Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-08-06 | Page 1 | Lower Taxes Declared Necessary for Growth

Lower Taxes Declared Necessary; for Growth i - -. - By JOHN F. HALL. "Nothing happening today Injure Rail Lake Cltjr so much u the ; excessive urn which have kna and are being born by property j ctHn." Th foregoing is tha iUttmml of B. M. Ashton. prat 1 dan t of th Salt Lake Raal Katate board, who baa given tha taxation situation a cloae study. Tha raal aatat board baa consistently worliad to obtain local government aoonomlaa and raaultaat raducUoo of th tax levies. Tba quickest way to put Salt Lake Into a propar poaltlon for rrnwth la for publlo offlclala to aaaur U publlo that tax will ba lowered, la th opinion of Mr. Ashton. Taxea bar mora than doubled In Bait Laka In tha last tan yesr. Increases , have baan mada In tha atata. achool and county uni but tha lary for city govern meat baa alway baaded tha parada on th up- Ward trend. ' . . Bafora Mr. Aahton would dlaeuaa th tax situation, ha eommenteo: that a praaantatloa of tha facta would ba aura to injure tha raal aetata I market In Salt Laka. ' , "Whan taxea ara lower, than and than only can wa expect raal atata values to mora upward," ha said. "At tha present time. Salt Laka real aatata la cheeper, relatively, I than any In tha country In aplta of tha fart that Bait. Lak, probably ! haa tha greatest natural advantages of any city. I "Taxes can ba reduced only whan tha city eommlealonera maka ax-pandlture ax-pandlture that are Juatlfted by ma tar deliberation and bualnaae Judg- ment and not bscauss tha axpandlture I urged by a (roup of eltlsens. "Bafora expenses can ba cut. tha city commissioners muat realise that thay ara worklnf together aa director of tha city. Atl trading of concessions batwaaa dapartmanti muat atop and tha eommlaalonera muat ba bald equally responsible for th total coal of operation of tha city government." . . ' i