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Show LegislalorfrfShould,, Be Gavpgi ., " A Enougl(ewJ boards ajd (coirTmfs-sions (coirTmfs-sions aro proposed at tlio"'boifting WHslfrn-Df'the'lcgislaturesto'reqniro .hj.unireds of thousands, of dollars ad- dltlonal tax money. Utah and Montana; Mon-tana; hftvbeen forlunato Jn'tho past lujhavlng fewVr ofjjlitso commwSlons thaqIghbwnPScinc jcpasjjAtates. Calfforniffif'oregon anil' !lilngton nroadvcrtlslng a-pUnlted States over, as Jiaying(thoMghest taxes of .nffjjjsUplfi &$$?& Union. Their taxMAra lnrireMMmti-doublo and ono of tho states Is nearly treblo tho general nver(aEe,.fqr(,the United Stat-esTnnd Stat-esTnnd in .making hq.avcragq tho hlB.hrnttfofthesfrhrjats is included; ii'Ti Wviwii.k.nnjto'-uu.i'i Wviwii.k.nnjto'-uu.i'i i;i tmetu Why aro their taxes so high? Why should taxes be; higher in TTScattle limn frm'tfelptaQStCfeaKJfrllcIsco than Chicago? Simply bauso thoy have all thfr-uurdensomo-cxpenso of governlnKn CausoTI by jinffumcrnblo boards-and-co'niinlsslonsv city' County and state,jand nlyja limited. .population .popula-tion to pay the "bill. Much" .drastic leglsjntloniiiarf'beeni passed. 'In'' these states to regulato Industries which had barelx got a foothold. High taxes , and.sucg policies have'.Ereat-ly have'.Ereat-ly retardod'tho in'vcst merit" of capi-ta1..Tli?! capi-ta1..Tli?! statcs,hvehad tho fun of pWslrigatlfo 'IsTws and supporting boards and commissions, ibut thoy ha;b Jhil t,b pay (ho bill. Tho big thing tho, ppUtleljijis failed to pass! was a bill rcnulrlnc canltnl to In vest nnd as a mattor of fact, that was tlie' ohe7''lH 'theydufd' not pass; they cotltd 'regulate the Investor out) of. business and.drlvo,hlm..away with hlghitaxes nnd drastic loglfelatlpn but they'.coiild otjjjiakj hln,' Jjmt his1 monoy whoro conditions wero unat-i tractive. .Now tho tide has turned and tho last, two elections tho peoplo have voted down every radical ineasiiro on the ballot anil' Iho iiialh fight is to cut 'flown 'overhead ari'd''taxeb, ollm-inato ollm-inato unnecessary commissions and pass no more Industry killing legislation. legis-lation. In fact thoy aro going far-thor-andiiBl'cIng jho repeal of freak laws nowfon thq'satuto books, Do-foreIt Do-foreIt is loo lato Utah and Montana should take warning from sister states and not pass legislation that will chock the goldbri stream now pouring 'into thoso'l.states. Everything Every-thing within reason must bo done to I encourago our industrial develop-, ment and nothing should bo dono toi dlscourago it. - NijQ -"H I |