The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-19
REPUBLICANS HOPE
LIES IN SUSTAINED R. R. TAX
ACTS.
Big Increase of Revenue Removes Bug
aboo of Direct Taxation, and G.. o. P.
Leaders Prophesy Victory.

TRENTON. Aug. Ex-Governor Stokes
and United States Senator Briggs, chair
man of the Republican State Committee,
are especially elated over the court decls-
ions sustaining the constitutlonality of the
railroad tax acts passed by the Repub-
lican Legislature of 1906. These acts in
crease the taxes on the railroad property
of the State from $1,000, 900 to s4.O00,OO0,
and every taxing district in the common
wealth profits thereby. This eliminates
the threatened bugaboo of state tax"
and benefits the public school system Of
the commonwealth by the great increase
in revenue.
The new laws give to the local taxing
districts the taxes from all railroad prop
erty outside Of the main stem. The main
stem, that is the highway of the railroad,
is reserved to be taxed by the State at
an average tax rate Of all the munlcipali-
ties. The proceeds of the latter are, with
only a small percentage, deducted for
State purposes and devoted directly to the
public schools. This will permit the re-
duction of the school tax from $40 on
81 600 valuation to, perhaps, 81.
lotluuSt VI lllo iiNiNH9NH tfNHAN -
State will this year apportion. I'm addition
to the 81. 9519.4 AZ already appropriated. the
following sums for school purposes in the
various %connties: Atlantic, so, 25324; Ber-
gen, S97, 1923. "a; Burlington. SAG, 5SS.25; Cam
den. 500, 034.64; Cape May, $32,460.9S; Cum
berland. 500 o03 o5: Essex. $50. 1855; Glou-
cester, $780, 26.4 AZ; Hudson, s4S1 ,442.24; Hun
terdon. $31, 479.SS; Mercer. Sl27, Ss5 10; Mid
dlesex, S75.O41.74 Monmouth, 1923, 352. s3;
-. ogn aQn ~ H. ngaap 900 1g1 DC paooain
s211. 1894. As; Sussex. $91, 224.03; Salem, S2O,-
9s.23; Somerset. $22,O79.s7: Union. SILL
269. Is; Warren, s21, Bliss. The total amount
used for school purposes for the year will
be $7,04S. 945.05.
h amounts to be collected by the diff
ferent counties from second-class railroad
property, 10 be used for local purposes,
will be about as follows: Atlantic, $6,314;
Bergen. Sl9,OS5.S7. Burlington, 81, $40. "a,
Camden. sS2, 1885, 70; Cape May, $3,61O.67;
Cumberland, $i.162,S2; Essex. $33, 926. 3S;
Gloucester, s1.77432; Hudson. SS6s. 1874. So;
Hunterdon, s~5,566.Sli Mercer. s13,51S. So.
Middlesex, S46.96O24; Monmouth, 5000 Is:
Morris, $40, 626.os; Ocean. s2.719.5 so; Passaio,
$13. 4S9.2 81; Salem, $552.67; Somerset. S3,043.24;
Sussex, S2,13S.2i; Union, $780, 0 .16; Warren,
S1O,07S.19.
With this fine record for catering to the
interests Of the people, the Republican
leaders enter into the present campaign
with confidence that they will be continued
in charge Of the affairs of the State, par
t~icularly in view Of the additional reforms
now pending before the Legislature and
sure to be enacted next winter. If not be-
fore the adjournment Of the present SEES
sion.
Another thing in favor OF the Republi-
cans Is the fact that the Investigation now
being conducted by~members Of the select
committee Of the Democratic House has
failed to disclose anything radically wrong.
excepting at the State Hospital for the
Insane, this clty. which has been for
years under Democratic domiilation-