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Show Is A Railroad A Good Citizen9 One of the best examples ol whm a railroad means to nv community is given in the fo'l v-uig v-uig editorial frem the Willison, Vorth Dakota, i-fia'd: "The Great Northern sent a check Monday for its taxes. It was for $198,487. It is the biggest check for taxes annually received. It may always be depended upon. The Great Northern is never a delinquent delin-quent taxpayer. Most of us never think of it as a citizen of this community. Few of us realize, until un-til the matter is called to our attention, at-tention, as in this case, what a part it has in keeping things going go-ing hereabouts. It helps pay for our schools, roads and bridges, and takes care of our needy. It I discharges all the duties of citi-izenship citi-izenship on the paying end with ; little complaint. "We can afford to be most pa-1 pa-1 tient with all our railroads. They face conditions of change that are not yet fully or clearly developed. In them is invested a lot of the money of plain everyday people, what, thev mean in a community sense is perhaps best expressed foi I popular appreciation in a cheek j for $198,487 in taxes. That will o, a long wav toward keeping schools open and 'cash in the treasury to pay the salaries of policemen, firemen, fire-men, county officials and other public servants." Thousands of American communities com-munities depend upon these railroad rail-road tax checks. What would happen to the small taxpayer if i railroads were government-owned ' and tax-exempt? His taxes would probably be so high he could not pay them. |