, 1879-04-02
The Chicago & Northwestern Goes IS
High as 10 Per Cent in One
instance.
Astounding Proportions OF tic Sum
Really Duo tho State Every
Ycnr.
Have the Big Corporations Cor
raled the Board OF
Equalization?
Ingenious Features Of Bill to Secure
the Taxes which Railroads
Ought to Pay.

1 BrHtNuFkiD, ILL.,, April lit has lonE neen
! suspccted that. thu socal'ed otatc noafo VI
Equalization. has not performed! lts out.es J"
s;such mannes rs TO co'tlucc to ttic oeSt intef-
s;ests OF the rcople Mt iaf1e' "hcther 'a's 1e'
.hsuit is to bn attributed to thc uetesls III taa
Revenue laws ot the atato, OF ~ ote s"cs a.'on''
lied by tlc Board t'F to the iaet t'iat nalorlly
LOT lis members arc ow1etl, oooy ano to"t' W "'o
%skrcnt corporat'ons' is sttli aa open auesl'on'
tipuFng Tic prcscnt session of tl'c LeR's'a'ufe'
}}tlcrc has beeil considerable quiet investigator
4: Into tue complaints madc against tho practical
workings of The system of 'cqaallzatios'
adopted by this Board, nnd some very e'eo'l-
cant facts laye been developed.
THE RAILROADS or ILLINOIS
comprise one OF Its greatest interests, md the
manner in which they arc taxed hns bccn tho
subject OF endless d'sc1lsa'on. Inc Se1ca cues.
tfon Of how capital stock shall bc Vailed a''tl
nasesscd has puzzled the ahest Legislators, mil
all tho methods thus far adopted have proved
unsatisfactory either 10 the corporations or tic
people. It is not At nlf surprising t'at t'ese
, Krcat corporations, which can nitord 10 ana 10
secure the services OF the abtcst legal talent IN
the country, shoufd. by "poollng their lssuey,"
be enabled TO advance their own interests ut
4 the expcnso Of the people, even without resort
Ing to nuY corrupttng Influences.
THERE Is NOW TENDING
In tho House q bill which proposes to make
raltcul change IN tic method BY which thv taxa.
bic value of the cnpttnl stock atid franchises Of
tho railroad eorporatsons Of the State shall 10
arrived at, una which seouo to promise results
moSt sa.'sas'ols - ''s psop,'. ~. .,.," .as
olll a''d Tie iacts presumed W 'ts atl9ocatea
ri hnvn attracted general attention among the
,Wmsc for ltseuss,on. md not a word
t"a ,,o ao' sau ar r,,;,,ah"1 Ia roaora "
.,ta peei h."" VI PAp,''usu ,,, ~ I.xa.u ~, ~
its real 0Dleets. Inns blll Was ahtroauecu ty
Col. W. J.. Gross, OF SnnEaEon, unu Ia known
fas House bill go, It proposcs several nmertl-
mcnta tn tl,e Rcrcn,,c inv. one of ,yhtca, /. the
',1.n,,s ~ sM' - nSrs sao.o,n.
snost!tutson OF tue Governor seesetaty OF statc,
= Auditor, md Attorney-Gcncral for thu present
'hstnto Board Of Ea,lalLzattoIt. This proposition
3.is bcforv tc Legislature il, other si,upes, nn,
&. ,y,i, ,,onn,Io.a Eo .ra rof,,,Iv ,orat1crcd.
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H. +. .,, xo.,,.,.s sal;,,ro1 y, b. ,,,,1o =, +ho
~ wv leIuns ~. ~ n,"uo - Nv
W Ill the 1n''so"o corporations uoi''R
3bastncss in tue State. IN aad!t!ou to the pres
lent schedules u!e b!lt PROPOSES to require a
synrn statement showing;
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!. 1no tu'a. ~ Rs.es 0a."u ,1 VI 4"so'au VI tno
foau "ltlin t1e atato ot I!Eno's lor Hle ycat
orccclur,
o All I'm exncn.cs ncnrre1 fin oncrotlnr ond
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of, in the Stato of Illinois during tho sa1nr tuc,
Including amounts paid for salaries Of officers
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