Show i THE LEGISLATURE By L L. L A. A The legislature is about to convene r At this writing it is too earl early to make comments on its or organization But the strife and contention is a division as ae to to the policy to be pursued on the tax Amendments Some classify the opposing forces as ns For the Amendments Amendments Amendments Amend Amend- ments and Opposed to the Amend Amend- ments meats Others classify the Fors as ns radicals and the opposed ns as con con- Governor Go Dern seems to tobe tobe tobe be right on these amendments lie TIe counsels coI conservatism serva and to go goslow goslow Jo slow r Sometimes a bad law administered administered administered adminis adminis- wisely becomes a success success while a n good law administered unwisely b becomes becomes be be- comes a failure Go er Governor or Dern Deru has been a i particularly good governor gO and he is counseling wisely n at t this time and if his advice ice be followed there is a i probability that the amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments will work out all nil ri right ht even en if they be unwise in iu some matters But there are at least some goo good in these amendments and no that they are approved let us play the game of wise statesmanship and make them work if we can But the effect of these amendments must lower lower lower low low- er the tangible property tax or else we will have a colossal failure taxed up to them It is an historical fact in the writers writer's opinion that the state board of education with Supt Jensen at the head has contributed largely largel to the heavy heny tax burden in Utah and andin andin andin in its zeal it is pretty liable to make out a n large program for the immediate immedi immedi- ate future which will be an unwise move mo Let us hope that the rank and file of the fraternity will counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel and act for conservation conser in late lite administration of the new tax pro pro- gram But the contending forces in the legislature are bound to be he bitter The whole bunch is in the experimental field of taxation and the different lines of business and industries in the state will be alive ali to o dangers that they are of There will be lobbying lobbying lob loh- on behalf of the several se groups of taxpayers as well as the beneficiaries beneficiaries beneficiaries aries of taxation and there is a probability probability probability ability that lobbying will have ha an oil room to grease the wheels claiming likely as William III did whet he bought parliament that it is not wrong to hire a man to do right and of course each side will decide for fOl- itself which which is r right Well WeIl from the above suggestions and from others that might be m made de the tho coming session of Utah's legislature legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture is going to be the liveliest session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion since the beginning of statehood and already before the session has b begun un the democrats and republicans seem seem to have split wide open Look Lookout Lookout out ut for results |