Show ESCAPE FROM UTAH TAX the following editorial in the salt lake tribune Is 1 so apt and of such essential interest intel Inte est iest to the state of utah in its entirety that we copy it verbatim from the issue ot of january the 1936 geore D steiner St elner until recently an influential resident of salt lake city has notified the utah state tax commission that he no longer Is a dt of this state that his domicile Is now in florida mr air steiner cites the income tax as a adopted at the last session of the utah legislature as the reason tor for this change Ina inasmuch as he still has property interests in utah ho he cannot immediately disengage himself from utah taxes although he can and will escape the burden of the increased assessment his ills action Is a striking protes against the action of the legislature in greatly increasing the income tax rates without regard to its final effect upon the tax structure this tax however Is the law of the state having tileen passed over a wide and vigorous protest within the next three months this particular tax will be thoroughly understood by every wage earner in the state tr unfortunately t tuna unal tely the act does not drive alone aganet heavy tax payers the action of the legislature constitutes utes a betrayal of everything that wag was in tax revision the income tax was proposed and adopt ed tto ito relieve the load on real prop erty until 1935 property received some consideration in offsets but never at any time did it receive the promised relief the last legisla ture removed these so that property taxpayers will be among those affected by the higher income rates there Is only one wa way y to defeat an unpopular law or tax and that Is to suffer en masse until such time ait at its vicious elements are flanly disc discerni ernt ble to all concerned the departure of mr air steiner for other parts Is a forceful reminder of this for after all income as well as property taxes are contingent upon state develop ment if it current rates impel old residents to leave the state what may we say of our appeal to the newcomer 9 james mitchell er deputy sheriff has been appointed a traffic police man in fillmore fillmore will now have a full 24 94 hour service of trat fie supervision |