Show GOVERNOR I l I U DE EP 1 I POSITION ON THE PROGRAM 7 I D t p l p tn ng as to his atti I on an tax Lax i vis is on Governor Geo II Dent Dem haSt hasTi T ken a pas ipos Lion faion strong j gly y am ads d dat at n 1 ng the the- as of the thi I j i con cons conat amendments amendment by ha toa people his fall faH I 1 i His position as outlined in 10 an 81 al aldress dress db delivered d j Monday y Se-p Se Se r 8 besore the state a federation n of I 1 bar boi bara a at ts is annual convent e c on in 10 Salt Lak Iak I 1 am ant h l ar Sy ly m in favor AI thil ram t program 4 a e I believe beleve it iB fa to h ro be bean be bean bean an t upon spon UtiRa s Pr int inequitable to ta taa system be he s id I l Iam am in ID favor o 0 tt rt because I it it will make pos ible ble a fairer faireT diatribe dIS t t ton on of the to ta burden than we h have ay ve y Governor D n pO poin In toed ed out many manyAn An AnH H HL kU flans 1130 the L n I nr the thee in went nt cm on yi 1 v- v e f e et t of is s to grant exemptions JOns toO to the great ss of mt prep arty erly andren and ren render er it impossible to tax th property y itself 01 of to tax the meow mean derived Experience hot b h said has shown it to tobe tobe tobe be faulty to t tux a few faw c asses of m- m intang in tang bles not exempted by try the con coil su at oat the he same rate as ate ale agu t tangible property Th o 3 he la dc-la dl lar ed d is s required the uniform I lule tule ule in t the e constitution Tie Zile ch that intangible prop property property erty is b bring Ing favored by laxity on the p l Pitt t of tax officials was refuted by bythe bythe bythe the Goa Go Go He lie said the principle of oC taxation of intangibles at the same i r l ites tes es a tangible property IS wi ong and it cant can't Ibe be done In some sta states there I la nearly as much in intangible as there is intangible In Intangible intangible tangible property If the same lame ratio Tatlo holds true in Utah it n me meina meins that one one- one half half the wealth in the th State is es- es eso o cs-o o 0 pm ping ta taxation 3 bon Governor GO Del Dei Dein n as- as asserted as asserted For twenty five years past the peo- peo people peo peo- people people have agitated by this con con- condition condition Home owners and farmers I have bitterly that they they cre were ere carrying the ithe burden of Df gos gO govern gOern government ern ern- ern ment while others other more able to pay than they were escaping their just share of the load he said id Early In his administration Governor Go Dens Dern announced he had told the state board of Df equalization to work ork out a more fair system m of Df taxation Their re- re report report re report port as quoted by the Governor Go was as We can cant t make a start until we e amend the constitution The hands of the legislature are to tied by con con- constitutional con constitutional restrictions ie le that it could not give the people n relief no matter m v how ho willing vv illing it might the ibe to do o so Governor GD Dens Dem took tool the position that the constitutional exemption of o certain 3 ea and the require requirements ments that the she remainder be taxed at general property propel y rates had eliminated intangibles from irom t the he e tax rolls If II the proposed amendments are pa passed sed he contended the state Would be benefited b through collection of a 1 afa fa r ta tar on intangibles which would v I not be i z heavy havy burden on that plOp pi erl arty but which I would ou d still y suf I revenue to reduce the tax on tangible property which is now no cir cir- c i the heavy load Ill Iii Ilia position on the for forI I treating a tax tar commission was as l ly ly strong in recommending its tip tip-f ap approval I roval by the people He lie argued that more mOle than thirty hirty states state now havea have a I successful ce central administration I that hat the amend amendment ent only authorizes Ithe the he l leg ala sla la urn ur g go vs vz ad add t onal on l au- au authorIty au authority hority to the t tux r c omm son aatOn the he leg s m l t b not to abuse abuse buse L it LI s power po I IG I G tl r Jr Dern Dern al also alo o contended that e leer lee itu-e itu had not abused d Its passer pJ m in t x 1 un Im cf d mine minea in m the thea f a and she Sh J b bs trusted to work Vork workout U out s butter batter s stem of mine mme taxatIon r 1 fuse cirse ab a b Ii r method could be found This lia a said was as proposed 1 1936 by y the amend n ie re 1 i 16 i g 0 o mm mine taxation T Ta na a Gas GJ ern ern r inv mr de cia it tt clear dear that the proposed same ame Would only untie un- un n- n Itze tie the fhe hdm h of cf the leg l slature to 1 1 al 11 Ith the bJ et The Thc detail of th the plan pan was wu eft left to the legislature t to dec der dein de doE t In con k ki 1 i i die e urged that the thel I sv ss tem item of t tion proposed in Utah f I v a 4 n not nAt t aA anje Ile P ariment Eves EvelY y feat feat- feat ur Use the be ire oS in m successful opera opera- opera non in we one or ot- ore lore states statte'S today The ant is S not radl radical not noi u ai fm in any r re pe t but merely pro Jo to Ito shift a part of the tax t-ax toad oad tro ro 1 rt to intangibles and m- m In c coa There a r c-r cry for justice and h he tIe eople of tM the state to jot JOI in to the cr cri and keep leep rt it up untIl J e ewas was de d e |