Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-02-13 | Page 10 | People's Corner

Must Bo Be 0 w omed I I I held Signed Names Upon Request With With- PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER p Please Exceed I e a a e Do Co Worda Not I Civic Interest Community Need Editor Tho TIm Telegram From Irom the first meeting and organization or or- or- or o of tho the tax revision committee com com- wo we envisioned th time the pO possibility ant and probability of cf great reat difficulty In rc revising time the entire state tax tuc 1 S 'S tern tem by putting sundry patches on omi the tho constitution People in Imi general cn havo a a. rather indefinite of oC the true nature of oC tho time constitution It is not j to bo be changed at the time passing passing- whim of oC this timis or that individual indi vidual or at tho the dictation of oC come complaining interest A A. tion lion l I Is fundamental that is is It is based on principles which restrict making law to conform to those prin principled Once adopted it is difficult difficult dif dir to change chang Chango Chanso means moans instability Instability uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty un un- un- un certainty for business Every plate has its own problems and Utah is is no imo exception In a a. former article the timo writer write qu questioned time the expediency of or importing im Ira- porting hired help hell to our complexities These specialists arc alc learned men profound students skilled logicians theorists of a high order As a a. rub rulo they are arc failures In practice When experts run out of or fodder thc call for they a a. survey and an in appropriation In fact the latest slogan concerning the time expert is Is Find out all ho he knows and amid suggests suggests suggests sug sug- then then theu-don't don't dont do iL L Time The canker at tho time heart of oC all constitutional government o is the Ind in indifference In- In d difference of oC the time great leat mass of oC the time people rhe They rhey dont don't know and they don't dont care carl Strange too when we vC think of or ortho tho time billions of dollars spent for during time the last three or four decades decade Noticeable too Is Js tho time fact that few states slates ic- ic tho limo stud study of or their own con con- Not only so so hut but it has been difficult to get ct copies cople of oC the time sta stale stalo to constitution ii tion in convenient con form form The writer located 1000 In tit Salt Lake City In J 1905 06 After Arter a a. few months ho called at tho city cily hall halland halland and amid ked asked d to seo the tho city charter assuming it had one Tho Time hang han on ers there didn't seem cem to know what it was or anything about It it lIe He then themi went to tho ho secretary of or states stales office then timen In tho timo same building and amid asked for a pamphlet copy cop of or the constitution There W was vas s none to be hat had They Timey are now ob obtainable obtainable ob- ob at tt tho the capitol and It Il would bo be Interesting to know tho tIme percentage percent percent- age nee of oC tIme the citizenry y who havo o re received rc- rc and read tho the same samne And Amid more morl especially how many teachers and others having Ine to do with tho the education education tion Lion of oC our youth have ItaYa Interested themselves cs in ill time the matter maller l' l From om Ion long experience experience- in schoolwork tho the writer knows that boys boya and girls from 15 to 20 O years rears of or ogo ugo can cami be beVery bevery Cr very much mooch Interested in state matters mat tern when hen properly presented by real teachers not hot time servers working lot for mone money and more money Students so 0 enthused with pride and amid Interest l in their sUite stale fortified u with Ith I Information mm fo nina t ho n concer concerning mi I n g I Us its a re resources Fe- Fe sources familiarity with local public affairs would aspire asp to his higher public pub puh- lic service sel There would no mio longer exist tho timo anomalous situation one man holds two t or more public offices as ns at present rime Tho high hl-h school chool tInd university graduates o of ten to t ent twenty years n ago o should ho bo tho tim active leaders to today today to- to day lIay Ic less ics s for or pay than thun for or pride in honorable and efficient dent service cc J. J A. A HIr