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Show l LIVE AND LET LIVE I i i The Oak Creek, Colorado, Herald !v says: Thrift and taxation are at log- ' erheads in thla country and possibly ' - all over the state. The time Is at hand when something must be donn. 1 Production must be maintained and , Industry must not be strangled by excesslre taxation. We are not losing sight of the ' fact that we must have revenue to run our local governments, but we maintain that the future welfare of y-n this country must be kept in mind ., as well as our obligations for any L ., current year. 5 ','j Agriculturalists have found that a ' point can be reached In the artlfi- v, clal fertilization of soil where any t further fertilization would not show & a corresponding return in product iveness. We believe that the same is true wlt our system of raising revenue for our local governments. 1. " There ia a point find it somewhere &' -you must and will, where taxation -- reachea its maximum efficiency. , It. Is y, ' ' - . ' the part of statesmanship to find s?,.-?'- thla point before we pass It -Agfe We want railroads, factories, ele- - ratora, mills; creameries, coke oven and coal mlaea employing thousands j,v f competent workmen. Let us re- member that great Industries are not built 'with clubs, but with capital,1 'and it is fully as easy to drive capital capi-tal out of a new country as It Is to coax It Into such a temptlngeo. In order to keep the mashlaery of our local government going without retarding the development of the country, we must find some Judicious middle ground upon which all can meet and feel at home and carry the motto, "Live and Let Live." |