Show EDUCATION AND TAXES In r p paper read re before the rep rep- rep representative of or the tho departments or of o of the the National Education association association In la se session slon at Dallas Tex fex Governor Go George Georgo IT H Dens Deru presented his views view on education and taxation front from which tho tho following is an extract the annual I 1 do not Dot know what education bill ot of tho the United States Is but the people are aro not will will- willIng will will-In Ing to cut It down Nevertheless they are moaning and groaning I about high lIgh taxes Whenever er we weI scrutinize our tax receipts we find fiod I that tho the schools are ate the greatest tax lax eaters Education Is a state or local function Whenever er fed fed- fedel fed federal el eral elal al aid for tor education Is proposed a long lone loud howl goes roes up all over OHr thoU the land and the tb fetish of ot state rightS Is dragged dratted forth Corth from rom Its musty dust dusty hiding place And so the stales continue to foot tile te bill bili In 01 older del to toot foot the bill bm they must have bave revenue That revenue must come chiefly front from Om a tax fax on because the federal gov- gov government gov government In ord order r to pay for tor the war has pre empted practically all the other sources of or revenue In la the eleven called so-called public land states ot of the west the bur buy burden de den Is especially heavy y because so much ot or Use tho land belongs to toUncle toUncle Uncle Sam and Is exempt from taxation In lu Utah nearly three three- three fourths fourths or of o the th area urea or of o the state belongs to the United States and pays vars no taxes to help support the state government so In n Arizona 67 67 pet per cent of or the state stat Is still sua In Inthe Inthe lath the control of or the United States government In III New Kew Mexico It ItIs itis itIs Is 43 per cent In Idaho 67 per percent percent percent cent and In tn Nevada Ne 87 per cent In all the western stern states a limit limit- limited limited limited ed portion of oC the land must bear the entire burden of or supporting the schools and all other govern govern- gover governmental governmental mental activities Th The people will wilt endorse the tol fol oh- oh lowing policy advocated by the governor There Is a growing sentiment that the federal government t should relinquIsh all remaining pub public lie lands hands to the slates Mates It H this Is don done donI I should be glad to see them granted to 10 the states slates for school purposes purports Furthermore I should ta favor or a 11 proviso in tho the grant that when when- whenever whenever ever eer a stale state sells any land it can only sell the surface and that contained must be forever ore el reserved ed r by tile the state stale nod and can never ne be sold bu but t can cau only be lease leased on a rental or rO roy roy- royalty roy royalty alty basis Utah has had such a conserva conservation tion measure on Its Hs statute Looks books bo ks since 1919 and Is 18 enforcing It rigidly Th The school chool land bill just contains such a provision thereby effectively guarding nat oat natural ural resource re Of ot the he slate from diSsipation |