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Show BjBjH 00 I APPROPRIATION BILL OF 1921. How difficult it Is to keep down ex- j penses of government Is disclosed b the appropriation bill introduced in , the Utah legislature calling for a to-1 tal of $3,521,000 as compared with $3, 554,000 provided for in a similar bill in This is a reduction of $30,000 and LH points to the fact that the legislators I re aiming to keep their pledges of economy, but it is not a radical reduction. reduc-tion. The tendency In public alfa-irs during dur-ing a number of years has been to transfer from private hands more of the responsibilities of life, until state, county and city are attempting to car-rj car-rj more obligations in the way of pub I lie welfare. The load, as measured In taxes, Is growing heavier and there is a disposition to slip back to the former for-mer position of Individual steward ship. In the matter of education, the stale is doing roorj-Hvdmor. in training children for toe dudes of life So are ihi county andSoAv and the direct result is an a. cenAiag tax rate. Furthermore, pricc-3 are In a much higher level than in the years gone I by, adding to the cost of government But even with these burdens, there in a firm demand for retrenchment, and a halt has been called to the ever increasing tax. It is well that our governor and leg islalure are heeding this appeal and I are doing their utmost, to check public expenditures. |