Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-11

endzof It II ToWnleyism had not come
into the state.
i In 1916 Townley, flushed with
triumph from his North Dakota vic.
tories. reached out for MINI sofa. See
ing q plausible vote getter in the ton.
mage tax issue, Townley dug it up and
made it one OF the principal planks in
the Nonpartfsan platform. Neverthe.
less, It was defeated In the 1917 legis.
lature and again 1.-THE regular session
Of 1919; but it was rushed through In
q panic by the special session of Sop.
1919, and vetoed by Governor
Burnquist. =. 1850
It will be an issue In this campaign
only because Townley has made 1t an
issue.
Is Minnesota, having produced the
results it sought with this issue and
then dropped it, ready to risk deadly
injury to the people Of the entire state
by adhering to this issue in order ia
help the carpter-bagger Townley pull
political chestnuts out of the fire?
Facts Undtsputed.
The people of Northern Minnesota,
thru the Minnesota Fair Tax Associa
ton have conclusively proved the fol.
lowing pertinent facts and no attempt
has been made by the proponents Of
the tonnage tax to disprove them:
That no state levtss a tonnage
tax.
That every state or country that
has ever had tonnage tax hae !:
abandoned It 40 unjust, unwlse and
Improbable. -:
That the Iron mines are now !,
paying taxes on q higher valua.
ton than any other form Of prop.
erty In the state, that they arc
paying higher rate on this high
valuation than 10 paid by any
county In Southern Minnesota and
that the total revenue Of tho
STATE ALONE this year from the
Iron ore business 10 more than
5000, 900.
That the "steeI trust" owns or
controls only 81 Of the 1872 Iron
mines Of the state, that il does not
own or operate a single mine on
the Guyana range, and that It does.
not control oNE-HALF OF. ONE
PER GENT Of the Iron orc known
to exist in Minnesota. 49,
That the Guyana range, Mfnne-
sofas newest iron range, a field
Of low grade ores, Is Ianguishing
today because Of excessive iron
ore taxation and that any further
mineral tax, no matter what it's
form, tonnage tax, profits tax Or
other super tax, will completely
put It. out Of buslness-and this 10
a sample Of what such penaiIzIno
taxes will do to all low Grade iron
ore development In Minnesota:
That Minnesota has only 1,4ooc
100000 tons Of commercial ore, j;
but that Il has hundreds Of billions T.;
Of tons Of low grade ore; that ton. j
mage tax will kill the Iron ore In. !
dustry In Minnesota In tho next 50
to 20 years, but that II the devel.
opment OF the states low grade
=. ore 10 encouraged Iron mining In
Minnesota will last for many CEN. !,
:TURIEs. :
That the iron ore Industry brinee
the STATE ALONE thle year over
five million dollars In cash 40 welt
40 an aboundino prosperity that
affects every portion Of the STATE
yearly cash payment and an an +:
nuaI prosperity which will con.
tInue undated, and probably In, .
crease II tho Industry 10 enoour. /.
aged, but which will cease entirely
In few deoadss II tho tonnage tax
prevails. -
The issue today in Minnesota Il
whether We shall greedily grab . few
each year for q few years
while our high grade ore Is being
AIKEN out. or whether We: shall. bend
'ur energies to developtpg our enor-
nous deposits Of low grade orc and col
Minnesota's supremacy IN
he iron ore industry for more than d
years. n our greed Tor lsad1
ash shall we tear down the 1rsoteet
ron orc business n the world, 81 a6all:
70 develop Il 70 ~ utmoet and co..
;ique tho wonderful prosperity e
rings tho. state prset ically loreysr1
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