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Show HELP IT COME BACK. One shouldn't think of our mining problem only in terms of great properties, pro-perties, sizable investments, and so on. It should be thought of in terms of jobs, of purchasing power, of the influence it has on the lives of thousands thous-ands of individuals. I In normal times mining is the ma-1 ma-1 jor industry in a number of states, i It has the largest payroll. It pays most in taxes. It employs more men I and supports more families. The i money it puts in circulation goes to I buy the products of farms and other 'industries, and passes through the 'coffers of local stores and the hands of local business men. I That is why a depressed mining industry in-dustry is so great a liability to the ! country. And that is why it is so im-! im-! portant that we "help mining come 'I back." |