Show AGGREGATE STATE TAXIS TAXES By B L. L A. A Hollenbeck Hollenbeck For the biennial period of oC 2 1921 the state state road assessment was about which for tor the state o of 01 Utah Is a considerable sum of mone money And tho the state assessment for tor schools for the same sam period was about 9 9 which Is a very large sun sum of mone money for the state of ol Utah The expenses of running the state go government gov- gov eminent nt over over oyer and above said items is nearly making a total of about fifteen million dollars ever every ery two years to run the state government government govern govern- ment to say nothing about the county count county school and other municipal municipal municipal mu mu- expense While every good citizen wants the schools and roads amply and splendidly taken taleen care of and they should be yet it should be tho the careful careful care care- ful aim of every official to stop up all of the leaks and to run botn the schools and the roads on good sound business principles that principles that is take care of them splendidly but stop up the leaks of administration We are not advised at this time of any seri serious serious serious seri seri- ous errors in th the use of the s school hool funds but believe that if the counties counties counties coun coun- ties were cut up into several school districts It might bo be bett better r for all concerned Put we do know that tb have been glaring mistakes in the use of the road funds and those theoe matters matters' should be promptly corrected And further lurther there should be a careful scrutiny of all public expense and the unnecessary expense shou should cl he lie promptly cut out regardless or ur what ever department of the state government It fl refers to Neither personal interest nor se sentimentalism should be allowed to stand staid In the way of sound business sense In the handling of any of the public busi busi- ness We are also fairly advised that t the e administrative branch of ot the state government needs a considerable re revision revision revision re- re vision and a lot of unnecessary expense expense expense ex ex- pense cut out out and and no no doubt in other branches of oC the state government government government govern govern- ment the same is true trite But the lax commission and Dr Bullock of Harvard Harvard Harvard Har Har- vard want us to get more more money by byan byan byan an Income tax and other methods while we cant can't pay the taxes that are aro already assessed and say not a word about reducing expense Extravagance Extravagance gance is never satisfied Did you ever eversee eversee eversee see a business man noted for extravagance extravagance extravagance ex ex- ex- ex but what went to the wall Surely not and it is the same with the state the onI only way to produce produce produce pro pro- duce prosperity Is to run the states state's business on sound economic financial principles 0 |