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Show Fagt The Utah S Statesman Septembei 7. 19S8 to new taxes - which finds Utah in 46th place - almost at the bottom of the list in percentage of increased tax collections among the 48 states between. 1950 and 1955. i No state debt. Instead, a surplus of nearly $7 Million! And this in the face of steeply mounting costs for labor, materials and equipment - all down the line. A state building program which has seen more construction in the eight years than was achieved in 25 years under previous administrations n A healthy progressive educational program which has won national acclaim. Utah devotes a greater percentage of its per capita personal income to elementary and higher education than any other state in the union! A, highway building program which has benefited every section of the state and has replaced the deplorable roads, which had been allowed to deteriorate and. wear out by a previous administration, with highways that are at least on par with any in the Western States. All of this in less'than eight years! - and without a breath of scandal or hint of wrong doing. An inflexible opposition -- FOR EFFICIENCY-ECONOMY-INTEG- RITY |