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Show a . 9 . Expenses and Taxes ! lift I HARLES J. BULLOCK, professor , of econo- mics at Harvard university, will arrive in kalt Lake the latter part of the week to confer frith tiie members uf the Wall (.uniiiiissitin-for the revision of the taxation system in Utah in I. regard to the tax problems of Utah. No doubt pur state, city and county officials are In need of pome expert advice and in this direction Professor sfcullock may advise them soundly. ' Taxes in Utah re entirely too high and any information which JviH tend ,to reduce the burden should be welcomed. wel-comed. II There are certain of our governmental units, jfiowever, which will not profit by the visit-of professor Bullock if they hold to the course jVhich they are now pursuing. What they need js some practical advice on the spending of the people's money. They are yet to learn that J public expenditures make taxes and that when tovernmental-tmtts undertake-rxtensionsand im-jfcrovements im-jfcrovements which they cannot afford, they are ; extravagant. The fundamental principles of econ-J econ-J ferny which apply to the individual also apply to ; he unit of government. I Individuals who live within their means are ; Usually successful. Thdsewhospend more than J jhey fiffi Mt not. , Debt which cannot be met by Jhe arnihg" .capacity of the- individual destroys J Jiope," arnbTlion ' and Initiative. When' the wise J individual is confronted with a condition which I threatens the future of himself and his family, he jicurbs his desires and devotes himself to necessities, necessi-ties, endeavoring to liquidate his debts at the ; iarliest possible moment. He owes this to the ' Children who will live after him. Public officials I tan gain an insight into the ways and means of 4 Reducing taxes by studying the habits and inclinations inclina-tions of the thrifty family. ',' During his visit in Utah we would like to have a Professor Bullock carry some of our officials back . lo the fundamental principles of taxation. We J would like him to teach them the relation which txists between public expenditures and taxation. It might not even be amiss for him to show them the effect that high taxes may have on a state ipr community In its-future development. If he JJIoes not get down to these fundamentals, wej jjear he may be misunderstood, for unless this ! Jide of. tV .question is clearly presented, the tax . t Authorities of this state are likely 4o derive nq practtcat "benefirr from his visit' 'ej 1 . |