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Show -- J ,-. THE PROVO HERALD Problems of taxation (Continued traisrT&frUaeT on more ground with, which is invisible' and Incorporate is ments wlhk;brtuftEfloeOrpm In the iiatTreflPimpossible and ' the center c town paid but $4l One contradictory." V of 'case' J near center And of personal prop-artpiece the of ia the property townrwhicihr the owner holds at that is visible aad tangible, such la $1,500 aaassessed for $350 twalle as furniture, books". Jewelry, musical ,I other (pieoe la assessed at 20 per cent instruments and. the like It is clear above Its value. that iU valuation must" be not only No doubt we can all cite similar work of time but requires experience beyond that of most people. The ef.cases in our own. neighborhood. " fectiveness ofthe personal property ' What is tjrue of the "town is also tax must dependlapon the employt true of,, the. county-Tfcer- e is no sys ment of xordihary and arbitrary tematized relation of Value between measures. the various towns of the county. As Space will not permit of a discusa result Provo is overtaxed as com sion of other phases vof our fiscal pared with the other towns 6f.4JieJ system. That our present tax The variation among the county. unjust, inadequate and unsatcounties, is even greater. Some counties have a 20 per cent higher assess- isfactory is a conclusion forced upon ment than other counties. Nor is it me toy, some study of the problems. true that the lowest valuation is in The existing method of taxing propthe cities. Oh the contrary the rural erty was better adapted to the. first districts hare the lowest assesse&ispf half of the nineteenth .century than property in the state. This is espe- it is to thevpisent. At the time our cially true of corporate property in tax laws ' were made property could rural districts. be found. There were few generally The state tax is" apportioned among banks and corporations, and no railthe several counties of the state in roads. Stocks arid bonds were very proportion to- their assessed value, scarce With and in the same way- - the county tax the change in the economic conditions is apportioned among the towns of of our state came dissatisfaction on the, county. The very existence of account of ,the inequalities in the such a law is partly responsible for of the burdens of taxaadjustment ft the unequal and low assessment. tion. This dissatisfaction has inPnyathe very nature of such a law creased without interruption up to s a double competition bethe present time, and every year tentween the counties in the aggregate ders our existing 'methods of assessand the towns of the county for the ing property and taxing it more inlowest possible assessment If Utah tolerable. That brings ns to the county is assessed higher than anquestion of possible remedy, other county then we pay more state Inasmuch as the state apportioh- tax according to our wealth althougn ment is responsible for many of our .V, m tm i.ii iMLf aid mTHrmn is limrrkTn troubles we might suggest that this For the same- reason Provo is at part of our system be abandoned. In present paying more than her share other words our Bystem might be imof county tax. The difference in the proved by separation of the sources assessed valuation of Provo and the of state and local taxation. "We are Al. .U uiuermju vi uie county is very Justified," says a recent Missouri" tax much greater than the difference on " commission, "in saying that this real value. of the sources of state ..It a anti'matoH liv rnrA aiithjtvw separation and local revenues is now . generally that the assessed valuation of all tax- recognized as the first essential step able property in Utah is less than 50 In any' enduring tax reform." The per cent of its cash value. This can second step in the opinion of most mean nothing less than a high rate. tax commissions 'is the The disadvantages of this condition "home rule" or "local option." To la ouru tax system are obvious even make this point clear, suppose the 3tate were to take over to itself as iuse w invest in property wnicn source of revenue the exclusive ... carrlfS-- a, 4 ier cent tax. We must axation of all railroads, corpora- tax is a poor V"9ifagree thalf a .tons wnich do business in moreadvertisement. Section 7 ' of Article han one county, all licenses and fees 13 of the constitution of Utah pro ind perhaps some m other minor Tides that "The rata of taxation foi sources. Let the state have all the state purposes shall never exceed . money from these sources then our eight mills on each dollar of valuareal estate Is relieved from any tion, and whenever the taxable prop- state taxation. With the state tax erty of the state shall amount to removed from the property in the re $200.000tO00 the Tate shall not ex- counties tnere will be no spective ceed four mills on each dollar of , motive for low assessment. The valuation, and whenever the taxable assessor has' direct charge of county Tirnnprtv nf the state shall amount to all assessing in the county and could "T " $300,000,000, the rate thereafter shall see that it be placed at its never exceed four mills on each easily (value; With this condition proper dollar of valuation." It further the rate of taxation would immediate that this can be increased only or below ly dropto twenty mills by a vote of the qualified electors of on (Continued Page Eight.) tlie state. PUUtil .. i it o If n v fi better-improve- y . "- City Homes - , : Lumber, : smess Prop erty - UU. : LUNIUDI and .. hingle - fb-- 3 : m h n v'M n Builders' Materials of All Kinds . ' J 11 PAGE FIVE. 1 Good Farms -- sys-teml- For Sale Doors, 8 on Easy Terms Windows, " .' Paints Fencing and Posts Builders' Hardware , -- - lina-frontier-countr- 1 Plaster Cement mere-arise- i- . J. w 1 1 11 4 Complete Line Of Stock f 1 ? - A Twenty years ago we were in the real estate business. We are in it yet 1. Always Available . Good Stock d O. M. Scharf, Mgr. Provo Prompt Service Utah Provo Utah -mill - Private Phones European Plan ROBERTS . ' pro-ride- " We are one-ha- at present paying seven lf arid I am real property, the results which have attended the attempt to tax personal property under the same system is infinitely more farciful and unjust, i ani of the opinion y persons in our state can be named whose aggregate wealth mainly personal), is considerably in excess of the valuation this year of all personal property in the start. The reasons why nothing, but failure in respect to the valuation and assessment of personal property system, can be under the existing ' the- - main as in are anticipated taxing iiat-went- follows: v In the first place much of the "personal" and termed property state law, It is made our which, under assessors to; value the on obligatory and Inincorporated is and assess, , conceal-and transfer visible, easy of valuation of not' by admitting ment,' common stand- comparison with any or location, oi rd, and the situs which, for purposes oi tne and taxation involves some of "'ani yet oldest, most controverted law.,0 sch "unsettled questions of 'a character , are all negotiable in- "m"1" , munistruments, J. e., naftional.-statewritten cipal and conorate bonds;"7 book obligations . of . indebtedness, accounts, annuities, money at interest, cash on hand, etc.,' which largest part of the - n personal ' property. It Is clear that a . law contemplating the valuation and assessment of that Jo-calle- d si j Y- - :"''- - j .... '. ". W. D. Roberts, s mills for state purposes convinced that If our assessment were properly done four mills would be the extent of our state tax. What has been said thus far' has been of real property. But if such be the inequality of the methods of and $1.00 Per Day and Up Jr., Prop. Provo' s First Class Hotel Knight Woolen The Home Mills of the Traveling Man (Continued from Page One.) grades as to fineness. In a fleece of there will be from four to six d it is put grades. After through the washer, where it is scoured with soap and chemicals until it is perfectly clean? Then it Is put Into the dye tuba where it is made into the various colors which are desired. From here it goes to. the carding machine where It is thoroughly carded, taking out all burs and straws and everything but the wool The .final carding machine divides it into strands or yarn before It is spun. It jBfcerewoTind onto great spools which are taken to the spinThe : spinning ning department dr "mules," machines, puts the desired twist Into these threads as they are drawn from the card spools and These winds," it onto the bobbin. bobbins of 8 pun yard go to the weaving department and each as required placed In the shuttle. This shuttle when- In operation b hoots backhand forth through the warp sojast that its movement can hardly J)e detected by the naked eye. Thus one thread at a time with the action of the loom the cloth "is woven, ; This cloth Is then taken to , the finishing room where it is thoroughly washed and scoured and put through the fulling or shrinking process. It then goes to the drier and through the brushes and steam rollers. It is now ready to be folded and. rolled on boards and put into bolts as we see on the shelves in dry goods stofes. .wool being-sorte- - . Steam Heat. Rooms With Bath. 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