, 1877-03-12
$n18 TO- " ~ -"''
GlH,rtr EoEnr : CnHYxssrox. s- Ferdinand
schmidt Vs. Hndo1ph DachmaIn, 81, lg4.Ha.
TAXATION.
Tho oPpos't!on to tho Tax Hills Agreed
Urnn by tho Legislative Committee on

Tho Opposition to tho Tax Bills Agreed
Vrnn by tho Legislative Committee or
Itoyenue.
6pectai CbrTespand<nes n Ths Tribune.
eFRINoFtELp, IT,, Mnrrh 1I.-About The
timo OF tho adjournment Of the Legislature
last week, It began to be bru.tcd about Spring
Held that numerous wefghty objections had
bcen discovered to the bills Tor tho collection
OF back "a well a. forward taxes, agreed up,,,
by tho Joint Committee on Revenue, and re-.
ported to both Houses. Pr ctscly what tho OH.
1ccttons we're was not indicated, hut by yar,e
fndlrrctlon, IL was given out that thcy were in.
surnountablc. About tho same time, also, Il
was allowed to "icak out" that tic members
from the country districts we're tired of 1cais]a.
Ting for Cook County. and, for that reason,
would be very likely 10 kill the tfll.
A alight exploration Under &ho sur.
face accounted for tho Ia,,orious
Industry With Which these two reports were al.
lowed TO leak out and given tlla widest possible
circulation. The objections to tho bill have
been discovered, not BY members Of the Lces-
lntutc, but by Chicago lawyers for tax-flghtcrs.
INC bll!, which has been carefully fra,igl,tcd,
discussed as length by the Joint Committee on
NeTenuc, and after mature consideration, put
INTO us present form, provides, 10 sum II up In
!ew Hords. That, aJftF ta1ts hare 1eea iptei, Mey
Ma"M ~, tt pa'a, ING numerous obtectons. to tho
i"my.1 s enaS eass psei. scnt to Springfield by
np ~ titc same manner. Tier arct thnt, should
the bili bec6mc law, tcn, whet, taxes arc levied,
they VII hare u be pasd. As It Is now, Il Il
only the snal! property S-hol.'rrs, anu those who
4 heavy Fcn1-estat: owner, by taking advantage
of the technical defects In the presrnt
law, can successfully fight lis taxes, aud
escape ior years, II not forever. 60 l'as grown
n n fF%f A.. N-.I,t
property-owncfs, wlo, through deierts Of tic
pFcsent law, arc allowed to caat tho wl,o1e bur
den Of tnxaton on thclE poorer and more hon
cat nc!9fIfUts: The bil torrccts tl,etc defects,
anu, u passc1, would check tax-tlghttng. Tie
present law oilers premium to tax.Gglitcrs. II
Is tl!c law they wnn& left unaltercd,
Why . tax law shou1d not compel every rich
man, as veil as every small propcfty-owhcr, u
pay l1is share OF taxes is unc Of those things
which ony the tax.'1Rhtcrs' lawyers could Ind
out. lhey lsave found u out; and the rcarns OF
poitits and arguments they have sent T., Spring
iicld 10 be "sran1nri" into mcmbcrs far
speeches against tho bill, aro simply arguments
payment of taxes; while small property y-hojIcis.
who cannot a.lorl tic expenses Of taa-GgllttnE,
arc compelled to pay all the taxcs,-iot!i their
own, and what nldit ittnnal luyfcs have to bomade
ior Mtlat the tu1-I1GlltGrs 10 not pay.
Why any member Of the Legislature should
ne willing t'lat anywhere sucll rascailY injustice
should bc pcrpctrateti, IL also pno OF t,use
things which only the tax-azlstcss' 1awyers
could find out. They llaye fouuu out that, II
mctnbcr's own consttucnts pay their taxes hon.
estly, It is none Of his concern low nanr tax.
fighters III other counties rob tho treasury by
Cheating It out of their lakes. 1t ls the afpu-
incnt ty which, II tncmbrr saw thief picking
a pocket, thu Hlember would say, "Ol,s that ID
q Cook. County job and let iLc thief 70 on
With hls stealing. The fact Is, tic bill is not
Gook- County uleusurc. 1t Ii for the whole
sstate, to cornpcl every propcrty-owner in the
my estimate OF the good sense and honest pur-
pose Of thu General Assembly IL there cal DO
found IN It men who viii tleclata they aIc will
ing to Jet a1ly propcrty-hotdcr escape taxation
through tax.9ghttDE: or, because there IL most
ta1-llEitfitg In Cook County, tnat they are WILL
lug to let II go ahead.