Show TAX ON intangibles this years assessment rolls in iron county lists 2000 in money meney for taxation purposes published reports ot of the two banks in the county for january lot when the tb c assessment Is supposed to be made indicate that there were in those institutions alone between seven and eight hundred thousand dollars on deposit in savings and checking accounts and undoubtedly there was much money not in the banks yet only 2000 gets on an the assessment rolls tor for taxation purposes on the other hand band every acre ot of privately owned land in the county every single item ot of practically every horse abree cow and sheep every ey ery automobile and other tangible property is I 1 nil fill listed we mention the matter only to illustrate the extent to which intangible property property is escaping taxation while tangibles tangi bles hear bear the warden garden A special session of 0 the Legisa legislature ture spent a month last winter trying to devise means by which our taxation system may mat be improved to present part ot of the existing inequality As a res result sult of 0 activity some constitutional amendments were proposed fro posed and ea ce belay submitted this fall which it if they carry will permit ot of looking look I 1 ng to the correction ot our system we commend commena to times readers C careful refue consideration of 0 these proposed amendments it Is our opinion that they should be adopted aalthe first step necessary to correct some of 0 the inequalities 0 of our oui present antiquated ant equated taxation methods |