The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-31
GREAT BIG
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CITY hall Ii!
Protest Against the Il e !. In. 4;
CT Gin ]. II Taxes. ] q Z g ).
MRS. ATKINSON
TALKS, }, 4 PL J. AINLY 4 II \ y \.
May Be Driven Out 81 Of ,1| Bu1sl- Isl
ness BY Taxation. :, ! |, a. y.
LIQUOR III. j j MEN WANT \. i ],
FL AIT | ! ICENSE T ! Sc,
They Enter q vlgorous z rotest Against ct
the Proposed classifl flcatloIn Real
Estate Mon Have Objections to t,'3 ~ ~ 5S
Offer ne Committee Sits
Until After Z IA clock. ~
Decision Reserve q!
May Be Driven III Out Of i Busl- 1l;:'l,,
ness BY Taxation. \ n.
LlQU OR MEN \ WANT I \. Y 4
a FL AIT LICENSE:

rhe "a was great meeting at the City
Hall last ght when the Finance Com
mitteo mot 70 consider the dillatce Inn
posing taxes In Ric hmond
NJ Probably there has never been 60 many
people there except perhaps on he oo-8 O.
cast ons when the elephone fran chise was
rs Sc granted, /, orr the act to bo passed to-
|allow tho Tract Ion cars to run down Main.
street. Il
"a The lobbies were filled with people.
S$ The commit TED met In the lo ftlcel Of the
Commits sioner Of the $,Re ev enue. a Times
5Dispa tohs imam asked 8 permiasl Ion to- be-
3presen q and report all n I he 6 proceed dings.5
The commit tee after \ a II brief executive
session granted this prlv vilege, but after
wards rescinded 1t, as will be seen later.5i
4 Among NJ hose $wt io5 were there to protest
against taxes, pro- posed TO be Sinp posed was
M Mrs. SA tklnson the opriet tor OF the Lex
.lngton Hotel. s:S HI il
FyYIIAT.sA ATKINSON SAID ..stfSsS
s Mrs. }Sl Atkinson n was tliei first person
heard by the commit tee. AZ b o. great
ssfe told tie committee that he tax ofS
Y tei would M e mean pra cticall driving
her out Of business of eonauc y ting 8Sa;
hotel II 5s 3Ss 4
1.-THE day has passed ;.',t &, Sd q hen
M Sid ranch can be Eta ken up and made
a hotel and people be taxed out OF ex--s x
gstence. had thou ght sofE Ebulld ms new
hotel; but cannot long hink of}Sit!
when thIs.spolicy itaxati on Isl to be ca r.
Ther q was a good deal Of Z feeling I'm
:. VA tkilson' Is y renark s. 8 he ~ lked.
SplaiIily4and prac lcally to he 9 ommit tee.
Mr. NJ W. Bowe {l was he princinal5
spease for the real Sestat te8 g gents, Hes
thought the stax prop osed / to d be imposed
upon thems was aunj \,
whole fraternity, \ said he. .Bss.', rs here were
several pf lis q conf ferred and thought lc IT
this proposed I tax was Just, and he
i 5feltaSth that hes spoke IL he Il sent timents Of
smost#of;the agents.
h Mr. @, III. s Sutton and Mr.. o. Fl. II Fun
ston$ agreed with Mr.. BoWes nd Mr.. Fun
ston explainGl that M !; ThompsonE
Brown was una void psent IRON lSe' thls
meeting I, 9.
s,S Mr.. 81 Funster, and Mr.. sut tton argued
that # the sales we're falling on, and IT
was proposed o increase taxes upon the
agents. III Mr. Tunsten, ,S too, !, 81 brough e out
the fact that the commissions were he-9
8ins Gu z down.. IN this view hc took OF
the matter Mr.. 4 Bowe ~ nd n Mr. U Sutton
agreed With him. sB
Ss3 NOT "a lICKER.
3 Mr., II. Seldom Tay ylori said h he did not
Wish TO be regarded Ii rs a5 klck ker$ He
wished to ocontribute his share to the SUP.
port OF the government, but he did think
il would be unjust to force him to pay
Increased taxes when his business had
not increase n si3s
Mr.. aylors intimated that some OF the
younger real estate agents We're not \
taxed IN lust proportion to the old firms.
!. Mr., Eowe took the same lew q of the
matter Mr. Boweg told ,of ,of he Increased
cost OF running his Office. he and others
having an y establshed reputa lon vs. as
agents, While his business had not in-
creased, he was bound to conduct his
Office at the usual onpense a In order to-
keep up Its we'll established reputation,
Messrs, IL Taylor, Funsten and Sutton
took he same view OF the matter. In
other words, they thought the classifl-
ZION OF firms unjust to them; that they
should have to pay taxes great deal
higher than other younger firms that are
doing a good business, and the Just
burden OF taxation has not been placed
IN TAX UPON LOANS. il
~ Mr.. w, L. I. Waring, Of the commercial
Guarantee Company, complained OF the
tax Imposed upon him He did not thiTtt
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