The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-05-20


Kelly are those conducive TO the vel
fare Of these mining communities
when large property interests, il the
conduct their policy in selfish man
ner. can keep strife between the small
local interests and the big foreign iu-
tercsts
Reductions Bring lIardship>
The aexibnty allowed in mining
values. contrasted to The innexible
position Of local non mining property
had increased he tax on local property
in many instances and there was much
discomfort in evidence for the reason
that many small property interests
lead formed the opinion that the min
ing interests ignored the rights of the
small fellow in their quest Of lower
taxes
The sentiment expressed by Mr..
Kelly will, if it is followed by some
show OF interest 10y those al the helm
of the running interest to much al
liyate this feeling and to write both
the mining and the non-mining in
terests in one common purpose, that
OF tile development Of the mining com
munitios
There are. OF course. selfish spirits
OH both sides There are mining com
Cos who see only the dollar and care
not how unjust their actions is so long
as they accomplish their purpose Of
saving a few dollars in taxes Like
wise their are local tax payers who
are constitutionally anti corporation
and like To slough of their burdens
on someone else. anyone so long as
they escape them
II Is these extremists on both sides
that cause most OF the trouble and the
good ones have 10 suffer with the bad
Va Desire To Iniurc others
Mr. Kellys talk followed tine tech
nical papers and discussions by the
lawyers in which these hired men
could see only the legal and technical
phases of the question tl cold logic
stripped OF all sentiment AID it was
indeed refreshing IN the VIA that he
disrcgarded logic and referred in an
interesting manner 10 some OF tae gem
oral aspects OF the mine taxation qucs-
ton. The particularly interesting
point IN his remarks was his recogri-
ti0n OF the fact that in scaling dow
the assessments of the mines, as their
value decreases. il will be necessary 10
guard against doing injustice 20 the
owners of general property In the min
ing communities.
we live in mining communities
Mr. Kelly said. and we have 10 desire
TO have our properties reduced in val
ne to the injury Of the people of the
communities in which the mines are.
We dwell among them. We are part OF
these communities, and II the mine
values are reduced necessarily the
business and property Of the com
munities is affected other property
the property OF the people Of the com
munity. should have the same consid
Grafton as that OF the mining com
panies."
MIR. Kelly urged that the prosperity
of the mining companies in the present
year will not be az great as might ap
pear at first glance. The newspapers
have dwelt ON the increase In the price
Of ore" he said. And there IL un-
doubtedly an increase OF seventy cents
I'M tile price OF the largest part Of the
ore. But a very large part OF that in
crease i'm price will be absorbed by the
increased costs. There have been In
creases in labor costs, very material
increases. which viii take a large frac
tlon Of tile increase price Of ore. There
are increases IN the cost Of all kinds
Of suppies, particularly powder The
cost of coal will undoubtedly be in-
creased The cost lake transporta-
ton Is ten cents higher for ore con
tracted FOR early in The season. and y
lere any additional ore hot can be
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