The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-12-09


enorts # showed that % f themselves The recent
MONTH Three SIS seemed to be
charges as much as So through the legislature
sales tax SO that's out Besides they had change
of heart it's altogether likely sufficient percentage of the
at the ballot Tying their kite gen
era sales could that Govect Don Nutter would
to call the legislature into special sometime next
summer or face complete financial breakdown state gov
eminent
Higher Individual Income Tax?-The COP ajority and
their State Chamber of Commerce hackers will probably look
most unkndy increasing personal income tax rates.
lew any Montanans whether having taxable income OF
$4,000 really getting very badly under the
rates in effect I'd suggest that this abilytopay tax
be raised all the along the line bring in SIX to seven
million dollars additional the coming bennium
Corporation License Tax?Athough be heresy to
the beer business climate boys this too yield
few million dollars biennum than at present
Even though major Matches in that act closed
by the 1859 session. Montana corporations not beginning
to proporonately much net income today they
were when the law first enacted in 1917.
To day there times many corporations Mon
tana there 1917 There has been tremendous in
net income the last 43 In 1917 the first
net income was exempt and there was no minimum tax
Now there income exemption and there $40 minimum
more revenue than it did in l9lfor all OF the tenod IN
corporations and the great increase net
income. (S1 OOO per
trasted with S786,5OO in 1870
Higher Utility Taxes?-Why not? Mountain States Tel
TEL in 1859 were given rate increase of two and third
times as much as the Public Service Commissions own rate
expert adequate for that monopoly to make
fair would be the State
to recapure at least of that arges donated from
pocket to ma Bell" by the commission
Montana Power and Montana Dakota Utilities too, have
been accorded most treatment by the Public Service
Commission the just past only Power
by its admission in the bue chip class of utility Stocks
but the legislature of Montana has been kind the New
by repeating all legislation which
would enable the people to competitive municipal
distribution systems Montana Power who weekly procams
it's devotion to Montana should be most willing dvvy up
few hundred thousand dollars maintain and
improve Montana place in which to live
has few roots in the Treasure State but
by ecessiveyhgh electric and natural Their
to Montana also needs upward revision
Other Sources?-A realistic increase state grazing
land rentals would add least another million dollars to
the Golfers the biennium ahead.
The legislature might take look at the suberfuge en-
poyed by major oil reduce their chain
by leasing service stations to so-caled Sim
dependent dealers.
The store license unrealistic,
single store whether operated by person. employing
hundred, pays the SIS. so fee sl5e.=
Another potential (non-tax) to
repeal legislation passed in 1851 1858 and 1855 which took
substantial administrative control school oil leases
from the State Land Board Legislation through
those three sessions at the request of the oil lobby froze
royalty rates and rentals at levels which do necessarily
that the state getting full market value off each
eaSe.s 3
Undoubtedly there may be other
which presently aren't paying their share of the freight All
of these should be given careful review
Resolving of the problem facing 1861
ative Assembly isn't going to be but be pro-
ided the Republican majority assisted cooperative
ocratc minority shows the forue