Show fe tes ta taA A Two edged Sword W ITU the majority of the people of Utah we c- c sieve that the taxation of the she should ho bo equitably distributed We e do not want to relieve the mining industry of Utah of its just share of the taxes tuxes At the same time tim we arc are opposed to an any measure of forgo force or blackmail which will saddle upon this industry industry industry indus indus- try more than its just share of the tax burden Q Qualified electors who v vote tc o on n the pro proposed proposed- amend amend- I meat ment to the state stale constitution must at remember the part of or the in the that Utah mines have played that Unit while the tho proposed slate state They The arc not to forget amendment docs does not strike e directly at t them em it is is a two two- if OU can this state without edged sword Imagine you its mining mining- interests and Ind development Consider your our vote in the thc li light ht of its ils relation to your Jour own activities and the welfare of the state Remember Remember Re- Re member that Governor Bamberger is asking aking for a one- one interests Remember that man club over t the he mining a Utah mining raining is interwoven with your own daily affairs destroy it without bringing the and that cannot you evil evit to your your gnu own n doors If possible concede that Bolshevist Lol- Lol desire should make mako the mines mines pay all nIl of the taxes of the state But does docs that promote or injure your Jour interests If you destroy troy the incentive of mining where does loes the lasting injury rest resH Surely if in your avarice you rob the mining industry you cannot expect to have it Remove activity endure ns as a blessing blessingto to your Sour own the minin mining industry and you yon not only destroy the prosperity prosperity pros pros- perit of the state but you OU shift the whole of taxation no no not to the mining interests as Governor Bamberger Bam Bam- m- m berger berg would have ha you believe bub but to your own shoulders into the constitution constitution constitution con con- If you ou write this vicious amendment of this state state how bow long will it be before the theother theother theother other fills of endeavor are arc subjected to the same sort of blackmail the samp same s degree of autocratic power Suppose you rou impose this vicious system on the mining industry and suppose the mining industry stry survives it have you any guarantee that you can continue this parasitic para relation Is it your intention to perpetuate perpetu ate a railroader in tho the governors governor's office or is it possible possible pos pos- sible that at nt some future day you ou will demand a n change What assurance have you that thai this unnatural power Il a may not some day be diverted to a man who is friendly friend friend- ly to the mining industry Some future governor go may hold to the er policy of undated ions Likewise he ho may bo be as n friendly to the mining interests as Governor Oo Ham Bamberger erger is antagonistic Is Isit Isit s sit it not reasonable le to believe that I he lie will demand the minimum instead of the maximum and thereby not only defeat the ill-conceived ill plan to make the mines do doit doit it all nIl but place the burden of taxation upon the other interests of the state en i Ra Ea |