Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-12
AIMS HARD AT SEVERAL LAWS.
Goes After Utah's Worlds Fair Com.
mission and Strikes at Art and
Silk Provisions
TO AMEND NINE TAXATION.
Also Proposes to Abolish Office Of Coal
Mine Inspector and Have a Gen.
cral Mine Inspector

When Representative Joseph yester.
day afternoon introduced house bill No.
l. providing for the repeal Of the act
creating a commission for the Lewis e.
clark exposition at Portland, it inn
mediotoy occurred to many members
of the house that Mr.. Joseph had taken
This means Of rosentlng the insult lung
al Utah last summer But not so. Mr..
Joseph says that so far as he Is con-
Cerncd, that incident Is closed and that
The idea that he is urging this measure
Tor revenge, is % mistake. The gentle.
man states that he was prompted to
introduce the bin through certain state
lhents I'm the governors message, and
particularly those which deal with eX.
pehditures at Che worlds fair While
ne mas no particular fault to find with
what was done Mr. Joseph thinks that
the commission clearly exceeded its au.
ihorlty when il expended $4,000 more
imam hdd been appropriated, and he
questions very much the prOpriety of
meeting this deficit from the state
FUNDS, Again, many OF tho exhibits.
which, he says, the law plainly stated
should be transferred to Portland
have either been sold or sent to
Washington. These, he declares, will
have to be replaced by others In order
to make ANYTHING Ike respectable
showing Then again, the commission
Tor the Lewis & Clark exposition has
reported that Il viii need 100000 over
and above the $4,000 already approprl.
ated to make creditablc display AT
the Portland fair and the object OF
Mr.. Joseph's bin Is to clear the way for
new measure which VIII clearly define
tho duties OF the commission and place
limit upon their expenditures. beyond
which they so at their own risk Je
says the state can III afford 10 make
excessive appropriations for such pur-
poses.
ABOLISHES THE SILK COMMITS
SION
Mr. Joseph IL also the author of the
bill relating to sericulture aud which, In
effect, abollshes the Utah silk commits
sion and cuts off its biennial approprla-
ton Of $1,000. In this connection the
gentleman states that II is the opinion
OF many that this r. a needless expendi-
ture OF public funds, aud az the COVER
nor made no mention Of II whatever.
having no report ON which to base
any such reference, he feels that the
state would be $1,000 better of by re-
pealing the sericulture law. He says
the amount named is not sufficient for
the purpose and as the state cannot
afford to allow more the law would he
better off the books than ON. 10 put
u i'm MI Joseph's own words. The duty
Of the Legislature Is to undo undue
legislation, rather than to burden the
statute books with more And to this
end the gentleman declares he VIII work
during the session
That he Is IN dead earnest about abol-
ishiug the silk culture bin Is evidenced
by the fact that he says the expert
meut made under Il has been am abso-
Lutte and unqualified failure"
THE ART INSTITUTE.
The Utah art institute. says Mn Jo-
ecph has been a public scandal i'm many
respects. 10 has, he declares, done no
good for art or Utah either Quarrels
and litigation have grown out Of It, and
ne says he wants Go wipe Ii out on
the same point Governor Cutler I'm his
message said:
1T appears that the act forming the
Utah art institute. the appropriation
made for its maintenance and the laws
governing and regulating H. do not
meet the end designed by It's promoters
and that the state does not receive full
value TO tho money expended. II Is
probable. therefore, that a bin will he
introduced I'm the Legislature, asking
for the repeal OF the law creating the
Utah art institute. In place Of the In
stitute it Is proposed that an ap-
propnaion be made for a purchase FUND.
TO be used I'm the purchase Of such
paintings as may be thought advisable,
and IN the encouragement OF art
81 am I'm favor OF such action being
taken
This afternoon Mr. Joseph said he
would Introduce a bill providing for an
amendment 20 section 1904 OF the Re
yised Statutes OF 1898, relating 10 tho
taxation OF mines, The amendment
makes coal and salt mines taxable "a
well as metallferous mines, as Mr., Jo-
seph says he can see no reason why
these mines which are q source Of con-
siderable revenue TO their owners,
should not be taxed as are the others
on this point the gentleman has much
To say concerning the salt beds on the
Great salt Lake, lie contends that the
industry Is responsible. IN large meas
ure. for the receding waters Of the lake
and thinks it only just that the state
should derive some benefit from taxa
ton. only a small part Of the depos
IT'S arc taxed, this being that part which
the company has ON hand at the time VI
making the assessment,
no ABOLISH COAL NINE IN
SPECTOR.
In the course of a few days, Nir joe
soph viii introduce a measure abolish
ing the office OF coal mine inspector and
substituting therefor the office uf gen.
eral mine inspector, he TO have iurisdic-
tion over an the mines OF the state. The
bin has for It's especial object the bet
ter protection OF miners p general and
aims he nays, 10 prevent such lament
able accidents as that which occurred
az the Daly-Wcst mine nearly two
years ago Tho bin viii provide also
for an assistant Inspector and make
the office self-sustaiuing the expenses
thereof to be charged up TO the dif- !
fercnt mines. 10 shall be the duty ut
the Inspector and his assistant 20 mako
a regular inspection OF state mines ana
see that they are properly tllnbercd
ana vol ventilated Certain penalties
are prescribed Tor noncompliance With
the provisions uf the proposed act