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Show I OGDEN CITY FIHST TO HOLD DOWN TAXES. At a meeting of Utah St&ti tyealt) association hi Salt Lake on last 9a1 urday, a movement WM started to Btop all increases In city, county and State tux levies A n -solution endors iiiK th- circulation bl petlllouB to bet presented to municipal, rounty and' state departments, asking a reduction In public expenditures as a means of preventing a higher levy was adopted.. An account of thv procecdlni-'s says H whs pointed out that the purpose of i these petitions is to brin to the attention at-tention of public Officials ihe names of persons advocating reduced public I i expenditures: In a recent discussion I . of, Salt Lake's municipal affairs be j , ; twecn a committee ol the Salt Lake i j j j peal estate board and the cllj mm I ' mission, the commission argued thai , ! 1 J (ioiue people who have com p In .net) ol '! j I the present high tax IjrVj were among j those who had prevlodfel. appeared be- lor Hie board to insist upon unnecessary unnec-essary appropriations. Too many ap j peals to aid public enterprises arc made to city and county, and a part u! f ! the increase in .taxes In due to the complying with those demands. I Our taxpayers should make a closer j I: i j efudy of taxes. Tor instance, not , more than one properly owner in hall a dozen knows thai Ogden a the j j i only city of size in the state Ol t 'ah . that last year did not increase its tax1 rate, although the combined tax rate for city, county, state and schools' was much higher than in 1019. Ogden ; lb. ! city's tax rate in 1919 was 8.05 mills j and in 1920 It was S .05 mills, notwlih-l standing the higher salaries paid city j employes and the higher cost of ev-crythtng ev-crythtng purchased. Of every $30 paid Into the county treasury, not more 'than ?S.05 was transferred to he city treasury for city purposes. If ever) branch of government had pursued the i policy followed by Kden Glty lal year, the combined tax rate would not bave been increased. Bu owing in thel fact that many Of the tax payers do ( not study their tax notices, the oitj 'falls to get proper credit for lnaugu-j rating a movement which now prom ! jses to become state wk! |