Show T A movement ay Is on foot to jw for the mining industry a more iffa w able system of taxation af ff and the im bif of this step syi Is more mani ff fest to each and every w person direct ly interested in the development of 7 one 01 af the nation s greatest assets some illuminating figures have re bently been 2 released by 7 the collector of fea revenue which gives the taxes paid by all of the corporations if iffa ff of the country for the year 1917 the 1918 figures not yet being avail able the 1917 figures for all cor po rations are v given w by groups anad are as follows is mineral and metal industries 35 1 per cent business and finance 20 4 per cent agricultural Agrical tural products A 15 7 per cent chemical industries 5 7 per cent transportation 99 azy 4 5 per cent w public utilities 7 48 2 2 per cent all other corporations 16 4 per cent nothing can be more iseff conclusive of the position 7 occupied by mining and its allied industries than the fig ures given above the w importance j of arriving at a just solution of this all important subject should be given s a thoughtful consideration 7 by those in whose hands the destiny of an in austry of such magnitude jf Is found to lie aff during ff the as past month isy a series of conferences ww ay have iy been au held in wash ington on the subject ega represents tives from different mining sections of the east 7 and west have been called to the capital to give their 3 ideas and expert advice on dinyer the fety abject of 07 tax iffa atlon 07 the aff of internal reve nue air daniel C roper kwe at whose instated these gentlemen fea went 7 to washington 4 is at work w drafting a new provision on the taxation of mines 1 and no itkis doubt it Kif with the aff assis foiw tance aay from ff the men aks vitally aa concern 27 ed and ysis intimately associated with afaf big mining wi sw problems ff of fry the west a sa method of eisaw mining taxation va will be f evolved which will prove beneficial va to all concerned |