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Show TIIK K KM KI1S AMI Til K STHOOUS P. K. Willardson, state chairman of the Tax Reform league, dihtnlmt'-d miriii-GKiaptKd circulars among the farm bureau mem-Ixth mem-Ixth attend.ng the annual state farm bureau convention held at the Newh'l se hotr-I in Salt Lake, calling on the farmers to get back of hiu program to change the tax system of the state. There are two features about Mr. Willardson's program that are highly objectionable. The first is that the Utah Stale Farm bureau Is the proper organization to continue the tax reform movementthe move-mentthe organization that promoted and took the leading part in the tax reform four years ago that resulted in the adoption of the tax amendments to the state constitution. The Uath State Farm bureau is now carrying on a tax reform program that will bring about the desired results and there is no need for the existence of the ,'tah Tax Reform League," unless it has the full support of the Utah State Farm bureau. .Second: Mr. Willardson in his ambition to do big things in tax reform, would turn the high schools of the state into job printing plants. He says: "The director's duty is to distribute our literature, . . should contact personally individuals who need special at-' at-' tentlon to convert them to tax reform. You will, I think, be able to get your high schools to mimeograph sufficient of your letters bo that everyone in your county may be contacted. Your only cost would be for stencils and paper. If you are actful there is no reason rea-son why your schools should not help you to this extent. In Sevier county our high schools are cooperating with us." Do the taxpayers of this Htate want the high schools to go into the Job and commercial business and do the work for the actual cost of stencils and paper? What does Mr. Willardson mean by being "tactful" in getting his work done? Would he have the farmers and the schools conniving conniv-ing together to put something over on another class of taxpayers who will argue their best interests would not be served in that eort of thing? The taxpayers are digging up hard-earned money to pay teachers teach-ers to do what spend their time and use school equipment in printing print-ing circular letters for special group to serve their special interests? Is that what Mr. Willardson suggests? If that is true, where would it end? Would this group thus being be-ing benefited object to the high schools turning out thousands of mimeographed circulars "answering" the arguments of the Tax Reform league? One group would have as much right as the other to call on the schools of the state to work for them for nothing. The proper thing to do and the thing the taxpayers of this state will insist upon, is that they keep the schools out of this "bolony" program as suggested by Chairman Willardson. The Utah State Farm bureau has this tax reform movement well in hand an can be depended upon to carry on a program that will ultimately result in every citizen in the state paying his just portion of the tax burden and there will be no need of dragging the schools of the state into the fight in any such manner as suggested by Mr. Willardson. It was the country newspapers in Utah the printers and publishers pub-lishers of the state that helped put over the program for the "reclassification "re-classification of property for taxation purposes four years ago." The Utah State Farm bureau, the Utah State Education association and the Utah State Press association all got back of the tax reform program pro-gram and the amendments carried. These three organizations, cooperating, co-operating, can do the same thing again providing men like Mr. Willardson are not permitted to gum up the program. Daily Box-elder Box-elder Journal. |
