Solution At the outset I remember the warnto-da-y The ing given by the distinguished ProDANCING fessor Munro of Harvard who said: "There has been too much belief that Ttie good government can be insured by Starring Corinne Griffith and adopting a scheme, a principle, or a Charles Ray. slogan. Good government in any community has to be edrned by years of THURSDAY AND FRIDAY industry, vigilance, aacriflce and civic at the education." .TUB MOUNTAIN ST ATT S TIL ATTl CO . Love To his epigramatie statement I wish to add that since taxation aims to conWith Lionel Barrymore. tribute to good government, wt must be ure here in Utah that in our seal Pipe Organ Musir. ac$ uoissjuipy to set up a scheme of taxation we do June Emley, Organist not overlook adequate administration. Stfijj 1 st v ? ... if. 0, discus-exhausti- ve '1 ." y I. Edward E. (TedTconroy, special agent in charge of the St offices of the bureau of investigations, United Department of Justice, arrived in Ogden Monday morning where Berbe is to visit his mother, Mrs. about of a for period A. tha Conroy, a month 'on his vacation. This is his first visit to Ogden since March, 1927. Conroy has been with the department of Justice for the past six and a half years, during which time he in has worked in almost every state Canto addition Alaska, the Union in ada and the District of Columbia. Although at present he is anofexecutive justice, officer in the department at times he is called upon to actively Another year of effort behind them, Legion members of the American aneighth their meet in will auxiliary the at this morning convention nual the Elks club, to comtemplate ty and to stake plichments of theof soemi in prtnotfc effort out new fields of Edwards R. L. Mrs. endeavor. will Provo, department president, topreside over the business sessions standof day and tomorrow. Reportsthis morning committees will occupy nomings session, and this afternoon inations of department officers Will take place with election following tomorrow afternoon. The two outstanding candidates for the office of president are Mrs. Charles V. K. Saxton, of Kaysville, and Mrs. Stephen Abocn-tebot, of Salt Lake, and a lively who Mrs. .Saxton, is promised. was one of the founders of the department, has been active in auxiliary circles since the inception of the organization in this state. She is the wife of Captain Charles Saxton, of Kaysville. Mrs. Abbot is at present the unit president, of Salt Lake, having served in that capacity during the past year. She is the wife of Captain' Stephen Abbot, commandant of the R. O. T. C. at East Side in Salt Lake. Mrs. Mae Thomas, of Spanish Fork, is mentioned for of the organizafirst tion. Lively interest is evidenced in other officers. Much of the day will be devoted to routine business. 01 r Jr? high-scho- ol Mi vice-preside- it- i1 nt 1 . 1 :: ?: Baders Store No. hard-heade- . SUB-izatio- August 26tt in the . 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