Show BERNARDS FIGURES 0 article in a morning paper of an it should be saturday I 1 states that con dered a privilege by the taxpayer to sl sj tor the support of the city high pay nay school if the taxpayer i should carefully investigate the cost of this privilege fully I 1 doubt whether he would view it desirable thing A brief re very AB B of the president of the last report seiw board of education dated july of f the some of the reasons why shows at privilege referred to is not specially the die blet he therein quotes maintenance desirable desira expense of the public school system last school as during r the year iffe he estimates the presed present tit or 1201 school years maintenance at coming rf Amine increase of with a 48 an but not very probable cut possible of being an actual maintenance down 0 increase in any event of gives th the e aggregate receipts he lal last at year he states that fund interest and maintenance sinking will be unless the this year be re reduced deuced which if maintenance aone would still be an increase if done of nearly over last year the law provides that the in addition be restored school tax may old li county of the public in 1898 in which toy by a vote assessed to would be 20 more case whatever return which no for the city he gives an account of will gained will be required tor for a high school as and for other new building but says gothing of ground buildings building would quite okely be sore which malting making about to be anore the bonded for this purpose raised reached vote of the people limit being required before this could be would be levied as a tax or bonds issued either elected out carry out the men inen aut with ideas of extra extravagance extravagant vagan ce indulged in by every effort would of course many te be made to bring this about if successful the burden would be materially increased as if additional bonds were interest and sinking fund issued amounts surmount a would have to be maintained yearly and if bonds were not issued it would involve a material increase in tc rates yearly of several mills for some time throwing out the high school would be a decrease of well on at including interest sinking amad etc and pose possibly bly much more as an extensive new building incur ut expense greater than now I 1 MO be borne lit mind that an amount of requires to be raised tor or city sinking fund purposes begin 1 ning with 1898 over and above all amounts heretofore raised by the city for its expenditures this is the situation as it now meets the taxpayer and as he will have to meet it or lose his property the town of st george is mentioned as raising 32 mills for school purposes and that the people here need not complain of 12 with a prospective increase this is farfetched far fetched when brought down to actual comparisons as in reality the valuations as placed by the assessors are absurd in resemblance and the people of st george practically know nothing at all of taxation compared with the people here besides salt lake city furnishes them a great part of their state school tax and their other taxes axe are extremely light the maintenance of the high school in itself it not so much of a consideration as to stop the tendency to indulge in things which the public purse cannot maintain and it is one of them we have a city building 25 years or more ahead of the town and many want things crowded to correspond placing burdens which hundreds may never be able to shake off such being driven to the wall and their property practically forced from them E each ach one of them things adds to the oppression and what is not an absolute necessity should be shut down the high school is not a necessity we have plenty of excellent schools maintained at public expense outside of it and it is something which the finances of this thia community cannot consistently afford let those who are so loud in their demands for all kinds of higher education bear the expense of it as the state la is doing nobly to maintain a free school up to the eighth district grade BERNARD |