Show J w YES or NO Realtor Official Says IY Yes es' es On Amendments t Inequalities ies Glaring I Exemption Harped On OnA A IIA Fight for Justice Jus ce By WERNER VERNER KIEPE Secretary Salt Lake Real Estate Estat Board For more than a quarter of ofa a cen ury ry Utah tah has vainly attempted t to orce an unenforceable law The only reason why our present presen ic crude method of o 1 I. I raising the nee d r essary funds fund to I maintain the cos cosof cost of of local ocal and state stat 04 t governments has f not been replaced Y 7 b by a more eq equit equit- it 4 J able abre aDlo system is it is be be be- able abre aDlo system is it is be be be- because to c cause use the legisla- legisla turo ture of the state r M hu L as keen been Pre pre- iH 4 d vented from do do- t tr r i inH p s 9 by la a cont cont con- con t t r 1 written y when Utah was wasP m. m P r re e P a r in g for A 4 j statehood d W. W Kiepe v For the the Past BI i years Utah has made won won- tu L-tu progress but during all an that No 0 o our our co constitution sUt has stood still pd d a as a a. result legislative action actions actions' n las s' s been r restricted so 80 o that laws u uld ld not be enacted to meet chan chang chang chan ff g Ii ec economic conditions ns I tit t hi opponents of th the tho proposed 0 amendments do not theo nee need of tax reformation Present ej rin Neit Neither er has the the prino prin life pJ of classifying ing property r re- re rE- rE zed serious urious argument hiIe the theof of f an income tax is i. really Dt t t involved from an amendment because the constitution r idy dy p p permits the legislature to Ct ct such laws rw he The ht ot t the opposition has has tereci chiefly J on n minor Issues s Is true particularly lar of proposal 2 changing sections 2 a and d 3 of l lelo lo 13 which to the 1 friends of Sl n Is th the most important rt nt No No t tax revision will ork rk nc Justice e until classification Is opted Such groups groups as as' as asare are are fa fa- bred by the tho pr nt situation arc UnS' UnS to pres preserve ne the status quo quo ri rin n n n an effort cHort to cloud the issue following objections ha have e been een sed which which do o not question the I problem xem Uon have hae been harped ion over oyer te B But ut t from the he beginning certain a an 1 t classifications h have c cn ien en n recognized In In Utah The prop- prop c pf the United St Stat States teg of or the II te te counties s. s cities towns school chool districts p public libraries and nd lots with the buildings 6 thereon used cx exclusively ex cx- ly for either religious wor wor- or charItable places place and places 9 of burial not held beld or used for rate ito or corporate benefit are now exempt from roni taxation The ho c constitution also pr provides ld s sat at at t irrigation plants plants' when hen owned the he owners of or th land Irrigated hall hat mot b be separately taxed o G 1 flew ew exemptions Include power ants aits pumping plants and trans- trans elon slon lines used for furnishing for tor jumping water for tor in U pU purposes poses Th The Tho exemptions shall rue fue to the ben benefit fit of 0 the users water ter c ic w so- so pumped his whole classification Is bas based d the i th theory thory or that Irrigation ln- ln ases ses the tho the value al e of ot the Hie Jand nn an l and jit t. t tho irrigation works are taxed tax C Cn d den d'en Jen en n tile the land IB Is tax taxed d at Its In Incased In cased ased value as 8 farm farn land InS Inding In- In ding S equipment merely lY lusts an Inequality that that existed existed ugh ough rec recent nt economic and m mythical my rae- changes he ho he legislature proposes to ex ex- j t t the pr property perty not not to exco exceed d 10 00 in V value owned by disabled tons ons ons who served in any war in military service of the United I S or or their widows and minor minori minor i in ens ns When this thi measure was nosed a careful check up up reid re re- Jed id i'd that less Ie than families Id d corri come under unde this provision rf into ito dollars donar it wo would ICI In not more than a 75 reduction axes to any family A mere o sop sophe ohe he men men who lost their health ie S service of our of-our ou r cou country try ie 0 last important nt exemption o cd sa says s 's The legislature rc determine the manner and cx- cx bf er r taxing transient livestock l being fed for fot 16 o bo bG used for or human The Thc opp opposition cries class cIas tion but those who heard beard the thein Jb ln in the legislature ut know kno that this recommendation reason i-reason T on mis lilis J cuu w reason i-reason T on mis lilis J cuu w sl sed d was to eliminate a a. pres- pres q Ie situation ft Jn e that arc ninny many r and betho be- be bethe the thc day is not far distant further H legislative legislative- changes chang s sj j adopted The Thc m movement here ere In taxation is to tax B. B relieve e tax burdened 1 of f rear real esta estate e does don not ThI The Th- 4 ability to ti pay SY taxes C owners owner of o th the I w I. I property wilt fill continue to fight for jus jus- until t taxes Cu h have ve been shIfted H d deh eh h 11 ma man map according to his hi ability y or regardless of whether whitner he ha has toc or services er r viewing these objections lve We say that proposal No Na 2 Id d. d not be e passed Ither ther lh r shall shaH we wo allow ourselves Vay 8 sayd d from our best inter inter- Int r. r y y arguments which do not at- at to t- t Continued o th on page 8 8 REALTOR OFFICIAL URGES YES VOTE ON AMENDMENTS r Continued from page I 1 tack the tho fundamentals sought in this thi legislation But for fOt th the th defect detect of or the general genera property tax classification n woul would not y yet t have ave 1 been cn devised and th tho movement for th the th state income ta tax would not have ha been hastened Utah Is Js but following in tho the footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps of two thirty-two sister states wh who have already alread amended their con con- Lack of f space prohibits a a. discussion discus discus- slon sion on the other tax tat amendments Suffice it to say th that t they de deserve do- do serve tf e conf confidence dence and the favorable favor favorable able ble consideration of f the land owners own own- ers era of Utah and need not be so s so skeptically studied as the tax dodger dodge would have hays us u. beli believe vl |