Show SHOWS TREND FROM PROPERTY TO SPECIAL TAXES IN UTAH the 1 june ne A august issue of the utah tah taxpayer is just off the press the issue contains much information vital to taxpayers and ad officials alike and it should form the beer basis of an action program tables dealing with the growth of utah a tax b burden r are present presented it one table shows that from 1933 to 1943 the burden imposed on utah taxpayers by the property tax indirect taxes tees fees li it censo etc and by federal impositions t has jumped from 23 to 92 2 ja or more than a four told fold increase the table shows fir further that while in the e earlier period the property tax was responsible sp I 1 for 75 per cent of the utah but bur it den en with while 1 in 1943 1842 with 0 0 0 it represented but 20 per cent the table shows also that in 1933 the U S collector ot of internal revenue obtained but 1489 1 while in the fiscal year 1943 such collections to it is point ed out that the trend toward the centralization ol of government in washington and in the state capitol I 1 is very rapid the thesis is present ed that if democracy is arese prese preserved ed there them must be an about face fa from rewn federal to state and from state to local responsibility another tab table shows the trend of indirect taxes fees 1 licenses reen ses etc in list it fram 1916 to 1943 inclusive at the beginning of the period it is noted that collections were mere mae ly incidental totaling tout but compared with 29 in 1143 1943 it is pointed out that the me increase in state revenues imor from these I 1 indirect t sources gore have increased 25 0 00 m 1 n th the e past ten years and over 00 during the past two years the point is made that as a I 1 result of these increases im mases the coffers of the state should now be full instead lead expenditures are increasing at a a similar rate still another important treble table is presented this one shows t the he trend of welfare expenditures as also industrial duen du dayrous and employment in utah from 1936 16 to 1 1942 4 ur inclusive hava the point is in made de it that during that period wells welfare expenditures have jumped from in 1936 s to 8 in 1942 despite an increase from 76 to in industrial payrolls this th means am that in the face of an increase of per cent in paY payrolls welfare costs cost have jumped per cent the policy of creating reserves for welfare purposes during this period of prosperity is a advocated so that when the inevitable depression again strikes the needy will not cry in vain for assistance stance |