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Show PROGRESSIVES MEET IT BAHQUEr TABLE Governor Bamberger and Members of Legislature Guests of Honor, ATTENDANCE IS LARGE Address by Utah's Executive Keeps Diners in Uproar of Applause. I i Governor Simon Bamberger brought 300 Progressives to their feet with cheers that rocked the Newhouse hotel to Its I foundations last night when he promised that if the legislature would grant him an appropriation of $25,000 for investigation investiga-tion purposes he would return the money ten fold to the state treasury or he would j walk back to Wyoming. The occasion was the annual Lincoln ; day banquet of the Bull Moosers of Utah anil the governor's promise followed a talk by F. A. Sweet, president of the Standard Coal company, in which he intimated inti-mated that the accumulation of lands in the state by certain companies . was shrouded in deep mystery. In connection with his pledge, Governor Bamberger declined to give definite information in-formation as to what he proposed to do with the appropriation other than use It to employ attorneys and experts. Uproar of Applause. During the twenty minutes he occupied the governor kept the banqueters in an almost continuous uproar of applause. The Income tax, he declared, he was opposed op-posed to because he believed it meant injury to the state. Other means of taxation, taxa-tion, lie said, would reach those best able 1 to' stand the burden and at the same time not jeopardize the development of the state. "I mean to put mining lands on the same basis of taxation as other property of the state," Governor Bamberger shouted. "Not the price paid the state or the government, but the actual valuation valua-tion of the property. "The proposed constitutional amendment amend-ment providing for the taxing of mines on the basis, of three times the net revenue reve-nue failed last fall because of the activities activi-ties of the mining interests. They spent 530.000, I am told. In defeating the amendment, amend-ment, but I'll venture a guess that right now they would pay $300,000 to have It passed. "The mining companies are not bear-In- their share of the taxation. Tn Arizona Ari-zona last year the mining property was taxed on a valuation of $261,000,0(30, or a little more than 44 per cent of the total tax of the state. In Utah the valuation was 531,000,000, or 6.14 per cent of the state tax. Refers to Pledges. "Tn carrying out the parry pledges a prohibition law already has been enacted and bills representing all other pledges are now in the legislature. 1 favor all the proposed measures, and I expect to do Everything in my power to seo that they are enacted into law. That is, I am in favor of the enactment of such laws as will be just and equitable to all concerned. T am in favor of a reasonable public utilities utili-ties hill and I am reasonably certain that suh a bill will be enacted into law." State Chairman Wesley K. Walton introduced in-troduced Stephen II. Love as toastmaster. Dr. K. G. Gowans, state superintendent of i Dubllc intsruction, was the first speaker. : ITit; snhiPft wn "Thf T .i fa. nf T.trw-nln " In his discussion of the life of the martyred mar-tyred president Dr. Gowans avoided lines which might be termed conventional and gave his attention more to the activities which reflected the human side of the man. "T have often said, and I repeat." Dr. Gowans declared, "that I would much prefer pre-fer that my son and daughter should study the life of Abraham Lincoln one year in school than to devote two years to the study of anything else." Upon t he conclusion of the talk C. D. Kipp offered a motion which was carried car-ried unanimously that the Progressive party go on record as favoring a more careful study of the life of Lincoln in the public schools. Urges Utilities Law. F. A. Sweet, president of the Standard Coal company, was scheduled to discuss public utilities at the Progressive meeting meet-ing yesterday afternoon, but was detained because of a hearing before the judiciary commi ttee of the senate. He gave his talk at the banquet last night and urged the enactment of a public utilities law. Dr. Grace Stratton-Airey. member of the lower house of the legislature from Salt Lake county; Parley P. Christensen and Lewis' Larson of MantI also spoke. By the action of the conference yesterday afternoon it was believed that Mr. Larson Lar-son would not appear on the programme, but Mr. Love upset all calculations. Mr. Larson's talk, however, was short. Both Dr. Airey and Mr. Christensen predicted big things for the Progressive party and paid high compliment to Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger upon the stand he has taken toward Progressive legislation. |
