New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-10

nan Nth desire to benefit and the problems of
are 4Te fe pon # rG view of fhe %
pgocress as whole Mandatory legislation. Of
y reaIity' because there is none of the municipal
ines Of the s'a the Weo poWe both over the acts
Of the legislature and the executive ! can con
Teater protecti6n than this important feature Of
our States constitution No longer 40 we near OF
90 scandals originate through TnwisH lessslattton
The eponsbty for prachG Gg + f on
such cities. and their advice Is or should BE- me
vaees towns DO rot possess this sss right but
i]eres were accorded to the smallest unit of our
mean license: it does not mean rights that are pc
cu'iar 10 any locality at the EXPENSE Of others.
but that every community snail ne uea'eo VIII
the same fairness and consideration
BURDENS OF CITIES NOT UNJUST
We often hear that certain cities are bearing an
unjust proportion Of the taxes of the state. ana
terest is only for their own particular commun-
ties 1t has been claimed that the change IN me
indirect taxation has unduy increased the burdens
Of the 5 cues anq inat th and fu
6or~-o. that the CITY Of New York and the city of
Buffalo and other municipalities are contributing
equivalents of value New York has g per sf cent
of the total assessment of the state and there IS
no reason why it should pay only SO or IS per cent
fracton Of one per cent Of the total valuation
Of the State should be relieved entirely from the
exception to this rule and that is that in our edq
cational system the Wealthler dlstrlcIs snoa a
pense is not upon cities entirely. there are
many localities which are within the borders
Of municipalities strictly rural communities which
also pay their share OF this increased expense.
This is because the State believes that education
is the foundation OF all Of its material prosperity
and progress. There are no other conditions, how
ever where New York. Buffalo, Albany and other
cities do not share equally. nor upon which there
Our people are not DESTROYS OF a parsmonious ex,
penditure of their money. but they do demand
10 pat 49, ~ - s stali nra,e win
of the taxation system Of the State which.
is the centre of the agricultural fairs to which
representatives come from all over the State. that
for the purpose OF terrifying well TO eluci-
date It The total amount Of money paid into tie
State treasury for the year ending Sertemher 81.
1901 from all indirect sources was sl5 $50 s9013
ySar viz IL be att f ea @ 5e ore q than 5 his o
that the aggregate viii approximate 81 900 90 Tn
sources witch viii amouT+ to 50 SEQ opo and a d.
s1o35s e54 90 II q direct levied to meet
amounting to about 5000 o"6 New York citys
proportion based upon, assessment valuations.
In other words, New York City gains by the indi
Erie County paid in Indirect taxes in 1901 $3.50
152 e. which is $40 per OF the entire receipts,
Stunning that the indirect taxes for the current
year viii be the same as for the year 1901. the
der direct system that county would
a132ol, or difference in its favor of $6&3, $40 10
Nor DO the benefts STOP he-e Naw-York Is naid
III 4s more than is levied this year in direct
!r the county Of Erie the amount that is returned
for schools IS ss5.5S7 Is which IS s155323 Sc more
than that county is called upon 10 contribute in
the form Of direct tax.
BENEFITS OF INDIRECT TAXATION.
These are some of the results OF our present sys-
tenn of taxation, and from any standpoint that
he
more advantages than by direct levy upon all
his While seeking to reduce the state tax ' aad
make il unnecessary for localities TO contribute,
acted which have a more direct bearing upon the
auo Tax aW Taxing 1as "Ss a bs is [Re
find that there in that city total OF 1887
net receipts to the city that year We're s. rs SIS IS
Under the new law there has been reduction Of
cepts for the year ending April 90 1902 were s. ISL
662 an increase over the Ole law Of S342i944 81,
all OF this amount going into the ciys treasury
aid IN reducing local taxation
were probably well founded. but a rigid investiga-
number of such hotels in the boroughs of Man
haitian ard The Bronx from 1910 June / 1900 to
Der Of declared hotels in the borough of Brooklyn
This is of the mandatory laws of which
cSmpIainf mas been maae ana have gone into it
come about through its operation.
But this is not all The cities have been bene-
in the city of New-Yoik added sIis n ooi ~ its
tax rolls. increasing its availa bic revenues about
ing this statement belittie the efforts Of one
is for the purpose Of showing that all parts Of
our state are equally interested in every other
propoTtio9 than a59,ther to demonstrate that the
system OF avs win 6 nave been enacted during
abolition of direct State taxes This has been
ties any revenues It has been Stained that S. 0o5-
600 has been taken from the valuation of the
mi W. 0F tive
II this is true II must also be borne in mind that
Inc hraft Of Pzy tax to the State
dtion the States revenues Of 81 900 of which
81 per cent. In accomplishing this tax reform the
system OF assessment upon State and national
banks was changed, but every dollar of the tax
thus collected goes into the treasury If the city
Just heretofore
TAX REFORMS ACCOMPLISHED
syn s1sr up }a2 5 an 959atoP Which has made the
laws have been enacted: We have imposed a col
most entirely escapes taxation for local purposes:
we have enacted the LIQUOR Tax law. which gives
panies which brings into the s P4a
Under the old laws, and the tax upon these cor
Cause it stil leaves 10 them the assessment upon
their real estate as heretofore Mandatory legis-
has also given to New-York an efiicent Fire De-
police AFFAIRS: permitted it 70 reguate san
aries. to increase or 20 decrease the number Of
and has given 10 ii charter which accords rights
never given before. charter prepared by a nom
partisan commission. whose abors were actuated
nv the highest and purest motives
These are some of the results of adninistra tion
OF the affairs of our State upon business lines
and / have thought while here, in the presence
NOT only of rural, but of a city population to
express these thoughts, because after all the
state. while benefting those who labor and those
who do not. seeks TO administer its functions in
manner that will be equitable and just, and with
o,r imposing any unnecessary burdens upon any
interests. 1t seems to that here in the pres
ence OF those who have much at stake in
the prosperity of or State I might with pro-