Evening journal., 1904-01-09

Alfred o. crozier who has taken such
n interest in all affairs for the better
lent Of Wilmington and the state at the
'equest of The Evening journal. has writ
en- the following able article on Greater
Wilmington"
Delaware, we belize Is ...e only State
vhere personal property is entirely ex-
mpr from taxation. The income from
2rporate franchise taxes pays the ex-
irses of the State and all local matters
re met by the tax from real estate and IL
senses. This fact should be used as a
powerful instrument for inducing indus
rics.io locate IN Delaware. It is far more
fdcatous than bonuses, which often at
ract only weak concerns, while the pros
,ect of permanent exemption from per-
|sonai taxes appeals to strong and extern
ive industries. There are many manu-
factories paying $4,000 to $4,000 annually
as personal taxes, located sn places with
eSs advantages than axe here available.
There are abundant instances Of enter
'lprises moving from ono town to another
solely because OF assurance of exemption
from taxation for ten years. 1t is COM
mon knowledge that some men of finan-
ciaI prominence break one law to evade
another. in their desire ito avoid paying
personal taxes. They sometimes reside
4 in one State and live in another, where
there is a variation in the personal as
sessment rates in the two States.
Hoo. WiIminston's Opportunity.
Time was, when the drift OF industries
4 was ali towards the large cities. This
s flood tide is now ebbing rapidly. Bitter ex-
. anf
4 fnsurmountable difficulties and conditions
peculiar only TO congested industrial com
munities Is impeliing many to contem
plate removal to smaller cities and towns
i Enhancement Of the prices or realty
4 even in the suburbs, of large cities, makes
q the cost OF suitable ground prohibitors
. 70 the ordinary establishment. This is es
n pscially so as to small enterprises, whicl
4 are often the beginnings Of large ones
4 The cost of homes. or of rentals. becomes
4 so high as to constitute an excessive bur
den on workingmen, perhaps leading Il
A poverty or strikes, or TO both. This con
4 dition prevails to considerable extent ii
A Philadelphia. Baltimore, New York an
other large cities hereabouts.
Itt,vas precisely this which gave Wil
mington the immense freight clearing
road. taken away from Philadelphia
where there was intolerable congestion, n
room for useded expansion without ruinou
expense and with the situation becom
ing worse every year. We do not know a
that. railroad inteufis making this plac
Its transfer point for export and impor
commerce between the interior ana foI
eign countries, but 1t is certainly a
ideal place for the purpose, and for dock
grain elevators and warehouses, con
venient to the miles OF storage and switch
ings. tracks. and past which must g
every ocean boat TO or from Philadelphia
We suspect that half the story of Todd
Cut" has not yet been told.
The Baltimore ocean liners can also To
up here from Delaware City, when II
Delaware ship canal is completed, an
still save over one hundred and fifty mile
on the trip to Europe. over the hazardot
route. by way of the Virginia capes.
Wilmington has just what an lara
cities need and lack; that is. miles OF "