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Show OUR FUTURE AT STAKE We people 'of the west have failed In many Instances to appreciate and understand the value of our most important im-portant natural resources. In voting strength we have been Small and as a result the east to a large exeat has controlled the devel-opmen devel-opmen of the publlo lands and mineral min-eral resources of the western country. coun-try. Until recently wo have not realized the value ot Industrial development, and as a result the western states have been fruitful ground for tho political' po-litical' agitator and socialistic theorist theor-ist .whoiihssexplolted so-called big business as the cheapest means of securing votes from a public not fully ful-ly Informed on. tho situation. Tho war has opened our eyes, however, and wo see to what an extent ex-tent prosperity In theso states do-pendB do-pendB on Industry and In tho future v will depend more on It for as pop- ulallon Increases it is only way Indl- H vlduals can make a living. Take three ot our greatest natural resources, mining, oil and water po- k H .wer. i What would the west be with- out. their development. And yet the ' , public until recently has been ever " xl ready to listen to the agitator who "'1 has been hampering development of, these resources in numerous ways fl by the vote getting plea that hwaa , H protecting tho "people's interest." ' H The war has shown that these per- H sons so solicitous of protecting tho "people's Interests' have simply ban- H dlcapped pur industrial development. Emmmmmmmml We must learn to stand together i "1 for .our mutual benefUJthlj H altion encouraging to our mining, oil. H and water power development we the foundation for an Industrial sys 'H tem that can compete with the world H It. Is safe to say that on the success- H fufexpanslon of these three Indus- H tries rests our future growth. -H mmmmmmmml Every working man, manufacture, 'H er, store keeper and banker Is later-, ? ested, for his success rests on the-. "mmml success of a few great basis Indus , H tries which furnish the raw- material- H and power. iH Equitable tax laws both state and .- u H national and a minimum of drastic- H or unnecessary regulation and con " H trol are the greatest Incentive io de ' H velopment that can be offered. j K |
