Show RESOURCES TAX UNJUST BURDEN Speaker Says Oil and Mining Jining Industries Un- Un Unjustly Unjustly Un Unjustly justly Assessed FORT WORTH Texas March arch By C-By By The Th Associated Press Press- Press Taxes on natural resources Indus Indus- Industries Industries tries such s as a mining and oil con con con- constitute con a lopsided and wholly un- un unjust unjust un unjust just burden upon the raw materi materials als ale so 0 necessary for fol industrial progress Harry Smith secretary of the th Mid Continent Oil Gas association told the tb morning see see- ses su session sion slon of the Western Vestern Petroleum association here hr today Natural resource industries pay out ut a greater percentage of their profits profit for state tat and local taxes tuu than any other line of ot bust busi busi- busi business business ness said ald Smith Industries industries w Buch w a a 11 tiny I a peculiar attraction for local tax authorities The occasional and somewhat spectacular success mad by a few stems to give the public the Impression that th these e industries have hav extraordinary tax taxpaying paying ability These Thea heavy h avy taxes are ar u as a much mucha a cot cost on doing business a as rent rents r and ware wage wages I think It la Is absurd for the tax agitators to contend that th they y can continue to pile these burdens on these industries wIthout unfavorable consequences to the th public |