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Show H INVESTIGATE FURTHER. H While the legislature h cnKaKfl in H this iucsllKatlon business why dots H It not let Uiu investigation extend H bej oml the the expenditures? Why H not tlnd out whether the income of H the state Is what it should be? Areas- Hj scssmenls equitable? Arc some people H ani concerns permitted to hide their 1 money and property so that it Is not B taxed? Is land and pioperty under- i valued In many instances? Tin: Uk- H I'unr.iCAK believes that a rigid inves- Hl tigali )n along this line would unearth U sulllulent untaxed property, and tax- H' ablts general!), to Increase by ore half the present revenue of the state H or Utah Hj For Instance, In Logan, property Hl for which slightly less than $100 a foot B has been refused is assessed at less W than iSi a foot. B Ag.iln, in one Instance, taxes on a M single lot in this city amount to but a M lew cents less than a half block ad- m joining that lot j In Instances the taxes on great and H growing concerns in this city grow . LRSS each year. W Properties arc listed and taxed so H far below their real value In certain i instances that men not Infrequently i laugh at the matter as ridiculous. H And lu this county , farm land held HJ at from $7fi to $100 and li'ii an acre Is H taxed at from i: to $25! H Coniltlons like this prevail In Cache M county Wo haocur liad f.ilrl) cap- Hl able men In charge here, men as cap- H' able nnd as careful as llu acragc H ofllclal in other counties, so It Is not H unreasonable to suppose that con- H (Melons elsewhere are not greatly dlf- H fercnt from what they are here. If that is true might not somo Icgls- H lalle enactment necessitating a com- H plctooer-haullng or the state's tax- H! ables result in the unearthing of hid- H den nnd under allied property which Hj taxed properly would bring the state H largely Increased retenucs |