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Show TAX REDUCTION ACTIONS ARE PRAISED Meeting at Capitol Patset Resolutions Commending Work Done School official, representatives of tha farm bureau and representative cltixens of llox Kldar. Dnvls. Halt IjlV and Weber counties In a ron-ferencs ron-ferencs held at tho rapltol Tuesday afternoon to consider tha tax problem prob-lem adnptad tha following resolution: "Tie It resolved. That wa command moat heartily tha stale superintendent superinten-dent of public Instruction and tha tax commute oftho mate fann bureau bu-reau upon thalr dllfgrnt and Intelligent Intelli-gent efforta to leaacn tha tax burden bur-den of tha rltlxana of ITtah. We rnn-gradulato rnn-gradulato those officers upon having succeeded, through the cooperation of local school districts and local farm btireaua. In affecting a reduction In tha cost of arhrml operation In tha twenty-one districts already heard from by approximately M50.000. which Indicates a total reduction In the coat of state school operation of mora than 11,000,000 during tha achool year 1922-21. 1922-21. 'We are especially pleased to note that these anticipated economies will not Impair tha efficiency of our public pub-lic achoola. A careful survey of the Immediate needs of the achoola has been made, and tha reductions have Neen effected by tha elimination of expenditures of Items not Imperatively needed, and by requiring each teacher to care for a larger class and serve longer hours. It la recommended that tha farm bureau committees and tha achool officers continue their efforta ef-forta In favor of all auch further economies and retrenchments as are conalntent with tha efficiency of the achoola. BLANKET REDUCTION. "Since achool effectiveness depends primarily upon tha quality of the teaching, we approve and commend tha concerted action of the tax commute com-mute of tha state farm bureau and the atata aupetintendent of public In-atructlnn In-atructlnn to avoid a blanket reduction of learners' aahtrlea, but to regulata aalarlea according to the preparation and fitness nf tha teacher for his work. Wa further commend tha attempts at-tempts mada to teach and to Instill Into the dally practice of our achool children tho habits of thrift and economy, which, added to the habit of Industry, will alwaya ba tnajor fac-tora fac-tora In hrfnglpg prosperity to any people." Dr. C N. Jensen, atate superintendent superinten-dent of public Instruction, presided and ha reviewed the efforta of the school authorities to bring about re-lix-tlons In the budget for the schools, ale read a letter which he had sent out In January In which ho urged economies without Impairing the ef. fylency of tha schools e also detailed de-tailed auggesttone made regarding the cloalng of tha schools early rather than Incur deflclta. Altitude of the atata farm bureau regarding tha achoola was outlined by Frank Rvana. In which he aald; "The farm bureau haa alwaya been opposed to a blanket cut In teachers' aalarlea. Wa atand with tha superintendent super-intendent In thla respect. Any saving In this respect ought to ha by adjuat-menta. adjuat-menta. Salaries should' be sufficient to guarantee that good teachers could be obtained.' Bid DELINQUENCY. He pointed nut that , the school expenditures ex-penditures had gone from M 100.000 to $10,700,000 since I9H. Aa a comment com-ment on thla he pointed out that the tato audltofa records show that unusually un-usually large percentages, aald to he double those of laat year, which were arleady high of tha taies of tha various va-rious counties In tha state were delinquent de-linquent at thla day. He alao called attention to the pub- I lie Indebtedness In the state, totaling I 141,000.000. or which he aald 111.-1 000,000 represented an Indebtedness' Incurred In behalf of tha schools.) While the total tax revenues laat year ran about $13,000,000. ha said, there had been expenditures for achoola of 1 11. 000.000. "Btrong retrenchment Is necessary." said Mr Ei-in. "In ik. u . . l - I farm bureau." and he read from the declaration of policy of that organisation organis-ation that the varioua governing bodies bod-ies "should adopt and pursue a policy" pol-icy" for the utmost economy In public expenditures, to the end that the pub-llo pub-llo debts shall be paid: that no deflclta defl-clta shall ba permitted and. as a con-sequence, con-sequence, taxes ehan be reduced." "The policy of the farm bureau." aald Mr. Evans, "Is conservative and constructive. It Is not to destroy in-stltutlona in-stltutlona but to preserve them." Conservative and deliberate action was rounaeled by Apostle A. W. lvlns. He said that ths expenditures now under question had been built up by a process that Is a matter or history. They could not be corrected all at once, but care and wisdom must be exercised In dealing with them. W. W. Armstrong called attention lo tha ract that the people of the state had gone to the extreme In the building of school houses and ha presented pre-sented a review of tha school system sys-tem of Ihs state which ths meeting will have printed and circulated among the school officlsls of ths several sev-eral districts In the stats. OTHCR SPEAKERS. Other speakers were Apostle John A. Wldtsoe. K. J. Norton, aaalstant atata superintendent of public Instruction. In-struction. ! J. Nuttall and Huper-Intendent Huper-Intendent fleorga N. Child of the Halt Lke public achoola. Among those present at th meeting ere J. M. Klrkham. A. T. Capener and Frank Rvana of the tax committee commit-tee of the I'tah farm bureau; rr. i N. Jensen, atate superintendent of public Instruction: R. J. Norton and A. C Malheson of the state achool offices; I. N. Child, superintendent of the Salt Ijika public schools: I), c. Jensen of Granite, I John Nuttall, Jr., of Alpine, c. H. Bkldmore of Iloxelder. Karl Hopkins of Ogdsn schools, all superintendents; Apoetlea A. W Ivlna and John A. Wldtsoe; W. W. Armstrong, Malt I-ake; A. P. Rlgelow, Ogden, A. I Clark, Farmlngton, bankers: w. O. Tirttle and A. H. Parsons Par-sons of tha Salt Lake real eatate board: A. C. Rees nf the I'tah Associated Associ-ated Industries; W. 8. McCarthy of the Commercial club tax committee: C. O. Adney of Corlnne, Arthur Hess and C. A. Miller of Farmlngton. Geo. Hot, chairman of the Itavis county commission: Walter Kvans. clerk of the same county; Mark Austin. Dr. Clarence Snow and J. f. Creer of Salt Lake, and others. |