The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-04-23
gRoBIfN OF FOREST TAXATION

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-kiugs of existing laws,
,.,l by any State has just
v the New Hampshire
-t.l Commission, in CO.
the nlted States For
The study will take in all
Ioestions of forest land
The protection of New
tests from fires. If nee
-te the work $4,000 will
II. Foster of the Forest
.u sent from Washington
. Investigations on the
Ately.
Is thoroughness New
.1dy is sure to be fol
-.t interest by New York,
,p. Pennsylvania and the
Which are finding the for
.l serious check to for
u. Mr.. Foster will find
r ,ng inquiry in different
- ~. and among all classes
how the present laws
now they are regard
..r effect is on the lum-
,.f forest preservation.
Lp TO furnish New
a better basis for re-
...0f taxing forest lands
rs ever had before, if
.r4sent las are found
suberland is regarded
. Fnrpst Service as one
...tant matters now up
rhey believe that upon
..pnt of this question
.na raniditv with which
don't forestry. Apita-
4 is taking place along
.+lpsite lines-for an in
mount of taxes to be
. rn,ls ON the one hand,
,f.er for the passing of
,,artially or wholly ex-
,.49nn raforested lands or
LECTION of taxes on the
anil il is harvested. Those
rs4sing the tax believe that
,,rnneTtv does not now paw
NJ The General tax burden,
.ayorate laws to tighten the
,vatinn on forest lands in
srnthpr maintain that the
is promoted by the pres
.1rests and that the more
are tayed the more certain
viii either he wiped out
1850 most of their value
,,-.rtiye numbering.
sud New York proposed
-,isting laws are now nm
rs In Maine. a tax com
.,uted nv the last lepisla-
If Tn mold nub]io hearings.
n r,as that II will he asked
- scheme whereby wild
H. faxed on the same basis
nronertv or about ? per
In The New York lepis-
ss heen introduced which
..'..ar lands managed with
If the Forest Fish and
o..sion at a rate not higher
lax district, with an ad-
NJ three per cent on the
, ire of the timber when it
aieasures would create a
, pr property; in Maine to
aravier taxes, in New
In Maine the value of
uo-r is regarded as a part
and The owner is expected
ur tax as his timber grows
NJ. until he cuts it off. In
Yk BIZ the timber is regard
.mg crop, which, like other
,s. should be exempted from
tu it is harvested. The New
erks to encourage forestry
ll Increasing the wealth of
Tire Maine plan, if carried
H. powerfully discourage
.Is,nnsbira studv has been
tbp helief that If viii
A. is nndeniahlv a knottv
f.rayt taxation law which
and nrscticahle is hv no
-,..lr,It In Pennsy)varia
.nnrea;atas the value of
.Y H. inlnortanca of fore
he. u, nraPent non.aoricnI-
lou, hoconninn ,yorthlnss
, ..ssad ;n 1oo5 nrovidinn
..ves levied mon forest,
ID. er6no,,ncad upconstitn-
..,..r,s nacause if DESTROY
Pc, of t,y,t;on an the other
.-.. If W IiHi' ran ' has one
,.... nm tho da1innnant tay
flu. .and iS worfblass for
..i ,Trn,,.in no soreets and is
3D., ,e hald INV the owners
,n. n i 's0 not ~ sasv to draft
workabla fair to all
.... ,,ld ;n 40 host ;ntar
'.,. ,S '', This is invoIved in
to.-st lands nrodnctive
be- glidiug nrincinles to he
h,veyar tbo novernment,s
,pt ont is hat if does not
to tay one of it's
I,lustr5ss W on+ va" nf o oxistanc e'
better i to h INV - t;n 1scc
tax stead;lu ' than 70 have
I6ered T as to- lose " nra sc
.ine, for ex az n' viii viii nrob.