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Show PiOPLI DUtAMD M- j -.-. buoTioii nr utax ' A campaign, of investigation Huh dxwB ten. iui tho .State of Utah fer'Bome -nwatlia, mainly conducted by. the SUtej. Farm Bureau. ..Tma,orgnuatkn jus'i speaking-for' tke..farmers ioif the state 'and started'.imto'ae curo-a.25percont redaction in j J tl - nsResHmentr of sfarm. pro-j ' perty.' . -V'tyri.- ! As a part'of their, campaign thoy hayo been.actiyp,in; brings., ing pressure to bear upon pub, lie officials. and especially up-' on sohool boards and school r; officials, to make every effort',, to reduce expenditures and thoieby njako" it possiblo to -reduce taxation. I peaking for tho formers. I their efforts nlqng the line of economy have met with a hearty response nnd thoir od-i ucational campaign has been quite effective. rrin constitution of tho state provides that all property' shall be assessed equally.! Closer analyses of the aotual. assessment on farm property,' which in the main represents I only a fraction of the assessed valuation of the state, shows that it is now assessed far below be-low full value. Tho demand is being made in Oregon, that farm property bo assessed ot only 50 per cent of its cash value, while all other property is to be assessed assess-ed 100 cents on tho dollar as tho laws in somo state require. As a matter of practical experience, ex-perience, "full value" tax laws aro "dead letters" in every stale having them. Liko other property such as livestock, live-stock, orchnrds, and tirabor lands, their "full vnluo," and cosh is very vnfiablb, depend-ing depend-ing mum the market demand. In iTtnh, as in somo other slates, mi offm-l will lm ...... ,i.a to enact and seeuro tho ndont-iou ndont-iou in tho legislature or by direct vote of the people of what is known as a gaduatod income tax. It is. doubtful if any westorn stnto having largo undevolopd resources and great natural wealth that depends de-pends upon .outside capital and investment for development develop-ment will seriously consider enacting a state incoino tax on top of a federal income tax, internal revonuo taxes and stnto, and local property taxes, I"1" m ""'"y cities occupation taxes. Tho federal taxes falling fall-ing miKm all states alike, do not .discriminate against! oabi-tal oabi-tal m any one state, as n stato incoino tax would do. |
