The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-31
OGDEN ANSWERS SALT LAKES
PLEA.
Morning Examiner.)

The Salt Lake papers. In their Sun
day Issues, labor to prove that Utah.
outside Of that city. is much indebted
| TO Salt Lake, and, hence, should build
a capitol for Salt Lake City. or all
the cities In the state that might
Law claim TO bestowing charity on the
balance OF the state, Salt Lake is the
! last that should be heard boaSting.
The entire state contributes through
half a dozen channels toward the
maintenance of Salt Lake, and not
; one city or town receives back 1.-THE
of what 1t pays in tribute.
| The Salt Lake Tribune, quoting
from the Governors proclamation in
| support of the tax for capitol build
ing. draws an unfavorable comparison
| between the amount Of tax money
which Ogden pays into the state treas
ury and the amount returned to Ogden
in the form of expenditures for state
| institutions. but the figures are mis-
! leading-perhaps not Intentionally,
but, nevertheless, misleading. In
making the comparison. railroad prop
erty is eliminated Inasmuch as Og-
den Is a railroad city and railroad
center, this failure to figure in the
railroad taxable property is equlva-
lent to omitting a big percentage OF
the taxable interests Of this county
The Salt Lake papers again place
stress on the fact that Salt Lake has
beautiful capitol site, where an I'M
posing building would be admired by
strangers. There are beautiful capi-
tol sites in every city and town In
Utah, and this is particularly true Of
Ogden.
AS to erecting a building which
would be admired, Ogden is the place
where the greater admiration would
be won, for more people pass through
Ogden in day than there are visit
orS to Salt Lake In a month.
The statement that the constitution
has designated Salt Lake the capital
is true, but the constitution can, and
will, be amended. as other state con-
stltutions have been amended and
other state capitals have been moved.
The country press of Utan is al
most unanimously with ogden in this
contest. even the mining camps join
ing in asserting that if Salt Lake can
not equal Ogden in public spirit, then
the capital should go to Ogden by vir-
tue of its liberality and demonstrated
fitness. The Eureka Reporter says:
When the special election IS neld in
the various precincts of Juab county
on June S to determine whether or
not the taxpayers are In favor of
one mill tax each year for fifteen
years, to build a state capitol build
ing in Salt Lake City, how will you
vote? This is question that requires
careful thought, Every taxpayer
should think the matter over care
fully and when the proper time comes
go to the polls and vote We are not
saying that he should vote in favor
of the tax: we are not saying that he
should vote against 1t, but he should
vote.
The Reporter has made an effort to
determine the sentiment of the local
taxpayers and we believe we are safe
in saying that a majority OF the prop
erty owners OF Tintic are opposed to
the proposition. According the state
the proposition. According to the state
against the tax in the smaller cities
OF the state, OF course, the people
and the newspapers in Salt Lake are
working hard in an effort to get prop
erty owners to vote in favor of the
tax. but up in Ogden they are work
ing just as hard against It,
A state capitol building will. Of
course. be beneficial to the entire state
to a certain extent, but Salt Lake
will receive the lions share Of all the
benefits derived, and the clubs and
commercial institutions Of that city
should pledge themselves TO put up
a share of the money for state capi-
tol, thus lessening the burden upon the
taxpayers.