The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-02
A Fine (?) Session

There is little doubt that the Assembly dis
cussed throughout the while session We hope
that the discussions will that they will result in
people doing Mark Twain said they did about the
weather. :" talk lot about it but don't do anything I
Certainly we believe great majority of the people OF
the convinced that something must be done about
securing better representation of the general pubcs IN
terest in the next session of the Legislature
half of the members of the lower house OF che
assembly and Of the senate claimed farming
stockgrowng their occupation With majority from the
agricultural industry as members IN the mousse II nara TO
understand little attention paid by the assembly
to the interests of that class of our population
paying than Ii percent of the taxes PAID
the only receiving slightly three percent OF
the income, would seem reasonable to THINK tha these
politicians would have felt some slight sense OF respo
sibity members of their class However with
notable exceptions all of whom members OF the
Union practically all of the rest seemed to be anxious
give aid and comfort to the corporate interests
The corporation and few of the uniformed sycho
phantc weekly papers throughout the state aud the egsa
tive session to the did not impose
taxes possibly be ignorant enough to understand
that the Anaconda Copper Mining Companys daily papers
in the state thinking only in the terms of the from
taxation by their and expressing the JOY
tbat bav feel That is perfectly obvious circumstance
why the small weekly papers, depending for their existence
labores and farmers their respective
should join the rejoicing of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company and the other special interests IN the
state is something that fails to make good sense
There would for rejoicing had the major
y legislative assembly membership been composed OF
other than compacenty Ignorant ooges OF the m
eress sensitive their dation Vaccinations Then
might had equalization of the tax burden Then we
might have relieved the oppressed farmers ana the
aborers and struggling small merchants on our Main streets
from the drain of already eXorbant taxes LEVIED against the
We might have imposed replacement taxes which would
levied the thyfve millions of dollars of net
profits by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in
and millions of additional dollars of net profits shown
by other exploiting corporations of the state in the year
Try remember that these of millions of dollars
sent exploitation states natural and labor
Nothing else
The ptifu and discouraging all of these things
that the people whose brthgh and whose labor
plotted generally speaking completely apathetc and IN
Importance of the failure of the legislators
which they selected represent their interests nte
gently mitantly. How long you going to permit
yourself to exploited accept these conditions
How long before will awaken to the fact that
you as citizen responsibility to society to take an
intelligent interest and insist commitments from your
concerning what they intend to do for YOU and
for the general public if they ask for your support?
evauatng the worth of the last session of the egisa
ture what the the truth
motives then anayze how much better
any, your condition going to be in the next two be-
accomplishments of the session We predict
that you do the result will be indicated by
probable yet, by minus sign.