Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-24
IMPORTANT 40 THE PEOPLE.

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with which tue present Legislature has
10 deal is that OF revenue, and II 10 q
pleasure TO observe that most OF the
members are approaching the matter
with an earnest realization OF IL I'M
porlance and a patriotic determination
10 decide 4, m near a. human wisdom
may, In a manner 10 subseryo the best
interests Of the largest number Of the
people. Il will be- matter Of deep
regret u the question shall evoke from
any side a spirit Of selfishneie, Of
Jealousy or Of paftlsanshlp. We
hopc there will be- no filings on
the part Of city members against
their colleagues from the rural DIS
trlcls, and that the latter on their part
will not indulge In sneoro aud aspor'
sions against tho motives Of the repre-
sentauvos from the Weather and more
thickly populated districts. A grave
financial condition oonironis u; IL can
DO met only by prudence, patience and
patriotism.
The recent statements put forth By
the ways aud means committee re-
oelvod comment In these columns at
the time. Those figures showed ns
plainly AZ language could that tho
sharp ax Of retfonchment must DO laid
nj once 10 the root Of the tree Of ex'
penditure. IL was made plain that the
many channels through which tue
public funds have been heretofore dis
trihuied with lavish hands mus, be
now less literally supplied or
olossd altogether until change
In the financial conditions viii allow
Of their being Teopenod. II Is n
straight business proposition that con-
fronts tho Legislators, and they arc
expected to display business tact and
courage Ia dealing with H. Tho pUo-
pie will be satisfied with nothing less,
They are in neither tho imood nor the
situation TO be plunged farther into
debt. The demand on every hand Il
for totrenchment. The alternative at
the present time Is too dark aud dan.
gefous to DO considered. That policy
IN which the people Of the Territory
will alone give support TO their repre-
sentalives In the legislative halls Is
one that will dispense with all need
lees expenditure, that will ourtail the
outlay to that which ls abio.
lutely necessary for the imme.
dlate present. Under this line
Of policy every appropriation Of the
public funds asked for and proposed
will DO carefully sorutiniEed by the
Legislature anu II It Is not necessity
IN the proper and economic business
management Of the TerritoTy's n1airs,
It will be- refused.
The fact that economy can BE- txer.
cited TO avery considerable extout IS
well understood. Salaries can DO 10.
duced, the expenses OF official service
be restricted, aud appropriations In
various directions be- placed at n
minimum aud not be longer kept at
"boom" figures. There are some fea.
lures, however, that cannot bear great
financial restriction without re-.
Sulting 10 injury. These arc par,
ticulatly In tho line OF pub,
llc works that giyo employment.
OF oil times this is an occasion when
the people generally require nssis,ane,
from the Territory In providing FOL
them employment that they may earn
a living and be nbln 10 gvt through {,
the better times that viii necessarily
result from wise financial legislation.
Another item Of deep interest tina
Il connected with the revenue question
isthat Of the division OF the territorial
and school taA. In tho issue ns {.
whether tho Territory or the school
should receive three mills out Of th,
five mills tax, We are omphaucally
Of the opinion that tho throo mill
should 20 10 the Territory. This Is d
demand OF present conditions that eau
not tail to be recognized by ov1ry iail
minded person who Is coayersaut with
tho situation, IL ~ perfectly prope
IN hush business times to ftqulr
the Weather aud more thiclly plpu,
lated paris Of the country 10 aid 30
bearing the burdens Of tho other u1r
lions until such times a. they hay,
strength togo alone. But when "a,
centor5 Of busluoss aud population are
stricken with financial paralysis tuul
as they are AZ present until they ore tu
weaker AMI more heavily burluuud O
the Two /. is only tho part OF man
hood aud Justice that the AURA
districts should make sacunc
to carry their own loads for u whit,
even though they may not be In a stu
alton TO render AID TO the others. lei
an updcuiable fact that the mass Of ia
people, the hOme.owuurs In the thlckl
settled districts, are much more closel
provided by taxes today than are th0i
n the rural districts. With yer
Argo proportion the burdens al