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Show SPRY HAPS LEASING OF ill RIGHTS Utah's Governor Declares National Conservation Is Unfair to West. URGES STATE CONTROL Asserts Private Interests Would Do Much to Develop De-velop Resources. MADISON, wis., .Nov. U. Gowvnor Willluiu Spry of ,1 tub told the im-mbem of tho National Governors' conference here today that conservation of luitlonul resource a now prartlo.-d In the I'ntlcd States constitutes a Kravc, injustice of tt;e ta.Htnu M-it.- aatu.-t tlit tar west-rn west-rn or puulic Luul .stairs Arizona, Call-fomta. Call-fomta. Golorado. Idtil.o. Mi.uutmi. Nevada. Ne-vada. Now Mrvlco. Oroson, 1'tnh, Yaali-tiiKton Yaali-tiiKton and Vyondtn. Ho pointed out that th older states had developed ttudr resources and passed these Into p:iato (unds without the prosoiit rest riot ion?. Thr natural re-o.iivts re-o.iivts (.; (iir t.iMrrn tat-H. ho said, wn-e tin prot erty of t!;e ,U:.-.: h i.f th--.r :-L.itfS. and tl.o loumrv u a do- not proril .y tlu-tu; tho ta s driravin tho oxpeiibt s of a '.axe ov-thhr-hI in t:it ci; aic diaiiiluttd ucr the Wi.oio In the far w eyt, how evrr. the, wlth-druual wlth-druual of lands no:u private own. iinp l k.-i U'i. inuli Hilt t)-.e tax rt-Muir'-en of ihr .vtatf and tlnowiiiK' a K'ave burden f taxation i.u the pi ivatt-ly-uwnrd laiuin. Ihr mi idlt wt'Mt and easti-rn ptatrs now driTiarul thut tlu-y :mll piolit by tlte un-ievf un-ievf loped roourccs vt the f.T r u estern stair?. Jn. deoUrrti. t!i-niK'ii t.iev luvor Meidt-.l a like return from thetr uwn natural ret-ourees tt the pcoplo ua a whole. Laws Misinterpreted. He said the present -Ihus are be in 4ri.; mi:ntoriTt;ed hy "huieau tuv:er-lincs tuv:er-lincs w,'. riilmss, !f ui:iforndv v ron. Var the- str:k:n rharct eristic's of lr-uruii'rndy lr-uruii'rndy ws.i'.nst tii Mat and in favor of i ue national government." Governor Spry con tinned; Take, for instance, the state T rrn-re.-nt . I'ta h, with an urea of H. -3'tv acre., las tut from ten to t wn e m!' i ions of a. res in vested uwneriihip or process of ir-nsfor. and inu.ii rf that t,-onaii-ts of ciazimc iar.ds that leld b.:t bllsht income throuii taxation. If our fourrcs for r.-vt'uu- u.r belf-uowrnment were aie.j.-.ate to th.e Inenayln? de. n.ar.J.v or If our revenue Werr In pv-ces. pv-ces. of our needs and we wre s-iuan-rierintr the Iticom, I grant this r.a-tlor.ai r.a-tlor.ai rurtailmer.t of ?:at- dev.dfp-n dev.dfp-n rnt tarouch hind t iti.d i a va ly would not t e 5- ?erU-us: but it 1 a fact that additional Una ownership, with I ur.prov. uv.-nts. more extm:d c n.ir.ir.i; I o;;:':tnr.s, -rea'T r-ower d-ve!op-mer.t and ail to-Be Rrt itle that I rrake f-r a prcsrTous comnvinity are i:r.;c:atlv- r. v?r : t in l"tah to keep abrea "t of the rper.e of malntatn-Inc malntatn-Inc p h i o '. , Mate ovrrnrr.eni, sta'.o i tut ans and carrying on internal iu:I rovemcata. Expense of School Great. ruirtrsr the licnnil period liS1314. T'tah will expend for purlv educational educa-tional punxaes approxlrr.t'lv X1? pf-r crnt o: i's entire Ftate revenue for i taxation, anl when I til vo-i that in arriving at that pence nta i:e public uMlitle. n"t proceeds of ni nes and nil asts-ments made bv the state bc-ord of equalization are included, with te taxes levied on real e:at. per?on:il property. Improvements url nil othr taxable poshes1--.on, you will realize th.at w ure devotlnsr our income in-come to worthy ob'ects. You will renin. nlo. that w a is fcin a very serlou? prohbm and our ned f"r a fonhn'-ati'n of tloe politics which have be-n the most potent factors in the dev-lopmrnt of our slater Btates is a creat one. It Is not fo rnuch a question as to whether na I tonal or niate povern-ments povern-ments shnil control the lands and re-sources re-sources as It is an Rbsolut ncejslty t""t the lands and resumes he placed m the handy of industrious f-ttlera who will develop them, there-bv there-bv adding to the maier.al welfare of ! 'ra states in which they lie and the frreatnet-s of the nation of which the state are a part. It is but a short steo from the mineral leasing system to the leasing of agricultural lands. Landlordism Autocratic. Tand lord Ism has e'er ben autocratic, auto-cratic, overbearing, while tenantry hag developed people who lack In the two most ne"-!-Bry qualities of American c.tizen.iip loyal' y and patriotism. In Utah we have been building our j-tL-te bv urK'.nr; the people to own tli-Mr homes, to own their places of busincH. and to own the business In which thev are enraeed, nnd it is the only polio v that will make for that ki"d of r!tiznsldn which will perpetuate per-petuate the American form of government gov-ernment Tenantrv is repucnant to th deals of American citizenship. The west solicits no sympathy. a?ks no favors, r-kads for tio advantases, but demands consiKteney and fair nlav and equal opportunity wtrh her Bistr elates In handling her resources. |