The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-17
4 TAXATION STUDY.
Dana Miller on the
Report Of Two State
Commissions.

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repoft ~ 49,. ~ s,,b-
uoSsi .ht;shoa
Jeet OF eaAasioi "a no" Naerahar
$3.50 g. +na
naNins ses' u - rnsta,n' II
slssas ew;s+ aaurvhere IN
- go s~s msas aantaiaI,, 10 o4har
H9 - ArszNas 49, ,ra, n,oro
- eaaeiaat;a,s,v On bofh
~ f,;+hf,,, ana
o.h,sa aa,nssaa a,t,aaa M rbarles a
ST. ~. 1900 asa NJ Tbomas 3
- 80 49, a. aesaia,t clarl- of tbe
$50 pasrd
~ /, o.a +ha+ +axation i .
.afatasssssar s,,hiaot II : I'M
this - iasaeina 49,, snab fallacv
s,1s tsa,s 49, ;.arsoi1,v entertained
. = ~ra faa4 tha+ taxs4ion
- a.ss haaa :, 4ha hands If ! lot Of
49, ana ,,nintoras+;ng fellows Instead
~ 49, atana,41s ,,aaro o4t,a Il l. ~
IL aantnar,, s,,biant sranght with tbe
-ssl h.,ario,s ;a4oras+ pnou, az nath-
~ 49, ..sseh w,,ah raa1 f,,, NAV, ba
~tn.a.aa
rha -, an;ao+for ~ +ba an If 1884
s .as,a.,a.. 9 v-,,,.b ,ai,road
me.em4. /. 49, cta+a = .avaa q maj If
ss ,aaaa 80 ,ooal +.xina d;e-
800 a-hara ,arra auonnts 81 railroad
1.S ,afa nnd,a nro,,on4;an az
III CO. ! ~ aln,ast 4bis langiae %
~ sssse.f nrasan+ sysrsnn ~
nss,noa5 tava+ton 81 mic soto is nresented
10 roaratsafan Wi i Il s+ataa mat
I'll s.stss - a,nar;o. - tta+ az any
~ CO. sa.ss r. thaoru a,a nractjoal
oaasa4taa
- -, h,,- +r,a +ba+
a,a,s 4has+.1i-S ~ rn4a5r disarimine+ion
- hahs,e ~ ra;l,aaa nronartv i if
as,raa - ~ svstans prevaiJinr in
- 800 - -, fa,,asaa 4 = not
- 80 -. 60 ~ ~ bos+ s,,sten
ss~s anoa+ 5aal ho+tar +bar
- ~ hast svs+an,
s-
In that state the failroad property -
valued by the State Board, and such value
a.a.aa - nv addfng +ogetbar tbe
y ailitsu a. - sua -
value OF the bonds at par ana STOCK az is
| market value. On that a specific rate is
taiu :" W - -
raliroau Value IS Wlthlt the otatS- -
partly outside the State such rate of taxa
| tion l. levied an 4hat nronortion Of total
T ~.
value Which the mann me Willith ae
/ State bears to the total length of main
l18e consideration win show how auto
matlcaly THIS system must approximate
| a true valuation. AS to whether 1t IS
| equal taxation-that is. whether railroad
,,rorarfv nsvs lac ar more than IFS
share-I am not now considering. But a
| cbanga in thu rate can at any time. under
c[giu.4 e-tam .ansaax e,,ob IN
equality. | commend this system to our
friends who complain of the Injustice of
IL - sus.a,a ~ mschi,erv 4 90
~ 80 sha4i4s 49,
| taees ought to appeal to every practical.
eriana - ,afor,, ~ +ava+fon
iilenu ! = :"
OF course no Two members OF THIS conn
mission agree. Mr.. William II. Vreden-
,.s.-Z. .adfa,s .tts+ no ,yo,,,d tax
parsh z =
pretty nearly everything IN slSht-ahd onl
of sight. He dismisses the argument that
personal property should not pc taxed
with the remark that ~ Is sIo9sn 2
answer that the trainers oI qur So1sn5
tuition thought otherwise. NN,isdoIn ga
not die with the trainers or the Constl-
tuition, and it is not TOO much TO assume
that we may Y yet learn solnetnlhg
from experience. MT y~reGehpufgn quotes
Adam Smiths canon: The subjects OF
every state oughl 20 contribute toWdfu
the support OF its government as nearly
Eve abilities. that is. in proportion TO the
revenue which they enjoy under the pro-
teclfon of the State. The expense OF
government to the indlvlduals OF a great
nation is like the expense OF management
to the joint tenants OF a great estate
This cahon VIII pear essential modlnca-
ton, but<e7en as It standS II by no means
justifies the taxation OF everything an
sight. 1.-THE revenue derived under the
protection of the State does not include
all revenues. IN equal degree; nor Goes
all property make the same usHanas upon
government for protection. 1t costs very
little to protect Wall street, where much
OF the wealth of New YORK CITY. IS
gathered; but a white shirt and a high
hat over in Hei,s Kitchen would need
pretty nearly half the ponce FORGE OF the
precinct to save them ana lneir owner
from immediate destruction The great
steel structural Buildings OF the city need
a fire department. but not as much as
~many of the East Side tenements.
How shall we tax a man: by his ability
to pay, or by his ability to earn? the
two are not identical; but II we are going
to tax a man because he is able to earn
we ought to begin Unfortunately on
men like Edison, Wanamaker and Rud-
yard Kipling-all of whom have been able
a man because he is able TO pay. that is
Dick Turpin's method, who only taxed the
rich. and restored to the poor what he
took from them by occasional iaadYer-
fence.
Mr.. -yredenburgh Is what Artemus
Ward called A amoozin cuss." Listen
to this. with its air of solemn judicial
import: "There is no countenance given
hero TO the modern idea of some theorists
thar it Is .inauisitorial' to compel by law
the owners Of revenue-bearing, intangible
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