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Show ' Tax Collections 1 1 show Big Gain 'l T.IX collections by the Stale N T,,V Commission for the year linc Juno 30, 1SM8 amounted '" $3l940 4SO. This amount is Ms !h,N times ns great as the colli col-li Sns made by the sumo mission back In 1938 In jx!,6 t,e cost of collections amounted to 4c on the dollar ' fvhile the 194S job was done at . rost of 2c per dollar collected, 'jl'"' Taxes collected by the Com-mission Com-mission are: Sales and use !''- taxes- gasoline, individual in-:: in-:: lie' taxes, corporate franchise -" taxes motor vehicle registration fpi and Inheritance taxes. Dur-i. Dur-i. ne the 1948 fiscal year 655,910 ax items were collected. Utah Farm Wage Average Rises (1 '; A release from the Bureau o-Aericultural o-Aericultural Economics in VSS Washington places the average :' Utah farm wage at $147 per month. This figure is high compared with the $142 average given for July of this year and S134 average for July of 1917. October 1947 was placed at "wesler ng 'g in Quoted as: Idaho erc '"ia $155; Nevada 51 w "a 0n- $U); and New Mexico $111 |