The people's voice., 1946-04-12

A weekly editor writes a.. I'm moi
interested in the MVA, and am all-out
against eva :. why the Montana
Power company pays more taxes in
my county alone, than the IVA repays
in grants to the entire state of Ten
nessee - That's pretty strong stuff,
and, if it were true, would be a ter
rifle talking point for our old ,nemisis,
the Montana Power. Unfortunately,
the editor in question, like so many
other good Montana folk, has assumed
a false premise on this malarky about
taxes. Briefly, the Montana Power
doesn't pay any taxes. All the taxes
the power trust" niggardly shells
out are actually extracted from you,
the consumer, along with a whale of
lot of overcharges based on "watered
stock" Make no mistake about it dear
editor, you, and every other Juice"
buyer pays the terrific" taxes the
Montana Power sheds such copious
crocodile tears over having to dig up
for our state (and your county, each
year. This again brings up the ques-
tion as to how soon the Montana Pub
lie Service commission is going to
come to life and order MP to adjust
their power rates downward to suit
the 81 million bucks ordered "dried
OUT of the company's capitalization
by the Federal Power commission
Weekly editors who have the interests
of their communities at heart should
take up the battle now to force the
Public Service commission to order a
rate reduction-that would be some
thing worth while in the way of COM
munity service-how about it fellows?
Incidentally, one of the members of
the commission, Paul Smith, comes
up for election this year. I'd like to
hear an expression from him on need
ed rate reductions
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Speaking of old-timers in the liberal |
here in the state, MIR. and |
Mrs. James A. Jorgensen of Hamilton
were visitors at The Voice Tuesday |
Mr.. Jergensen's loyalty to The Voice
goes back to the years, almost dec
lQC dSO WnSu lH6u VI llUGIdl DlluQ
first began laying plans to bring a
rec press to Montana, via The Peo-
)le's Voice. The Jergensens are Mon
ana pioneers in every sense of the
yord having come to the Bitter Root
Valley in '88, and homesteaded in that
area in 1890
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see by the Great Falls Tribune
hat Gerald L. X. Smith has been
ossed in Chicago clink to spend the
ext go days that he may better medi-
ate the consequences of being in
contempt of court" Peoples Voice
eaders will recall that it was this
anne G. L. K. Smith, who, through his
Propaganda sheet "The Cross and the
lag" recently gave the senior senator
UGH a rip-roaring send-off, stating
every true American every
merica Firster, every lover of liber-
7, will support Mr.. Wheeler in Mon
ana. :" Ho, humm, n go days in
hich to reflect over his evil doings
too bad it wasn't lifel n
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It's always a treat when old friends "
op in to spend few minutes pass Il
e on the events of the day. So it was Il
lie first of the week when Lyle ls
right of the Wright Paper company, IL
issoula, paid us short visit Lyle, b
ssides being a swell person to deal al
ith in business way is always
illing to give an attentive ear to the
her fellows point of view and con- Fl
der it, no matter if he doesn't find vi
mself of like mind. We need more hi
ch men who practice (as well as BIZ
each) tolerance of the opinions of "
hers. w