Show Chamber Votes fir Amendment Following a talk by Frank Nelson attorney for Utah Man Association Vernal Chamber of Commerce Tues Tues Tues- Tuesday day in a meeting at the Hotel Vernal voted to go on record as favoring the proposed freeport amendment Mr Nelson said that the pur pur- pur purpose pose of freeport was to enable Utah to compete with other states FREEPORT would mean that goods could remain in utah without paying inventory tax if the final destination is out of the state and the goods are moved within one year Exemption from Invent o 0 r y tax is already allowed in some cases cases but there is a tonal question Mr Nelson ex ex- ex explained i The freeport problem w a a 8 I emphasized when Clear Clear fie f i e l 1 d base was offered by the federal government to l enter enter- enterprise prise be explained IT WILL NOT HOT provide the answers to all the problems of the economy and will cause a tax loss of about he be ad ad- ad admitted d lie also felt that the tax loss would be greater unless freeport was passed It will take an additional additional Jobs to offset this t tx x loss he said but foreast fore ast that this would easily e be obtained with new in- in industry industry coming in Voting for the freeport amend amend- amendment amendment ment would enable the legisla legisla- legislature ture to pass a law to permit freeport he be explained and warned th state would lose several million dol dol- dol dollars lars in a few years page Continued on page 5 C of C Continued from page 1 There is no organized tion to the amendment but a few county assessors are opposed ed to it because of the initial tax loss he said WITHOUT freeport it is poss poss poss- possible ible that Utah Ufah may may lose hose U S Steel as it would be unable to compete with California he be warned County Agent Ben W Lindsay introduced Prof Anson Call professor of horticulture at Ut Ut- Ut Utah ah State University Mr lAnd Lind say said that Prof Call is test test- testIng ing seeds that at may prove suit suit- area Prof Call urged residents to grow vegetable gardens and said he would try to get recommended m mended varieties to local seed stores HE SAID THAT some famil les ies who could not afford to buy vegetables in stores could grow them more cheaply A clipping was shown from a Houston Tex newspaper show show- showIng ing a reproduction of the dino hunting license This has resulted in anum a number bel of requests from there for licenses It was reported that the Bur Bur- Bureau Bur eau of Public Roads will open bids for the Sheep Creek Gap section of the Vernal Manila highway October 27 The Chamber reaffirmed its stand backing Daggett County for the construction of a high high- level bridge at the location where Flaming Gorge Canyon comes into Lucerne Valley It was pointed out that this al al- al always ways was the attitude of the Chamber GLADE M said that the proposed bridge would chan nel nd traffic into Vernal and it was obviously in Vernal's best interest to support it President Barclay Gardner reported that e n t was SO 50 per cent lower than last year during last week The ratio was IS 15 per cent compared with 21 per cent a year ago The state average is 24 per cent The meeting next Tu Tuesday was canceled due to the deer bunt Joe Henegar an IGA official from Salt Lake also a guest |