| Show n l CRY DOWN WITH HIGH TAXES T TAX AXE I im Burden Has Hs Reached the Straining Point Say Sy Big Bg Property Properly Pro Owners Who Declare That it I is Time lime to Call Cal aHalt a Halt i School Board Must Take Warning Waring V JV J Jd d Time The problem 1 of k ns thi I open alien for tor the th full hil d of ten 1011 next year ear and In time Hie years yr to 10 coma to be b time the th liveliest kind of oC a n alive alivo live livo 0 question Ws Ve W favor tavor fa or schools we 9 favor good we ire want to keep them open Just as al Ion long lone as we can an with without wih without out plunging hopelessly Into debt Is the burden of the dry of the heaviest t taxpayers of ot the city olY It I Ix is II time the scull senti sentiment sent ment of 11 the l without regard to lu politics religion cr or v anything also all During the time day n a 1 News mann Inn railed culled upon many of the lending i business men muon lon of ot time the tit community and amid almost without exception their views mire are as 11 given Ien Iena above a oe The outlook for tor tho th schools athol was w s particularly discussed anti and the declara declaration decara tion lion made that the city board of edu education education cation would simply hue have to 10 confine Its la needs to the tho capability of the taxpayers ers era 11 cared to ay say outright that the 11 county board ert should not give che the time I board of education more money mon than timan It I received I i year hut lut there were ware those tho e who commended the tho th county coma com commission COl I mission 11 alon for keeping the taxes tle down as os low ns as It did and hopes hops that It will 11 do the time 11 same next year eur As A stated In Saturdays s News the board of edu education education education cation asked alke for u a I levy ley from time the coun county cun county ty t of ot 3 I 5 mills mis which would have hare ha e given It II a sum Bum total tot 11 of from that source The county commission commissioners ers era made a n levy ley of but 26 5 mills amPle mis which netted n ted something over leaving a I I shortage of oC over oer In response ro pons to 10 the boards 1 luet the commission made denial in ill II the following letter leler un under under der tier date dRle of May 27 To the Honorable Hoard Doard of ot Educe Education tion Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen lon With regard to 10 your our request ruest made mad of the board of county commissioners for forni nn aim Increase In the county school chot tax ni rate from 22 U mills In 1901 1001 to 34 mills mis mis In 1902 1002 In iii 11 order orter to 10 give the time Salt SaIl Lake 1111 City school district nn an n additional amount of funds funda for the time maintenance of or the city time tho following retort was wall ely adopted anti and Is respectfully ol to 10 your attention 1 a n close examination of ot the time statutes 8 empowering tIme the board of corn com commissioners missioners mJ to levy ft a 1 tax ta for county school purposes make makes It clear cler that there Is no warrant In hem law for or the time ex exercise thee creise of ot the power Invoke Inoke by the peti petitioners petitioners Ily ly chapter t f the he session laws toners of ot lOOt 1901 the county commissIoners rice confined to the levy Ily necessary necessary sary ar for county school hol purposes anti and 1 there Iry Is II nothing in the statutes permit permitting I beyond Indeed In It Is ting them theta to 10 go 10 II I the clear Intent and expression of the law that time the levy ley for city cly school pur purposes purposes poses shall be mails made by hy other as set It out In iii chap champ chapter ter tel UT sessions slon of 1901 21 H wan plainly the lb Intent latent of In cities of time the first claw class In which Salt Sni In ethics of ot the first oltis In iii which Salt oos Lake City y II Is listed such SUrl powers as 1 the he lawmaking body b of the ute state deemed proper to have han exercised In title this dine direction lan tion lon and that body boy lies has hal placed pIl certain restrictions thereto U It 1 would be pre lIre presumptuous sumptuous to 10 say 8 the least INsl for tr the board bard of ot county to at attempt attempt tempt to set aside akl the thO then restrictions by bya of the letter a doubtful Interpretation mind against the clear of the Ihl law IR cor Intent of the Legislature 1 2 Further I we e cannot consider as aswell o aswell well 11 taken the time point sought to 0 be made molle by IJ the city cit board bOn of education edu ton that un unless Unless less leI the board boud of county loner Increases Increased the tax lu rate rale as ifs requested tte city schools chol wIlt will 1 suffer ls From the time his history hi history tory lor of lawmakers we do not had Ind warrant for the tue that hat the time Legislature lalure will 1 be b unjust lust in this re ro rol sped l and the way II Ig emm 1 for or the tho p pa to apply directly anti and a 01 in ample time tame to avert anticipated Injury to that body boy which sm n eUNI legitimate powers In giving nl the th relief sought The next liszt net legislature will meet m when the tho coming reboot lr Is I barely halt half over and will I have hl e remitted completed t Its I labors before the period of the th alleged alel deficit wilt will wi have hoe b en reached A full foil fulland ul and aimi frank statement of time the situation to the Legislature the only body b that ht cn can n give the desired relief legitimately would not fall fail fal to 10 cause cUM a R permanent re Se removal moval oal of the restrictions complained of at Ir IrIng atas ea as being Ing a hardship on the thi th greet smith and Important Im public interest now in the time ease case of your our petitioners I 1 I t For these thee reasons reason your our e ennes finds that lust It Is Inadvisable for far the tie Suit Salt Sll l Lake ake county board of to In the school tax rate 1110 In the th map man manner r ner ncr asked respectfully r o suggest that timely y anti and ample relief rel t t may ma be le obtained direct from fro I the che prop proper i ier er Cr source the state Legislature which meets In January next t THE filE TIE LEGISLATURE lI GAVE hAyE It is la n it t fact within knowledge of o nil all al that thaI time the Legislature did give the th elief r IH I foreshadowed by b time the county commis commission sion sian Thu fate of the Iho relief measure however when It reached the governor I Is well troll wel known Listening to the peti petitions pot I lola of ot many taxpayers ho he disapproved of It and time the city dh schools would liure hurl i closed their doors dorl on Friday ny last but bUm Sot lor the recent agitation that has Imas resul j jed ed ed d In maintaining them tiem fur thu rest lest rel f r I Ithe the season by b popular r p And tM P Pother other means enna out of the tho ordinary I TAXPAYERS TALK Said Bald I L 9 lulls Hills There should b bno bl be beno i ino no deficit next year Time The board of edu education education cation calon should see to that and they should see eo to It I without Increasing ln thu tnt taxes tax The rate rato Is I already too to high The time has come to sound a n MIl note of f warning warning and amid Otc sound round It so all nih will hear anti and all understand un Let the time board do Its Is duty pay off or the last lut on the lie Mc Corick note nole nod and meet all al rise else that It has to meet As A to how ho to do It I they are ure the time best besl Judges They rimey must work workout workout workout out some sonic plan plon When the governor vetoed 1 I oe the relief bill ll he IId ld Just right I believe beleve It I wIlt will wi have havo haves a good effect W V W V inter sold said I 1 will wi not nt under Undertake toke take to 10 say what shall be done 1101 finally but this I 1 will 1 ay say y We cannot endure any ny more taxation There fler pre are improvements I 1 would like to see I ei we 11 nerd need more mOle permanent water sup supply supply ply pi out our tl need nee paving seWers should be extended we need an In Increase increase n crease In police protection and anti wo we WI need an all extension In our Or park system In Iii Individually I we better beter houses hOUltS better fond anti and In und anti un other to add to our but we cant afford nil 11 these the at nt present nt Time The he seine IIno principles of economy ply 1 to affairs should plied pled to public Any An Individual Id al who lives liven bl ond his income joints oom to 10 bankruptcy politic So also with l the body boly 1 I believe blee I T am 01 as us I strongly In tn fa ta favor fl vor or of education as tiny one hut but wo we 10 must cut the garment according to the Ih cloth rioth The Tho weight of taxation now Is to be bourne bure It I takes toke from frol 15 to JO 30 J per pr cent of or the Income of our ourI beet I t property to pay taxes Any An fur further further further ther of our burdens will 1 not unit only result recoil In checking time the thc Influx of t capital but will 11 drive capital now hero here train from the state the experience cites ence tm of San Sn Francisco o already a n num number her ber ir of wealthy men IMn have hare left Idt here herl nn ant l acquired quIN residence elsewhere to avoid the th heavy burdens burden Imposed Imp ed on omi them bent here We 1 e must not kill ki the tha goose rose that lays the golden erg egg Taxes Tuc must not aol no nob be b Increased If It the state Is to prosper We should seek k to 10 increase our reve by 1 increasing time the quantity of to be b taxed John K IC Dooly Dool of ot th the board br nf of education saId mid Ild We Ve must draw dm In our lur pails Mils I The Til Immediate du duo duty dut ty t of time the of If education Is II to make It II itt revenue renal come ml within Its l tUr tire Tim The Ti man amen who wants a I out ont del dol doll l hat f 1 und and nd has hI but ft a 1 halt half dollar In his hi pocket must be content n with witha a anN fifty cent ht fare fl If It I we cant run our schools for tot ten len months then lot hot us UI make It I and a half hal or even Cen talc months Taxes high Well Wel I III Iguess guess truee they Ire are A man of money mone came CR cameto 1 II to 10 me Inc recently and talked about abut the time erection of or a factory in II this city In Inquiring quiring very r naturally about abut tho the rate of taxation talon He lie Il wits was WR dumbfounded when he sew w what hat the II lii total will wi be bp beThe beThe The Th r lt I was ns he b will 11 build his hll factory factor arroM At the time county line Une And nur coun county ty Iy I wit will 1 It the time taxes altogether That Tat ThatIs TatI I Is only on tl one SIC rase There are arc others oth I just Junt JUI M as pointed I think however that thal the board bi of and county nom m mission Ir are ro both tight right on the proportion I IUt thee tion Ut of tutorS more mor revenue last heel II lt year er Time The board bi needed It ii badly the commission did ilki di right In tn refusing The trouble vai R i In tn tile the constitutional amend went meat two or three thre years Ago that makes felt P li Lake lAe give Ive ro so 0 heavily of Its 11 to the th bl outside of the city |
