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Show MINING COMMITTEE AGREES TO INCREASE Repreppntatives of the mining interests and stale officials ail but reached a satisfactory satis-factory solution to the tax problem at a meeting heM in the of:ice of Governor Simon Bamberger yesterday afternoon, according to information available last niirht. It was reported that the mining interests practically agreed to an increase in the taxation on mining property and it is expected that a satisfactory iiasis will be reached before tlie mining men confer con-fer today with the citizens' tax committee. commit-tee. After the conference today the citizens' tax committee plans to prepare a report to be submitted at a mass meeting, which probably will be held some time tomorrow. tomor-row. Among those who participated in yesterday's yes-terday's conference, besides Govr-rnor j Pinion Bamberger, we-e members of the state boa ril of erjualiza t ion n nd of t he appropriations committee of the legislature. legisla-ture. John M. Hayes of the Utah Conner company, Jesse Knight and A. G. Mackenzie, Mac-kenzie, secretary of the Utah Chapter of I the American Mininsr conerress. |