| Show i t Economy an Essential Policy l N THE report of a a. special tax commission just made to the mayor I IN of New York there i h z a pearl of great wisdom that th i is inmost most I to Mayor Gaynor delegated to this commission the task of discovering new methods of city revenue rc and nd now new means have havo havet it After exhaustive research the commissioners of ot securing Sported reported ho tho absence of new sources but hut have havo suggested that the thc t tho the city the introduction introduction of economy into the tho e expenditure of enjoys s 's would attain the samo result This bit of nd ce could not bo be more mora precisely adapted to present conditions in in this thi state if the the tho Utah situation commissioners had bad actually been considering The Tho members of the Utah Legislature L should remember that most of th the money thoy they will appropriate for forar ar various ons enterprises and activities activities ties must come directly from from- the J pockets of a people already overburdened overburdened over over- burdened with taxation Measures pro providing diug for the disbursement of various sums from state funds arc lore being daily introduced thaI tho tha appropriations committee e c and later of th the Gov- Gov ov- ov t I task of the bid bid fair fail to bo be c even lD mire more rc th this session than over cr before Legislators are being besieged on nil all sides to draft bills for spending J money and being human they acquiesce The result is is a treasury raid that th has as already reached formidable proportions t There are aro many runny worthy causes that should bo be fostered d by the state Very few of the demands for money are without logical basis t l but bitt the tho coat can bo be no greater than the supply of cloth Utah is is a at ayoung t young commonwealth and there thee is much to be done this fact not only 1 in inspires pir 9 the launching of impossible projects that the state is is expected Tho The funds that the legis- legis I SI t to aid lid but it also contracts revenue re sources latora are aro so lightly asked to 10 s spend nd must come from somewhere an and i I It unfortunately the people must foot toot the bills from their own purses I I The little home is the base baso of t the c tax tar structure in Utah and and unless 11 the f lawmakers axe are economical at this session it will mIl be more difficult thau ever before for the average crage citizen to own O his IDS own place of residence f eT Econ Economy ny wo I realize is n a popular subject with most men only when their mone when the funds come from the thea they are spending own money a public coffers the exponent of economy onomy is characterized as a reactionary reaction reaction- bemired in the tho road rond of stand stand- I ary who wants ants the common commonwealth Yet the state that is frugal in the use of its means and thus I encourages tho the homebuilder is following the only certain path of I 1 r ress g. g Penalizing the homeowner for having the tho temerity to invest is inadvisable both in tho the light of honesty o sty a and of results I t Pensions for Indian War Veterans 1 TT IS always necessary that many worthy enterprises bo be abandoned 0 j IT because of lack of funds and already this session a I number have havo been submitted that while laudable seem inadvisable for that rca rea son Among these is the measure appropriating over hundred I thousand dollars for pensions for Indian war veterans or their widows t I That these defenders of the tho frontier merit assistance cannot be challenged chal chal- not as a n charity but as a a. partial payment of the tho valuable a services they rendered Y Yet Yot ot it seems a matter for fOl tho federal rather than the state government go i. i On the national pension rolls there are arc already y moro than I survivors of Indian wars or wido widows s 's of veterans that are receiving I assistance Tho The dangers they thoy braved the tho rigors they underwent the f services they performed were not greater than th those of the Utah cHit citizens citi cHi zeus zens who risked their lives that a 1 might be he built This great section section sec see t tion of tho the west was then under direct federal control and the claims of the thc Utah veterans for government go recognition are aro based on the tho same sameI I circumstances that secured these others admission to the tho pension rolls r. r Their cause canse is just but we fail to comprehend why the commont commonwealth commonwealth common common- t wealth should shoulder a burden that belongs to tho nation Even en if Utah could tho the money the tho logic would be the samo sarno since sinco it is 1 I patent to all aU that t the e e expense penso is too great the necessity of economy I t would argue relinquishment of the project t I There are many other measures also for which there is no justification justification cation in in view of present conditions Until new sources of state revenue reve t I nue can cau be he found until the inequalities of tho the present meth method d of taxation taxa taza- tion arc are removed economy should and must be the watchword t p I I I Issuance of Railroad Passes r IT IT T is evident that tho the interstate commerce commission regards the I issuance of intrastate passes by the railroads to interstate shippers I as an effort to influence shipments and a no consequent violation of tho the commerce act also that the tho possession of such a no pass by a I I shipper is considered prima facie evidence e of intent at lawbreaking In Int t furtherance of this policy an inquiry ry is being conducted in those I states where passes ar arc still issued Denver is the tho first port of call callI I for the inquisitors and Salt Lake is likely to bo be the next I r The Thc wisest policy it would seem would he be tho the prohibition by t statute of tho the acceptance of railroad passes Such inhibition would I rescue tho the railroads from a 1 dilemma that they no doubt find embarrassing embar rassing and would thus free them from the suspicion with ith which they J are aro now regarded by tho the co commerce erco commission 11 The Republican party in Utah stands committed to such l legislation legisla L I tion Lion and lm in o order d r to redeem that platform pledge it it is t that at atI I s all public publIo officials shall lie he prevented from accepting these special i t favors Tho The passage of a n measure prohibiting issuance of transportation tation to anybody would meet th the provision of the interstate commerce 1 t act and the Utah Legislature should do its duty duly l Pa Tz ISa KB Ka t 1 J J Too Much Government Is Too Much I. I 1 U UNDUE NDUE governmental interference with th tho thi concerns of private citizens has been tho the prime cause of all the rebellions and revolutions i that history records Tho The advancement ad of modern thought 11 through tho the transitory stage stages has established as invincible the prinI principle prin prin- I ciple that the government is best that governs least President-elect President f. f Wilson Vilson asserted during the recent campaign that the history of progress progress t ress less in government was the history tory of the tho curtailment of governmental go 1 II powers Wo Yo did dul not agree with him en toto although conceding that p tl tiie re was 3 a degree of truth in what hat he said F A 11 survey of tho the propos proposed d laws la that have ha been thrown into the hopI hopper hopper hop hop- per of the Utah House and Senate thus early in ill tho the session indicate that if even cen an nn infinitesimal prop proportion of these measures find their I way into the statute books wo we will be tho tim most most- most governed state in tho Union The lawmaker who ho has ideas concern concerning ng legislation that mig might t g help his IDS private business or has friends with ideas promptly incorporates incorporates incorporates them in a n. bill and introduces it It is encouraging ng to reflect that that- most of them will get nothing but the tho axe The legislator with witha th thI a bug is an interesting but hut unwholesome factor of government go I r W i Mr Wilson and and the he Ci Civil l S Service I MR TAFTS TAFT'S prediction of Governor Go Wilsons Wilson's probable attitude I IVI with re reference el to the civil service is fully warranted wan by the tho latter's letters letter's let lat ter's well known views III In defending his recent action placing many minor federal feder-al offices in the tho classified service ico tho the President on Wednesday a declared that as soon as ns Dr Wilson has bas filled a number t I of f the be more moro important positions with men of his bis own party these also will be lie giell tenure tenure- for life or during good behavior ehn Whether Mr rr Taft speaks in iii the fullness of knowledge or bases his statement on onI I remarks l by tho the President elect in ill the past we va have ha no doubt his pre pro I diction is true I The Tho mischievous C effect of ot the spoils system ha has hns been recognized d I for years year ear Each succeeding President has hns sensed its injuries but hut has hag lacked tho courage to extend io to unprecedented lengths the benefit of the tho if civil service ce because of or the certainty of hostile criticism b by the tho o op op- op position party arty All have havo lacked the courage to follow their own conI conI convictions con con- con con- I in the matter atter eX except Mr Taft discounting ing in advance the a storm of complaint that would beat him lurn upon the tho Pr President some weeks ego ago signed a n. sweeping pi b executive e order placing post masters mas- mas in the classified service The wails vails from the Democratic camp 4 were as 3 painful l and as ns prolonged as Mr Taft expected 1 There is little doubt as ns the tho President now says that Governor I Wilson will follow the same policy The Tho latter 11 as been an open ad- ad 1 ot of ch civil t cn co extension Iud and all an uncompromising opponent of 1 the spoils system Tt It is nOt likely j that after having filled many of I tho The important offices wit with oc Democrats ts ha lie will wit hN hesitate to to th bra o dis- dis il t t approval by giving mg them life tenure 11 t i I k |
