Gunnison news-champion., 1911-09-01

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question, - thss ske opsssssoa q the
tsaeral tax msss laGscslly end ia
evIiably exclude the power n state
y tax as own resoarees
ID occurred 10 my mssd thai il
yos pFopo~e " tsssss oa 6xlaG this
prlBcipie On ss. II you propose III q
LeHceforth no man shall bald .
Saier power plant IN the sss,e oi
Colorado or in the Recky Mountain
states without paying 10 the federal
Goverpmeat = tax equiv slent 10 ell
Che business will bear; aud since
theFe is no difference IN the prisc,pie
betweea one part u the cosstry and
Che other. the Last or the Wss, -
Mr.. Martin of Coloraio Mr.
Chairman, ! recognise the fsct tnss
this is no the time and these are
not the conditions under which we
can discuss and eoaslder the tre-
@enduoss important and vevolstion-
sry principles involved in the legls-
latlon. What ! WAS sboat To observe
W that il We If the wess are simply
butting our heads against q STONE
Wall In our opposition 10 this new
policy Of the Federal Government
gong into our states and taxing oar
natural resources for the benefit oi
the Federal treasury and 10 the ex-
clusion Of the powers Of the state
we will accept the inevitable, but we
will work out aud advocate the ex-
tension Of the principal oil over the
United States. so think, Mr.. Chair
man, whoa ! get tinse, nov thst
have sssa ths light cad nov that
have sssa the ersor II my wsys,
thisk | ~ill wosk ost the psoposisics
II tsxins the - Of oil the nsviGsbls
ws1sss Of the United Ststes spou
whiCA the Federal Government IL
eKpesding money in their Improve
IDsoA.
| would impose q substantial tar
which would be equal 70 division
Of the profits, and that 10 what il
coasemplated in this case, and that
10 the life principal Of this new pol
lcy---to effect a division of the profits
between the Federal Government and
the private enterprises-and we will
WORK out that proposition and tar
every carrier of passenger and freight
fos hire that floats on any nsviRsble
wstess OF the United States. whether
IN the rivers, on the lakes, in the
bays and harbors, or in the coast
Wise trade, and we will make these
ws4eru upon which the Federal gov
ernment has spent millions Of dol
laFs every year since the creation OF
THE government, and upon which
we nov expend forty or fifty million
dollars annually, a source of profit
ss they ought TO be, to the Federal
Government. In other words we
will simply apply the principal Of
Conservation. Why, Mr. Chairman,
this principal, once you establish it
IS siaply inexhaustible in the pos
sibilitiee. We will tax every rail
rosA and tram-car company that
bsilds . bridge scross or runs ovel
ose Of these navigable streams, no,
mesely for the half mile or thret
1sasSer mile of track or bridge that
they sse, but we will place . Ia,
upoa them that will be equivalent
20 . ressonable profit TO the Fedora
Government, upon the entire plan,
froa the Atlantic to the Pacific.
caa ~ell appreciate. Mr. Chairman
thea this statement on my part wIl
excise . smile, that it would be con
sldesed at first blush as an absar
disy. bet Mr.. Chairman, Who cal
fosssll the day when some new Moses
a observation, with his soul sfiamt
witA the FIRE of the new nationalism
-hell sske mp this proposition | hav'