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Show EDITORIALS ' (By C D. McNceley) LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE The idea of trying to grab too much is frequently a mistaken idea and one which generally reacts in such a manner as to mean a loss in the long run. The proposition now on for a constitutional con-stitutional amendment which is intended to extract a greater sum of money from the mines will not help the state. On the contrary it will discourage capital from coming to the state. It will cripple the mining industry and it is the mining industry that yields to the state its greatest revenue. . To place in the constitution an amendment which will destroy de-stroy the mining industry will be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Everybody remembers the old fable about the man who had the goose that each day laid a golden egg. At first the man was supremely delighted as he saw his wealth pile up from day to day, but finally he became very greedy and he thought to himself that one egg a day was too slow. He also thought that if the goose was laying golden eggs that it must be composed compos-ed largely of gold and that he might as well kill it and get all the gold at once. So he did and instead of finding gold he discovered that this goose was like all others internally and by his attempt to -become suddenly enriched he cut off the source of supply he already had. The theory of the fable applies today just as it did two thou-. thou-. sand years ago and people are still learning the same lesson over and over without getting any wiser. There are still with us people who want to kill the goose which lays the golden eggs and they present the same argument as did the old man who owned the fabulous goose. And besides that they are able to get the unthinking portion of the population to adopt their view. And after it is too late they see the mistake. All in-. in-. formed, fair-minded people are bound to admit that the mining industry has built up the state and that it now bears the great burden of the taxation of the state. This being the case why will people, who contend they have the best interests of the state at heart, attempt to crush that industry by placing on it a burden it will be unable to bear tAf In the matter of the mining Kflustry of this state we have only tapped on our resources. iMons of untold wealth lie hidden hid-den in our mountains waiting fq)the touch of industry to make the riches available for the stajQand country. But this development develop-ment will require capital and lots of it. We cannot expect to get this money from the cow counties. It must come from other sections of the country. From men who have money and who are willing to invest it on possibilities. In order to get men to do this the locality in which there to invest their money must not show a spirit of hostility. Vby investing their money here they make the state wealthy, are we to be so selfish as to say that we do not want the promoters to get any of the benefit? The spirit of the proposed amendment looks that way. We are now getting large sums of money from the mines, and if we are inclined to deal fair with the mines the amount will increase from year to year. We have many more mines to be opened up Do we want to discourage mining by telling promoters and prospectors pros-pectors that after they have spent their money in making the developments that the state will take their profits as soon as ine mine reacnes a paying basis 7 No; we must not. We must deal fair with the mines. We must defeat the mining amendment. amend-ment. . To adopt the amendment would be a travesty upon jus-tice. jus-tice. It would be a white elephant on our hands and one we would be unable to throw off. Before voting on the matter we hope all citizens will consider it thoroughly. Remember it is a serious question and one which will effect everybody in the state. Jt will not make it easier for the ordinary citizen to make a living. On the other hand it will work a hardship on the day laborer? on the farmer, on the bu S mara"d on a classes of men other than the politicians who expect to use it. for their own personal advancement The mines furnish jobs for the laborers, a market for the?roduce of the farmer and customers for the business man. The mining industry in-dustry is the one great benefactor of the state. It has bZght J?h y&W1? t0 0Ur 8tate" Shal1 we now turn and sK the hand that feeds us? We must not. We should aid and? Z Slhmimn m1UStly just as we do other industries Tn the state. Some people say that we ought to tax the mine more because there is so much outside capital invested in Them Is there any reason to this ? We have been benefited by it Do we want to announce -to the world that we do not want any more outside capital in the state? If we pass the amendment "that U VvrnTti0n ca?,taS8t ?utside of the 8tate " Place on i ,1 J it comes to changing the constitution we want to go siow ana act with raiitmn if tfc let it remain as it is until you asuVhatyou "hec? repeSbv Ihe wiVf?,, W-ma,de by ne tuSd difficult t rt J Tth1 b- S,e .of a11 law and i9 something very dinicult to change. The legislature cannot chanire it Tho supreme court cannot change it. In fact both the Sature and the supreme court have to be guided by 'it The coSstitution places limitations on the acts of the legislature and tK cindS of the supreme court. They both get their authority -from thl constitution. They are bound to do what it says do and nrohibit , d from doing what it says not to do. The constitution if almost , sacred ,n itself and should not be tampered with except tTZ shfuW norT aifd dUf and th0Uhtful conSation. I should not be changed to please the taste of politicians Mr Voter, think well about the matter before you cast youj Tote and if there is an element of doubt about it being rightf vote Tgain I U ;L rff a non-Partlan. Proposition. The constitution IZ ei ,My. party- U 53 the fundamental law of the Jul n a 1 cltlZens of the state, all officers of the state, and also all the public bodies of the state have to &ridieAuy -fwe elect incaPable officers this can be reme-tied. reme-tied. If the legislature enacts unwise laws the next legislature can repeal them, or should it be expedient the legislature might be called into extraordinary session at any time to change amend, or repeal a law, but should the state constitution be . amended unwisely untold injury might result before the error tould be corrected. Talk with the politicians about the candidates, but when it comes to the constitution, act for yourself. Don't be led into ?wnfni.ru-th,r8r t?atiy" d0 not thoroughly understand wher, that very thing is calculated to become a part of the constitution. If you believe in good times, in prosperity, in the further development de-velopment of the natural resources of the state vote against the constitutional amendment. If you love your state and want to spp it icppn nnr.e with its nfi'rViK-ifin. Dfnfa i : ... . ft.. emtea 1U uuiIieS8, m euU- ration, and in every avenue of progress you want to vote against the amendment. It is your duty as a citizen to desire only the lest things for your state and not aid in 'placing stumbling blocks in its way and to live up to the good intentions you feel towards your state you should vote against the constitutional ' amendment. The proposed constitutional amendment if adopted would strangle the mines, and that in itself would work untold inuirv to all the industries of the state except gum shoe politicians You may say to yourself that it is a matter in which vou are not personally interested, but in this you are mistaken You are interested in it for there is not a man, woman, or eh i'.lwhite Mack, or indifferent who would not feel the shock of it should inwnW U WU-d mean a severe set back to all business I and would discourage investment of all kinds I Let us be honest and fair with the mines'. Let us not place I in the consUtution something we would soon have cause to re-iJw re-iJw ; -at, tte PrPsed amendment and by doing so I sbfte and 1 W vaPlVal tHat C Unt0ld mincral wealth in o state and that you have an invitation to invest your money with us and be assured of a square deal ' j We believe in the policy of live and let live, and we believe if it Wnhl r l r ,I,,up ""."verwhelming majority against 'on i I n in !'t hi i r you JUmr)- and make sure that you 1 uo not Jeap in the dark. J vac |