Show TO legislature UTAH EXECUTIVE URGENT URGEN T FOR ECONOMY AND REFORM IN government lawmakers told that a return to rock bottom foundations Is a sure augury of future progress salt lake city charles 1 IS mabey in b e y of utah delivered his first message to the law lavi makers ot of the state oien hen the fourteenth legislature met ili ih joint session la in the atall ot of the house at noon on january 11 go arnor mabey said should it seem that this message comes come dressed lit in somber clothes it will mill be remembered that these are somber times then declaring that the chief idea of 0 representative government is to grow lie he continued there cc cornea a time in every well vall ordered political unit when ben it in must take stock of its condition before it branches out into fields at this moment civilization Is consolidating its gains it Is a breath I 1 lug space not a retreat reduction induction of expense Is not reactionary sanity Is not retrogression A return to rock bottom foundations Is a sure augury of future i this utterance was heartily applauded as was the next declaration that few laws wisely administered are the best indication of statesmanship that state Is best governed which preserves to the greatest degree local self government the tendency has been towards centralization of power and too much of private if fairs the happy ined medium lurn Is list lint wherein efficiency is secured at the sacrifice of as little personal pe ronal liberty and individuality as possible to that end let us labor the governor called attention to the fact that the estimated receipts of the state from all sources for the hie biennium blen 1921 1922 were nere and urged that the appropriations be kept to the minimum consistent with the income governor blabey declared that the nation Is suffering from the lassitude of an athlete after a trying contest mens nerves are unstrung and they are given to complaint and criticism the people are in no mood to tolerate frivolous expenditures the people pray earnestly ehni individual members slogan will le be not ilow how much can I 1 save for my city and country but how much can I 1 save for my state and still maintain that efficiency which has al always alays ays been tier her chief characteristic icI 1 I in n t the be twenty four years since statehood administrative agen agencies agences ces have been multiplied lit in bewildering confusion until today there are more than forty of them the sills following such a loose system are apparent A solution can be found without any radical change lit in our present administrative istra ratiTe tive form boards and commissions that are similar should be consolidated soli dated the heavy burden of taxation resting upon the people should claim your early and serious consideration in the hore hope of not only not increasing that burden but of decreasing it it Is now time to learn that a prudent city or state like a prudent person mut must live within its means and ia not t md end avor to ape the life end practices practice of ft communities mud richer desire as much as we me may better communication into favorite fai localities it if we leep keep our main lines of road in first class order during ahe alie years immediately med lately to come the resultant road efficiency and the saving saing of the tax money will be pleasing to most of our people all educational education gli veneer must be scraped away and a more practical program ushered in but this does docs not mean stooping to cheap and sordid but contemplates a deeper awakening of the spirit through the building of a better social order our state department of education Is top heavy its work should be simplified fied its working force reduced and it should he be made to articulate with that of the agricultural college and the university to the end that duplication be absolutely eliminated this 1 Is 15 5 no time for freak legislation neither Is it the moment for experimentation peri lit fit the peoples expense hence it Is that nil all requests tor for funds beyond the legitimate income of tile state slate be met with deaf eari ears and unflinching hearts hearte while it may be impossible of meeting the recommend at ions of the commission mir ion appointed to make a study of a suitable memorial for the veterans vc of oil all wars in which chich this country participated the excellent race bervice the commission rendered should not he be lost and it should lie be kept intact tor for later action |