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Show JSO THE PEOPLE L1AY lOVl frOR MTirtl yean Ths Tsleg-ram hu rsoognlswd incnuinx 1 tsvxss u on of ths mort psrplsxlnf problems of ths psoplt of BsJt Uk. Tim bat not Mrvsd to i-sUst ths problem, but ther to jrgrYu it. Today ws hsrs the faifbast Ux rW in th history of ths city. Morsorar wo fso tho protpoot of a 70 por etnt iaorssM In Uxn If wo moot tho forthcoming obligations of tho city. Our city officials aro ipondinf almost twio as much monsy aa thsy did in 1919. TbU condition is of rital oonosrn to orory resident f Bait Lako, whether bo be tensnt or landlord. It to bad for "business, Industry and oapiul. It is a menace to wafo earners and homo owners. It is tho biffest thing before tho people of Salt Lako today, and there can be no better time for aa open discussion dis-cussion of the problem than now. Within a short Urn wt will rot on candidates for tho city commission. It is essential that tho people know how these men stand on the tax question. The biggest issue of tho election is taxes. It means infinitely more to the people than tho political r religious oomplexlon of the candidates.. We bar already delayed action too long, depending on general preelection promises to load us out of tho wilderness. It is tim to begin to roach a solution of this problem. It is time for tbs candidates for publio offioe to know and Understand this problem. It is time for them to make specific 1 pledges to tho people. It is tim for tho suooossful aspirants I redeem thes pledges. We have had enough of hedging and a surfeit of oration and broken promises. 8o the people may know what thes men think of the present Ux tendency and what they Intend to do about it, if I elected, The Telegram casts this problem before the people rv and tho candidates as the overshadowing issu of tho forthcoming forth-coming election. Its eolumns are open to the candidate and the people for a free and open discussion of tho problem, in the interest of lowsr taxes and progress and prosperity for Salt Lake. There are a number of things the people should know ' before they go to the primaries to vote for candidates for the city commission. They should know why it takes $3,109,330 in taxes to run the city in 1923, when the city got along on si. jo I'.iia from tb iamd lourca In 1919. Tbty thould know ' why ths state lawi, covering sinking fundi for city bond issues have been Ignored. They should know why there is practically nothing in the bond sinking fund to redeem bonds amounting to $1,500,000 which will fall due before the collection of the 1925 taxes. The bond situation means but one thing, and that is, that these bonds must either be reissued, probably at a higher rata of interest or they must be retired with money from the 1924 tax levy. If the latter course is adopted, the Salt Lake City taxpayer must prepare himself for a 70 per cent increase in the amount of his taxes. More to the point 1 If your taxes this year are $100, and these bonds are retired on the due date, you will pay $170 taxes next year. The people want to know why this burden is staring them in the face, when for the lost four years they have been paying pay-ing a city tax rate more than 60 per cent higher than it was in 1919. The candidates for the favors of the people should explain what they intend to do about it. |