Show WHY TI REPEAL THE B HI BILL Lr I House 1 bill No 58 Introduced h by ly Mr dr fir Martin Jensen Jonsen seeks seeks' to repeal the law of or 1899 1890 providing for a n. state Institute institute In- In of UI art And we do not see any good reason wh wily why It should pass The law la as enacted In 1899 seems to ha have been productive productive productive pro pro- of 01 good In the matter of or encouraging Utah artists and in cultivating in some an appreciation of the he artistic in this state B By the labors of the art institute tute tuto quite 1 a number of or good pictures have been collected and an appreciable Impulse has been heen given to the applied arts The state gives gi a thousand dollars a y year ar to the theart theart theart art Institute three hundred dollars of which is 1 paid ld for fora a picture painted by somo some Utah artist the artist the picture be- be the property of or the state A course of or lectures on art Is given each year em under the auspices of UK the art Institute and b before foro one of or the educational Institutions of or the tho state stale Members of ot the art Institute servo sen without pay It Il seems this is a worthy factor In the tho life of ot Utah and amI the cost Is so trilling that wo we would to see Sec tho the state take what scorns tho lie backward tcp stop ot or repealIng repealIng repeal- repeal Ing lug th the law Jaw and destroying the art institute Down at the state fair fall rooms In Third South are a number of oC pictures that have been painted h by Utah people and wo wu e simply express the judgment of or good go ll critics when whon we say a tho they reflect decided credit on on the state The lectures have ha been given as time the law Jaw provides and It seem that some a advantage has been heem gained from rom that source We e are pretty proud of tho the artistic standard of or Utah This state enjo enjoys so 0 happy a position In iii comparison with other states of tho Union In Il the matter of artistic expression expression ex ex- that thai wo we can not nol but bul wish ish that the Incentives for Improvement along that thul line might be increased rather S than reduced en O Of COUlSO course courso Mr Jens Jensen n has hns a ri right h to hi his r repealing bill anti and the tIme legislature has a right to pass It But lint H it It seems Seems to Tho The Republican that t would be ho In tho the S natu nature e of or a n misfortune |