Show TH TAI BASS last nights meeting showed the earnestness of the citizens on the tax question cn and some steps were taken in the ight direction it was waa quits quite noticeable that tha t the meeting gravitated i into ato the ban hands a s of those not so BO much interested in the people 63 in the offices the officeholders office holders were out in force and the first move was to nominate one of their aw own u clique for chai chairman iman in the election of whom they failed then their attention was directed to turning the meeting to other purposes than that intended by the citizens and officials and their friends 1 took up the time in speeches the offic officious ioas gentleman who failed to secure the chairmanship spoke nine times the result was that the farmers fari nare and the laborers who are the real suffers where not heard from and the feeling which was uppermost in the breasts of the great majority was not touched it is conceded that from the standpoint of the officeholders office holders all the revenue of this years yeara taxes will be needed but the people if you please IWI h 0 vi n k ofin r v lyta ltv VT irom anat n taken a ngy by the e m men e n drw office it ia a conspicuous fact that the salaries of our public officials have baa doubled in the last few years in the majority of cases the present county clerk for i instance ns tance started in at a salary of per annum now ha be gets 1200 0 and the fees of his bis office besides give him easily 1000 more why say then that the couty court can see aee no way of reducing th 3 taxes this year beart in the city we ha have ve similar examples of increase in wages the city chiy recorders salary for far many years was W 60 a quarter or a year the present recorder gets geta 50 a month or V a year an increase of per cent the city marshal never got a salary a few years ago but waa pail by the day for work actually dor done ie for the city now he gets gats per annum contingent funds horse hire and works as aa deputy sheriff besides all of those these enormous increases iu in salaries have been within the last ten years and tho the taxpayers tax payers fail to see gee why it should be so BO their property has not doubled in value nor has the work of the county and city increased to the extent thit that salaries laries la have been increased men have c aasted in office here with nothing and become rich at th the 0 expense of the public you xou oay may walk about provo and point them out by their palatial residences liard hard times do not deter defer them from building because taxes must be ba collected be the times good or bad and their salaries go goon on as usual these may be unpalatable truths to the officeholders office holders but they come clime home to the taxpayers tax payers these theae days when they are told that taxes cannot be reduced though their homes are liable to bo sold by the tax coll collector betor lot the people get together and publicly voice their honest sentiments before it is too late what was done last night will give but little relief to the poor man it may result in the reduction redaction of the assessment of business property in this city and tend tj ti lower county taxes on the same but the 1110 poor mans house and home will remain about as i it t is is at present the city taxes from f rom whence come the greatest eanest tr trouble 0 uble have not been dealt dau with at all |