New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-24

II 1876 SOUTH WOULD PAY
LOT 500 900
FRon TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT rHx rRIK1E,
-,:Dany. Jan e,.Cont-olier Ropertss letter TO the
Legislature warning It's members that II Senator
David b. Hill persists In pressing his bill taxing
legaces. and succeeds In Transforming II into law.
rhe State Of New-York may lose the 100000 she
annually derives from State Inheritance tax law.
has been the subject OF great deal Of talk in the
Legislature Even the Democratic members In pri-
vate talk condemned Senator Hill and expressed
wonder that such shrewd politician he is re-
pued to be should have introduced a measure
depriving his own state OF large proportion Of Its
revenue.
Il am not surprised at Senator IIilrs action. -
said Controller Roberts to-day for It IL plain that
he is reaching out after the votes of the Southern
delegates to the Democratic National Convention OF
1896 1t does not matter to him that by his Federal
inheritance FAX he would put in peril the 900
which the people Of this State derive from their
inheritance tax law. II he protects the Southern
States from millions of taxation"
Then the Southern States would not pay this
Hill legacy taxi
"Only a few thousand dollars OF It yearly In my
opinion" said Controller Roberts. lie then con-
tinued: Nearly all of these Southern States have
had inheritance tax laws. and. deriving income
from them. have repealed their laws Such laws
have been abandoned. after trial. by Louisiana,
Virginia. North Carolina and Alabama. and | should
think that Tennessee. also. would abandon her In
heritance tax law Yesterday l tclegraphcd to Con-
troller McMillin asking him what had been the re-
cepts of Tennessee under her Inheritance tax law
last year"
And what did he reply
Nothing" replied Controller Roberts. laughing
He then said: THE Southern States. knowing that
they will pay only an insignificant fraction OF the
Hill legacy tax. OF course will heartily support such
a law. They do desire any tax put upon their
whis<ey. Perhaps this tax upon the property or
Northern men would them from such n tax.
Mr. Hill estimates that his legacy tax would bring
siO0C000 into the Federal Treasury. II can be
safely predicted that the Northern States Will pay
ut least S0.OOacO0 OF IT, Pennsylvania. which re-
ceived sl.O0ODO last year from Inheritance tax.
would pay about 100000. and the other Northern
States would have to make good the remainder
Illinois, containing the city OF Chicago. with its
wealthy men and large estates. would pay another
million or so. presume Ohio. containing Cncin-
natl and Cleveland. with their wealthy men, would
pay other thousands San Francisco. also. would
pay large share ~ the tax. But the Southern
States with their little cities ana small estates.
would escape II.
Senator Ill., however. would get into disfavor
In this State II he should deprive II Of Its SCoeD
and possibly the taxpayers Of this state would not
forgive him. The South might accept him. but what
II no could not get the vote Of New-Nork in 1885,!
Asscnhlvman Answorth Will press next Mon
day night his resolution asking the New-iork mem
bers Of Congress to oppose with all their might
Senator IllFs bill. A.,
Tho Senate PASSED TODAY Assemblyman Aims
wOrth's resolution ,orSratulating President 'IeNe-
land upon hs ahanl ,nmcnt Of his Hawaiian policy
Senator Cantor thought the resolution ought 10 be
referred 70 Il committee hut Senator SaNton er-
pressed the o,,nlon that II "eminently proper.
and 1t was passed by a unanimous vote.