The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-11
STATE TAX AND EXPENSES.
coMPlRrsoN UNDER REPUBLICAN,
AND DEMOCRATIC RULE

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Under Gov. Observation-Disclosures Extrsor-
dinaFy Appropriation, the Expenditures
Were o1st,se6 Less-An Increase OF
the Corporation and Inheritnnes Taxes.
ALBANY. Oct. 10.-Deputy State Comptroller
William j. Morgan has issued a comparative
and appropriations made by the Legislatures
Of 1893 and 1898, the former year being the
last OF Democratic rule and the latter the year
Just closed with the Republicans In power.
The amount OF State tax levied and the rate In
mills for the years named were as follows:
Tar. Rate
Mill.
1893. Gov. Flower. ......Sio,41s. 1e2 oS 1858
1898. Gov. Black ..""..".. 1o.1ss.llo eS 2.os
Excess under Gov. Flower sa2s.osl is so
This shows that In 1898 the direct tax was
$220.0S1 less than in tho last year Of Demo-
cratic administration. and that the rate OF tax
alton was one-half n mill lower under Republic
can rule. In 1893 and since. tho State has as
sumed new responsibilities and expenditures,
viz. the entire care Of the pauper insane. a
debt for the improvement OF the canals. ex-
penses on account Of the Spanish-American
war. and the purchase OF lands for the Adiron-
dack Park. In order to make q fair COMPARE
son Of State expenditures for the years 1893
and 1903 these new and extraordinary items
should be deducted from the appropriations Of
1893.
The following comparative statement shows
the appropriations for all purposes for the two
years named. deductine the appropriation for
State care Of the Insane In both years:
1898. Gov. Flower. .S17. Se7.33o
Deduct State care of insane ............. 1,3A6.o OLD
e.o2l. $40
1898. Gov. Blsak...-....". S2s.2I1. 2s4
Deduct State care OF insane. $780, Ola
Interest on canal debt ...... 3o9.+5o
War appropriation. ...3..... 100000
Adirondack Park ......... 5o0, 00o-S7. 374, 36k
Total. .S15, s36, 900
This shows that the appropriations for the
same purposes were $1S4. 396 less under Gov.
Black than under Gov. Flower. 1t should be
known In this connection that the canal en-
largement was voted by the people in 1895:
that the bill providing for the State care OF
pauper insane was approved by a Democratic
Governor. and that the first appropriation
made and the first tax levied for that pur-
pose were by n Democratic Legislature that
the war expenditure was this States contribu-
ton toward the defence of the flag. and that
the acquisition OF Adirondack timber lands
was in the line Of a well-settled State. policy to
protect the sources OF the water supply.
L NAV looN ' N0h VI q hAo Il
the collections from corporations compare with !
the collections from the same source during the
five preceding years OF Democratic rule as fol-
lows:
1sp4.9s. inclusive Republican. -. $40. 900. e13 o5
1SS9-93, inclusive democratic. ... 1871, $40 10
Increase in Republican years ....... $1,000, 36+ 90
This large gain during Republican years was
made under practically the same laws which
had been in force during Democratic admins
~trations and during a period OF great CONNER
cial staGnation, when dividends were small.
simply by making oil corporations amenable to
the tax laws pay their fair share OF tax. During |
the same period the number Of corporations |
paying taxes had been increased from 2,151 In |
1873, the last year OF Democratic rule. to over
4. ZOO at the present time. During the five |
years from 1894 to 1893. inclusive. the collec-
lions from inheritance taxes compare with
those OF the preceding five years as follows:
1Sg4-as. inclusive Republican,. ...... 81. 49, 52 90
1SS9-g3, inclusive (Democraticl. ...... 1921 .5o3 o5
Increase in Republican years ... 81, 4es. I4s eS
This large increase was obtained because OF
itance tax laws against all estates amenable to
them, and not because OF any increase in rates.
The loss To the State of public. lands, princi-
pally in the Adirondack region, by the cancel
lation of the tax sales by the State Comptrol-
ler's ONCE under Democratic and Republican
rule compares as follows:
Acres.
1as4-p3. inclusive Democratic>. ....... ...... 15s. 2p6
1S94-pS, inclusive Republican,. ...-..-... 2,I36
In other words Democratic Comptrollers sur
TO individuals Adirondack lands which
the State was entitled to hold. valued at over
0 which amount OF money went into
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