New-York tribune., 1895-10-14
HANDICAPPED BY THE PANIC.

no,,ocrauc Controller under this Corporation
TAX law was s267 900 less than the coliec'ionS VI
1883 and $lSS,O0O less than those OF 1881
HANDICAPPED BY THE PANIC.
When Controller Roberts assumed office at the
beginning Of 1894 only 2,152 corporations "ere
paying taxes Since that time 2'93 corporations
that had hitherto escaped taxation were auueu
to the taxable list. During the same period % %,
corporatIons paving taxes in 1893. or over ~ pei
cont of tho entire number went out OF BUSINESS
principally because of the prevailing business ue
preston This loss has. however, Deeh iiolT
than made good by the additions ana the tooa,
number of corporations now paving taxes IS fyoi sl
to 2l52 in 1893. The record of Mr.. Rooerts 10 "''o
shown In the following little table:
Average additions OF corporations 10 me ,nf
taxation books under Democratic ruIe'.''''' i'
Average additions OF corporations 10 the
taxation books under the RepuDhcah au- ,oc
minstration OF Mr.. Roberts l'''
Under the Corpora ton Tax law the rate Of tax
alton is In many cases determined by the rate OF
dividends paid by the company so that the taxes taxes
collected for 1896 would probably have been nearly
n quarter of a million dollars more but for the de-
preston In business During tne last TWO na yeal
more than $50 600 OF corporation taxes repre-
senting more than s250000o0o OF capital stock,
have been collected from the companies added by
Controller Roberts.
INHERITANCE TAX COLLECTIONS
The inheritance tax colectiors for the fiscal
year ended September 80 last show an increase of
s437 $40 Al over the collections OF 1894 The figures
are given below.
Taxes collected for 1895. st 81
Taxes collected for 1894. eSssoi ~
Increase for ASs~ IL
This is the largest amount Of transfer taxes col
lected in any one year since the inheritance lax
law went into effect, except in 1893 when four
estates paid ST. 096 036 ~ taxes and fifteen estates
paid more than half tho amount collected Last
wear only one estate paid In excess OF SI2bl5
large par of the increase came from estates that
had escaped taxation for years. single Old case
worked out by Controller Robers's agents yielded
a tax Cf $2l.sS7 10.
Controller Roberts's record an economical
state officer Is also excellent. Chapter 654 OF the
laws of 1894 gave the Controller supervision or
thirteen charitable institutions OF the State The
per caplta expense of maintaining the inmates or
thcse institutions In 1893 under Democratic ad-
ministration and in 1895 under the Republican
system OF Controller Roberts compares as follows:
1899 per capita cost Q:
1895 per capita Io o4
This discloses a per capita saving Of S5S 81, or
total saving for the entire 5225 inmates OF state
institutions Of 1907 $50 80. This saving has been
effected without loss to the character or qualty
Of the supplies furnished the inmates OF the char-
table institutions concerned.
A PREsERVER OF FOREST LANDS
Mention has been made of Controller Roberts's
record as a preserver Of the forest domain OF the
State by refusing in all possible cases to cancel
the tax sales. His record is as follows:
1oss of title to State lands by cancela-
tons for ten years prior to 1884 3yb acres
Loss IN two years of Robertss tern.. 94O acres
awerare loss per annum for ten years. Is 19 acres
Avrl1S 49, Robcrts Observation-Disclosures. 40 acres