Show t TAX rl That part of President recent Washington toil speech in liz II which h li he Suggests tho the taxing of great fortune Tins ms wakened a n wll wido IntI Interest t through throughout hut h- h out ut lie tho country count I Governors of vail vari ous states ha have e been heen asked aske 51 their Int In- In t on the subject and arni Gov GO Cutler ha hit hns m I the plan luau Jian so fO o far for as a ft it f is at ot pres present pt es eat ent nt d. d his hi cordial endorse endorse- anon t. t Most rost men will wi agree ar that possessors possessor or Of great grent fortune should make contributions con con- to the cost of government go commensurate with the tho tw superior riol advantages ad ad- 11 vantages which the they enjoy enjo If I the thc Jaws of the land lanti give gl e them an advantage ad nil ml- ml vantage as ns has been charged such disposition of their affairs Is no uc I Imore more than titan just and right But lut whether 1 tr r not the man mm of wealth has an ad- ad oc- oc f e under the has Ja law it Is c he ho owes more morn to the state than dons that hn t man iuan of small belongings s who must struggle tug lc single ln le handed against he obstacles which life throws S 'S In his way If I there be lw no warrant for or fixing X so of-so much per thousand for Cm all al fortunes above a certain sum sum say um-sy um say a n amilon million milon dollars there there is certainly no objection hJ In lii fairness to- to to the plan plait of exacting 9 c an Inheritance tax If TC T a n man mali an ma may cal claim l the right to use his wealth to 10 secure more wealth nn and mal make e his Ills hism m the lie engine of his own enrich curich- enrichment moot ment what that reason can cn his son have fOI for the taking over that estate without with with- out nut ut an any recognition of the states state's share shar In the accumulation He lie has hns don nothing to accumulate the fortune fortuni H He hit has iI hot t n added a dollar dolar to the wealth or of or others others so so far is as s this inherited e es- es tao I Is concerned He lie le ma may be le the helpless of individuals Ind l As a aL r L tho Ia I th m most st selfish the I least ast helpful to tu others lie Ii receives es that lor Vr which 1 he- he has riot not wu iio winked ked He lie le reaps caps je uit where M ere he has hiR Ino more mor thou than fa fair Er that lit ht should While receiving receding a i fortune pa pay to the some measure of comp n lor for 01 f I keeping anti and faithfully ue- ue stowing it upon him MUCH Iuen of the accumulation of M riches outside e of such uch a state statH as ag Utah Utah Utah- where I Individual ual effort ad added e to natal natural nat nat- urn al ural resources are are the only elements clement are fre arc made h by the community nn and not h by the owner himself Much tuch of the thc naton's nations nation's greatest fortunes are the th thle le result of increased values alues of real e es estate es- es I tate late In which the owner did no more than than hold boil his property while others other were Ce building cities around it It I Th They did hl nothing for the a advancement of values Very ery Yer often oren they stood in tho lie W way 3 of if a advancement nt As a rule they I fought assessments as which were wen have o ho IR needed Very often oren they have ha e re retarded re- re t tiu ed the development o of enterprises e benefit Anil Ami of if the greatest public yet et the the laws law of the tho state have pro pro- them The custom o of tite lt public them And when safeguarded f ha has g they the come com to die they the have he h e for dig dis disposal h po nl a great estate which the public have more than themselves ol hated receives this fortune should houlb He lc who r s cI b bo be taxed b by the tho public some ole certain percentage of the tl amount received ll would woul lighten the lie burden law Suph a would make inake nal e proper recognition rec ree- public of the Uit r of the In individuals individual's obligation I would satisfy in sonic some and to the stateS salute t the lie injustice In- In measure ti the tw protest against justice j now now lodged bulged a against the vcr very cr rich It may be he tax is no income I There v of 01 the thc supreme supreme- court that the tho United States has held u against But In tIme the absence proposed 1 law V. that mor nothing of r r such Huch a provision lon of if the the- big taxation than han this tax te tL and atul an nn i fortunes of mil mil- 1 S the tho recipients lt bc Jc e been heen suggested l d. d yet yel fugge Cutler Cut CutS Gov by know that Go Vc Vo are glad II to tn Iwo of that If voice to his has added ler lr S S for the th enactment S President S of such uch a a- a law r |