Show 0 L 8 t t e r Must Be 0 pin Ion Signed Names With With- PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER Pc I c a e Co Not hOld Upon Request Exceed Condemns Multiple Mine ne Tax as U Unfair nf il Ed Editor It 0 1 Th Tho Telegram The Tho Utah tax ta commission is to tobe tobo tobo bo be congratulated upon Its sensible report on the U e tax question daily Is ts It to bo be commended ed upon throwing into the waste wast basket tho the recommendation o ot of th the tho advisory committee that thit tho the existing scheme of ot taxing metal mines mines mines-be- be incorporated in tho the st state t constitution At best the multiple m principle principle- Is Isa isa a CL gue guess s. s Th The figure of three used as th tho multiple is 51 similarly y a a. guess Uess There Thero aro are many nany people who feel Cel that It is entirely Inadequate and confers Important tax taxation t favors ors upon the Industry No one wants to see CC mining discriminated against On tho the other hand ban I. I there ia Is no sound reason why It should have special privileges privileges' such uch a as as' s' s it now seeks It is reported reported- that the Spiegel bill in the 19 1927 7 legislature which provided luo for an art Increase ot of the multiple from three to five was killed b by the tho mining bi body y How However HoWever HoW HoW- ever that may be be It has be become omo clear lear Jear that the tho Industry now seeks to tomake make malc Itself immune to legislative o acts in taxation matters rs its present status incorporated d Inthe in inthe the constitution n. n i The Tho industrY has generously sup sup- tho commission and nd the e advisory ad nd committee with data and with so-called so experts and public pubU relations advisers who haveS have tried to make malo th themselves cg helpful In bringing out tIle facts in tax I In- In 1 Likewise individual ara h Iii hi rs' rs le legislators legislators' ar are being helped i tho the same wa way The who experts aro are just plain lobbyists under u less odious names but nevertheless on the payroll of or the tho Industry have worked incessantly t to show 1 Y the hc co commission and legislature turc the I reasonableness of at tho taxation program of ot the tho metal mines Under c cover vcr of ot a lot of ot prattle ness they try to obtain loma some a advantage ad- ad vantage antig not enjoyed by others ers orthe or ortho ortho tho the people at large Does Docs anyone EU suppose POSO that if It mining min mEn i ing ng interests were not c convinced t that hat their present posItion I is is' is islet preferential ref let as compared with Hh other In Industries industries In t that ht they hey wo would woOld id bo be so SD diligently seeking to Insure Its permanence per per- by having it Included inthe in ill inthe the constitution They he realize and I t tho he public does does' not that with their program once embodied in the tho con con con- It will likely remain there there- for tor a a. century r Why should any Ind Industry tr b bo be eSpecially es especially eS- eS favored b by c constitutional 1 provisions The Tho ho constitution is ts to bo be tl the e of ot the state protecting all the people from lom injustice lc and special privilege It If mining enjoys special privilege Ue the rest rest- of ot po people lo pay for it It It Is common knowledge Imo that the Utah mines have hayo disbursed millions and millions In dividends and I it would therefore therefore appear appear that tho th in industry In In- Industry i IS' IS amply ablo able to pay Its Us Just share shar of or tho the costs cost's of ot government and should bo be on th the tho same amo footing as t the o rest of ot the po population FRANK K L. L JENSEN a D Deplores Propos Proposed Policy as Lenient ent Editor The Tho Telegram Tiring at last of at the Inefficiency y of or t the e safety de department of or tho city In enforcing not only the traffic Ja laws s. s but all other laws the auto automobile mobile association has taken the matter Iii in hand and will aid th the tho of officials ot- ot In law law enforcement I draw this conclusion froth from the meeting which was held on when It Jt was said that 1 1800 members of the became unofficial members ot the automotive O department department depart depart- ment of or the police dep department Now Now It is as as' T view It It po possible to stop p the speedsters who race roco up and down East First South street and South Temple street so that it willbe will willbe Ill be possible for tor a pedestrian n to cro cross s those streets without taking hl his life in lr his hand Approximately all of the Ule mem members members' rs' rs of ot the automotive as association as- as as' as asso zo so I i am told toM have been sl gly- gly S er cri booklets each book back containing g six detachable cards oil oFt on which they may make memoranda for submission Mon sion to the tho officials of or the tho tion who in turn will submit the card to t public safety depart dopart- ment Thc There o Is is' isa a string however tied to what the police poUce department Is ls to to do todo ls that do-that that is b that for forth th the tho first violation of f law Jaw the violator will willbe be warned that he has violated d thelan the 13 law lan lawand and nd for the second offense warrant of or arrest will follow This I gives Ives opportunity for 8 speedsters to Says Arrests ts Would wl St Violations I. I Stop p Editor The The- Th Telegram Yo Your r editorials on traffic enforcement enforce c ment and ju Just t. t punishment are aro much to the point J Keep after them and maybe some Soma time our streets will I be safe lanes Janes of at travel Wo Vo notice cards over o town for tor ped pedestrians lp to to wat watch h lights Now why hy not put up up BOrne some signs sighs for tor of- of ofT or- to enforce tho ol d' d LI L- L I arrest all aU violators who vho run run the thc I lights exceed tho the speed limit come out o of at alleys s without st st. stopping and I fall to give 1 signal when a 0 turn is h I to be made and anti arrest and put in Jail jail every cry officer who does not do dc his fun full duty ul Officers seem to be afraid to ar arrest arrest arrest ar- ar rest certain people and I If others othere are br brought into court the prosecutors prosecutors prose prose- prosecutors and md j Judges d cs seem scena to to- tobe be backward backward back back- ward about out giving adequate sen sen- J Whether Jether ether they have a. a e a n. pull pun or ox have o something o on the force that thai L bars them from arrest we e do not know but we do know inow that ih there ra arc aro hundreds of ot the tho violators p passed J d dup L' L up to one arrest We have havo seen en officers rs who we e do dc dono no not think even even know the tho city ordinances I winces nances or or- orIf if Ie the they do they th y make no ne attempt to enforce them then OBSERVER I maim malm and nc otherwise se Injure those wh who are d doing all In their p power to tc o enforce law EAST SIDE MAN |