Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-14


New York, Jan. 12,-'When one stops
10 figure mp the annual incomes OF New
Works miriop,ir,.s ,ul sucre.sfnl busi- /
Nv" -,
uesS men ], IS not diiicnlt TO unoers'anu
their opposition TO the proposed tax OF
per cent On an incomes exceeding $1,000
II will cast tho,, a., ~, ,,,o..,,.ate sn,nn.
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'ulhs IKE S-W1VOO every year Nonouy
need expect, therefore, that they viii
submit 10 the impositions of the tax with
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ouI u struggle IN Which All me resources
Mt their command will he brought into
play. Denunciatorv resolutions will be
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iug OF the chamber OF commerce, and
a committee will no apnolnted TO visit
ly,sblr,,,, ,,d .n,t1,, ,,,,ins+ ,b,
nronn.si nnc.,s ''g sum, .nont,n~ lin, ner.
soual niforts NJ nJiyi,Inai men,bers md
ioinin,, Co., IL i, "a ien,nI aIys,iie
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WIN any similar committees ihat may pe
v,7i'1SVi IL ~ W. N"EN ga N'N''''"7 Wv
n",'oaai ivsislaSu H., ,.m Ia ,,oco1 ali
Al - v1 ~ INN fillhVu ubhi Mlu 70 N"suJ w.
along the me hegigning Win spsegh ~
Congressmnn Bourke Cochran, and II the
N. ,l'',i,i ~ tne luSolne 'uN 'lS uenlvn
" VIII DE through sheer force OF nulhef-
zeal strength.
, ihelv hre very lew lhoneSeu hen w
NE metropolis VINO favor the income TAX
idea, George Gould being the only one
OF all Tie well-known niillionaires Who
sees IN Il an element of common sense
ana justice, Ar Gould Thoroughly M.
dorses the bin as proposed, aud will
do nothing 10 block It's pas sage. Its en-
uctment Will reduce his annual income
very materially, but hardly 10 the extent
most peop.c imagine, for, Willie The Gould
estate is large 1t Is probable that not
over half of It Is yielding interest, hut
on the contrary is drawing ON the earu-
ings of the other half for support II
would perhaps be a fair estimate
TO say that the estate is in the annual
receipt of 1 per cent interest ON So
| OOOO0Oor SSOQ0OO, which, under the
prOposed law would be subject 10 a tax
| of SiGOOl.
Tinc.e Rnssell Sage IL opp0sed TO thc
bil an uenrroI prinfinlrs iIe IA inclined
to think thar his yoitnp. friend GonlI n
| i,clinr in liz, s,,sncit, AMI sbrctv,innts
which distintuished bis father. Bnt in.
clc Saw nniess he nrnves an aIihi win
So,nne insi t,e s,,ne ,ra,,iipr tl,c
nossncn ~ Tho income a., nrnSision
| ~ ~ III ~, 80,
IA M S NM 10 go on1 NAN ~! WIZ taon
5,oUuu,Uoo 20 %o ,l,'. mlu o ny" ~
| ~ lheome amounting 70 plOre man 9@,
$1,000 a,'luu.iS ine ',o Soi'yg.or WI
nave 10 De 9h uldonntel senlns' hoNeN'iG
10 sutnul = peI w, AN w ' JUS ts 49,,
the treasury Eels 9i3Vuu year from Tue
age, hn9hcier 4 wlll be IN great luch,
The ltockeiellers, whose combined
wealth. rs placed ~ SUI ous0.,vlV' WIN
| yearly income OF S2Q,uuo'WV are nor an
| different 10 the agitation IN favor OF
| the tax. They have not gone ON record
against IL, but are not very enthusiastic
In its support. Granting the family m
come 10 be SsO,uOOO0L the government
| will receive from the Rockefeller Golfers
in the event of the passage OF the Bill,
100000 a year.
dent Of lie New York Central railroad
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