Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 16 | Utah to Help Fight Federal Usurpation

UTAH TO HELP FIGHT FEDERALORPATIQi. Effort of Government to Take Over Inheritance Tax Will Be Resisted Utah is going to join hands with California and tight any effort in con greas to pass a lederal inheritance tax law which would knock ont Buch reve nue measures m the separate states Governor Will am Spry so stated yes terds discussing a letter received by State Auditor Lincoln Q Kelly from John 8 Chambers comptroller of the state of California, asking for Utah s support in opposing any attempts in congress to appropriate the mher tanoe law unto the national government The national government said Goernor Spry has ample means of rising revenue and should keep its hands off the states in the matter of taxation A state s means of deriving revenue from taxation should not be us rped by the fededal government, which has its ports of entry its internal revenue and unlimited pover of taxa Hon n t mes of stress I am certa nly opposed to a federal mher tanee tax I believe that the income 4ax sho Id have been left to the states A d tor Kellv yesterday replied to the Oal forn a official s appeal assuring him that Utah offic als as eager as the Call forma officials to protect the state s reven e measures wo Id do eVerv th ng in their power to contest any attempts at nat onal inheritance tax legislat on The Utah members of congress w 11 bo asked to oppose any such n eas res