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Show SENATOR KING !' RAPSSPEIIDIIIGi Vlgoroua erttleiera of government I pending, "unfair" mlna taxaa, and "ignorant" application of aoma aa-1 curlty act provtaiona to minlngp-, arationa Friday had endeared Ben- ator William H. King to tha natlon'a mining leaden aaaamblad la Salt Lake City. Wava after wave of applauaa that j , ended with a luaty demonetratlon I which brought every peraon preaent to but feet greeted Senator Klnga: efforte aa guaat apaaker at tha annual an-nual banquet of the American Mining Min-ing eongreaa, waatarn divuion. In the Hotel Utah Thursday evening. Tha aenator called upon America eltiaanry to demand economy and compel congTeaa to do Ita duty to; halt mounting taxation and expan-aion expan-aion of federal powera. In introducing tha apaaker, Toaet-maater Toaet-maater W. Mont Kerry, vice president presi-dent and managing director of the Silver King Coalition Minea company, com-pany, referred to the aenator'a breaking with the admlnietration on tha auprema court bill with the comment, "Senator King la one who did not liatrn to tha airea voire of expediency." "Unleea there la a change In the govemment'a policy of reaching out for now functiona to perform, you ran expect continuing Incraaaaa in taxea," tha aenator warned. "Government expendituraa continue con-tinue to mount. Approprlationa are! running 1000 to 1200 per cent more than they were a few year ago. Taxea ara 500 per cent higher than they were a few yeara ago." Turning to epeclflc problem! of the mining Induatry, Senator King' pointed out that it atood aecond to, agriculture aa tha natlon'a leading induatry. j Six Timea aa Great "Yet. in apita of tha fact that It ia outranked by agriculture, taxea paid on mineral! ara alx timea aa; great aa thoae paid on agricultural producte. On the other hand, the federal governments' contribution!' to the mining induatry have beenj but a very email fraction of ita contribution con-tribution to agriculture," the aenator aen-ator pointed out. "Simple juatica demanda thatauch a vital induatry aa mining alia II receive re-ceive fair treatment at the hande of the federal government. But the government haa not alwaya dealt fairly with It in tha matter of de-t pletlon and taxea." Shifting to a diacuaalon df the ae-curitiea ae-curitiea act. Senator King aaid: "Application! of tha provtaiona of thia act to tha mining Induatry haa ahown a lamentable amount of Ignorance. Ig-norance. 'The cult of otandardiration la being be-ing punned in everything, and fee-turea fee-turea of the act which might properly prop-erly be applicable to aoma typea of Induatry ara being forced upon the mining induatry to ita detriment." litre ptfference Ha urgad that, becauae of the apeculative nature of mining, It ahould ba differentiated from other Induatriea In reapact to the eecuri-tlee eecuri-tlee act and the undistributed profit! prof-it! tax. "Taxea ahould ba levied only for the purpose of raising revenue, and not to alter the social atructure of, the government," the aenator con-1 tended. "The beat method of dealing with' rieing taxea ia to make the raiaing of additional revenue unneceaaary. ; Tha people themaelvee can do thia If they will but refuse to aurrender tha functiona of the atata to the federal government." Uharlea Igor Gorln, ainging atar of opera and motion picturea, aang . aaveral numbera and a group of ' high ranking federal officials and I mining induatry leaden ware Intro- I duced. I |