Show W the legislature adjourned with new statutes on the books the general opinion is that only about a score of these measures will make any appreciable difference in the daily lives of utahna at a whole the other will affect only se gregat ed groups and arid scattered sections or individuals most of the enactment has been middle of the road in which bus iness and industry suffered no body blows A general confidence ing tone prevailed but in that no ground gamed gained two beads ago has been lost agriculture received much con ments but suffered no important loss except in the state s con tribu ion to the teachers retirement fund on social welfare payments on old assistance were placed on the basis of need thus eliminating many re cip lents in favor of those deservedly entitled to aid the largest appropriation bill in history was passed 8 2 3 7 3 91 and this will put into force the 2 4 mills general fund tax levy which had been eliminated during the last two years the legislature held generally to maintain the present tax structure as far as possible this was evi evidence deric ed in the failure of the homestead tax bill and the denial of all direct efforts to increase taxes enactment of bills enabling cities and towns to undertake low cost housing in a reform accomplish ment little change was made in the stat e s political Teal set up business bene fits by the repeal of the much maign laign ed average inventory act and alsa strengthening of the fair trade tice act A six per cent mark up ov er cost is the minimum at which a merchant can sell labor lost two sought for bits of legislation measures were pass par s ed were introduced governor blood vetoed one measure the legislature asked the national congress tor for federal assistance in preventing further erosion on colo rado river tributaries tribu faries in utah and enactment ot of farm creidt liber liberalize aliza tion laws it endorsed endor qed national bills for federal aid to education the sta of silver at 1 an ounce the pittman silver purchase act and the rearmament program |