Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-01-24 | Page 1 | Maw Advocates More Revenues

MAW W ADVOCATES IMORE MORE REVENUES Senator Opposes Reductions in Appropriations as Government Evil President Herbert B. B Maw of ot the state senate Thur Thursday da declared for lor increased revenue and said cutting I appropriations is the worst thing the legIslature can do His assertions were made at a meeting of ot th the joint appropriations committee at which he was asked I to state stale his views as an ex cx officIo I member and as a former chairman of the group Senator Championing new new revenue Maw Salt Lake county Democrat declared that that two years yeal's ago he studied governmental structure in Utah The 1933 legislature made drastic cuts in appropriations to state departments departments depart depart- men ments and institutions he said That Is fg the worst thing the legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture lure can doI dor do I r cant can't believe econom economy is accomplish accomplished d by cutting by cutting to the point where departments and institutions cannot continue to function Cites Examples He cited two examples One department department de de- de head he said told lold him at after ter the 1933 legislature egi lature that thal if his appropriation had been 2000 more more in revenue could have been col On another occa occasion ion Senator Maw said he met another department head delivering letters with the explanation tion his budget did not allow purchase pur pur- chase of stamps The utilities commission has been crippled he said There has never been an appraisal isal of power a and d telephone telephone tele tele- phone companies made in the state since 1912 and so the commission must accept the companies' companies reports reports- Teachers Teachers' Pay Low Lo Some teachers are paid less than common laborers Senator Maw said that more will be asked in the budget for forthe forthe the coming biennium than was ap- ap ap appropriated appropriated in 1933 If HIt all this increase had to come from the property tax he said each tax b bill 11 would be only 75 cents per 1000 of assessed valuation more The governor has told th this committee com corn millee he is not adverse to new revenue rev rev- Of all the property tax levies s sonly only 23 mills is for tor the state general fund so o that cant can't be affected much Senator Maw estimated that legal liquor will return revenue of from rom to annually on the basis of 10 cents a pint tax on private sales or 10 cents a n pint profit for state stores Contacts Operators He revealed he had contacted speakeasy owners operating illegally to obtain their estimates of ot liquor consumption Senator Maw concluded with a plea for lor school funds declaring the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college are at the end of the list of per capita appropriations lions and are facing J loss of 01 their accredited ac- ac accredited ac credited standing if their funds arc are reduced further While opposing addition of more junior colleges to the state ate school system he said it il was up to the state to support those it has taken over I r believe the governor wants increased increased in in- creased revenue rather than appropriation appropriation cuts Senator Maw said in referring to the governors governor's assertion Wednesday that lower costs or more revenue is the solution to meet demands demands de do- mands on tate government j r t j