Show MINE TAXATION A movement is on foot to obtain for the nil mining ning industry a more equable system of taxation and the importance of this step is more inore than manifest to each and every person directly interested in the development of one of the nations greatest assets some illuminating figures have recently been released by the collector of internal revenue which gives the taxes paid by all of the corporations of the country for the year 1917 the 1918 figures not yet being available the 1917 figures for all corporations are given by groups and are as follows mineral and metal industries per cent business and finance per cent agricultural pro products ducts per cent chemical industries 57 percent transportation 45 per cent public utilities 22 pe per r cent all other corporations per cent of the nothing can be more conclusive position occupied by mining and its allied alle industries than the figures given above the importance of arriving at a just solution should uld be of this all important subject sho given a thoughtful consideration by those in whose hands the destiny of an all industry of such magnitude is found to lie of c during the past month a series held in wash in ato n on ferencek feren ces have been nt different differ the subject representatives from west et have a mining sections of the east and been called to the capitol to give t their heir ideas i ol of and expert advice on the subject tion reveau et the commissioner of internal g these mr daniel C roper at whose instance worx I 1 S a at gentlemen went to washington of tion tax tala drafting a new provision on tile the tance g aass ass mines and no doubt with the in tl and a from the men vitally concerned pro b with big nil g associated to willi 19 of lems of the west a method belle g aaion will be evolved which will prove pa facial to all concerned |