Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-17
STATE TAXATION
QF CORPORATION
Herbert Knox Smith
Makes Important !
Report
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s0UTHERlANO ON THE TARIFF
Convinced That Federal In.
come Tax Would Create
Confusion

unique and interesting report dealing
with state taxation of manufacturing,
mercantile, transportion and trans
mission corporations was made public
today by Herbert Knox Smith, COM
missioner of corporations The part
of the report transmitted to Taft, con-
Germs six New England states. 1t is
expected that other parts will be
made public later. A careful inves'
tigation of the laws Of each state was
made by Smith. The report presents
in populal' form a digest of the tax
laws and methods OF administration
While the legal document is written
for the general public rather than law
yers, review of the six systems indi'
Gates to the commissioner that the en-
tire subject matter is still in a un.
finished condition and will need furth-
er consideration.
Public Building for Santa Fe.
Washington, ID. c., May 17.-In the
House of Representatives Delegate
w. H. Andrews introduced the follow
ing bill; which was referred to the
committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds and ordered to be printed
A Bill for the purchase of site
and the erection OF federal building
at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of
the Treasury be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to expend
the sum of two hundred and Fifty
thousand dollars twoard the selection
OF site and the construction of a
federal building to be erected in thu
town of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County,
Territory of New Mexico, the total
cost of site and construction OF
building not to exceed the sum of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Census OF Washington.
Washington, D. c., May 17.-Wom-
en- outnumber the men by 15,425 in
the national capital and it's suburbs,
according to the police census, an
nounced today. The census shows a
total population of 34S,0O3 in the Dis
trict of Columbia. an increase of $500
over year ago. The negroes number
97,142.
Utah Senator on Tariff.
Washington. May Ex-senator
Sutherland, of Utah, spoke in sup
port of the tariff bill as reported in
the finance committee and against
the addition of an income tax provi.
sion when the Senate convened this
m ,rning. He said he was not a
protectionist in spots but believed II
there was any question of the amount
OF duty to be levied. he preferred to
solve it by having the duty little
too high than too low Concerning
the income tax he said the trainers OF
the Constitution had contemplated
obtaining revenues by imposing taxes
on that class of subjects which the
states did not or could not tax to
the fullest extent Any effort, he
said, to impose taxes upon objects
the states tax is bound to result in
confusion and double taxation.
Key to Open Exposition.
Washington, May 17.-Taft will op.
en- the Yukon-Alaska Exposition at
Seattle on June with splendid gold
telegraphic key presented him today
by Secretary Ballinger and the Con.
gressional delegation fsom Washing
ton. The key is mounted in Alaska
marble and ornamented with twenty
two gold nuggets from Alaska. The
key will be connected with the White
House telegraph wires and the Presi-
dent will touch it on the day of open.
ing thereby setting in motion the ma.
chinery of the exposition. Speeches
We're made by Ballinger and Taft.
A Pfous Wish.
Washington, D. c., May 17.-"Con-
gress can go to Hell. We will report
when we get ready" This, said Clark
OF Missouri, In the House of Represen-
tatives today, was the alleged re-
sponse given by the engineers Of the
Department of War when asked for
Information regarding the result of
the examination made by the engineers
as to the desirability Of maintaining a
canal "A feet deep from st. Louis to
the mouth Of the Mississippi river.
The subject was brought up when
Bartholdt Of Missouri offered reso-
luton calling on the Secretary Of War
TOR information. Alexander OF New
York declared no report had been
made. Bartholdt said a, report was
made three months ago. AIT this juno
ture CLARK made the statement quoted.
The resolution failed d adoption.