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Show MONTANA PROTESTS AGAINST TAXATION BUTTE, Mont., July 8. From evory of Mont-ana todav a protest was a.rectfd to tho state delegation in congress against that part of the gon-erid" gon-erid" revenue measure that proposes a ppecial tax upon the copper mining industry. in-dustry. Under tho act, tho business of copper smelting and refining i.s classified classi-fied with the "manufacture and pale of munitions of war. The Butte chamber of commerce today to-day telegraphed the Montana dolegra-tiou dolegra-tiou at Washington thai th? proposed tax would amount to more than .10 por cent of the total nt income of the copper cop-per business; that it, was discriminatory and wholly unjustified as a legislative measure. The protest declare? that the whole state or Montana will bo vitally and ur.tlv affected by the discrimination imposed upon its principal industry. Tt. is estimated that, under the provisions of the proposed act, one company aioue, operating in this state, would pay uot 3s than $3,000,000 in special taxes. |