The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28

BY far the most gigantic robbery
ever attempted by granger legislation
is the bill introduced in the state
Legislature under the cloak Of COLI
stittltional amendment, permitting Il
tonnage tax on iron ore. The scheme
| Is Il most oifasi rolls one 10 the range
towns and should he fought tooth and
nail by the citizens Of the ranges
through their representatives, sena-
itors aud everyone WHO has prestige
enough to he heard,
| The bill is plain, so plain in fact.
| that To the innocent il would not APP
peal. But, in tile power invested in
| the legislature lies the danger 10 the
| range towns. II gives the legislature
power To dist ribuie The tax where IT,
may zee iii and proper. In this power
we eau see our unduing and quickly al
that. In other words, whenever the
legislature chooses To take from Ely.
tile lakes from the mines in his vici-
nifty il can do SO. IT. may takea part
or the whole, just as the farmer iegis-
lat are sees 81, aud The irnih 81 liz,
matter Is that he GOV rIiiise ht'dy IS
so constituted that the whole would
he taken.
Without stopping ia consider. u Is
easy enough 10 see thai the legISla-
tire would distribute" this lax TO
suib The farmer members from the
sotf hern part of The STATE. BY TINS
distribution the lakes of the S"tll hern
part would he almost wiped ouI by
The money taken from the pockets of
ST. Louis county anu the range
towns,
Notwithstanding lie house of re-
representatives. voted down The tax biil
Tuesday on Il vote of 81 To tn, REPRE-
sentative jacobson has given II out
tiaL aud cold that the END is very far
of aud says;
'.'Ihe tight has just begun. We
have been beaten IN the preliminary
skirmiSlI, but we shall win out yet.
We started In last session Oh lie gross
earnings bill with majority OF
twenty live against Us. anu we won
out after all. We arenoI beaten teL.
by any meails."
jacobson Is the acknowledged lead
ed of tile house in favor OF HE lax
code and lie and colleagues are lear-
ing no stone unLurned To bring The
Tax measure up again.
q. The next tight will he hard and
Ebi5ter one aud ST. Louis county aud
ali the friends IL Cali muster must get
inLo IL and prevent the balance OF the
state from putting it's fist into tile
treasury of ST. Louis county aud
taking Out the taxes on the iron
mines. When The constitutional
amendments come up that will be Lie
factor lin the discussion. Advices
from ST. Paul state that partly from
Il lang-sLanding desires To get bhe
taxes from The iron mines into the
state treasury, and partly from an
envenomed spirit of retaliation upon
the ST. Louis county delegates for
tlIeil stand on the tax bill, many
memberSare Itching To starLa move
Ialong this9ine. and amendments TO
lie constitution have been offered to
permit a tonnage taxson iron ore To
igo into the state treasury and be
Mivided among the various counties OF
| 9 lie state. Upon this proposition tile
Isl. Louis county members will have
| tie tight of their lives. They have
kept rather in the background of the
Hgllt against the tax bill from motives
o. pulley. though their votes were all
recorded against the bill on the final
vote. but now they will have a fight
In which they will practically be
alone against alfsthe rest of the state.
The chance to take several hunered
thousand dollars from this county
and the towns therein is too good a
chance tomiss. To hold up a man