The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-08

sanpcte school district will go ahead
with its financial preparations FOR the
coming year on the basis that the
state occupation tar will be paid for
next year In accordance with the
terms Of the law. While estimates
as TO the amount OF the occupation
tax vary. u n said that anywhere
from three to five dollars per child
will accrue to the schools OF the state
from that tax The state law permits
this amount 90 he paid Tor teachers
salaries only on the basis of al
thirty room school thu w"..,,aI in.an
an increase o. hundred to a hundred
and fifty dollars year per teacher,
on an average. throughout the state,
In ease the schools should conduct
their other finances on the sam"
economical basis az II done this year.
u " believed tina, this would Eu al
long way towards solving the prob
lem for the present In some of the
school districts OF Utah. The state
supcrintcndcntr office b. asking FOR
harmony between the teachers aud
tho boards with regard 60 the salary
question and other difficulties that
threaten 60 spring nut 81 a. ~ the
same time the state office ~ urging
on the school boards the consideration
~ increases In salaries varying from
% 20 % per cent In order 60 maintain
the present standards 81 efficiency
In the teaching forces Of the schools.
Tax VIII H. Paid.
The questions with regard Go the
occupation tax ~ to whether u VIII
be- paid AZ all. whether payment VIII
be- delayed by lawsuits. and how
much u viii amount 90, Shields takes
the position that the school boards
are primarily Interested only ~ the
last Of these. The fact that the lesis-
iaturc placed the law on the statute
books. he urges. ~ sufficient ground
Tor barinE the budget estimates on
IA. supporltlun that the tax viii be
paid promptly. Further. Shields cN'
presses the confident belief that the
tax will be paid promptly anyway. Hr
has. of course. heard the various ru'
mora as To the attitud. Ia he taken
by the mining companies In this re-
gard some 60 the effect that the COM
panics would pay aud others that
they would not pay while Htill others
might pay under protest pending de-
cisinn uf the matter IN the courts
shields. however. expresses the he
lief that the law h. enforceable ana
that Il viii be- observed readily hN 'hr
mining companies,
With regard to the amounts, "Hu-
mates are as yet little more man
ruesswnrk. until the reports OF IN"
net proceeds ct the various mining
companies OF the state ar" IN the
biF company. the Utah Copper. with
more net proceeds than all the othcr
companies In the utAtc, has not yet
reported. Until ID does, there viii De
little o. de- on the matter but 10 wait
The report III due IN the near futurr'
n IL recalled. however, that the price
obtained for copper has fallen DURING
liai7. as compared with Figures thnt
prevailed part of the time In 1918
A. to Coal Companies.
other metal mining companies are
showing about the same figures win
variations of course, as were SHOWN
year ago on the other hand the
net proceeds Of some Of the coal com
panies have Increased heavily, owing
10 the high prices that prevailed Tor
coal and the urgent market thnt 'N'
isted all last year.
James n. Anderson. superintendent
of schools for the North Sanpete dis
Itrlct. who consulted with various
state officials on the matter of I'm
Rnces. says that "A revenue OF about
5000. 900 10 the state school thnd
would give North Sanpete enough Ia
carry It's school work forward with
economy
one estimate placed the total oc-
Icupation tax at . per cent ON net pro-
Iceeds OF $4,000. 900. OF this per
cent seven -siNteenths goes 90 the
state district school fund, the remain
| ing nine-siNteenths tn be divided De-
tween the higher institutions Of learn
ing and tho state general fund The
seyen-sixteenths on that basis would
total s565,Ooo.
Moslah Hall Speaks.
Teachers OF Utah are, II anything
too loyal In the present salary crisis
according To Mosiah Hall state hlsl
school Inspector, who has conferred
with teachers in number OF districts
Throughout the state. lie has lnsl
talked with members OF the board oil
Education In the Alpine district where
as at other points, efforts are helht
made 10 work out method OF IN
creasing the salaries Of teachers.
Everywhere | find that teachers
laTe willing to finish out the present
term on the meager salaries, provided
there Is some chance for improvement
OF conditions" says Hall III We are
"a keep them In service. however
there must be a material increase
1T is apparent that unless salarie'
are raised before next year we VII
lose the best teachers In the state ant
be compelled 10 fill their places WIN
high school graduates.
''This viii mean setting the cause OF
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