, 1877-03-12

Tho Opposition to tho Tax Hills Agreed
Upon by the Legislative Committee on

Tho 0ppnstiion to tho Tax Hills Agreed
Upon by the Legislative Committee on
Rcvenuo.
Special Correspondence of The Trftune.
sPH1r0fIELp, H., March 11.-About tho
time OF tho adjournment Of the Legislature
last week. Il began TO be bruitcd about Spring.
acld that numerous wel9hty objections had
been discovered 10 the bills for tic collection
OF back ss we'll as forward taxes, agreed Upon
by the Joint Committee on Revenue, and re.
ported to both Houses. Precisely what the oh.
iccttons we're was not Indicated, hut, by vague
indlrcction, II wns gtson out that they wcrs in.
surmountahlc. About tic same time, also, It
was allowed TO "lcak out" that the members
from the country districts we're tired Of lcgis1a-
ting for Cook County, and, for tbat rcason,
would 10 very likely to kill tho bill.
a slight exploration under the sur.
face accounted for tho laborious
industry with which these Two reports we're a.
lowed 10 leak out and given The widest possible
circulation. The objections to tho bill have
been discovered. not BY members Of tho Lcg1s.
latute, but by Chicago lawyers for tax-nghtcrs.
Ihe bill, which has been carefully drauRllscd,
discussed at length by the Joint Committee on
Rcvenuc, md, after mature consideration, put
into It's present form, provides, to sum It UP in
lc" Woftls thas, after fax<s hd.e ben teped. McV
G"f ~ tt pad; .r ahs a,'mero.s ob)sctons to the
up ~ thc same t!lanncr. 1hcv arc, that, SHOULD
t!ic Dill become law, thcn when taxes arc fcytctI
thcy Will have to he paid. As Il is now, IT IL
only ts s!nall property y.hollees, md those who
heavy real'cstate owner, by taking advantage
of the technical defects In the present
law, can successfully Eight llIs taxes, and
escape for years, II not forever. 50 las grown
Sf1f 4nx Nfxf.f
property-owncrt, wllo, through defects Of the
present law, arr allowed 10 cast tho wI,,;le bur.
den of taxation IN their poorer and moro hon
est ne!g'hors: The hifl torrects these defects.
and, " passed, would check tnx.ilg!itinr. The
present lay offers premium to tax.aghters. It
ID tic law they want left unattcrcd.
Why q Tux law should not compel every rich
man, Is well as evcrS small proPerty-ownc., To
which only the tax.t9Rhtcrs' lawyers could hid
out. They hasc found II out; and The realms Of
points and arguments they l,avc sent to SPRING
Held to be "crammed" fnto members for
epecches agalnst lilo bill, arc simply arguments
payment Of taxes, while small property y.ho'ders,
WHO cannot afford the expenses Of ta1-Gglsfng,
are compelled to pny all the tazes,-buth tllctr
own, anu what additional 1cvtcs have to bo made
for wtlat tho tax.nghtcrs d. not pay.
WIZ any n,enbor of tic Legislature should
he tlltng that anywhere such fascaify tnlustlce
sholld be perpctratcd. Is also uno Of those
things which only the tax-t1Rltess' lawyers
coull lind out. They liavo found out that, II
members own constituents pay their tnxes hon
cstIy. It Ia none Of his concern how many tax.
fighters in other counties rob the trtasury hy
cheating It out VI their taxes. /. IL the aruli-
n'ent by which, II member taw thief picking
pocket, tho member would eay, "Ohl' that "a
Cook.County job,n anl let tic thief gu on
will. his stealing. Tho fnct Is, tho bill Is not
Cook- County measure. It Il for the wtlu!o
State, to co'npci Gsery propeEty-ownce IN tl,u
my estimate OF the good sense md honest pur-
posc uf the General Assembly II there can bo
found IN IL mrn who will declare they arc will
inE to let any property-hotdcr cscapc taxntion
through tax-lghttnE: or, BECAUSE there Is most
tax-llghtfng Iii Cook County, tnat they are will
Ing to let It 70 ullcat.