Show the control of public expenditures V some CO lie I 1 usi otla iu kiy dr t miscellaneous facts A etho byrhe jhc thc state tax commission has endeavored in the articles which have already been printed to indicate tile the way in which taxpayers play control the amount ot of money which is to be expended ed tor for pub public lie purposes poses the revenue which Is to be expended for town city and county purposes next year will be determined upon during the month ot of december of this year if the taxpayers of the state wish to have any oice in degenn detert ninin irbing a g the die amounts they must act during the month of december now osithe hi the tinie time to study your local budgets budge ts and to determine the amount of money which you can call afford mr ibbe various which clime come within these branches of the government the school budgets tor for the school year 1932 1933 will ill not be determined upon until next june so that phase ot of the problem A blem can call be postponed ed until that time we urge taxpayers of the state as tar far as it is practicable or consistent meet with the board of 0 county commissions and with the city or town officials to discuss frankly with kith them the problems of public finance this will enable the tax spending officials to get the point of 0 view of the taxpayers and what hat is just as aa important it will ill ave tive the taxpayers tay toy payers the opportunity tf to get t the ie point of view of their officials whom they have ill public A frank discussion between public oft official lelal and taxpayer will enable the official to understand how much can be afforded tn fit the like way of 0 public expenditure and at the same time it will enable th ill taxpayer to understand the ionia which he has placed nann the shoulder ij ot of the officials in the services of government which th s taxpayer expects we the public official to give government costs money it li is not tree free like the air and it Is useless fer to taxpayers taxpayer to expect their officials to perform miracles in tile the way of providing many public benefits at no expense so much has been said within recent years of tile the high cost of govern mant in this state that it may be interesting to compare the cost of government for state county school and municipal purposes pur posea in utah continued to back page pace THE CONTROL OF PUBLIC expenditures continued from first page with similar costs in other western states the national industrial conference board of new york city has made the following comparison has td ed upon collections tor for the year 1927 this Is the last figure available at present but it Is probable that the taxes tor for more recent years will be computed by this organization with in ID the near future state and local tax collections states ver per capita tax in 1927 new mexico 2737 Alo montana utana utah idaho arizona wyoming colorado washington oregon california quoted from cost of government in the united states stales 1927 1928 the national industrial conference loard board from this it will be or served that the per capita tax in utah for the year 1927 is lower than in any other desern state except new mexico and montana this comparison is based upon pon all taxes for state and local purposes in each case the fact that the per capita cost ot oc government in atah shows up very favorably as aa compared with the per capita cost of government in other western states does not mean that we should neglect to control our public expenditures on a careful basis in the future on the contrary we should feel proud of this comparison and do everything in our power to make it 11 ever more favorable in the future than it is at present the fact of the matter is that the plan ot of ad of state and local government in utah Is superior to that in ill most states of the unto h and this has made it possible for utah to have a tavo rab when compared with the other oilier states in the cost of government |