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Show TAXES OH THE MIES " . ARB FARMS Tho so calleij mining amendment having pa'ssed tho members) elect ot 1 tho legislature aro currying over la tluiir minds how' best io make IhO amendment cffccUvo. Sqiiio legislation legisla-tion will of course bo passed In order or-der to oxact more'trlbuto from tho mines and Just how far tha proco-I proco-I dure will be carried seems to bo up- Ipormont In the minds ot somo ot tho mombcrs. In the Salt Herald ot Sunday ono member ot tho legislature legisla-ture is Quoted as saying: "There is talk among mining men of a proposition in tho way of a pro posed amendment td tax tho proceeds pro-ceeds ot farms in tho samo mannor that tho proceeds ot mines are to bo taxed and a bill with that end In view will be prepared. If It Is fair to tax tho mining Industry, a3 tho amondmont adopted at tho reant election el-ection provldcn, why not, tat oll.r Industries In tho samo way. Let mo lllustralo vhat I men: 'f.UUI9 UtiDEKTAXJil) I V "For 1918 Mr. Jones ha3 a farm ' of eighty acre3, which la astvcd at ?G,000 and on which tho taV.e lm must pay amount to $97. Mr. Jones values) tho arm at'W.OOO, n-id Udj year mado at 'least s.O')'') slear abovo his operating oxponscs, -Vs-suming Jhat tho 'Uig Vrotif Mlnitig co'mpany shoiild make ?'I,00O net, under tho nmcndmentaa ndoptcd, they would probably pay on a multiple mul-tiple of thrco times that amount, or ou ?12,000, or Instead ot ?07 as Mr. j Jones pays, tho coulpany would pay throe times $07, or" $201 and ho might pay fivo times ?07. It Mr. Jones were to bo assessed on that basis, ho would pay an assessed valuation val-uation of $5 per acre for his land, and on his $4,000 profits, or three 'tlmos $97, a total ot $291., Therefore, There-fore, I say, that legislation looking to this end may bo introduced." Another measuro that will, It is said, bo presented the Legislature will be a bill providing for community commun-ity property that husband and wife acquire after tholr marriage, so that neither can disinherit tho other. Community property laws are said to bo In effect in 'all tho mountain and const states save Utah and tho advocates advo-cates ot tho measuro will make every ev-ery effort to have It enactod Into law In Utah, - |