Show investors WITCHING UTAH I 1 erforth are being made in to in increase crene mining taxes to the point abere they mould make profitable operation of 0 the industry next net to impossible this Is a situation of the utmost utincy A importance to all the great mining states anti and those citizens mho value prosperity and industries dus tries that liae made prop prosperity erity po pos i 8 ible i in utah mining provides one third ot of continued on page seven 44 M I 1 t EDITORIAL rau I 1 4 1 i MH M C H continued from pasa page four the ali states total payroll the industry Indu average tor for mages biages freight and supplies totals i ft a sear it constitutes constitute i tile largest lionie home market for other products of the state and does not compete bilth any of them it if taxation crippled the mining industry of utah tile the Inesita inevitable ble result can be clearly foreseen thousands a of men would mould be thrown out of work tf the is domestic market for all kinds of corn com would be seriously affected the stealth health of the lie state would mould drop materially at the present time copper mining Is on oil the up grade ormal normal grooth of the ln dury mill automatically cause it to pay more taxes axes ship building alone will mill absorb pounds of copper this ear vast building electric railroad and telephone projects make a steady fair priced metal supply impe rathe anything adv thing detrimental to tile mining industry reacts immediately against ciery mage earner corner farmer and industry mining ml n ing should bear its full share of taxation but special taxation or unequal taxation are killers in any state for they we are a naming marring to lin estors that capital nill mill not receive a fair deal in localities and that industries mill stagnate |