The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

oe lowed uniformly : throughout the whole
S53unts, ana TO be divided 10 each school
1879 PI9Nortionateiy % the number Of
stclool chlidren in the district We had
this system in vogue some wears aszo
ana u was the custom OF the county com
InlssiOners 10 levy d tax of ? mills on the
VoilaE Tor these purposes
Effect of Amendment.
The result of this system win be to still
further burden the citv 81 Sair - v-ifi,
Ine maintenance of schools outside of fts
!IIIllts ana proportionately to relieve the
liIlabltants Of school districts within "a n
lake county from the fair burden OF elu-
eattng tnelr own children. At present the
80 o. SAT- Lake contributes something
L4A6 sa2.Ut more than it receives TO the
education Of the children of the state ont
@ioS on It's own limits. If the constitution
a 40 ne present iaW shan be amended
LIlls excess OF moneys paid out over
moneys received Tor educational purposes
~ salt Lake City viii be raised BY an adj
qflLl24naI $500 as appears from the fot-
Total valuation Of salt Lake
Valuation OF Sail Lake CIV, $50 8 -, ~. 5o
Fdlldt5oh o. salt Lake county
outside Of Salt Lake City,. 6gI7 $50
sgihool Population of Salt
Asdht Nlt4 .....-.....-.....li u. rs
Salt Lake county (outside
OL citSJ --...-.---.-.-....... t.326
Total .................. y "a
= mills the total school tax for salt
Lake county would be Sl55. f72 80 OF this
an Salt Lake city must pay si27.-
oeto4; ana upon the basis of its school
population would receive SI02 1929. max
ing an excess Of moneys contributed over
moneys received of SIS $50. the benefits of
Wnlch would go TO the schools of Salt
Lake county outside of the.rity limits In
me same manner Salt Lake county tout
side the city) would contribute S2767l "a
ana would receive $50 2Sf.0S
No Good Reason shown.
Fnere is no basis of reason in the pro-
posed amendment The school districts
outside OF Salt Lake Civ are TODAY, much
more able to educate their children f6s1
the citizens of salt Lake CITY. Their
taxes are not 50 high and their ability 70
LAKE CITY are very widely exteD5e5
Mltoln Its limits is wide extent of area
Ttiitrh IS very SParseIy settled Indeed
the area OF Salt Lake city is 50 great ti1at
~ should De city and county bv itself
,tl.- ne tgIflioTy south of salt Lake CITY
ought 10 be embraced in a county bv il
sen II this We're done anv Dror,osiff o-,
Which would compel Sait Lake civ ana
- - ullIg 10 nelp 70 educate the children
moment be favOFably considered Vet
ol.al Is exactly what win be the effect
OF the passage of this amendment
Inc effect of the carving of this
= Llenln nj VIII be 10 cut down the coun-
" school tax from 4 mills its present
liIllit- 20 Z mills From the fund thus
derived the districts lying outside of Sail
lake CIV deriving. as they would 50
Aliutil money from the taxes raised in
Salt Lake city, would be able to support
lnelf schools lin mach better shane Than
Lhey 90 at present while the schools of
sat Lake City. deriving a revenue from
a 1-nuIl tax only instead of a 4-mfl tax
- az present would be unable to keen
We schools open. more than seven or
eight months In the year
Figures illustrate Case.
The total assessed valuation for the
state OF tan in 1885 was 500 2Sg. 3s4
Illustrate the burden under which
SAT- Lake city Is now labOrinE we call
TO The following figures:
J. ne state school tax is 3 mills on the
The total valuation Of the state is s1o4 - |
5lo.z35; of which salt Lake City is as
SeSsed a S3l, g5o211 The total state school (
TAX derived Is Sol4,9lo. The total school /
popuiatlon or the state is S4.41g which
gives per capita allotment of S. -
salt Lake City has a school rsouuIa+f,,, /
Of l-4&. and at 81 per capira ,Irsv,-e |
from the state fund So. SIC a. Bur if con- ]
tributes TO the state fund sos $50 Sc r1aI1iner
an excess contributed by Salt Lake Cit1
- S eaucalon throughout the state of /
rs the price of the finished product.
he farmer, power1ess to protect him /
self, when he sells, is pIundered /
when he Purchases-W. J. Bryan. J
We have no fight to make against /
honest wealth, but we believe that
he best protection that you can give /
% honest wealth is to separate it /
rom the dishonest wealth that hides
tseIt behind the people.-W. J.
Bryan.