Show statements OF BAMBERGER TOOLS SHOWN HOWN s TO BE FULL OF FALSEHOOD dew ret N seak oa ait oit t SS editor deseret news allow me to the following by way of answer anwer to typical mis of facts made in behalf of constitutional amendment to ser 4 article 13 the mines are asses assessed bed only 5 an acre on their ground THE TIIE FACT the mines areas are as essed at 2121 in acre the net prove proceeds eds tax is merely A tax ax on profits TUP PACT FACT net proceeds eeds are more than GO 50 per cent geater eater than profits because mines owners arc are not allowed to deduct such necessity necess try iry expenses as damages and bompensa com corri pensa tion insurance taxes general office etc the mines are paying less taxes ahan than they paid under the old law AIE FACT the mius are paying hundreds of thousands thou bands more in taxes than they ever paid u under nd er the old law the following uric le shows u the increased taxes paid by 20 0 mines mine i in various parts of the states increase over year 1916 1915 taxes 1916 1917 1918 total increase 48 these alg figures ures embrace only 20 mines and do not include federal taxes or occupation tax the occupation cu tax adds more than to the additional state taxes on mines in 1918 the minine mining con anies are seek ine ing to escape their just share of tax aaion THE FACT mining companies are the only taxpayers labo have been fully and legally taxed ever since statehood net proceeds have always been assessed it tt per cent while all othel property was assessed at 40 per der cent and less for 20 yeara years after the mining people did not propose or work for the tax law of 1915 nor did they oppose its repeal at the last session of the legislature but the men who are sup porting this amend amendment went did ditl obtain the law of 1915 and they did opp se it rebeil and th restoration of lie old law 1 the I he amendment will make it PCS sible to tax minea at their full value 1 HE PACT FACT this is childs talk Economists engineer and all sensible plans abandoned the vain attempt to determine the full value of a mine long ago what the amendments possible is to tax mines at whatever value the ato atte te board of equalization pleases pe aises taxes coula b reduced 10 per cent on other property if the mines in ties now paid the therace ame proportion of the state expenses aa as prior to 1016 1916 QUESTION As proved by the above figures fi Kures mines are paying thousands more than they paid prior to 1916 therefore way have not the other taxes been reduced hence my conclusion dont bu bo misled by the ignorance or wilful perversion of selfish politicians and others they are setting getting more revenue than ever before and spending it all I 1 the more they get the more spend vote NO on amendment no 3 JOHNM M HAYES salt lake city oct 20 26 |