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Show BITTER FIGHT STARTS OVER PROPOSITION TO MERGE TWO COLLEGES presentation of rival claims for legislative legisla-tive appropriations. The Benefits Derived. "All that is now asked or that will bo given to the. Agricultural College would be saved by consolidation, as shown by the report of the commission. "Tho Agricultural College would be in no way crippled by consolidation with tho University. On the contrary, all the work in agriculture would be verv much improved, because the entire en-tire fund received from the Government, Govern-ment, $2.",mmi per year, and the land fund, about $7000 per year. woUd then be devoted to agrieulture and its kindred kin-dred subjects, whereas, at the present time only $22,2n5 is devoted at the College to the teaching of agriculture and its allied subjects, according to the findings of the commission (report page 16). Th.it is, agricultural and similar instruction would be better provided for under consolidation, even without asking for anything from the State for agricultural purposes.-' Additional bills in the University of Utah-Agricultural College fight were introduced in the Senate yesterday oy Senator Sam Park. They are for the consolidation of the two institutions. The bills axe in direct contrast with the two bills introduced on the previous pre-vious day by Senator Herschel Bul-len, Bul-len, Jr. The bills introduced will now be fought out in the Educnt ion.-il committee commit-tee room, of which both Billen and Park are members, the latter being the chairman. It means that one of the bitterest fights that has been seen in the Legislature in many a year will soon be in progress. Battle in the House. The battle has seareelv started in the House, although Representative Pedeiseu has presented a bill similar to that presented in the Senate by Hullen. The House is busy getting the report of the Education commission which investigated in-vestigated the duplication of the course of studv iu the two institutions. Senator Park declares that it is his belief that the majority of the people peo-ple of the State favor consolidation. The bill for consolidation presented bv Park provides for a fixed tax of one mill. The bill also provides for a Constitutional amendment which shall be voted upon at the next election. Text of the Bill. The text of the bill is as follow.': "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of I'tah:' "Section 1. There shall be submitted submit-ted to the electors of this State the following proposed amendment to sec-I sec-I tiou 4 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of I'tah. to-wit: 'Section 4. The 1'nivcrsitv of I'tah and the Agricultural College arc hereby consolidated and shall be controlled by one and the same governing body, but the identity of the Agricultural College Col-lege is preserved, ami both institutions are herebv permanently located on one s'!p, but branch experiment stations of the Agricultural ollcge and branch schools of the I'niversitv mav be established estab-lished at such places as may be provided pro-vided by law. The I'niversitv of I'tah shall include the Agricultural ( ollcge. the State School of Mines, the State Normal School, the School of Arts and Sciences, and such other collegis and schools as mav lie established bv law. All the rights, immunities, franchises and endowments heretofore granted "t conferred, are hereby granted ai.d per petuated unto tne Agricultural College and the I'niversitv of I'tah. including its various school and colleges. This amendment shall take effect and be ir. force from and after .Tulv 1. 1!ot. Section 2. The Secretary of State shall cause the foregoing propi.M', amendment to be published i n at least one no wpa ht in every county of the State where a newspaper is published for two months immediately preceding the next general election, at which time the saiil amendment shall be sub mittod to the electors of this State for their approval or rejection. Al 1 official ballots used at such election shall have printed or written tlnreon the u,.rds: "Shall the propoved amendment to see tion 4 of Article X of the Constitution relating to the Agricultural Cnllojje -,u,t the "Tif v be mloptcl'' 'Yes 'No.' ani shall otherwise be prepared j and s ihiTii'te,) t.i the electors as is or I mav he provided bv law. Such ballots shall be nccived and raid votes shall be taken, counted and c.irv as-e.l and return thereof be made in the same pawner and in all iispocts :t is or !.. be provided bv law in the ease of r'.c -ion of State oth ers, S.-rate Mill No. providing a ta 'vy for niai nt etia t e. is as follows: j "'here in hereby le ied and d'reeted to i f istjnMi ami co!le-ted annuallv. he-i he-i f'.J.r.l:.f wl-h f! year 19n7. a State f of or.f nr.:;i "n each dollar of the valuation ff rh faxatle pr'iper'v in the Srate for Kr,ra' ira ' r. f en n n e or i.s-mI rin.-, rin.-, r..r.p expet.ses of the l'r.lvfrvn "f I ' a h 1 814 I ' s sr.y-a1 .'".o S n'd ,. ;'.-i;.-s . j c.f-ve -f the 3rr.'!i Nu tea" S loo' a" ' " 1 C;ty . :i'.d a S'a'e tax . ' on,- s"'. - erTi c, a mV) for the (general mar"e- t.ar.' of usual running ev pef.ses of l-.-ai. 'i N.-rma! S-hoo! a' Ceda' Citv . and the nerr.enf and 'olle. r nni of taxes shall tie perfot nte.l s., tnannr and a' same M're as ofher Sf,-fe nxo a;e ,issee,i a' i ! : Kingsbury I Heard. President Kings 'r;i of ; -e ."'ate Unnersitv. when -r.r( if r r, c :eer, ,,. cot. t e v f ' 1 r e-i f. tne Pu'ien bi w-'u'd i tc ' '. e .rese n T re o u ; r e n , e i ' f ' c I u!jr"v. ai.i t hfct wi t It a", as.-esse.j ! va!,;a't. "i of ;o0.oi"l."'i" the a4 ., m i I i j. ; o, j Mr M , ! i " f r '' "trpir' i" tio- l'nvor!f. wo .' i ... ! i 51 ; 2..' '. per ,jr' ..' f. ; I ',.- : M Two , ....r, -,co 'ie l'ri c ,i m pr 1 8t . t ' e S'l.'''. ' j of r, :;p.J S. i 're 'al S ',.' of Mines and 'he s,.af, Vi.r.al S.r.-.o'. , Vies;drs ;i:e f'.ran -!i Nortnal a' 1 e,j i; I itv . !'"'-nH .'?i,l.o',i"'ii la :ndin ;,b..;r j iV.'.n'i for im::d:n2s. winh did in! ftClv meet Ti.e a.'(;t't necessities of these various State schools. .' these scioto's f.ave jrrown since then, and to meet their r,c,ls for the next I If I eirs will re.-jnre apa't front bni!dirgs. ''Tiie Blien bill, therefore.'' sq,. Prpsidect K inst-oirv . ''fails to pro i,b-the i,b-the amount of revenue r',','irv for ; the support of the I'niversitv. ''The regents, after careful tv-.nsid eration believe that a 1 mill tax tor the maintenance of the I ' n i o'i ' v wiil be absoliiteiy essential. Other States' Plans. ' A'i ordir-jj to inform.T ;eri obt.need f r (:, ri.er St.ii in 1",. the auo'i'n voted in ( olorndo to the I ' 1. 1 e rsi v . the State School of Mines fed the State Normal School, as eompan-d wi'h the amount voter) to the State Agri-eiiltur.il Agri-eiiltur.il College, was as i 2 to the f,.r- mer. ar.o: 1 to the Agricultural College. In Michigan the proportion wan 7.11 to the State I'niversitv and 1 to the Agricultural College. Tn South Dakota the ratio was 4 76 to the I'niversitv and 1 to the Collegp '"I would pmpoe as the ratio here, for the two institutions, from the State. 25 to 1. or less than in Colorado, be cause the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Mines and the State Normal Nor-mal School are united here, but separated sepa-rated in Colorado, hence the cost of maintaining these three schools in Col orado is relatively much greater than 1 in I'tah. "The Agricultural College receives In addition from the Federal Government Govern-ment $2."),0(i0 annuallv for instructional purposes and $2O.0ui1 annuallv for experiment ex-periment station investigations. "Sinee the Bullen bill makes no provision pro-vision for buildings for these various sehools, it is difficult to understand in what way it would put an end to the |