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Show 4 4d P A STATEMENT . . . Utah Motor l\Iotor l Iotor 5fotor \ Transport Association Assoelabon answeringr answermg answering the conlltlumcad the ( be connnumcaof commumcaof conlltlumca- conlltlumca commumca- commumca conlltlumcastate - d b by /state state / Sia State ( e Superintendent , Chas H II 11 . Skidmore Ski elmore . , appeanngr appeanng appearing in the loca local localesS of + , 0 0r 11 of r Jul July JUQ ? 30 . , and reprinted rcpnntcd in many of the smaller SDL'11Jer SDL11Jer ' state shte papers , , , address address- addressaxes addressto - esS addresste Utilities Conmussion Commission of Utah regardrng regarding the te the PubUc public rehtionsblP rehtionship be- be be1 bea - 1 ton beton to a axes t11xes tales ( rcccncd rcccI\cd rcccI cd recened \ by the statcJom statefrom state ! , rom railroads and motor mowl ' vehicles velucles and the theblfc thbile blfc bllc schools schcols . oubt Mr Skidmores Skidmore s statement in the main is prompted by good mo-b'd mo b'd bd mo- mo moo moaad - - , rioubt doubt : d dhis o ' ratherJn his desire to t < > see sce school revenue re , ; enue from profperty property pr perty taxes ta'Ces taCes " ' increase ratneiuminish rather rathernish Jn Jnntsh aad statement st'ttement stttement ' Is decidedly misleading to the ( ntsh nish , but the public by the theen theren theyen ren en , in thit th9.t th9t that . , under the heading headmg ' Taxes Ta'Ces TaCes " ' Chaiged Chalged Charged In 1932 Against Trans Trans- Trans1 Transr.i - . . g1"s g1s Transg1"s " Systems ems ' those hxes taxes paid by bus bnes lures onI only } are compared with the theid r.i ri 1 . id d , , hy bY the entire entlre railroad systemsUnd systems systemsR .4 4 . R * theS ) Und jnd , , nd of a comparison companson is manifestly unfair especially cspecla.ll cspeclall . as It is under thef the 13 S of of"Taxes ofTaxes f ' " 'Taxes Taxes 1axes ' Chirred Ch'trged Chtrged Charged ' to Transportation Systems " To list l1st only the ta-cs ta cs taxes taxes"bus taxesbus " - , [ " companies companles and leave lea\e lea e lease \ out enthelv enthel entirely taxes paid by other othcr commercialv commercia commercial ] bus us " 'I I y ' 'Isuch ' gygti such as , , trucks and ottiei othel other forms of motoi motOl motor vehicle tran trancportntion transportation ; ortatlon Is misthe mis- mis misthe misthe - " ' the public publ1c public'it . 'it it ' it Vehicleit Is is publ1cintended Intended to g1\ g1 gi gna g1C \ C a the public publlc a picture of taxes ta-es ta es " - paid by Motoi MotOl Motor Vehicle Vehiclertation Vehicle'nortation Vehiclenortation ' ' as the heading reads as compaied compaled compared with railroad rtation atlon Systems Sstems ) Sys- Sys Sysd sysd sys-"d sys "d d - " d to show shov . ' Just what portion of each elch : goes to schools then certainly under underheadIng underheading underheading headIng all forms of commercial commerclal motor vehicle vehlcle transportation that use useh"Il usetehwus 3 5 and pay P taM taxes S , " which "Wch Wch reach schools , must be Included in the cornle comstatement com- com corn- corn - comstatement - h"Il hIl haas " } ? statement and not just bus lines alone . , "A A " "e e le "ea " ? statement would of course , nevertheless neveltheless neveitheless show that considerablyrevenue consIderably consIderablyvenue considerablyvenue g a icli venue from rpilroad rpUroad railroad taxes tmes , reaches the schools than from motor vehicles vehicles16 vehiclesIS IS Is because ec\use ec use . , \ school revenue , under oui om out Utah law lav . , comes out of propertyonly property property'only ' and the thc assessed valuation valulhon : of motoi motol motor vehicles vchicles in m Utah Is only about about\ about aboutf aboutof 'only only only 1 \ . n kt nkt that of railroads \ Motor 1\lotor 1 lotor lliotor i v , chicles eludec chiclec ; pay proportionately proporbon\.tely proporbon.tely proporbon .tely tely ' \ . the same sane ta"tes tates taxes taxesP " , , f , the riilroads r'1l1roads r1l1roads rulroads ' bised b\sed b sed based ' \ on the assessed valuation , . , a.s as . s ut t'WbY tWbY er itwhy [ ' , why ' not be fair and let the public pubhc undeistand undelstand that In addition to pro- pro promotor prox protax - ' " tax " x motor vehicles pay heivily he1.vlly he1vlly heavily . in special taxes t\xes t xes . ' \ such as license platesine plates , e 'road road ' , road oad ta ta\ ta taetc tactc \ ' . , , etc ctc . , so much so ISO that in m 1932 the taxes paid by motor vehicles vehiclesthe vehiclesthe vehicles4he the Utah tJsh high\Hi high Hi highways \ ) S exceeded ecceded " , taxes paid by the railroads by over $700,000 700000 $70ooo0 70ooo0 $700,000tcment $70ooo0tcment $700,000statement 700000statement $ , tcment herewith hereith " , ) if Mr Skidmore desires desnes to put a true compaiative compalatlVe comparative picture before theiTith the torf ow VI ' Owlth theOwlth Tith iTith respect to taxes taxec ; piid p'1.id p1.id p1id paid ' . by ' Transportation Systems " such as his headdS head- head headdS head-ads head ads - dS , the statement should read as follows and It ipiesents Iplesents presents quite a dliferentthan differentthan different dliferent e than than the one appearing appeaTing recently In his Ins communication to the Utilities UtilitiesMl UtilitiesSSlon Utilitiessuoit Ml ill suoitill SSlon suoit SSlonfigures figures in m , this tills statement arc taken from the First Fnst Biennial Bienmal Repoit Repol Report t ofte oflate of oftite tite late te T&x Tx Tax & Commission Comnnssion for the j 3 sears ears 193132)AXES 193132)AXES 1931-32) 1931 32) 32 193132)AXES - ) AXES CHARGED IN 1932 AGAI AGAINST ST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SYSTEMSBus SYSTEMSBus SYSTEMSt Bus Lines and andRa1lroads andunties andaunties unties Railroads Ra1lroads Other Motor Vehiclessaver VehiclesBeaver Vehicles saver . . . . . . . . $ 62.77244 6277244 62,77244 62,772 62772 . , 44 . . . $ 2,684.56 2684.56 268456 2,684.56fox 2,684.56Elder , . . fox Elder . . , . . . . 305 305043 043 54 . . . . . . . 9,414 9414 9,41482 941482 9,41482he , 82 ; che he . . 81,119 81119 81,11971 8111971 , 71 . : . . . . . . . . . . . 17,72713rbon 17,72713 1772713 , 3 rbon .16854144 16854144 . 168541 168 54144 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,425 15425 15,42535 1542535 15,42535twett , 35 35gett ) twett gett . . . . . . None . . . . . . . . . . . 107 10710vfs 10710 10710fcvis 10 fcvis vfs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 95334.24 9533424 334.24 33424 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,491 8491 8,49168chesne 8,49168 849168 8,49168nchesne , 68 ) nchesne chesne . . . , . , . . . . None , . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 362740 362740faery 62740 62740ery faery ery . . . . . . . ' . 67 6739972 399 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 2,71056ttield 2.71056 271056 2,71056 2.71056larfidd . , 710 56 larfidd ttield . . . . . . . . . . None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,29434 629434 6,29434Inyid 6,29434rnd , Inyid rnd , . . , . . 6566398 65 66398 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,05917 105917 2,05917 205917 1,05917ron'A 1,059 1059 , 17 ron'A ronA ' 5 . . . . . . . 87,950 87950 87,95073 8795073 , , 73 . . . . . . . . . . . 1521342 1521342rush 15 213 42b 42 rush b . . . . . . . . . . 97,462 97462 97,46287 9746287 , 87 . . . 4618,72 461872 4618,72Cine 4 618,72ne 618,72 61872 , Cine ne . . . . None . . . . . . . 2 299771lard 299771 299771fi 997 71 fi Iard lard . - . " , . . 110,285 110285 110,28552 11028552 , , , 52 . . . 436503 436503organ 436503toiSVa 4 365 03 organ , . . . . . . . . . . 64,579 64579 64,57921 6457921 , , 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702.99ute 1,702.99 1702.99 170299 , . . . lute ute . . . . . . . . . . 456216 4 562 16 . . . . . . . . . . 1,04385 104385 1,04385Uch 1,043 1043 , 85 85cil Uch cil . . . . . . . . . . . . .None None . . . . . None . . . . . . . . . 1,08642 108642 1,08642to 1,086 1086 1,08642Juan , 42 to . Juan , . . . None . 92750 92750It 92750kll 927 50 It Lake . . . . . . . . . 523 698 80 . . . . . . 156,190 156190 156,19074 15619074 , 74Pete 74 74tepete tepete Pete . . , . ' , . . 55 5588245 882 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7,9lt 79lt 7SGlt94 7SGlt94itvler 7,9 79 , , 1 94vier 94 itvler vier . . . . . . . . . . 41,557 41557 41,55772 4155772 , 72 . . . . . . . , . 9,10026ummit 9,10026 910026 , ; iumnut ummit . . . . . , . 142 14206011 06011 . . . . . . . 6,168 6168 6,16899 616899 6.16899 , . 99 99ooele | 'ooele ooele ' . . . 169 16929217 29217 . . . . . . . . . 433565intah 433565 | totah intah . . . 5,26960 526960 5,269 5269 , 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,78qi4 478qi4 4,78Q14 478Q14 4,78qi4Ith 4.78q 478q 4,78Q , . 14 14tali Ith tali * . . . 302,13881 30213881 302,138 302138 , , 81 . . 3909155Tasatch 39 3909155 3909155asatch 091 55 asatch . , . 23 2301119 01119 . .289651y 289651y . 2 289651 289651aslington 896 51 51None slungton aslington None . 2896517,707 2896517707 7,70795 770795 1,70795 170795 7,70795None 1,70795ayne 7,707957ayne 7707957ayne , 955487841,458 955487841458 ayne None 54818 54818eber 548 78 78eber ? eber . . . 22226408 41,45896 4145896 41,458 41458 41.4RSQR 414RSQR 41.4RSQROther , . , 96TOTAL 96 96y $379,70232In 37970232In y TOTAL $3 3 $309589049 309589049 $269589049 269589049 $ G95 890 49 . . . $379,702 379702 $ , 32 32connection 32connection connection with this tIus statement sta.temcnt statemcnt . and in m order that the public pubIlc might be-b be b be- be beconversant beconversant - conversant " , with lth just what taxes tahes are paid by the Motor Mot.or . Vehicle Industry Industrytab I Itah itah [ tah , . the following follo\\mg follo mg \ has been compiled complIed from the records of the State Tax Taxion Taxpussion I Ion and confirms the above statement that taxes from motor \ vehicles ehICles vehiclesJh ehIClesh h tehicleslh in 1932 exceeded thatpaid that / ipaid /paid paid by railroads by over $700000 700000 $700000COlUPRISON $700 700 $ 000 000COMPARISON 000COBIP4JUSON ehIClesI tehiclesl I Jh COlUP\RISON COlUP RISON COMPARISON \ OF TAXES TA-ES TA ES ' - PAID BY THE TilE RAILROADS RAILROADSAND RAILROADSP 1 ( AND MOTOR VEHICLES IN UTAH IN 1932 1932"ed 1932ed , . " d Valuation of Property $97 97 $97901,431 97901431 $ 901,43100 90143100 901,431 901431 , . 00 $10,154,738 10154738 $10,154,73899 1015473899 $ , , 99s 99 99Paid Paid and Apportionment ApportionmentState Apportionmenttate $10,154,73899II II State tare tate Genera General Fund (722 722 ( 722 7 22 % ) $ 194,643 194643 194,64329 19464329 , 29 $ 27,41450 2741450 27,41450hoots 27,41450i 27,41450Schools 2741450Schools , hoots hools (5181 5181 ( % ) . 1396,740 1396740 1396,74086 139674086 , 86 196,72377 19672377 196,723 196723 196,72377Cities 19672377Cities , 77 77ides I IlUes i lUes ides and Toa To Towns " ns (19 19 ( (1921 1921 ( 21 % ) . 517 51788056 880 56 72 7294082 7294082unties 7294082tountles 940 82 82I 82unties I unties ( (10.33 10.33 1033 ( . . . % ) , . . . 278 27848548 485 48 39 3922324loads 223 24 24County 24County ( County ) (1112 1112 ( % ) . . 29978302 42 422 422289tomtles 2 289 289unties 2 24I 89 89unties I unties ( .31 31 . . % ) . 8 8357.28 835728 357.28 35728 . . 1,17710 117710 1,17710OTAL 1,17710t 117710t , , _ , . _ 1,17710I , I TOTAL OTAL C1l'AL C1lAL ' PROPERTY TAX $269589049 269589049 $ 2 69589049 695 890 49 $ 379,70232p 37970232p 379,70232 37970232 379,702 379702 , 32 32addition I IadditIon addition Motor Vehicles paid special spccial specialtaxes spccialII II taxes as followsotor followsi follows followsIT otor Vehicle Licenses , etc . 801,84600 80184600 801,84600I 801,84600line 801,84600line 801,84600line 80184600line , I i IT line TahesI Taxes Tahes . . 2 2171,912 2171912 2171,91200i 217191200i 171,912 171912 , 00 00ad 00ad I , 00I ad 1 Taxes . . 59 372 56atal 56 56iTotal I ' I Iotal iTotal otal atal amount taxes paid pald paid State of F- F FUtah - Utah 1932 . $2,695,89049 269589049 $ 2,695,890 2695890 , , 49 $3,41283288 341283288 $ 3,412 3412 , 832 88 * . ' $700.000P3 [ Exceeds railroads by $700,000of $700.000 700.000 700000 $700,000 $ . , P3 % of all aU motor ti \ ' ehicle taxes In Utah comes from commercial vehIclesi vehicless vehicles i\ i iwhich s \ which are the trucks and busies buses bus busiesP7 < : es P7 1 % other classes of motor vehicles vehiclesS S 00 0 % TOTALcomparative TOTALIiIs TOTAL TOTALStil Stil IiIs comparative statement of taxes paid by railroads rallroads and motor vehicles 'VehIcles 'VehIclestaIl vehiclestali ' ' "h h taIl tali " represents about the same percentage and condition that exist in all thestates thestates the ? ttntes states of the uniontor uniontor union unionMotor Motor tor toreh1cIe chicle \eh1cIe eh1cIe lehicle \ transportation more than pays its own way by many ml11ionsUars millionsliars millions ml11ions millionsi millionsara i Uars liars ara In the United Statesr States jPor StatesjPor r the most\ most mostart most , \ : > ' , art this Association agrees with Wlth Mr . Skidmore in m his sevent5 seven sevenB01 B01 t5 ot of request " to the Utilities Utmtles Commission In the procedure that should beed beEd be td ed on all applications appUcations made by carriers for permits to operate We stand standwet standnet standnet wet net regulation of motor vehicle trucks tor for hire . ' UTAH MOTOR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION , l " . . , Per : A J LINDSEY , h Executive Secretary Secretaryh Secretaryr h- h hi ; - _ - -i i - \ r - , . COHIPARISON COMPARISON OF or TAXES ID PAID IDBY PA- PA PAID BY RAILROADS AND MOTORVEHICLES MOTOR MOTORVEIIICLES MOTOR\ MOTOR MOTORVEHICLES \ VEHICLES VEIIICLES IN GRAND COUNTY , UTAH , FOR 1932 . Railroads Railroadsd Motor Vehicles Vehiclesd d Valuation of Prooerty ProDerty Pronerty . . . . . $2387,78100 238778100 $ 2 387,781 387781 , 00 $ 34,450 34450 34,45000 3445000 34,45000are , 00 00these F $2387,78100F these fromthe se are authentic figures taken from fromthe the Tax Commission report " reportpaid Paid , property tax , . . . . . , $ 65 6566398 GG3 663 98 $ 1,15917 115917 1,15917Authentic 1,159 1159 , 17 17Authentic ; Authentic figures figurespmoblle figuresmobile mobile plate Licenses . . . . . . , 4,500 4500 4,50000 450000 4,50000Estimated , 00 ( < ( Estimated , no exact figures available ) Estimateoased Estimatc Estimate EstimatcI Estimatcd Estimated d on 256 vehicles vel cles assessed in Grand County Cowlty , I in vehiclest Wi 1932 50 trucks at $50 50 $ $5000 5000 $ 00 each ; 206 vehiclese.t vehiclesat vehicles e.t et at . t $10 10 (1000 1000 $1000 ( $ 00 each eacholme line eachline tax ( estimated estim\ted estim ted ' \ ) . . . . 30,250 30250 30,25000 3025000 30,25000Estimate , , 00 00Estimate I 30,25000I estimate app based on 1500 g gallons 1 per day or ap- ap aprolimately apTax ap approximately - proximately rolimately p 51cTax 550000 gallons pel pei year at 51c 5'4c 54c 5 . ( , ' c Tax ( 20000estimated estimated ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . 200 20000 00 | z zTOTAL TOTAL . . ' . : . ' . ' . . . . . . . . 165.663 165663 $ 5,66 566 65,663 65663 6 . , 98 98Motor $ 36 3 109 Ji7 Ji7The 17 17T 17The T The auto licenses estimates Balance of figuies fIgUles alentlc arentic aie ale are , ' gas gasand gas'and gasand and road roadtaxes road'taxes roadtaxes taxes are ntlc ntic ntic'rue The 'rue rue ' he Moab Garage Company paid $3,473 3473 $ , 59 taxes in 1932 This Includes all " ' , Property ropeny ImPerty ? and special It : figures about one-tenth one tenth - of all taxes taes " ( of motorlea motorles motor ' " lea les in Grand County . Note-Motor Note Motor "we-Motor "we we Motor " - - - vehicles are assessed at only one-tenth one tenth - of railroads In Grand Grandty Grandty GrandwJWt ty but pay in taxes one-half one half one-haU haU - . , NOTICE NOnCE NOlCE FOB FOR PUBLICATION . KS Partmtmt fitment SOffice ? of the th Interior , U . S , . Office Officeat ' % at salt Lake City , Utah , 8 8.1933 81933 , . 1933 33 33S10 . SCE -S10 S10 LorenWilcox - * ? Is hereby given that U > Loren Lorenentry ren ren"ucoxJ Wilcox " ' , of Greennvcr Greenriver Utah who "ucoxJ ucoxJ |