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Show I TAXES IIP FOUR-FOLD FR0MJ933-1943 e June, August issue of the Taxpayer is just off the i The issue contains much nation vital to taxpayers officials alike, and should the basis of an action pro-! pro-! Tables dealing with the th of Utah's tax burden are ated. One table shows that 1933 to 1943 the burden 'd on Utah taxpayers by Property tax, indirect taxes, licenses, etc., and by fed-positions fed-positions has jumped from 4334 to $92,928,812 or more four fold increase. The 1 shows further that while earlier period the proper-it proper-it was responsible for 75 per of the Utah burden with S,150 while in 1943 with 'AQOO it represented but tr cent. e table shows also, that in hDe U. S. Collector of In-' In-' Revenue obtained but $1.-J $1.-J while in the fiscal year ,s"ch collections totaled $44,-It $44,-It is pointed out that the toward the centralization wenment in Washington and ' state capitol is very rapid. Wesis is presented that if fJWJis to be preserved just be an about face from ;d' to state and from state i responsibility. 0r table shows the trend in m utaxes- fees. licenses, L A4from 1916 to 1943 Sh- lhe beginning of !ld 11 ls noted that collec-. collec-. ."wly incidental to-! W,ol701-852 compared 529.629 705 in 1943. It is out that the increase in 'K?Uk8 from these indi-wces indi-wces i have increased $25,- ilLnLpast years and as a. fhe point is made eoffJL l cf tnese increases ft,,of Jhe state should sare hli; Instead expendi- 016 increasing at a similar iffr. imPrtant table Jof v!tu 13 one shows the indiKtr i e exPenditures as St n t Payrolls and em- duff V ,he point is made -iituri u period welfare "5'962 in ifc j"mPed from despite tC? M84,130 in s0on in increase from :r S Li0 $,178,000 in in-re' in-re' Payrolls. This means that sntin 5 an, increase of 272 ' iumnoH yo-0ls- welfare costs ?7 28 per cent. The :re n"eatlng reserves for 4ipro?nSeS. durinS this wwfpeLnty ls advocated agafn th,e. inevitable de- ot civ stnkes the needy ; l in vain for assist- ;"ithriles which will be !: Coronr5est are "Govern-'&u10ni' "Govern-'&u10ni' and "What |