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Show VOTERS OF UTAH: F I 1 You will have tL opportunity November 7th to vote on an amendment of Article 13 of the State Cor, MJ stitution, relating to Revenue and Taxation. W- Mnny of you have been told that this amendment will increase taxes on net proceeds of mines and 111 thereby reduce the taxes of those who do not own mining property. BID" Will that be the result? If so, then why arc not your taxes lower NOW, as net iy --of mines B. I creased FIVE times between statehood and 1915 and 1 HIS year are almost i times What I they were, last year? H ' Have your taxes come DOWN as mine proceeds went UP? They have NOT. lf Do you think your taxes uili ever be reduced by giving the tax gatherers MORE TAXING POWER? I JJ Woitldn't you rather keep your present Constitution, which LIMITS the taxing powers? ii Have your public officers ever failed to SPEND ALL THE TAXES TIIEY CAN COLLECT? I J HJ pc Do you know this amendment allows property to be CLASSIFIED and taxed at DIFFERENT KATES, I ,l without saying whose taxes will be raised and whose lowered? If, as you may have been told I '" this is intended to reduce taxes on homes, or household goods, or farms, WHY DOESN'T IT I t.i SAY SO? Was it because they intend to do something they haven't told you about? Read the I amendment -ind trv to find the place where it says ANYBODY'S taxes will be LOWER. HJ p Look at Section 9 of the amendment. It says Legislative appropriations must not exceed the rates al- I ff' lowed in Section SIX, and Section Six says NOTHING about rates, which means there is NO t LIMIT. Your present Constitution fixes a limit. If this change were made intentionally it isan I outrage; if it is a mistake, how many other mistakes are there? J Do you know the amendment WIPES OUT ENTIRELY that provision of the Constitution which says I '', taxes shall be UNIFORM and EQUAL on ALL property? WHY? So they can tax some of you I A MORE than others and this doescn't mean MINES, as mines are treated separately in another I x' Section. Do you know the amendment also permits DOUBLE TAXATION of companies or corporations-not lyl only MINING companies, but ALL companies-, including YOUR company when they decide to V n put that burden on you? I Do you know this amendment proposes to take power from men ELECTED by YOU and give it to men Big APPOINTED by SOMEBODY ELSE, thereby destroying your local self government as to taxation? BDe HJ g Do you know the State Board of Equalization says Revenue and Taxation should be ENTIRELY ELIM- I INATED FROM THE CONSTITUTION, and that this same Board is the father of the amend. lw ment and of the new tax law which has caused so much trouble all over the State this year? Li Wc, know, its you Unow, thnt tuxes are liifrh too high on everybody because the people of the Stnte ltnvc not insisted on I tlie eiiieiul expenditure of their public funds. The need of the times is not JNCKKASKD TAXES but REDUCED EXI'KNDI. H Tl'KKS nil down the line, so that all of ns tuny have hotter opportunities to prosper nnd investors be encouraged to put their I., inono.x into Utah enterprises instead of being driven from the State by excessive tax rates and the tin eat of worse to come. B'0 Wo do not argue the cause of the mines in this statement. .We as!; you to forget that Utah mines exist', or nssuino thnt they K ought to be tnxed to tho limit and beyond, if you will. Then consider this amendment as it affects YOUHSKLR Head it. Un- Kt! derstand it, if you can, and then voto for it if you arc SURE it was framed for your benefit, as you KNOW the Constitution B, 4, was. Hf Hut if you do NOT understand it, if you arc NOT sure it is intended to benefit nnd protect you, PJIOTECT YOl'ItSHLVES K with your votes on Nov. 7fth.,, .,.,. "-.-, 4 Bu If ntfoptcd, tills' jtiiiciitlmont wi'll be the SUPHEMK LAW of Utah, and ifyou arc in doubt, it is your PRIVILEGI, your K I11U1IT, your DUTY to " fc VOTK "NO" K Utah Chapter, American Mining Congress K liiiHlou MtiiUliii. Snlt LnlccCity, Uttili Tills statement li made heenn.se there linn been n stnte wide campnlmi conilncteil to prejudice tlie public nilnil nur.Ia: t t't.-li- n .. i 3 Indus- .i try nnd. In roiiiuciioii tlierewlth. to entnhllsli the lmpie"'lon Hint the auicndment nifeetn ON'l.Y the tiixntlon of initios. The 1'tnh ilinpter, H, Anirriviin Mirliu- 1 "hwsk renents the attempt to rrente micli nn unjust prejudice nnd challenges all HtatenicntH Hint thu nmcudmcut contem- plates only I n-.i . ,1 mlnu taxntlon. Aildltlnnnl liilorination on tho subject will bo scut to cay Interested citizen on rciiucaL H;3 |