The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-14


| that voluntarily paid
The bookkeeping system was loose
| When a corporation went out of busl-
ness there was in most instances no
entry to show the fact. Hundreds OF
corporations that had retired from
business were continued on the active
| list
| There was no such laxity in the col
lection of taxes from the hometown
ers and corporations by Republicans,
| for they did not contribute so much
money to campaigns as did the cor
| porations.
| But il is different now. Democratic
state officers have found the defunct
corporations that were carried as ac-
| tive ones-there were several hum
dred of them These will not be
| stricken off, however, until they pay
| fees to cover the cost of the investi-
cation. Hereafter the books will be
kept accurately.
| Special counsel in Attorney General
| Hogan's office have found there are
some thousands of corporations that
| have been delinquent for term of
| years for Wills law capital stock
taxes. They became delinquent dur
/ ing Republican administrations and
| were allowed to remain so. There
were no such favors for the home-
| owner and farmer, however.
| General Hogan Is sending out re-
quests TO the delinquents to pay and
all those who fail to respond will be
| promptly sued. Great progress has
| been made I'm cleaning up the lists.
the receipts from this source running
from $1,000 to $4,000 q week.
Special Counsel Dacy at Cincinnati
found remarkable state of affairs
I'm connection with the Willis law taxes
of the Burnet House company. which
runs one of the largest hotels In Gin
cinnati The company was delinquent
| since 1907 and the secretary gave the
| information that he had been advised
| by a representative Of the state, whose
| duty II was TO collect taxes, that the
| company need not file a report or pay
| taxes. He was quickly disillusioned,
but 1t is probable no penalty will be
assessed. in view of the advice of the
officials. The company has promised
to hand i'm its check within a few
days.
Contrary to the custom of his Re-
L
penalties, state Treasurer Creamer has
certified back to Auditor of state Full
lington 1875 domestic corporations
for profit which have failed. to pay
this years Willis law taxes. 10
per cent. penalty will be added and
the list certified back to Creamer for
further action. The amount due from
these corporations is $470,000.
Now that the Taft administration
has found itself in the middle of a
| troubled political stream II proposes
to change horses. The tariff and reel
procity horse. as a means of carrying
| Mr.. Taft into another term as presi-
dent, is to be abandoned, and in It's
place will be substituted the anti
and the president himself, are about
and the president himeslf, are about
ready to admit that the people Will
not endorse his tariff program, so he
plans now to begin shouting at the
trusts in an effort to divert attention
from his efforts as a tariff reformer
That the change Is to be made In
policy is indicated by Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham, who has let 1t be
known that he intends to get after
some of the big corporations. That
Pres. Tafts opposition to the trusts
will be about as sincere as his advo-
cacy of tariff revision downward is
| Indicated by his Detroit speech, in
which he opposed amendment to the
antitrust law.