Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09

party lived on and Horace Greeley died
Of broken heart No Pennsylvania
was more highly and deservedly hon
ored in his party than our great war
governor, Andrew G. Curtin, but when
he raised his voice in opposition to 1t,
his public career closed, and the party
continued to add victory to victory and
strength to strength The Republican
party survived eight years Of Cleveland
and eight years OF Pattison have no
doubt It viii survive even Mr.. Wanna
makers secession with unbroken heart
and vigor unimpaired
A woRDiABoUT TAXES.
zone Of the complaints made by Mr..
Wanamaker is that the taxpayers OF
the state are overburdened by reason
of the expenses of the state admins
tration and the cost OF supporting our
penal eleemosynarY and charitable In
stitutions. The charge is in Keeping
with others made by him--it is lack
ing in every essential element Of truth.
The fact is that the great mass of tax
payers of the state do not contribute
farthing in the shape of state taxation.
The state revenues are raised mainly
by the taxation Of corporations, collat-
efHl ana direct llntIlldiltEet llNthGN
fees, fees OF office and bonuses on
charters. Real estate has not paid state
taxes since 1865. In passing judgment
on this question it might not be amiss
to recall the fact that Mr.. Wanamaker.
paws less tax in proportion TO the
amount of money invested and the vol
ume of business transacted than any
other citizen within the confines Of this
broad commonwealth. our taxpayers
may not know, but 1t is currently re-
ported and generally believed, that he
transacts a business each year of from
S12, 900 600 TO $4,000, 900, that he has in
vested in goods. wares and merchan-
disc in which he traffics from $4,000 600
to Sc, 900 600. On the great volume OF
business transacted by him and on the
large investment he has in merchan-
disc in which he traflicks from $4,000, 600
state government the mere pittance OF
81, 600 annually. On these goods, wares
and merchandise he pays no municipal,
local or state tax, except the l,OOO
above mentioned. 1t is true he pays
local taxes upon his real estate, but
that is entirely outside of the invest
ment in his business proper. If Mr..
Wanamaker had the S5000,000 which he
is now supposed to have invested in
his stores invested in farms and other
real estate he would pay annually from
SIS, 900 to S125,OOO in local taxes more
than he does at present.
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT 1T.
under the financial system which
has teen inaugurated and built up dur
ing the past 20 years, and for which the
Republican party is responsible, 66 Of
| the 81 counties of the state receive more
| money from the state than is paid in
by them. 1t has been the policy of the
Republican party to provide a system
| of state taxation that places the bur
dens Of the state upon the corporations
and other wealthy and favored insti-
| tutions. In this way a fund is raised
that is distributed to the counties in
the shape of appropriations to the COM
mon schools and in payment of the
| salt ries of judges. county superintend-
ents and for other like purposes In
this way the burdens of local taxation
are equalzed and lessened. 1t is an
| interesting lesson to take up the re-
ports of the state officials, which show
how much money is received by the
state from each county and how much
larger sum is returned by the state
to the county. For instance take the
following counties: