Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-11-04
SUGGESTED REFORME, IN TAXA-
 TlON

The report of the special commissio
 appointed by the GoveFnor of Masss
 chusstss to investigate sne subject c
 taxation must command the respect 0 every student of this consistently increas ing problem It is signed by 0. F
 Dunbar, F. ". Tauesig, T. J. Coolidg
 and ex-CouncilloF BsFrus. Three o
 these men hsvssinsernationai fame, ant
 ths chairs they hold at Harvard prov'
 theiB eminencs in the field of thei
 study.
 The changes in the bax.system of tbe
 commonwealth recommended by these
 authorities.ase, summarized by them BE follows:
 l. An inheritance tax Isvied with ont respect tc realty ss well as to per- orelsY stithe rate Of 5 per cent, with an axem ption for estates not exceeding s1O.OO0, and sn abatement of s5,O00 on estates from between S1O,000 and $25,- GOO; She revenue from this tax to be distributed from ithe State Treasury among the several oities and towns, one- half in proportion to population, one- half in proportion to assessed valus- tion.
 g. 4 tax in pFoportiong ho house rentals; only the exoees over S400 of vapsaI heinO saxchla
 3. Abolition of the present taxes on intangible personally, such as stocks, bonds and securities, loans on mortga- gee, income; the taxes recon mended under l and 2sbeipg relied or to yield at least as large revenue se is now se- cured by the taxes to be abolished.
 4. Assumption blythe stats treasury of county expenses.
 5. Appropriation by the state of the revenue from taxes on the corporate ex- csss, now distributed among the several cities and towns.-Er.
 THE Hon. W. H. Lake, of Kingmsn, who is in New York lCity. OF was, has been receiving the special attention of the World. He hed personal newspa- per mention made of his aETivsl in New York which cost him nine dollars and he seems to have not only got the per- sonsl mention bub several outs and g column OF two he had nos expected. This IS part of purported interview the World puts in his mouth that Mir. Lake of course never uttered, but it is nore or lesssfunny. The World says:
 "When Mr..Leke got up this morning 1 t was so early thGt the niGhn clerks | were still on duty and the colorsd bell l ,oys were dozIng on the bench. He l walked dawn the. main staircase of she lotel-elevstoFs szs effsminate luxuries lot consietensl with his chaFecter-and eedsd fo7. the. bsF. There ss he slipped is toddy, which he took straight, he uestioned the bgskespsr about che sGlpss law.
 "Ib's this way, you ses," said Mr. .ake. "Ous QUE way the one thing we eed mostiis irrigation. If we had that uF deserts would be turned into bloom lg gardens, and instead Of oaoti and iIs monsters we would raise mpsh- ,ome and patty foy grass.
 ''All thet we lack to do that is irrige- on and so decided to study the ques- on when I came east. I asked the ,nductoF about it on she train and be id New York wss just the place to find It about irrigation. He said you had
 new law here-the Rain law, he He'd it-Whioh msds irrigation pos ble all the time. "Now that's jusS what we want out ere. I'm iswmskeE now, though I Jed to be sheriff, and something of a o7t, soo. and if I can introduce Rain v into our Council-thst's what VIC Il the Lsgisl ,ture out there-it will great thing"
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