Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-12

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Gent Of their gg9Ss earnngs
actual capital invested in the o monopoi lies
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ton Imposed upon these ' mo oae S 1i
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large large c:enters Of population near the state
bn ns5 st fb5 but small
say basness 5oGGa end hat
in the boundaries Of the State. UnSer
ss 1Sai1, cirGfp%m n the business done
Of the actual intrinsic value Of the prop.
IS tG defSed fr ro the it's a
both OF which items are factors in MAX
hhg Of its yalqs
Ruting tsz,atissn g nIessssarily capa bia Of
s1Rsa asaaes WI aW aiy
dhe i5ts 6e
ending Wholly within the state 5the same as
6 1 the som companies have adopted rule
tickets from point within the els state is So "a
point int, near ear the state line when there, IS
FOR instanee on Selling ticE s o for Mns ad
RtS sJsfe KS sdas ysa sS
terfuges cannot be reformed TOO speedily. &
eyed tax or
and Interstate, Of these monopolies, would
be hsd ct The federal s c9nSt
puted on Valuation q the fo@ Ss fS
state. The method for arriving at such.
gdpet rate and ths 9Ey Ra y Thca
Visions Of chapter as0 Of our laws Tor iss7
This act e to haXe been carefully
preme court Of the United States on ap-
Pans fG% sne snd Gt chane
6e Re taese
ths soace s on less S. than 1895 5Sm
the auditors estimate.
RAILROAD TAXES
Another branch Of taxation that de-
mands your earnest attention and we'll,
and property Of Corporations engaged I'm IN
TRANSPORTATION by railroad in this state.
It has Peef the sne the
cover. all taxes derived from this source
into the state nG piase fqPd deem this
@st5eSs II vogue feE taxing tfs class &
union, One is on the, basis Of valuation
Re dfaT sd f 3s oda eR
syying esftain PsrcentHge the con-
railroads. as the earning capacity Of "a
the demHinatinE factor in determining ts
value for any purpose. as well as fol. ascer-
tanning the share Of the. public burden
which. should equitably andsjustly be as
szas gs!a E the
state for the year ending Dec. 81, 1885,.
o Gas 5000 miles miles valuation Of the rails
road property in the state. in the same
1T fail $s{gS iIs5s Ssi
alton, a rate Of taxation the same as is
imposed on other. property. in the state
"a mills on the dollar. would have brought
ST. 100000 for the current year. So. It will.
be seen that our rate Of taxation 9n rail-
is st only a Bout fwo-thirds that Of the other
property in the state. ISS ;..
]! You will also find upon Investigation
on onA the e gross e earnings IS much below ne
which are within the domain Of the sys-
TENS transac citing most Of the business N
exception Of possibly one, are Interstate.
roads and are not operated with reference
to state lines: but as systems The com n.
they apportion the gross earnings. of the
system among the several states through
which they run IN proportion to the mile
age IN each. This is the only practicable
fair. So far as our railroad traffic is con-
cerned. we are to all intents and pur-5
poses one jurisdiction with northern Illi-i
nois. Iowa and Wisconsin,, and to some
group of states are on the whole traverseds
and dominated by the same systems and.
the business of each system operating
5 IS e.
the need Of the reVenue) interested in see