The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
TAX LAWS
viii Be the Subject of National
Convention In Ohio.
Governor Harris Invites ExecH-
tlVes Of Other States.
To Name Delegates to the Confer.
enCe In November Speakers
Of Note viii 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
commission rs; the president and pro-
fessprs 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 aid participate in
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 Ae.
low. Other leaders of economic
thought and experienced administra-
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 it's
details.
TIC 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-
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
t1ation 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.
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 Ill
state and local governments.
The following partial list of papers
and their authors shows that the dis.
Gus sions 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 Tonics pronosad
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; *
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 tc
Taxation Literature" BY M. e. In
gals, chairman executive committee
G., c., C. & st. L, Railroad company
Cincinnati, o.
Incidence of Taxation" BY A, G
Pleydell, secretary of New York Tai
Reform association, New York city.
Substitutes for Personal Property
Tax" BY Harry G. Friedman, New
York city.
1.-THE Economic and Statistica
Value of Uniform State Laws on thu
Subject of State and Local Taxation.
By L. G. Powers, chief statistician O
the bureau of the olnsus, Washington
.. c.
Msthode Of AseeesmeRt.
Methods Of Assessment. as An
piled to Several Glasses Of Subjects.
By James =. Boyle. professor Of eCO