Show GOVERNOR FAVORS I EQUITABLE TAXES Attention Is Called to Payments Made by Mining Cam- Cam ORDER MAIL-ORDER HOUSES TOO Support Glien Civen to o Plan lian for Licensing Ij k n CorK ri t Ions Dol oln ncr nc- nc r t r jf y- Vi i g-i t. f Hu In Utah I II I In Jim support of or the hill bill to tax lax all Ill corporations cor- cor I cor-I equitably and to lo show how that the time state stale Is now losing hosing thousands of dollars annually b by the time present taxation taxa taxa- Ion tion Governor John C. C Cutler sent a communication to the legislature Tuesday attaching a a. statement from I County Count Treasurer J. J A. A Groesbeck showing the amount of taxes paid by hy I big mining jam companies panics in iii Salt Lake count county I The rho rh treasurers treasurer's statement I Is as folI follows follows fol fol- I lows c iss is's U. U R. R Mining Co J U. U S. S Smelting Smelling Co Total 15 92 Utah Con Mining Co CI 80 Con Comm Mining Co 31 31 11 Utah Apex Mining 4 Co 0 tW G Amer SmelL Ref ReC Co Ir 17 Boston Con Mining Co W Utah topper Copper Co M Total Th The C feature of the time statement io is the time amount o of taxes paid palti by time the Utah Apex Mining company which has ha'S In this state valued at al millions mil nih- lions according to tu statements to stock stock- h hoi holders 0 tl e c s. i-s. so Governor lr JJ MS AI In lion Governor Oo Cutlers Cutler's letter advising an Investigation allon antI and calling attention to I th the lie mail order hirtler l hO houses es that lint operate III in tho the is I r 1 beg to enclose for the Information lion tion lou of your OUI honorable body od a state state- statement m mOnt ment nt from Crom time the treasurer treasure r of Salt Lake count county showing show time the amount of or taxes axes paul paid It by certain corporations in iii the I county From the statement I am ant I IteI to 10 believe t that not lIot all corporations corpora 1 are arc I ia a big Ing their just proportion of of- tax lax Doubtless a similar showing I would be lie made If fuller statement wel e obtained from hint him and auth from from tio tl treasurers of other CO counties ties I would su suggest gM that hiat you ou Investigate this matter mat ninE ter er with the lie view of enacting legislation legisla tion to secure curo equitable taxation of or the time various corporations in the state 1 observe e that a l bill has haM been heen In Introduced Iii In- In Iii the house of rl representatives tives U to license all nil coi domestic do tin- ml tlc und anti Cor foreign i n. n doing llIe III in inthe the hi state tull I approve of such a measure meas meas- ure un provided It U can be bp made matIL to apply to all corporations doing dolus business In Inthe the lie state through travelers travel travel- ers s rs us as this would seethe considerable revenue Maw front from hou houses es that hat are doing business In the stale state but ate are paying practically nothing for Oi the support of r the he tate state government Mall Order Houses In lii hIs hiR connection If IC an anything can be he done to obtain revenue e from froni the large mall order hous houses S operating ii In Inthe Inthe the state Mat from froni abroad amid anil paying nothing In iii the way vay of tax or 01 license cl it would be he ver very desirable Of OC coui course o xou 3 tu understand UI that all legislation ulo along these lines linen must be very cry carefully care care- f fully guarded In order to Lo be lIc able to stand the Constitutional test and IntI not hot conflict with Ith the provisions pro of oC tho the Interstate In Jim- l state ter-state Commerce Act AcU I hI I shall be pleased to confer with your our committee on omi ona a ways and means 0 or 01 with an any r of or tIme tile mm members lIer of or your yoni honorable body as ns ma may be desired The communication was vas read In III both and antI referred to time the commUte com com- mUte S on tum ways war vas va's and means |