The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-01
JACOBSON TAX
BILL PASSED
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taxation of street car companies and
public service corporations was in the
addition of the tonnage tax. Then lie
launched out into a violent attack on
State Auditor Dunn.
He took as the basis of his remarks
printed interview with Dunn in which
the auditor said he did not believe in
the tonnage tax, and at some length ex-
planned the failure of the former Min
nesota tonnage tax law, declared uncon-
Stitutional.
Mr.. Jacobson started out with the as
sertiOn that Dunn's statements were at
The very best queer and charged the
auditor with willfully Withholding the
essentials of the truths connected with
the former tonnage tax. He SAD the au-
ditor did not tell it all and that he
sought to mislead by stating that the
revenue was doubled by the repeal of the
ola tonnage tax law. He laid particular
SlreSS on the statement that the auditor
ana not IN his interview explain that the
ola tonnage tax provided a tax of /
cent per ton, while the Jacobson bill
proposes tax of cents per gross ton.
Ihen he got right down to cases, and his
old friend Dunn came in for the hot
test KIND of a roast, and Jacobson laid
announcer stone in the foundation of his
campaign for state auditor His face
req with passion, his arms swinging
"ioiI ana" MS voice raised to a shrill
shrlek, Jacobson cried .'The state an
ultor says the present laws are good. and
II we let him alone he will take care of
the enforcement. He has been auditor
seven years, and If the laws are good
theh MS administration is bad 1t is a no
Iorlous fact that he has collected only
ABOUT one-third of the taxes 70 one in
'HlS state is more responsible for the tax
commission and the extra session than
the result Of the tax commissions work i"
Attack on Corporations.
Then Mr.. Jacobson turned his attention
10 SpeclHc charges against the auditor
lie roasted Dunn for alleged opposition
TO the state land law of 1895 and the as
sessmenJ law Of 1897, for both of which
he took the credit of authorship. He
wound up by claiming that Dunn had
stolen his thunder through the mineral
ana timber lands law of 1899 which he
said he originally introduced four wears
earlier, and an explanation of how me
success of Dunn's administration of the
auditors office has been the result of
Jacobsons avs
lie left Dunn and his office PROSTATE in
Inc aust to pay his respects to the nlh
nc service corporation and the men who
opposed the tax commissions code he
sad: The public service, street car and
other corporations fought the tax com
MISSIONS code from behind the backs or
Ihe WIDOWS and orphans, in whom thew
suddenly developed an astonishing in
terest. They were afraid to come into
The open and all our ingenuity To force
them out was unavailing against their
widow and orphan tactics. This bill is,
introduced to show where the opposition
comes from. There are no widows and
orphans in this. This bill will force no
poor man to lose his home. no wholesaler
10 take his business over to W Isconsin
you'll have to come out in the open now
II you do not believe that the CORPORA
lions should pay their just share of the
tax, vote this bill down, but don't do il
from behind the back of a widow"
Laybourn dashed into the frav and in
a lew minutes both he and Jacobson had
Iashed themselves into a fury which left
them almost speeches. glazing at each
other the things they did not dare to
say across the narrow aisle separating
their seats. Laybourn called Jacobson
down for attempting to claim credit for
the 1897 assessment law, which he told
the house was Mr.. Staples bill He dis
cusSed the tonnage tax at some length
He said it had proved a failure in Min
nesota and Michigan and that the hill
proposed by Jacobson was unfair because
it provided an arbitrary tax without re-
gard to valuation or grade of the ore
taxed
Question of COnstitutiOnaIity
Mr.. Dobbin took the floor to expIair
that he was in favor of taxing the iron
mining companies, but he would like to be