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Show "'" TAXATION' 1UTS ftOMK lUII.DlJHJ , " ' An ltomi7.ed statomont showing tho apparently reasonable cost at which a homo may bebullt In the , middle wc3t nt tho present tlmo was BUbmftlcd by n dolegate io tho Souhwest Lumbermen's association in Kansas City. Hut lowor costs' won't help greatly, unless peoplo can ggt tho nocossary funds.; Just now those funds aren't avallabld because of tho tax system. Investors can avoid tho Income tax and tho personal proporly tax which would follow Investment in mortgage loans by putting tholr money In. tax freo securities. This situation, so far as the Income tax la concerned, con-cerned, can bo helped by a revision of the federal taxation system so as not to levy a prohibitive amount on incomes. Tho state enn help by subjecting mortgages mort-gages simply to a moderate recording tax. If these two Improvements in taxation can be brought about they will mako it posalblo for the public to take advantage ad-vantage or the building situation. . |