Show WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TAX TALK Elsewhere in this paper you OU will vm find finda a communication from Dr Taylor at Provo He suggests some simple remedies for or the tax problem It is a curious commentary on our American capacity for self government that Inthis in inthis this fundamental the people have signally sig sig- sig sally nally na y failed Assessors do not daro dare give actual valuations Why not Would not the actual value be a better basis o of assessment assessment assessment as as- than a lesser or a greater figure The public sentiment indorses a n p policy o ot of assessment which is Is' Is admittedly admit admit- t telly l inac inaccurate An And that is made the basis of our revenue the source of or our means for meeting the public charge Surely there is a better way Maybe Maybethe I the plan of Dr Taylor Is not altogether I feasible Maybe there are some perfectly per- per impossible things in what he suggests But ho he seems to have bithe hit bit the he nail pretty squarely on the head headIn In a one or two places One Ono of these days our people are going to meet this issue fairly and after liter that taxable property property church church and hospital as well wen as everything e else will will be taxed at precisely Its actual value as near as that can be determined determined determined deter deter- mined b by man And on that valuation the tax rate will be fixed And every ever everman man will be made to pay his share |