The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-01-21
NAV be provided.

/ respect TO thlS form of taAat4oH. Ic
! amendment having been adopted, authorlz.
/ ing the Legislature to employ this form OF
| taxation, IL Is evident that the matter mas
| passed from the realm of discussion TO one
| calling for practical legislative considera-
| ton.
Since the attempt to reach and tax so
| called intangible personal property, which
H. often source of large revenue TO Its
owner has proved a failure and II we are
! not to come to the condition we are fast
] approaching. where the real estate ana
| visible personal property Of the cltizeh
shall bear the whole burden Of taxation,
/ some means must be adopted to tax that
| class Of property not now reached under
the property tax laws
II Is generally conceded by polltlcal econ
| onISts and writers on the subject OF tax
alton that income Is the most reliable test
ny WA!ch 10 measure the amount a cis.He aa
! ought TO contribute towards the support OF
government Under property tax laws,
property which brings no income. TO its
owner Is taxed at the same rate, II OF the
same value as that on which the owner
derives a revenue. This Is an injustice
| however, that cannot be avoided Indcr
! system of taxation based on values.
Under the income system q tax Is mo- not
! levied where there Is no profit, but awaits
its demands until the owner derives an in
| come from his investments.
Great diversity of opinion prevails as TO
the practlcabiity Of successfully enforcing
any system of income taxation. There is
nothing new in the idea that such a system
IS just, even though it imposes taxation
| upon whom the burden is placed to bear the
same; that is. increasing the rate TO keep
pace with the wealth Of the person taxed
Many years ago John Stuart Mil said:
! Equality Of taxation. as maxim of poll
| tics means equality of sacrifice.
1t Is very so evident that citizen win an
larger percentage on that income than one
whose earnings are only 5000, for the neces-
sarles OF ne which must be had py Dolh
are about the same for each.
noted,
set that whlle there can be no douDt OF me
theurclchl Justice OF an income taN II nus ma.
ncri l1,aht th't wien an hlttlIt u"a oc zen
mace ny thc states OF inns IHioh TO en-,
! pioy IL as revenue measure; it mas met
| WIN no Httle opposition ana lS success ,
nus npen any snlilg Dut ET"i.lA lnr M
hdS 'oHet hoWSNtr, WhSH II Nou.li SIN .t lle
attempt sn3ulu De mace 10 featH, tnFouSh
suCH l"A maj Iarge claSS oI Cttdz'1S mo
n"rliS nuiy ht.c pIoper'S suuJvI' NO w IA
tIIu uHut[ cAlstns laws !cl ,"Ln "a sai
| aries I'VE coihlortabiy, anu p roViue Ior
lu'i laiHllIts through uu.""t4 nttstAIchts,
nhu YET conltioute niue 10 We SlatF uLuct
VI E"HI ~ III, SVole " , - r,oso,,,,,,,
~ Pr iullE lpI su'll Il lSA iCaG.H ,
'N'.np Nh"uIm ne ""'Nlu I'' 1t Is
Taxation OF Telephone companies.
ChaptCr 4SS laws of 1907 proyidcs for tho
toyntInn OF trieuhonn rnlnnauirs Lv nor
rrntarr upo1 gross rorpiptS Couipaiie.
/ whose gross earnings for tLr nrccediur vr1r
arc over 500 Opp nav nm animal license fee
Of I nor cent ON sitch racrinIs ANA II 500.
! 900 or under. n license fee Of 2j2 per cent
- ner cent of tho license fee is paid to tht.
/ Town city or VILLAGE I'm which thp rychanpe
is I0rated They also my to thn state I,
ncr cent of thsIr cross racejpts from ex-
| change service Tbese fees are paid on the
verified reports of the companies made to
dr StatG ireasere ,o ne lolal taA pniu S Hsi
nnn5S shc year or 1905 20 me stat was sop
~ In's sum - ~ M"n P' ro ~,
49, ,"i'p"IS' ne slatr 'n9utv, '' III
miles Of Wire o"' Win SroceiYcrs and -
trons,oittorms ,t Tl'4 30 80 - rbis v,as
tLn tnIoi f,',G " -" - '' ,'rtca NO rr,ss
c"rrits - pau, az ~ p oi,, '' ,qIthin
thr state and d"' th"rde,ro Mnirr thn act
paws no tax TO TO- any town city or Village
6nn cmTnn"T,. ~ ~ III az NJ of v.irn md
150 Jnst,mmSSnt ~" n nE o. tox n II cents
No,v nf no noII,,ao IN r" I,nIncornorotcd
nnG thn oticers df thn state rbargrd with
The cmiIoctin ~ 10 ~ h"vc n" t3owlejE,
of thrir cyiStono' orh Il" low Of fbaT1 nscG ne
tavntinu oitogntbnr ~ coo no GOOD rogshn
WY tbe "d Eoimrn,, .rstcm ShTnId not be
anfIird tn M ia H. - ~ nrnnnrty some
gvStrm shoul1 Lo devised th1t will result I'm
I tho +avotion oF .L. ,r.,, ,,' - IN a more
cGuttoLia ,narror trl ttv!trn, neruittin.
. no tIyn,,-nr 70 oes1gs III oyvn nrnnrrty
| ms mis- o|t loce Nv l9sin,, tovrs ON n rr-
unrt nf cross Gornin',,s shGrrd hn avoided If
nnssilI, n tbr nr1srr+ svstnn is continued
ihn sfntrtn vLorId Ln a,r,'nGnI go 1s 10 mo
ydn fo, t,v"timD ~ '.t'', ,tr"drotei ratio al,
ross earnings h.SrJ IN n rIgssidratiup Of
/ ruIurorrirs into e,rnrrs ofbrr thgu those.
1 earnings ov1r and ur#rr S1on Oop There l.,
no valid Lo.is f,r tgZius, ono r0npany earn.
ing 100000 or under d. nor cont and one
| r.IruiDp S1u1 op0 ? nor cont The cIassifica-
| tiou IL 100 rrnnraI and should be changed
bv making SEVERAL cIa.ses with n graduated
ucrcrutapr tax
DAvpV ANN rOOD CoMMIccTnN
-A-'E 4OOO NO-'NA-0DiO-''
The object "f the dairy and food laws
ana their enforcement is protection Of the
public health, and security to the couSum-
ing public against fraud and deception in
the Manufacture and sale Of dairy and food
products Mere figures give but an impcr-
feet idea ut the beneficial WOri, of that de-
partmcut That there has been eucctlNe
enforcement uC these laws aud great prog
reSs made iu driving aduteratcd
and miShraudcd food products from
the market IS common knowledge, Inn
.rT tbo in , ot h " Inito6 Sf"tes
officials for the year 1907 shows that pat
rung Of Wisconsin CrCamorI"S received a
higher price per pound for butter fat than
! those of any other state investigated. WIS
/ ConSiu cheese of the best grades Is the
| world and commands a corresponding price.
I The dairy industry Of the state yields an
! annual estimated revenue Of approximately
/ sixty millions Of dollars.
The bulletins and reports II the commits
sOncr viii show the character, scope ana
1 volume Of the work OF the dairy and food
| commission. Fourteen thousand samples of
| food and drug products have been Analysed
/ ana tested hy the food chemists and other
experts Three thousand INSPECTIONS have
| been made of crcameries and cheese fac
I tories ANA Of the milk ana cream supplied
] to them. Eight hundred inspections We're
made Of barns whore milk ana cream are
I produced for family use In cities and VII
/ lagos aud us food for children. The milk
/ supplies Of nearly all of our cities ana
! villages have been inspected or the four
lntion4 Of the dairy and food and drug laws,
! there wore fpur hundred thirtv-SiN COuNiC-