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Show HELPER The (Utah) PAGE TWO JOURNAL THURSDAY, STATE PROPERTY MAY 17, REPORT SHOWS 3 mills per dollar of value. The former legal maximum was 2 mills. An increase of 1 mill, if levied by every coun- ty in the state would increase the annual taxes charged property for roa'l purposes by about on the present assessed value. Not all counties, however, levy the lerfal maximum for road of 4-- H j director, FFA taxes, which have Infrom $23.4 million charg- creased ed throughout the state in 1946, the first year after World War II, to $38.2 million in 19.10, are due for even further increases, it is indicated by a survey of legislation enacted hy the 1951 state show stamp that ceilinqs. price one-mi- t - the district. Phone News II HIM 1 1 1 1 I I I I II III I I I It I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I M 1 1 1 1 H I I MH 1 1 1 Items I I I I I I I to Journal H 1 1 1 I I I NEW! ATTBSACWE! REASONABLE! and announcing the controls which are to be voluntary for the present, Mr. impair our ability to avoid the catastrophe of a third World War and to defend our way of life The price and wage controls' aainst any eventuality. rj Will (JUllLillUO ,J t'ACI I UU1 which have been imposed in the the name of "economic stability" are utmost efforts to obtain for a sound of adoption program repidly demonstrating that direct accordcontrols of this type are an inef- the control of inflation in fective and unworkable approach ance with the resolutions adopted at our last annual meeting. As to the problem of preventing inan essential part of this program confusion and flation. By creating to bring about the adoption of disrupting normal business prowhich will really control policies and cedures relationships, ceiling " "'coc"t,""u r regulations are making the job of ot the American system, we need we the production getting defense vastly more difficult, gressively oppose the extension beAffected business groups already of Price and. waee controls date the present expiration y"d of dollars have spent millions that June zo- - 1951- - and man-!0and millions of precious te Farm Bureaus make this hours on unproductive tasks re- their No. 1 project between now quired by regulations which are 'une changed so rapidly that a com-,aupletely different requirement may Mine Improvements g0 mto effect 'before a ta&k has The difficulties been completed. At Peerless No. 3 created by price and wage ceilings Get Bureau O. K. will grow steadily worse as the number of regulations is increasA Federal coal mine inspection ed. Each new order Inevitably will report released today bv the Bur- create new problems, and new eau of Mines commends s and thereby force the nel of tne peeriess, No. 3 mine of development of further regulations tne peeriess coal, Incorporated lfor firing an shots with permis- and additional dislocations. More importantly, price and sible blasting units, and proper wage ceilings are diverting at- - guardjng 0f conveyors in tipple tention from the policies which and underground. At the time this must be adopted if inflatian is to .earbon County mine at Peerless, be brought under control. Noth- - rjtah, was inspected this month ing but disaster can result if by inspector T. H. O'Neal, it pro-w- e allow the delusion that price vided empioyment for 80 men and and wage ceilings can stop infla produced 580 tons of coal daily. tion to prevent the adoption of Renewed recommendations callpolicies which actually would con. ed for using dusttight motors in trol Inflation by bringing about dusty places in the tipple; pull(2) ing, instead increased production, of pushing, (1) empty strict economy in Government ex- trips from the surface to the mine tax partings; placing a gong on 1 penditures, (3) a coneffective credit (4) program, right gathering locomotive; protrols, and (5) a sound manage- - per storing of Cardox heater ele ment of the public debt. If price mentg providing overload protec- and wage controls are aiiowea to tion for all trolley locomotives; continue in effect, and the exist reducing voltage on the surface ence of these controls is allowed incline signal wires to 30 volts to to prevent the adoption of poli- prevent a shock hazard ; ; and the cies which can really control in wearing of goggles iby all emflation, we will create a situation ployees for work hazardous to the which will make it exceedingly eyes. difficult for us to ever return to This Religion is a scientific proceda "free choice" system. would not only threaten our li- ure with rules that always get Dr. Norman V. Peale results. berty at home, but also seriously Farm Bureau Position On Price Wage Control j ag-fo- ure 1 JlW.t f mmmh v v-'- v r JI,lKA'l 11 I I" "To avoid a runaway rise in prices, it is vital that all practicable steps be taken to reduce demand for other goods and labor at this time." At the same time, the mobilization director advised financial institutions of the plan to curb public borrowing (and spending), and. requested that no 'firm underwrite a state or local bond issue unless it had received "clearance" from the National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee. Communities faced with financing essential public works are asked to explain needed projects and the amount of credit required in a proposal to be. presented to a regional committee of the iNVCRC. (More Washington initials!) of which four, Eastern, and Southwestern Western have been set up. In citing the need for these voluntary restraints, it was pointed out that nearly two billion doi-lar- s have been raised for public, projects since the Korean War began and that state and locl governments have reach, ed an high in debt, approaching 22 billions! We hope that Mr. Wilson will be able to persuade someone here in Washington to adopt a similar plan for the Federal government! -- El fir- - S Acheson To Get Pink Slip June First . . . Maybe! Capital rumors of the past week or two that 'Secretary of State Dean Acheson is soon to become plain Mr. Acheson, attorney, are hardening into a fairly impressive and widely-helacceptance. Among those discussed for the Chief Justice Fred succe&sion, Vinson and former ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman are the most likely guesses at this writJohn ing, although Republican Foster Dulles, currently an adviser to the State Department, and White House foreign affairs adviser W. Averell 'Harriman remain possibilities. It is believed that both Vinson and Hoffman have been sounded out by the White House, and that both have indicated that they would consider the invitation as an order from the commander-in-chie- It Please" f. The President is reported mereto be waiting for the ruckus he stirred up by .firing MacArthur to die down a bit, so that the dropping of the Foreign Policy Pilet will cause as small a splash as FULL LlilE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES H111HH IIIIIIMMIIII I &W(0) REPAIRING Is Our Specialty till? ALL I KNOW IS THAT WHEN YOU GET IT TOGETHER, IT SHOULD BE A THIRTY-8I- X SUPER-DELUXE- Billions A western correspondent who is concerned with the current Washington unconcern for everybody's dollars suggests: "The number of cells in the Wheel In ! find our servicemen tht but illent type. Th gas you get goes Into your Vou'll quick only tank. Body & Fender Work Balancing & Aligning LIMINE GARAGE LIMONE A DOLEATTI 215 So. Main It's Garden Tim PIIOriE I TELEPHONE CABLE attracts the family of INSTALLATION Brady Denton, left, 33, automobile salesman of Saginaw, Michigan, whose purchase of American Telephone and Telegraph Company stock boosted that business' number of stockholders to a million. No other company In the United States has half as many owners. others in his family are, left to right, Johnny Dorothy Denton, Another son, Brady, Jr., 6; and Mrs. Bobby, is home with grandma. Mr. and Mrs. Jointly own seven shares of stock. 3; MtM PROOF LIQUEUR Ilelper Noiti ! 540 OF In addition to Demon, The Helper Journal 100 Southern ComfortCorp. Sl.louls 3, Mo, family laundry! That's where we come in! Fast, Clean, Work! 20c Leaf Print, Fine Paper and reay tattes goodl Delicious for mixed drinks and highballs. possible. here put the date at June 1st as the earliest. It sterns somewhat like "waiting for hell to freeze over". - 60c . Maple The Perpetual Freshman Is 100 proof Southern Comfort You won't have much time, after hours in the garden to do the LITTLE CRITTER PACKS TABLETS All Kinds otfeopk ly BRONC PACKS I entry. legal d COMIC PACKS "Scuse contracted for constitutes a violation of the U. agreement on importation temporary laborers. As a re sult, Federal authorities, particularly in California, are expected to launch a new "get tough" policy to curb this rising tide of il- e (1 Beautiful Selection - 30c Pack aliens were deported for illegal entry, while nearly half a million more were arrested while trying to get in. Both figures are roughly double those of last year, while deportations are fifty times those of only ten years ago. It is estimated, however, that at least a million aliens a year are entering over the Mexican border, in the guise of Mexicans seeking migratory farm work. Employment of these "wetbacks", from their practice of wading across the Rio Grande, along with Mexican labor legally non-Feder- Thinking fVHlitAlllf iff V IV FLOWER DESIGNS - county officials, mayors (non-defens- r Material! g V to governors, Wilson said: i Letter-Writin- thrk,V sential. In a letter o . The Latest Thing In 4v xA v FOC3 KENT I I I Correspondent. To naming specifically soldiers' bonus payments, war memorials and U. S. Still The "Promised recreational projects, and took a Land", Is View Of Aliens In moments of discouragement, dim view as well of road, school, water-systesewage and drainage it may help to know that last construction work not vitally es- year more than half a million trict school purposes. New laws affecting the property tax for school district purposes appear likely to increase this total. The legislature enacted into law, with the approval of Governor J. iLee, Bracken three measures dealing with the school building problem. One of these makes an appropriation of an emergency nature from the proceeds of the general sales tax. This act, however, authorizes the creation of survey commission to make recommendations for a more permanent solution of this difficult problem. except Salt Lake City, where it A second school building mea- has- been 3 per cent. iSince property taxes are the sure school district permits hoards of education to set up main source of support for school srttiool .building reserve fundjs. district financing, any increase in The obvious intent is to reduce bonded indebtedness of a district the school building program in will be reflected In subsequent each district to as near a property tax levies. status as possible. Hence Property taxes levied by dislevies for school sites and build- tricts other than school districts ings may be regular procedure are also affected by statutes enuntil school plants are brought acted. For example, in water conservancy districts in the lower up to satisfactory standards. The third school building sta- Colorado river basin, the maximum tute just enacted permits school levy may be as high as 5 mills. districts to bond for 10 per cent Instead of the half mill to which of the assessed value of taxable all such conservancy districts are property within the districts, the limited at present. Another water formula reading "four per cent of conservancy district act refers to of 100 per cent of the reasonable the organization fair cash value" of property in the directorates of which are to cattle at 4 mills Instead of the the district. Up until the present have the same powers as the dithe school bonding maximum haa rectors of the district. Those previous 3 mills. The legislature permitted coun- been 4 per cent of the assessed powers include the levying of ty commissioners to levy road value of property in all districts taxes, in certain cases, as well as the levying of assessments. The recent legislature also permitted the organization of fire CHOICE OFFICE SPACE protection districts, with authority to levy taxes on property within the district, up to a maximum of four mills on the dollar. The legislature also extended the scope of the county improvement district law. Such districts HELPER STATE BANK BLDG. are allowed a maximum tax levy of four mills plus enough to pay Inquire at Bank off general obligation bonds of M Extends "Control" And City Spending e Counties, and from 3.5 to 4.5 mills for the general funds in Iron, Millard and Summit counties. In the latter counties, however, the maximum levy for poor and indigent care is reduced by a tenth of a mill. In 1930 $22.9 million, or practically 60 per cent of the property taxes charged, were for dis- Phone 5 E. JONES e Intermountain Junior Fat Stock from J. human brain is estimated at ten to fifteen billion. Money invested Because of the need to conserve in E bonds is nearly thirty-fivdt reuse materials and manpower billion dollars, and the bonds are and to curb inflationary spend- beginning to mature. The proposbiling, Mobilization Director Charles ed tax program is ninety-fou- r national debt is two K. WiUou announces new control lions, the billion. measures over the financing of hundred and fifty-fivState, county and municipal proj"Adding up these items, it ects. occurs to me that perhaps, it's Wilson, at the same time, re- time for someone to get all of quested, that all "postponable" his ten or fifteen billion brain projects, be put aside for the dur- cells at work on the problem of ation of the defense emergency, 'How do we pay our bills?' " State VCy ' exempt animals sold at Show News-Lett- er .Washington Wilson purposes. The act permitting increases in the road levy also permits a comparatively small increase in the levies to care for the poor and indigent in Garfield, Rich and legislature at its regular session. San Juan The state tax commission finds, increa?. in summarizing tax legislation enacted by the 1H"1 legislature, that the tendency was. as in former years, to give the local authorities a free rein. While local officials are not required by law to levy the maximum amounts permitted by the statutes, experience shows that increases in permissible levies are quickly followed by increases in taxes actually levied. The amounts actually levied locally depend entirely on the decisions each year of local governmental authorities, it Is pointed out by Patriqk. Healy, Jr., chairman of the tax commission. "For all practical purposes, property taxes for general state government ceased in li):!D. Such property taxes- as are now levied under the direct authority of the state gov ernment pass iniugu me stair treasury in order to help finance the minimum school program now guaranteed at $3,300 per classroom unit." The increase in taxes charged in Utah between 1946 and 1950 is shown by tax commission reports to have been 63 per cent. This compares with nationwide increases during the same period of 23 per cent in consumers' prices, 33 per cent in wholesale prices; .9 per cent in prices received by farmers, and 23 per cent in prices paid toy farmers, according to federal reports. One of the Increases In properly taxes enacted by the recent legislature is mandatory; a new law fixes the brand inspection tax on all horses, mules and By Sharp, Jr., left, director clubs, and Mark Nichols, David S50,-00- Property Washington Is 4 taxes of TAX assessed STILL CLIMBING; , From Here This Beef Mas No Ceiling 1951 Denton OVERALL SERVICE TOO! 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