New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11


'" At THE ANNUAL MEETING AND STRONG
v4voRs AN INCOME TAX-NEw
rxrc1-r1vE COMMITTEE CHOSEN.
49, cr,ro one OF the Tax Commissioners
Theouvas administration OF Mayor Strong IN
uno.' an "The Taxation of Personal property
speS annual meeting of the brooklyn Le"eu
the Art Rooms. in Montague-st'' ias' e'."
reid III NJ experience Commissioner had lea
ins - h.lieve that perjury In the matter oi Nv
him " ooortv WAS not nearly as prevalent aS
clanns oreral suppose. He said that the per
peop,s ssessment Of the Havemeyers and ROCK
sonSi 80 uas satisfied, even exceeded wha' '"eS
we're liable io'. rooo,., nronosition TO do away
-. direct taxation he SAID;
-.s mos, important measure &c N nerislature for
which mas ss Is one which has almost escaIeu o no
man the public press ana ma ,rodnced by Sena-
lively ILL., and proposes TO amend Ar,o" ,ha foI
70, ,Sf State constitution by sae,"g there shall be
lowing new lew on the real and persona IP'ono
geheSi STATE except 10 meet ~ Tho States Of
In the -osint aiming the union OF tue a,oto 81
ouellng nsurrecrgn n,osit,on submitted pursuant to
me people on he senate and Assembly"
joint To-, - This amendment is 10 30 AVA "a 20
Srsc; taxes for ordinary s,a,e Tor the support
eompei safe government by indirec' he various
ZION leaving e. ssto to raise taxes for local pur
localities IN me such general property tax as ea tha
Tsy deem best This is m modern a thinkers the
best WIZ taxation advocate. nam's HE NAV be
SUI resl-estate taxes anai nroperty should be as
feasible NV for local revenues ana nnrnoses
Tces Of revenue he sonsht o TO be levied for
As 70 rnoses IL is thought th ma Ives Of cor
from the organizh1e eri,ance and excise taxes ana
poranons vond be sufficient but IN ny r Nearly ali
o1e tax whien out nrrrnoses-and am not prepares
OF me- me- n should he the soie ahe most iogi-
any communityLi1S me most equal manner upon an,
cal WIZ Is and has been auNoC"iiv a - INCOME
and Nnlon It r on the subject. nancy d" i"'
rSn ia 2 Lent. the secretary oil 'ne ie~s 80,
- long and exhaustive report o' nv -
" ~, the organization in the last year -" noor
uO" s~ossr,ed the following things whic" -'"''
taken up and agitateo' , ooatn presented
Forgotten bills for sno" reino'
o. tho railroad companies it,, -. tic
Co Grady's attempt TO ROB Brooklyn =.
- 90 an equalization of assessments eNP0''N
-, tho league and his bill promptly Kiieu ,ooo,e
., Wv - BOARD when called upon by the leaeue'
~osc,nds its action in illegally gran'i"e
rtsCiiinus. - a nrivate company. $500 ossaee-
prlyileee % investigation OF real-estate Com
Inc ~" NNanbattan and Brooklyn. ana Sewer O'''
missioner KANE o,er was thanked for the readness
which ne had shown in assls tlns Ike ~ the spe-
NJ In closing Secretary Lent sPone result Of
o conditions Which have arisen as erne which
classification and of some OF me In the com
may receive the attention Oh Inc
he following Executive CEmPiiBss a was PomerOy
pnrtan walter S Brewster Wesley a. buS5 M
Hampton DSughsr,y T WGam Harness AZ
heroerH ealy Henry Hentz F. Dwight Church hp
Ward B Lent John j. Anderson ,}rDona,G WI
JorosuH' Miller George 7 Moon Charles Naeher'
iudwig Nissen Willis l. Ogden Edwaro W N NV
Charles A schsen Robert wilson T6e ATSniOSq
~ Iackson Wallace Alfred T White Charles
r 1WooSbridge and Andrew Rogers