Show LIGHTENS THE TX LOAD the most prosperous states are those having the finest systems of power development an abundance of power means industries dus tries industries mean payrolls and payrolls mean community development and the building of cities when a great public utility company invests millions in any rity city county or state it at once means means a lightening of the tax burden on the general taxpayer to illustrate supposing a power company has an assessed valuation of in a state where the ills total tax levy Is 40 mills or on the hundred this utility would be paying a year in taxes as its share of maintaining city county state school district and road ex pensa of that state in addition to furnishing urnis hing the means tor for increasing all lines of business activity with resulting new property for tax taxation atlon purposes thus does the modern public utility play a tremendous part in the civic life of any community to the direct financial benefit ol of all the people |