Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-28
NEW TAX SYSTEMS
Proposed by Different Members of
the State Commission.
no AGREEMENT ON THE SUBJECT.
Big Iron Works at Youngstown to be Sold
to Satisfy Claims.
EEWSY NOTES FROM TOWNS AROUND

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
HARRISBURG, May 27.-The new Revenue
Commission created under a resolution
offered by Senator Delamater at the close OF
the last session of the Legislature, is almost
as remote from an agreement as it was when
hrst organized. The propositions submitted
Tor incorporation into a revenue law to take
the place of that under which taxes are now
collected are so radically different that the
members of the commission entertain very
little hope of the formulation of a satisfactory
bill If any conclusion is reached by the
commission it will probably be through COM
promise between the grangers and the County
Commissioners.
The grangers have for years claimed that the
real estate owners are subjected to exorbitant
and uni Just taxation, as compared with cor
porations and have pressed legislation to tax
the latter for local purposes so as TO lessen the
burden borne by real estate owners.
PROPOSED TAX MEASURES.
The Revenue Commission has had such Dill
before it, as well as two propositions from Vic
tor E. Piollet-one for the taxation of visible
personal property and the other to tax railroad
corporations sufficiently to cover the expenses
Of the public schools and the State government.
Mr.. Wright, of Philadelphia, member OF
the commission, originally tavoredthe adoption
OF bill to raise the revenues of the State by
imposing a tax on the incomes of people graded
according to the amount received annually.
This proposition met with very little favor, and
Mr. Wright has removed one of the obstacles
in the path of the commission by abandoning
it 1t is also settled fact that the arguments
IN favor of the single tax theory have made no
impression on the commission and will not be
considered In the effort to frame a new revenue
law.
MI. Price, et Erie. who represents the County
Commissioners of the State on the commission,
endeavored to have a revenue system estab-
nshed taxing almost everything for State pur-
poses, but he has since modified his proposition
by confiung the operation of the suggested tax
TO local purposes. This change is sain to have
resulted on a combination between the grangers
and County Commissioners interests in favor
of such measure.
THE AUDITOR GENERALS BILL.
Auditor General McCamant. President of the
Commission, has also tried his hand in prepar-
ing bill which he estimates would put S4,5OO,-
600 additional each wear in the county treas
uries and enable a reduction of tax on real
estate to be made to that extent This bill
proposes few changes in the method of State
taxation. II provides for the abolition of the
tax on net earnings of private brokers and
bankers and unincorporated banks and savings
institutions. and the substitution Of tax OF
per cent on gross earnings, which the Auditor
General thinks would lead to increased rev.
enues The bill also imposes a tax of mills
for county purposes on the same class of prop
erty that is taxed mill under ths revenue act
of 1889 This would make the total tax on
moneys on interest, ETC., mills on the dollar.
Other items provide tax of mills on capital
employed in mercantile or commercial pursuits
in excess OF u, OOO year and similar tax on
the sales of butchers. drovers and other deal
ers in live stock. Another item taxes the shares
of unincorporated banks State national, 2
mills on the market value of the stock in all
cases where the 6 mills imposed by existing
legislation is not paid. A tax of l per cent is
imposed on all profits realized from business in
vestments provided they are not otherwise
taxed