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Show J TOR ION HAMMOND HAMMONDiSCUSSESNE iSCUSSESNE SGUSSES NEW ILAW lAWS lAWSt t - i ) Legislator Comments o"Vk oVk on of of'irk .rk rk 'irk irk ' " . of Recent Session ; Tax Ta\ Ta Taf ' \ : f Problems Revieweolegislative Reviewed Revieweo . kr r rlegLSlatl ) - kri , i \ legislatn \legLSlatl\ legLSlatl legLSlatle \legislative legislative \ e session just lust closei closed closedabout closeibout about bout on a parith par parft \\ith ith with -ft ft ' \ - 1th other session sessions sessionspomtments sessionspointments ; pomtments pointments will soon be forgotten forgottenwill forgottert , J will wlIl go about their work a ajand as : land , and aside from the liquor hquor bllpeople b1ll bit b1llEople bitpeople people Eople ? ! will w1ll be directly affected affectedray affectedray affectelIsy ray or another by the new laws law law,1 law1 : 11 , I by the legislature and signed by bs byovernor bsovernor b ; overnor , m the opinion opmion of ot Stateor Stati.or Statior state stateor . . or W . D Hammond , who return'Iday returnIday return- return returnJday returntlday - - tlday ' Jday from Salt Lake City where whereitend wherend wheni-tend wheni tend itend - nd the t\\ t tw twenty tenty \ enty first leglslaflviu legislatlveon legislatlve legislative legislativemy on . Iny my people are disappointed dlsappomted . , ama and anda a . , few are pleased with the finas final finals s , , " Senator Hammond stated insing in insing irsing sing the work of the session "To To "Toent "Toent "Tent Tent " ( ent to any great extent on the theblll thebill th ( bill blll as it finally passedliould passed \liould liould would liouldncaUed wouldncalled \ woulcncaUed ncaUed ncalled for People generallymuch generally generallymuch generallymuch much Interested In this question questionire questlorttre ire rh , quite well Informed on the theions th\fons th fons ( \ , \ ions 'ions ions ' of the act We can onIy only onlysee onl3bsee see just how the thing will ac- ac acwork acirork - - % work out and then we can amendremodel amend amendremodel remodel model the law until it more moreconforms moreconforms conforms to the . wishes v.LShes vLShes of the theAfter thft ( \t t \ thet tAfter . After all , , one soon learns that thattlo.n thaiHtlon { tlo.n tlon tiop . is largely a matter of com- com cour- cour comse course corn-se corn se - - se . rfd ed d to comment generally generalh on thelot the thelof theHof lof Hof the legislature and th th0 the lav.s lavs laws laws'd lawsed . 'd d ' d , , Senator Hammond contmuedrly continuedrly continued contmued rly ( ly in the session what is known knownLe known\e known e \ Le e child labor amendment wasi was wast wasIf t . It If this amendment is approvtwothirds approv- approv approvttv.othirds - - approv-Itwo-thirds approv Itwo thirds ttv.o-thirds ttv.othirds ttv.o ttvo thirds two-thirds two thirds . - - of the states Congress Congresspas Congresshas Congress.has Congresshas pas . has power to regulate or prohibit prohibitUS prohibitis 1S ; . ' is under 18 from working Thest TheSt The Thesfc st : sfc St men we hae have ha\ ha \ e ever known have haves the facthey fact facthey facthey s s pointed pomted with pride to , hey . worked v.orked vorked while theyere they \ were \\ere ere \ boys boysms bo s sems sBins ems ; ms to tp me that bo boss s sho \ who \\ho ho have haveto have'to haveto ' to do will develop into mto a better betterrof betterof betterfof rof of citizens than thoseho those \ who \\ho ho are areI areI I opposed this amendment amendmentgislation amendmentiislation amendmentgislation gislation iislation ; dealing with sO'lal sOlal social sO'lalty socialty socialty ( ' ty has been rather slow to take takeIn takein takeIn In Congress and so the best we wedo wedo wedo ! do in Utah was to pass bills billsng billsrig billsng ng rig bioad bload broad powers POers PO\\ PO \ ers to the governor governorJ mil 'Wlll Wlll will ' permit permlt him to appointK appointII appoint . J , . II 4 - that can cooperate a \ with ith the thetl theit the4 -tl tl - it ! government in m matters pertain pertainhold pertaina = ; > -hold hold - "old old " old age pensions s'ensions sensions ' nsions or any hind kind hindsocIal kindsocial kindSocial socIal social welfare program It is mym my myn n n that Utah will lead the states statesing stateslIng statesing - -ing ing -lIng lIng , ing for its unemployed and ourtople ourople our tople ople who cannot work worksoup work\sroyp work sroyp group soup \ : ; of bills designed to streng strengJour strengUr strongLour Jour ) Ur criminal nminal code was passed ItJlhe Ithe It [ Jlhe > he general understanding thataction that thataction , ) ctlon action will clarify many of our ourg ourig ourndg _ ig g statutes and shorten up ourprocedure OUl our oui"procedure ouiprocedure 'procedure procedure " ' to a very great extentT extentl extent extentwas extentwas l was my pleasure to mtroduceght introduceght introduce mtroduce introduceght ! ght for a bill b1ll giving glvmg county com-jners com jners com- com comners comners - - ( ners the power to settle delm-ftaxes delm ftaxes delm delin - . ttaxes ! taxes for less than the amounts amountsally amountsally ally lly charged With so much'ity muchty much muchty ty 'ity ity ' * already sold for taxes it is myJ mythat my J } that if county commissioners commissionersike CouunisslOners commissioners CouunisslOnerslke commissionersike : ike lke advantage ad\antage ad antage \ of this law much muchy "ttY ttY " y will w1ll again take its place onLX onix on onix ix LX rolls Many deserving peopleflow peoplehow people peopleB flow how redeem their property whichrrmit which whichit rrmit It them in many instances to tolew B 1 . "new new rnew ' " start in lifeiber me life lifelumber mber lumber of bills b1l1s dealing dealmg with edu- edu edual eduBI edu-ftl edu ftl - al BI matters were passed which wWch wWchi whichprove whichB i prove of real benefit to theusual the thesual { B usual usual sual , numerous bills b1lls b1llsere were \\ere ere \ in-with in with m- m in- in mAd ined - - Ad ed wlth with the hope that our tax.So taxSo tax taxcould . 1 ! 1cuuld . cuuld could be readjusted ThlS This Thisblem This"Sblem ThisSblem " blem has been a most perplex- perplex . - - etion ! on ever since smce I can remember rememberpresume rememberpresume rememberpresume presume it will w1ll continue to beid be bed bed d as long as men have selfishi selfishJ selfish selfishand lIon J and continue to place their theirterest theirterest theiriterest terest above the interests of ofIghbor ofighbor ofelghbor ofelghbors Ighbor 1 1always s ighboralways always the same old fIght- fIght fIghtP fightup tight tightlup - - ' lup , up P feels that it is taxed to atepxtent a axtent xtent than some other group groupluable groupluable groupnaluable luable hours are spent in an anto anto antio to soak the other fellow After Afteronly Afteronly AfterI only popular tax I knoof know kno\\ kno \ \ of 15 is 15the isthe isthe the other fellow pays There ThereJ Theredoubt Theredoubt J doubt but what tangible proover proover pro- pro proovertaxed - ( over overtaxed taxed and some wayfound wayfound way ; found to relieve this tWs load To Tocan Tocan Toe can shift Shlft the load from oneiproperty one property iproperty ; > to another class willk wiII will wiIIk willk k , , because became we are unable to toclass toclass ; class that is not already over- over overquite overquite over-1 over 1 - . quite apparent , to me , at least leasts , question cannot be solved by bythe ' - the burden from one class ofr of ofto ofto to another , but I do believei believea believe believeia a way to shift at least one- one oneour oneour one-.our one.our one .our our - . . our property tax load to other othertaxation othertaxation othei-p othei p - taxation A well balanced balancedIon balancedion balancedplon Ion of the income tax , . thef the theand theand . and the property tax will , inon inHon in inon on . , come as near solving the as anything . The income taxcorporation taxcorporation tax corporation franchise tax taxthout taxthout taxthoufc thout great harm to anybodyto anybody , to yield about $2000,000 2000000 $2 2 $ 000,000 000000 , Aint A Ant Ant nt sales tax would yield in inImes inS inImes inimes S ; Imes about $5,500 5500 $5,500000 5500000 $ , 000 , makingt ma1Jngf makingf ma1Jng making ) f $7,500 7500 $7,500000 7500000 $ , 000 . Of this amount , 1could ) could be used for the unem- unem unemnd unemnd unem-nd unem nd - 1 leaveJ nd social relief , and still st11l1eave st11l1eavemoney leaveJC leave leavemoney J money to completely elimin- elimin eUmin- eUmin elimintate eUmintate elimin-State elimin State - tate levy for schools and theeral the theeral theleral eral fund The state levy for fores fores forirposes es Is about 11 mills mms , so we weone weone wel one stroke remove one thirdproperty third thirdroperty thirdroperty roperty tax load Of courseu course , to make people see the beneuch beneuch bene- bene beneuch - > uch a program There seems seemsch seemsch seemsich ch a protest against the salespeople salespeople sales people as a rule do not stop 'of of ' stop'of , of the benefits that might be bea besuch besuch a , such a tax Whether we liker like r highery higherMany ; we e are headed toward a higher Many of our sister statesG states G " are beginning to take advantage ofthis of ofthlS ofthis thlS this tax and in my opinion opmlOn this formof form formof formof of taxation will contlue contiue to grow . , and andas andas andas as ifi It iG does the property tax will be belessened belessened belessened lessened - ' 'We We ' We flllour fillour fill flll our cars with gas and never neverstop neverstop neverstop stop to tb tp think that we are paying from20 from 20 to 30 per cent sales tax And still stilla a 3 or 4 per cent general sales tax taxseems taxseems taxseems seems to frighten fnghten us to deathi death"After death"After death death"After i "After After " the merchants come to 1 ealize realize realizethe lealizethe ealizethe the sales tax has come to stay , wemight we wemight wemight might expect to see them one by oneadding oneadding one oneadding adding this tax to their merchandise merchandiserather merchandiserather merchandiserather rather than collecting it as a tax AJs As AJsthis Asthis Asthis this is done and people can again do dotheir dotheir dotheir their shopping without Wlthout that horrible horriblelelnlnder horriblereminder horribleleminder lelnlnder reminder 'have have ' you a penny for thetax the thetax thetax tax , ' , ' this source of revenue can and and111 andwill andwill \\111 111 will ' \ do wonders for the relief of pro pro- pra property property - perty perty"It "It It " is termed a poor man mans s tax and andI andLwould and1 I Lwould . , would not attempt to deny it , buteven but buteven buteven even at that the rich as a rule will w1U pay payabout payabout payabout about tour four times as much sales tax as asthe asthe asthe the poor , because they spend about aboutfour aboutfour aboutfour four times as much"After much"After much much"After "After After " all is 15 said that can be said onthis on onthlS onthis thlS this tax question questione , , we \\e e \ find ourselvesenjoying ourselvesenjoying ourselves ourselvesenjoymg enjoymg enjoying the benefits of government , the rt/v rt v / f as nc well woll as no the tho rich rtx i Some C/w C w / > < am non paying paymg much more than their share sharesome , some nothingOur less and many are paying nothing Our children are arc attending school atan at atan atan an average cost of $75 75 $ each We are areenjoymg areenjoying areenjoying enjoymg enjoying police protection , city and andcounty andcounty andcounty county benefits of various kinds , andshould and andshould andshould should not everybody contribute some some- something something . - I thing toward these benefits ? Thous Thom- Thom Thousands Thomands . - ands of our people are not paying aproperty a aproperty aproperty property f fax ffix x and unless they contribut contribute 3 : < contributeby 3by by way of an income tax ta'C taC ' or a n saIcs sales participatein tax salestax saIcstax they will WIil continue to participate in governmental benefits at somebody'scost somebodyscost somebody's somebodys somebody'scost somebody'scost ' cost other than their own . , I ' "This This " This sort of program , if adopted adoptedwould , . would allthe distribute the tax load to all the people and as the load became hghter lighter becamelighter becamehghter on tangible property and people peoplegenerally generally felt that everybody e-erybody e erybody . - was pay pay- - ing paying a U fair share of the taxes , peace peacewould peacewould would wouldtake peacewould - take -take the place of turmoil tunnoll , and andgenuine andgenuine andgenuine placeof genuine loyalty would take the place of hatred toward government " |