Show rF TAXES AND THE COURTHOUSE to r. r J Present indications are that n the people of Sanpete will vote down the proposal to bond the co county nty for for a new courthouse and we are of of one mind with those who consider as inopportune the action of the commissioners in calling an election election elec- elec I tion at the present time With Within in the past two years the people have been called upon time and f again to pay taxes for new undertakings under under- takings takings notably notably public roads improvements and new high i. i schools in the the county waterworks waterworks waterworks water- water works sidewalks electric lights etc in the cities besides many t-r t calls for contributions to the r state And in in Tuesdays Tuesday's Herald- Herald r Republican we note that Prominent Prom yf inept state officials have llave taken i- i st steps ps to request the Utah state t fj board of equalization to raise the assessment on taxable property property property prop prop- erty throughout the state 10 per cent Of course we have weighed the argument of the commissioners commission commission- era ers that the extra tax for the thet t courthouse w would uld be comparatively comparatively comparatively small but we can truthfully truthfully truthfully truth truth- fully say the same of any tax The tax for each individual fund fundis is merely a straw but we should remember that it was the last o. o straw straw broke the camels camel's back Although no general prot pro- pro t t gross gress can be made without the t levying of tax taxes s' s it is equally v true that taxation can be made burdensome so that it stifles pro progress gress gross b by pre preventing enting the payers from securing the things ne necessary essary for their own private t. t welfare And as this is the complaint complaint com com- corn corn- plaint which we hear so often A 7 y we are we-are are of the opinion that the time has arrived when our lawmakers lawmakers law- law SI makers and public officers sh should uld J address themselves strictly to toi x i cutting down own our taxes and expenses ex- ex t. t 1 pewees wherever possible r But the courthouse advocates y L argue that we need a new courthouse courthouse courthouse court- court house and we hope bOIe that all ali are awa aware e of the fact that our present present present pres- pres ent courthouse is if r not inadequate Nevertheless i s r ever every person knows that there theres s t are limits in spending mone money y t be beyond which cannot we go n no o i matter how great the need and it seems that many nany many citizens of ii r- r the count county think we have now nowa a- a t t reach reached d' d that limit Thi leads us to conclude that if the county is to have ha a n. new courthouse we must first m be given time to re reI recover ret re- re t cover from the the heavy eavy drain arain on our private funds which has been I or N f made madd by taxation for the numerous nun num- t- t erous 1 r local county county coun coun- W ty al and state tate that hat we have been fa 1 i 1 t. t making r within th the past few t years ears r |