The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-13
REAL RESULTS.
Immense Saving to the Tax.
payers of Ohio.
NOT MERE DFMOo2ATIO DREAMS.


Of Republican IawS-HIl Democrats
Opposed to Putting Excise Taxes On
Corporations. Relieving Every One
Else From Outlay.
To the Taxpayers OF Ohio:
over s3.0OO.OO0 saved to the general
taxpayers OF the state in a single year
and all OF It paid by corporations. il
, the official record of results of the tax
reduction legislation enacted by the
last legislature in its first year OF op-
GRAFTON. The Republican party can
claim absolutely the entire credit for
this legi-iation. 1t was passed through
the senate and house by the solid Re-
publican vote in each body. as against
the soliu Democratic vote in opposi-
| ton in each house. The Democrats
were led in this opposition by Tom L.
Johnson personally. as he spent weeks
in Columbus marshalling his hosts to
defeat any tax legislation that the Re-
publicans might present. He got every
| Democrat in the senate and house to
vote as he dictated. but fortunately
the majority in both houses was Re
| publican, resulting in the splendid saw
ing to the people herewith shown.
This reduction is upon the real and
personal taxes of every citizen in the
state by reason of the reduction in
, the rate for taxation purposes from
2 mills and SO hundredths on the dol
lar of assessed value to / mill and IS
hundredths on the dollar. This re-
duction is the direct result and is onIy
made possible by reason of the laws
for excise taxation upon corporations
enacted by the Republicans. For some
| years past the Republican legislatures
have been framing excise taxation
laws which afforded considerable re-
lief to the taxpayers of the state, and
these having stood the test in the
courts. the 18th general assembly. un-
der the leadership of Governor Nash
and his administration, proceeded with
more comprehensive enactments along
the same lines The chief measures OF
this Kind were the Cole law. which
provides for an excise tax of / pei
cent of their gross receipts in Ohio
of all public service corporations. both
l
which provides for an annual payment
Of one-tentl of one per cent upon the
issued and outstanding stock of all do
mestic corporations. and OF that pro-
portion of the capital stock OF for.
eign corporations which is used II
Ohio: and the Johnston law. taxing
outside insurance companies 2k pei
cent upon their gross receipts In Ohio
As the direct result of this legis,a
tion there has been a reduction o.
taxes upoi every dollar OF real anC
personal p JpeTty returned by the peo
| pie OF tss tate ut large. The smalles
sum saved for any single county 1!
| S5.359.2S. Vinton county. where thu
entire tax duplicate is only S3.4S0. .054
the largest amount saved in any singl'
county Is s3Ss.39l.69. In Hamilton
county. In Tom Johnson's own coun
ty OF CuyahoEa. the state las saves
TO its taxpayers 1854. .3i9.s7 this year
IL the taxpayers of Cleveland have no
received their share of the benefits o
this great saving given them by tn
Republican legislature of the state.
is due TO the fact that the johnson
tax-eaters have squandered the none.
in ways OF their own.
Since the grand duplicate of tn,
state OF Ohio, the gross amount OF al
its real and personal property as as
sessed for taxation, Is 1880. .SS5. .3SS
this reduction in the rate of taxation
for state purposes from 2.S9 mills 4
lbs mills. over So per cent. amount
to the enormous aggregate OF S3,065.
s63.50 actually saved In taxes in a sin
gle year b. the three Republican law
named. This. too. is in addition to al
that has been saved this year and al
the preceding years by similar laws
first enacted by Republicans in spit
OF Democratic opposition. 1t shoul
not be overlooked that all of thes
savings to the general taxpayers of tn
state come from the corporations of al
kinds. II is legislation of the mos
| practical character, all OF 1t Repub
| | lican and enacted in the face OF soil
| Democratic resistance 1t Is the frs
constructive, systematic legls' alto
| along these lines for the benefit OF tn
. 'nxpayers in general that has eve
zen undertaken in Ohio.
The following figures, showing tn
. ctual saving in each county to II
,wn taxpayers upon the total gran
duplicate in each county of all II
| property. both real and personal.
, | from The official record in the Office G
the auditor of state: