Show EXCUSES OFFERED ON HIGHER TAXES their In an attempt to justify In a In taxes the county com com- those who are arc help helpin ml ion I i and to to explain are aro saying Jal the lax Increase was due to d and other improvement It Iti they would to be bl expected 1 a n it imi Hi lh the money collected by In n is as thrown into a II cess cess p a deep well For P lor 11 or or more years Ull past lour lur property owners have hayo been been saying to those In charge ot or the taxing power of count county city and state that their taxes are at the break break- breakIng breaking ing point and they have hae demanded a halt To all al J ere has been more or or less an open that taxes would bo be held down Careful students ot or the tho tax have halo said that Utah Is Ish-in Ish by the ever ing tax rate and owners ot of homes have been wondering It U they were to be taxed to a II point where home owning would bo discouraged have said aId that taxes have been go so high for some eoma time that many home lome owners have Now when the county commis commissioners know all this and proceed In- In Increase In Increase to place an sn increase upon an crease claiming the money was not thrown down a deep de p well and tho Increase was justin able able hundreds ot voters who own property feel a sense ot of resent resentment ment over the f failure t r th those sC ot ri get a II bel better r Ing Ing ot of the tax question question and the crisis which the the are fac fac- facing facing ing Unless ss the the-c can show expenditures which were and could not be deter defer deferred deterred red they are falling to answer answer the Que as to why they raised taxes The building o ot I road la In ot one commissioners commissioner's home and out to another commissioners commissioner's bus bus Ini s enterprise will not be accept accept- accepted accepted ed as an explanation for tor the tho In Increase crease The way to reduce taxes b to reduce them and stop offer offering ing In as an explanation cx that Im Improvements were Made There block placed will be he a against higher taxes until the voters cease to accept excuses One vigorous rebuke will wUl clear r the whole atmosphere 00 |