Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30

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erendum 35 as a direct attack on the gasoline tax system? 1t
would seem that there is no other conclusion, and this means
that there are those in Montana who, while they loudly pirate
of their love and loyalty, at the same time are aiding in a 81
gantic scheme to abolish the gasoline tax, one of the fairest
forms of taxation yet devised, and to shift the cost of high
way construction to property which is already overburdened
with taxes.
Let us see just who would benefit the most in this ter
6ntory by aboishing the gasoline TAX, or the prevention OF this
loan on future anticipated taxes on gasoline, so as to prevent
the immediate completion of our highways? Who has suf-
ficient interest and money invested in this great state to stoop
to such undetermined methods as to employ the two obscure
newspapers that are sending out tens of thousands of extra
copies to the voters of this state, and whose statements are so
brazenly false that the real hackers of this opposition do not
dare show their own hand direct? Who would have every
thing to lose and nothing to gain if we got good roads here!
1t certainly is not the residents here. 1t cannot be our farmers
or our business men who place the greatest blame upon our
present high cost of living upon the extortionate freight rates
which we must pay in Montana if we want to ship anything
away from here or if we want anything shipped in.
The freight rates. All! Perhaps that is our answer to the
whole matter. Surely they have everything to lose and nothing
to gain. Those rates will have to drop if we get good roads
so that we can ship by truck. Without good roads we are at
the mercy of that giant octopus who continues to charge the
most outrageous rates for anything we want carried over their
lines.
Will the farmers gain anything by voting against this
MEASURE If the measure fails to carry it will be our own
fault in listening to the vicious lies and propaganda sent out
by vast monied interests through a couple of newspapers
whose sole efforts have been to oppose everything that will
benefit the greatest number of people. If the measure fails,
our roads will remain the same as now. With poor roads, there
can be no great amount of automobile travel or trucking in
this great state. We will continue to ship our produce in and
out over the railroads, and we will continue to buy our tick
cts to travel by rail.
Who will benefit by this? Will it be our farmers and
business people? No. The only ones who will and can bene-
fit by it is the railroads who do not want us to change our
methods of travel and shipping, nor reduce their rates.
If this highway measure fails to carry at the coming ell
ELECTION the taxpayers of Montana will lose 81, 5OO,O 600 of feder-
al money to build up our highway systems. The funds will
be Withdrawn after a few months and in order to get good
roads we will have to build them through direct taxation.
Who will benefit by this? Not the public here. Only those
who are interested in draining our pockets through excessive
transportation rates.
Voters of Sheridan County, vote YES on May 5h. Do
not be misled by falsehoods that are being sent out advocat-
ing that you should vote against this measure. VOTE YES.
If you vote no, you will continue having poor roads but
will continue paying S cents gas tax until l941. Let us get the
benefit Of the money we pay in gasoline taxes by having good
roads built here, and the only way is to vote YES on May S.
The following telegram was received from the Montana
Automobile Association this morning lThursdayl:
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= WESTERN UNION =
= 2haw 178 nj Helena, Mont. April 18th, 1881 j.
~ Plentywood, Herald. =
= Plentywood, Montana. =
= In 1880 Sheridan County residents and auto tourists +
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