Show CON AMEND MINTS BE k L y 0 A large barge sumo of money hall hag been raised by tile the mining Inte cats of the state stale to defeat tile tho proposed constitutional amendment rotating relating to rev taxation and several antte lee lea ii have ve been written and have appeared i in the salt lake papers tha mi le question naturally arises why are ara they against it and what are tho the facts the present constitution proy provides idea that hit all property must be assessed at it a uniform rate which means that your honic homo your farm arm banks and all property must pay tho the samo same no matter what its earnly capacity might be now nov lot its consider tor for a moment do you think that a home which does doca not bring brine in a dollar and is only an ali ex ought to much taxes as aa livo live business A bank for instance stanco In a mine Is able to pay its mani man i ago a year which Is tho the easo caso in utah and other money making cori concerns carns ot of course you do not under our present constitution we are paying a uniform rate of taxation on our homes the samo same as the mine ow owner nor pays paya on his mining property pro party slid and yet tho minoa aro are producing much more revenue than our homes or our farms can over ever hope to td produce and that la Is why we aro are asking the voters change it we wa believe that the prop orty which produces the tha most moat revenue should bo required to pay the most most taxes anotnio reason and this Is fa why they do not wish it ft to carry and tho the one th that at affects tho the farmer most in this state Is a a mine Is at k present preben t t taxed axed on oil its not net proceeds Pro ceede which moans means that thai the net proceeds edh Is tile the method in adopted to represent the of the mine the net pro coeds aro tho the value of all ore that Is a taken from the mine amne in a year less th tho cost of mining it cost of freight and tho the reduction ot of the ore what is left Is profit and all you can tax 1 them under thi the present system whore la Is thero there a farmer that would not like to be taxed this way it Is a very hard matter to determine the exact value of ji a rn lne so tax tat experts havo have arrived at chils me th of its value any property erty that will pay 10 por per cent interest interest Is a good investment under ordinary circumstances therefore it would seem that it if a mines nets net proceeds wore were multiplied by ten it would then only be full value or oc what other other property in n the state state la is but there Is a tax that mining camp co MD antes must pay in addition and that to a the th e price paid the government tor for tiia the land which oft off meritorious mines ta Is uniformly 5 9 por per acre therefore the last legislature thought and authorized zed the present amendment which will ines tp be assessed at af throe three timer their liehr nel now mr taxpayer taxiway ors read joint resolution no 8 and compare it with article 13 of the constitution and you will see that what Is stated above is absolutely correi correct ct it if the constitutional amon amendment dment wera now in affect thoro there would lia 13 forty million dollars more on the rolls tills this year than thord thera la Is and that to from tile the mines alnea dont you tank that th should voto vote YES to this amendment |