Show BEARING EQUAL BURDENS Perhaps th the biggest puzzle of administration ad at- r ministration Is related to the taxing I machinery p. p How Hov shall shah revenue for forthe forthe the management of oC public business be bo 1 raised Ho How shall the rate be laid so that every man may map bear his equal and just share of the burden How Howshall Howshan I shall shan the tax dodger be forced to parl pay par pJ l his proportion And it Is seen by bp every ery man who knows anything at all an about the facts that the burdens are not equally equal dis dis- dis- dis This Is not Dot true of Salt Lake or of Utah alone It is true of or every erp section of the United States And nd the depleted condition of the public pub lie lic treasury here is not a Utah situation situa tion flon alone That is found foun everywhere Few municipalities have ha any money in l. l their treasuries Few communities communIties are able to spend the money the they want j to spend and feel the they should spend 4 1 for or r the b best st interests of the public t because because there thore is a stern limitation I. I n them Thoro There Isn't enough money V Some things ma may be peculiar here A new country countr Is likely to have hae problems problems lems unknown elsewhere But there I. I is Js one which goes wherever er the AmerI American Amer Amer- I lean ican people live e The man who makes males l the best use of his money pays pas the biggest part of tho the tax If a man builds houses he ho has to 4 pay on them He cannot escape He y cannot hide that property If It he improves im inn- t proves the Improvement is found found in inthe the the tax schedule It amounts to putting put put- ting UnS a penalty on enterprise r The man who lends money on mortgages mortgages mort mort- gages an and hI hides es the mortgages from the assessor escapes They bear a avery very very small part of the b burden they i should should bear the burden which would t L be their equitable share in ill the general charge r What shall be be the solution l F. Is an income tax tat In Utah feasible Is it just Is it Can a better scrutiny n be placed upon the assessments Is it possible to empower assessors to look lute into ba bank books and other records to compel attendance and enforce enforce en en- force process ascertaining precisely precise the status of ot fortunes Probably the small property owner and the small farmer are now paying k their full share of the taxes But there are Inequalities and these should be c corrected There is need for more money In the state In the county In the city The people who I should pay and are not paying will have to be found will They have ha tobe to tobe tobe I be forced to lQ bear their equal share I of of the general burden of public ex pense pease But what is the best w way |