The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-09-26
will Be the Subject of National
Convention In Ohio.
Governor Harris Invites Execu-
tives of Other States.
To Name Delegates to the Confer.
ence In November Speakers
of Note Will Be Heard.

Governor Harris has extended invi-
tations to the chief executive of each
state in the Union to appoint three
delegates to attend a national confer
ence of the National Tax association
next November.
The tax laws of the several states
are as varied as they can possibly be.
The object of the conference is to call
attention to this lack of uniformity,
and to suggest ways and means to
remedy the apparent evils.
the president of the association,
Mr.. Allen r. Foote. has invited all
auditors or comptrollers of state; Ill
members of state tax commissions.
boards of equalization and state tax
commissioners; the president and pro-
fessors of economics and public
finance of all universities. and large
number of persons prominent in pub
lie and business affairs throughout the
country, to attend and participate ia
the deliberations of this conference.
A list OF subjects proposed for dis
cussion and of persons who, up to
date, have accepted invitations to pre-
pare papers discussing specific
branches of the subject. is given be-
low. Other leaders of economic
thought and experienced adminstra.
tors of state and local tax laws will be
added to the list of prepared papers
from time to time until all arrange
ments for the conference are com
pleted.
The Proposed Reforms.
The purposes of the conferences are
thus announced:
To secure an authoritative and an
exhaustive discussion of the subject
of state and local taxation in all of its
details.
To produce a volume of proceedings
containing the best thought of those
who, by reason of their special educa.
tional training and practical expert.
ence, are qualified to speak with au-
thority upon Sthe special branch of the
subject they may elect to discuss.
To furnish to the members of the
legislatures of the several states a
concrete, up-to-date statement of the
economic and business principles that
should be applied in state and local
tax legislation, TO be used as a guide
for their action when considering pro-
posals to improve the tax laws of their
respective states and in the admins
tration OF the same.
BY this means to secure the applica.
ton of correct economic and business
principles in all tax legislation, and
thus develop high degree of uniform
tty in the tax laws Of the several
states.
BY securing uniformity in state tax
laws, to eliminate the evil of changes
in legal residence and in the location
of business undertakings induced by
differences In state tax laws, and to
create conditions of high value in aid
OF the effective and economical man.
agement of the financial affairs Of all
state and local governments.
The following partial list of papers
and their authors shows that the dis
cussions at this conference of the
many branches OF the subject of state
and local taxation will command the
attention of the intelligent public
throughout the country:
Tho Topics Proposed.
Separation of State and Local Rev
enues." BY Professor Edwin r. A.
Seligman, Columbia university, New
York city.
Separation Of State and Local Rev.
enues." BY Professor T. s. Adams,
Wisconsin university, Madison, Wis.
Taxation of Public Service Cor
porations." BY Carl c. Plehn, profes-
sor Of finance and statistics, Univer-
sity Of California, Berkeley, CAL; ,x-
pert on taxation and public finance,
state Of California; commission on
revenue and taxation
Taxation of Public Service Cor
porations." BY Professor Adam Short,
Queens university, Kingston, Ontario;
member Of tax commission, province
Of Ontario.
Outline of Model System Of State
and Local Taxation" BY Lawson Pur-
dy, president of board of taxes and
assessment, New York city.
Home Rule in Taxation" BY Solo
mon Wolff, member of Louisiana state
tax commission, New Orleans, La.
"Enoch Ensley's Contribution to
Taxation Literature" BY NJ r. In
gals, chairman executive committee,
c., c., G. & st. L. Railroad company,
Cincinnati, o.
Incidence Of Taxation" BY A. G.
Pleydeli, secretary OF New York Tax
Reform association. New York city.
"SubStitutes for Personal Property
Tax" BY Harry @. Friedman, New
York city.
"The Economic and Statistical
Value Of Uniform State Laws ON the
Subject of State and Local Taxation" /"
by L. q. Powers, chief statistician Of
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