The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-11-26
To Be Taxed, According
to Latest Plans
FOR THE STATE FUNDS
How the State Levy on Real
and Personal Property May
Be Substituted--Co-
iumbus Letter. .
From a Staff Correspondent.

From STAFF Correspondent.
Columbus, Nov. 2J.-The question Of
the abolition of the state levy. on
real and personal property is one
which now seems to be uppermost in
the public eye. While the precise pro-
gram to be recommended by the state
administration for the purpose of ac-
this object is not knowI,
it is thought that in addition to the
imposition of u tax on corporations the
Dow tax will be increased very mater
tally. Insurance Commissioner Vory3
suggested that the tax on insurance
companies operating in the state, q
portion of which goes into the county
treasures, should be diverted entirely
into the state treasury, and while this
idea Is conceded to be a good one in
many respects, yet some contend IT
would not be altogether satisfactory.
The proposition on to tax corpora
tions one-twentieth of one per cent. of
the capital stock II carried into effec.
would yield something like $1,000,O0O
to the state, which in itself would be
insufficient to justify the wiping out
Of the state levy. From this view
point arises the belief that II the
state levy is to be abolished 1t will be
necessary to resort to the three meth
DDS described in order to force to a
successful conclusion the movement un-
dertaken by the state administration
to tighten the burdens of the tax pay
ers. u
William II. Mag, of the Youngs
town Vindicator, one of the representa-.
tives-elect from Mahoning county, is
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the honor of leading the Democrats on
the floor of the house. The names OF
several others have been mentioned in
this conneotio but the contest is st IL
in its initlatory state.
It is repor.ed that a Franklin county
representative will! introduce q bill
which, If it becomes a law, will cut off
considerable revenue from a number Of
German papers Of the state. 1t pro-.
vides an amendment to the law author
izing the publication of legal notices
and county printing in German papens
to make 1t apply to counties In Which
the German population Is of proper
tions warranting such publication. 1t
is urged that it is unfair to incur this
expense on the taxpayers in counties
where the German population is small.
The passage of the bill will be resisted
vigorously by the German newspapers
of the state, of which there are SO.
Friends of Representative N. M. DG-
vail, of Jefferson county. have suggest
ed that he enter the race for the posi-
tion of speaker pro TEN. of the house.
He is considering the matter and may
conclude to acquiesce to the wishes of
his friends. c. L. Williams, q Steu-
benville attorney. has, made known his
intention of being an aspirant for mes
sage clerk of the house. w. r. Dut-
ton, of Salinevil,e, now postmaster and
editor of boom town in Oklahoma,
had this berth two years ago.
A statement of the excise tax col
lection for the year was made public
by Auditor of State Guilbert Saturday
evening. The collections amounted to
1921, ,206.77, an increase of $27,863 10
over the preceding year. The corpo-
rations subject to this tax are electric
light, artificial and natural gas, water
works, pipe line messenger and signal,
sleeping car, express, railroad. freight
line and equipment companies.
J. G. Hill, editor of the Shelby
Times, has retired after serving 81
years in the newspaper business. Ho
learned the printing trade at Lisbon.
Mrs. Harry G. Wilkins and song,
Harry and William, of Franklin ave.
nue. this city, have returned after a
visit or two weeks in Canton, where
they formerly resided.
GEORGE T. BLAKE.