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Show COMMUNICATION I 4 Editor Standard Examiner: All Ruod CLrlstlans must acknowl odge that Lhe Diblical law of tithing is the raor.t equitable method or raising rais-ing revenue that can poswibly be de-viaed de-viaed Like all things that emanate from tho Lord it is most perfect The income tax so completely exemplifies ex-emplifies that principle ol paying a certain percentage on your Income after aft-er deducting your losses, that one cannot Bee how Christians in general, and the Latter Iay Saints in particular, particu-lar, could do other than most heariilv endorse it. Such being the case, con-ciitutional con-ciitutional amendment No. 2 should be adopted at tho coming election on November No-vember i by -,u overwhelming major- K i i et some of our leading Utah pa pers advocate leaving inn state conati-itution conati-itution as it is, despite tho fact that j the last legislature by a largo nonpartisan non-partisan majority passed several pro posed amendments for submission to the people. In other words, notwithstanding notwith-standing the merits that any of these mi asurefl may possess, they should be passed up on the plea alone that It Is undesirable to temper with the fundu nienlul law of lhe state. To an ordl nary mind, this is a very poor argument argu-ment and perhaps advanced because no better ono can be devised. Had such a policy been pursued with rei rence lo the federal constitution consti-tution some of the most valuable .safeguards .safe-guards to liberty and enlightened progressive government would never have been enacted. With the growth of every community commu-nity there continually arises conditions condi-tions that tho framers of our fundamental funda-mental law cannot forsoc. For Instance In-stance thirty years ago when Utah 'was mainly an agricultural communlt) a single property tax was perhaps ad-viaable; ad-viaable; but with the growth of our 'commercial and mining interests and Krent increase in ihe number ot our professional men ami of profiteers In many lines of business in it so now? Congress and quite n numbe- of th0 leading states of the union have adopted il and It works admirably, taking In quite a number of we;jih people who, while enjoying tin- eQUal 'protection of the law with all other citizens, have their wealth so secreted or invested: Uiat the assessor cannot reach it. and hence contribute Iitth" or nothing to the revenues of the go, eminent under which they reside.1 This Is especially true of a certain' class of professional men, whose an ' nual salaries run into the thousands' of dollars and who do not even own the homes In which they reside much' less the offices in which they do busl T . II . L l V. I , .U . neon u nifio applies 10 ceii.mi uim salaried corporations and state of ft cialB and employes owning nothini-visible nothini-visible to be taxed under the law at it now stands, or if they do who keo it so socreted ihat no one knows an tiling about it. and yet they arc wealthy men Their wealth, too, 1 generally of such a charactor that It does not decay like the improvements on real estate that so beavll) deteriorate deterio-rate with the passing ol time, and upon which our taxes have been gnu! lually increasing year by year. The writer calls to mind residences built yean ago that are now taxed twice as much as when new. This is one reason why thpre is such a shortage of homes, for it Is cheaper to rent .than to build because of the heav taxes that have to be paid upon ibis class of property oven though rent arc high If all the wealth secret-d iu bank safet) deposit boxes where the assessor asses-sor cannot reach It. was taxed as II should be taxed, or even the Income derived therefrom taxed, our revenue 1 would not only be greatly enlarged, but the rate of taxation necessary to meet the expenses of the commonwealth common-wealth would be greatly reduced. ii the same time the home builder, the builders of our Industries, of our cities cit-ies and our farming communities could be correspondingly relieved of Uie heavy burden of taxaUon to which they aro now subjected. As the law now stands the farmer, who, through a falling market may gel little for what he produces, or have a complete crop failure and bo hundreds ol dollars bohlnd In his year's ex- penses, has the same heavy taxes to pay as when he has a prosperous year Vot ws rely upon him for those things ' upon which our ver. n p( n. Is I- this Jrist? I M . . r. voter anviver this M herself or hiineelf and go taj on November 7 and voteKW JOSEPH A. |