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Show Incomes Increase, Taxes, Living Up "Figures just r i'tn.nnl by the lj . S. I Jopartment of Curiinierue, show Lhat pciisrml in:o;nes in I.'tah in(.ii.-;i:-i."J l:", in 1951 over 'ih. These figures, accurate though they may be, do net tell the whole story." This statement was j madu by Charles L. Wheeler, president, pres-ident, the Salt Lake Hardware 1 Company, and a member of the National Association of Manufac- j turers, who points out that "while personal incomes increased lr','r here last year, federal taxes paid by individuals went up 33', and the cost of living rose 11.6', . Thus any increase in earnings to Utahns was mere than offset by those two factors." I |