The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-12
TAX CONFERENCE
Students 1T National Fame Viii!
Discuss Taxation at
Columbus.

llOudl ak association. DeleS2lSS
have been appointed to this meeting
by the governors of all the states, and
it will, in addition. be attended by
many tax experts from all over the
country. The discussions will take a
wide range, covering every phase of
the question of taxation.
Such gathering as that which is to
be held in Columbus will result in
disseminating a great deal of infor-
nation on the subject of methods of
taxation and is bound to stimulate
still further the interest in this re-
FORM Governor Beckham has ap-
pointed three gentlemen to represent
the state of Kentucky. 1t is very much
to be hoped that they will attend, as
Kentucky has as great an interest as
any other state in this question and
very much greater interest than some
other states that have made more
progress than we have toward a bet
ter tax system.
uC TiOPOSCO NClOl
The purpose 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 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 the special branch of the
subject they may elect to discuss.
To furnish to the members of the
legislatures of the several states,
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 a high degree of uniform
ity 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:
The 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 g. Plehn, profes
sor of finance and statistics, Univers-
ity of California, Berkeley, CAL; ex-
pert on taxation and public finance,
state of California commission Oil
revenue and taxation.
Taxation of Public Service Cor
porations." Ply 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 Ensleys Contribution to
Taxation Literature" By M. E. In
gals. chairman executive committee.
c.. c., C. & St. L. Railroad company,
Cincinnati, o.
Incidence of Taxation" BY A. C.
Pleydell, secretary of New York Tax
Reform association, New York city.
Substitutes for Personal Property
Tax" By Harry G. Friedman, New
York city.
"The Economical and Statistical
Value of Uniform State Laws on the
Subject of State and Local Taxation"
By L. G. P, gers, chief statistician of
the bureau OF the census, Washington.
D. c.
Methods of Assessment as AID.
piled to Several Classes of Subjects"
BY James E. Boyle, professor of eco.
nomics and political science, State
University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks, N. D.
Taxation Of Incomes" By Charles
Lee Raper, professor of political econ
CIV. University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
SUEit Rule" BY William o. Ma
thews. Nattorney of Ohio Tax league.
Cleveland, O.
THE Single Tax" BY C. B File
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