The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-11
SHACK SWEEPlNCS
By BILL

might the basis for more favorable tax formula for
such industries however, such contention in itself
is not enough to warrant reduction Other factors,
such as labor COSTS material costs, freight and
other production costs must first be surveyed
parson with similar costs of outofstate producers
determine to what extent the Montana unemployment
tax is decisive factor in the competitive field.
Another heartening aspect of the meeting from the
standpoint of labor not only the unity AFL and
co, but the ability of the small delegation from
union circles put their position before the delegates
1t unfortunate that Montana generally didn't
take interest in the conference Business men
from all parts of the statefrom Scobey to Billings to
Libby-found the time to drive great distances to at
tend while labor representatives were present only
from Great Falls, Butte Anaconda Significant to
note that while there $500 members of organized
labor in the capital CITY, representatives
found is convenient to attend look after the in
terests of their membership.
i. !. !.
Latest word the alleged non-partisan Mon
Citizens Council meeting Helena is that the top
moguls of the republican party telling all and sun
dry that 1--WE didn't have thing do with t'-or in
many words. although loaned our hatchet-
man Toomey to spearhead the councils campaign of
villification, really free of sin Nutz The
COP and their big biz hackers their utmost to
deny parentage of the council any discerning citi
easily the resemblance between father and
son-and will not be taken in. Again suggest that
if the republicans would put as much effort in
developing really constructive program as they use in
trying to drag red herring" fair Montana
countryside, they would definite and lasting sery
Ice for the states c1t1Zenry.
i. !. !.
There's been very little discussion of late on placing
a sales burden the state but rest assured the
larger financial interests have forgotten about it.
AS you probably have noted, greater demands than
going be placed the legislature for add
tonal funds for education, for state ac
vities for this and that and should these
approved it's going to require lot of additional tax
money. When such matters before the assembly,
the representatives will have to seek sources
income to pay the BILL and great pressure will be ex-
erted to convince them of the merits of sales tax,
order the leveling equitable taxes on
Montana Power Company the ACM, the railroads, etc.
Before you any candidate the legislature
know where he stands this most unjust of taxes,
and then act accordingly at the polls November 5.
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This past week has been National Horn-tootng
Week American newspaper publishers but for the
life of me, can't envsion why. True, we do have
free press, equally true do not fair press
Our large daily press for the part reflects the
opinions the policies of big business and the news
is shaded accordingly. The opposite is true in the
much smaller labor and liberal newspaper field with
the emphasis being placed how the news will effect
labor farm groups progressives. And in the country
weekly field find all too editors paying greater
attention their "pocketbook" and advertising
doed by local business advertising agencies
than to the dictates of their own good Judgment 1t
about time cut out of this fakery and
admit that until such time really develop press
for all the people, such Standardization as National
Newspaper Week, is in strictly poor taste.