Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-01
met loss

A comparison of the entire list of
towns. shows that under this estimate,
few cities and towns in the central or
western parts Of the state suffer loss.
For instance, there are only nine losses
recorded in the four counties west Of
Worcester The detailed figures for this
county have not yet come to hand, but
with the largest loss, that of Hopedale,
rated at $18,9 S9, the other eight Wor-
cester towns that suffer by the changes
cannot be very badly used. The re-
suits in the counties may be summar-
lied as follows:
Barnstable county, net loss, $51, OH:
six towns gain, seven lose.
Berkshire, net gain, $50, 45S; thirty
towns gain, two lose.
Bristol, net gain, 1912, 41O; seventeen
towns gain, three lose.
Dukes, net gain, $1O,OS4; seven towns
gain, none lose.
Essex, net loss $27 1865; twenty-six
towns gain, nine lose.
Franklin, net gain, $4,000; twenty
Hampden, $1O1,O79; twenty-three
towns gain, two lose.
Hampshire, net gain, $S9, SOS; twenty
one towns gain, two lose.
Middlesex, net gain, $4O,20S; thirty
nine towns gain, fifteen lose There is
loss Of $111,9SS to Newton alone,
$19, 496 to Frammgham and $17,929 to
Weston
Nantucket, net loss, $3.50.
Norfolk, net loss, $S72,1O7; Brookline
loses 1922, 1893; Milton, Sill, 7S9; Wellesley,
$19. 296. Sixteen towns gain, eleven lose.
Plymouth, net gain, SCI, 1870; twenty
two towns gain, five lose. bingham
alone dropping $10,619.
Suffolk, net loss, $3.50. Boston loses
$25, 052, however, which might constitute
an argument for anneXing the remain
der of the county.
Worcester county will lose 1922, 299 on
the corporation tax and $195,62O on in
tangibles; total loss, S4S7, 919. 1t will gain
$25O,OoO on county tax, s153,2O7 on the
inheritance tax by population, $1O4641
by valuation and $56,274 by habitation
tax; total gain, 1858, 1872; net gain, SIG, 2OS.
Fifty-one towns gain and nine lose.
The heaviest loser is Hopedale- $3.50.
For the whole state the loss on the
corporation tax will be $2,746,549, on
Intangible securities SO. S44, S03; total loss,
Sc, O91, 352. The gain by assumption of
the county taxes Will be So, III, 697; on the
inheritance tax (sum Of the two parts
as figured for distribution), 81, 496, 700;
habitation tax $1,024,349 The total gain
in counties which gain is $607, 1886 The
total loss in counties which lose is
$465, POP Some minor corrections will
have to be made, but these figures are
substantially accurate and the gain in
the whole will be about $4,000
The net gain throughout the state,
it appears from this statement, will not
be very large, but very large proper
ton of all the cities and towns will gain
something, some of them very much.
Only 50 cities and towns are set down
as losers, and these are scattered over
the state, and for the most part seem
to be Gas intended the wealthiest in
the commonwealth. These figures diff
fer widely from some made by various
local experts, but unless somebody is
prepared to prove conspicuous and i'm
portant errors in these calculations the
showing may logically be regarded as
increasing the probabilities of the
adoption of the commissioners report.
Whether the ground be just one or
not, a given community will be very
apt to oppose or advocate taxation
scheme, according as it affects local in
terests, without much regard for the
rest of the state. With the vast ma
jority Of cities and towns beneftting by
the proposed changes, where should
opposition come from? 1t will appa-
rently have to be based upon theory
and general principles, as in the past
and such arguments sometimes fare
badly in the contest with facts or as
sumed facts.