The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-18
Local Gains Would Be TrifIins.

This applies to only one Of the roads
leading from Chicago to the Twin Cit
les. Considering the enormous volume
of traffic on all the roads operating be-
tween Chicago and the Twin Cities it
is net difficult to see that the state
would lose large sums Of money In
taxes interstate traffic in conse-
quence of changing the apportionment
Of interstate earnings from the mile
age basis, under the existing law, to
the proportion that the miles Of road
within the state bears to the total
mileage of each company.
The loss on shipments of Interstate
traffic from points within 500 or 500
miles of the Twin Cities will exceed
any gains made on mere local and on
the small volume Of traffic having a
long haul.
But few of the roads bring traffic
into the Twin Cities for distance to
exceed 400 or 500 miles. Thus the loss
by the lapportionment of the Jacobson
d per cent bill as to most roads Is very
large and will not be compensated by
the longer haul of one or two roads.
John Lind Is Not Guilty.
Ex-Gov. Lind proves beyond doubt
that he had nothing. to do with the
drafting of the Jacobson per cent
gross earnings bill.
Ex-Attorney General Childs also en-
ters a denial that he had anything to
do with the measure in the shape that
it was passed.
Hon. J. F. Jacobson, after reading
the denials CT the former governor and
former attorney general, maintains a
deep silence as to whether he had a
hand in the drafting of the measure.
This puts it up to Attorney General
q G office
a part Of the Van SAINT administration
he is in duty bound to admit that he
was the one responsible for the sec
ticn which is to decrease rather than
increase the revenues of the state
from the gross earnings tax on rail-
roads.
The fact that the adoption of the law
is to be voted on by the people at the
coming election makes it certainty
that some one signed the measure af-
ter it passed the legislature.
Van San. Certainly Signed 1t.
Gov. Van SAINT is the only person
who. under the law, is given the pow
or to sign bills passed by the legisla-
ture. but some of his most intimate
friends are now whispering it about,
confidentially. of course, that Judge
Janison, having been member or the
bench in Minneapolis and We'll VerSed
in legal lore, advised the governor that
the law was absolutely correct, both In
language and effect, and with this ad-
vice the chief executive attached his
name to the bill.
The return of Public Examiner
Johnson from a political stumping
tour with Gov. Van SAINT today is
awaited with much interest by the
leaders of the party and the Republic
an state central committee.
Expert Accountant b. III. McGreW
has been hurriedly summoned from
Chicago, and after a conference with
the members of the state committee
declares he is willing to show figures
which will prove that the state will
get a large increase from the proposed
law.
Figures Forthcoming Today.
McGrew could not give out his fig
1res without the consent of his chief,
Public Examiner Johnson, and the re-
suit of his four months figuring at
s10 ner day will not be made public
until TODAY.
Capt. Whitney. in discussing the
figures to be offered to the public in
order to prove that the state revenues
will be increased under the jacobson
law, said:
at is possible that the state will not
get the full per cent under the law
from interstate business, but the f1g-
ures which the Chicago expert has
prepared will show that the Increase
will be considerable more than per
cent