Show J I ISOW SOW sow SEED ON FERTILE SOIL T To learn th that t Utah is a prosperous pros pros- r ts pero state all we wo have to do is 1 ask the state treasurer for he will tell us us' us that the common common- i rea th has about two two million million on deposit thank you ou and i l that is enough 0 for pin mone mon mon- J t e es at least And AmI we must admit ad ad- tf mit that two-million two dollars is a are re neat little sum for any anyone one to W tol l- l t. t have ve laid up for a u. rainy day cst es especially especially es- es t if he ho is not depriving himself of something important I in order to lay it up Wo We have heard of rich men for lor instance who denied themselves ves even the tho 1 a food n necessary to sustain life in F f IH ik ord order r to W add a few more greenbacks greenf greenb green green- 5 r b backs c s to their bulging bank acco ac ac- co counts rits This is not intended ast as asan 1 t an intimation that there is anything anything any any- hi thing penurious about the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration of public affairs i in inthis inthis this his state but we wonder if it is wise wise under the existing conditions conditions condi condi- 1 ions to be proud jiroud j roud of the fact that f th the state tate has baS so much mone money lying lying ly ly- I i ing idle while at the same time our ur taxes continue to W uvia aviate e. e l f As a n matter of of fact there ar are many many places where here the mone money 1 would d do m more more re good than in the vaults of the banks even after a x the banks are compelled to pa pay F ii interest terest on the deposits In this connection we are reminded of the urgent 1 lent treed need of a girls' girls dormitory dormitory dormitory dor dor- at the University of ofU 4 U Such Stich a building would bring the states state's great educational educational ins institution one step nearer near near- r er Bertha common people whom it itis 19 is intended to serve enable man many intelligent and and nd am ambitious iti us young young women to J. J att attend d the du university who are 1 now deprived of that privilege ref ori on of account of straitened circum- circum 1 stan es And no greater honor ri oin to a 3 state than that reflected by an enlightened enlightened 1 ened cultured citizenship botha both a t male and female 1 C Then too that two-million two i l dollars ll rs might be used as a sort t of r safety valve on our tax system tern tem which would automatically t release the pressure when it k threatens to o overwhelm r the taxpayer tax tax- j. j payer payer- It would be joyous indeed in- in aT deed f the tho state would distribute distribute ute this money among the people I t to be used by them in paying payin i r taxes But how much better bet ter it would be to expend the money judiciously in ill developing the states state's resources an and improving I ing illg its public roads so 80 that thet the t money money ey would woul 1 multi multiply pI like the tho seed which Y lich fell on fertile ground |