The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

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losers instead of gamers They are
not only obliged to pay about the
same amount Of taxes through an in
| creased ratr on a decreased valuation
| but they pay an increased portion of
the total tax through decreasing the
revenue derived from personal prop
erty, caused by the depressing influ-
ence of high rate
| Growth of Taxation.
The growth of the grand duplicate
and of taxes paid, state and local from
1852 TO 1907, is summarized as fol.
lows:
Per CT.
Grand duplicate. increase 49,. S41
Real estate valuation, increase. 32S
| ID Personal property valua-
| ton, increase ........... $40
Taxes paid on real estate, in
| -, HIedse ..... .................. 941
| ID Taxes paid on personal
| prOnerty, increase ........1O19
| Population. increase 1S50-1900 1893
Op These figures include the per-
Sonal property valuation and taxes
| paid by pubiic service corporations.
Growth Of Taxation and Population.
| For state purposes, increase, 1886
1896, 12I per cent; 1S96-1906. 55.3 per
| cent; ratio of increase second over
first period 345.9 per cent.
For local purposes. increase, 1886
1896, l2,4 per cent; 1S9G-1906, 55.3 per
cent; ratio of increase second over
first period, lG2 per cent
Population, increase. 1SS0-1S90, 14.S
per cent: lS9O-l900, 1872 per cent; de-
| crease, 1913.
The Gnsound economic policy of at
tempting to abolish the general prop
elty tax FOR state purposes through Sc
curing all needed state revenue from
special taxation was entered upon by
the state of Ohio by the enactment
OF law assessing an excise tax. So
called, on the gross earnings of public
service corporations. In 1902 the Cole
law was enacted increasing this eX.
else tax 100 per cent, increase in the
rate being from One-half to one per
cent; the Willis law was enacted at
the same time assessing a tax of one
tenth OF one per cent on the capital
stock of business corporations and
taking for state purposes all revenue
derived from the taxation of life and
fire insurance companies. Because
the general properly state tax rate
was reduced from 2.S9 per cent to 1876
per cent by this means, many persons
have been led to believe that de-
crease in taxation has been effected
by shifting the burden from farmers
and small home owners to the broad
shoulders of corporations more able
to bear it,"
These data show that there has
been no actual nor relative decrease
IN taxation, but, on the contrary. there
mas pee! an Hclual ana relative in
crease III taxation during the ten-year
ncl lou iioul io'o-l l9Vo' covering the
has been in operation. as compared
with the ten-yGar period from 1896 TO
nn'"' lou, W,el nIIIe VI IheSe Speclal taxes
"SS Grociai7 pr.,i"7 tawas cn.ds'teu. fan s+o4o ~
,,Idrr,'I Hp,Cir, 1,,I ,,'AuH lpI nI4.e purposes
MItIdNT' enitdd E a'aHS9ru nave lmvaIlaoly re-
Sui,,t III al Ill"i NOUS SToMtil III state
IA 1dE"nl"n. l ne result III ONO IS now
n,t uTiti Sot; ioii pare lha SroWLh OF
ott,n oti .IMS,," ,; III iCn"lIuH 20 iocai TAX
ati"m ati"i, in' IN i9piila,'4n' anu Tl iocal tax
",e,,,,o,, arn',m =" a'",iom ~ PoPuldtIpn, ana
smitS "ISe Show V tbat bIueS'5o tbo nro DO t4ese re-
SuitS I; 0neN ,ndt me present laNatlon
po,iCy VI OL:o IS ccohonlcaly sound?
we N.Y. tI,iC, neatit hiucii ABOUT the pol
ffv! vi niLi,.l6 Lne Durueh OF taXatloh
ION laIili'IS anu SIliail nome owners
nH nIedl'S ~ SnoGlal Iooa LaNes Tor STATE
@ pui poaSn, ~ I2U1. Wheli inns pollcy
was gwen us slr9hSGst impetus, the
"n ,,.o ri"7G ,aA lH'e III [tHoMiuing tGon county
after the enactment of the Cole and
Willis laws, the average fax rate Of
Paulding county was 800 Der cent
From such relief the farmers and
small home owners of Pauiding com.
tv NAV iustlv prav to he relievpd
Denrived of = Grouipn Raeie of r,x.
alton.
The reu1iremont tbot oil nronort,,
shall he taxad ON ite trt1n "li Iain p'iTp1 ~
mnnnv Inv " rmifnIr, ,n,1o mt t '"aGG 'Iiif,,ii ~
roto o,"o. thn '.I e. +t /" st at
of a @rGwinT Laeie or tayotinT ION Fo.01,I fot. am
nvcendin"Iv ond raSridI,i ,@H,i[iTi hon gu
mo class Gf nronnrtv | tb@t Gf NE
snTvir" cornnrot ione' ' hS +hnrd P"Uiic r,ne
No sncb nronorfv in e5i IL is not s,,r m"9
nTisinr to fnd ihat the cnnStitmtional ~ nal
nrovision Gn taVation them Wr' '.rIoiTi' nIon+nJ
is unsuited to no nrGnoI' to,,atinn ~
This class af nronertv f'coTi oIi NJ ri
vota nrCneTty fbo n,onorttr of az ,,bIio b}t
service corn0rf4 ions is affactad witb
q nuhIic interest which randorC yaIno. Tr,i
finn IN iIIn1iooI honi. fn i+ raina
Bv aivino aG"rnatm 3,' cervico c 's'N''io at LOW
rates nnEIic onI,;ico c"rnnroti"n, ~ ron no~
der y sprvica f., the nponin nf for
greater haneiit t.,1n tho bo0P neonIa con na
gain from anv amonnt of fayption +
Is possible TO eyact from Hem Az
caken oa.a lnto lhe account OF operating
expenses, the TAX rate should be based |
On = 1o service Ghargesi SO that 1t may be
'd,.'' Nn0Wn PlSciSely WIaI per cent or the |
win tbin GildiS i,iFo, 10 idhei lor taxes.
ba o'i ,onmio I,1 inloi m iiJtlt)m pelore men,
two LpoIiLnio poTIiLio VIn H. MGIGrl5lne II Wnlch OF
we wa rJ..Gi@S roI.nrS 'iiey VIII auopt-loW ser
sarvicn ","i "bon Sn %liu no IaMeS; Or nlSn
hiah hi'r rof fn'"t 80 any col[TGTSpohulnSy
90 o. 81 i".e w. ,"Adtlot, wien SlosS |
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Fnr n,,h,i aS eilS Sole OASIS Oh IaXati1r
,pn n,,o,nt pupiiF f he' wee corporations, tn9
hrho'mt ~, NJ 81 .le taX Can pG ueteinlineu
IS ~, " tiia'He thn na5lcal RUE tnus el.nlnal-
nn6tbo5 ms C1e f tLuae dnta anu uhsatlslacto[y
ihe''tUu h,, tn u ottVILHli'nS lne amount OF
ciSad CHG IdM tx, oT JI4icial utScreolon eyer,
tbo to ny Gil !" IiIitltuuc h vi assesSoLS' anu