Excerpt from The Taxation of Mines in Montana The author of this essay on mine taxation has endeavored to bring within the compass of an accessible and readable volume the facts and principles which may be considered the accepted and standard ideas on the subject. There are many phases of the subject, such as the relation of mine taxation to conservation, the theories of the single tax, etc., which the author has in tentionally avoided because of the purpose which this volume is expected to serve. In brief, the purpose is to give to the citizens of Montana the available information on the situation in the state as well as the elementary and generally undisputed eco nomic principles involved. The essay is intentionally informa tive. It is not to be interpreted as an expression of the author 's ideas on the subject. In general, it may be said to point the way to the solution of the problem in Montana along the mod erately progressive lines followed by other states. The author is indebted to many persons for assistance in the preparation of this monograph. He wishes particularly to ac knowledge his obligations to Professor E. R. A. Seligman and to Dr. Murray Haig of Columbia University for reading the man uscript and to Professor J. H. Underwood of the Univer sity of Montana for many helpful suggestions. The author also takes this occasion to express his sincerest appreciation of the many kindnesses and of the generous assistance given him by the state Officials at Helena, by members of the State Temporary Tax and License Commission, by the county and city officials of Missoula, Butte, and Helena, and by many others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Taxation of Mines in Montana The author of this essay on mine taxation has endeavored to bring within the compass of an accessible and readable volume the facts and principles which may be considered the accepted and standard ideas on the subject. There are many phases of the subject, such as the relation of mine taxation to conservation, the theories of the single tax, etc., which the author has intentionally avoided because of the purpose which this volume is expected to serve. In brief, the purpose is to give to the citizens of Montana the available information on the situation in the state as well as the elementary and generally undisputed economic principles involved. The essay is intentionally informative. It is not to be interpreted as an expression of the author's ideas on the subject. In general, it may be said to point the way to the solution of the problem in Montana along the moderately progressive lines followed by other states. The author is indebted to many persons for assistance in the preparation of this monograph. He wishes particularly to acknowledge his obligations to Professor E. R. A. Seligman and to Dr. Murray Haig of Columbia University for reading the manuscript and to Professor J. H. Underwood of the University of Montana for many helpful suggestions. The author also takes this occasion to express his since rest appreciation of the many kindnesses and of the generous assistance given him by the state officials at Helena, by members of the State Temporary Tax and License Commission, by the county and city officials of Missoula, Butte, and Helena, and by many others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Mine Taxation in the United States The mineral industry of the United States had an output which was valued by the United States Geological Survey at two billion four hundred million dollars in 1913 and at two billion one hundred thousand dollars in The average value per annum during the period 1909 to 1914 was approximately two billion one hundred million dollars. A large amount of capital is invested in the industry and in certain communities the mines comprise the principal form of wealth. In such districts and in those states in which mining is one of the leading industries the problem of the taxation of mines and of mineral lands has become of great importance. During the last decade considerable attention has been directed to this subject by the taxing bodies of a number of states, and important legislation directly affecting the problem has been enacted in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and in a number of the Rocky Mountain states. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.