Show TAX FLOOD CONTROL during recent years the residents of davis county have experienced the ruinous effects of destructive tive floods they have seen their fertile fields covered with debris their homes swept afaf awa and their life savings destroyed it reached the point that every time a black cloud appeared in the west or when the rain drops pattered on oil their roofs fear gripped their hearts that this would 0 be the lime that their home and their lifes work would be dept away land values dropped the cause of these floods was not far to seek the condition lie ce came so critical that the experts were called in to diagnose the case and see what might be done to reduce and eliminate the r ruinous aln inundation they found that on the water sheds above destructive tive over grazing and burnings the removal of vegetation had made floods inevitable the selfishness and greed of the groz ers and shortsighted policy followed by them removed all protection and flood resulted then a constructive plan of regeneration iene generation ration was begun the mountain side was terraced planting 0 was resorted to the over grazing was stopped burnings prohibited As a result of these efforts during the past few years the menace has been removed the farmer sleeps in security in his home the rains tall fall and are welcomed for they provide life giving moisture taxation too has its counterpart when the burden of taxation mounts and reaches the pont poat that the producer no longer has incentive to work and save when he sees his life savings taken by tax sales and foreclosures fore closures when he sees approaching mounting costs such that he cannot pay apprehension fills his heart terror gripe lim him and then despair the security of his family for which he has haa worked and slaved is lessened in its place the fhe prospect of relief and charity As the farmer below the destroyed water shed worked to correct the hazards of the floods aich followed the destructive policies which will remove forever the terror of tac ta c es the constructive program of prevention is to remove the cause ds as was done to control floods the tax burden must not be so nigh that it cannot be borne by the taxpayers it must be such that it will leave him inducement to produce and take the risks in ident to production the ben benefits crits must be greater than the caffott which he must make to ta pay his tax bill or effort will cease taxes must come down tax relief must come the present tax flood must te be stopped if we are to survive utah taxpayer |