Show Ili properly our colonel continues writing on church subjects though he says no inore about keeping preachers out of politics his latest theme is the taxing of all church property he holds that by tapings nil this enormous aum of non producing property a sadly needed reform would be inaugurated in of prosperity when the churches are not called into such pressing use aa during the present time our friends BUggea tion would probably find acme favor but he ia unlucky in choosing auch a subject these daya throughout the long and estere winter it chicago papers may be believed churches have been thrown oleu and the destitute and homeless havo found shelter therein should structures be taxed when put to such charitable purposes the churchea are public institutions and they mark the civilization of a community show us a people with fine churchea and temples and we i will show yon a people of refined tastes the two go acher the world taxing charch property would hate a tendency to keep down the spirit of church building the mormon people could aeter afford that pride of utah the salt lae temple if every year they bad to pay a tar on it thai temple coat ia erection over conr millions of dollars with the grounds and beating building ire judge there is about five million dollars worth of temple property if that amount were taxed at the present rate of five mills territorial tax alone to say nothing of the ten or twelve mills for mani cipul and county taxes the mordou would have to pay to the territory annually if thre times that amount were considered for municipal and county taxes it would of coarse mean in taxes annu ally on that one temple where would that lead to T we take it that our colonel had better confine himself to tha discussion 0 free trade and not try to change existing conditions of our church ara too weighty for him and he had better deal with lighter questions if ha wanta the continued good will of a church building and temple erecting community |