The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-04
|[EY To TOUR
d TALK TAXES
,s That He Can Convince
mans Full Valuation
Law Is Just.
POINT WITH TAFT
N LIEU LAND DISPUTE
Inf Sits Down on Bureau
and Comedies States
Contention.
rbe Tribune.

III The Tribune,
1da-, May 3.-Governor James
Ia stands firm in his deterTni-
1 sosorce the law to the letter
|~fe Of Idaho to assess property
nj cash valuation and. although
,,nosi his return from Washing
~ that a majority OF the MEM
~ state board OF equalization
II 10 go over his head and re-
, boards former action calling
h,I cash assessment. he stated
= Language TINT he would stand
n assessors refused to obey tho
-ouId use his power and remove
"a fiat President William n.
-fed n conference with Governor
'nd ATTORNEY General D. G. Nc
Il which he promised to see that
4 of Idaho to school sections l6.
Ifhin the national forest reserves
n he impaired but lieu lands
substituted. has relieved the
cufiye of this state and solved
Il that for a period threatened
q birthright to lands valued at
Il dollars.
n Idaho has never faced a more
ting situation than II does to-
= TO Governor Hawley's deter
to enforce the taxation law,
e state board of equalization
N the adoption of the plan TO
o the full cash value law re-
u the fact that for years prop
been assessed at one-third its
hood solid to a man. Governor
ow declares that those members
ard who have combined against
their duty Of law enforcement
y to Preach His Doctrine.
} time left for Washington
q trip throughout
Z, in connection both with the
ifutions and the cash valuation
Il PLAN" said Governor Hawley
srvIewed. "I regretted exceed
be compelled to leave at that
time ] find that upon my re-
to the cash valuation
been maintained by the same
at have been harping upon the
prn its inception.
" is plain. The talk Of hard
ug sustained by reason of en-
Of the law is the mere idle
Of Interested parties or people
Inder absolute misconception of
cted at The start that people
been evading their fair share
bic burden in the past would
any change which would put
} The same plane with the other
]k of the accumulation OF large
In the treasury by reason of
B is the last resort Of these in %
parties. All other reasons
have been abandoned, AS soon
get through with the pressing
4 the office ] propose TO go TO
IS sections of the state and will
to meet various commercial
rmers' unions and similar
d explain the practical work
his plan and what it's effects
satisfied that there is no body
the state who are fair minded
OF personally interested in hav-
old system continued because
had undue advantage under
] heartily acqulesce in my ideas
all important subject
states His Argument,
I'd the matter over while in
elping 10 receive Colonel Roose-
vas sent for by the Farmers
that place and addressed them
Iur and a half. going into the
lly. and while they were unani-
posed at the start TO the pro-
nge. when was through ] was
sy them that they all stood
with my ideas.
llres Just so much money 10
tate and county governments
be furnished whether the as
lue is high or low: the same
n any event. must he raised.
ow In the transition state. We
tai invested in various ways
lrge amounts, To insure our
1t we must have low taxes.
way we can have n low tax
{ have high valuations"
OF the conference held with
TAFT and the forestry officials
ect 10 The preservation of the
ght TO school sections 16 and
the forest reserves IN Idaho.
Hawley said.
ID a long conference with tho
and forestry officials and
out the matter of state land
within forest reserves. ] asked
OF the state that the president
his orders creating forest re-
TO permit the states TO acquire
pout l00.000 acres OF white pine
The northern part OF the state
stry officials bitterly opposed
urged the state 10 De required
Their lands in lieu thereof. We
u tho impossibility OF acquiring
IS by reason OF the numerous