The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-10-07


aiid bonds, not 49, -. Is
"a under ti,e redpesd rate 81 tsSati6ii.
rs has bsen saowu in Connectient ana
other states and the more property
there Is on the books the less wiIl D.
tsis rate and. the Tax. OF cache He,
shovrsl coucllis az shat the aargt EFa7,s
erty interests; 3vtllfeS aave mot bsea,
reached. wiJt Ii under The new steili,
md. thereby, win the small Property
holder aa relieved. In speaking of the
rate ne reminded the audience shat tho
maximum rate is now SI.7O-a5 eents
county, - cents state and 40 cents dis
trict building fund With the 80 cents
state or the couuty raSa only 60 cents
and the district rate 20 cents as andci
the new laws. there is a reduction in the
rate to the extent % So cents. leaving
the rate 81 cents instead OF sl.7o. Thus
is there less tax. One OF tine adyan
tage Of the lower rate is chat. whpr
industries want t. lecata in this STAKE
-'ho arst thing they inquire nboat IS the
AAAAA " AAAlA4 6AlS .AGtltas wv
they are more Iilsels to come.
Mr.. Dawson fInty believes tnat}nIl
notes. bonds. papers and 50 on will be
reached -,'nder the new laws. He
favors the exemptions Of debt A. .to
real estate tl,s sanic Us in tharaaso OF
per5onulit properly. burt t3lere is M, ready
way yet. He hopes that may he done
soon. He ,snid- in this cannrction, IL 'el.
esnptions veIrss now allowed ON dcbt az
TO real est.lte. oanes railroads. pipe 'inss
and mauy public, Industries ,weai al,
most entirely escape taxation, some,
thing thurshG nditl mot ,da4nr.. tIan ,psls
bnutorea as 10, tho STANDARD Oil a oDai
panyoanh cdIe bBaitianorc lSus ol,io, Rail-
road 4Gouspsny antaAr handled thgse
vsithbnt ulDvss. llJdc xnuMe,l4 tnnt .allida
tcmitorsli isiAb ssitaAOl; all 3 e+ar, ,.tepri,
tory. NH ppipe lines .ann, l,4,tsSequliar l
ehln carl Giritiss as iol ibht,lrnxistGpno &c
oil or gas ,,ssd all other nrinesals in tine
saNtc and,tilis tax lis is b6ron Tho acsnal
yiia,sal ofptheil nnpcrlaas.a TIM snane ap,
fIias ito the, BnIbiNi0r.s s. Ohio railroad
as svelf as nltsoi her railroads, 0ar lines
talrphoueiinesa street, rar lines. ANA by
lines Ie, ,tx IElincd iLlrlt thee htyy
nnenht, the Pullman and othen strings
oficars that 10 through ta4s stale, and
yTlirn- do not. belopq tn .th4 railroad
Companies ale, also told Lnwt he ,,and
the,renminder of the, board oil p4Ibliv
works had put tax on the Pullman
cars and the state thcreby,1 derived
tdxesi which Dcinormtic Legislatures
had never brren able 10 dom lie also
called Afternoon 10 tho Dawson, corpora,
tion law that hass brought great
amount Of revenue to the state. .e
in spenlin-s of the tax commission
bills, lie denied, TINT nc had ever been
in fnvor Of passing them as a whole and
proved ii by reference to letter writ
ten by him and published in the Grafton
Sentinel even before he sought tho Cub.
ematorial nomination, lie stated thai
ne stands exactly on taN reform matters
where h. stood n year agO ana mas noth.
ing 10 retrsct in any of ,is uiterancas
lie challenged any Democrat To show
tlrat his course now is any iiiTereu;
! from what it has been ell the time. in
this particular. ~ pg Is
Tine spc:slser Pnid his respects ta4Mr
! Gornwell, his enpmclst, by showing that
he had Il double reccel on3tla tax q,l,,s,
tioa. One dat nr yosed for INK reform
measures and .tl- mkt day he .rottd the
other way. WDaws1ns mad ,Coravcii,a
famous CHARLES Town speech down PREF
ty pat md qudesd literally fTom IL .
show that Nj. Cu,rwelI is, not a tax
rcformer. 81 I.gs 81
In speaking of he d mocrn,ic pla5-
form as to n new constitution AIR. fjnw.
son showed that TINT meant .hate shci,
constitution could not as n mat ter ot
law 90 into effect until 1912. and tie
people therefore. by that plan womi
have TO wait cigb, years for tax re.
form. aud might not 1T it then.
Mr.. Dawson made many more yalua.
Die and convincing points. which fully
explained the fact that the new laws
and the plan OF tax reform are in Ira
best interests OF the people as who'll.
lie was listened 70 with nttentiyeness
and there were frequent significant cx-
pressions Of approval.
The meeting was, indeed, great tri.
umPh for not only Mr. Dawson but for
the Republican party and its principles
and will long remain memorable.