Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-28
HOUSE.
Evening Session.
Thursday. March :

favor of the Maine State prison.
On motion of Mr.. Howe of Canton,
report of committee on appropriations
and financial affairs, reporting ought
to pass on resolve in favor of State
House employees, was taken from The
table. Resolve was then read a second
time and was passed 20 be engrossed.
| On motion of Mr.. Thurlow of Cutler,
Ordered. The Senate concurring, that
the sum of $50 be paid "A. w. Butler for
clerk hire and expenses as Secretary of
| the committee on commerce, on county
estimates and bills on third reading.
| On motion of Mr.: Smith of, Presque
Isle,
Ordered. That Moses r. Spear of
| Warren. be and hereby is excused from
all further attendance upon this session
of the Legislature, and that the clerk
be and hereby is directed to make up
| his pay and travel in full to the end of
| the session.
| On motion of Mr.. Thompson of China,
| Ordered. The Senate concurring, that
the State treasurer be authorized to
pay Charles r. Hill, secretary of the
committee on temperance, the sum of
$50. the same being for stenographic
and clerical help during the session.
On motion of Mr.. Farnsworth of
Pembroke,
Ordered. That the report of the COM
| mittee on appropriations and financial
affairs, reporting referred TO the next
Legislature, resolve to provide for q
| geological examination of the State for
possible supply of coal, be taken from
| the files.
On motion of Mr. Barker of Bangor,
ordered, That Mr.. Williams of Will
| liamsburg, be excused on and after
March q. from further attendance at
this session of the Legislature, and that
the clerk be instructed to make up his
pay with usual mileage to the end of
| the session.
On motion of Mr.. Weeks of Water
vile. resolve in favor of the town of
| Canton. was taken from the table.
| Mr.. Howe of Canton, moved that the
rules be suspended and that the resolve
| take it's two readings at the present
| time. -'-.
The motion was agreed to.
The resolve was read once.
Mr.. Weeks offered House Amend
| ment A by adding to the resolve same
TO De PAID IN 1914.
The amendment was adopted, and on
motion of Mr.. Howe, the resolve was
laid upon the table.
On motion of Mr.. Weeks of Fairfield,
bill relating to compensation of exam
lining boards, was taken from the table,
and on motion by Mr.. Maybury of
Saco. it was Indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey of Bradford,
bill, relating to repair of highways, was
taken from the table. go,
Mr.. Bailey moved that the bill be
substituted for the report.
Mr.. Smith of Hartland, moved that
when the vote is taken it be taken by
the yeas and nays.
On motion of Mr.. Pike of Lubec, the
bill and report was indefinitely post
poned.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson of
China, the majority and minority re-
ports of the committee on taxation up
on bill to repeal Section % of Chapter
6, in relation to taxation of corpora
tions. was taken from the table,
Mr.. THOMPSON of China: Mr..
Speaker. this bill proposes to repeal
Section IS of Chapter of the Revise
The legislative committee of the State
Grange propose this bill. When it came
before the taxation committee, the
committee of the State Grange present.
ed their arguments an array of law
yers, representing the corporate inter-
ests of the State came before the COM
mittee, and with falaciouS arguments,
not applying to this case at ALL they
began to ask the question as to whether
stock in manufacturing corporations
ought to be taxed. That is not the
question at issue. 1t is taxed; and
appeal to you whether this section, an
obsolete section. whereby people are
escaping taxation, should not be repeal
ed, or else the law taxing those COR
porationS be repealed.
The farmers are carrying more than
their part of the burden of taxation;
and when you attempt to tax the rail-
roads. for instance, it is said, ct won't
do to tax them, they are quasi-public
corporations, if you put up your tax
on your railroads the people will have
to pay for it, Of course the people
pay for it. This money comes from the
people and goes back to the people.
What is not a quasi-public corpora
ton? That argument would apply to
your farms as well as to your rail-
roads. If homes were not>taxed, your
lands would be cheaper. Admitting
the fact that if manufacturing corpor-
ations railroads or any other corpora
tions paid more taxes, the people would
have to pay, don't you know that the
State has a right to collect it's taxes
as it pleases" When the government
wanted money it put cent stamp on
every bunch of matches. The price Of
the matches went up, and the govern
ment collected it's tax from the people
in that way. If you put up your taxes
on the express companies it would not
hurt the express companies, if they
put up their rates, and we chose to coll
lect our taxes in that way. 1t is pres
cisely the way the government is col