Show I TIlE STATE I Let t gentlemen of ot tho legislature not adjourn without providing for the beginning beginning be be- ginning of ot work on tho the now state house There are money mone resources now available for the foundations and the alato will bo be In better shape to ask assistance of ot congress If the state shall havo made a a. beginning in that construction It has bas been suggested that tho the laturo can provide for tor an additional tax ta rato rate above above- the present eight mills mm The words of the constitution are as asCol Col lows The rhe rate of taxation on property forstate for tor state purposes shall never exceed eight I mills on each dollar of ot valuation unless Unless un un- Un- Un less ss a a. proposition to increase such rate specifying the rate proposed and the time during which the puma sume ume shall b bo be levied bo be first submitted to a aoto vote oto of ot such ouch of ot the tho qualified electors of the state as in the year car next preceding h r Rhall hn a I e erty ii t tax s assessed io cd to them cm within the s es state tate and the majority of ot those voting yoUng t thereon hereon shall vote ote In favor thereof In s such manner as ns ma may be e provided by l law aw The legislature could put up to the p people eople a proposition to increase tho the t tax ax rate for IOL state purposes to nine m mills ills for tor a term of or say y ten years ea the r revenue re derived to bo be applied to the e erection of a state capitol so 50 far tar n needed and to tho the construction of ot g good roa roads a In the several counties in t tho he state slate If U tho the government shall donato donate three m million illion acres of or land to the tho state state state- w which wo we believe tho the government will do there o-there d there would be no need for or the in increased n c creased tax levy to continue It would b be e terminated at an any time that resources resources re re- ro- ro s sources for tor building the state house houte e w wore were ore secured through other means But tho the beginning ought ought to be m made de I It t is Impossible for tor c congress J to take a action on Utah's memorial at It the p present resent term and tho the special session w will ill be confined almost If not wholly to t o a a. revision of tho tarl tariff Two years f from ron now will wUl bo be a long timo to wait f for or the beginning of ot a state house In U ath If It the beginning shall shaH now bo be m made ade by tho the employment ment of 01 such m money oney as is at present available and s shall shaH bo continued with the revenue d derived from an increased tax rate t the he national congress ross would bo be very cry m much uch more favorably Inclined to the p proposition of ot granting tho the pubic l land and Let a n. beginning bo be made mado at tho the p present resent session of ot the tho Utah legislature |