The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-07

AppCrtloned TO- ZISUo.zU
Amount received, 466.02
JUAB.
Raised, 2,315.29
Apportioned to, 2.876.60
Balance received. 551.41
KANE.
Raised, 1.774.45
Apportioned to. 3,5S3.40
Amount received, 1903 90
WILLARD.
Raised. 1861
Appoltioned to. 3,1S4.40
Balance received, 1888
MORGAN.
Raised. 2,268.73
Apportioned to, 100000
Balance sent abroad, 228.13
pIUTE.
Raised, 667.34
Apportioned to, $500
Balance received, 1885,
RICH.
Raised, 834.O6
Balance received, 1904
sALTLAKE.
Raised, 51,1O4.OO
Apportioned TO. 26.424.60
Balance sent abroad, q. 679. 40
sANPETE.
Raised, 4,295.42
Apportioned to, 11,3l2.60
Balance received, 7,Ol7.1S
SEWER.
Raised, 1868
Aproriioned to, S.S3O4O
Balance received, 1,903.47
SUMMIT.
Raised, 5,245.3O
Apportioned to, 4,252.20
Balance sent abroad, S93.I0
TooELE.
Raised, 4,527.79
Apportioned to, 3,523.4O
Balance sent abroad, 1,004.39
UTAH.
Raised, 12,105.3S
Apportioned to, 16,921.40
Balanced received. 4.S16.O2
wAsATCH.
Raised, 1,277.37
Apportioned to, 3.O85.6O
Balance received, 1907. %
WASHINGTON.
Raised, 3,52O.37
Apportioned to. 3.67S.4O
Balance received, 1853 O8
WEBER.
Raised, 12,155.71
Appoltioned to, 10,989.6O
Balance sent abroad, I,l66.11
Some say it is education that forms
the common mind; some, our need
full knowledge, like our needful food,
lies open in life's common road.
Some are good at gathering, and
some are good at eating grapes. The
wind scatters the grapes. Thirty-tWo
thousand children in 1878 in Utah to
rise up in the future and bless US, or,
if neglected, to rise up, either in
words or in deeds, and curse US to our
faces. What shall we do? My mind
is made up. The blessings 1 want.
They are within our reach. We
must-I repeat We must give them a
reasonable chance to acquire knoWl-
edge. knowledge is everything. Gold,
though highly esteemed, is often a
shining trouble. Empty heads are
only bubbles.
Again to the reports. The follow
ing counties raise more money for
school purposes than is apportioned |
to them: Beaver, Box Elder, Davis, |
Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele
and Weber, which in the aggregate,
according to my footing, is $34,-
O63.95, of which Salt Lake County
furnishes near $4,000, But this
tells another tale. 1t ia this: Salt
Lake County, with little more than
one-sixth of the population. has a
little more than one-third of the
taxable property of the territory. I'll
%, 600 persons own So, 1000, 900 OF tax
able property, it will be $3.50 per
capita, and they can pay nesrly--I
think quite-tiouble the amount per
capita that the poorer counties can
pay, and each will feel the amount
about equally. This tells another
tale when taken in connection with
the law.
The Union Pacific Railroad, road
built mainly with capital owned by
non-residents of tie territory, runs
through Summit and Morgan Coun-
ties and into Weber County. The
Central Pacific Railroad, built by
non-residents, runs through Box
Elder into Weber County. The Utah |
and Northern Railroad is, l am tod,
chiefly owned by non.residents. The
Utah Central Railroad stands little
different. Weber has some of it,
Davis some. and Salt Lake come.
The Utah Western Railroad, Wasatoh
and Jordan Railroad, and Bingham
Canon Railroad were built and are
owned mainly by non-residents. Now
these are the counties which have
raised more school funds than was ap-
portioned to them. These roads
have swelled the amount. Mr.. Ed
itor, for aught l know, the non-resi-
dent taxpayers, owners of these roads,
think as much of a child between 6
and Is years of age who was begotten
and born il Utah, Sanpete or Cache,
the three counties most benefited, as
one that was begotten and born in
Salt Lake County, the one that raises
the largest amount. If his excellency
the Governor had rot insisted that to
section 2 of the revenue act, page /,
there should be added as property ex-
empt from taxation, mining claims /
and the products of mines, and the {
ore in the mines, thus making an in 8
vidious distinction between mines and
railroads, l would refer in this con $
nection to revenue arising from minee. {
Yours truly, Z. Snow.