New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-30
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.

At the coming session OF the Legislature Sen
otor Stokes will press the policy begun last year
Of utilizing the State funds that are not needeu
for the necessary expenses Of the State Govern
mont toward the reduction Of local taxation. AL
the last session an act was passed providing that
the Legislature should appropriate not less IMAM
100000 toward the payment OF the state
school tax which is levied directly upon every
individual taxpayer In the state In soihe VI
the country districts the State schooi Ia"
amounts to as much as 81 per cent OF the ihu'-
vidual's tax bill. The amount OF this TAX Is ue-
termned by multiplying the NUMBER OF cniiuieA
enrolled i'm the school census by 70 Ihis sum 10
then levied upon the different counties accoru'hs
to their wealth or ratables. and through 'he
various county and township of1cials Is the"
assessed to the individual taxpayers accoru'ns
% their property holdings Every taxpayer
(every farmer, for example) thus contributes
his share toward the support Of the pubic
.ohoo,s IN addition 10 the district school tax
which he also pays. Under the proposed pohcy
tho state after the total amount OF school TAX
N he levied is ascertalned will pay as much
NJ that amount by appropriation as the Legs
lature thinks the States income VIII warrant
The balance of this sum will then be levied upon
tho taxpayers OF the State as It Is to-day Every
/ individual tax bill will in this way De reuuoeu
I'm proportion to the amount when the 0'a'e
contribution bears to the total amount u NC
raised This system Of distributing the SUI p'u'
funds OF the State differs from the other SyS-
tens devised for this purpose In that II onec.S
relieves the Individual taxpayer unuer inc
scbenoe NJ returning to the various localities the
money raised from railroad tax the sum so as
tributed goes directly into the hands OF Hiuhic-
ipal officers to be spent they see ht' OF COURSE
81 ao1lt
under due process Of law. Theoreticahy 'ii'
would seem to relieve local taxation' pract'oAhS
/ Il does not The extra money whlch the Hiu"''
ipal boards thus receive is spent IN ihcreaseu
appropriations for such subjects as theS 'ninN
wise while the local tax rate is not reduced IN
the least. The proposition however ~
tho state school tax by appropriations from the
CO.. .-aos,,r,, means an actual reduction IN
the tax rate in every section OF the 0tate
! ,,,o,r., r2oards will have no control over the
distribution of these tax reducing approprla-
lions.
Allan T. McDermott has not found II con-
ven,ent TO testify before the Industrial Ooii'
mission as to New-Jersey's corporation Id" anu
their effect upon the formation ana oPera'oN
trusts. Probably Mr.. McDermott Is emoarlaS
nv his own versatility. He might go 10 WASH
,nc,or nc tho able corporation lawyer ana presl-
don't Of the Corporation Trust Company Vi
! New-Jersey and tell all about the promotloh anu
formation of trusts, or he might go as the quo.
ding leader of the antitrust Democracy VI
! New-Jersey and deliver in advance some OF 'ne
scatbIng Trades against corporations "h'ch ne
bas undoubtedly prepared for delivery III '"7
| corotA Chamber at Trenton this winter
Tho onposition of the Hudson County fepuo-
ucan Committee to a reorganization Vi INC
marty and the feeble efforts mace 10 leo'oi ,
! harmony and confidence bore their hh'uI a.
fruits in the last election, when sflal Nc
nublican vote was cast and the majority lux
! the Davis ticket reached 1ooVo' IL Is no"
stated that no change will be made "neh the
committee organizes in January ana tha' the
same men who have been mismsnasiie '"e
- arairs will again be Installed In power.