| Show AS HG SEES IT the tha mortgage tax as viewed by ons ono affe ted ly by its provisions EDITOR JOURNAL it is with very great reluctance that I 1 begin begia to consider the operations operation of the iha mortgage tax tas aud and if it was as not on oil account of urgent T necca ity itsou on my iny part I 1 would rather hom the disagreeable task bus bul on oil nc ac colht of ofay mv I 1 I 1 dball undertake to examine hs merits and give a brief sEat statement ement of the rame the ti member lember of tile the legislature whether he was a republican or P a democrat who conceded and framed the tha mortgage tax bill for the of liia his odthe of the legislature erred it in judg ment and they with him chodd great inexperience and much lack of wis wisdom dorn in the science of if sound and liKhte ius low liw making in the unqualified forni form in which they passed the tha bill if they had tempted ser opted small email sums loaned and secured by in gape gage fay from froin and under trona taxation it would not nave have been so oppressive aud and caused 8 so much dit distress tress as in its ite present form and if the governor tro vernor had tile the bill and not allowed it it to become a law it would have beer been moie appropriate legislation the 2500 2300 which I 1 have loaned and tenured by mortgage brings me in a year the tha ouy only cah ca h income income that I 1 have to support three of a family latt lat year I 1 paid out of this sum itt in taxes 22 38 for tile the privilege of myself and nd family living on a half acre of land in a one story plain brick building I 1 thou thought glit it pretty high for that privilege the year before I 1 paid itla 13 6 cl 1 and laa aty yar ar when I 1 quires ei of the collector CLA ector the he sudden inci increase ease of my h ie e replied that the s iad had borrowed money and aai t e increase nerease in the tac ws w interest of that money I 1 thought this his rather unwe e manag ajie he avirl ie i e I 1 a clr roni po 04 trin T the e nee arit arii 3 to acup port our tives lives li if it pinched he ulers rulers who made the law as burh is as it pinches us I 1 think they would geould denounce deno it also the solden golden rule comes in nicely here therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to y you 0 u do ye even so to them for t b his i s is the law lav and the prophets li hung chang the great chinese states statesman man when lie visited this country was interviewed and when asked about the taxation of his country he replied the rhe common necessaries of life are never taxed and luxuries but lio lightly this is a grand object lesion for the study olour of our national ani and state rulers arid and the golden rule mentioned before this is a supreme rule for both rulers and those who are ruled to adhere to joseph smith the great noble and inspired prophet of god of the latter days in his enunciation of the correct principles of government announced let honor be the standard with all men if this noble and righteous principle had been adhered to by our na thonol and state rulers we would not have the unwise unjust and oppressive las lai a to contend against that we have at the present time and it is now a very proper and opportune time tima for all of the national and state office holders who occupy either governmental or educational positions and receive their ea salaries laries from the public treasury rv from the president down to the governor and from the governor down to the collector and assessor to come to their sound and sober senses and right down to the solid bed rock of the strict st beet economy and reduce their high and extravagant salaries sala to a fair and honest basil for their living goth so that atthe the murmurs and groans of a much overworked and overtaxed and patient people may cease and that we all may mav be a free people in the enjoyment of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness as guaranteed to us all by the tha inspired Su constitution of our great and beloved country and I 1 will state here plainly and truthfully to the rule rulers rs of tins tills young and fair state to those who make mak the laws lawe and those who administer tile the same that I 1 arn am unable to meet the demands nanda de of their mortgage myrt gage ge tax law unless I 1 adopt one of two alario which I 1 shall 6 slate late to ther them it the first plan as a ibur fur me to deprive myself and my family of part of our food of our oui fuel find and of our clotheil f g the his second plan is for us to appeal to the ilia tender mercies ai and tid kind feelings of the bishop and pt people ople of the ward to lo assist us in our necessities all of which plaris plans our rulers in common honesty would consider idor too loo dishonorable on their part to compel me to pay a tax of their imposing impo fing which robs me and my family of the common necessaries ries of life and the best beet iva way y out of tile the unpleasant situation is for the rulers to cancel my iny mortgage tax a and nd let jet it a go free of taxation the same came as the big plump and fat salaries of the governor and secretary of state sla IP go free of I 1 tamati taxation loll 1011 and of the salaries of all the other office effice holders of tile the state arid and by doing so our rulers bulei a in may ay C enjoy DJ oy much happier feelings ilian ihan by pushing my case to the tha utter litter end af oppression at my as age of four ecore acore and one or 81 ye yeara s this is the anniversary of my bir birb day on which I 1 write this plain statement of fact in behalf of myself and eimil family v without entertaining in the least degree any laid bard feelings feeling Fi or bad wishes towards the rulers or people of this state in conclusion I 1 subscribe myself a sincere friend and lover of truth liberty and bumanis bu humanity manit Y but an opponent to every form of legislation legi ilAt ion that leads to despotism tyranny and oppression yours truly THOMM WILSON walso j fifth ward logan oct |
