| Show DANGER when the be constitutional conven alan placed in the state charter an article bicle provid pro vid I 1 log ng that I 1 gal 11 I 1 state d diet ri riot ot elty city county town and school officer cerel excepting notaries not aries ries public boards of ar titration bH bit ration court justi justices ceri of the ibe peace and constables ball all be paid fixed and definite def loite salaries a laries it was with a 8 view to prevent abuses by which private as ae well veil as an public treasuries have bave been virtually looted by e reedy greedy office hold eto era in the way of fees etc the salary grabbing buit burkness bu inese bad not reached tu all parts of the territory but was spreading and in some ome parts had bad attained such alarming proportions that the system under which it 49 was being oper operated aLed W was a s regarded ded as a menace to the new state hence the constitutional arr vision seeking to abolish it and sub one more directly within immediate control or of the legislature under the new condition a serious danger now presents itself there have been but few indications of its presence an almost sphinx like silence been preserved but those few are significant officials who have bavo been well fed at the public crib and those elected with a vision of latten fattening dg in their cloua a eye do not relish the economical policy outlined and made possible by the constitution hence they are moving ao secure such legislative enactments enact mente go will gratify their desires at the pub in furtherance of this are afe schemes to be worked the legislature abich are backed by powerful political influences biot wholly outside of legislators them selve sand which if not circumvented will wili deeply involve the financial welfare of the state this planning with respect to official emoluments to is over and above what may be termed efforts lor for a reasonable salary against which no man should raise his ato voice for the capa capable lale em hioye of state county or city is en ditled to lair fair remuneration and those who seek only that are not included to in the reference here made to schemers one result of the success of the alary and others to in process of incubation will be to materially increase taxation to in the state a procedure ure is wholly unnecessary necessary and for which legislators who engage in it will be held to severe account taxes were sufficiently burdensome iu in the and with a wise manipulation of the lands that come to the state and other revenues there is no occasion for heavier taxation there Is ie grave danger a pronounced increase unless the wiser and conservative legislators block the way and these in turn are backed and sup eup ported by the heavy property holders upon whom much of the financial burden will fall all among the worst calamities that could befall the state would be a rise in taxation while on the other hand band a policy that would be fraught with great good would te be to keep taxes down to the territorial limit at least what utah now needs is a good record to start out with in respect to property taxation if her business were to be conducted without an aik increased demand upon the people in this regard four or five years would establish the reputation of tb the state as a conservator 0 oi the interests of its landholders so firmly that this would be an attractive place for outside investor invest ov while the people themselves would not to dispose of their land because of its being too expensive to hold they could afford to keep and utilize it the canger now ahead Is that an economical policy in the state with respect to taxation will be rendered impossible by the work of schemers rho fhe situation to is so threatening that heavy beavy 1 property owners ought to make their Iri influence fluence felt for their own safety and the safety of those whose smaller boJ dings do not give them such power rhe legislators who desire to be conservative serva tive in this regard should be given strong moral support in striking an affective blow at the me impending evil the people do not want any doubling up of taxes in the state the load is heavy now kr for the next few years at least |
