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Show Utah Taxpayer Gives Figures i The March-May issue of the VUxti Taxpayer is just off the , Press, rt is replete with import- . ant information of interest to all taxpayers and officials alike The leading article deals' with the rising tide of the cost of fctate government. In it is ore Lhte, b'ennial PenditSres o fall state departments, agen-cis. agen-cis. and institutions from lcwo. to 1943-44 with the bduget for ii, " ih0Ws that in that time the expenditures have jumped from $15,388,566 to $43,739,413 and it Points out that -Welfare" accounts i or the major increase an in crease from $791,792 to $13,787,570: We f'l -p tcnt'on to the fact that welf.ue costs now account for 31 per cent of the total State appro Uon i',NeXt t0 Welfare' Eca-ir. Eca-ir. thoSK i6 r105' lmPrtant item $13.00.047, if we include teacher retirement. This is an increase from $3,040,000 in 1929.30 Last week the Governor reduced the budget by $2,000,000, hut it has not yet been declared as to where tbe cuts will take place v f.n. If tabIe shows the Wel-I Wel-I Uom for Utah counties for i44. The column showing the ' n.Lthe 'T PPuIaon er s a n , fVeSmts SOme th. tL? r S mfrmation- " shows ; rt,at "ve counties have more than ten per cent of their total popu,ation on the various ret rolls, with Garfield occunvini Srpeerntcen?aV1S has b"t trend. TcrZ' ttll olassificatioSnft0 -rTs from 1936 to 1944 Tn tw s Q 'T incre!ed from -fivlio'b2oft0h 9'09-827. Another vision of the same table shows tun industrial Varies have net increase from $76 536 000 m $203,000,000. Attention is caUed to the statute wherein relatives a to .PPort he f'rr b fwhhf" :'dditi0n t0 other Wal-late Wal-late tables presented, there is one -showmg the position of Utah in respect to the index o e Assistance. This table reveals. r -rale The leading editorial states that along with the demobiliS of the Armed Forces that -th Xat! A - --ed |