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Show iax Cax ax Situation InUtah In InUtah I IUtah Utah is AnalyzedThe Analyzed AnaJyzed I ' The June August issue of the theUtah theUlab theGt&h theGth pressTlila pressiii Utah Ulab & Ta Taxpa Taxpayer .pa pa > . } ) er is Just off the press presspubJicatlOn iii publication pubJicatlOn contains contams 1l11port import 1l11portan importan an . an taxpayersIt payersII , . data for the use of ta tapayers taxpayers " -payers payers - II 11 presents the results of a studyf studyof stud study v vof of f trend of indirect mdlrect taxes ta'les tales ' : fees and lkenses licenses andlicenses andlkenses in the state of Utah for fort.e forthe forSB t.e te the ! ' astoundmggrowth . past 24 years The astoundmg astounding astoundinggrowth astoundingEOTth andI I growth of these indirect revenues10 revenuesto revenues 10 to outthat the state stale is s s'iown siown shown ' O\\ O On \ n It points pomts out I thaI that in 1916 but $701 701 $701000 701000 $ 000 ' " was as ob obtalned obta1ned obtamed propertyta property1.u propertytXsources ta1ned tamed from all these mon property obI I 1.u 1u . tXsources sources " while "hlle hlle for the fiscal year staggeringsin endmg endiig yearending yearendmg yearendiig June 30 1939 the staggering staggerll1g I 6UIl sin ! reachedIt ot of or $16249000 16249000 $16 16 $ 249 000 was reached reacheddrans It drallS draws attention to the fact teat tnt factteat facttnt havetaken . . - moat mo.t mot nrnt . : , of the Increase increasa . > . , have whichtime whichtune taken place pure s snre nre nra 1933 1931 at which tune $4274000conoared 4274000conoared $4274000COInnared the total " was "as as but $4274000 4274000 $4 4 $ 274 000 000lflDared COInnared fortte forthe lflDared with the $16249 16249 $16,249000 16249000 $ , , 000 for outthat tthat the current year It Is pointed pomted o out t that replaceBent repbcelDent replaceneat these taxes are not repbce replace lDent neat taxesThese taxes isxes but are new taxes taxesIrigfats These are no\\ no now noreachmg \ \ reachmg reaching dangerous " " " " " - - dangerousb.1ghts dangerousheights b.1ghtsThe heightsThe Irigfats b.1ghts b1ghts heights . The leading editorial Dangerous DeIusions Deiusio Dangerouswiislons DangerousDeIusions DangerousDeiusio Destroy Destrov Democracy Democracyy dentw dentof dentor quo Democracyquo Democracyquo5 quo5 ' s Dr F D Farrell pres dent of or the 1saps . Kansas lI.ansas lIansas State Agricultural AgriculturalK Agriculturalllege Agriculturalolieg olieg llege 1 hl In tIQn tlti ICtIQn consictlti ? thls thIS ls Is voiced the com convic consic IC formof format that the wost n'ost nost ' dangerous form of at ofour " our delusions " thatIre is the belief that Ire 15 " nothingm nothingcni can get something somethmg for nothing cni m government govemmen an dthe state state"ent stateent statelIlent stateSleet lIlent Sleet " ismade is made that the mOl moie mote e " we "e e "ek weuk uk k to - - - government govemmen b"vimmeni bvimmeni " ; to 10 solve solve our ourvtoueas roblems Problems ourProblems upon'sel uponsel uponCUrsel uponanal the lesa less we "e e w " a depend upon CUrsel anal CUrseles anales " " ' es and to loo look ! . too much to roIernment towemment toroIernment mtnent is to abdicate our our"ties ourties lbcrtles thCities ourlbcrtles ourthCities ! " " and destroy out OUi self selfreliance selftehance selfth5iice Hier selfrelianceHier tehance th5iice tehanceAnother th5iiceAflather WholIpOrls WhoiUpOrts Another Aflather article entitled enhtled Who dUCers deers prodUCers prodeers , lIpOrls iUpOrts iUpOrtsshows < ? . - . . . Who Whoshows ? sho\\ sho shos shows \ s that pro prorttato have a triple load to carry -that that - carrythat t thev they must themselves het carry he lie themselvesgOvernment unemployed gOvernment govemn and the unemploy ed too for it states The govern governlI1ent governfluent lI1ent fluent Toobtain Tosbta hasn hasni t a dime of Its o\\n o n own \ To ' rttato obtain sbta obtainrevenues ItsP"nds revenues it must taJIf tax taJ\ taJ \ . If If'it Ifit If'itI It sP"nds sPnds rnds itrnds ? " " " nlore Inore more K it If ltp.ye ltpye ! I I IfI * give . gives . , anything Must tax more provides"w providesw providesany away or provides any " service sel'V1ce selV1ce rVice ' it must tax to . ' pay payy payyn factat factiliat iliat ttentlon 'Ltteiition Ltteiition n Is al also o called to the fact at those ti tiwhom whom " " nnvjiii the government SUPPorts ttPponts governmentSUPPorts governmentttPponts me guveriuiiviii-are guveriuiiviii are - SUPPortsare 1 are pertorce perforce not a burden burdentTllnPnt government govemmen tTllnPnt Kilt nwMitlfwiol /Mitlfwiol Mitlfwiol but an nw additIOnal additionalon / . n " on n those \ who ho rroduce troduce roduce forthO1tning J'vies Jvies forthfliing fl i Emtlcipatlon anticipation anticipationof of tl e forth O1tning fliing levies ' ttblch presentedttblch presentedllich llich tacts facts are prescnte presented prescnte"e ab5 unfavorab5 indicate the present unfavor- unfavor unfavorI - - I "e e " e econonijCondition economic econolllic econonij condition of Utah I It t Utaht Rhfwt . Itsho's shovs sho's shos , ' t A- A Anwt - - no tio theno for example that the \ andneat anduiet large 1arge crops sugar beets and \neat neat neatare uietare nwt uiet are 37 per cent and 42 theI I ( ant perant t per perII pertoa antrespectively " IIrespectively , "spectlvely spectlvely respectively under the II IIt tlo protlo ton ! pro } : proviw ro of or 0 ( , ; : last 'law law ' \ of cj ,5 5 , , yar year and that in inth80 1l\V 1l V 3Is the pOSsible Increase of 3 bat ! th80 " Is Isor t } or ' ' Inore more " 'ore ore ' in in the 'state state ' state ' levy levysTcirf61 makeCStefj other ' ta taxing .ing ing > . ' "S S " units should maketo make makey tocareful careful CStefj carefulsurve surve of their to t tSscetaln budgetsascertain ) ' budgets ' y ascertain Sscetaln ? 1 the posslbhty possiblity possiblity of of'mak ofmak mak : lessened 1111 reductions reduct0 to conform to the eauened ability of the taxpayer |