The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-06
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agricultural sections with nearby ship
pitgg points on the railroad. The de-
bate took up the greater portion of the
forenoon, but by rallying the agricul-
tural vote and the solid progressive
vote, the county roads scheme, fav-
ored By Drinkard, won out.
The Amin Bill.
The Annin bill followed closely after,
and the debate ran over into the after
noon session, being participated in by
nearly a score of the members. OF
course the Silver Bow bunch of reac-
tionaries We're against any attempt to
tax the Company" Annin's speech
was by all odds the strongest made
upon either side. He showed the pres
ent market valuations of the Amalga-
mated and Anaconda companies to ag-
gregate $273, 000, 600, and that the net
output of copper from the Butte mines
was a little more than 500 600, 900. The
total of assessed valuation of the two
companies was less than $14, zoos 600.
ON the basis of 40 per cent of the
actual market value of the companies,
they would be required TO pay on a
total valuation of $109, 900, 600. At the
average rate of taxation in this state
the axe to be paid IN that sun
would amount to 50, 1000 0 but the
combined companies pay a property tax
of a little more than 5000 900. He
pointed out that the 21a mill tax on
the net output of the mines controlled
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revenue Of but $3.50 600 per year TO the
state.
He argued that as 10 per cent would
be. a generous return upon capital in
vested in Montana in farming and
farm lands. it would require the same
size as that produced by the Anacon-
da company. There are farm lands
in this state which aggregate $780,
900, 600 in value and which pays taxes
at the rate of two and one-half cents
and therefore produce a revenue of
s2.500.00N to the state. and yet the net
income of these lands is not by any
equal to the net income enjoyed
by the copper company, Mcmahon nf
Silver Bow led the debate in opposi-
ton, and referred rather sneeeringly
to the author of the minority report
in favor of the. Amin bill as a man
who allowed other people to Ok his
thinking and had no knowledge of the
subject. Inasmuch as his report oc-
cupied more than two hours of the
time of the house, and received an
overwhelming majority of the vote
cast, the sighting reference evidently
did not carry much weight.
Mcmahon did not attempt to answer
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attempted to dismiss them as glitter
ing generalities. He also attempted
10 fool the house into the belief that
1t was not possible to fix a definite
values upon mining properties. Rep
resentative Word of Lewis and Clark,
who is a minin gengineer by profess
sion, called Mcmahon down by citing
the fact that great mining states like
Michigan, Colorado and others had for
years been a~scertaining the value of
the mines and assessing them for the
purpose. of taxation.
The bill will come up for third read
IN. very probably tomorrow, but un-
less the seven absentees can be lined
up for the bill, or there is a change of
ct least three, votes from the opposi-
ton to the bill. it win lack the neces-
eftry tWo-Jbjrda vote required for the
admission Of constitutional 9luenu-
ments.
Senate gilis z and SO, by Edwards,
and which respectively provide for as
certainment by the railroad commits
sion of the physical value of the rail-
roads and the cost of operations in the
state were reported for indefinite post
ponement by a majority report signed
by Muffly, GallWey, Minor, Abbott and
Stout. .-
A minority report signed by Ed
wards. Stevens and Mckenzie recon-
mended the bills for passage. The
roll call on the adoption of the minor
ity report was as follows: Ayes
Rrownlee, Burlingame, Cato, Christie