Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-04
TAX REFORM.

last session, pTOVlOlnS tnat Cne Vdlu0
of land assessed for purposes Of tax
alton in New York City shall be en-
tered upon the records of the City De-
partment of Taxes and Assessments
seperate from the value of the build
ings or improvements thereon, and re-
quiring the record of real estate val
uations to be made public, became a
law by receiving the signature Of Gov
ernor Odell on May 8. This wise and
salutary enactment is the fruit of
seven years labor by the New York
Tax Reform Association, which pre-
pared and sent to Albany the first bill
of this nature in 1896.
This seems to be a most hopeful
beginning for the tax reform. Ulti-
mately we should learn the lesson
that the attempt that the attempt to
tax personal property is futile and
source of the greatest wrong and in
justice. When by far the greatest
portion of all personal property es-
capes taxation, it is a manifest wrong
to continue to impose the burden upon
the small remainder which finds no
way of escape. A tax upon real es-
tate, it has been abundantly demon
strated, is pretty evenly distributed,
and when a method has been devised
in this bill, which promises equitable
assessment, a step forward has been
taken toward the next reform. Ex-
signed by Governor Odell will make it
easy for any community, when author
ity has been given, to make trial Of
the system of taxing real estate alone.
This is not the single tax" that should
be born in mind. 1t is simply an at
tempt to introduce better and more
scientific system OF ssessment.-N. Y.
Tribune
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The following is quoted from John
Wanamaker, the great organizer and
business promoter There is only
one way to advertise, and that is to
hammer your name and your business
so constantly, SO persistently, thor
oughly into peoples heads that if they
wake up at night they will constantly
turn their heads to your store. Your
local newspaper is your best friend
N spite of it's criticisms. 1t helps tC
b,,;Id IN vo,,r oOr,Youpity which helms
you. When a day comes when the
newspaper is dead, the people are neal
the edge of the grave and they will
have no one o write their epigraph.
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If the mining laws of Nevada wer
SO ammended as to limit one man t,
the possession of not to exceed tw'
claims, until such claims had location
work complete, it would be wis
change for this district in particular
where from ten to twenty claims hav
been relocated by the same indivit
uals year after year for ten year
past without a foot Of location wor
having been consummated; merely t
hold everything in sight against tn
time when cdaims may be in deman
in this district This dog in the maj
ger method" of carrallng the Who'll
country for speculative purposes doe
more to injure the country than an
LIher system of robbery.-Cherr
Creek Miner.
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The Bituminous coal operators has
also learnt the trick of killing tw
birds with one stone. They ha,
made small increase in wages an
will clap on an extra ~ cents ton
the price of coal to consumers, whie
will net them a clear profit of 80 cen
per ton This is one oil the most agrt
able ways of making money yet devi
ed-for the coal operators.