Show Z I 1 ae t mw wr f 11 4 ia refa rj pi e I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 I 1 1 I I 1 GW i I 1 1 l 0 TP t il 1 1 i kii a V P 64 P 21 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 E I 1 I 1 LUGI HOPPER gover governor or henry II 11 blood continues to be the most sought for advisor by legislators isla tors in search of administrative and executive counsel his oft demonstrated wisdom and impartiality on behalf of the entire state and its people as a whole Is being felt along many visible and unseen lines in both house and senate the bills prohibiting advertising by dentists relict of former senator 0 clarence beslen passed the senate but Is due for a lambasting lam basting in the lower branch if 1 professed determination of both labor and farmers to oppose it continues A general speeding up of legislative isla tive activities will follow the appointment of sitting sifting committees by both houses n next ext week these all powerful bodies w will 11 1 say what bills ore are to be acted i upon first and in abroad a broad manner take slid and dogmatic reply I 1 note that you ex up the work of existing standing committees mit tees legislators will spend the current weekend week end in visiting cedar city st geoge and boulder dam dain the long est junket of the current session which has thus far seen the lawmakers oft off on three out of town trips discussion of the royle interest aste iste rate bill brought sharp alignment of so called progressive and conservative forces in the senate with senator woodward of utah county battling verbally with threats of revolt unless progressive legislation was enacted and senators bamberger and wallace countering vividly the appalling length of the senate calendar and short week due to the boulder dam trip caused upper house solona salons to favor morning and afternoon sessions beginning next monday the house will likely adopt the same tactics to rus rush legislation futures lawmakers will ie be paid 8 per day instead of the current 4 it if a bill introduced in the house becomes a law the expected direct prim arles bill made its debut in the house saturday A total of measures have been introduced up to saturday night in the house and in the senate five senate measures have passed the house and gone to the governor 3 CENT SALES TAX the proposal to increase the state sales tax from two to three per cent will receive but scant consideration from j i twenty first legislature the average legislator can readily visualize the kickback from his constituency some of these same legislators how ever are proposing to increase the ethreal three I 1 per cent sales tax which during the period from 1920 29 was levied on the mining industry of this state tor for during that decide decade stats state and local taxes on utah mines amounted to three cents for each dollar of gross value of ores produced one proposal would increase this his tax to 12 per cent of gross sales I 1 how many of these same legislators could face their constituents at the close 0 of f the session it if they imposed such a tax on their neighbors as they now propose to levy upon the 1 mines the recommendation of the committee I 1 of nine in this regard was that the taxation tit of metal mines should be changed from the present base of three times tp the a annual net proceeds to three times t elrage rage of the annual net proceeds fi or the three years year it seems that this is abudo 11 the burden that should be imposed at teta ites me upon this industry except its fair share 0 of f participation in the national net tonal program tor for social security which Is just recovering from the most critical period in its history AW W THEY VOTED TOTED senate alonzo F V hopkin of ghisi this se nat orial desu lt voted no on amendments providing for redi reciting ting property l phyrne payment nt or of tax offsets or exemptions 1 income and corporation franchise t avs under S B 88 and S B 1 he voted of the two measures yes s on final passage and id on all other bills passed in the up per T house last week excepting S 13 9 and B 72 ile he was absent and not voting on i the last two bills the solon from croydon introduced senate last week S B two ro bills in tile the 19 creates a state board of blehr cur cula cicula tor for junior colleges S B creates eates a junior college board representative paul at peterson Pc terson of summit county voted ves on all house housa H 13 67 and SO 80 bills pa passed F ed excepting he was absent and not voting on these two bills mr peterson V fought aught valiantly on the house floor for his measure H B 73 regulating gu lating the payment nt of wages tor for em aloyes and even m moved oved to strike the enact enactment men t clause and thereby kill it when the members voted in the word wilful in respect to violations his motion I 1 was defeated however and the bill re committed he declared that the inserted word totally destroyed the effectiveness of the measure designed primarily to stop deterred deferred wage payments |