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unless they label it as being
made from previously used oil.
The commission said all three
buy crankcase DRAWINGS, re-
refine or reprocess the used oil
and sell the finished product
in cans similar to those used
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The snowdrifts finally dis
appeared, the Big Flower Show
is on in the Armory, and most
gardeners are beginning to wor-
~ If all of the jobs to be done
can be completed before spring
planting begins. That goal is
only two or three weeks away.
There are such Jobs as feeding
the lawn, finishing spring prun-
ing. lining the garden. II need
ed, and a host Of other last
minute jobs. OF course, we
can say that there is still a
possibility Of a snow storm.
perhaps a severe freeze and
that we can wait a while longer.
The gardener who plans ahead
knows that he cannot take
chances of waiting, he must
plan on the basis Of average
weather. In this area we ex-
pect the soil and temperatures
to be favorable for planting by
the goth of March.
Distributing Fertilizer
Regardless Of the weather we
can and should fertilize the
lawn. Use rs to IS pounds Of a
5-10-5 mixture per 1000 square
feet Of area. If we use the non
burning, slow-acting mixtures,
we can put on two or three
times this amount because II
will not leach and it will keep
the lawn growing for most OF
the summer. One feeding lasts
three or four months and with
out giving the lawn q shot-in-
the-arm growth Immediately
after applying. Use a spreadeI
If you have one or take a pail
and practice spreading by hand
as the farmers used to do before
they had the advantage Of mod
ern equipment. If spreading by
hand, divide the application in
half and spread first in one
direction and then at right an
giles. If you do not get it evenly
distributed your grass will adj
vertize the fact.
House Plants Shower
Give the house plants an oc-
casional shower to wash the
dust of Of the leaves and to
flush the accumulation of salts
out of the soil. Be sure that
the foliage Of such plants as
the African violets and glox-
iniaS are thoroughly dried be-
fore placing them where they
are exposed to sunlight.
Rush That Pruning
The pruning Of shrubs, trees
roses and evergreens should be
completed within the next two
or three weeks. The roses
might well wait until last since
we do not care to have them
frozen back after pruning i;
finished. The grapes should bt
pruned at once or there will bt
heavy bleeding. The florist:
hydrangea and the butterfly
bushes as well as the crepe
myrtle are others that might
, well receive this attention last
The evergreens should be the
first to receive this attention
Shingle or prune them to en-
courage compact growth; tt
keep them within bounds anc
to prolong their useful life, anc
to reduce the loss of needles
during periods Of summer
drought. While the evergreens
(coniferS) may be pruned al
any time. we prefer to do il
just ahead of the new growth
so that the pruning cuts are
quickly hidden.
The fruit trees, shade trees
and summer Towering shrubs
should be pruned next. Be
sure to cover all large pruning
cuts with a tree dressing to sea-
out disease germs and. to pro-
tect the cuts until they car
heal over. Large limbs should
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GAS RANGE, new HaFdwieh, ~ IN
A bargain, unerated. Al $40, Alao
q worn but sturdy i-pieee sec
tlonAl sofa, SO, Call ri, n-ffas,
GAS RANoEs, new, used lnrtAllA.
tion PEERIEaa SALES Co, eea7
Ga ave nv, AID a.alOO
GAS SPACE HEATER, Dearborn
GENERATORS STARTERS, ~ 80
up; lge, Atsort, electric motor ~.
Psii,iS,. No So5''7 !sc Sss!!i eA"'f '0O'
GENERATOR. 1000 watts. &C
lawn mower planter, equipped for
gardsn tractor, Halt price, Lu,
1881,
GOLF RAILS. for practice; dollar
4 d e a., M NM doLT co ss csc
aOLF CLuBs - Odd woods and
irons, III .6O up, all steel shafts
cot UMHIA LUooAuE Elk.
CHANGE, ~. Columbia I'd, nv,
Du, 5-as0s
GOLF CLUBS, lAdy's. -Fliuhtk .
irons, . woods, used once, $40.
RA, d-Sita before . pm,
GOLF CLuBs, p irons 3 woods,
Morse freezer, $500. RK' a.72pe
9RAPnoTY"' Model g.siv re-
SBRA%. ~, / 0I u ne nN"N' .
GREETING CARD RACKS, So, some
With pull-out storafe space and
nuoreseent eanopic also seSs,sl
GUITARs-ulbson, Fender, ooya,
TatAy Lessons, repairs. oU!Ihk
SHOP, 1919 N q NV. NE, s.itla,
GUITAR. cleo, Hawaiian. with
stand. Epiphone. i5-wati ampll-
Ride I'd, urssnbeli. OR, l.60es
GUITAR. electric. oibsoni = in
puts, ampliner new condition
LU. 4..Tdb.
GIiNs-,.a Colt Scouts, 90 Ruger,
.357 Rugers. civil war relies
black powder. SMALL ARMS or
THE WORLD, 3sOi Columbia pike,
Arlington, Va. IA, h-ilsl
GUNs-43 eAiiber U. s Rsmins-
ton ! saIbine. ! riiie With e asun, :
81. AnG suns nn..s,s s'' .i,sT pm
sun; Z pm, on weekdays
GYM SET, heavy sauge metal; .
swings. ladder, and trapeIe, SID,
steps excel. cond; $40 for both,
HARDWARE house Jacks, IL In.
> for SCI, Call Ju. a-2057.
HI-FI-Your hi-h kit wired sx-
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tax: complete line Hi-Fi compo-
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CARTRIDGES and records In stock
THE TELEVIsiON WORKSHOP
100 N. washington st. Fails
Church. JE .-2aa0
HI-FI. BoEen CHALLENGER. 3O-watt
amplifer. Peerless him output
transformer. excel. eond.; $50.
sP. 3-6O7d.
HI-FI SPEAKER ENCLOSURE KIT,
EleetTovoiCe Centurion; .original
carton Res. $50, $50 or best Of
nj VI, Thoren. cD-4s, concert
series. Finest in ehansers; almost
chSnser. $50. JE. e-O6s7
HI-FI, Bogen, whArfdale. Car
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AID. 4-3256.
HI-Ff COMPONENTs. HeAthkit pre-
amplifier; traded In on Eco eaulp-
msn, s 3HSTan t , ZIG 70 LhL
Va. KI. a-4544
HI-FI, Mcintosh C-s. pre-Amp, in
mahogany cabinet. new record
cabinet. OIL. @-5O26.
HI-FI MIsC.--spkrs., sP12B. 1900,
RcA l2-ineh in modern cab
Scott bob ampl. Webster chgr
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HI-FI RECORD GRANGER, Gar
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cartridge and diamond needle
never used SOS or best oier
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PIANo-oPINHT
$3.50, Ju, h.tH0h
PIANO. rebuilt, mahos., iull key.
board, c0nsole-type plano, excellent
cond,, s1eb, incl, bench and local
CAMPBELL MUSIC co,
llOa q 81 NV DI, 5.R4B4
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LAWN MowER. sJ.lH. REQ, rec
sy,prsi,on 10y snsl hreps ss,s M 1se.S
,AwN ..oWsa ,s \. ..,1...
SEX or Ss,t eftsf. IVA VA. 0a4ekp'
L AVN noMM ism, fse tgp s
ntss.9h s..s0Ws ~ w
yIsaalllnsmAh' excel eona'' s'o' ~
LAWN MowER, s,.lpsh Tialns
new ~. khhhLnAN' inp Ll si,
st. baltimore :, Mo, bafAtoe'
i.0aas,
LAWN MoWkh, oemeo, ~ inr Z (,
h.p. DEMONSTRATION motor, sell
propelled rotary recon- haI.el
uaea envy one season 30 10
t.uoVs, ----,---.-,
LAWN MOWER, power, ln-ln, reel
l.cyeie ems, self propelled, 5000
eond $50, RI, d-4sfd,
LAwNM0wER. power, as.ineh cut
excel cond, hafsain, Ia, o.i5.b
LAWN MOWER, puniap, electric
S6S, LU, i.5aOe 500 shsrifi I'd
ne
LAWN MOWERS. ToRo, Lawn
nov, new used, exeeptionai values
tfAde.ins accepted Open sunday
10 10 =
GARDEN SUPPLIES
ApELPni HARpMARE; INC
26ON Uniyers In, Hyattsvllle, Nd
HA, 10000 or IA, ..so.s
LIGHTS, automatic, outdoor Christ
mas. revolving Christmas TIRE,
stand, IA, H-k947.
V~NTry M AAyFflo
LlGnl fLhN 10
800 500 ". y,''. .,,h ITO volts s ald s9
MIR sSia n .. nv, ~, s:cStS
In ss:,, NV so,I sUr r1.sos = p sso, az w.,nn
folding chairs All Sis' fancy DBL,
az am su i.sis ~ AK. new ~ shaSeoa '
eases both SO; new chests SCI
eaen M, t.."as' .-.--.-.---.--
LOCKERS-IndustfiAl type: S3.ft
AAAW Ha4NNss4NNAA ANNaANANW
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SOFA, pink, iuitsd back, down
sspt Ss.t eissT' or sssSss
SOFA, Rsgsney period, blue Mattel.
AsAe, mahog, frame, down cushion,
lp cover beat onef' excel eond'
SOFA, makes bed for 3. $50. chest
ana aI sSsirs, s5S. 'fbSoS 3D. b9ss7ss' sea-
SOFA, mod. foam rubber, walnut
with bullt.in end tables, new,
Aaerirce, AID, 4.a2SG,
SOFA Snns,,I srs'' 40 cushion, very SP e
SOFA BRD-Kroshlsr with inner
Aonable, Cali "a, S.ep2i,
s0FA, handsome, q a., sold. foam
cushions, loose pillow backs, excel
cond, $50, Apt, only, Oh, cesar
SOFT ICE CREAM. all necessary
reaG, Jua b-3fls,
sPINET Baldwin Aauasonie, q yrs,
81 81 .i.n7lEseod s0nd'i $3.50 Call
STAMPS. UBA. and 500 com.
c Gs1To II, yss.sossesv'F' reasonable
STEEL SHELVING, 10 gause, N n
hiah, 30 In, wide. 30 In. deep
4 adjustable shelves; sections car
be Joined ~ . running III. eteel
work cables. steel sectional di.
yidsrs' used but new eond. Phone
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FURN.-Bedrm. suite. Serta mat
tresS; occasional chair, blond din
table and chairs, blond coffee
tablei rug, window air conditioner.
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FURN.-Bedrm. suite, liV. rm., d.
nette, eredenZa, rugs, misc. pcs.
leaving town May ]. Can be seen
sun. at 410b Wis. ave, Apt. 205
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FURNITURE
OPEN SUNDAY
l to 5

s-pc. liv. rm. set.
t2o9,o0 value .... sl7e.S0
T-pc. solid cherry din.
I'm. set. t5ee so value $3.50
3-pc. bedrm. suite.
bookcase bed. ti7e.50
value .--- - 1880
t-pc. solid cherry bed
rm. set. s69S.50 value $3.50
One group table lamps.
tl2.o5 value &c., SOS
Students desk. In ma
hog. s2o.s5 value 1895
Twin Hollywood beds.
$3.50 value --..- 3ss5
2-pc. sofa bed and
chair, si79.50 value 1926
wrought iron TV
tables ADJUSTABLE.
$685. value - $50
Aluminium chaise
lounge. $3.50 value 29.95
elders. $3.50 value 5ss5
Floor lamps (assorted.
1895 and s24.95 100 1895
Canvas yacht chairs.
s4.s5 value $50
Unfinished bookcase
racks. s4.95 value - 2.95
t-drawer unfinished
chests. S22.95 value l4.95
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FURN--2-pe. Kroehler set, barrel
back chair, 2 sets Of slip covers.
Gomez table. tier table. table lamp
and mr. lamp: good eond.: reas.
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tURN.-Maple liV. rm. and dinstte
set: good eond. Re. $4,000, Ext.
6l6. after 3 pm, RA. R.l6A7
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FURN. = Liv. room, dinette Easy
TSasher' odds and ends. RIA. g.
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GAS RANGE. Magic Chef. with cleo
tric timer. practically new. XII
S-3bp3
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chairs. 81 up. sofas,
dbl. beds. $40 up; refsTs.. ss6 up;
auto. washer, Ike new. $50: II"
console Tv. 500 so; 10" console
Tv. S49.5O. both top eond. Open
70 3 I'M FuRNiTURE CENTER,
1913 N. Fairfax dr., Arl. ia. 4
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DINING ROOM
Reg. $499.95 9-pc. ma
hogany dining room
suite. Table, china,
buffet, arm chair
and S side chairs $4,000
Reg. $549.95 9-pc. cherry
dining room suite.
Table, china, buffet
and six chairs - $1,000
Reg. $31995 7-pc. Basic
WITT junior dining
room suite. Table,
china, buffet and 4
chairs - 1900
Reg. $685. mahogany
drop-leaf table $500
Reg. $29.95 and $l9.95
odd dining room
chairs. Assorted styles
and finishes --- 100
MISCELLANEOUS
Reg. $685. aluminium
folding chairs covered
in a water-repellent
saran -. ----.--- 1888
Reg. 1895 aluminium
adjustable chaises. Sa-
ran cover --- $50
Reg. $685. and $49.95
lounge or club chairs $500
Reg. 1895 desks in
maple, mahogany or
blond ------------ lS.UU
rrSr .ropnr,c foNrz EAev
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LUMBER
OPEN SAT : sim

VI IAN Oh DOANs
Plush doors C2ndsD, SEQ up.
undersiIe 2x4xs. 3se: A-in sheet
rock, 81 80 per sheet; KIP panel
ing and shelving. i5e: 4x4 cedar.
2Oe lin. IT.; cedar piekets: cut TO
size: free delivery.
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HI-FI SPECIALS
AT CUSTOM HI-FI

ISL Columbia Rd. NV. HU. 3-333S
HIDE-A-BED SOFA, for boat
gray-green opens 20 full dble
neW. sells for s239. asking SIb0
Phone JU 1851 after s pm
HIDE-A-BED. Simmons. excel.
eond divan: will deliver: Ras
refer. misc. reas EN- 3-6533
HOBBY AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT
-Goins out Of business sale
Prem 20 10 s0es OF Open eve
ninHs III p for your convenience
FAIRFAX SPORTS AND HOBBY
SHOP, Pennsylvania and Alabama
ayes. Sc
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fuRN.-vArious traditional ma
pieces I eompists Ssdfm' sets
porch and yard furniture. DE-
humidinef' Almost new. IA
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GAS HANGESi special feature OF
spring Sale-Limited number OF
floor samples and demonstrators
reduced in price All top-uuality
matches" models with top
burner temperature control; in
excellent condition. Exceptional
savings; no money down and 80
months 10 paw. WASHINGTON
GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 100 II
st. NV. Republic 7-327b. Ext. $40
GAS RANGE. Hardwick, 30-in. table
top, oven control, storage. broiler;
white clean. Bargain ct S2b. Ii.
6-2210.
GAS RANGE. Magic Chef. with cleo
trio timer. practically new, XII,
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FuRN,-LlN rm, ti,,, one Holly,
wood bed See Al Apt, ad5, 1900
Mass, ave, after ne noon sun
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FuRN. = House sold. everything
The people's voice., 1958-12-19

vate, must have an absolute public
utility responsibility to supply power
to any distributor within its service
area who needs it. Without this. the
economic power inherent in Giant
Power could be used at the whim of
individual men to support or strangle
separate elements of our economy,
and to build totalitarian political
machine which has no place in a liv-
ing democracy. In the words of Gov
ernor Clifford Pinchot when he trans
nitted to the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture the Giant Power Report of 1925:
''It is almost impossible to imagine
the force and intimacy with which
such monopoly will touch and af-
feet. for good or evil, the life of every
citizen. The time is fully in sight
when every household operation from
heating and cooking to sweeping and
sewing will be performed by the aid
of electrical power; when every ar
ticle on the average mans breakfast
table-every item of his clothing
every piece of his furniture-eyery
tool of his trade-that he himself did
not produce, will have been manu-
factured or transported by electric
power; when the home, the farm. and
the factory will be electrically lighted.
heated, and operated; when from
morning to night, from the cradle to
the grave, electric service will enter
at every moment and from every
direction into the daily life of every
man. woman and child in America.
Nothing like this gigantic monop-
oily has ever appeared in the history
Of the world. Nothing has ever been
imagined before that even remotely
approaches it in the thorough-going,
unceasing control it may
exercise over the daily life of every
human being within the web of it's
wires. 1t is immeasurably the great
est industrial fact of our time. If
uncontrolled. it will be plague with
0ut previous example. If effectively
controlled in the public interest it
IAN be made incomparably the great
est material blessing in human his
,ory.
"As Pennsylvania and the Nation
deal with electric power so shall we
and our descendants be free men,
masters of our own destinies and
our own souls, or we shall be the
helpless servants of the most wide
spread, far-reaching, and penetrat-
ing monopoly ever known. Either
we must control electric power. or
its masters and owners will control
u.s."
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
Wise Resource Conservation

Think for moment of the econom
ic and political power concentrated
in an industry with a $5OO-billior
capital plant. with a $10O-billion an
nual gross income, and with it's en-
ployees in every hamlet. town anC
city in the country! How are we as
a nation going to deal with the prob.
lens for democracy which are i'm
plicit in such a power structure?
FUTURE SOLUTIONS
Two solutions to the problem would
appear to be obvious from the fore
going discussion. First, we are going
to have to make very certain that the
300 of the industry which is owned
and controlled by the consumers it
serves is kept alive, active. and ag-
gressive. The first function of public
power, after its direct service to its
customers. is to act as the spur and
the conscience of the private utility
industry.
Secondly, we are going to have to
grasp and use the tool which tech
nology has placed in our hands-and
direct how it is used by private power
companies. That tool is Giant Power.
We must have regional wholesale
power supply systems, either federal,
non-federal, or jointly-owned. With
the advent of atomic power. where
the initial investment is the major
cost of producing power, as it is in
hydro plants, there would be a real
economic advantage in a federally-
financed system, because of the low
er interest rates on federal borrow
ing.
federal. there must be tight federal
and public surveillance of
all its activities. 1t should be financed
almost entirely by bonds. with little
Or no stockholder equity. because
such an arrangement will permit
minimum of profit-taking from the
system and the production of the
owest-cost power possible. If the sys-
em were all bond-financed. for in |
stance, it would be in fact non
profit operation except to the bond
lolders, and would thereby avoid the
'ayment of at least federal corporate
ncome taxes for the same reason
hat public power systems pay no
ederal taxes at the present time
hey make no profit. think | need
ot point out that paying income
axes under our system of govern
lent is one of the joys that goes along
nth making a profit.
And lastly. each wholesale power
upply system. whether public or pri-
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
Taxes Aren't Keeping Industry

"Highlights Of the Durham Report" !,
by DR.. Frank McPhail, Great Falls,
chairman of Governors Committee
on Education Beyond the High
School;
"Highlights of the Peabody Re-
port, on elementary and secondary
schools, by William Johnstone, MISC
faculty, and member of Montana
Taxation-Education Commission.
Paul Wylie, Bozeman, state direc-
tor of Farmers Home Administration,
summarized the conference.
MISC Prof. Layton Thompson was
in charge of arrangements for the
conference.
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
DEFICIENCY IN
GOVERNMENT"

The final panel of the two-day af-
fair centered on efficiency in Gov
ernment" and was conducted by Art
Neill, Montana Power tax consultant.
Topics included:
"Use of Modern Technology in
Government, by John Newland of
Newland & Blinn Accountants, Butte
Reorganization and Consolida-
tion'', by William Koch, Helena, state
controller;
"Budgeting and Auditing Proce-
dures', by Sen. William R. Mackay
(R-Carbon), member of the Montana
Legislative Council:
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
Continued From Page Four)

Indicating he will again press fo1
passage of his (SB 1867 bill to col.
lect income taxes off Montana earn
ings o out-of-staters, MCGOWAN
pointed to the state law which says
income taxes are due and payable on
ALL income. He will again introduce
legislation to facilitate collection of
such taxes now evading the tax col
lector.
Howard o. Vralsted, Board of
Equalization corporation license
tax supervisor, reviewed the pres
ent law and termed it Inadequate"
as means of collecting income
taxes off corporations. He said ''the
major administrative problems
stems from the law itself which has
remained basically unchanged since
it was enacted in 1917.
Vralsted said the law does not de-
fine "gross income, although met
income" in defined. "Gross income"
should be defined, and he said "stiffer
penalties should be written into the
law.'
The people's voice., 1958-12-19

said that in many sales tax states
moves are afoot to increase the tax
from two to three, four and five
per cent. He also said sales taxes
create '1ess burden, proportionate-
ly, on higher income groups"
The panel on Sources of State
Revenue" was moderated by Irving
Staid, Billings, Carter Oil Company
official.
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
New Concepts, New
CONTINUED From Page One)

(OOnCluu0O FROM rage Ou6J
ties before they are worn out, and
replace them with heavier lines.
"MUSHROOMING", BOTH ENDS
Increased births are not the only
cause of our higher population, john
son said, pointing out that the "popu-
lation is mushrooming at both ends",
with people living longer. Increasing
age levels, he stated, bring increases
in such degenerative diseases as can
Ger and heart ailments-diseases with
long periods of illness. This greatly
increases the demand for adequate
health care.
Because the nation is booming,
population-wise, we must out-date
our old concepts which held true
during the nations long period of
slow, stable growth. We must pro-
vide facilities to serve this increas-
ing population, whether education
al, public services or employment
opportunities.
All of this is going to cost money,
but, he noted, we also have much
higher incomes with which to defray
those costs. The key item, he pointed
out, is that while we must increase
our tax payments, such increases must
be as equitable as human minds can
devise, and in closing, he paraphrased
a well-know adage, saying eternal
vigilance is the price of equity in
taxation.
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
MISC Symposium
Where Will Money Come From To
Paw Hiuher Governmental Costs?

Opinions how to the mounting costs of state gov
ernment varied the thinking of the
$50 people attendance at MISC financing state
ices two-day meeting in Bozeman this week.
r. A. Ne, Montana Power tax consuant expressed the
opinion that only oophoe in the corporation
The people's voice., 1958-12-19
CONTROVERSIAL TAX
PROPOSAL EXPLAINED

Carlton Infanger, Helena, execu-
tive director of The Taxation-Educa-
ton Commission, speaking on the per-
sonal income tax, outlined the COM
The people's voice., 1958-12-19

mission recommended IL per cent
flat rate income tax on adjusted
gross income.
Calling the proposal a "propor-
tional income taxi Infanger said that
four states and at least 80 cities of
$4,000 population or over have SINH
lar revenue-raising measures.
Under the proposal the individual
taxpayer would be permitted all de-
ductions, such as federal income tax,
property taxes, contributions, inter
est, etc., in figuring his adjusted
gross income for state income tax
purposes. The one and one-half per
cent would apply to that adjusted
gross income. After that tax was
figured the individual would be per-
mitted to take his personal exemp-
tions before paying any tax balance
he might have under the progressive
rate schedules of the present law.
For the average Montana family,
the commissions proposal would
increase state income taxes by
about $50 a year, or slightly over
$4 month. 1t would apply only to
earned income. Social security,
pension, workmen's compensation
and jobless compensation payments,
not being considered earned in
come, would not come under the
proposal.
Infanger contended that this tax
ng method does not have the regres-
;ive features of a general sales tax
and would not require setting up of
additional administrative
for collection purposes.
SUPPORT FOR GENERAL
SALES TAX
Clarkson Spain, Bozeman, vice pres
dent of Montana Farm Bureau, spoke
n favor of two per cent general |
aleS tax as a means of raising the |
evenue needed by state government. |
Spain said sales taxes, although
Ised since ancient Greece, came into
use in this country dur
ng the depression years of the early
hirties. Thirty states now have
eneral sales taxes.
The Farm Bureau vice president
tated that general sales tax, with
ood not exempted, would raise $14.8
lillion a year; with food exempted,
10 million plus per year.
Pointing out the effectiveness of
sales taxes as revenue raisers, Spain