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Show : . w WASTE AM) CONSERVATION Some years ago tax experts called attention to the fact (hat minerals once removed from the ground, fitinot Ii" replaced, and demanded that this fact be rnnsirlored In establishing estab-lishing an equitable method of taxation taxa-tion for mineral lands. These tax experts hl( upon the I'Ttn "wasting Industries" as applying apply-ing to mining and the winning of petroleum pe-troleum from the ground. Now It np-oenrs np-oenrs tint this came term, "wasting Industries." a necessary (ax classification, classifi-cation, has fastened itself upon the mineral industries In such a manner as tn mislead the public. The layman asltn: "What are these I'ndu'-iries wastinr? Tf they nre vas'efni yi-hv should (hey not be curbed''" The politician quickly 'ak"s advantage of this opening and insists upon regulation. says the M.'tiing and Oil Bulletin. Is it waste to mine copper ore. convert It. into household and electrical elec-trical appliances, which make possible pos-sible modern improvements and con-ven;ences con-ven;ences for (he home, farm and factory? The same condition applies to all o1i--t metals whose use Is bns-i" bns-i" to mnlern civilization. Is It wa,sto to take petroleum from the ground and. from the resulting oil and gasoline alone, furnish the world with the fuels that hav revolutionized revol-utionized transportation by land and sea and in he nlr-fuds that have simplified power transmission In the countless industries fuelnthtit have I been (he chief factor In the modprn 'oansion of good roads. |