Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-19

nust .. iG,. ,hii io nroblcm with all its sur
rounding conditinns. All these things en-.
Ter into the price Wlilch ~ 'o'A ~ 49,
Tor IN the open mark't |. o,. "a, Inn.
do not seek TO avoid or escape thc DIT
And now how should We, approach IN"
subject of taxation? We 20 ~, "aN ~"
commission to approach t , tUo
standpoint Of prejudice in our ''."r. W.
den of inst and propcriionatc taxation
wfth all our ncighbnr3. u Is oi'ls ,.iI
and ils! to say 10 th"S'' ''',i,".ii'n W."
nave been awakenrd u WV a,e s,,nrosrd lad
been kept IN mad gone behind IL Is nniy
lair and lust to them No HdS INA, .h'E
have from the start pursued II toh,E 81
lhceting 4 settlement by I'll" CITY. Ihcy
have gone to lengths. and there have
been in this city II la"g" class "i saga
clous. broad-mindcd mt':' Wiin nav $40"
from The first in favor ., .iirii to''"''
Here is "a great enter rise " it'll an en-
plovmcnt Of 1853 hands, with an annual
payroll Of $grUt0. AZ" they moi emitted
to be treated with justice ana harness,
such as viii reasonably be an rnrourdG'.-
mcnt to others. rather with Such treat
ment as to be prohobitivr:
Tn" Present tax, Wnicn =, "a ,'orn as
s"sscd for thrc,. wears. $l;;".roo, vhi'i,.
ton equal to something Xix" Il sixth Of
the whole tax of Augusta-a sum run
ming from $30.HO to $1,000 m" product
IS d2,WH,TH yards year. ~ IN" "EtIdbc
Of y. cents pcl yard. YOU VIII find that
The gross annual sales ire ErNor more
than $llGo.0GO the amount OF ne capital
stock, and the taxation imposed IS ) per
year Ii that measure WAS applied to any
other business in TINS community.
wouldn' YOU sc" %our streets d"pbpuat-
ed" No huslnt IS would stand such taxa
ton. Is il a wonder that the company
appeals first 20 the citizens. then 10 IN"
aSSvSSorS ana now as Il last resort. trust
their cas-" in Your hands 10 a. JHStic" at
last? For mere than Il year W" haV'
81 h. t. nt nc
ease and now we have reached them ana
now we ask ypu To give US these two
thnEs-to fix the just value of tins prop,
cry and then furnish lis proportional
value To other property.
Now. gentlemen OF the commission,
even now. after all this. we are still met
with the contention that we are not prop
"rly before this board because, they say,
there were several triilinG pieces Of real
estate omitted, and Brother Williamson
has dwclt in his evidence upon 4 sand
bank. 4 bcatlin% prcciplce. and you
saw it. And he SAYS that We should not
be heard because OF that and the coTon
in transit Which we didn't know about.
If the list was filed and made in good
faith, the petitioner is entitled to hear
ing.
Now | pass to Il consideration Of the
items involved in this ease. and l want
to take W the personal property sched-
ule first. The total amount Of the assess
mcnt in 1865 was $l00,G02 OF that We con-
test Gwp items. They tax tG@WT pounds
Of cotton. which we did not nave. You
will remember thai Mr.. MoranG said p"o-
nnrs.,maI nroI,rrty. DO The storcliecprr;
d. th."ta NJ, liI Mr. tir,tt G.,,,. iI,1
~ ~ ~ ,h.ir, th't t;5na tit,irrnd thn
,o, III ,,1 t,d i an. 80 liz. ,su,,
lnil manager. Ard yet they have taxed
N!& with 20 per cent. mnrr. and why? We
challenged it. we brought to the facts.
Ii''. W ma M p,.,tt hnd ,,.,I, " fr!a
i" Hi!"W III MI !l,'9
~, ''E E,''Ilt me- -. a. a..
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S'"liu - tsic,iu tiia. 1881 ~ pS ~,
10 t"lSiu'i tit"'; mn 'oIiHi'" ! ms 'i''"
StrrtEEie 81 'hc ny 9.a ti lno
: ne il'A' !.'i5 = ",'',N' r',uii'tH - y
ia' H. MN. hit w,, do cnnt,st nc
,. IN ~ ~ ,T.s 80 o,n ,n',,'d
r, a., I.r,;, h.',.intr 9i3r- fi,.,; t,u.h
T,II, ,l hnn,.,I' wiz. 80 NV lrI, ~,
!uE itiu hp!HS Ny Nm IA " ,,, ,i
LIN tatti =, III! ~, Nn,','~ iii
'"ul"tl ne ""t ~ NJ -N'i, 'iS. ~.
W''Sh mere. IL dhoth"r 'nal1' ~
tAiS" return. II IT. = lalf return lSh |
II tht!tI'd - y" 'iiktn.
Ihr n"Nt ttm Is on III !" cents. winch
Mr. fratt t"i* u: mas Always tI@t W.
Vol Ill EUh thvE "::."SS,d US I"t - ',
,,nuliGT OF Iot,mn' Wi,.ci IN ,',,. o.
j.; H., ~ ~ - ~, tI,t ~
WaS ~ ara th"v ~ Hndrt""h To- a' tn
lEt lTht l"r S''ttiS tlllS mere II; VI
swell u up 10 l. cents. submit tiil
Ina d."e% MOI aic'i nc MAJ ~ VIII
] hcn thtf" IS me u again ~ hel "i'n
ihat II reHlhtSs.H s-'VVt III l''' oil" '''V'
III i%n. 1 . 90 ,,1. o,,,.ido n,ono,..1.
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TX .hd,-a ,bn h,,i,;e. M Al. + '...n,,rh
X I'M Nh, M, -, .,,,,i. u II. ~. ,rn,-
NJ ~" "" w ~; " ~.
I!S - it' I'tte'i:S III ~ III t''"' ,'ar
'lht. ~ ~ VI l,' - - ~.
q! IN Hill /. ''iIo. iI'i' ~ = ,, ,,r,,n
',i, Ii l.,.i,,,.y ~ h,o,,,, hnh III
,i'i til' ~ ~ t r'o 80 ~ ,o, M
, t ~, NO, -, H., .r,.,,.,.
,rra,,itn l,iorlt in RI" Wv ,.rtrr oI IN.
ingi,r'.,. g,.,..ior W-h,..s III r.ntaIp II
go. + II, nrn1r,.G - 2,ir,. = ,.,3i. hi
t rr!'2 -, an " 20 n,,,c, tr bn r"
r,t t",'' 49,. ',,, III dt i,e, or,Ii-
ilalilTd vacant 'ltu n.y. d HIhSrt HpI H.
tt.Ht l!"S oiH' - - ~ 49, =: I'M ~!
lralt: w want 20 pc eTN," IaAl ~. ".
sunni aitii d Nftl't,n't III w. p Pr! ~ ~,
me .rtu,i itltH itCtitc" M"uii III i,; ~,
w. iii.ol u,li'sI , 80 ~ .t- nv, Inns
N.,u. un,an .i,,,'"a .ha. ,t, C.,,eb-
o'it.' iIii,'r ,.rd HI, strin
t - 49,, III, n,,,niil
~. ''iti ,,, ~ .b,,.a t,,il1i,,~.
n'i'ot, Loa n,,t nr Inn,
ni"i; ~ ttlintrtE' 20 NM ~, ,t, ,,;1d
;n% ''' IN MIS- ~ ~ mn"hinrry in it
I'm unahln Ne s;y New that land runs
IN thcr.. = milo or two on the shore.
efunIy :, Milling ornIlrL As for what that
Iand sbC,Id IL. faxed for Leave. that IA
ynIr AZ f1r inc rent on those blild ma;
/ shouldn't want to say. II it he true.