Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-26
BAKER TO MEET
SILVER Miners
FROM NEVADA
Before Arbitrary Price Is
Fixed on White Metal
Western Representatives
Will Be Heard.
idaho Mining Men Meet at
Wallace and Show OPPOSE
ton to Excess Profit Law
Which Is Held to Be Dis
criminatory.

CT1IIlIl1d1OIy.
Official Washington has consented to
rive producers of silver from the west
q hearing, Governor Emmett D.. Boyle
of Nevada, has informed Governor
Alexander. Nevada will send strong
delegation to Washington to voice OPP
position to settling an arbitrarily 10"
price on silver. Idaho is requested 10
take the same action.
Ina telegram to Governor AleHan-
der Governor Boyle says;
II am Just ii receipt of a telegram
from Honorable Ray 7. Baker, director
of minis in response to request maze
in conference with silver producers
here Yesterday that action looking to
price fixing and regulation silver eX-
ports be held up lending proper rep
resentation by the western states as
follows:
Telegram sen. to Secretary Nc
Adoo by yourself as chairman OF con-
ference and c. II. Mcintosh. chairman
of committee, referred to me. Wnen
can your committee leave for WASH
'ngton"
"A strong committee will be sent
from Nevada within the next two or
three days. viii it be possible for you
to send a similar co...
state? II so, please wire director or
minis"
Governor Alexander will take the
matter up with representative mining
men Immediately.
MEET AT WALLACE.
Mining men from all parts or the
state met at Wallace Saturday ana
went on record as opposed to the ex-
cess profits law as well as discussed
the silver situation and the matter Oh
the establishment of an arbitrarily low
price as proposed. The following res
olution was adopted:
THE meeting of the Idaho Mining
association, assembled in Wallace on
this Gath day of November 1917. for
the purpose of considering business,
political and industriaN matters, af-
fecting the mining industry of the
state of Idaho and incidentally of the
nation, connected Herewith, refers 10
the recent war income tax law enacted
by congress and declares that the
mining industry should bear Its just
and equitable proportion OF all eH-
penses of government, federal, state
and municipal, under which it is pro-
tected; and that 1T should and does
stand ready to meet all taxes imposed
anon il by constituted authority and
particularly those taxes imposed by
the war revenue law passed by the
federal government, and 1t willingly
offers to support all war burdens i'm =
posed by the government to as great
tbnGn that be I'm
posed upon any other industry, even
TO the limit of the confiscation OF all
it's property, If that be necessary to
bring about successful termination
of the war now being so justly aho
periodically prosecuted by our coun'
try for humanity.
ACT is CONDEMNED.
But this association declares tina
all should bear the war tax, leVlee
upon all alike, under a fixed princi
pie. without discrimination to the enc
that all shall be equally taxed.
"Whereas, examination by business
men. expert accountants, lawyers
auditors and professional men from
the ranks of all industries, profes
sions and and business connections
has resulted in the unanimous con-
domination of the measure now upol
the statute books and Particular,
that section of 1t described under It'll
Z, war excess profits tax.
And whereas it is the unanimou
opinion of those persons, companies
corporations, partnerships and firm
which are called upon to pay the take
described that the SO called new wa
excess tax law is unfair.
Now. therefore. be it resolved tina
the Idaho State Mining association
does hereby condemn and denounc
this so called war excess profits lay
ms being so vague, ambiguous an
contradictory as to be practically in
capable of understanding and unwork
able.
Now, therefore, we call upon con
gress to repeal this unfair law an
substitute therefore special war IN
come tax on substantially the sam
plan or principle now adopted in tn
case of individuals"
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